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09-05-2007, 10:53 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
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Game 64 - June 7 - Radio Broadcast
The pre-game ceremonies are over and we're ready to get this one going A. J. Tucker strides to the plate and here I think we're ready... Mathis' finishing his warm-up tosses It will be lefty versus righty Tucker is hitting .390 against southpaws Now the delivery, here is is... A hot shot on the ground to Allen He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Tucker is out One gone for FOFC in the top of the 1st Batting for FOFC will be Nights Nights has managed a .333 average against lefthanders this year Jeff is set for the pitch And the cripple pitch... Swung on and hit sharply to third Allen plays it on one bounce Over to Wilson... Out of there! Two down Verdell Mathis retires the first two batters in a row FOFC right fielder, Gerald Gazelle, is up next Mathis studies his sign Verdell rocks and fires Gazelle lifts a long fly ball... Heading into right... Hit pretty good, carrying very well... Hill heading back... IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN! A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie has hit 16 home runs this year Verdell peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Mathis brings it to the plate Routine grounder to third Allen scoops it up Over to first for the out That retires the side The All Stars score 1 run in the inning After one half inning, FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Here we go in the home half of the first inning... Let's take a moment to set up the defense... In left Ton Over in center Tucker Gazelle will start in right... Around the infield Fouts will start at third The keystone combination will be Nights and Treacy... Potpie will play first base... The battery of Babson pitching and Hays behind home plate Lead off man for the Twos Spotswood Poles steps into the batter's box Poles has hit 3 home runs this year Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Hays And now the pitch... Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to right for a base hit No chance to get that one Poles moves away from first base... He has 27 stolen bases on the season Fastball outside corner... Wright looks at the pitch... And there goes Poles! Hays pumps... but no throw, he holds onto the ball He is SAFE! Wild Bill Wright steps into the box The outfield's shaded towards right With Wright at the plate Set now is Wright The pitch is on the way The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! Swung on and hit solidly just to the left of Treacy It drops in front of Gazelle Poles is around third... Gazelle whips his throw toward the plate Cut off by Nights... Wright holds first with the RBI single Poles got a chance to turn on the "jets" Treacy couldn't quite reach it 40 RBI's for Wright on the season 1 on the day Smart call by Cito Gaston! Willard Brown steps up to the plate Wright, with excellent speed, is at first Against righthanders Brown is hitting .280 Babson gets the sign, it's one he likes Babson's 3-0 pitch... Hit towards the middle Backhanded by Treacy Over to Potpie HE BEATS THE THROW! That's an infield hit for Brown! Wright takes second Wilson heads to the plate for Negro League II The infield is at regular depth Babson has the shovel out here in the bottom of the 1st as he digs himself a big hole 1 run in already and still in big trouble And the delivery by Babson Fastball, paints the outside corner Swung on by Wilson Grounded hard at Treacy... Scooped up, fired to first... OVER THE HEAD OF Potpie... Bounces into the dugout Wilson scampers into second That'll be a two base error Score It: E4 Wright scores from second! Brown takes third Wilson to second Beckwith now at the plate Pete Hill waits on deck Beckwith can't seem to get settled at the plate All set, Beckwith is ready for the pitch Now Brian delivers Hanging curve... Swung on... Beckwith turned that one around in a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run Tucker didn't even move Making his way up is Hill Hill taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Hill Here's the 3-1 offering Ball four is the call Babson can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Babson Hill takes first base Hill takes his lead Throw to first... SAFE!... Close play... Now Hill is staying closer Bankhead up The Twos have Hill on first We'll see how they pitch to Bankhead Bankhead is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly The stretch... the delivery Broken bat ground ball to first Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 One down for Negro League II Newt Allen is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League II Walking up to the plate now is Allen Verdell Mathis waits on deck Allen is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Now set, Allen waits for the pitch Here's the 2 strike pitch A slider by Babson Allen gets good wood on it... Gazelle back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two down, now... Verdell Mathis is due up next Big inning for Negro League II... They've put 5 runs on the board Verdell Mathis, who really knows how to handle himself at the plate will be up next for the Twos Mathis swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Babson Mathis is set for the 0-1 pitch The righthander Babson delivers Fastball, belt high, away... Mathis goes after it... There's a fly ball to Ton Ton is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run And that will do it for Negro League II FOFC will send Fouts, Harry Hays, and K. A. Ton to face Verdell Mathis this inning Hitching up his pants... Fouts gazes out to the mound Fouts awaits the pitch The lefthander winds and delivers Low slider... Fouts takes a big rip at it... Lofts a deep fly ball... It could be going... IT IS!!... HOME RUN FOR FOFC! It will be Hays to face Mathis The outfield shades towards left for Hays Hays readies himself for the pitch Now Verdell delivers Hays connects There it goes, way back towards left-center Poles looks up Kiss that baby good bye!! A long, long home run for Harry Hays Ton finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Ton looks down toward the third base coach Ton waits Verdell will have to come in with this 3-0 delivery It's on its way... And Ton walks on four pitches Up next for the visiting All Stars Sean Treacy, their second baseman Treacy digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mathis One strike on the batter, Treacy... The southpaw Mathis' delivery Treacy sends a scorcher to the mound Mathis takes it on one hop Fires to Bankhead for one Back to Wilson for the double play! That's out number two The All Stars have chipped away at the Twos' lead They've scored 2 runs in the inning Negro League II ahead 5 to 3 FOFC will send their pitcher, Babson to the plate He can hit pretty good Sometimes he is able to help his own cause Babson grips the bat handle Mathis adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Beckwith Mathis brings it to the plate Swung on and hit sharply to short Brown plays it on one hop Over to Wilson... Out of there! That's all for FOFC in the top of the 2nd They pick up 2 runs After 1 and a half innings, Negro League II still leads, 5-3 Spotswood Poles is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Negro League II to get things going Poles has hit 7 triples this year Poles waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Babson goes into his windup Here it comes Poles pulls one to the right side It's going to scoot on through the infield Gazelle will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Poles retreats to first after a wide turn Poles takes a walking lead Poles is unable to take the lead he wants Wright lays down a bunt... Just in front of the plate Hays has it... The play is at first Wright is out as Poles advances One gone for Negro League II Brian Babson watches Poles As he moves away from the bag Poles does not get a good lead Willard Brown will face Babson Righty against righty Brown is at .261 on the season Brian looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next He brings it home That one is a grass cutter towards short Nights fronts it... OOPS! It takes a big hop! Jeff manages to come up with it on the heel of his glove Rolls the ball into his free hand On to first It is off target... Potpie one hops it into his glove Out! Potpie can't get out of the way and Willard runs right into him Nice play as that ball was thrown on the rightfield side of the bag Lucky the collision didn't hurt anyone Negro League II leads 5 to 3 with two away this inning The first baseman, Jud Wilson will be up next for Negro League II A base hit should score Poles Babson rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Here's the righthander's delivery Base hit to right for Wilson Willie Randolph is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Negro League II... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... Wilson is out going to 2nd! As we head into the 3rd the All Stars will send up A. J. Tucker They need 3 runs to catch Negro League II as they trail 6 to 3 Tucker is 0 for 1 today Mathis steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Mathis kicks and fires A. J. Tucker offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Tucker couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Willard Brown for the out Tucker never even left the batter's box With one down, up next is Jeff Nights To be followed by Gerald Gazelle Nights gets set... Now he steps back out... He doesn't like his bat Wonder if it's broken?... The batboy brings him another And takes the old bat back to the dugout... Now we are ready here in the top of the 3rd Nights has 21 doubles this year He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Jeff brings the bat back... Mathis brings it to the plate Fastball Ball four Gazelle leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Mathis is slow to get ready He has a 4.31 ERA this year Now he's ready Mathis checks Nights on first... The 1-2 delivery Fastball in on the hands... Gazelle takes a big cut at it... It's a fly ball...Short center... This is trouble and it will fall... Holding at second is Nights... He hesitated waiting to see if the ball would be caught Men at first and second Jeeberoni Potpie, a dangerous man at the plate... 8th this year in the league in slugging average He's cruising along at a .575 pace Potpie is 0 for 1 on the day He looks around at the Negro League II infield Wilson is kicking the dirt at first Allen is even with the bag at third Bankhead and Brown are ready with hands on knees at second and short Potpie cocks his bat The runners stretch out to their leads Verdell checks the runners... Steps off the mound... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Potpie rips a solid shot to center Wright ranges to his right... He is juggling it!... Finally finds the handle Whew! Runners can't advance Two down Due up next is Dan Fouts Let's see what happens now Fouts steps in Two out, Gazelle at first, Nights at second Fouts is at .248 on the season Mathis is happy with the sign Nights on second, Gazelle on first They're dancing off the bags Here's the 2-2 offering Change up... Fouts was way out in front... Strike Three That's all for FOFC After 2 and a half innings in Negro League II this evening, Negro League II leads 6 to 3 John Beckwith stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Before getting ready Beckwith checks out the defensive alignment The umpire says let's go Beckwith is ready Now ready, here it is... Swung on and popped up Hays grabs it for the out Score It: 2 One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean is in front of Turn of Century 3 to 0 Minoso has hit his 1st homerun for Caribbean Negro League I leads AL Post WWII 3 to 2 Late 20th slipping by Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 AL Pre WWII and Left Outs are scoreless NL Pre WWII toppling NL Post WWII 8 to 1 Japanese League clipping Old Timers 6 to 2 Kaneda comfortably ahead for Japanese League Facing Babson now is Hill Sam Bankhead heads to the on deck circle Newt Allen waits in the hole Hill has a .243 average against righthanders this season Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Babson goes into his windup Here it comes There's a towering fly ball hit by Hill Ton sprints over, and makes the catch That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Babson Sam Bankhead will be next up... Bankhead is ready to face Babson Hays flashes the sign to Babson Brian Babson, with 14 appearances before today's game looks down for the sign from Hays Babson has great control He's looking for win number 7 He's into the windup Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Bankhead hits it into the hole on the right side Treacy ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Bankhead is out by a step at first And that retires the side FOFC will send up Harry Hays, K. A. Ton and Sean Treacy to face Mathis They'll try to get something going here in the top of the 4th Mathis shakes off two signs Now he's ready With a 3-2 count Mathis kicks and fires Fastball, down and in... Hays laces a hit into the outfield... Poles picks it up Fires it quickly into the infield Hays holds with a single Good start to the inning for FOFC Mathis looks down at Ton as he steps in K. A. is ready to go Ton looks to Dick Howser for the sign Ton gets set for the pitch The southpaw delivers Fastball down low... Ton swings and hits one out to left Spotswood Poles is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Mathis Hays trots back to first That's one away Coming to the plate is Treacy One down and runner at first Treacy is 0 for 1 today Mathis has the sign from Beckwith The lefthander Mathis delivers Swung on and missed by Treacy, he's down on strikes Two down Beckwith asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Beckwith and Mathis Mathis glares in at Babson as he steps in Now he's ready to go Babson goes through his routine of settling in Babson waits patiently Mathis goes into his stretch... Looks at Hays... He fires one to Wilson... Hays dives back in That's his best move to first... Wilson lobs it back Now Mathis comes home Babson sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Wright Wright gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium center Here we are at the half-way point in today's ballgame Negro League II leads FOFC by 3 The Twos with 6 runs FOFC has 3 Allen saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Allen is at .325 on the season Allen waiting on the delivery Babson will try to get Allen to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Hot shot grounded to the mound Babson comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 One out The Twos have a 3 run lead Slowly coming up is Mathis for Negro League II He is finally in the batter's box Negro League II ahead 6 to 3 Babson is saying a few words to Treacy... So far in 1900, Brian has a 6 and 6 record with 3 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign Here is the 2-1 pitch Good slider, inside part of the plate Mathis gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Treacy grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two up, two down for Negro League II Up now for Negro League II is Poles Two away, nobody on Poles is 2 for 2 today Hays flashes the sign... Babson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Here's his delivery Curve ball... Poles swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! That's all for the Twos After 4 full innings of play, they lead by 3 Here's Tucker to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Caribbean is in front of Turn of Century 3 to 0 Negro League I is beating AL Post WWII 6 to 2 Late 20th slipping by Dead Ball Era 3 to 1 Baker has hit his 7th homerun for Dead Ball Era AL Pre WWII leads Left Outs 1 to 0 NL Pre WWII is crushing NL Post WWII 11 to 1 Waner has hit his 6th homerun for NL Pre WWII Japanese League slipping by Old Timers 6 to 4 Kaneda battling Galvin Mathis tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's the windup... and the pitch Curve in the dirt... and Tucker holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Beckwith asks the first base ump's opinion He says Tucker went around Strike three, swinging One gone in the top of the 5th Up next is Jeff Nights He's having a fine year so far Planting his right foot Nights is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Nights Nights is taking his practice swings Jeff is 0 for 1 this evening Nights gets ready for Mathis' pitch His bat is cocked Into the windup... here's the pitch Fastball... Nights jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep left There goes Poles after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Spotswood Poles! Two away, nobody on Gazelle comes to the plate for FOFC Gazelle has a .282 average against lefties Gazelle waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Mathis brings it home Big bender, low and inside... Swung on... Line single to Poles in left... Picking it up in a hurry is Poles... Gazelle takes a wide turn... But stays at first base as the throw comes in Gazelle inches slowly away from the bag Mathis keeps Gazelle close at first It is very difficult getting a good read on the Negro League II pitcher Potpie steps in Gazelle's trying to rattle Verdell Mathis by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Potpie steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jeeberoni is 0 for 2 today Potpie is set Here's the southpaw's delivery Potpie swings and misses Strike three Potpie didn't have a good cut at that pitch That does it for FOFC in the 5th They leave 1 on base 4 stranded so far today Here's the center fielder Wright To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Willard Brown And then Jud Wilson Wright looks down toward the third base coach, Willie Randolph He's ready for the delivery The righthander delivers Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Wright swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Wild Bill as he was heading for the dugout So one up and one gone Brown walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat Brown is taking his practice swings Willard is 1 for 2 this evening He grounded out last time at bat Brown waits on Babson Babson is into his rocking motion Now his right arm comes around He hits a tough grounder to first Potpie flips to Babson covering Score It: 3-1 One more chance for Negro League II this inning Up next for the Twos Jud Wilson, the first baseman... If he gets on, John Beckwith would bat next Wilson is at .264 on the season Babson has the sign from Hays And here is the 1-2 delivery It's a sidearm fastball... Wilson rips a high line drive into right Gazelle races to the fence Reaches up... He's got it! Wilson is retired... and so is Negro League II That wraps up the inning for Negro League II By the way, Negro League II is 4 and 6 in their last ten games FOFC will send Fouts, Harry Hays, and K. A. Ton to face Verdell Mathis this inning Dan looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Fouts taps the bat on home plate Fouts in the hole, 0-2 It's coming down the pike Drilled on the ground to the mound Mathis grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 And there's one away One out, nobody on base Harry Hays is the batter Hays is 2 for 2 today Mathis is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Mathis gets the sign from Beckwith Mathis' into the windup... the delivery Hays hits a three hopper towards Verdell Mathis Mathis scoops it and fires it to first for the out Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Ton walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Sean Treacy moves into the on deck circle FOFC needs some runs Ton is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting only .233 so far this year At 0 for 1 in this game He flied out in his last at bat He's ready The southpaw delivers the 1-1 pitch It's grounded past the mound Bankhead races to his right Brown to his left Brown scoops it up Throws on one bounce to Wilson... K. A. beats it out! Two out, Ton at first Coming up is Sean Treacy Treacy looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 0 for 2 on the day for Sean Sean seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Now the delivery, here is is... The ball is low and outside Did he go around? The umpire says no Ball four For Treacy, that's 1 walk today Billy Bullock will get a crack at Mathis next A. J. Tucker would be up next... But only if Bullock can reach safely Bullock is batting .282 with 8 HR's this year Verdell Mathis has struck out 4 and walked 3 He's rubbing up the ball as he looks over at Cito Gaston The pitch is on the way Bouncer to short Taken by Brown Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side... Bullock fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base John Beckwith, Pete Hill, and Sam Bankhead are due up James gets the sign from Hays Here's the 2 strike pitch Beckwith tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! One down for Negro League II Pete Hill is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League II Hill moseys up to the plate Sam Bankhead is heading for the on-deck circle Watching Rodney, Hill wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Pete stands with bat ready The righthander winds and delivers Rodney loses him Hill heads down to first 2 walks today for Hill Bankhead is up now for Negro League II Bankhead looks down toward the third base coach, Willie Randolph Bankhead waits for the pitch The righthander delivers Bounced past the mound Treacy can't get to it BASE HIT! Hill takes third Bankhead stretches his lead Big bender... Bankhead is off to the races Hays throws down... Bankhead is safe!... As Treacy slaps a high tag on him Wait, Hays calls time... Walks half way to the mound He signals for the intentional walk The bases are loaded for Negro League II But FOFC has a force possiblity at any base now Mathis digs in at the plate Ready now for Rodney to come set Rodney is in a tough spot The right-hander Rodney is set to deliver to Mathis Here's the 1-2 pitch Swung on Foul tip... Strike three as Hays holds on to it Verdell didn't come through this time Spotswood Poles will get a crack at Rodney next Wild Bill Wright would be up next... But only if Poles can reach safely FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Poles is 2 for 3 today Right-hander Rodney eyes the lefty Poles Rodney's 3-1 pitch... It just misses inside, ball four Everyone will move up a base Poles just grins and takes his base Looks like Poles thought he was punched Rodney was trying to be too cute Negro League II adds to their lead Now they're up by 4 Now Negro League II ahead 7 to 3 Wild Bill Wright steps into the box Wright goes through his routine of settling in Wild Bill is set for the pitch Look for this pitch down the middle This is no time to be cute Rodney brings it to the plate The ball hits the edge of the plate It bounces crazily over the head of Hays Bankhead will score Wild pitch by James Rodney Wild Bill Wright steps into the box Wild Bill is hitting at .324 on the year He has 80 hits in 247 at bats This includes 13 doubles, 4 triples 10 home runs and 40 RBI's He's ready for the delivery The pitch is on the way Wright swings and lifts one toward right Gazelle drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That wraps up the inning for Negro League II So After 6 innings Negro League II has 8 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 7 hits and one error Negro League II has left 3 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 Tucker leading off FOFC would like to get some runners on base A. J. is hitting at .298 on the year He has 78 hits in 262 at bats His speed has propelled him to 14 stolen bases Now set, Tucker waits for the pitch The lefthander Mathis comes home with it Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Beckwith fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Tucker One up, one down here in the top of the 7th Coming up for FOFC is Jeff Nights Nobody on base, one out Negro League II leads 8 to 3 Mathis squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Mathis brings it to the plate Sharp breaking curveball... Nights reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Brown... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Wilson at first! Nights is out easily And there's two away Gerald Gazelle, the right fielder, strides to the plate Gerald is batting .295 with 8 home runs on the season He is 3 for 3 today Mathis studies his sign Mathis quick pitches him Slider, down and away... Gazelle reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Allen is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Poles is hustling after it... Gazelle with the big turn... The throw from Poles goes into second And Gazelle holds at first Walking up to the plate now is Potpie Dan Fouts waits on deck Potpie is taking his practice swings Jeeberoni is 0 for 3 this evening He struck out last time at bat Potpie waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The stretch... the 1-1 delivery Bouncer to third Allen grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That ends the inning After 6 and a half innings, Negro League II leads by 5 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The shortstop Brown will start things off for the Twos Brown has hit 7 home runs this year Rodney ready quickly, looks in for the sign Here's the 2 strike offering Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Rodney punches him out! One up, one down for Negro League II Now here's Wilson Jud takes a couple of practice cuts Wilson waits patiently The righthander Rodney delivers James comes in there with a dipsy-do And it freezes Wilson He can't get the bat off his shoulder as he watches it just catch the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! Two away now for Negro League II They're ahead by 5 The Twos have 7 hits on the evening The Twos will send John Beckwith up to the plate Beckwith has hit 12 home runs this year Rodney wastes no time He has the sign from Hays James comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 33 on the season for Rodney That is the third out for Negro League II here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 34455 As we get ready to start the top of the 8th Fouts is talking to Beckwith Mathis tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The southpaw's 1-2 delivery Changeup down low... Fouts makes contact and hits one out to left Spotswood Poles is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Mathis Negro League II gets the first out of the inning Harry Hays will make his way to home plate He's the catcher for FOFC Hays is 2 for 3 today The left-hander Mathis is now ready Mathis brings it to the plate Smash to third Newt Allen boots the ball He's charged with an error That's 1 miscue for Allen So that brings up K. A. Ton the FOFC left fielder Ton is batting .243 with 5 HR's this year Mathis is ready quickly Here's the southpaw's delivery It's a rainbow shot toward left Poles reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch Two down Beckwith asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Beckwith and Mathis Treacy is up next Two out with Hays at first Sean steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Treacy is 0 for 2 today He drew a walk last time up Treacy is waiting on the pitch Mathis checks Hays on first Now the 0-1 pitch Grounded towards the sack Allen comes up with it Over to Wilson Got him! Score It: 5-3 That retires the side... After 7 and a half innings at Shadowball Stadium here in Negro League II, Negro League II has 8 runs, 7 hits and one error While FOFC has 3 runs, 8 hits and one error FOFC has left 8 men on base Negro League II has stranded only 3 Pete Hill stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Hill has hit 5 home runs this year Rodney likes the sign The windup, the pitch Hill 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 Hill is retired Nice play by the FOFC short stop FOFC gets the first out here late in this contest Nobody on base, one away Bankhead steps into the batter's box Bankhead a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Rodney He's ready The pitch to Bankhead... Curve in the dirt... and Bankhead holds up Looked like he went around from here But the man in blue says no Hays appeals to first Appeal fails Bankhead will take first on the walk That's 1 walk today for Bankhead Bankhead sneaks away from the base Bankhead held closely by Rodney Now batting will be Newt Allen Allen is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Rodney looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Allen looks at strike three That's the second out of the inning The pitcher, Verdell Mathis, is up next Negro League II ahead 8 to 3 Rodney has the sign from Hays Now James delivers Mathis hits a roller to James Rodney Rodney comes up with it and throws It's in the dirt Potpie can't come up with it That'll be a throwing error on Rodney That's error number 2 of the game for FOFC Poles finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Poles has hit 3 home runs this year Rodney looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants He brings it home Liner drilled to second Treacy tries it He snares it for the out! Score It: 4 That's all for the Twos After 8 full innings, they lead by 5 Blade will come up to lead off the top of the 9th Blade has a .194 average against lefties Blade is set for the 3-1 pitch Mathis rocks and fires Blade hits one on the ground to the left side Barrett, who moves well, is motoring to first Brown wings it quickly to Wilson... OUT by a step While we wait for A. J. Tucker to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard These scores are final... Caribbean squeezed by Turn of Century 3 to 1 Mendez the winner, he's now 5-5 Young takes the loss, his record drops to 7-7 Negro League I topped AL Post WWII 8 to 5 McDonald the winner, he's now 1-1 Hunter takes the loss, his record drops to 4-7 Late 20th cuffed Dead Ball Era 5 to 2 AL Pre WWII nipped Left Outs 2 to 1 NL Pre WWII spanked NL Post WWII 11 to 6 Marichal takes the loss, his record drops to 8-5 Alexander the winner, he's now 9-4 Old Timers nipped Japanese League 7 to 6 OK, let's see if FOFC can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 5 Tucker walks up to the plate Negro League II leads 8 to 3 Verdell is ready The southpaw Mathis' delivery on the 0-1 pitch Curve, paints the corner... Tucker swings... Grounder down the left field line It's past Allen rolling all the way to the corner Tucker rounds first... Heads for second Poles plays it off the wall Here's the throw... Not in time! Tucker slides in with a double Now batting will be Jeff Nights The shortstop is walking to the plate Tucker kicking up the dirt at second... one out Negro League II leads FOFC by 5 runs Nights is batting .306 with 6 homers this year Nights readies himself for the pitch Verdell rocks and fires Fastball, belt high, away... Nights goes after it... There's a fly ball to Poles Poles is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run That's two away Gazelle, FOFC's right fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Gazelle is 4 for 4 today Mathis adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Beckwith The southpaw Mathis' delivery Struck him out on a terrible pitch That bounced in front of the plate! and Gazelle couldn't hold up his swing! Almost broke his back trying though... And that will do it for FOFC Negro League II wins 8 to 3 Mathis gets credit for the win Babson takes the loss The hitting star for Negro League II was John Beckwith He was 1 for 4 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Negro League II. |
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09-05-2007, 11:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Toronto
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Hey coach, if your looking for someone to pitch some innings, John Williams is sitting in that bullpen thinking you forgot about him. He is 5-1 in only 8 starts this season. Just sayin.......
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09-06-2007, 07:47 AM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
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Manager Update
After tonights loss, Hack Jobb with the National Herald is hounding me for an interview. I can't stand that guy. I'm sure he'll be hounding the players too. With our poor play recently, I haven't had any desire to pick up the paper, but I do know from watching the outfield scoreboards that we are sitting on only a 2 game lead with the Post Nationals and Pre Nationals really picking up their play. We are going to have to do better if we are going to be in the running for the division. I start looking over the roster and the player stats. I'm viewing them with a much calmer eye then I did when I was venting to Howser, and what I find is ...no glaring weaknesses. Sure we have some guys that aren't playing particularly well, and yes I would like to make a couple changes to see if they would help...but every team has problems in this league - where all star players struggle sometimes to hit .200, and pitchers that keep their ERAs below 4 are doing fantastic. A few players have spoken up recently saying they would like more regular playing time, and I've really got to take that into consideration. I decide I better call a staff meeting... Now If I can just remember who my staff is outside of Sal and Dick |
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09-06-2007, 08:17 AM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
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FOFC All-Star Staff Meeting
Howser, Maglie, and the rest of the coaches settle in, and I can see from the expressions on their faces they are expecting to get a earfull from me. I take a deep breath, take another look at the team stats and say, "Our division lead is shrinking rapidly. Now I knew coming into the season this wasn't going to be easy, and I certainly didn't expect to run away a hide from teams like the Post and Pre Nationals. In fact, like the rest of you I was shocked by our quick start out of the gate. All that said - I hate to see us squander that advantage so quickly. I've looked over the roster and I'm not sure what should change if anything, but I'm open to suggestions..." There is a long pause as the coachs try to digest what I've said, and decide if I'm waiting for someone to open their mouths and throw out a suggestion before I explode. No-one says anything so I chime in again, " Guys I'm serious about ideas here. For instance, I know that Jeebs has requested to play everyday, and for the most part I think that is warrented. With the exception of exceptionally tough righties, Jeebs will be in the lineup batting cleanup. I also have decided to start Williams tonight. I think some of our issues with poor starting pitching recently might be due to over fatiguing our main 3. Mighty, Babson, and Neilsen all want the ball so bad it's tough to make them sit the extra day, but I think it might be in the teams best interest." Sal chimes in, "Williams was just asking me when his turn on the hill was going to come again. I like the idea of starting him...shoot he's 5 and 1." I nod... The batting coach agrees with the decision to make Jeebs the defacto first baseman and to use Gonzalez as a LH pinch hitter and part time starter. So my suggestions are not only being well received but are facilitating other discussion. Howser speaks up, "Gazelle has been going nuts, and I know he approached you about playing more. What are you going to do about that?" "I'm not sure. He is playing extremely well right now, but we've been facing a ton of lefties. I don't know that I can justify starting him in the outfield against a right hander. I mean it's not like Gunner, Pflaggsettler and Tucker aren't producing. I'll see what I can do..." "What about 2b?" Howser asks... This one makes me cringe. "this is the one area I am really struggling with. Treacy is hitting, but the defense isn't good enough for the spot, and Blade's defense is great, but not only can't he get hits, he doesn't even get on base. I'd like to peak into our minors and see if there is someone I can add, but for now I think I'll continue to start Treacy, but I may start pulling him earlier for Blades glove. I'll also continue to give Blade a start or two to see if I can't get his bat going." The batting coach chimes in, "Blade's stroke looks good. He can hit, I'm not sure what is going on with him." "Me either, we just need him to come around sooner rather than later." "Terp?" the one word question came from someone, but I couldn't tell who. I shake my head, "Occasional starter for Nights, to give him a night off. Not much else I can do with this one. Terp can play defense, but not as good as Nights. Plus there is no power in that bat, and right now the average is anemic." "You still considering a call up here?" Howser querries. "I don't know if there is anyone ready to be called up." I admit. "What about the outfield situation?" Sal asks? "Sal, why do you care about the outfield?" "The pitchers like it better when Ton isn't out there. His range is pretty limited...well at least compared to the other guys." "Ton has pretty much become the right handed Gonzalez. He isn't hitting consistently enough to justify starting over the regular 4, but he has some pop, so we'll keep him around for pinch hitting and spot starting." Things go quiet for a while, so I volunteer "Thirdbase and Catcher are working out ok...so I think that covers the offense." I turn to look at Sal, who squirms a bit, knowing his pitching staff has been sub-par recently. "I've already stated that we will start Williams tonight. I think we should stretch our rotation out and use Hunter and Williams more..." I leave the statement hanging. Sal nods but then adds, "I think it's a good idea, but with Foz on the shelf that really shortens our pen. Rodney is going to be toast at this rate if we really do go with a true 5 man turn." "What are you suggesting?" "A call up would be nice?" "I've placed a call to the triple A team, and the manager down there is considering who is ready for the show. No word back. And by the way, it's possible we won't get the call." "If we can't get someone to eat innings, I think we should go with the expanded rotation most of the time, but if needed Hunter or Williams might have to pitch a few innings in relief, which will shorten our rotation for that week. To prevent that from happening we'll use Rodney more and I'll get the Knowles brothers ready to pitch more innings." Howser snickers, "Those boys aren't going to like it when you ask them to run more...." I have to smirk at that, knowing the brothers and their classic screwy closer mentalities, but I also know they will do whatever it takes to win ball games. I hope it's enough. I dismiss the team and start filling out my lineup for tonight... CF - Tucker SS - Nights ...... |
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09-06-2007, 08:22 AM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
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It's funny you posted this. I played the game that will be posted tonight on Tuesday and I used you in the rotation... Had to get ahead because both of my boys had baseball practice last night - I was at the field from 6 till 9:30 Last edited by Breeze : 09-06-2007 at 08:23 AM. |
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09-06-2007, 09:12 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
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GAME 65 - June 8 - Radio Broadcast
Welcome to Shadowball Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between Negro League II and FOFC The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in Negro League II A. J. Tucker to lead it off for FOFC Wickware goes into his windup And here's the 3-1 offering In the dirt And Tucker holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Tucker sneaks away from the base Wickware holds the runner While Persimmon Pflaggstettler heads for the on deck circle Jeff Nights makes his way to the plate Nights looks to Dick Howser for the sign Wickware steps on the rubber Here's the 0-2 pitch Nights sends a scorcher to short Brown takes it on one hop Fires to Bankhead for one Back to Wilson for the double play! Two down Beckwith asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Beckwith and Wickware Pflaggstettler walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat Stepping out, Pflaggstettler looks into the dugout Steps back in Pflaggstettler gets set for the pitch Frank winds... kicks... and delivers Pflaggstettler starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Wickware walks him Now here's Potpie Potpie is hitting .297 against righties He's in his crouch Potpie can really swing that wood Wickware brings it to the plate Low and away...Swung on... Lined into center... Wright coming on fast... He can't get it... has to take it on one hop... Throws it in to second Score that a single for Potpie That pitch looked like a fastball But it sure had a lot of movement on it Walking slowly up for FOFC is Gunner The outfield is playing him deep And shaded to the right They are showing respect for his power Stan, a lefty batter, will square off against Wickware Of his 8 home runs, 8 are against righties Gunner waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch is on the way Gunner rocks one deep This is really hit It's going... going... FOUL! Man, the wind really robbed Gunner . . . Gunner back in the box And here comes the next pitch Stroked to short Clean single for Gunner Pflaggstettler is coming around third He puts the first run on the board Now batting will be Palmer The third baseman for FOFC Beckwith flashes the sign... Wickware waves it off... Now he's happy It's a full count... Wickware winds and fires... He misses outside Ball four Billy Bullock steps into the box Bullock goes through his routine of settling in No more room on the bases Wickware is on the first-base side of the rubber... Wickware's righthanded delivery... It bounces in front of the plate and gets by Beckwith Potpie will score, Gunner to third And Palmer goes to second on the wild pitch Billy Bullock steps into the box Bullock is at .280 on the season Beckwith flashes the sign to Wickware The pitch to Bullock... Bullock sends one way high in the air It is drifting toward the first base dugout Beckwith is over... Ouch!... That ball got a fan right in the breadbasket He even lost the souvenir After stopping it with his abdomen It bounced to a kid a couple seats away . . . Bullock back in the box And here comes the next pitch The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Bullock swung, that's strike three Bullock isn't happy at all with that call And we go to the home-half of the first inning It's FOFC 2, Twos coming up Leading off for the Twos is the left fielder Poles He'll be followed by Wild Bill Wright And then Willard Brown Poles is batting .292 with 3 HR's this year Williams looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw's 0-1 delivery Over the outside corner Poles hits the curve right to second... Blade takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Poles is out by a couple of steps One gone for Negro League II Wild Bill Wright, the center fielder, strides to the plate Wright wiggles the bat above his head John looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here comes the cripple pitch Wild Bill Wright swings It's a line drive... Sizzles past Nights into left... Base hit for Wright... Gunner is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Wright is on with a sharp single Willard Brown steps in now for the Twos The All Stars lead in this one, 2-zip Brown swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Williams Brown waits patiently Williams brings it to the plate The ball is low and outside Did he go around? The umpire says no Ball four For Brown, that's 1 walk today That'll bring up catcher John Beckwith... FOFC out in front by 2 We're in the bottom of the 1st Beckwith can't seem to get settled at the plate Beckwith, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Williams John checks the runners Steps off the rubber... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Grounder topped to short Taken by Nights Throw to second for one To first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Wright takes third The runner on first, Brown, is out Coming up to the plate is Wilson Twos have runners at first and third Beckwith on first represents the tying run Wilson a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Williams A battle of lefties... Jud seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now The lefty Williams delivers Wilson gets a good cut at it... He lifts it high and deep toward right Pflaggstettler is heading back... At the fence And he makes the catch for the out! Williams breathes a sigh of relief That retires the side... Wilson fails to come through in the clutch For Negro League II, No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base Blade 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 Barrett Blade is hitting .200 this year against righthanded pitchers He's waiting on the pitch Still waiting... Now he steps out of the box... We have a game of cat and mouse going on OK, now we're ready to go as Blade steps back in It's coming down the pike Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Blade! So one up and one gone Planting his right foot Williams is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Williams Williams taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready The bat is cocked Wickware winds and delivers The 1-2 pitch Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 77 on the season for Wickware Two down Frank Wickware retires the first two batters in order Tucker gets set at the plate FOFC on top 2 to 0 Wickware is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Wickware looks in... Now he's ready Wickware fires Grounded towards first Wilson grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG SAFE! Tucker takes a walking lead The runner unable to take a big lead Wickware keeps looking him back He's running with the pitch! Beckwith up from his crouch, firing down... Not in time Tucker is in there with a stolen base WAIT, Tucker steps off the bag And Bankhead tags him, he's out! That wasn't too bright on Tucker's part It's the bottom of the 2nd Pete Hill, Negro League II's right fielder, will lead it off Sam Bankhead is on deck Negro League II will try to cut into FOFC's lead The All Stars lead by 2 Hill has a .307 average against lefthanders He is .262 overall Hill awaits the delivery Here's the southpaw's delivery Change up... Hill hits a fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it... He's got it One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean slipping by Turn of Century 2 to 0 AL Post WWII slipping by Negro League I 2 to 0 Dead Ball Era leads Late 20th 1 to 0 Johnson battling Clemens NL Pre WWII leads NL Post WWII 3 to 2 Old Timers is edging Japanese League 2 to 1 Coming up for Negro League II is Sam Bankhead Nobody on base, one out Time is called... Bankhead has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Williams eyes Bankhead intently Williams is into his rocking motion Now his left arm comes around Bankhead tries to hold up, but can't He pops one into short right Pflaggstettler is coming in hard... Blade is racing with his back to the infield And neither is going to get it! Bankhead is on with the "excuse me" single! Allen is up now for Negro League II Allen, a switch-hitter, batting right-handed against the lefty John Williams Bullock flashes the sign... Williams shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Williams' 1-2 pitch... It's a rainbow shot toward right Pflaggstettler reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That's two away Two out, Bankhead at first Coming up is Frank Wickware Bankhead will be running if it's hit Williams is on the third-base side of the rubber... The southpaw Williams delivers the 1-2 pitch Wickware hits a roller to Jeff Nights Nights comes up with it and throws It's in the dirt Potpie can't come up with it That'll be a throwing error on Nights That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Poles Wild Bill Wright waits on deck Spotswood is hitting at .291 on the year He has 75 hits in 258 at bats His speed has propelled him to 28 stolen bases Spotswood steadies his bat Waits patiently for Williams' pitch John checks the runners Steps off the mound Again he's into the stretch The pitch Bounced past the mound Outstanding play by Nights! Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the Twos in the 2nd inning No runs, one hit, one error and 2 men left on base... We head to the 3rd... FOFC leads 2 to 0 Leading off now for FOFC is Nights Nights is hitting .301 against righthanders Nights waits on Wickware Frank rocks and fires Curve ball... Nights swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Negro League II gets the first out of the inning That will bring up right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler So far this year Pflaggstettler is batting .299 He has 11 doubles, 3 triples 9 homeruns with 41 RBI's and 5 stolen bases Pflaggstettler waits for the delivery And the delivery by Wickware Wickware loses him Pflaggstettler heads down to first 2 walks today for Pflaggstettler Potpie is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Potpie is at .279 on the season Wickware shakes off two signs Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Bouncer up the middle Past Sam Bankhead... base hit into center field! Pflaggstettler makes the turn at second Third base coach Dick Howser tells him to keep a-comin' Runners at first and third With Deacon Palmer on deck Batting now for FOFC is Gunner Gunner is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Gunner readies himself for the pitch The righthander Wickware's delivery Gunner pokes it to right It drops in front of Hill FOFC adds to their lead FOFC on top 3 to 0 Palmer pounds the plate Now he stares out at Wickware Palmer a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Wickware Deacon stands with bat ready Here's his delivery Nubber to second Bankhead comes up with it Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Not in time! Score It: 4-6 Potpie scores from third! The runner on first, Gunner, is out Two gone for FOFC Two outs, with a man at first Bullock is the next batter Bullock is 0 for 1 today The right-hander Wickware is set to deliver to Bullock Here's the 2-1 offering Base hit to left for Bullock Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Palmer will stay at second Barrett Blade will get a crack at Wickware next John Williams would be up next... But only if Blade can reach safely Against righthanders Blade is hitting .198 He cocks the bat as he peers out at Wickware The runners step away from their bases Here's the righthander's delivery Grounded towards the bag Wilson flips to Wickware covering Score It: 3-1 And that retires the side The center fielder Wright will start things off for the Twos Wild Bill is batting at .325 with 10 home runs He is 1 for 1 so far today Wild Bill waits... He steps out as Williams takes too long Now he's back in the box John winds Kicks... and delivers Wright swings on a ball in on his fists It results in a pop up to first Potpie is under it... A few steps to his right... One hands it for the out Wright looked bad on that pitch One up, one down here in the bottom of the 3rd Twos' shortstop Brown is up next Brown is at .257 on the season Williams looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... Now ready, here it is... Slider, down and away... Brown reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Palmer is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Gunner is hustling after it... Brown with the big turn... The throw from Gunner goes into second And Brown holds at first (Ballpark Double Effect) John Beckwith is up next Negro League II's catcher finds 1 on with 1 out We'll see how they pitch to Beckwith Beckwith awaits the delivery The lefthander Williams delivers Beckwith slaps a slow bouncer in front of second Blade races in He reaches down Scoops it up and fires to first Out! Brown advances on the play That's the second out of the inning Slowly coming up is Wilson for Negro League II He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 4 to 0 A base hit should score Brown Williams squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Williams is behind in the count Here's the 2-0 offering Fastball, belt high, away... Wilson goes after it... There's a fly ball to Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run That wraps up the inning for Negro League II So After 3 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and one error While Negro League II has no runs, 3 hits and no errors Negro League II has left 3 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 John Williams, A. J. Tucker, and Jeff Nights are due up Wickware wastes no time He has the sign from Beckwith Windup by Wickware And the pitch Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 5 for Frank Wickware today 79 on the year That's one away Nobody on base, one away Tucker steps into the batter's box Tucker is 1 for 1 today Wickware steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Wickware brings it to the plate Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Tucker is outta there That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean slipping by Turn of Century 2 to 0 AL Post WWII slipping by Negro League I 2 to 0 Dead Ball Era is in front of Late 20th 4 to 1 Rice has hit his 3rd homerun for Late 20th NL Post WWII is in front of NL Pre WWII 6 to 3 Old Timers leads Japanese League 2 to 1 Nights coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Nights swinging from the right side facing the righty Wickware Nights waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Now Frank delivers Changeup down low... Nights makes contact and hits one out to center Wild Bill Wright is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Wickware 1-2-3, nothing across... Here's Hill to lead off the inning Before he does, lets check out how the Twos have been playing lately Negro League II is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Hill has 14 doubles this year Hill is set for the pitch The pitch on the way, here it is... Hard ground ball to the mound Williams comes up with it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 One down for Negro League II Sam Bankhead is still in the on-deck circle and Newt Allen is looking for a bat in the dugout One out, nobody on base Sam Bankhead is the batter Sam takes a couple of practice cuts All set, Bankhead is ready for the pitch The southpaw delivers the 2-2 pitch Fastball, busted in on the hands Bankhead manages to get a piece of it Bouncing it over the mound Nights cuts it off in front of the bag Rifles a throw to Potpie... And Bankhead is called out on a close play Two down The third baseman, Newt Allen will be up next for Negro League II Allen steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Newt is 0 for 1 today Allen waits for the pitch The southpaw delivers There's a fly ball to Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler circles under it... He makes the play That's all for the Twos in the bottom of the 4th... After 4 full innings, FOFC leads by 4 The FOFC right fielder, Pflaggstettler, will lead off He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie And then Stan Gunner Wickware adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Beckwith And the righthander starts to work on Pflaggstettler Here comes the pitch Hard slider, at the knees... Pflaggstettler clubs a deep drive to center... Wright turns, and races back after it... It goes off the wall! Pflaggstettler is steaming toward third Wright has it, throws... Not in time... Pflaggstettler has his triple Number 4 on the year for him That brings up Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman Stepping in and then stepping out again Potpie looks to third for a sign Potpie is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Wickware He's waiting for the pitch The righthander Wickware delivers Potpie swings... He rips a ground ball towards Allen It's by him and twists into the left field corner Potpie rounds first... But he will return quickly as Poles gets a nice throw in to Bankhead Allen had no chance at that ball as he was playing in to cut off the run at third The strategy backfired that time FOFC left fielder, Stan Gunner, will be up next He will be followed by Deacon Palmer One on... no one out FOFC up by 5 Gunner steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Stan is 2 for 2 today Potpie kicks the dirt at first Gunner concentrates He holds the bat down on the end Here's the 3-0 offering That's ball four Gunner will trot down to first Potpie is now down on second So with 2 on and no outs FOFC sends their third baseman, Deacon Palmer, up to face Wickware Hard-hitting Billy Bullock is walking towards the on-deck circle Palmer scuffs up the lines around the box Palmer cocks his bat Frank checks the runners... Goes into the stretch The pitch Drilled on the ground to short Brown grabs it Throw to second for one Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 And there's two away Billy Bullock steps into the box Bullock is 1 for 2 today Billy singled last time around He's ready Now to the belt, here it is... Wait a minute ... What's going on? A balk has been called! Wickware must have done something wrong The ump caught him in the act! Billy Bullock steps into the box The outfield's shaded towards left for Bullock He's 1 for 2 today Frank is ready Wickware rocks and fires Bullock hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Allen dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the third baseman, Newt Allen! That's all for FOFC After 4 and a half innings in Negro League II this afternoon, FOFC on top 6 to 0 We are going to have a pinch hitter Buck O'Neil will bat for Frank Wickware It will be the righthand hitting, O'Neil against the lefty Williams O'Neil is hitting southpaws for a .154 average Buck O'Neil will step into the box to start the inning Negro League II would like to get some runners on board Against lefthanders O'Neil is hitting .154 this season O'Neil is ready Williams goes into his windup Kicks his right leg high... Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bullock fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag O'Neil One out Due up next is Spotswood Poles Making his way up is Poles He looks to third first Now he steps in The corners are playing in Spotswood is hitting at .290 on the year He has 75 hits in 259 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Poles grounded out his last time up Spotswood is set for the pitch The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 1-0 pitch Poles hits a fly ball to center A. J. Tucker camps under it He's got it That's the second out of the inning Negro League II needs a win They are 7th in the standings 14.5 games out of the National lead And now here's Wild Bill Wright Willard Brown on deck... Two outs here in the bottom of the 5th Wright is 1 for 2 today, with no strike outs Williams ready quickly, looks in for the sign The lefthander Williams comes home with it There's a ground ball into the hole Palmer and Nights converge on it It's picked by Palmer who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! That's all for the Twos... After 5 innings here at Shadowball Stadium in Negro League II, FOFC leads 6 to 0 Ray Brown will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Ray has appeared in 15 games this season with a record of 0-2 In 25 innings, he has an 5.33 ERA Frank Wickware has finished his work here this afternoon Barrett Blade stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Blade is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Barrett certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Brown earn his salary Barrett is ready for the delivery Here's the windup and the 3-2 delivery Long fly to center Wright has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Blade is retired on a fairly deep fly FOFC with one away Brown steps off the mound as he waits for John Williams to come to the plate Williams walks up to the plate Ray Brown steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Brown brings it home Williams cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Beckwith Williams was badly fooled by Brown's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! John was a little overanxious That's two away Tucker coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Tucker will be batting lefty versus Brown The switch hitter is 1 for 2 today .301 average on the year Last time up A. J. struck out Brown gets the sign, it's one he likes Here's the righthander's delivery Struck him out on a fastball Tucker goes down swinging That's it for FOFC Here at Shadowball Stadium, After 5 and a half innings, FOFC has 6 runs, 8 hits and one error While Negro League II has no runs, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has left 4 on base Negro League II has stranded 5 Willard Brown up first for Negro League II He is a threat to steal if he gets on Brown is 1 for 1 today Willard singled last time around Brown looks very intent... He stares down at Williams... Cocks his bat The lefthander delivers Brown pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Gunner will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Brown retreats to first after a wide turn Negro League II catcher, John Beckwith, is up next Beckwith is 0 for 2 today, with no strike outs Williams is ready quickly Here's the 2-0 offering A slider by Williams Beckwith gets good wood on it... Gunner back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! One gone for Negro League II Jud Wilson moves in to face Williams 1 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 6th Wilson is hitting .298 against southpaws 0 for 2 so far this game He flied out in his last at bat Wilson readies himself for the pitch The southpaw delivers the 1-1 pitch Swung on and hit solidly Just to the left of Blade It drops in front of Pflaggstettler Brown is around third... Pflaggstettler whips his throw toward the plate Cut off by Nights... Wilson holds at first with an RBI single Brown got a chance to turn on the "jets" Blade couldn't quite reach it 34 RBI's for Wilson on the season 34 today The Twos' right fielder is up next Negro League II has 1 on board with 1 out FOFC is set up for two Williams likes the sign Williams brings it to the plate There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Nights races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Hill back in the box And here comes the next pitch Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Pete looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Williams Walking up to the plate now is Bankhead Newt Allen waits on deck Williams has the sign from Bullock The stretch... the delivery Bankhead grounds one to short Nights juggles it Over to first Sam beats it out! Nights will get an error on the play That's error number 2 of the game for FOFC Settling in at the plate is Allen Allen is 0 for 2 today, with no strike outs Williams with a big 5-run lead to work with... He's in bit of trouble here, though! He brings it home It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! And that retires the side But not before Negro League II gets 1 run to put an end to John Williams' hopes of a shutout After 6 innings, FOFC is still on top, 6-1 Nights saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Beckwith flashes the sign... Brown waves it off... Now he's happy Brown is into his windup Here's the pitch Nights hits a fly ball to center Wild Bill Wright camps under it He's got it And there's one away Now batting will be Persimmon Pflaggstettler The right fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 5 Ray peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Now Ray delivers Pflaggstettler hits a pop into short right field Bankhead sprints out Hill and Wright sprint towards the infield Pete Hill sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Potpie, the first baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 6 to 1 Jeeberoni is batting at .286 with 16 home runs He is 3 for 3 so far today Brown steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Brown brings it to the plate Bounced towards the hole Smooth pickup by Brown Throw to second for one On to first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean is in front of Turn of Century 3 to 0 AL Post WWII is edging Negro League I 3 to 2 Williams has hit his 12th homerun for AL Post WWII Dead Ball Era is in front of Late 20th 5 to 2 NL Post WWII winning over NL Pre WWII 9 to 3 Old Timers slipping by Japanese League 5 to 3 Galvin battling Bessho It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Brown, the Twos pitcher, will step in to start things off He is no breather for opposing pitchers Brown swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Williams Brown waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The 2-2 offering... And Brown will sit down... strike three called One away in the bottom of the 7th for Negro League II Up next for the Twos The hometown left fielder, Spotswood Poles Looking for his first hit today Poles is 0 for 3 Williams looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... Williams brings it to the plate Fly ball to center Tucker is under it He makes the grab Two gone for Negro League II Up now for Negro League II is Wright Two away, nobody on Wild Bill will be facing the southpaw Williams from the right side of the plate 2 of his 10 home runs come via this route John Williams on the mound for the All Stars... He has pitched deep into this game Williams has given up 5 hit and 1 runs Here's the windup and the 3-2 delivery Fastball... down and away... Williams just misses the corner... ball four That's 2 walks given up by Williams today Now batting will be Willard Brown Brown is 2 for 3 today, with no strike outs Williams shakes off his sign Now he's set He rocks and fires Grounded down the line Williams takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 And that will do it for Negro League II Stan Gunner leads off the inning Gunner is at .281 on the season Right-hander Brown prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Gunner Brown leans back and fires Checked swing by Gunner Called ball four Beckwith motions down to the third base umpire He gives the "safe" sign with no hesitation Stan walks to lead it off Deacon Palmer steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Gunner is at first The outfield's shaded towards left for Palmer He's 0 for 2 today The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... The pitch to Palmer... Base hit to center for Palmer Third base coach Dick Howser thinks he can make it... Here comes Gunner... The throw is going to third... Wild Bill Wright throws the ball away for an error! Barrett Blade gets the weighted donut from Bullock Now Billy saunters to the plate no outs and 1 on base Bullock bats in the seventh slot in the order for FOFC FOFC ahead 7 to 1 Ray looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Brown looks back towards second... The pitch Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing up just a bit is Poles And he pulls it in That's one away Barrett Blade, the second baseman, strides to the plate Against righthanders Blade is hitting .194 Blade is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Brown He's waiting for the pitch Brown rocks and fires Did he check his swing? YES! It's a walk Gonzalez moseys up to the plate A. J. Tucker is heading for the on-deck circle David looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Gonzalez taps the bat on home plate Gonzalez is set for the 3-1 pitch The pitch is on the way Looped to left...and it will drop for a hit Everybody will move up a spot Tucker is up now for FOFC So far this season Tucker is hitting .276 when facing righthanded pitching Beckwith flashes the sign... Brown shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Brown fires STEEE... RIKE THREE! Brown catches him looking Tucker doesn't get it done That's out number two Twos' pitching coach, Donnie Moore, is out to talk with Brown Jeff Nights, the FOFC shortstop, steps into the batter's box FOFC on top 7 to 1 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Jeff steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Nights flied out last time up and now is 0 for 4 Brown looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Beckwith He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Brown Now he is ready... It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Nights swings on a ball in on his fists It results in a pop up to short Brown is under it... A few steps to his right... One hands it for the out Nights looked bad on that pitch That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 7 and a half innings FOFC has 7 runs, 11 hits and 2 errors While Negro League II has one run, 5 hits and one error FOFC has left 7 stranded Negro League II has failed to bring home 8 Beckwith will step into the box to start the inning Negro League II needs to get some runners on board And then they need to get them home! John is hitting at .253 on the year He has 55 hits in 217 at bats This includes 8 doubles, 3 triples 12 home runs and 31 RBI's Beckwith is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Knowles He's waiting for the pitch And the cripple pitch... It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Beckwith checks his swing Bullock appeals to the first base umpire He held up, ball four Never a good time for a lead-off walk But especially not late in the game Up next for the Twos The first baseman, Jud Wilson On-deck is Pete Hill To be followed by Sam Bankhead Wilson is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Wilson is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Beckwith is dancing off first The southpaw Knowles' delivery Base hit to center for Wilson Beckwith is rounding second... But he pulls up quickly as he sees the sign from Willie Randolph Beckwith will stay at second Hill leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Hill digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Knowles Hill waits Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Knowles The delivery There's the heater... Strike three swinging! Hill will take his seat One down, two to go... Bo Knowles has to bear down now Sam Bankhead is up next for Negro League II One out, bottom of the 8th FOFC on top 7 to 1 Newt Allen is on deck Knowles is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Knowles gets the sign from Bullock Now Bo delivers He rips a grounder to first Potpie comes up with it Throw to second for one On to first Double Play! Score It: 3-6-3 We head to the 9th... The score is still FOFC 7, Twos 1 Persimmon Pflaggstettler stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Persimmon's patience and good eye have paid off today He's drawn 2 walks this afternoon Brown adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Beckwith Here's his delivery Pflaggstettler swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Brown strikes out Persimmon Pflaggstettler One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Potpie FOFC leading in the game Potpie has hit 16 home runs this year Ray Brown has struck out 4 and walked 2 He's rubbing up the ball as he looks over at Cito Gaston The righthander Brown delivers It's a routine fly into center Wright ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Two up, two down Nobody on, two away Gunner steps in for FOFC Gunner is one of the most feared sluggers Brown looks down at Beckwith for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Brown brings it home Fastball, lined to center... Base hit for Gunner... Wright over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Gunner at first Deacon Palmer will get a crack at Brown next Billy Bullock would be up next... But only if Palmer can reach safely Palmer wiggles the bat above his head Palmer awaits the pitch Brown's 2 strike pitch... It is a high hard one... Palmer goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Palmer couldn't hold back The All Stars are gone in the 9th... they get No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... We head to the bottom of the 9th... FOFC leads 7 to 1 The Twos will get their licks here in the bottom of the 9th Newt Allen, Ray Brown, and Spotswood Poles are scheduled to face FOFC righthander Jace Kronside Here's Allen stepping in... Newt is batting .289 in 45 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Ray Brown Waiting for the pitch is Allen Now the delivery, here is is... He bunts the ball! Fouts fields it and fires to first And he is . . . OUT! Cito Gaston brings on Bingo Demoss to hit for Ray Brown The Twos are way behind They need baserunners... And a lot of them! Demoss finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Demoss swinging from the right side facing the righty Kronside Right-hander Kronside eyes the righty Demoss Here's the 3-2 offering It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Nights takes off after it... Leaps... And Demoss is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Jeff is very fine fielder! Two down, last of the 9th... The Twos are down to their final out So that brings up the top of the order Spotswood Poles will step in Spotswood is 0 for 4 this summer afternoon He flied out in his last plate appearance Poles waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Jace rocks and fires It's a smash over short Nights leaps Just over his outstretched glove Poles makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly That'll bring up Wild Bill Wright Things haven't gone well for Negro League II They trail FOFC by 6 runs FOFC leads 7 to 1 Wright is 1 for 3 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Fouts is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short He's ready And the delivery by Kronside The ball is low and outside Did he go around? The umpire says no Ball four For Wright, that's 2 walks today Brown settles in at the plate Brown grips the bat handle Brown waits for the pitch His bat is coiled A check on the runners... the pitch Grounded towards the bag Potpie to Kronside covering first Score It: 3-1 And that will do it for Negro League II FOFC wins 7 to 1 Williams gets credit for the win Wickware takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Stan Gunner He was 3 for 3 And that wraps things up So long from Negro League II. |
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09-07-2007, 06:41 AM
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Manager Update
The decision to go with Williams appears to be a good one, as he pitches a gem and goes to 6 and 1. But any good-feelings have following the game are tempered because we go from playing the Twos (a below average team) to playing the Ones (a team that last I checked was in first place in the other division). This will be a much different test for us, and one quite frankly we need to do well in. We've dominated the below average clubs - 9 and 1 vs Japan and 7 and 1 vs the Twos, but the good teams are beating our brains in (and the Ones are a good team). One thing we have going for us...the Ones have some very dangerous LH bats...Lloyd, Charleston, Torriente, and Leonard, and while their RH hitters Wells, DiHigo and Gibson are good - only Gibson is dominating (Bell is a switch hitter and Stearnes is hurt). We will be throwing our 2 big lefties against them in the first 2 games of thes series. Hopefully that will pay off. Nielsen gets the ball tonight, followed by Mighty...right now I'm leaning towards skipping Babson for 1 start and working in Hunter, but Let's see what happens in the first 2 games. |
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09-07-2007, 07:29 AM
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The National Herald
SPORTS SUMMER SHOWDOWN by Hack Jobb It's just early June, but we already have a huge series stairing us in the face. The first place FOFCers vs the Negro League Ones. The FOFCers are currently clinging to a 2 game lead, while the Ones are leading by...well - 1. The early portion of the season has gone very differently for the two teams. The FOFCers jumped out to a big lead, getting up by 6 games early. Behind the fantastic pitching of Neilsen, Mighty and Babson and the table setting of Nights and Tucker combined with the power and timely hitting of Potpie, Pflagsettler, Gunner, and more. But lately the team has struggled, and it has been difficult to put a finger on why. A quick look into the stats tells us, it's the hitting. The team is in the bottom 3rd in all of baseball for batting average, and while the teams homeruns are in the top third, they are closer to half the number of team closest to them in the divsion, the Post Nationals, who have around 140. So the hitting is letting them down...right? In some cases yes, but look at the batting averages of the starters, .298, .299, .304, .284, .286, .279, .353, and 4th outfielder Gazelle is hitting over .300 as well. Now some of the backups have been lacking, but they aren't getting enough at bats anymore to be the root cause. The biggest problem offensively, appears to be leaving runners on base and not getting on base enough. The batting averages are good, but the OBP isn't that good. Tucker for instance is in the league leaders for strike outs, and while he also leads the league in at bats, you still would prefer he put the bat on the ball a little more. The pitching has been fine! For most of the season yes. Neilsen and Mighty still rank in the top ERAs, and if not for his last two outings being terrible, Babson would still be there. Williams has pitched real well when given an opportunity and Hunter, who hasn't been great, has given the team a chance to win most nights he's on the hill. But in this recent slide, not even the big 3 starters could aviod getting lit up like a roman candle. All took there lumps, and now they need to regain their composure to hang on to the division lead. Well the pen has been bad then? The Pen hasn't been outstanding, but Kronside and Sammy Knowles have been solid at the tail end of the pen. Bo Knowles and Rodney are pitching better and Fozzborg was fantasic in long relief before the injury. What about the defense? Now we might have hit on something. Other than the typical starting outfield and catchers, the rest of the teams defense is woeful right now. Potpie, who is a very good defender has struggled and of all the first basemen with enough attempts to register on the fielding matrix, he's the worst. Treacy can commiserate because he is the worst defensive second baseman. Nights is middle of the pack and Palmer, well...let's just say, he isn't the worst at his spot - But he's close. To continue to play well the All-Stars need to get more timely hitting and the defense has got to improve. I talked with FOFCers Dick Howser who said, "We are aware of our short comings. We've had many discussions about them recent and we have a plan in mind on how to deal with them." He refused to elaborate on that plan. Now the Negro League Ones have been scratching and clawing all season long, and somehow find themselves in first place. The Deadballers, the Old Timers and the Late 20s are all breathing down their necks, but the Ones continue to go about their business and continue to stay right at the top. The lineup for the Negro League team is amazing...Bell, Lloyd, Charleston, Gibson, Leonard, Wells, Torriente, DiHigo. Not only can they all hit, but they can all run, so when they are on base they are a threat to get into scoring possition with a steal, or to score from first on a single. The bench isn't bad either with Biz Mackey, Ray Dandridge, Mule Suttles and more. Heck, the Ones have been able to stay in or around first without Turkey Stearnes, who's was placed in the 15 day DL about a week ago, and Stearnes can rake. Did I mention that the speed of the Ones translates into great defense. It if very difficult to get a ball to drop between Charleston, Bell and Torriente in the outfield. And the infield isn't lacking... The pitching staff is pretty darn good too, and that good defense doesn't hurt. Paige is the man for the Ones, even though his stats might not indicate it. Williams and Rogan give the Ones a chance to win every time out, as does Smith and Rube Foster, only to a lesser extent. The pen in tough with Bill Foster taking care of lefties and MacDonald shutting down the righties. The Ones are going to be in a struggle all season long, but they have performed consistently and I think they will continue to do so. This should is going to be a Much Watch series...and I'll be watching for sure. |
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GAME 66 - June 9 - Radio Broadcast
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and Negro League I The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Cool Papa Bell to lead it off for Negro League I The southpaw delivers the 2-0 pitch It's a high pop just behind the plate Hays, Potpie, and Palmer all converge on the ball THEY COLLIDE!! And the ball drops untouched No error charged . . . Bell back in the box And here comes the next pitch Good slider, inside part of the plate Bell gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Treacy grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! And there's one away Nielsen glares in at Lloyd as he steps in Now he's ready to go Lloyd is batting .276 with 2 homers this year The left-hander Nielsen is now ready Here's his delivery It's a high fly into left Gunner ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out Two up, two down for Negro League I Charleston digs in at the plate Ready now for Nielsen to come set Charleston wiggles the bat above his head Oscar steadies his bat And waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch The pitch to Charleston... High heater from Nielsen... Charleston cuts at it... Hits a bouncer right side... It goes by the diving Treacy and Potpie It's into right for a single Charleston takes his turn and holds at first Stepping in the batter's box, Gibson Charleston at first, two away Gibson needs to get on... He has a .424 on base percentage Nielsen is on the third-base side of the rubber... Nielsen brings it to the plate Base hit to center for Gibson Bill Madlock is waving Charleston to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Gibson at first Two on, two outs... Leonard steps to the plate Nielsen squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander Bouncer in the hole and past Nights into left field Base hit to the opposite field! Charleston will score Negro League I is first to draw blood in this evening's game Walking up to the plate now is Wells Negro League I leading in the game Wells scuffs up the lines around the box Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The southpaw Nielsen's delivery on the 3-2 pitch Wells swings and lifts one toward center Tucker drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's it for Negro League I here in the top of the 1st They leave 2 runners stranded Negro League I has one run, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors The center fielder, A. J. Tucker, leads off for the All Stars Negro League I scored 1 run in the top half of the first They lead 1 to nothing Tucker grips the bat handle He's ready The righthander Rogan's delivery Tucker starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Rogan walks him That'll bring up shortstop Jeff Nights... Negro League I drew first blood in their half of the first Nights can't seem to get settled at the plate He's ready Rogan looks at the runner The pitch The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! Smashed to short Lloyd comes up with it Throws to second He's out Over to first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Tucker, is out One gone for FOFC All Stars' right fielder Pflaggstettler is up next So far this season Pflaggstettler is hitting .322 when facing righthanded pitching Rogan is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Rogan looks in... Now he's ready Rogan goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Nights He lobs one to Leonard... Nights is back easily We're ready again Now Rogan comes home And Pflaggstettler will sit down... strike three called Two down Potpie gets set at the plate Potpie is hitting .308 against righties Potpie waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Nights dives back in!... SAFE! Leonard tosses it back to Rogan Now here's the pitch Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Potpie looks at strike three That's three outs, side retired Cristobal Torriente, Martin Dihigo, and Bullet Joe Rogan are due up Torriente looks down toward the third base coach Now set, Torriente waits for the pitch The All Stars' southpaw winds and delivers Swung on, liner towards second... Treacy leaps... He can't come up with it! No chance for either Treacy or Pflaggstettler That one had base hit written all over it Torriente takes a short lead against the lefty Nielsen Nielsen tosses another quick one to first... Even the speedy Torriente looks a bit tentative now... He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead Martin Dihigo moves in to face Nielsen 1 on, no outs here in the top of the 2nd Martin, a right-handed hitter, will face the lefty Nielsen Of his 4 home runs, 2 are against southpaws Dihigo readies himself for the pitch Nielsen rocks and fires Dihigo swings and lifts a loud foul, straight back Hays gives chase... He's at the screen... No chance for this one as it lands high up on the netting . . . Dihigo back in the box And here comes the next pitch A slider by Nielsen Dihigo gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! One down for Negro League I Bullet Joe Rogan is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League I Rogan squares to lay one down The pitch is high and tight Rogan somehow gets the bunt down Palmer picks it up Fires to first in time for the out What a bunt by Rogan! Credit him with a sacrifice That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard NL Post WWII and Caribbean are deadlocked at 1 Gibson and Cuellar currently dueling Japanese League is edging AL Post WWII 2 to 1 Old Timers clipping Dead Ball Era 5 to 1 Brouthers has hit his 3rd homerun for Old Timers Left Outs is on top of Negro League II 2 to 0 NL Pre WWII is on top of Turn of Century 2 to 0 AL Pre WWII is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 Lyons and Johnson currently dueling And here in FOFC Negro League I ahead 1 to 0 Bell now at the plate Pop Lloyd waits on deck A base hit should score Torriente Nielsen steps on the rubber The southpaw delivers It's in on the wrists Cool Papa tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... Yes, Nielsen walks him Lloyd heads to the plate for Negro League I The infield is at regular depth Lloyd is 0 for 1 today Pop flied out last time around Pop is set for the pitch Rob checks the runners... Goes into the stretch The pitch Lloyd takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He punches Lloyd out That wraps up the inning for Negro League I By the way, Negro League I is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Leading off now for FOFC is Gunner We'll see how they pitch to Gunner He's ready for the delivery The righthander Rogan delivers Curveball, breaking in on him DOWN HE GOES!... It missed him for ball four Gunner's slow getting up... Here comes Tay Pemup the trainer... He looks OK, just shaken up a bit... Gunner heads down to first Now batting will be Deacon Palmer Palmer looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Palmer cocks his bat It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Low, ball four... Palmer takes first Hays is up now for FOFC Hays a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Rogan Bullet Joe peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Rogan stretches, checks his runners The pitch... Fastball up in the strike zone Strike three looking! That ball was right in Hays' wheelhouse But he was obviously fooled on it With one down, up next is Sean Treacy To be followed by Rob Nielsen The second baseman, Treacy, comes to the plate FOFC fans now have something to cheer about Only one out This is a good opportunity for the All Stars Treacy digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Rogan Treacy tells the umpire he's ready Rogan fires And Treacy will sit down... strike three called Negro League I gets the second out of the inning Nielsen moseys up to the plate A. J. Tucker is heading for the on-deck circle Rogan has the sign from Gibson Way ahead in the count Rogan turns the 0-2 pitch loose Nielsen swings awkwardly... strike three Rogan took something off of that breaking ball He had Nielsen way out in front After 2 innings Negro League I ahead 1 to 0 The Negro League I left fielder, Charleston, will lead off He'll be followed by Josh Gibson And then Buck Leonard Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Waiting for the pitch is Charleston Nielsen is into his wind-up And the 3-2 pitch is on its way... Ball four... Rob Nielsen walks him FOFC will have to watch Charleston Speed on the bases Negro League I would like to add to their slim 1 run margin Taking his lead is Charleston Charleston takes a walking lead off first... And Nielsen fires it behind him... Charleston's a dead duck... He's outta there!! He's definitely embarrassed as he trots in Planting his right foot Gibson is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Gibson Looking to Bill Madlock for a sign Gibson is ready Now ready, here it is... Ball four is the call Nielsen can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Nielsen Gibson takes first base Buck Leonard steps in against Nielsen Left-hander against left-hander Leonard is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .273 on the year The bat is cocked It's coming down the pike Leonard connects on the curve... This one is really smoked... Pflaggstettler starts back... Now he just stops to look Leonard got all of this one.... See ya, It's a home run! Gibson scores in front of him One away, nobody on base Wells stands ready at the plate Wells digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen Wells is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Nielsen He's waiting for the pitch The pitch is on the way There's a high pop down the left field line It's going to go into foul territory Palmer and Nights are chasing it down the line Palmer makes the catch over his shoulder going away Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Nielsen Up now for Negro League I is Torriente Two away, nobody on Torriente is 1 for 1 today Nielsen gets the sign from Hays He is 3rd in the league in strike outs He has 105 on the season The southpaw Nielsen delivers the 3-1 pitch Ground ball to the left side... Nights scoops it up Over to first for the putout And that will do it for Negro League I A. J. Tucker will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Tucker is at .299 on the season Rogan adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gibson The righthander delivers Screaming liner towards second Dihigo makes a great catch! Score It: 4 Rogan retires the first batter to face him in the bottom of the 3rd Slowly coming up is Nights for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box Negro League I on top 3 to 0 Nights goes through his routine of settling in Nights gets ready for Rogan's pitch His bat is cocked And the delivery by Rogan Curve in the dirt... and Nights holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Gibson asks the first base ump's opinion He says Nights went around Strike three, swinging Two down Rogan retires two in a row Pflaggstettler, FOFC's right fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Pflaggstettler has hit 9 home runs this year Gibson flashes the sign... Rogan shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Rogan brings it to the plate Strike Three! Rogan has now struck out 7 and we are only in third inning! Rogan makes quick work of the All Stars... They go down, 1-2-3 After 3 full innings of play, it's 3-0 Ones Rob Nielsen, out there on the mound for FOFC prepares to face Martin Dihigo to get the 4th inning underway here in FOFC Stadium Dihigo is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Dihigo awaits the delivery The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it Baltimore chop Into center for a single! Bullet Joe Rogan, the pitcher, strides to the plate Bullet Joe takes a couple of practice cuts Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Rogan Nielsen's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Dihigo dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen Now here's the pitch The Ones try the hit and run! Rogan rolls one toward Sean Treacy He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the first base umpire The first base coach throws his hands up in disbelief And there's one away Now batting will be Cool Papa Bell The center fielder is walking to the plate Dihigo kicking up the dirt at second... one out Negro League I up by 3 Cool Papa is hitting at .364 on the year He has 95 hits in 261 at bats Negro League I's leadoff hitter has scored 43 runs this year All set, Bell is ready for the pitch Treacy comes in a couple steps Yells something to Nielsen The delivery Curve in the dirt... and Bell holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Bell will take first on the walk Number 2 today for Bell Pop Lloyd is up next Negro League I's shortstop finds 2 on with 1 out FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Lloyd is 0 for 2 today Nielsen gets the sign, it's one he likes A quick check of the runners... And the pitch Swung on...and it's in the air to the right side Backing just a bit is Pflaggstettler And he pulls it in Two gone for Negro League I Oscar Charleston steps into the box Before getting ready Charleston checks out the defensive alignment Oscar is ready for the delivery The lefty Nielsen delivers It's in the dirt and bounces away Both runners will move up without a throw Wild pitch Oscar Charleston steps into the box Charleston is at .289 on the season Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Here's the southpaw's delivery Charleston 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 fence... He goes up after it... And brings it down in the webbing! Oscar just missed a homer on that one Only a long out for the Negro League I left fielder That ends the inning for Negro League I Negro League I has 3 runs, 6 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors They have now stranded 6 baserunners As we get ready to start the bottom of the 4th Potpie is talking to Gibson Potpie is at .282 on the season He is hitting .306 against righties Bullet Joe is ready With a 1-1 count... here's the pitch Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Wells It's by him... Charleston comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Potpie to a single Nobody out, Potpie at first Now up is Gunner Gunner is one of the most feared sluggers Rogan is slow to get ready He has a 4.53 ERA this year Now he's ready Rogan checks Potpie on first... The 0-2 delivery A high bouncer to Leonard He makes a one handed grab Over to Lloyd for one... Back to Leonard for the deuce! Negro League I ahead 3 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well NL Post WWII and Caribbean are deadlocked at 1 Japanese League and AL Post WWII are deadlocked at 2 Sugishita and Newhouser currently dueling Old Timers clipping Dead Ball Era 5 to 1 Left Outs with the lead over Negro League II 5 to 2 Jenkins comfortably ahead for Left Outs NL Pre WWII is beating Turn of Century 7 to 3 AL Pre WWII is in front of Late 20th 3 to 0 Next up is Deacon Palmer, the FOFC third baseman... If he gets on, Harry Hays would bat next Palmer digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Rogan Palmer waits for the pitch Now Bullet Joe delivers Sinking fastball... Palmer swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Lloyd... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step And that retires the side Gibson comes to the plate leading off Gibson is at .322 on the season Nielsen studies his sign Nielsen's windup... the delivery Fly ball to left Gunner is under it He makes the grab One up, one down for Negro League I The first baseman, Buck Leonard, is up next Leonard swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Nielsen Nielsen has the sign he wants Nielsen goes into his windup Here it comes Drilled on the ground to the mound Nielsen comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That's two up, two down Two away, nobody on Wells comes to the plate for Negro League I Willie comes to the plate batting .294 with 5 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Nielsen goes into his windup Kicks his right leg high... It's a Texas Leaguer to left Here comes Gunner... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Wells is on with a bloop single to left Making his way up is Torriente Torriente is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting only .245 so far this year He does have good speed Torriente awaits the pitch The lefthander delivers Changeup... Ties Torriente up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! That retires the side... After 4 and a half innings at FOFC Stadium here in FOFC, Negro League I has 3 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors Negro League I has left 7 men on base FOFC has stranded only 3 The All Stars will get their licks here in the bottom of the 5th Harry Hays, Sean Treacy, and Rob Nielsen are scheduled to face Negro League I righthander Bullet Joe Rogan Here's Hays stepping in... Hays is 0 for 1 on the day He looks around at the Negro League I infield Leonard is kicking the dirt at first Wells is even with the bag at third Dihigo and Lloyd are ready with hands on knees at second and short Hays is set The pitch on the way, here it is... He rips a grounder to short Lloyd comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Treacy Rogan adjusts his cap... Now he's set Here's the 3-1 pitch It's a smash over first Leonard leaps Just over his outstretched glove Treacy makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Nielsen squares as Rogan delivers the pitch Willie Wells charges and picks up the bunt He fires to first Just in time to nail Nielsen, the sacrifice works That's two away The All Stars' center fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs Tucker is at .297 on the season Gibson flashes the sign... Rogan waves it off... Now he's happy Rogan brings it to the plate Tucker hits a three hopper towards Bullet Joe Rogan Rogan scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's all for the All Stars No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... After five complete... Negro League I on top 3 to 0 Martin Dihigo up first for Negro League I He is a threat to steal if he gets on The righthander, Dihigo has an average of .278 His success against lefties, like Nielsen is better, however, at .389 Rob gets the sign from Hays And the lefthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Hard inside slider... The swing... Dihigo hits a grounder into the hole Potpie makes an incredible stop... But he's in no position to make a throw Score that a single Through the drawn in infield! Rogan showing bunt... He lays it down Jeeberoni Potpie looks at second But goes to first... Out... Dihigo advances to 2nd A sacrifice for Bullet Joe Rogan One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games NL Post WWII is on top of Caribbean 3 to 1 AL Post WWII is edging Japanese League 3 to 2 Old Timers is beating Dead Ball Era 5 to 1 Left Outs leads Negro League II 6 to 5 Jenkins battling Redding NL Pre WWII besting Turn of Century 9 to 4 AL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 3 to 1 Bell saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Bell gets set He's 0 for 1 so far Cool Papa waits... He steps out as Nielsen takes too long Now he's back in the box It's a full count... Nielsen winds and fires... Inside for ball four And Bell walks That's 5 walks given up by Nielsen today Now here's Lloyd Lloyd is batting .272 with 2 HR's this year Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Now Rob delivers Dribbler to the mound Nielsen grabs it Throw to second for one To first Not in time! Score It: 1-4 Dihigo takes third The runner on first, Bell, is out And there's two away Oscar Charleston plants his left foot The lefthanded left fielder for Negro League I appears set Oscar steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Charleston is 1 for 2 today He flied out last time up Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Now to the belt, here it is... Hit in the air to center A. J. Tucker trying to get to it He grabs it Nice play! Score It: 8 That retires the side... Charleston fails to come through in the clutch For Negro League I, No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base Jeff Nights stepping in He will be the first batter for FOFC We are in the bottom of the 6th Negro League I ahead 3 to 0 Nights steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jeff is 0 for 2 today Jeff seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Rogan's 3-2 pitch... Jeff Nights swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... It's CAUGHT! Charleston robs the All Stars with a great catch at the fence Negro League I gets the first out of the inning Pflaggstettler is ready to face Rogan Against righthanders Pflaggstettler is hitting .318 All set, Pflaggstettler is ready for the pitch Rogan brings it to the plate Ground ball to the left side... Lloyd scoops it up Over to first for the putout Two gone for FOFC Potpie finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Potpie is 9th in the league in homeruns with 16 Charleston is deep in left Bell is deep in center and Torriente is similarly stationed in right Potpie waits for the pitch The windup, and the 2-1 pitch Sinking fastball... Potpie swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wells... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 6 innings Negro League I on top, 3-0 Here is Josh Gibson to start it off for Negro League I Gibson grips the bat handle Nielsen is having a fine year so far His 8 victories make him 5th in the league in that category Now he's about ready Nielsen is into his wind-up And the 3-2 pitch is on its way... Liner drilled to second Treacy grabs it for the out Score It: 4 And there's one away Buck Leonard steps in against Nielsen Left-hander against left-hander Leonard is taking his practice swings Buck is 2 for 3 this evening Leonard waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Now the delivery, here is is... Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Leonard was frozen on that fastball by Nielsen High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch Willie Wells, the third baseman, strides to the plate Rob Nielsen has struck out 3 and walked 5 He's rubbing up the ball as he looks over at Benton Breeze Here's the 2-0 offering Wells swings and smacks a line drive into left Gunner comes over and plays it on one hop A single for the Negro League I third baseman Two out base knock It is surprising how often they lead to trouble... We'll see... Wells takes his lead Nielsen continues to hold the runner close Cristobal Torriente will get a crack at Nielsen next Martin Dihigo would be up next... But only if Torriente can reach safely Torriente has a .238 average against lefthanders He is .243 overall Nielsen has the sign from Hays The southpaw's 2-0 delivery Liner drilled to first Potpie leaps He makes a nice play on it Score It: 3 That's it for Negro League I Here at FOFC Stadium, After 6 and a half innings, Negro League I has 3 runs, 9 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and no errors Negro League I has left 10 on base FOFC has stranded 4 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Here's Stan Gunner leading off Deacon Palmer is on deck And Harry Hays is in the hole Gunner is 0 for 1 today Rogan has the sign from Gibson Rogan winds and delivers Slow ground ball Dihigo is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Palmer is up now for FOFC Palmer is batting .306 with 3 HR's this year The righthander pitching to Palmer... A righthanded batter Righties have a .222 average against Bullet Joe Bullet Joe winds... kicks... and delivers He hits a tough grounder to the mound Rogan comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 Two out, nobody on Negro League I leads 3 to 0 Up next for the All Stars Harry Hays, the catcher... If he gets on, Sean Treacy would bat next Bullet Joe Rogan has fanned 7 and walked 3 He's allowed 2 hits today He's pitching a fine game The righthander delivers Swung on and hit sharply to third Wells plays it on one hop Over to Leonard... Out of there! That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46987 Dihigo leading off We'll see how they pitch to Dihigo Dihigo is ready Now Rob delivers Long fly to center Tucker has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Dihigo is retired on a fairly deep fly That's one away Up steps Bullet Joe Rogan, the fine hitting pitcher for Negro League I He is no gimmee by any means for Nielsen Nielsen steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go We've got a full count... Nielsen winds and fires... Outside fastball... lashed at by Rogan... Pop fly...Shallow left... Dropping quickly... Gunner pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Rogan... As Gunner fields it on one bounce Rogan watches Nielsen move... He's moving away from the bag Rogan holding close to the bag Nielsen watching him closely So that brings up the top of the order Cool Papa Bell will step in Bell is 0 for 1 today Cool Papa drew a walk last time up Cool Papa stands with bat ready Nielsen rocks and fires Ball four! Cool Papa Bell continues to watch the ball go by That is walk number 4 for Bell this evening! So with 2 on and 1 out Negro League I sends their shortstop, Pop Lloyd, up to face Nielsen Hard-hitting Oscar Charleston is walking towards the on-deck circle Lloyd has hit 2 home runs this year Nielsen is saying a few words to Treacy... So far in 1900, Rob has a 8 and 3 record with 4 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign The southpaw delivers the 0-1 pitch Slow ground ball to second Taken by Treacy Throw to second for one They might turn it . . . Not in time! Score It: 4-6 Rogan takes third The runner on first, Bell, is out Two down Lloyd edges away from the bag Nielsen holds the runner With two out Batting for Negro League I now is Charleston The left-hander Nielsen is now ready Nielsen brings it to the plate It's popped up into foul territory Harry Hays is under it He puts it away Score It: 2 No runs for Negro League I in the top of the 8th Negro League I ahead 3 to 0 We'll be right back Sean Treacy will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Rogan looks down at Gibson for the sign Now he's ready... Rogan kicks, delivers Treacy pounds a grounder toward Dihigo at second Martin moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Dihigo stayed with it Over to first and Treacy is retired Nice play by the Negro League I second baseman While we wait for Rob Nielsen to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard NL Post WWII and Caribbean are tied at 6 Clemente has hit his 12th homerun for NL Post WWII AL Post WWII with the lead over Japanese League 6 to 3 Killebrew has hit his 10th homerun for AL Post WWII Old Timers clipping Dead Ball Era 5 to 1 Negro League II and Left Outs are all knotted at 6 Beckwith has hit his 13th homerun for Negro League II NL Pre WWII besting Turn of Century 9 to 4 Marquard enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead AL Pre WWII clipping Late 20th 5 to 1 Ruth has hit his 21st homerun for AL Pre WWII OK, let's see if FOFC can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 3 Terp gets set at the plate Terp looks down toward the third base coach Bullet Joe Rogan on the mound for the Ones... He has pitched deep into this game Rogan has given up 2 hits and 0 runs Here's the righthander's delivery Good slider, inside part of the plate Terp gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Dihigo grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's the second out of the inning Settling in at the plate is Tucker A. J. is hitting at .296 on the year He has 80 hits in 270 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter... A. J. has scored 48 runs on the season Rogan looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Gibson He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Rogan Now he is ready... Rogan winds and delivers The 0-1 pitch Grounded towards first Leonard grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG SAFE! Jeff Nights steps in now for the All Stars The Ones lead in this one, 3-zip Nights saunters to the plate The righthander is 0 for 3 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Rogan Nights is hitting .289 versus righties this year Of his 6 homeruns, 5 came while facing righties Bullet Joe Rogan still on the mound for the Ones... Rogan has gone the distance so far He's given up 3 hits in 7 2/3 innings Rogan goes into his stretch... Looks at Tucker... He fires one to Leonard... Tucker dives back in That's his best move to first... Leonard lobs it back Now Rogan comes home Bouncer to short Taken by Lloyd Over to Leonard Got him! Score It: 6-3 We head to the 9th... The score is still Negro League I 3, All Stars 0 The Negro League I catcher, Gibson, will lead off He'll be followed by Buck Leonard And then Willie Wells Gibson goes through his routine of settling in Gibson, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Knowles The righthander Knowles delivers Gibson sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Knowles Easy out One gone for Negro League I The slugging Buck Leonard is up next Buck has a smooth stroke and has a good glove on defense Leonard digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Knowles The bat is cocked The pitch is on the way Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Palmer It's by him... Gunner comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Leonard to a single Leonard slowly moves away from the base Knowles fires a throw... He caught Leonard leaning! He's out The smooth fielding, line drive hitting third baseman.... Willie "The Devil" Wells is approaching the plate Wells is at .300 on the season Knowles steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Here's the 3-1 offering Wells rips the curve to left-center... Tucker racing back to the fence... He reaches for the drive... It's over his head! Wells will lope into second with a double They are issuing a free pass to Torriente Here's the 3-0 pitch WOW, Torriente TOOK A CUT AT IT! It was too close to the plate Torriente almost hit it! How about that! Now Knowles has the ball He throws Ball four Next time he'll be more careful! The second baseman, Martin Dihigo will be up next for Negro League I Dihigo steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Martin is 2 for 4 today Dihigo waits Knowles checks the runners Dihigo pulls it hard over third... And it's snared by Palmer! Deacon half fell and half dove to grab that ball before it hit the ground And that wraps up the top of the 9th Negro League I has 3 runs, 12 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 3 hits and no errors Negro League I now has left 14 men on Leading off for the All Stars is the right fielder Pflaggstettler He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie And then Stan Gunner Pflaggstettler is 0 for 3 today Gibson flashes the sign to Rogan Rogan kicks and delivers Just missed inside, ball four Pflaggstettler just grins and takes his base Pflaggstettler thought he was punched out on that pitch A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Jeeberoni Potpie Pflaggstettler takes his lead Rogan ready quickly, looks in for the sign Now Bullet Joe delivers It is a high hard one... Potpie goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Potpie couldn't hold back One down for FOFC Stan Gunner is still in the on-deck circle and Deacon Palmer is looking for a bat in the dugout The All Stars are down to their last 2 outs It will be up to Stan Gunner Gibson flashes the sign... Rogan waves it off... Now he's happy The righthander Rogan's delivery The ball is low and outside Did he go around? The umpire says no Ball four For Gunner, that's 2 walks today The third baseman, Palmer, comes to the plate FOFC fans now have something to cheer about Only one out This is a good opportunity for the All Stars Before getting ready Palmer checks out the defensive alignment Deacon is ready for the delivery The pitch to Palmer... Palmer raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined straight to third Wells just got his glove up in time That's out number two Ones' pitching coach, Al Downing, is out to talk with Rogan Looks like he wants to go over something with him Facing Rogan now is Hays Sean Treacy heads to the on deck circle Sammy Knowles waits in the hole Hays has hit 6 home runs this year Rogan looks down at Gibson for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Bullet Joe checks the runners... Goes into the stretch The pitch Swung on and missed... Hays is down on strikes And that will do it for FOFC Negro League I wins 3 to 0 Rogan gets credit for the win He threw a shut-out at them Nielsen takes the loss The hitting star for Negro League I was Buck Leonard He was 3 for 5 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. Last edited by Breeze : 09-07-2007 at 10:31 PM. |
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GAME 67 - June 10 - Radio Broadcast
The pre-game ceremonies are over and we're ready to get this one going Cool Papa Bell strides to the plate and here I think we're ready... Mighty's finishing his warm-up tosses It will be lefty versus righty Bell is hitting .344 against southpaws Mighty will try to get Bell to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Bell swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mighty strikes out Cool Papa Bell Mighty retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 1st Now batting will be the shortstop, Pop Lloyd Lloyd is one of the best hitters around Mighty likes the sign Mighty kicks and fires Pop Lloyd swings He really stings this one It rifles past Blade into right... Base hit for Lloyd... Pflaggstettler is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Lloyd is on with a sharp single On first is Lloyd He's a real speed merchant Charleston steps into the batter's box FOFC is set up for two Al is ready Mighty rocks and fires Hard slider... And Charleston takes it right down the middle Strike three called Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Mighty Making his way up is Gibson Lloyd will be running if it's hit Mighty wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock The southpaw delivers Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Josh looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! Al Mighty holds Negro League I scoreless in the first inning Negro League I has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively The fly chasers from left to right Charleston in left... Bell in center... And Suttles in right The infield, third to first Wells will play the hot corner Lloyd is at short Over at second, Dihigo and at first base Leonard Williams gets the nod as starter Behind the dish is Gibson FOFC shortstop, Jeff Nights, will lead off Nights is batting .293 with 6 HR's this year Williams is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Williams looks in... Now he's ready Williams brings it home Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Gibson fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Nights One up, one down for FOFC Tucker walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat Tucker is one of the best hitters around Williams is happy with the sign The pitch to Tucker... Slow ground ball Wells is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two down Smokey Joe Williams retires the first two batters in order Persimmon Pflaggstettler is advancing to the plate No score as yet in the early going Smokey Joe gets the sign from Gibson Now ready, here it is... Curve ball... Pflaggstettler swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Smokey Joe Williams holds the All Stars scoreless in the first Buck Leonard stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Mighty is on the third-base side of the rubber... The lefthander Mighty delivers Breaking ball, in on the hands Leonard swings at... Pounds the ball into the ground It's a one bouncer into the hole Palmer ranging over stabs it Strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! Leonard is out by an eyelash What a play! Mighty retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 2nd Planting his right foot Suttles is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Suttles Suttles scuffs up the lines around the box Suttles is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Now to the belt, here it is... 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 Suttles The third baseman, Willie Wells will be up next for Negro League I Time is called... Wells has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again The umpire says let's go Mighty checks Suttles on first... The 1-2 delivery Wells rolls one toward Al Mighty He scoops it and fires to second... close play OUT The relay to first OUT there too, it's a twin-killing That's all for Negro League I After 1 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, Scoreless game Jeeberoni Potpie, Stan Gunner, and Deacon Palmer are due up Potpie is at .283 on the season Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gibson Here's his delivery Slow ground ball Dihigo is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT With one down, up next is Stan Gunner To be followed by Deacon Palmer Stan Gunner plants his left foot The lefthanded center fielder for FOFC appears set Gunner is hitting .275 against righties Williams gets the sign, it's one he likes With a 1-2 count Williams kicks and fires Big bender, low and inside... Swung on... Line single to Suttles in right... Picking it up in a hurry is Suttles... Gunner takes a wide turn... But stays at first base as the throw comes in Gunner at first, one out Deacon Palmer is ready at the plate Williams is ready quickly Now Smokey Joe delivers Drilled deep to center field Bell turns and runs It's over his head Palmer running hard out of the box Bell has the ball Palmer coasts into second He's got a double Gunner takes third And the batter is Billy Bullock Barrett Blade is on-deck Stepping in and then stepping out again Bullock looks to third for a sign Williams shakes off two signs Now he's ready It's coming down the pike Right down Broadway... Crack!... There she goes! No doubt about this one Say goodbye, Gracie! My, oh my, Bullock got all of it! He clears the bases of All Stars That is number 9 for Billy in 1900 And what a homer it was Walking up to the plate now is Blade FOFC leading in the game Blade is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Williams steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way Change up... Blade hits a fly ball to right Suttles is under it... He's got it Two out, nobody on FOFC ahead 3 to 0 All Stars' pitcher Mighty is up next Smokey Joe Williams is reaching for the resin bag... He pops it up and gives it a squeeze... Williams is having a fine year for Negro League I His 7 wins is 11th in the league Williams fires Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 59 on the season for Williams That retires the side FOFC with a 3 run lead It's FOFC 3 and Negro League I still looking to score their first run Here's the second baseman Dihigo To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Smokey Joe Williams And then Cool Papa Bell Martin will be facing the left-handed Mighty from the right side of the plate He has a .279 average overall But Martin murders southpaws with a .393 average Mighty looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Swung on and a drive to left-center Gunner is after it, but he won't catch this one It one hops off the fence Gunner has a bit of trouble That's enough for Dihigo He's heading for third The throw is right on line... But Martin Dihigo slides in safely! BOOM! A nice start here in the top of the 3rd for Negro League I It's scored a triple Number 9 on the season So with 1 on and no outs the Ones send their pitcher, Smokey Joe Williams, up to face Mighty Good-hitting Cool Papa Bell is waiting in the on-deck circle Mighty steps on the rubber Here's the 0-2 offering Change up, a beauty... Heeee struck him out! One down for Negro League I Cool Papa Bell is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League I Negro League I coach Bill Madlock is saying something to the runner Dihigo at third... Now he slaps him on the back We're ready to go again Cool Papa Bell steps into the batter's box Cool Papa is hitting at .363 on the year He has 95 hits in 262 at bats This includes 13 doubles, 6 triples 4 home runs and 35 RBI's Bell waits patiently And the cripple pitch... Fastball, in on the hands... Bell hits it deep to left-center... It's into the gap... Gunner hustling after it... That will score a run Bell moves into second standing up Gunner makes the play back in... It's a double Walking up to the plate now is Lloyd Oscar Charleston waits on deck Pop steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Bill Madlock relays the sign from Dusty Baker Lloyd singled last time up and now is 1 for 1 All set, Lloyd is ready for the pitch He brings it home Swung on and missed... Lloyd is down on strikes One more chance for Negro League I this inning Charleston gets set at the plate A base hit should score Bell Mighty gets the sign from Bullock He is 9th in the league in strike outs He has 90 on the season The lefty Mighty delivers Fastball, belt high, away... Charleston goes after it... There's a fly ball to Gunner Gunner is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run That retires the side The Ones score 1 run in the inning After 2 and a half innings, FOFC on top 3 to 1 Nights 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 Nights is batting .291 with 6 HR's this year Gibson flashes the sign... Williams waves it off... Now he's happy Williams winds and delivers Off speed pitch on the way... And Nights watches it go by for the third strike Negro League I gets the first out of the inning Pounding the plate with his bat Tucker awaits the pitch Williams is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now Here's the 2 strike offering Fly ball to right Suttles is under it He makes the grab Two gone for FOFC Pflaggstettler is up now for FOFC We'll see how they pitch to Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler waits for the delivery Williams brings it to the plate Pflaggstettler starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Williams walks him Jeeberoni Potpie, first baseman for the All Stars is up next Pflaggstettler will be running if it's hit Williams is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Williams gets the sign from Gibson Righthander Williams' delivery WATCH OUT! Potpie IS BEANED! He'll go down to first And Pflaggstettler will move to second Stan Gunner is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Before getting ready Gunner checks out the defensive alignment Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Gibson Checks the runners Here's his delivery There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Dihigo races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? HE'S GOT IT!!! Nice play by Dihigo Score It: 4 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 3 innings FOFC has 3 runs, 3 hits and no errors While Negro League I has one run, 4 hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 stranded Negro League I has failed to bring home 2 Gibson saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gibson is one of the most feared sluggers Mighty adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Mighty's 3-1 pitch... The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Gibson held up, and draws a walk Mighty isn't happy at all with that call Gibson at first, nobody out Leonard comes to the plate Buck looks down at third base for a sign Gibson leads from first... Dave Parker yells some encouragement Leonard readies himself for the pitch Gibson takes a walking lead Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Mighty The delivery Good slider, inside part of the plate Leonard gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... To second for one Over to first... OUT! Smooth "DP" by FOFC FOFC on top 3 to 1 with two away this inning Suttles will try his luck against Mighty Negro League I trails by 2 runs We're in the top of the 4th Al looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The pitch on the way, here it is... Struck him out on a fastball Suttles goes down swinging That wraps up the inning for Negro League I Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean slipping by NL Post WWII 3 to 1 Japanese League and AL Post WWII are deadlocked at 2 Old Timers is on top of Dead Ball Era 5 to 3 Left Outs besting Negro League II 7 to 2 Cochrane has hit his 4th homerun for Left Outs Turn of Century and NL Pre WWII have yet to score Late 20th is beating AL Pre WWII 4 to 0 The third baseman Palmer will start things off for the All Stars Palmer goes through his routine of settling in The bat is cocked Here comes the cripple pitch A slider by Williams Palmer gets good wood on it... Bell back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! So one up and one gone One out, nobody on base Billy Bullock is the batter Bullock digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Williams Bullock awaits the delivery Williams leans back and fires It's a high fly into center Bell ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 2 The All Stars have 3 hits on the evening Here's Barrett Blade Barrett is hitting at .191 on the year He has 26 hits in 136 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Blade flied out his last time up The umpire says let's go Blade is ready The righthander Williams' delivery Blade hits one on the ground to the left side Barrett, who moves well, is motoring to first Lloyd wings it quickly to Leonard... OUT by a step That's all for the All Stars... After 4 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, FOFC ahead 3 to 1 Willie Wells, batting seventh will lead off for Negro League I He will be followed by Martin Dihigo and Smokey Joe Williams Mighty has the sign from Bullock Now the delivery, here is is... Slider, down and away... Wells reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Palmer is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Tucker is hustling after it... Wells with the big turn... The throw from Tucker goes into second And Wells holds at first Next up is Martin Dihigo, the Negro League I second baseman On-deck is Smokey Joe Williams... He'll be followed by Cool Papa Bell Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Dihigo raps a hard grass-cutter toward short Nights takes two steps to his left Scoops it up... Over to second for one Back to first... Not in time! Speed on the bases helped Negro League I there And there's one away Williams squares to bunt He bunts at it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by D.Palmer the throw to first... Out Williams gets the job done. That's the second out of the inning Negro League I center fielder, Cool Papa Bell, is up next Bell is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Cool Papa certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Mighty earn his salary And Al studies the sign from Bullock... Now he's got it The southpaw Mighty's delivery on the 0-1 pitch There's a high pop down the left field line It's going to go foul Palmer and Nights are chasing it down the line Nights makes the catch over his shoulder going away We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium After 4 and a half innings FOFC leads 3 to 1 We'll be right back... Mighty is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Smokey Joe rocks and fires Mighty tries to hold up, but can't He pops one into short right Suttles is coming in hard... Dihigo is racing with his back to the infield And neither is going to get it! Mighty is on with the "excuse me" single! Jeff Nights steps in Nights looks towards the coach Nights is waiting for the pitch Here's the 2 strike offering Lined hard to third Wells snares it for the out! He throws to Leonard OUT! Double Play! Score It: 5-3 Now here's Tucker Williams has the sign he wants Williams will try to get Tucker to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Swung on and hit sharply to second Dihigo plays it on one bounce Over to Leonard... Out of there! So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Williams In the bottom of the 5th for FOFC No runs, one hit and no errors The Negro League I shortstop, Lloyd, will lead off He'll be followed by Oscar Charleston And then Josh Gibson Pop is 1 for 2 this summer evening He struck out in his last plate appearance Pop steadies his bat Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch Mighty brings it to the plate Lloyd slices a grass cutter to Palmer's left He dives for it... Can't get it... Nights is over as well... Just off his glove into left field Lloyd sneaks one through for a lead off single Nights was shading Lloyd toward second So with 1 on and no outs Negro League I sends their left fielder, Oscar Charleston, up to face Mighty Hard-hitting Josh Gibson is walking towards the on-deck circle Charleston looks to Bill Madlock for the sign Charleston waits Here's the southpaw's delivery It's a scorching liner to the third baseman OUT! Palmer didn't have to move! Lloyd stays put One out Due up next is Josh Gibson Gibson steps in Lloyd's trying to rattle Al Mighty by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Gibson is 0 for 1 today Mighty studies his sign And here is the 1-2 delivery Gibson drives the ball to center for extra bases Bill Madlock is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Lloyd scores! Double for Gibson Buck Leonard steps in against Mighty Left-hander against left-hander Leonard has hit 12 home runs this year Bullock flashes the sign... Mighty shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Nights trying to slip in behind Gibson Now he slips away Here's the 2-0 offering Swung on and hit right at the mound Al Mighty up with it... Looks Gibson back to second Then fires it to Potpie for the out That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard NL Post WWII is edging Caribbean 5 to 4 Perez has hit his 2nd homerun for NL Post WWII Japanese League slipping by AL Post WWII 4 to 2 Old Timers is edging Dead Ball Era 8 to 7 Left Outs slipping by Negro League II 7 to 5 Turn of Century slipping by NL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Nichols battling Rixey Late 20th is beating AL Pre WWII 4 to 0 And in our contest FOFC on top 3 to 2 Next up for Negro League I is Suttles The All Stars have the tying run at second Mighty adjusts his cap... Now he's set The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch Suttles swings and misses, strike three! Mule chased a curve ball in the dirt That wraps it up in the top half of the 6th The All Stars lead 3-2 Persimmon Pflaggstettler leads off the inning Pflaggstettler taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Williams steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Smokey Joe winds Kicks... and delivers There's a towering fly ball hit by Pflaggstettler Suttles sprints over, and makes the... Whoa, he almost dropped it! But he makes the grab One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is still in the on-deck circle and Stan Gunner is looking for a bat in the dugout One away, nobody on... bottom of the 6th The first base coach exhorting Potpie to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Potpie is batting .281 with 16 round trippers in 1900 Potpie is poised and ready for the pitch With a 2-1 count, the pitch 1 Base Error By J.Gibson Score It: E2 Potpie to first Stan Gunner is now up One away, Potpie at first Gunner is taking his practice swings Stan is 1 for 2 this evening He fouled out last time at bat Smokey Joe Williams is having a good year He is 11th in wins with 7 Now Williams is looking for a sign Smokey Joe comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Gunner drives the ball to right for extra bases Dick Howser plays it safe and stops him at third... Double for Gunner The All Stars' third baseman is up next FOFC has 2 on board with 1 out Williams is on the first-base side of the rubber... Williams checks the runners Here's the 1-0 offering A wicked curve, breaking very low Palmer golfs it to right Suttles won't get it... He scoops it up and fires it in Nice piece of hitting by Deacon Palmer A one base advancement for the runners One away, Palmer at first, Gunner at third Bullock is the batter The outfield's shaded towards left for Bullock He's 1 for 2 today Bullock gets ready for Williams' pitch His bat is cocked Gunner is yelling some encouragement Palmer, at first, inches off the bag Here's the righthander's delivery Hard slider... Bullock swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Charleston is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Billy Barrett Blade, the second baseman, strides to the plate The outfield shades towards left for Blade Blade tells the umpire he's ready Williams brings it to the plate The pitch is just inside and Blade holds up Gibson points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Barrett trots down to first... ball four Mighty fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Mighty squares to lay one down The pitch is high and tight Mighty somehow gets the bunt down Wells picks it up Fires to first in time for the out What a bunt by Mighty! Credit him with a sacrifice That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Jeff Nights to get a new bat Let's point out that FOFC is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Nights is ready to face Williams Nights is batting .289 with 6 HR's this year The right-hander Williams is set to deliver to Nights Williams looks back towards second... The pitch Great change up... Nights out in front... Gets a piece of it... It's a shallow fly towards Bell Bell charges, dives for it... He has it... Fine catch by the center fielder That retires the side... 4 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 6 innings, FOFC on top 7 to 2 FOFC has a 7-2 lead as we open up the top of the 7th The Ones will try to close the gap as their third baseman Wells leads off Wells has hit 5 home runs 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 comes home with it Shallow fly ball Tucker charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! One up, one down Facing Mighty now is Dihigo Smokey Joe Williams heads to the on deck circle Cool Papa Bell waits in the hole Mighty will improve his record to 5-4 with a victory here at home The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander Curve, at the belt... Dihigo times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Persimmon Pflaggstettler retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Smokey Joe Williams is being called back to the dugout Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter Yep, here comes Ray Dandridge Dusty Baker will play the percentages as he sends the right hand hitting Dandridge against the southpaw, Mighty In fact, Ray is batting a splendid .319 versus lefties this season So the decision certainly is reasonable... We shall soon see how it works out Slowly coming up is Dandridge for Negro League I He is finally in the batter's box FOFC ahead 7 to 3 Mighty is slow to get ready He has a 2.61 ERA this year Now he's ready Al rocks and fires There's a liner over short Solidly stroked by Dandridge... Would you look at that! Nights leaped two stories into the air and robbed Dandridge of a sure base hit Ray is disgusted... but tips his hat to Nights just the same That ball had base hit written all over it Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Mighty Cool Papa Bell will step in to face Mighty next If he gets on, Pop Lloyd will follow Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the All Stars ballboy He's ready The lefty Mighty delivers Bell hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at short Nights dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the short stop, Jeff Nights! That wraps up the inning for Negro League I So After 6 and a half innings FOFC has 7 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Negro League I has 3 runs, 8 hits and one error Negro League I has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Rube Foster will be coming on to pitch for Negro League I Rube has appeared in 24 games this season with a record of 0-1 In 42 innings, he has an 5.36 ERA Smokey Joe Williams has finished his work here this evening The left fielder Tucker will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler And then Jeeberoni Potpie Tucker steps out of the batter's box to get the sign A. J. is 0 for 3 today After getting set, Tucker waits on the pitch Foster brings it to the plate It is a slow change... Tucker's not at all fooled He hits it squarely... It's heading out to right-center almost on a line... Very well hit ball by A. J. Bell is running after it... He hopes to play it off the fence He picks it up on the second bounce He turns and gets it back into the infield Tucker slides into second base but it was not necessary Two-bagger for the FOFC left fielder Persimmon Pflaggstettler is coming to the plate Tucker is on second, nobody out Foster asks for a new ball Rubs it down... Now he steps on the rubber Here's the 1-2 offering And Pflaggstettler will sit down... strike three called Foster has the first out in the bottom of the 7th Gibson trots out to the mound Says a few words to Rube... With the runner on second... Probably making sure of the signs At the plate now for FOFC is Potpie Potpie can't seem to get settled at the plate Foster tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The righthander Foster delivers Pounded on the ground to third Taken by Wells His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 4 The All Stars have 8 hits on the evening The All Stars' center fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs Gazelle a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Foster Foster looks down at Gibson for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Rube looks over his shoulder at Tucker Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch He lost him, ball four Gazelle is having a great year His OBP of .423 is among the league's elite Now up in the FOFC seventh will be Dan Fouts Fouts is at .240 on the season He is hitting .205 against righties Foster steps on the rubber Foster stretches, checks his runners The pitch... The HIGH CHEESE......... STRIKE THREE SWINGING! That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45527 Here's the shortstop Lloyd To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Oscar Charleston And then Josh Gibson Looking to Bill Madlock for a sign Lloyd gets set for the pitch Here's his delivery It's popped behind home plate Bullock throws down his mask He's running back At the screen... The wind blows it... Right back to him Pop Lloyd is out One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games NL Post WWII leads Caribbean 5 to 4 Japanese League leads AL Post WWII 5 to 4 Suzuki has hit his 3rd homerun for Japanese League Dead Ball Era with the lead over Old Timers 11 to 8 Negro League II slipping by Left Outs 9 to 7 Turn of Century slipping by NL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Late 20th is giving it to AL Pre WWII 5 to 0 McGwire has hit his 6th homerun for Late 20th And in our matchup FOFC on top 7 to 3 Charleston is up now for Negro League I Charleston is batting .282 with 14 HR's this year Al Mighty on the mound for the All Stars... Mighty has gone the distance so far He's given up 8 hits and 3 runs Now Al delivers Grounded towards first Potpie grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG OUT! That's two away Up now for Negro League I is Gibson Two away, nobody on Gibson is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Mighty looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... The lefthander Mighty delivers It hits Gibson on the elbow Gibson throws the bat away and sprints to first base Buck Leonard moves in to face Mighty 1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th Gibson will be running if it's hit Mighty has the sign from Bullock Mighty goes into his stretch... Looks over at Gibson Fires to Potpie... Gibson is back easily... We're ready again Now Mighty comes home Swung on and missed... Leonard is down on strikes Three down for Negro League I Now the All Stars will be coming up for what they hope will be their last at bat of the evening They lead by 4, 7-3 Bullock is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Billy Bullock will step in to face Foster He is 2 for 3 on the evening with 2 home runs! That impressive display of power has been good for 6 RBI's Foster looks down at Gibson He shakes him off once... Again... Rube has got to be a little concerned with Bullock up there as the FOFC catcher has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Here's the righthander's delivery Bullock tries to hold up Gibson points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! With one down Leonard yells something out to Foster Rube nods his head Settling in at the plate is Blade We'll see how they pitch to Blade Rube Foster steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Foster leans back and fires Blade lifts a flyball towards Cool Papa Bell Bell seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Bell stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Bell Two away Next up is Al Mighty, the FOFC pitcher... If he gets on, Jeff Nights would bat next FOFC ahead 7 to 3 Foster squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Foster kicks and fires Mighty swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Foster strikes out Al Mighty 1-2-3, nothing across... Mule Suttles, Willie Wells, and Martin Dihigo are due up Suttles is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .221 on the year Mighty way behind in the count, 3-0 Suttles stands ready... The southpaw winds and delivers Curve in the dirt That's ball four Mighty can't get the 3-0 pitch over the plate Willie Wells, the third baseman, strides to the plate Willie looks down at the third base coach Suttles takes his lead He just got some advice from Dave Parker Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Mighty goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Suttles He lobs one to Potpie... Suttles is back easily We're ready again Now Mighty comes home Wells sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Tucker Tucker gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium left Dihigo coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Suttles on first, with one away Dihigo is batting .285 with 5 HR's this year Al peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Al comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE! And Dihigo is punched out That's the second out of the inning Dusty Baker will send up a pinch hitter for Rube Foster Yes, Biz Mackey steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Mighty Moseying up now is Mackey Mackey grips the bat handle Mighty is one strike away from improving his record to 5-4 He's given up 8 hits and 3 runs so far Mighty goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Suttles He lobs one to Potpie... Suttles is back easily... We're ready again Now Mighty comes home Fastball... just outside And Mackey will take first on the walk Walk number 3 issued by Mighty this evening Cool Papa Bell steps into the box Bell is 1 for 4 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Fouts is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Cool Papa is set for the pitch Mighty checks the runners The pitch is in for a strike It gets away from Bullock There go the runners No play on either Score it a passed ball on Bullock Cool Papa Bell steps into the box Bell is one of the best hitters around The right-hander Kronside is set to deliver to Bell Kronside brings it home And Bell will sit down... strike three called And that will do it for Negro League I FOFC wins 7 to 3 Mighty gets credit for the win Kronside notches the save Williams takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Billy Bullock He was 2 for 4 with 2 homeruns! 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we leave the Negro League 1 series feeling pretty good and we head out to play the late 20th century team...maybe I'll start reading the paper again...
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GAME 68 - June 13 - Radio Broadcast
Welcome to Free Agent Field! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between Late 20th and FOFC The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in Late 20th A. J. Tucker to lead it off for FOFC Here's the 2-2 pitch Tucker swings at the change-up... Pounds it good!... It's going into deep left Henderson is racing back... He's at the fence... But he might as well wave that one goodbye It's gone! Quite a shot by Tucker Traveling about 430 feet That's home run number 2 for him He also has 25 RBI's now Nights is up now for FOFC Nights has a .309 average against lefties Johnson adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Piazza Johnson's 1-0 pitch... A slider by Johnson Nights gets good wood on it... Puckett back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! With one gone FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Gazelle finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Gazelle is at .302 on the season Randy gets the sign from Piazza With a 1-0 count, the pitch High heater, at the letters... Gazelle swings from his heels... Drives one long and deep... Henderson backpedaling to the warning track... It's going, going, GONE! A deep blast to left-center That's homer number 9 for Gazelle this year FOFC ahead 2 to 0 Potpie digs in at the plate Ready now for Johnson to come set Watching Johnson, Potpie wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Piazza flashes the sign... Johnson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Now ready, here it is... Potpie hits a screamer at Cal Ripken Ripken picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls McGwire off the bag McGwire swipes with the glove Potpie is out! Nice play by McGwire And now here's K. A. Ton Harry Hays on deck... Two outs here in the top of the 1st Johnson likes the sign The southpaw winds and delivers Ton chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Johnson Sandberg snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! After one-half inning It's FOFC 2, Modern Stars coming up FOFC has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Defensively this how they stack up From leftfield to right there's Ton, Tucker, and Gazelle The infield, third to first is Fouts, Nights, Treacy and Potpie... Behind the plate is Hays And on the mound, Brian Babson Modern Stars' lead off man Rickey Henderson steps in to face him Henderson goes through his routine of settling in After getting set, Henderson waits on the pitch Here's his delivery Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Babson's obviously peeved at that call But Rickey tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first Gwynn up The Modern Stars have Henderson on first Henderson takes his lead As we wait for the pitch let's go over the numbers on Babson In 15 previous outings the FOFC righthander has compiled a fine 3.42 ERA He has struck out 87 in 103 innings while walking 22 This has resulted in a 6-7 record Babson goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Henderson He lobs one to Potpie... Henderson is back easily We're ready again Now Babson comes home Gwynn maneuvers to hit behind the runner Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Ton And he has it That's one away Kirby Puckett steps in now for the Modern Stars The All Stars lead in this one, 2-zip Puckett is batting .327 with 11 HR's this year Hays flashes the sign... Babson waves it off... Now he's happy The righthander delivers Grounded into the hole Smooth pickup by Treacy Throws to second He's out To first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 That's all for the Modern Stars After 1 inning in Late 20th this evening, FOFC on top 2 to 0 Harry Hays, Dan Fouts, and Sean Treacy are due up for the All Stars FOFC leads, 2-0 Hays grips the bat handle He's waiting on the pitch Still waiting... Now he steps out of the box... We have a game of cat and mouse going on OK, now we're ready to go as Hays steps back in Johnson brings it to the plate At the knees, looks like a sinker... Swung on and topped toward third... Boggs charging... Has to backhand it... He zips a throw to McGwire... NOT IN TIME!! Score it an infield single for Hays Here's Dan Fouts Fouts, a switch-hitter, facing the left-handed Johnson The umpire says let's go Johnson brings it home Fouts rolls one toward Ryne Sandberg He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the first base umpire The first base coach throws his hands up in disbelief One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games NL Pre WWII and Japanese League have yet to score Caribbean is edging AL Post WWII 1 to 0 Negro League II and Dead Ball Era have yet to score Negro League I leads NL Post WWII 1 to 0 Day battling Gibson Old Timers is edging Left Outs 2 to 1 Bond and Lemon currently dueling AL Pre WWII and Turn of Century have yet to score Planting his right foot Treacy is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Treacy Sean is batting .286 in 119 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Brian Babson Johnson gets the sign, it's one he likes The pitch is on the way Treacy watches strike three glide by For that matter, he watched them all That won't get it done One more chance for FOFC this inning Brian Babson will get a crack at Johnson next A. J. Tucker would be up next... But only if Babson can reach safely Babson can't seem to get settled at the plate Babson waits Johnson fires Babson tries to hold up, but can't... Strike three! Johnson took something off of that back door breaking ball He had Babson way out in front That's it here in the top of the 2nd It's 2-0 in favor of the visitors from FOFC We'll be back in just a moment McGwire saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Mark McGwire is hitting .205 this year against righthanded pitchers McGwire cocks his bat Babson goes into his windup Here it comes McGwire rips a fastball down the line This one may have the distance... But will it be fair? It is heading right at the foul pole... It is.... A foul ball! . . . McGwire back in the box And here comes the next pitch Belt high...Swung on by McGwire... Hit's a soft liner towards the gap Shortstop's going back... Leaps... Can't get it It's just over his outstretched glove Nice try by Nights, but not good enough While Wade Boggs heads for the on deck circle Mike Piazza makes his way to the plate Piazza is batting .271 with 4 round trippers in 1900 Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Babson's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! McGwire dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch Heres a fastball grounded sharply to Treacy... This could be a doubleplay... The toss to Nights covering for one... The relay is in the dirt... Not in time... Nights was flipped on his back by McGwire's hard slide Nobody looks hurt Score it a force play One down for Late 20th Wade Boggs is still in the on-deck circle and Ryne Sandberg is looking for a bat in the dugout Wade Boggs, the superstitious contact hitting third baseman, is coming to the plate Wade eats chicken for lunch EVERY day Boggs is hitting .244 against righties Boggs waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The righthander Babson delivers Base hit to right for Boggs Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign... Piazza will stay at second Sandberg leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box The righthander pitching to Sandberg... A righthanded batter Righties have a .195 average against Brian Brian rocks and fires Slider, down and in... Swung on... Grounder to the left side... And it rolls on through... Nights played that ball poorly They give Sandberg a hit rather than give Nights an error Next up is Cal Ripken, the Late 20th shortstop Ripken has 21 doubles this year Late 20th has the bases loaded Babson is taking a little extra time out there Babson shakes off two signs Now he's ready Righthander Babson's delivery A wicked curve, breaking very low Ripken golfs it to center Tucker won't get it... He scoops it up and fires it in Nice piece of hitting by Cal Ripken A one base advancement for the runners At the plate now for Late 20th is Johnson The outfield shades towards left for Johnson Brian is ready Here's the 2-0 offering Dribbler to the mound Taken by Babson Throws home for the out! Score It: 1-2 The runner on third, Boggs, is out Sandberg takes third Ripken takes second Two gone for Late 20th That'll bring up left fielder Rickey Henderson... FOFC out in front by 1 We're in the bottom of the 2nd Babson eyes Henderson intently Babson checks all the baserunners... Now he comes home with it Henderson lifts a routine fly to center Tucker drifts over and makes the catch Rickey leaves the bases full The Late 20th fans grow silent That's all for the Modern Stars... After 2 innings here at Free Agent Field in Late 20th, FOFC on top 2 to 1 The FOFC center fielder, Tucker, will lead off He'll be followed by Jeff Nights And then Gerald Gazelle Tucker is 1 for 1 today A. J. homered last time up Johnson steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way Curve ball... Tucker swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! So one up and one gone Pounding the plate with his bat Nights awaits the pitch Nights is taking his practice swings Jeff is 0 for 1 this evening The umpire says let's go Nights is ready And the delivery by Johnson Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Ripken... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Gazelle heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Gazelle has a .326 average against lefthanders He is .313 overall Gerald steadies his bat Waits patiently for Johnson's pitch The southpaw Johnson's delivery There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Rickey Henderson is at the wall... (Possible HR or Out Fielding ability: Great,) He's jumping for it... He's got it!!! What a great play by Henderson! Leading off for the Modern Stars is the right fielder Gwynn He'll be followed by Kirby Puckett And then Mark McGwire Gwynn looks down toward the third base coach, Jimmy Williams Gwynn waits for the delivery Here comes the cripple pitch Swung on and hammered into right-center It's in the gap... Gazelle will track it down... But Gwynn is into second standing up Babson threw a high change-up Tony Gwynn timed it perfectly (Ballpark Double Effect) Slowly coming up is Puckett for Late 20th He is finally in the batter's box FOFC ahead 2 to 1 Puckett is 0 for 1 today Babson is ready quickly Babson will try to get Puckett to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Drilled deep to center field Tucker is on his horse SHOESTRING CATCH BY Tucker! He had to go a long way! Score It: 8 And there's one away With FOFC leading in the bottom of the 3rd Here's McGwire now up for Late 20th On deck will be Mike Piazza Mark is 1 for 1 this summer evening He singled in his last plate appearance Brian is set to go... a quick look toward Hays again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag Late 20th's clean-up hitter is waiting Babson has allowed 3 taters to righties this year And 10 when facing lefties Here's the 2 strike offering Swung on... And McGwire got a little piece of it But Hays held on to the tip, strike three Piazza comes to the plate Gwynn is the runner on third He represents the tying run Piazza is hitless today, 0 for 1 Mike hit into a force play in his last at bat Piazza is waiting on the pitch Babson brings it to the plate Grounded down to second Treacy picks it up on a big hop Over to first... Easy out That's it for Late 20th Here at Free Agent Field, After 3 innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While Late 20th has one run, 5 hits and no errors Late 20th has left 1 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Power hitting Jeeberoni Potpie will lead off FOFC's clean-up hitter will see what he can do against Late 20th's Randy Johnson Jeeberoni, a right-handed hitter, will face the lefty Johnson Of his 16 home runs, 4 are against southpaws Potpie is set for the pitch The lefthander delivers Slow ground ball Boggs is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One up, one down for FOFC K. A. Ton will make his way to home plate He's the left fielder for FOFC Ton is 0 for 1 today Johnson gets the sign from Piazza He is 2nd in the league in strike outs He has 112 on the season Johnson winds and delivers The 2-0 pitch Hard ground ball to short Ripken grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard NL Pre WWII and Japanese League have yet to score Caribbean is in front of AL Post WWII 4 to 1 Negro League II and Dead Ball Era are scoreless Mathis and Johnson currently dueling NL Post WWII is in front of Negro League I 4 to 1 Mathews has hit his 21st homerun for NL Post WWII Left Outs slipping by Old Timers 4 to 2 AL Pre WWII leads Turn of Century 1 to 0 Gomez and Wood currently dueling And here in Late 20th FOFC ahead 2 to 1 Nobody on, two away Hays steps in for FOFC Hays is 1 for 1 today Harry singled last time around Johnson wastes no time He has the sign from Piazza Here's the 2 strike pitch Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Piazza fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Hays Three up, three down for FOFC Wade Boggs will step into the box to start the inning Late 20th would like to get some runners on board Boggs has hit 2 home runs this year Babson is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Babson looks in... Now he's ready Babson winds Kicks the left leg high... High Boggs works out a walk Nice way to start an inning! Late 20th sends the second baseman, Ryne Sandberg, up to the plate Sandberg is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting only .233 so far this year He is a good bat handler, however Set now is Sandberg Babson checks Boggs on first Now the 2-1 pitch Sandberg rips a single to right field It falls in front of Gazelle Gerald takes it on one bounce Boggs motors into third easily Late 20th shortstop, Cal Ripken, will be up next He will be followed by Randy Johnson Runners on the corners on... no one out FOFC leads Late 20th by 1 run Cal is hitting at .307 on the year He has 71 hits in 231 at bats Today, he is 1 for 1 Ripken singled his last time up Babson tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... He's into the stretch Checks Sandberg at first Quick throw! He has to dive back in!... SAFE!... Close play Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch It's down and inside Swung on and pulled hard This should get through... NO! It's caught in the air by a diving Nights! One down, two to go... Brian Babson has to bear down now Johnson squares around He bunts it . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by J.Potpie he's throwing for the lead runner... SAFE! Sac & Fielders Choice Boggs scores from third! Sandberg takes second Johnson to first Making his way up is Henderson Henderson has a .260 average against righthanders this season Henderson gets ready for Babson's pitch His bat is cocked It's coming down the pike Bouncer to short Taken by Nights Over to second for one To first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 The Modern Stars go down in the bottom of the 4th After 4 innings at Free Agent Field here in Late 20th, The score is knotted at 2 Here's the third baseman Fouts To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Sean Treacy And then Brian Babson Fouts swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Johnson Randy Johnson steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Johnson brings it to the plate Fly ball to right Gwynn is under it He makes the grab One away... McGwire is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Boggs also... Now they return to their positions One away, nobody on base Treacy stands ready at the plate Sean will be facing the left-handed Johnson from the right side of the plate The switch hitting second baseman is 0 for 1 Treacy struck out his last time at bat Treacy is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly The lefthander Johnson comes home with it Johnson comes in there with a dipsy-do And Treacy just freezes as he watches it curve over the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! 5 this evening... 114 on the season for Randy Johnson Two down Piazza asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Piazza and Johnson The pitcher, Brian Babson, is up next Left-hander Randy Johnson prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Babson Johnson quick pitches him Grounded towards the sack Boggs comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 That's three outs, side retired Gwynn 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 Gwynn gets set He's 1 for 2 so far All set, Gwynn is ready for the pitch Here's the windup and the 1-1 delivery A jug-handled curve Gwynn goes out and gets it It's a liner to center Tucker will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Tony Gwynn Kirby Puckett, the center fielder, strides to the plate Puckett has hit 11 home runs this year Babson steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Here's the righthander's delivery Puckett will try the hit and run! Slider, down and away... Swung on... Puckett rips a bouncer to Babson He takes it and goes to 2nd for the force One down for Late 20th Mark McGwire is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Late 20th McGwire moseys up to the plate Mike Piazza is heading for the on-deck circle FOFC is set up for two Babson adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Babson brings it to the plate Bouncer to short...made to order doubleplay ball Nights has it on two hops...wrists it to Blade He evades the slide of Puckett The throw to Potpie... It just nips McGwire! That does it for Late 20th in the bottom of the 5th A. J. Tucker up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Tucker has hit 6 triples this year Tucker is ready Now Randy delivers A. J. Tucker swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... CAUGHT! That one looked like it was gone FOFC with one away Johnson steps off the mound as he waits for Jeff Nights to come to the plate Nights gets set at the plate Johnson steps on the rubber The pitch to Nights... Nights goes after the big breaker... Hit on the ground to Johnson's right... Ripken isn't able to cut it off... It's bouncing into center field for a single Nights takes his lead from first... He's challenging Johnson's pickoff move The runner unable to take a big lead Johnson keeps looking him back Gazelle coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Nights on first, with one away Gazelle is 1 for 2 today He is currently batting .308 Henderson, Puckett and Gwynn are playing him deep Now set, Gazelle waits for the pitch Johnson goes into his stretch... Looks over at Nights Fires to McGwire... Nights is back easily... We're ready again Now Johnson comes home That's ball four Gazelle will trot down to first Nights is now down on second Walking up to the plate now is Potpie K. A. Ton waits on deck The Late 20th outfield is playing Potpie almost straight away Unusual for the power hitter But with Johnson on the mound it is understandable Johnson has the sign from Piazza He brings it home Sharp curve... Swung on... Potpie pops it up... Ripken slides under it Infield Fly rule called Potpie is automatically out The ball is caught The runners hold The score is knotted at 2 with two away Let's check some other scores as well NL Pre WWII and Japanese League are scoreless Alexander battling Sugishita Caribbean is on top of AL Post WWII 4 to 2 Dead Ball Era is on top of Negro League II 5 to 3 NL Post WWII with the lead over Negro League I 4 to 1 Gibson comfortably ahead for NL Post WWII Old Timers is in front of Left Outs 9 to 6 Galvin comfortably ahead for Old Timers Turn of Century slipping by AL Pre WWII 3 to 1 K. A. Ton is up next FOFC's left fielder finds 2 on with 2 outs Two men on, two men out And Randy studies the sign from Piazza... Now he's got it Johnson looks over at Gazelle... Now back at Nights... He's coming home with it Ton drives one into left Rickey Henderson sprints over to make the play That retires the side... Ton fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base Here's Piazza to lead off the inning Before he does, lets check out how the Modern Stars have been playing lately Late 20th is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Piazza has hit 4 home runs this year Right-hander Babson eyes the righty Piazza Babson leans back and fires Piazza takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Piazza can't believe it and says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Babson One up, one down One away, nobody on... bottom of the 6th The first base coach exhorting Boggs to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Brian peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Now Brian delivers It is a slow change... Boggs' not at all fooled He hits it squarely... It is heading out to right-center almost on a line... Very well hit ball by Wade Tucker is running after it... He hopes to play it off the fence He picks it up on the second bounce He turns and gets it back into the infield Boggs slides into second base but it was not necessary Two-bagger for the Late 20th third baseman The Modern Stars' second baseman is up next Late 20th has 1 on board with 1 out Time is called... Sandberg has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Sandberg is poised and ready for the pitch The home town crowd is yelling out to Boggs telling him to watch out as Blade sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Babson delivers the 3-2 offering Inside for ball four And Sandberg walks That's 3 walks given up by Babson today Cal Ripken, the Modern Stars' shortstop is up next Late 20th has 2 men on with 1 out Ripken saunters to the plate The righthander is 1 for 2 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Babson Ripken is hitting .307 versus righties this year Of his 7 homeruns, 4 came while facing righties The bat is cocked Babson kicks and fires Fastball... just outside And Ripken will take first on the walk Everybody will move up a base... Bases are loaded, with Randy Johnson due up Johnson looks to lay one down Johnson fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the squeeze on Johnson squares Johnson bunts it foul for the third strike... That's a strikeout Rickey Henderson is due up Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching coach, is running out... He wants to speak to Brian Babson Probably just wants to calm him down a bit Henderson is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Henderson is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Babson He's waiting for the pitch Now the delivery, here is is... It is a high hard one... Henderson goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up and out of the strike zone... Henderson couldn't hold back That wraps up the inning for Late 20th So After 6 innings Late 20th has 2 runs, 8 hits and no errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors Late 20th has left 8 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 3 Harry Hays leads off for FOFC Dan Fouts and Barrett Blade will follow We've got a dandy here today at Free Agent Field Johnson adjusts his cap... Now he's set The pitch on the way, here it is... It's a routine fly into center Puckett ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One down for FOFC Dan Fouts is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Fouts gets set at the plate Piazza flashes the sign... Johnson waves it off... Now he's happy He brings it home Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Fouts hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into center for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Blade comes to the plate One out, Fouts at first Late 20th is set up for two Randy Johnson on the mound for the Modern Stars... Johnson has gone the distance so far He's given up 5 hits and 2 runs Johnson goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Fouts He lobs one to McGwire... Fouts is back easily We're ready again Now Johnson comes home The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! High fastball, up near eye level... Blade chops at it... Lines a shot to the right side... And by McGwire for a hit... Fouts was running with the pitch... And makes it easily to third The Modern Stars were taken in by FOFC Blade came through with a nice hit! Deacon Palmer steps into the box Randy is ready "The Big Unit" fires it home... It gets past Piazza! It's scored a wild pitch. The pitch didn't look that bad Johnson must have crossed him up! Fouts scores from third! Blade takes second Deacon Palmer steps into the box Palmer is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Deacon certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Johnson earn his salary Johnson has the sign from Piazza Johnson looks back towards second... The pitch LINE DRIVE Ripken grabs it for the out Score It: 6 One more chance for FOFC this inning Looks like Tucker will be given a free pass here And he is... that's four wide ones Jeff Nights is the batter due up next Nights saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Against lefthanders Nights is hitting .310 this season 2 down, Nights behind in the count, 0-2 It's coming down the pike Nights is way out in front of a change-up Strike Three Number 6 today for Johnson That's it in the top of the 7th After 6 and a half innings in Late 20th, FOFC ahead 3 to 2 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Gwynn saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gwynn is batting .329 with no HR's this year Kronside steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Now Jace delivers Grounded towards the hole Nice play by Blade Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 FOFC gets the first out of the inning Puckett is up now for Late 20th Kirby seems to always make contact He rarely strikes out Today he is 0 for 3... Naturally with no strike outs Kirby stands with bat ready With a 0-2 count, the pitch Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Puckett was frozen on that fastball by Kronside High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch Two away Walking up to the plate now is McGwire Mike Piazza waits on deck Mark comes to the plate batting .229 with 6 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today The umpire says let's go The pitch is on the way Fastball... low and away, ball four Kronside puts the tying run on base Not a good idea Mike Piazza is up next The Modern Stars' catcher finds 1 on with 2 outs Piazza is one of the best hitters around Kronside ready quickly, looks in for the sign Kronside kicks and fires Grounded into the hole Nice play by Nights He throws and gets the force at second Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, McGwire, is out That is the third out for Late 20th here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45125 Gazelle will come up to lead off the top of the 8th for FOFC Gazelle steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Gerald is 1 for 2 today Gazelle cocks his bat Johnson fires Johnson comes in there with a dipsy-do And Gazelle just freezes as he watches it curve over the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! 7 this evening... 116 on the season for Randy Johnson One out Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie The first baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 1 Potpie looks down toward the third base coach Potpie awaits the delivery Johnson's into the windup... the delivery Ground ball to the left side... Ripken scoops it up Over to first for the putout Two down Randy Johnson retires the first two batters in order Ton now at the plate Harry Hays waits on deck Ton has hit 5 home runs this year Johnson 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 southpaw Johnson delivers the 1-1 pitch Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into center It's in for a base hit... Puckett quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Ton dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Ton with a single (Ballpark Double Effect) Johnson looks down at Hays as he steps in Harry is ready to go Hays is 1 for 3 today Harry flied out last time up Hays waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Johnson's 2-1 pitch... It's a rainbow shot toward center Puckett reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch Three down for FOFC Still a 1 run deficit for Late 20th Let me point out that coming in to today's game FOFC is 15 and 9 in one run games Late 20th has a 8 and 10 record in these tight contests Here's the third baseman Boggs To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Ryne Sandberg And then Cal Ripken Wade is hitting at .240 on the year He has 56 hits in 233 at bats This includes 10 doubles, 2 triples 2 home runs and 21 RBI's Boggs waits for the delivery The righthander Kronside delivers Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to right for a base hit No chance to get that one Out of the dugout comes Ozzie Smith He will be pinch running for Wade Boggs Late 20th down by 1 They need some runs; and now! Smith inches slowly away from the bag Smith has to hold tight to the bag Sandberg comes to the plate FOFC leads by 1 We're in the bottom of the 8th Ryne seems to always make contact He rarely strikes out A good man for the hit and run Sandberg is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Smith is dancing off first Kronside brings it to the plate Sandberg just gets a piece of it He 'drizzles' it to second Blade races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Ripken pounds the plate Now he stares out at Kronside Ripken is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Jace looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The home town crowd is yelling out to Smith telling him to watch out as Blade sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Kronside delivers the 2-1 offering Base hit to left for Ripken Jimmy Williams is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Smith scores! Time is called by Late 20th Here comes Craig Biggio out of the dugout He is heading toward first base And Cal Ripken starts off the diamond Bobby Cox wants more speed on the bases Biggio sneaks away from the base Biggio takes his lead... Throw to first... SAFE! Another throw... easily back Biggio extends his lead Kronside comes home with a slider Johnson takes it... Biggio is off on the pitch The peg down... It's a wild throw by Hays... To the right of second... Into right center... Up and moving to third is Biggio... Score that a stolen base and an error The squeeze play is on! Johnson lays it down Potpie charges in after it He dives... Scoops it up... Flips to Hays Biggio slides... OUT! The score is knotted at 3 with two away Let's check some other scores as well NL Pre WWII is edging Japanese League 1 to 0 AL Post WWII is in front of Caribbean 7 to 4 Dead Ball Era clipping Negro League II 7 to 3 Johnson comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era NL Post WWII with the lead over Negro League I 4 to 1 Mathews has hit his 21st homerun for NL Post WWII Old Timers toppling Left Outs 13 to 6 Goslin has hit his 12th homerun for Left Outs Turn of Century besting AL Pre WWII 6 to 1 Rickey Henderson will face Kronside Righty against righty Henderson looks down toward the third base coach, Jimmy Williams Waiting for the pitch is Henderson Here's the righthander's delivery And Henderson will sit down... strike three called And that will do it for Late 20th Late 20th's defensive changes are... Smith will bat 6th and play SS Molitor will bat 8th and play 3B The All Stars get their turn to bat here in the top of the 9th Dan Fouts, Barrett Blade, and Jace Kronside the first three FOFC batters They'll be facing the southpaw Randy Johnson Fouts is 1 for 3 today Dan singled last time around Dan steadies his bat And waits patiently for Johnson's pitch Randy rocks and fires There's a fly ball to Tony Gwynn Gwynn circles under it... He makes the play Blade finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Blade is taking his practice swings Barrett is 1 for 1 this evening Blade waiting on the delivery And the cripple pitch... Fastball... down and away... Johnson just misses the corner... ball four That's 3 walks given up by Johnson today Blade takes a walking lead Johnson holds the runner... Now he zips a quick throw to first... He's a dead duck! Blade trots meekly back to the dugout Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Billy Bullock Bullock coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Bullock has a .350 average against lefties Billy is ready for the delivery The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander Topped in front of home Piazza grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 2-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Tony Gwynn will face James Rodney to lead things off The crowd is coming to life They know Gwynn knows how to get on base FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Gwynn is 2 for 4 today Gwynn waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Rodney brings it home 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! Nobody on and The score is knotted at 3 bottom of the 9th Kirby Puckett will try to get something going Puckett is batting .322 with 11 HR's this year James gets the sign from Hays The pitch to Puckett... Fastball... Puckett jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep left There goes Gazelle after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Gerald Gazelle! That's two away for the Modern Stars We have a real "nail-biter" here today McGwire saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box McGwire is one of the most feared sluggers Rodney looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Righthander Rodney's delivery Swung on and missed by McGwire, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for McGwire And we go to extra innings! Into extra innings we go A. J. Tucker will lead off the 10th for FOFC Well, the fans are getting a treat here today at Free Agent Field Tucker is batting .301 with 2 HR's this year Johnson is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Johnson gets the sign from Piazza Johnson throws the 3-2 pitch The pitch is just inside and Tucker holds up Piazza points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign A. J. trots down to first... ball four Randy Johnson watches Tucker As he moves away from the bag Johnson steps away from the mound Now Tucker moves back to first There he goes! The throw... Tucker with the hook slide... The tag... He's out on a very questionable call Nobody on base, one away Nights steps into the batter's box Nights looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 1 for 4 on the day for Jeff Nights is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Johnson He's waiting for the pitch The southpaw Johnson's delivery on the 3-1 pitch Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Nights hits it into the hole on the right side Sandberg ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Nights is out by a step at first Two down Piazza asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Piazza and Johnson Gazelle is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in The outfield's shaded towards left for Gazelle He's 1 for 3 today The umpire says let's go Gazelle is ready Johnson rocks and fires Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Piazza fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Gazelle That's all for FOFC After 9 and a half innings in Late 20th this evening, The score is tied at 3 Here's Piazza to lead off the bottom of the 10th He's the go ahead run Rodney adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Rodney goes into his windup And here's the 2-2 offering Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Piazza! With one down Potpie yells something out to Rodney James nods his head Coming up for Late 20th is Ozzie Smith Nobody on base, one out Rodney has the sign from Hays Here's his delivery Smith lifts a flyball towards Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Pflaggstettler stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Pflaggstettler That's the second out of the inning Settling in at the plate is Sandberg Rodney toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hays Here's the 1-1 offering Swung on, liner towards second... Blade leaps... He can't come up with it! No chance for either Blade or Pflaggstettler That one had base hit written all over it Paul Molitor strides to the plate The score is knotted at 3 Molitor is one of the best hitters around Hays flashes the sign to Rodney The stretch... the 3-2 delivery There's a fly ball into straight-away right Pflaggstettler one hands it... OUT! That wraps up the inning for Late 20th So After 10 innings Late 20th has 3 runs, 11 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 7 hits and one error Late 20th has left 11 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 FOFC will send Potpie, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and Harry Hays to face Randy Johnson this inning Jeeberoni steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Potpie grounded out last time up and now is 0 for 4 All set, Potpie is ready for the pitch The southpaw delivers the 2-1 pitch It's a smash over third Molitor leaps Just over his outstretched glove Potpie makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Nobody out, Potpie at first Now up is Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler wiggles the bat above his head Piazza flashes the sign... Johnson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Now to the belt, here it is... Breaking ball, at the belt... Swung on and clubbed to left-center It's into the alley... Henderson and Puckett after it... Potpie will score Puckett has it against the fence... Throws hard to third... Pflaggstettler slides spikes first... The ball is there... He's called safe, with a triple! Smith may have been cut... The trainer comes out... Looks like Smith is OK Tay Pemup returns to the dugout There is going to be a pitching change Randy Johnson will head to the dugout as Bruce Sutter will come on here in the top of the 11th Sutter has appeared in 30 games His record is 1-1 with a 3.54 ERA over 53 innings Hays, the catcher, moves into the batter's box FOFC ahead 4 to 3 Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Set now is Hays Here comes the cripple pitch Hays flies out to left Dick Howser is giving the green light... Here's the play at the plate... Pflaggstettler scores! So that brings up Dan Fouts the FOFC third baseman Fouts has hit 7 home runs this year Sutter is happy with the sign The righthander Sutter's delivery It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Sandberg for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That's the second out of the inning Barrett Blade is coming to the plate So far this season Blade is hitting .194 when facing righthanded pitching Sutter wastes no time He has the sign from Piazza The pitch is on the way It's a Texas Leaguer to left Here comes Henderson... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Blade is on with a bloop single to left Blade inches away from the base Sutter steps off the rubber Looks Blade back to the bag Walking up to the plate now is Terp FOFC leading in the game Kris wants desperately to break out of his slump Terp waits for the pitch Sandberg comes in a couple steps Yells something to Sutter The delivery The runner goes Terp likes the hit and run... Terp just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Sandberg races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... That's it for FOFC Here at Free Agent Field, After 10 and a half innings, FOFC has 5 runs, 10 hits and one error While Late 20th has 3 runs, 11 hits and no errors FOFC has left 7 on base Late 20th has stranded 11 Eddie Murray will hit for Bruce Sutter Murray is batting .218 with 8 home runs He also has 26 RBI's on the year He's batting .206 against righties The Modern Stars will send Murray, Rickey Henderson, and Tony Gwynn up to the plate this inning Murray is batting .218 with 8 HR's this year Knowles studies his sign The righthander delivers Changeup down low... Murray makes contact and hits one out to center A. J. Tucker is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Knowles One down for Late 20th Rickey Henderson is still in the on-deck circle and Tony Gwynn is looking for a bat in the dugout Now batting will be Rickey Henderson The left fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC leads Late 20th by 2 runs Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Here's the 2 strike pitch Henderson tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! Two gone for Late 20th Now here's Gwynn Gwynn is looking for another hit He has 2 hits so far today He is hitting .325 on the year Knowles wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Knowles' windup... the delivery Long fly to left Gazelle has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Gwynn is retired on a fairly deep fly And that will do it for Late 20th FOFC wins 5 to 3 Rodney gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Johnson takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was A. J. Tucker He was 1 for 3 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Late 20th. Last edited by Breeze : 09-13-2007 at 08:24 PM. |
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GAME 69 - June 14 - Radio Broadcast
Welcome to Free Agent Field! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between Late 20th and FOFC So folks, pull up a chair and spend part of your afternoon with us The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in Late 20th A. J. Tucker to lead it off for FOFC The pitch on the way, here it is... He rips a grounder to first Molitor flips to Maddux covering Score It: 3-1 One up, one down here in the top of the 1st Nights is up now for FOFC Jeff Nights is hitting .291 this year against righthanded pitchers The umpire says let's go The pitch on the way, here it is... A hot shot on the ground to Ripken He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Nights is out That's two away Pflaggstettler moseys up to the plate Jeeberoni Potpie is heading for the on-deck circle Pflaggstettler needs to get on... He has a .394 on base percentage Pflaggstettler cocks his bat Here's the 1-1 pitch Pflaggstettler drives one into center Kirby Puckett sprints over to make the play That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4 in their last ten games FOFC has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively The ball hawks from left to right Gazelle in left... Tucker in center... And Pflaggstettler in right The infield, third to first Palmer will play the hot corner Nights is at short Over at second, Blade and at first base Potpie Williams gets the nod as starter Behind the dish is Bullock Late 20th left fielder, Rickey Henderson, will lead off Before getting ready Henderson checks out the defensive alignment After getting set, Henderson waits on the pitch Williams brings it to the plate Henderson fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of short Nights is over quickly Easy out One down for Late 20th Craig Biggio is still in the on-deck circle and Wade Boggs is looking for a bat in the dugout Biggio digs in at the plate Ready now for Williams to come set Biggio has hit 1 home run this year Williams has the sign he wants Here's the 2-1 pitch There's a check swing by Biggio It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Billy Bullock makes the catch against the stands Two up, two down for Late 20th Two away, nobody on Boggs comes to the plate for Late 20th Boggs has a .200 average against lefthanders He is .244 overall Set now is Boggs Williams goes into his windup And here's the 3-1 offering It's a Texas Leaguer to center Here comes Tucker... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Boggs is on with a bloop single to center Mike Piazza is advancing to the plate No score as yet in the early going Mike, a right-handed hitter, will face the lefty Williams Of his 4 home runs, 2 are against southpaws Mike steadies his bat And waits patiently for Williams' pitch And the delivery by Williams Screaming liner towards second Tough chance for Blade He grabs it for the out Score It: 4 John Williams holds the Modern Stars scoreless in the first It's the All Stars' turn at bat here in the top of the 2nd Jeeberoni Potpie, Gerald Gazelle, and Deacon Palmer are due up to face righthander Greg Maddux The right-hander Maddux is set to deliver to Potpie Maddux brings it home Potpie laces a hit into the outfield Rickey Henderson picks it up Fires it to the infield Potpie holds with a single Now batting will be Gazelle The left fielder for FOFC Gazelle is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Gazelle waiting on the delivery The righthander Maddux's delivery Hot line drive to short Ripken tries it He grabs it for the out Score It: 6 One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games NL Pre WWII and Japanese League are deadlocked at 1 AL Post WWII leads Caribbean 1 to 0 Negro League II is in front of Dead Ball Era 4 to 1 NL Post WWII is in front of Negro League I 3 to 0 Cepeda has hit his 3rd homerun for NL Post WWII Old Timers leads Left Outs 2 to 1 AL Pre WWII and Turn of Century have yet to score And here in Late 20th No score Facing Maddux now is Palmer Billy Bullock heads to the on deck circle Barrett Blade waits in the hole Right-hander Maddux prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Palmer Here's the 3-1 offering Palmer raps a hard grass cutter toward second Biggio takes two steps to his left Scoops it up Over to second for one Back to first for the deuce! And that will do it for FOFC Cal Ripken, Kirby Puckett, and Paul Molitor are due up Ripken is batting .309 with 7 HR's this year Bullock flashes the sign to Williams Here's his delivery Sinking fastball... Ripken swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step FOFC gets the first out of the inning Kirby Puckett, the center fielder, strides to the plate Puckett is at .320 on the season John is ready The pitch is on the way Puckett lofts a fly to deep left Gazelle trots slowly under it... He makes the catch Two down Williams retires two in a row Up next for the Modern Stars Paul Molitor, the first baseman... If he gets on, Tony Gwynn would bat next Molitor is batting .345 with 1 HR this year Williams adjusts his cap... Now he's set Williams goes into his windup And here's the 1-2 offering Pounded on the ground to short Nights grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the Modern Stars After 2 innings in Late 20th this afternoon, We're scoreless Bullock saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Bullock is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a respectable .279 for FOFC Now set, Bullock waits for the pitch Here's the windup... and the pitch Bullock hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Boggs dives... It's through for a base hit! He almost got his glove on it... Bullock reaches on a sizzling single to left A nice try by the third baseman, Wade Boggs And it brings up Barrett Blade On deck is John Williams A. J. Tucker in the hole Third base coach Dick Howser gives the sign to Blade Maddux adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Piazza Maddux fires The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! Blade takes a cut at the sinker... Hits a hard grounder down to first... Molitor can't get his glove on it... It's into right for a single... Bullock hustles around to third The hit and run works to perfection! Williams squares around Williams misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Bullock is running on the pitch A slider away... Piazza reaches down with the tag... The umpire signals OUT! Risky play... Almost worked though What an exciting play! John Williams steps into the box Williams can't seem to get settled at the plate Williams is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Now the delivery, here is is... Grounded towards the hole Biggio can't come up with it BASE HIT! Blade takes third Settling in at the plate is Tucker Tucker has hit 2 home runs this year Maddux looks down at Piazza for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Maddux kicks and fires Tucker swings and lifts one toward right Gwynn drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... We're scoreless with two away this inning Nights finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Nights is 0 for 1 today Jeff grounded out last time around Jeff waits... He steps out as Maddux takes too long Now he's back in the box The righthander Maddux delivers Bounding ball to second Taken by Biggio Over to Molitor Got him! Score It: 4-3 That's it for FOFC Here at Free Agent Field, After 2 and a half innings, Late 20th has no runs, one hit and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 4 hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 on base Late 20th has stranded 1 Tony Gwynn is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Late 20th to get things going Gwynn wiggles the bat above his head The bat is cocked He brings it home Hard inside slider... The swing... Gwynn hits a grounder into the hole Potpie makes an incredible stop... But he's in no position to make a throw Score that a single Maddux fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Maddux looks to lay one down He bunts it . . . Fielded by D.Palmer he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Force Play To 3rd Baseman Score It: 5-6 The runner on first, Gwynn, is out That's one away Maddux takes a walking lead Williams steps off the rubber Looks Maddux back to the bag Henderson is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Rickey is hitting at .237 on the year He has 46 hits in 194 at bats His speed has propelled him to 16 stolen bases Henderson waits for the pitch Williams brings it to the plate Henderson is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position Two gone for Late 20th Walking up to the plate now is Biggio Wade Boggs waits on deck Maddux will be running if it's hit Williams studies his sign The pitch to Biggio... Sharply breaking curveball... Swung on... Fly ball towards left center... Looks like it's gonna drop in there... It does for a base hit for Biggio Boggs walks up to the plate Boggs has 10 doubles this year Williams is ready quickly The lefty Williams delivers Fastball... just outside And Boggs will take first on the walk Everybody will move up a base... Bases are loaded, with Mike Piazza due up Now here's Piazza Piazza is batting .258 with 4 HR's this year Williams will try to settle matters here in the bottom of the 3rd He's in quite a fix at the moment He centers his attention on Piazza It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Piazza drives the ball to left for extra bases Biggio and Maddux will score Jimmy Williams will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Boggs scores! Double for Piazza Cal Ripken steps into the box Ripken takes a couple of practice cuts Ripken is waiting for the pitch He deals STRIKE THREE! After 3 innings Late 20th leads 3 to 0 FOFC will send Pflaggstettler, Jeeberoni Potpie, and Gerald Gazelle to face Greg Maddux this inning Stepping in and then stepping out again Pflaggstettler looks to third for a sign Pflaggstettler waits Maddux brings it to the plate A hanging curve... Pflaggstettler laces it hard just to the right of Boggs He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Persimmon... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Jeeberoni Potpie will face Maddux Righty against righty Potpie grips the bat handle Jeeberoni seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Now Greg delivers That's ball four Potpie trots down to first Pflaggstettler is already down on second Potpie at first, Pflaggstettler at second, nobody out Gazelle is the batter Gazelle is at .294 on the season Greg looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Now Greg delivers Maddux loses him Gazelle heads down to first Potpie and Pflaggstettler move up a base Bases are waterlogged The third baseman, Deacon Palmer, is up next Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Maddux looks down at Piazza for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The righthander delivers Palmer hits it deep towards the gap Gwynn is back to the warning track... To the fence... He leaps against the wall... He can't get it! Palmer is at third, with a triple Deacon clears the bases He now has 3 RBI's on the day Billy Bullock makes his way to home plate Bullock is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .285 on the year Bullock gets ready for Maddux's pitch His bat is cocked Righthander Maddux's delivery Billy Bullock offers at the slider, but checks his swing Oh, Bullock couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Cal Ripken for the out Bullock never even left the batter's box With one down, up next is Barrett Blade To be followed by John Williams The second baseman, Blade, is ready to bat The score is tied at 3 in the top of the 4th Runner on 3rd, 1 man out Maddux adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Piazza Here comes the cripple pitch Slow roller to third Palmer is coming home Boggs can't get to it BASE HIT! Palmer scores from third! Blade watches Maddux carefully As he stretches out his lead Curveball low... Williams checks his swing There goes Blade on a delayed steal! Piazza pumps... but no throw, he holds onto the ball He is SAFE! John Williams steps into the box Right-hander Maddux eyes the righty Williams Greg rocks and fires He hits a tough grounder to short Ripken comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 Two down Piazza asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Piazza and Maddux That'll bring up All Stars' center fielder A. J. Tucker... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second Maddux steps on the rubber Way ahead in the count Maddux turns the 0-2 pitch loose Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Biggio Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 The Modern Stars finally retire the side but not until FOFC scores 4 runs The All Stars now take over the lead by 1 It's FOFC 4, Late 20th 3 Here's Puckett to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard NL Pre WWII and Japanese League are all knotted at 1 AL Post WWII is giving it to Caribbean 5 to 0 Berra has hit his 6th homerun for AL Post WWII Negro League II is edging Dead Ball Era 4 to 3 NL Post WWII with the lead over Negro League I 3 to 0 Cepeda has hit his 3rd homerun for NL Post WWII Old Timers slipping by Left Outs 3 to 1 Kelly has hit his 9th homerun for Old Timers AL Pre WWII and Turn of Century are scoreless Ruffing battling Mathewson And right here in Late 20th FOFC ahead 4 to 3 Looking for his first hit today Puckett is 0 for 1 John gets the sign from Bullock Into the windup... here's the pitch Curve in the dirt... and Puckett holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Bullock asks the first base ump's opinion He says Puckett went around Strike three, swinging One up, one down Coming up for Late 20th is Paul Molitor Nobody on base, one out Molitor swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Williams Molitor is poised and ready for the pitch The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch Swung on and hit sharply to second Blade plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! Two down Williams retires the first two Late 20th batters Up now for Late 20th is Gwynn Two away, nobody on Gwynn is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Tony certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Williams earn his salary Bullock flashes the sign... Williams waves it off... Now he's happy The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 3-1 pitch Swung on and hit on the nose to right Pflaggstettler picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Gwynn is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it Late 20th pitcher, Greg Maddux, is up next Gwynn will be running if it's hit And John studies the sign from Bullock... Now he's got it Williams' into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Gwynn dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch Swung on and missed... Maddux is down on strikes Late 20th is out of here in the bottom of the 4th This game is coming to you from Free Agent Field in Late 20th After 4 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Late 20th has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors Jeff Nights leads it off Nights digs into the box Maddux toes the rubber He takes his windup LINE DRIVE Boggs jumps He grabs it for the out Score It: 5 Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Pflaggstettler is 1 for 2 on the day He looks around at the Late 20th infield Molitor is kicking the dirt at first Boggs is even with the bag at third Biggio and Ripken are ready with hands on knees at second and short Maddux steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Biggio comes in a couple steps Yells something to Maddux The delivery Curve, at the belt... Pflaggstettler times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Kirby Puckett retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Potpie, FOFC's first baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Gerald Gazelle waits on deck Potpie is batting .281 with 16 round trippers in 1900 Jeeberoni is ready for the delivery Here's the righthander's delivery Swung on and hit to left... It's down the line... and deep Henderson runs over toward the foul pole Rickey won't get this one... Fair or foul???... FAIRBALL is the signal! Back-to-back home runs for FOFC! FOFC ahead 6 to 3 There'll be a pitching change Greg Maddux is walking slowly to the dugout John Smoltz will come on here in the top of the 5th Smoltz has pitched 51 innings in 21 games He has a 3-3 record to go along with a 5.08 ERA Here's Gerald Gazelle Gerald takes a couple of practice cuts Gazelle is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Smoltz He's waiting for the pitch Now ready, here it is... Struck him out on a fastball Gazelle goes down swinging Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 3 Deacon Palmer will get a crack at Smoltz next Billy Bullock would be up next... But only if Palmer can reach safely Palmer is one of the best hitters around Smoltz wastes no time He has the sign from Piazza Smoltz rocks and fires The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Palmer swung, that's strike three Palmer isn't happy at all with that call That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 4 and a half innings FOFC has 6 runs, 9 hits and no errors While Late 20th has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 stranded Late 20th has failed to bring home 3 Rickey Henderson will step into the box to start the inning Late 20th would like to get some runners on board Henderson is 0 for 2 today Rickey struck out last time up Henderson is ready Williams winds and delivers Henderson swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Palmer and skips out to Gazelle Henderson rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Henderson returns to first as Gerald gets a nice throw in to Blade Nobody out, Henderson at first Now up is Biggio Biggio steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Craig is 1 for 2 today Biggio waits on Williams The southpaw's 0-2 delivery The Whiff! Williams punches Biggio out! One down for Late 20th Wade Boggs is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Late 20th Boggs steps in Henderson's trying to rattle John Williams by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Boggs looks for a sign from third Jimmy Williams delivers it to Wade Wade is 1 for 1 today drew a walk his last at bat The umpire says let's go Boggs is ready Williams brings it to the plate Base hit to right for Boggs Jimmy Williams is waving Henderson to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Boggs at first The catcher, Mike Piazza will be up next for Late 20th The outfield's shaded towards left for Piazza He's 1 for 2 today He cocks the bat as he peers out at Williams The runners step away from their bases Williams looks to first... over his shoulder to third... The pitch Piazza chases the inside fastball... He hits a high fly ball... Gazelle backs up... Starts forward towards the plate... Makes the catch on the run... Uncorks a bullet... The throw is wide to the first base side Henderson is safe on the sac fly Modern Stars' shortstop Ripken is up next Against lefthanders Ripken is hitting .286 this season Cal is eagerly awaiting Williams' pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery A slider by Williams Ripken gets good wood on it... Gazelle back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! And that will do it for Late 20th Bullock steps up to the plate for FOFC It's the top of the 6th at Free Agent Field Billy is hitting at .282 on the year He has 37 hits in 131 at bats Today, he is 1 for 2 Bullock lined out his last time up Smoltz squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Here's the 1-1 offering Billy Bullock swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... Henderson leaps and grabs it! Bullock is robbed of a homerun with a great catch by Henderson FOFC with one away Smoltz steps off the mound as he waits for Barrett Blade to come to the plate That brings up Barrett Blade, the second baseman Blade gets set He's 2 for 2 so far Smoltz is happy with the sign Now to the belt, here it is... Blade hits one on the ground to the left side Barrett, who moves well, is motoring to first Ripken wings it quickly to Molitor... OUT by a step And there's two away Now batting will be John Williams 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 in the hole, 0-2 Smoltz's righthanded delivery... Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Piazza fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Williams The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 5 and a half innings, FOFC leads 6 to 4 Here's Puckett to lead off the inning Before he does, lets check out how the Modern Stars have been playing lately Late 20th is 3 and 7 in their last ten games Puckett looks down toward the third base coach Williams has the sign from Bullock John Williams, with 9 appearances before today's game looks down for the sign from Bullock Williams has great control He's looking for win number 7 He's into the windup Curve...Swung on by Puckett... Lined right back over the mound... Through into center field for a single The tying run comes to the plate, in the person of Paul Molitor Modern Stars with 1 runner on base The All Stars lead, 6-4 With Paul's hitting ability I'd be looking for him to swing away What do you think?... Full count on the batter, 3-2 Williams goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Puckett He lobs one to Potpie... Puckett is back easily We're ready again Now Williams comes home Molitor hits a screamer at Jeff Nights Nights picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard NL Pre WWII and Japanese League are deadlocked at 1 AL Post WWII clipping Caribbean 5 to 1 Berra has hit his 6th homerun for AL Post WWII Dead Ball Era is beating Negro League II 8 to 4 McGinnity comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era NL Post WWII clipping Negro League I 4 to 0 Old Timers is edging Left Outs 3 to 2 Welch battling Jenkins AL Pre WWII leads Turn of Century 1 to 0 Gwynn gets set at the plate Williams looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready Williams quick pitches him Gwynn chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Williams Nights snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! The side is retired No runs, one hit and no errors Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz First up for FOFC in the top of the 7th is Tucker against Smoltz The FOFC center fielder will be followed by Jeff Nights and Persimmon Pflaggstettler mmon Pflaggstettler FOFC leads 6 to 4 A. J. is hitting at .298 on the year He has 85 hits in 285 at bats This includes 7 doubles, 6 triples 2 home runs and 25 RBI's All set, Tucker is ready for the pitch The righthander Smoltz delivers Curveball, breaking to the outside... Lazy ground ball to the right side It'll be a very tough play for Molitor He picks it up, throws to Smoltz covering first Not in time as Tucker beats the throw Tucker takes a walking lead Tucker has stolen 14 of 17 bases this year Smoltz's move keeps Tucker guessing He's not getting a very good lead Jeff Nights squares to bunt Boggs fields it, THEN DROPS THE BALL! Boggs picks it up and fires to first Nights is out by an eyelash Credit Nights with a sacrifice With one gone FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it So with 1 on and 1 out FOFC sends their right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to face Smoltz Hard-hitting Jeeberoni Potpie is walking towards the on-deck circle Pflaggstettler is looking for lightning to strike again He's boomed 1 homerun earlier today Persimmon is 2 for 3... Batting .303 on the season Pflaggstettler waits on Smoltz Smoltz's 2 strike pitch... A curve is wide... But swung on and missed! Strike three! That is 4 on the afternoon for Smoltz Jeeberoni Potpie is up next FOFC's first baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Potpie wiggles the bat above his head The bat is cocked Righthander Smoltz's delivery Potpie swings... And hits nothing but air! Strike three! Boy, whatta aggitatin' curve ball! 5 on the afternoon for Smoltz That retires the side... Potpie fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Bobby Cox will send up a pinch hitter for John Smoltz Yes, Eddie Murray steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Williams Eddie Murray will step into the box to start the inning Late 20th would like to get some runners on board Murray is batting .217 with 8 HR's this year Williams is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Williams gets the sign from Bullock It's coming down the pike Murray lifts a flyball towards A. J. Tucker Tucker seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Tucker stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Tucker And there's one away Henderson gets set at the plate Rickey is hitting at .240 on the year He has 47 hits in 196 at bats Late 20th's leadoff hitter has scored 26 runs this year Henderson awaits the delivery Now John delivers Henderson drops a bunt Williams is off the mound Blade comes in after it Williams scoops it up bare-handed Flicks it to Potpie Got him! Nice play! While Wade Boggs heads for the on deck circle Craig Biggio makes his way to the plate The outfield shades towards left for Biggio Biggio is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Williams He's waiting for the pitch Williams leans back and fires There's a bunt between the mound and first Williams and Potpie are after it It slips between them both! Biggio is safe...not even a throw He beats it out for a bunt single The tying run comes to the plate, in the person of Wade Boggs Modern Stars with 1 runner on base The All Stars lead, 6-4 Biggio will be running if it's hit John Williams on the mound for the All Stars... He has pitched deep into this game Williams has given up 9 hits and 4 runs Williams rocks and fires There's a base hit towards A. J. Tucker Wade Boggs decides to go for two Much to the surprise of Tucker Here's the throw to second SAFE, Boggs just beats the tag Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Mike Piazza Now up in the Late 20th seventh will be Mike Piazza Piazza has 8 doubles this year Rodney gets the sign, it's one he likes Rodney brings it to the plate Swung on...and it's in the air to the right side Backing up just a bit is Pflaggstettler And it plops right into his glove A "Say Hey" basket catch That is the third out for Late 20th here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 24402 John Franco will be coming on to pitch for Late 20th John has appeared in 22 games this season with a record of 1-5 In 34 innings, he has an 8.13 ERA John Smoltz has finished his work here this afternoon FOFC will send Gazelle, Deacon Palmer, and Billy Bullock to face John Franco this inning The right-handed Gazelle will be facing the southpaw 7 of his 9 home runs come via this route Gazelle is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Franco He's waiting for the pitch The pitch to Gazelle... Inside fastball, he turns on it... Gazelle rocks one deep... This is really hit It's going... going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! That one traveled an easy 400 feet Slowly coming up is Palmer for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 7 to 4 Palmer is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Palmer is waiting on the pitch Franco kicks, delivers Fastball, paints the outside corner Swung on by Palmer Grounded hard at Boggs... Scooped up, fired to first... OVER THE HEAD OF Molitor... Bounces into the dugout Palmer scampers into second That'll be a two base error Score It: E5 Palmer to second FOFC catcher, Billy Bullock, will be up next He will be followed by Barrett Blade Palmer kicking up the dirt at second... no one out FOFC up by 3 Bullock is 1 for 3 on the day He looks around at the Late 20th infield Molitor is kicking the dirt at first Boggs is even with the bag at third Biggio and Ripken are ready with hands on knees at second and short The umpire says let's go And the delivery by Franco There's the heater... Strike three swinging! Bullock will take his seat One gone for FOFC Barrett Blade steps into the box One out, man on second Franco wastes no time He has the sign from Piazza He brings it home It goes wide of the plate Piazza can't handle it Charge a wild pitch to Franco Barrett Blade steps into the box Franco gets the sign He rocks and fires Low and inside It hit him on the foot! Blade tried to dance out of the way But it got him Bobby Cox is visiting the mound... He's going to leave Franco in the game Treacy leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Men on 1st and 3rd Franco looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Piazza He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Franco Now he is ready... Franco brings it to the plate A high hopper to second Biggio comes up with it Throw to second for one To first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 That's all for FOFC After 7 and a half innings in Late 20th this afternoon, FOFC ahead 7 to 4 Cal Ripken leads it off Knowles shakes off his sign Now he's set He deals STRIKE THREE! Now batting will be Kirby Puckett The center fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC leads Late 20th by 3 runs The right-hander Knowles is set to deliver to Puckett Knowles' righthanded delivery... And Puckett will sit down... strike three called That's the second out of the inning Late 20th trails by 3 They need a win They are 5th in the standings 6.5 games out Paul Molitor will get a crack at Knowles next Tony Gwynn would be up next... But only if Molitor can reach safely Paul takes a couple of practice cuts He's ready for the delivery Here's the 2 strike pitch Molitor sends one way high in the air It is drifting toward the first base dugout Potpie is over... Ouch!... That ball got a fan right in the breadbasket He even lost the souvenir After stopping it with his abdomen It bounced to a kid a couple seats away . . . Molitor back in the box And here comes the next pitch Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Knowles punches him out! That's it in the bottom of the 8th No runs, no hits and no errors After 8 innings in Late 20th, FOFC ahead 7 to 4 The FOFC center fielder, Tucker, will lead off He'll be followed by Jeff Nights And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler Tucker is taking his practice swings A. J. is 1 for 4 this afternoon He singled last time at bat Tucker awaits the delivery Here's the 3-2 offering It's a high fly into right Gwynn ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Japanese League nipped NL Pre WWII 3 to 2 AL Post WWII toppled Caribbean 9 to 5 Dead Ball Era gets an easy win over Negro League II 10 to 4 Tinker has hit his 1st homerun for Dead Ball Era NL Post WWII easily defeated Negro League I 5 to 0 Perry the winner, he's now 6-4 Williams takes the loss, his record drops to 7-7 Old Timers downed Left Outs 5 to 3 AL Pre WWII gets an easy win over Turn of Century 6 to 0 Cronin has hit his 5th homerun for AL Pre WWII Nights leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Franco looks down at Piazza for the sign Now he's ready Franco fires There's a ground ball into the hole Boggs and Ripken converge on it It's picked by Ripken who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! That's the second out of the inning Walking up to the plate now is Pflaggstettler Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Left-hander John Franco prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Pflaggstettler Franco winds and delivers Pflaggstettler takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Pflaggstettler is out on strikes Franco sets the All Stars down in order Here is Tony Gwynn to start it off for Late 20th Knowles is walking around the mound While we wait, let me mention He is 1st in saves this year He has 11... Now Sammy is ready... Into the windup... here's the pitch Gwynn pounds a grounder toward Blade at second Barrett moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Blade stayed with it Over to first and Gwynn is retired Nice play by the FOFC second baseman Now batting for the Modern Stars... Ozzie Smith... He'll pinch hit for John Franco Rickey Henderson is on-deck Smith walks from the on deck circle Now he steps into the batter's box FOFC on top 7 to 4 Stepping in and then stepping out again Smith looks to third for a sign Smith is ready The righthander delivers Knowles misses low on that one Smith draws the walk Number 1 today by Knowles The Modern Stars' left fielder is up next Late 20th has 1 on board with 1 out Henderson goes through his routine of settling in Rickey is set for the pitch Knowles goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Smith He lobs one to Potpie... Smith is back easily... We're ready again Now Knowles comes home Henderson hits a screamer at Jeff Nights Nights picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play And that will do it for Late 20th FOFC wins 7 to 4 Williams gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Maddux takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 2 for 5 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Late 20th. |
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GAME 70 - June 15 - Radio Broadcast
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and AL Post WWII So folks, pull up a chair and spend part of your afternoon with us The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Rod Carew to lead it off for AL Post WWII Owen comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Sinking fastball... Carew swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step So one up and one gone Brett digs in at the plate Ready now for Hunter to come set Looking to Don Zimmer for a sign Brett is set Righthander Hunter's delivery Hard high fastball Brett slams a one hopper down the line Potpie grabs it behind the bag He waves off Hunter He easily beats Brett by several steps Two down Owen Hunter retires the first two batters in order The "Mick" steps in to face Owen Hunter Hunter squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The righthander delivers Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Mantle was frozen on that fastball by Hunter High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch Hunter sets them down in order Here in the top of the 1st AL Post WWII has taken the field in the bottom of the first inning... Here's how they look, defensively In the outfield Williams will play left Mantle in center Jackson in right... Around the diamond Brett will play the hot corner Yount and Carew Make up the doubleplay combination... Over at first Killebrew And a battery of Catfish Hunter and Berra behind the plate First batter for the All Stars A. J. Tucker steps in Tucker goes through his routine of settling in Tucker tells the umpire he's ready Hunter brings it to the plate Base hit to center for Tucker Mickey Mantle is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Nights squares to bunt It's dribbled down the third base line Brett bare hands it... Sidearm toss to first Just in time! Nice play Credit Jeff Nights with a sacrifice AL Post WWII gets the first out of the inning Pflaggstettler finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Persimmon is hitting at .300 on the year He has 69 hits in 230 at bats This includes 11 doubles, 5 triples 10 home runs and 43 RBI's Persimmon is eagerly awaiting Hunter's pitch Now Catfish delivers Pflaggstettler smacks a fly to center Mantle is waiting on it Pounds his mitt Mickey takes it in Potpie steps in... He pounds the bat on the plate Now he is ready The outfield shades towards left for Potpie Full count on the batter, 3-2 Carew comes in a couple steps Yells something to Hunter The delivery It's hit high and deep Reggie Jackson giving chase He's at the fence HE JUMPS . . . HE'S GOT IT!!! Score It: 9 That retires the side... Potpie fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Ted Williams stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate The outfield's shaded towards right With Williams at the plate All set, Williams is ready for the pitch Here's his delivery It's a high pop-up in back of second Blade is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out One up, one down for AL Post WWII And it brings up Harmon Killebrew On deck is Reggie Jackson Robin Yount in the hole No score Hunter is ready quickly Hunter brings it to the plate Slider, down and in Killebrew swings hard... He hits one into center Tucker starts back...now reverses himself He is coming in at full speed... And has to take it on one hop He was fooled on that ball as Harmon hit it on the handle Killebrew running hard all the way heads for second Here's the throw It's high and wide Killebrew is safe at second Kind of an "excuse me" double Jackson is up now for AL Post WWII Jackson is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Reggie seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Hunter's righthanded delivery... Fastball... just outside And Jackson will take first on the walk At the plate now for AL Post WWII is Yount Yount is at .300 on the season He is hitting .333 against righties Yount waits patiently Now Owen delivers Bouncer to short Nights grabs it Over to second for one To first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That wraps up the inning for AL Post WWII By the way, AL Post WWII is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Stan Gunner is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Gunner swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Hunter Gunner gets ready for Hunter's pitch His bat is cocked Hunter brings it home Grounded to first Killebrew flips to Hunter covering Score It: 3-1 And there's one away Walking up to the plate now is Hays Deacon Palmer waits on deck Hays is batting .338 with 6 HR's this year Hunter looks down at Berra for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants And the delivery by Hunter A slider by Hunter Hays gets good wood on it... Mantle back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two up, two down Palmer, FOFC's third baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Barrett Blade waits on deck Palmer needs to get on... He has a .370 on base percentage Hunter wastes no time He has the sign from Berra Hunter's windup... the delivery Sinking fastball... Palmer swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Brett... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Three up, three down A perfect inning for Catfish Hunter in the bottom of the 2nd The AL Post WWII catcher, Berra, will lead off He'll be followed by Catfish Hunter And then Rod Carew Berra is batting .265 with 6 homers this year Berra gets set for the pitch The kick and the pitch Pounded on the ground to first Hunter takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 One down for AL Post WWII Catfish Hunter is still in the on-deck circle and Rod Carew is looking for a bat in the dugout One out, nobody on base Catfish Hunter is the batter Stepping in and then stepping out again Hunter looks to third for a sign Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready The righthander Hunter's delivery Curve in the dirt... and Hunter holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Hays asks the first base ump's opinion He says Hunter went around Strike three, swinging Scoreless game with two away this inning Now here's Carew Hunter adjusts his cap... Now he's set It's coming down the pike Curveball, breaking to the outside... Lazy ground ball to the right side It'll be a very tough play for Potpie He picks it up, throws to Hunter covering first Not in time as Carew beats the throw George Brett will get a crack at Hunter next Mickey Mantle would be up next... But only if Brett can reach safely George Brett is hitting .273 this year against righthanded pitchers Set now is Brett Here's the righthander's delivery Base hit to right for Brett Carew is being held at second by Don Zimmer Carew will stay at second Mickey Mantle is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Mantle steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Hays flashes the sign... Hunter shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Now ready, here it is... Ground ball to second Taken by Blade His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's it for AL Post WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 and a half innings, FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors While AL Post WWII has no runs, 3 hits and no errors AL Post WWII has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Barrett Blade is up to lead off the bottom of the 3rd The FOFC second baseman is not the batter Hunter would pick to face to lead off an inning He knows how to get on base... And then things get even worse for the defense Blade has a .214 average against righthanders this season Barrett is ready for the delivery Hunter kicks and fires Another hook for strike three! Blade just stood there looking FOFC with one away Hunter steps off the mound as he waits for Owen Hunter to come to the plate Hunter glares in at Hunter Owen Hunter just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Hunter swinging from the right side facing the righty Hunter Hunter waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Hunter brings it to the plate Comebacker, right to Hunter Over to Killebrew for the easy out 'Come back, Little Sheba' Two up, two down for the All Stars A. J. Tucker will step in to face Hunter next If he gets on, Jeff Nights will follow Tucker is 1 for 1 today Hunter has the sign from Berra Hunter goes into his windup Here it comes Fly ball to center Mantle is under it He makes the grab That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Old Timers is on top of Japanese League 8 to 6 Spalding battling Starffin Caribbean and Negro League II have yet to score Tiant Sr. and Redding currently dueling Dead Ball Era slipping by AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Left Outs is on top of NL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Roberts and Marquard currently dueling NL Post WWII leads Turn of Century 2 to 1 Seaver and Waddell currently dueling Negro League I and Late 20th are scoreless Paige battling Clemens And right here in FOFC We're scoreless AL Post WWII will send Williams, Harmon Killebrew, and Reggie Jackson to face Owen Hunter this inning Ted is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon He popped out in his last plate appearance After getting set, Williams waits on the pitch The pitch to Williams... There's a high pop fly to the outfield Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Pflaggstettler grabs it with his bare hand for the out One down for AL Post WWII Harmon Killebrew is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for AL Post WWII Making his way up is Killebrew Killebrew is at .222 on the season He's waiting on the pitch Still waiting... Now he steps out of the box... We have a game of cat and mouse going on OK, now we're ready to go as Killebrew steps back in Now to the belt, here it is... The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Killebrew held up, and draws a walk Hunter isn't happy at all with that call Jackson saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Reggie takes a couple of practice cuts Jackson waits on Hunter And the cripple pitch... Base hit to right for Jackson Don Zimmer puts up the stop sign... Killebrew will stay at second Slowly coming up is Yount for AL Post WWII He is finally in the batter's box No score So far this season Yount is hitting .332 when facing righthanded pitching He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Robin brings the bat back... He brings it home Base hit to left for Yount Don Zimmer is windmilling the runner home... The throw is coming home... Killebrew scores! Trailing runners advance. Yogi Berra is up next AL Post WWII's catcher finds 2 on with 1 out Berra is 0 for 1 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Palmer is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Right-hander Hunter eyes the lefty Berra Hunter looks over at Jackson, then Yount Now here's the 3-1 offering Grounder topped to short Jackson breaks for home Taken by Nights Over to Potpie HE BEATS THE THROW! That's an infield hit for Berra! Jackson scores from third! Yount takes third Hunter squares around He bunts at it . . . Fielded by D.Palmer the throw to first... Out Hunter gets the job done. With that putout Hunter only needs one more out to get out of this inning But 2 runs already across for AL Post WWII The Panamanian second baseman, Rod Carew, is approaching the plate The third baseman plays in on Rod the outfield straight away Carew is hitting .387 against righthanders Carew waits Runners on second and third Hunter takes the full windup The arm comes around... And the 0-2 pitch Smashed to second Blade comes up with it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 That ends the top of the 4th 2 runs, 3 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base After 3 and a half innings, AL Post WWII leads by 2 Here's the shortstop Nights To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler And then Jeeberoni Potpie Nights can't seem to get settled at the plate Jeff is set for the pitch Hunter goes into his windup And here's the 3-1 offering Fly ball to right Jackson is under it He makes the grab One gone for FOFC Nobody on base, one away Pflaggstettler steps into the batter's box Pflaggstettler has hit 5 triples this year Hunter is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Hunter looks in... Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Ball four is the call Hunter can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Hunter Pflaggstettler takes first base The first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie will be up next for FOFC Hunter likes the sign Hunter's 3-2 pitch... Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Potpie is outta there Two down Berra asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Berra and Hunter The All Stars' left fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs Gunner is batting .287 with 9 round trippers in 1900 Gunner readies himself for the pitch Hunter brings it to the plate He hits a tough grounder to second Carew grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's all for the All Stars in the 4th inning No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base... We go to the 5th... AL Post WWII on top 2 to 0 Brett up now to lead off FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Brett is 1 for 2 today Brett is waiting on the pitch Here comes the cripple pitch Hard slider, paints the inside corner Brett gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Brett for the out That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Mantle heads to the plate for AL Post WWII The infield is at regular depth Mantle digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Hunter Mantle waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the 3-1 offering Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Hunter's obviously peeved at that call But Mickey tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first The "Splendid Splinter" is now coming to bat Hunter rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Hunter checks Mantle on first... The 0-2 delivery Hard slider... Williams swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Pflaggstettler is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Ted Coming up for AL Post WWII is Harmon Killebrew Nobody on base, one out Killebrew's bat has been very quiet so far this season In 257 at bats, he is only batting .222 He's also strikeout prone Killebrew awaits the delivery Owen rocks and fires Slow ground ball Nights is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two down That will bring up Reggie Jackson Hunter shakes off his sign Now he's set He winds and deals Fastball OUCH! It hit Jackson! Jackson inches away from the base . . . There he goes! Here's the play . . . SAFE! He slid in under the tag! Robin Yount steps into the box Hunter nods, he's ready He delivers Base hit to center for Yount Don Zimmer will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Taking his lead is Yount Yount is held closely by Hunter The bad-ball hitting catcher, Yogi Berra, is now batting Berra is 1 for 2 today Owen is ready Hunter goes into his stretch... Looks at Yount... He fires one to Potpie... Yount dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Hunter comes home Drilled down the right-field line It is... a FAIR BALL by about a foot in the corner Base hit for Berra! Persimmon Pflaggstettler is chasing after it... Berra will have at least two, maybe three... It's a... Triple for Yogi Berra Yount scores from first AL Post WWII will send their pitcher, Hunter to the plate He can hit pretty good Sometimes he is able to help his own cause Bo gets the sign from Hays The southpaw Knowles' delivery It just misses outside Hunter checks his swing Hays appeals to the first base umpire He's OUT! That's it in the top of the 5th After 4 and a half innings in FOFC, AL Post WWII leads 6 to 0 Here's Hays to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Old Timers with the lead over Japanese League 10 to 7 Caribbean and Negro League II are scoreless Dead Ball Era is on top of AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Left Outs is in front of NL Pre WWII 4 to 1 NL Post WWII is beating Turn of Century 5 to 1 Late 20th is in front of Negro League I 3 to 0 Clemens comfortably ahead for Late 20th Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National Against righthanders Hays is hitting .306 Hunter with a big 6-run lead to work with... Now the delivery, here is is... Pounded on the ground to the mound Hunter comes up with it Over to Killebrew Got him! Score It: 1-3 So one up and one gone FOFC sends the third baseman, Deacon Palmer, up to the plate Palmer steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign He's ready for the delivery The pitch is on the way A hanging curve... Palmer laces it hard just to the right of Carew He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Deacon... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Now batting will be Barrett Blade The second baseman is walking to the plate One on... one out AL Post WWII leads FOFC by 6 runs Blade is 0 for 1 today Barrett struck out last time up Blade awaits the delivery Hunter goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Palmer He lobs one to Killebrew... Palmer is back easily... We're ready again Now Hunter comes home Fastball, up in the strike zone Swung on... It's a swinging bunt... Hunter charges in, barehands it THROWS TO SECOND!... OUT AT SECOND! Score this one a force out Two gone for FOFC That'll bring up left fielder Gerald Gazelle... AL Post WWII way out in front AL Post WWII ahead 6 to 0 Gazelle is hitting .261 against righties Gazelle readies himself for the pitch Blade takes a walking lead Here's the 2 strike pitch Changeup... Ties Gazelle up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! We head to the 6th... The score is still AL Post WWII 6, All Stars 0 Carew is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Carew is taking his practice swings Rod is 1 for 3 this afternoon Carew is set for the pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into right It's in for a base hit... Pflaggstettler quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Carew dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Carew with a single Brett is the batter Carew's the runner on first He's doing a little jig off first to rattle the pitcher Knowles steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The lefthander Knowles delivers It is right down the middle Brett takes a wicked swing... He connects! That one is really hit... Pflaggstettler is racing back toward the fence He is on the warning track... But that ball is long gone!!! That one was out of here in a hurry! Knowles delivered up a 'prayer ball'... SMACK DAB in the center of the plate... with no break on it at all And George Brett did not miss the opportunity That is home run number 7 on the year And that also gives him 34 RBI's Mantle walks to the plate Mantle is batting .273 with 23 HR's this year Bo peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The lefthander delivers Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Mantle is outta there With one gone AL Post WWII will have Ted Williams coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it "The Thumper" is now coming to bat Williams steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Ted is 1 for 3 today Knowles adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Knowles fires Line shot and it catches the mound! Nice bounce right to second Blade takes his time and throws Williams out A sure hit turned into an easy out! Score It: 4-3 That's out number two AL Post WWII is padding its lead here in the top of the 6th They've put 2 runs on the board... And are out in front by 8 "Killer" is now coming to the plate Killebrew is 1 for 2 today Harmon grounded out last time around Killebrew awaits the pitch The lefthander Knowles comes home with it It's hit high and deep This one is deep! FORGET IT, IT'S GONE!!! That is Harmon Killebrew's 13th home run of the year. AL Post WWII right fielder, Reggie Jackson, is up next Jackson swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Knowles Knowles is slow to get ready He has a 5.81 ERA this year Now he's ready The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander Comebacker, right to Knowles Over to Potpie for the easy out That retires the side... 3 runs cross the plate for AL Post WWII After 5 and a half innings, AL Post WWII ahead 9 to 0 As we go into the last half of the 6th A. J. Tucker will be up to face Hunter FOFC needs 9 to knot this one up We have a 9-0 score here at FOFC Stadium A. J. comes to the plate batting .301 with 2 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Now set, Tucker waits for the pitch Here's the 1-0 offering Sinking line drive Caught by Rod Carew One out Due up next is Jeff Nights Nights gets set at the plate Jeff is batting at .287 with 6 home runs He is 0 for 1 so far today Hunter tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Hunter rocks and fires Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Nights! Two up, two down for FOFC Up now for FOFC is Pflaggstettler Two away, nobody on Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle Hunter tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The righthander Hunter delivers Slow ground ball Yount is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT We head to the 7th... The score is still AL Post WWII 9, All Stars 0 Yount saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Yount has hit 2 home runs this year The left-hander Knowles is now ready The pitch is on the way There's a cue shot off the end of the bat by Yount Blade makes the routine catch of the soft liner One down for AL Post WWII Yogi Berra is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for AL Post WWII Yogi Berra, the catcher, strides to the plate Berra is at .272 on the season Knowles adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Knowles kicks and fires High hard fastball, swung on... It's a grounder hammered at second... Blade is there... IT'S INTO RIGHT!!... It took a HIGH hop right over him! That's a single for Berra Catfish Hunter shows bunt And lays it down right to David Gonzalez Gonzalez looks at second But passes up a sure force play He fires to first to retire Hunter But Berra moves up AL Post WWII was in luck that time... Credit Catfish Hunter with a sacrifice That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Old Timers is in front of Japanese League 11 to 8 Davis has hit his 2nd homerun for Old Timers Caribbean leads Negro League II 2 to 1 Dead Ball Era slipping by AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Left Outs is giving it to NL Pre WWII 6 to 1 Roberts enjoying the big Left Outs lead NL Post WWII toppling Turn of Century 8 to 1 Seaver enjoying the big NL Post WWII lead Late 20th is giving it to Negro League I 5 to 0 And in our contest AL Post WWII ahead 9 to 0 Carew is up now for AL Post WWII We'll see how they pitch to Carew After getting set, Carew waits on the pitch And the delivery by Knowles Hard ground ball to third Fouts comes up with it Over to Gonzalez Got him! Score It: 5-3 That does it for AL Post WWII in the top of the 7th It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The All Stars will send Gonzalez, Bo Knowles, and Harry Hays up to the plate this inning Gonzalez looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Gonzalez waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the 1-1 offering Gonzalez hits a deep fly to right-center Mantle races to the warning track He steadies himself He won't get this one...it's off the fence Gonzalez racing around first... Mantle has the ball... Fires a throw in... Carew has the relay... Holds the throw... Gonzalez in easily at second It's a two-bagger for David Gonzalez FOFC has him in scoring position Walking up to the plate now is Treacy Harry Hays waits on deck Treacy is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Sean certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Hunter earn his salary Catfish Hunter still on the mound for the Post-Americans... Hunter has gone the distance so far He's given up 3 hits in 6 innings Hunter brings it to the plate Treacy tries to hold up, but can't... Strike three! Hunter took something off of that back door breaking ball He had Treacy way out in front With one gone, AL Post WWII leads 9 to 0 Harry Hays is running back to the dugout Now he emerges again He is always a welcome sight for FOFC fans Opposing pitchers are having a bit of a hard time keeping him off the bases this year, though Now batting will be Harry Hays The catcher is walking to the plate Gonzalez kicking up the dirt at second... one out AL Post WWII leads FOFC by 9 runs Against righthanders Hays is hitting .303 Catfish Hunter on the mound for the Post-Americans... He has pitched deep into this game Hunter has given up 3 hits and 0 runs Catfish rocks and fires Groundball to back to the mound Gonzalez will hold at second base Hays is retired on the groundout Next up for the All Stars is Dan Fouts Hunter is pitching a beauty here this afternoon He has hung a 'horse collar' on the FOFC offense so far 0 runs on the scoreboard for FOFC... And AL Post WWII with a 9 run lead Hunter rocks and fires Great change up... Fouts out in front... Gets a piece of it... It's a shallow fly towards Mantle Mantle charges, dives for it... He has it... Fine catch by the center fielder That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 33228 George Brett stepping in He will be the first batter for AL Post WWII We are in the top of the 8th AL Post WWII leads 9 to 0 Kronside likes the sign The righthander delivers Fly ball to right Gazelle is under it He makes the grab So one up and one gone The "Commerce Comet" is striding to the plate Hays flashes the sign to Kronside The pitch to Mantle... Mantle swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Kronside strikes out Mickey Mantle Two men gone, nobody on AL Post WWII leads by 9 Williams is ready to face Kronside Ted is batting at .286 with 14 home runs He is 1 for 4 so far today Kronside gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign The kick and the pitch Williams starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Kronside walks him Two outs, with a man at first Killebrew is the next batter Killebrew is 2 for 3 today For the season, Harmon has 13 homers 8 doubles, and 1 triple He has scored 38 runs while driving in 38 He's ready for the delivery Kronside goes into his stretch... Looks over at Williams Fires to Gonzalez... Williams is back easily... We're ready again Now Kronside comes home Killebrew drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play That wraps up the inning for AL Post WWII So After 7 and a half innings AL Post WWII has 9 runs, 13 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 3 hits and no errors AL Post WWII has left 8 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 Blade saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Blade has hit 1 home run this year Hunter steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Here's the pitch The pitch is just inside and Blade holds up Berra points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Barrett trots down to first... ball four Gazelle finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Gerald stares down at Dick Howser for the sign Blade leads away from first Gazelle is set for the pitch Hunter fires It is a high hard one... Gazelle goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Gazelle couldn't hold back AL Post WWII gets the first out here late in this contest Up next is Tucker The speedy Blade is on first He probably won't be taking any chances, though The All Stars trail by 9 runs Stepping out, Tucker looks into the dugout Steps back in Catfish is ready The stretch... the delivery Tucker really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Is it deep enough? Williams was positioned well and has a shot at it if it stays in He is still running... He dives for it... It gets past him! Ted is after it... But he has a tough time finding the handle Now he's got it as Blade heads for home Here's the throw... No chance to get the runner Cut off by Yount Fakes a throw to second But it's too late Tucker has himself a stand-up double and an RBI Terp leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Terp is batting .148 with no HR's this year Catfish gets the sign from Berra The pitch is on the way Pounded on the ground to short Yount comes up with it Over to Killebrew Got him! Score It: 6-3 Two gone here in the bottom of the 8th We want to welcome the FOFC "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark K. A. Ton is coming to the plate K. A. Ton is hitting .218 this year against righthanded pitchers Ton cocks his bat It's coming down the pike It's popped up into foul territory Robin Yount is under it He makes a nice play on it Score It: 6 So the All Stars are retired here in the eighth They are still 8 runs behind Hunter is having his way with them this afternoon For you stats nuts out there, FOFC is 15 and 5 versus portside starters in 1900 If they don't get busy in the ninth, they'll have to add another "L" to that total Overall, they are 45 and 25 Reggie Jackson, Robin Yount, and Yogi Berra are due up for the Post-Americans AL Post WWII leads, 9-1 Stepping in and then stepping out again Jackson looks to third for a sign He's in his crouch Jackson can really swing that wood Kronside brings it to the plate Jackson hits a deep fly Ton retreats toward the fence He leaps... He's got it! And there's one away So that brings up Robin Yount the AL Post WWII shortstop Yount adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Robin is 2 for 4 this afternoon Robin steadies his bat Waits patiently for Kronside's pitch The windup, the pitch Sinking fastball... Yount swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Terp... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's the second out of the inning Pounding the plate with his bat Berra awaits the pitch Jace Kronside steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Here's the 1-1 pitch There's a foul into the chest protector of Hays . . . Berra back in the box And here comes the next pitch Yogi pops it up And Gonzalez makes the play That's all for AL Post WWII After 8 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, AL Post WWII ahead 9 to 1 David Gonzalez, Sean Treacy, and Harry Hays are due up Gonzalez is 1 for 1 today David doubled last time around Berra flashes the sign... Hunter waves it off... Now he's happy Hunter's righthanded delivery... Fastball... just outside Gonzalez will take first on the walk David knows how to get on base His OBP of .409 is among the league leaders Treacy is the next hitter Gonzalez is on first AL Post WWII won't watch him too closely Sean glances towards third for the sign He is 0 for 1 today Hunter eyes Treacy intently Hunter checks Gonzalez on first... The 3-1 delivery Curve ball... Low and away... Treacy reaches for it... Pops it straight up Two players have a chance for it And it will be Carew making the play One away in the bottom of the 9th for FOFC Gonzalez at first, one out Harry Hays is ready at the plate The outfield shades towards left for Hays The bat is cocked The righthander Hunter's delivery Hays slaps a hard grounder towards short It is right at Yount... He has his glove down... Whoa! The ball "kangaroos" right over his head! It is on into the outfield Hays is on with a bad-hop single Gonzalez takes second on that odd play Joe Torre is visiting the umpire... He'll be making a double switch Whitey Ford has been called from the bullpen And Luis Aparicio will come in as the shortstop Settling in at the plate is Bullock Billy is batting .278 in 133 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Barrett Blade Ford shakes off two signs Now he's ready Gonzalez on second, Hays on first They're dancing off the bags Here's the 2-2 offering Slow ground ball to short Aparicio comes up with it Throws to second He's out Over to first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Gonzalez takes third The runner on first, Hays, is out Two down Due up next is Barrett Blade Let's see what happens now Barrett Blade, the All Stars' second baseman is up next FOFC has 2 men on with 2 outs Blade swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Ford Blade waits on Ford Ford brings it to the plate Blade drives the ball to center for extra bases Gonzalez scores Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Double for Blade The right fielder, Gerald Gazelle, is up next Gazelle is at .292 on the season Ford is ready quickly The lefthander Ford delivers Hard ground ball to short Taken by Aparicio Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 And that will do it for FOFC AL Post WWII wins 9 to 2 Hunter gets credit for the win Hunter takes the loss The hitting star for AL Post WWII was George Brett He was 2 for 5 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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GAME 71 - June 16 - Radio Broadcast
I see by the clock that we're ready to go here in FOFC Yount steps in to start things off for AL Post WWII Let's set the FOFC defense for you Battery mates are Nielsen and Bullock Covering the corners at first and third Will be Potpie and Palmer The keystone combo has Treacy at second And Nights playing short In the outfield From left to right Its Ton, Pflaggstettler and Gunner Now Yount steps into the batter's box This game's about to begin Yount finishes his stretching Let's play some ball... The windup, and the 0-2 pitch It's a pop-up in back of short Nights is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out One down for AL Post WWII Rod Carew is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for AL Post WWII The Panamanian second baseman, Rod Carew, is approaching the plate The third baseman plays in on Rod the outfield straight away Rod is 4th in the league in batting with a .380 average Nielsen eyes Carew intently Nielsen is into his windup Here's the pitch Sinking line drive Caught by Sean Treacy That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Nielsen Mickey Mantle will be next up... The "Mick" steps in to face Rob Nielsen Nielsen ready quickly, looks in for the sign The All Stars' hurler winds and delivers And Mantle will sit down... strike three called That's three up, three down FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors While AL Post WWII has no runs, no hits and no errors Bob Feller is walking slowly to the mound Jeff Nights is still taking some practice cuts... Feller finishes his warm-up tosses Fisk fires one down to Carew Nights steps in... FOFC will get their first shot against Bob Stepping out, Nights looks into the dugout Steps back in Nights waiting on the delivery Feller kicks and fires Off speed pitch on the way... And Nights watches it go by for the third strike One down for FOFC Sean Treacy is still in the on-deck circle and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking for a bat in the dugout Nobody on base, one away Treacy steps into the batter's box Feller looks down at Fisk for the sign Now he's ready Feller brings it to the plate Struck him out on a fastball Treacy goes down swinging Two up, two down here in the bottom of the 1st Pflaggstettler, FOFC's center fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Feller gets the sign from Fisk He is 7th in the league in strike outs He has 102 on the season "Rapid Robert" fires it home... Grounded towards the bag Brett grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That's three outs, side retired Williams is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Nielsen adjusts his cap... Now he's set Nielsen brings it to the plate Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Nielsen punches him out! One out Due up next is Harmon Killebrew Walking up now to the plate is Killebrew Nielsen squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Nielsen winds and delivers There's a fly ball to Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler circles under it... He makes the play Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in a row Settling in at the plate is Brett Rob Nielsen steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go It's coming down the pike High Brett works out a walk While Carlton Fisk heads for the on deck circle Reggie Jackson makes his way to the plate Reggie takes a couple of practice cuts Jackson is set for the pitch Nielsen brings it to the plate That's hit deep to left-center This one is deep! SAY SO LONG TO THAT ONE!!! Reggie Jackson has hit a TREMENDOUS blast!!! That is Reggie Jackson's 17th home run of the year. Fisk now at the plate Bob Feller waits on deck Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Nielsen fires Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to right for a base hit No chance to get that one Feller saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box AL Post WWII ahead 2 to 0 Bullock flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy And the delivery by Nielsen Feller hits a roller to Sean Treacy Treacy comes up with it and throws It's in the dirt Potpie can't come up with it That'll be a throwing error on Treacy That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC Planting his right foot Yount is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Yount Yount scuffs up the lines around the box The count is nothing and 2 Yount has to protect the plate Rob rocks and fires Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Yount looks at strike three That's all for AL Post WWII in the top of the 2nd They pick up 2 runs After 1 and a half innings, it's 2-0 AL Post WWII Jeeberoni Potpie, Deacon Palmer, and Stan Gunner are due up Potpie is 11th in the league in homeruns with 17 Williams is deep in left Mantle is deep in center and Jackson is similarly stationed in right Potpie awaits the delivery Here's the 0-2 offering Changeup down low... Potpie makes contact and hits one out to center Mickey Mantle is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Feller FOFC with one away Feller steps off the mound as he waits for Deacon Palmer to come to the plate Palmer walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Stan Gunner moves into the on deck circle FOFC needs some runs Deacon is hitting at .306 on the year He has 53 hits in 173 at bats This includes 7 doubles, 2 triples 3 home runs and 19 RBI's The umpire says let's go Feller's 3-2 pitch... Good slider, inside part of the plate Palmer gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Carew grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two up, two down for FOFC Walking slowly up for FOFC is Gunner The outfield is playing him deep And shaded to the right They are showing respect for his power The outfield's shaded towards right With Gunner at the plate Stan is set for the pitch Here's the pitch It's a BULLET, hit towards second Carew tries it He makes a nice play on it Score It: 4 We head to the 3rd... The score is still AL Post WWII 2, All Stars 0 Rod Carew, Mickey Mantle, and Ted Williams are due up for the Post-Americans AL Post WWII leads, 2-0 Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Carew awaits the pitch The southpaw Nielsen's delivery on the 1-0 pitch Slow ground ball Treacy is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One gone for AL Post WWII Now here's Mantle Stepping in and then stepping out again Mantle looks to third for a sign Mickey stands with bat ready Nielsen winds his left arm Lets it go Long drive Way back... back It's heading towards the fence K. A. Ton has a chance He's waiting for it to come down OUT! FOFC gets the second out of the inning "The Thumper" is now coming to bat Williams is 0 for 1 today Rob gets the sign from Bullock Nielsen brings it to the plate The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Williams held up, and draws a walk Nielsen isn't happy at all with that call Making his way up is Killebrew Killebrew has 8 doubles this year He's ready Nielsen rocks and fires Base hit to right for Killebrew Don Zimmer is waving Williams to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Killebrew at first George Brett, the third baseman, strides to the plate Nielsen is ready quickly The lefty Nielsen delivers Drilled on the ground to the mound Nielsen grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 That's it for AL Post WWII here in the top of the 3rd They leave 2 runners stranded AL Post WWII has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and one error The left fielder Ton will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Billy Bullock And then Rob Nielsen Ton is at .247 on the season He is hitting .214 against righties Ton concentrates He holds the bat down on the end Here's the righthander's windup and delivery Hit right back to Feller On to first and Ton is gone One down for FOFC Billy Bullock is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Bullock moseys up to the plate Rob Nielsen is heading for the on-deck circle So far this season Bullock is hitting .270 when facing righthanded pitching After getting set, Bullock waits on the pitch Feller is into his wind-up And the 3-2 pitch is on its way... Sinking fastball... Bullock swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Yount... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Feller retires two in a row Rob Nielsen steps in now for the All Stars The Post-Americans lead in this one, 2-zip Stepping out, Nielsen looks into the dugout Steps back in Nielsen gets set for the pitch Righthander Feller's delivery Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Nielsen is outta there That's all for the All Stars After 3 innings in FOFC this evening, AL Post WWII on top 2 to 0 Bottom of the order for AL Post WWII coming to bat The right fielder, Reggie Jackson will lead off Jackson is batting .280 with 17 HR's this year Nielsen gets the sign, it's one he likes Here's the 3-2 pitch Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 4 for Rob Nielsen today 111 on the year 3rd in the league One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Old Timers leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Radbourn and Kaneda currently dueling Caribbean is in front of Negro League II 6 to 3 Tiant Jr. comfortably ahead for Caribbean AL Pre WWII besting Dead Ball Era 6 to 1 Left Outs is on top of NL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Turn of Century clipping NL Post WWII 6 to 2 Waddell comfortably ahead for Turn of Century Negro League I is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 Fisk finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Fisk can't seem to get settled at the plate Fisk is ready The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it Fisk chases the high fastball... Hammers a LONG towering drive... It's to deep left center... HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE! A big blast by Fisk! Coming up for AL Post WWII is Bob Feller Nobody on base, one out Looking to Don Zimmer for a sign Feller waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander What a pitch... strike three Nielsen put that one on the black, a perfect pitch One more chance for AL Post WWII in the top of the 4th Walking up to the plate now is Yount AL Post WWII leading in the game Nielsen is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Nielsen gets the sign from Bullock Way ahead in the count Nielsen turns the 0-2 pitch loose Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 6 for Rob Nielsen today 113 on the year That retires the side AL Post WWII with a 3 run lead It's AL Post WWII 3 and FOFC still looking to score their first run Here's Nights to lead off the inning Before he does, lets check out how the All Stars have been playing lately FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Feller likes the sign Feller brings it home It's a smash over short Yount leaps Just over his outstretched glove Nights makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly One on, no outs Coming up for FOFC is Treacy Sean checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings Now he steps into the box And Bob studies the sign from Fisk... Now he's got it Here's the 3-2 pitch That's ball four Treacy trots down to first Nights is already down on second The tying run comes to the plate, in the person of Persimmon Pflaggstettler All Stars with 2 runners on base The Post-Americans lead, 3-0 Pflaggstettler wiggles the bat above his head Feller studies his sign Feller looks over at Treacy... Now back at Nights... He's coming home with it It's a high pop just behind the plate Fisk, Killebrew, and Brett all converge on the ball THEY COLLIDE!! And the ball drops untouched No error charged . . . Pflaggstettler back in the box And here comes the next pitch It's right down the pike! Strike three looking! Feller crossed Pflaggstettler up that time One down, two to go... Bob Feller has to bear down now Treacy at first, Nights at second, one out Potpie is now at bat 1st and 2nd, one man down Feller wastes no time He has the sign from Fisk Here's his delivery Hard slider... Potpie swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Jackson is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Jeeberoni And it brings up Deacon Palmer On deck is Stan Gunner K. A. Ton in the hole Palmer is 0 for 1 today Feller steps on the rubber Now Bob delivers Fastball... Swung on... Lined to center... Single for Palmer HE TRIPS OVER THE BAG AT FIRST!! The throw to first... He manages to scramble back safely... Palmer's not getting up Joe Adcock, the first base coach is calling for help Here comes the trainer, Tay Pemup... They are looking at his ankle... Now he's on his feet, walking a bit Looks like he'll be OK, at least for now Give him a single on the play Stan Gunner will make his way toward the plate He glances down at Palmer Palmer runs like he has cement in his shoes Feller won't have to worry about him going Gunner looks for a sign from third Dick Howser delivers it to Stan Stan is 0 for 1 today lined out his last at bat Gunner waits for the pitch The righthander Feller's delivery Changeup... Ties Gunner up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! Two gone here in the bottom of the 4th We want to welcome the FOFC "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark With a runner at first and two outs Ton walks to the plate Ton is hitting .211 against righties The umpire says let's go Ton is ready Feller goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Palmer He lobs one to Killebrew... Palmer is back easily... We're ready again Now Feller comes home Ton crushes it... Reggie Jackson starts back... baaack.... baaaaack... But no chance for this blast... Ton can put another notch in his bat handle... He gave that ball a very nice ride Two ribbies for the FOFC left fielder Joe Torre will be bringing in a relief pitcher Whitey Ford has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Bullock is up now for FOFC Bullock grips the bat handle Ford steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready And the "Chairman of the Board" delivers... A liner over third Brett jumps Can't reach it Williams fronts it It's through his legs! He recovers Throw to second Man, Bullock is still at first! Buy that man some "PF Flyers" Rob Nielsen steps in against Ford Left-hander against left-hander The left-hander Ford is now ready The southpaw's 3-2 delivery Too high... That'll be ball four Nielsen will get a free pass to first base The bat boy brings out Rob's jacket Force at third or second as Jeff Nights gets his bat... That will bring Nights up again as FOFC has "batted around" They have scored 5 runs already this inning Two men still on Jeff singled to start this inning Ford shakes off two signs Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Ball four to Nights That curve had a little too much bend on it Bullock advances to third; Nielsen to second Treacy, the second baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 5 to 3 Treacy is 0 for 1 today Sean drew a walk last time up Sean waits... He steps out as Ford takes too long Now he's back in the box The bases are full of All Stars Here we go... The southpaw Ford's delivery And there is ball four Treacy gets an 'Annie Oakley' Bullock will trot across the plate for FOFC The score is now 6-3, FOFC Joe Torre is visiting the mound... He's going to leave Ford in the game The center fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, is up next Pflaggstettler is batting .295 with 10 homers this year Pflaggstettler is poised and ready for the pitch Ford shakes off the sign Now he appears set Watch it now... they are loaded up with All Stars Now to the belt, here it is... The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Pflaggstettler swung, that's strike three Pflaggstettler isn't happy at all with that call AL Post WWII will send Carew, Mickey Mantle, and Ted Williams to face Rob Nielsen this inning Carew is 0 for 2 today, with no walks Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock We've got a full count... Nielsen winds and fires... A hanging curve... Carew laces it hard just to the right of Nights He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Rod... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in That'll bring up Mickey Mantle FOFC leads by a 3-run margin We're in the top of the 5th Mantle looks to Don Zimmer for the sign Waiting for the pitch is Mantle Here's the southpaw's delivery Fastball, up in the strike zone Swung on... It's a swinging bunt... Nielsen charges in, barehands it THROWS TO SECOND!... OUT AT SECOND! Score this one a force out With one down, up next is Ted Williams To be followed by Harmon Killebrew Ted Williams steps up to the plate Mantle, with excellent speed, is at first Ted is hitting at .284 on the year He has 64 hits in 225 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Williams drew a walk his last time up Rob looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Nielsen checks Mantle on first Now the 2 strike pitch Swing and a miss Strike three Williams goes down on strikes Two gone for AL Post WWII Two outs, with a man at first Killebrew is the next batter Killebrew adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Harmon is 1 for 2 this evening He's ready Nielsen goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Mantle He lobs one to Potpie... Mantle is back easily We're ready again Now Nielsen comes home Swung on and missed... Killebrew is down on strikes That wraps up the inning for AL Post WWII By the way, AL Post WWII is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Potpie leading off Potpie digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Ford Ford looks down at Fisk for the sign Now he's ready... And now the pitch... Excellent sinker pitch, outside... Potpie gets good wood on it anyway There's no doubt, that one is outta here!! Potpie circles the bases As Ford asks for a new ball from the umpire Now FOFC leads 7 to 3 All Stars' third baseman Palmer is up next Deacon is batting .309 in 175 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Stan Gunner Whitey Ford on in relief of Bob Feller Ford leans back and fires Palmer rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Brett spears it! A shot right at the AL Post WWII third baseman Piece of cake! AL Post WWII gets the first out of the inning Gunner walks to the plate Gunner is taking his practice swings Stan is 0 for 2 this evening Gunner waits patiently Carew comes in a couple steps Yells something to Ford The delivery Over the outside corner Gunner hits the curve right to third... Brett takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Gunner is out by a couple of steps K. A. Ton now up Ford looks in Here it comes Hit in the air to left Williams doesn't have to move He puts it away for the out Score It: 7 That's three outs, side retired AL Post WWII will send Brett, Reggie Jackson, and Carlton Fisk to face Rob Nielsen this inning Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Nielsen kicks and delivers Brett takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Brett can't believe it and says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Nielsen With one gone AL Post WWII will have Reggie Jackson coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Jackson is ready to face Nielsen Reggie is 1 for 2 this summer evening He struck out in his last plate appearance All set, Jackson is ready for the pitch The lefthander delivers STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Rob Nielsen here this evening Two down Here's Carlton Fisk Fisk is 2 for 2 today, with no walks Nielsen is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... Windup by Nielsen And the pitch Hot line drive to first It's over Potpie's head for a single! We are going to have a pinch hitter George Kell will bat for Whitey Ford It will be the righthand hitting, Kell against the lefty Nielsen Kell is hitting southpaws for a .333 average Up for AL Post WWII, George Kell FOFC out in front by 4 We're in the top of the 6th Kell is at .250 on the season Nielsen is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... Here's the 2-1 offering Bounding ball to the mound Taken by Nielsen Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 We're in the middle of the 6th FOFC still leads 7-3 Hoyt Wilhelm will be coming on to pitch for AL Post WWII Hoyt has appeared in 40 games this season with a record of 4-2 In 66 innings, he has an 6.44 ERA Whitey Ford has finished his work here this evening Billy Bullock stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Wilhelm shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Hoyt has all the pitches but his bread-and-butter pitch is the knuckler! Here's the 1-1 offering Big bender, low and inside... Swung on... Line single to Williams in left... Picking it up in a hurry is Williams... Bullock takes a wide turn... But stays at first base as the throw comes in Nielsen fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Nielsen squares He bunts it . . . Fielded by G.Brett he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Force Play To 3rd Baseman Score It: 5-6 The runner on first, Bullock, is out That's one away One on, one out Nights walks to the batter's box Jeff is 1 for 2 this summer evening He drew a walk in his last plate appearance Nights is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Wilhelm He's waiting for the pitch Wilhelm fires Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Williams And he has it That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Old Timers and Japanese League are tied at 3 Caribbean is in front of Negro League II 7 to 4 AL Pre WWII with the lead over Dead Ball Era 6 to 3 Grove comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII leads Left Outs 4 to 3 Turn of Century clipping NL Post WWII 7 to 3 Lajoie has hit his 8th homerun for Turn of Century Late 20th is edging Negro League I 2 to 1 And in our matchup FOFC on top 7 to 3 Blade is up now for FOFC The outfield shades towards left for Blade Blade gets ready for Wilhelm's pitch His bat is cocked The pitch is on the way A fastball right at Blade's knees! Barrett jumps back, but it hits him hard! He is down and clutching his knee Out comes Tay Pemup to take a look... Now Blade is up and walking it off He appears to be OK as he trots down to first The FOFC crowd gives him a round of applause Now they resume their catcalls aimed at Hoyt Wilhelm Next up for FOFC is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Wilhelm steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here's his delivery Fastball, misses outside Ball four Next up for the All Stars is Jeeberoni Potpie Wilhelm looks down at Fisk He shakes him off once... Again... Hoyt has got to be a little concerned with Potpie up there as the FOFC first baseman has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening The righthander delivers Hard slider... And Potpie takes it right down the middle Strike three called Clutch pitching by Hoyt Wilhelm made Potpie look bad in front of his FOFC fans That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 6 innings FOFC has 7 runs, 7 hits and one error While AL Post WWII has 3 runs, 6 hits and no errors FOFC has left 6 stranded AL Post WWII has failed to bring home 6 We're back at the top of the Post-Americans' order Robin Yount coming to bat Yount has managed a .197 average against lefthanders this year All set, Yount is ready for the pitch Nielsen winds and delivers Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 118 on the season for Nielsen Nielsen gets the first out in the inning That'll bring up second baseman Rod Carew... FOFC out in front by 4 We're in the top of the 7th Carew is batting .379 with 1 HR this year Nielsen asks for a new ball Rubs it down... Now he steps on the rubber Here's the southpaw's delivery Here's a curveball, up in the zone... It's juiced to deep center There goes Gazelle after it Racing hard... Reaching... Can't get it... It was just out of his reach! He chases it to the fence Carew around first, coasts into second As the throw comes in late Score that a two bagger Now batting #7, Mickey Mantle... #7 Mickey will be facing the lefty Nielsen from the right side of the plate Of his 23 home runs, 5 are against southpaws Nielsen has the sign from Bullock The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it And Mantle is down on strikes... Nielsen keeps mowing them down That one gives him 12 this evening That's the second out of the inning Walking up to the plate now is Williams Harmon Killebrew waits on deck Williams has hit 14 home runs this year Rob is set to go... a quick look toward Bullock again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag He is facing a power hitter in Williams Nielsen has allowed 5 home runs to lefties so far 7 to right-handers Nielsen looks back towards second... The pitch Williams reaches out and pokes it on the ground to right Base hit for Williams FOFC's lead narrows by a run FOFC ahead 7 to 4 With two out Batting for AL Post WWII now is Killebrew Harmon is batting .224 with 13 home runs on the season He is 1 for 3 today Killebrew is waiting on the pitch It's coming down the pike Killebrew swings and misses Strike three Killebrew didn't have a good cut at that pitch That ends the inning After 6 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Deacon Palmer leads off the inning Palmer is 1 for 3 today For the season, Deacon has 3 homers 7 doubles, and 2 triples He has scored 21 runs while driving in 19 Fisk flashes the sign to Wilhelm Wilhelm winds and delivers The 3-1 pitch Palmer lifts a long fly ball... Heading into left... Hit pretty good, carrying very well... Williams heading back... IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN! Gunner gets set at the plate Stan Gunner is hitting .275 this year against righthanded pitchers Wilhelm takes the first sign The kick and the pitch Curve, at the belt... Gunner times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Reggie Jackson retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Wilhelm looks down at Gazelle as he steps in Gerald is ready to go Gazelle digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Wilhelm Hoyt Wilhelm steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Righthander Wilhelm's delivery A hot shot on the ground to Yount He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Gazelle is out And there's one away One away, nobody on... bottom of the 7th The first base coach exhorting Bullock to get on base... One of those perennial war cries 1 down, Wilhelm ahead in the count... One ball, two strikes Here's the righthander's delivery Bullock cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Fisk Bullock was badly fooled by Wilhelm's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Billy was a little overanxious And there's two away The pitcher, Rob Nielsen will be up next for FOFC The outfield's shaded towards right With Nielsen at the plate Wilhelm has the sign he wants The pitch to Nielsen... Nielsen lifts a flyball towards Ted Williams Williams seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Williams stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Williams That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 49573 Brett leading off AL Post WWII would like to get some runners on base Nielsen studies his sign The lefty Nielsen delivers Pounded on the ground to second Blade comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 One up, one down for AL Post WWII Slowly coming up is Jackson for AL Post WWII He is finally in the batter's box FOFC leads 9 to 4 Reggie has 2 strike outs today Not unusual for him, though He has a nasty habit of doing that Nielsen is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Nielsen looks in... Now he's ready The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander Its a high fly ball into shallow center Gazelle runs in... He calls for it... Nights yells "take it Gerald" And he does Jackson is retired on a lazy fly to short center Two down Fisk heads to the plate for AL Post WWII The infield is at regular depth Fisk is looking for lightning to strike again He's boomed 1 homerun earlier today Carlton is 3 for 3... Batting .280 on the season Fisk is set Now the delivery, here is is... Outside slider... He goes after it... Fisk smashes a very high fly into deep center Gunner and Gazelle converge on it Gazelle pulls up.. So does Gunner!!... They both can only look up... That ball is outta here! We are going to have a pinch hitter Al Kaline will bat for Hoyt Wilhelm It will be the righthand hitting, Kaline against the lefty Nielsen Kaline is hitting southpaws for a .300 average Al Kaline is coming to the plate Kaline goes through his routine of settling in Bullock flashes the sign... Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Here comes the cripple pitch Nielsen misses low on that one Kaline draws the walk Number 3 today by Nielsen Yount digs in at the plate Ready now for Nielsen to come set Yount is taking his practice swings Robin is 0 for 4 this evening Robin steadies his bat Waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch Nielsen brings it to the plate Yount drives the ball to left for extra bases Don Zimmer is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Yount That'll bring up Post-Americans' second baseman Rod Carew... AL Post WWII with a man in scoring position at second Carew has hit 4 triples this year Rod is eagerly awaiting Nielsen's pitch The southpaw Nielsen delivers the 2-1 pitch He hits a tough grounder to second Blade grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's it in the top of the 8th After 7 and a half innings in FOFC, FOFC leads 9 to 6 Catfish Hunter will be coming on to pitch for AL Post WWII Catfish has appeared in 19 games this season He has a record of 5-8 in 98 innings His ERA stands at 5.58 Here's the shortstop Nights To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler Against righthanders Nights is hitting .284 Hunter is on the first-base side of the rubber... Now Catfish delivers Comebacker, right to Hunter Over to Killebrew for the easy out 'Come back, Little Sheba' One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is still in the on-deck circle and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking for a bat in the dugout Blade finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Blade swinging from the right side facing the righty Hunter Hunter wastes no time He has the sign from Fisk Catfish Hunter, with 19 appearances before today's game looks down for the sign from Fisk Hunter has great control He's looking for win number 6 He's into the windup There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Brett calls for it and makes the play As the ump signals a foul ball Two gone for FOFC Two out, nobody on Up now is Pflaggstettler Right-hander Hunter eyes the righty Pflaggstettler Hunter's righthanded delivery... Fly ball to right Jackson is under it He makes the grab That's all for the All Stars After 8 full innings, they lead by 3 Mantle 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 Mantle is hitless today, 0 for 4 Mickey struck out in his last at bat The umpire says let's go Mantle is ready Kronside brings it home In the dirt And Mantle holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning The "Splendid Splinter" is now coming to bat Ted seems to always make contact He rarely strikes out A good man for the hit and run Right-hander Kronside prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Williams Kronside goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Mantle He lobs one to Potpie... Mantle is back easily... We're ready again Now Kronside comes home There's a high pop fly to the outfield Stan Gunner moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Gunner grabs it with his bare hand for the out With one down Potpie yells something out to Kronside Jace nods his head Mantle at first, one away Killebrew is ready for the pitch Stepping out, Killebrew looks into the dugout Steps back in Jace peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Here's the 2-2 pitch Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Harmon looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! That's two away The third baseman, Brett, is ready to bat FOFC on top 9 to 6 in the top of the 9th Brett wiggles the bat above his head Brett waits for the delivery Kronside's behind on the count Here's the 2-0 offering Swung on and lofted very high... and deep... Pflaggstettler starts back, turns... He's at the fence... And he pulls it in! And that will do it for AL Post WWII FOFC wins 9 to 6 Nielsen gets credit for the win Kronside notches the save Feller takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 2 for 4 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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GAME 72 (I think) - June 17 - Radio Broadcast
I see by the clock that we're ready to go here in FOFC Carew steps in to start things off for AL Post WWII Let's set the FOFC defense for you Battery mates are Babson and Hays Covering the corners at first and third Will be Potpie and Fouts The keystone combo has Treacy at second And Nights playing short In the outfield From left to right Its Tucker, Gazelle and Pflaggstettler Now Carew steps into the batter's box This game's about to begin Carew finishes his stretching Let's play some ball... Brian comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Babson punches him out! That's one away Brett moseys up to the plate Mickey Mantle is heading for the on-deck circle The lefty hitting Brett, will face the righty Babson 5 of his 7 home runs are against righties Brian gets the sign from Hays Babson's 2 strike pitch... Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Brett is outta there That's two up, two down The "Mick" steps in to face Brian Babson Mantle is hitting .224 against righties Mantle is set for the pitch Babson winds and delivers Mantle sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Babson Easy out That's out number three A perfect inning for Babson here in the top of the 1st AL Post WWII has taken the field in the bottom of the first inning... Here's how they look, defensively In the outfield Williams will play left Mantle in center Jackson in right... Around the diamond Brett will play the hot corner Yount and Carew Make up the doubleplay combination... Over at first Killebrew And a battery of Hal Newhouser and Berra behind the plate First batter for the All Stars A. J. Tucker steps in Tucker has hit 2 home runs this year Newhouser tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Into the windup... here's the pitch Sinking fastball... Tucker swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Yount... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step So one up and one gone So that brings up Jeff Nights the FOFC shortstop Newhouser likes the sign Newhouser brings it to the plate Nights hits a three hopper towards Robin Yount Yount scoops it and fires it to first for the out Two down Now here's Gazelle Gazelle has a .313 average against lefties Gazelle tells the umpire he's ready Here's the 2 strike offering Gazelle tries to hold up Berra points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! Hal Newhouser holds the All Stars scoreless in the first Williams saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Against righthanders Williams is hitting .287 Williams gets ready for Babson's pitch His bat is cocked Babson goes into his windup Here it comes He rips a grounder to the mound Taken by Babson His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 With one down, up next is Harmon Killebrew To be followed by Reggie Jackson The first baseman, Harmon Killebrew, is up next Stepping in and then stepping out again Killebrew looks to third for a sign Brian is ready The pitch is on the way Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 3 for Brian Babson today 94 on the year 12th in the league Two gone for AL Post WWII Jackson heads to the plate for AL Post WWII The infield is at regular depth Babson is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Babson gets the sign from Hays Babson brings it to the plate Brian comes in there with a dipsy-do And it freezes Jackson He can't get the bat off his shoulder as he watches it just catch the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! 1-2-3, nothing across... Potpie 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 The outfield shades towards left for Potpie Potpie is ready The lefthander delivers Long fly to center Mantle has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Potpie is retired on a fairly deep fly AL Post WWII gets the first out of the inning Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler Stepping out, Pflaggstettler looks into the dugout Steps back in He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Persimmon brings the bat back... The lefthander Newhouser comes home with it Pflaggstettler lines one over short for a single He rounds the bag hard and starts for second Oh, look at that throw by Ted Williams Pflaggstettler scrambles back to first and holds While Dan Fouts heads for the on deck circle Harry Hays makes his way to the plate Hays is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Hays is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Newhouser He's waiting for the pitch The lefty Newhouser delivers Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Harry looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! With two gone, We're scoreless in the bottom of the 2nd Hal Newhouser watches Pflaggstettler As he moves away from the bag Pflaggstettler holding close to the bag Newhouser watching him closely Fouts is up next Two out with Pflaggstettler at first Newhouser wastes no time He has the sign from Berra Newhouser brings it to the plate Fouts hits a high pop into short left field Brett and Yount sprint towards the outfield Here comes Williams Yount puts his glove out... Makes a lucky catch in front of Williams!! That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Bottom of the order for AL Post WWII coming to bat The shortstop, Robin Yount will lead off Yount can't seem to get settled at the plate Hays flashes the sign... Babson waves it off... Now he's happy Now the delivery, here is is... Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Yount! One gone for AL Post WWII Settling in at the plate is Berra And Brian studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it The pitch is on the way Berra lines one just to the right of Potpie It's past him into right field! Pflaggstettler hustles over and fires it back into second So Berra is on with a line single to right Hal Newhouser squares to bunt And lays it down right to Brian Babson Babson looks at second But passes up a possible force play He fires to first to retire Newhouser But Berra moves up That's the second out of the inning Carew is up now for AL Post WWII Babson squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Babson fires Fastball, belt high, away... Carew goes after it... There's a fly ball to Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run That's it for AL Post WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 and a half innings, FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors While AL Post WWII has no runs, one hit and no errors AL Post WWII has left 1 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Treacy saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Newhouser adjusts his cap... Now he's set Here's his delivery Treacy starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Newhouser walks him Babson looks to lay one down Babson lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Babson might beat it out... Fielded by G.Brett the throw to first... close play... SAFE, Babson beat it out! Treacy takes second Tucker squares He bunts the ball . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by G.Brett the throw to first... Out Tucker gets the job done. One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Nights Gerald Gazelle waits on deck Nights is 0 for 1 on the day He looks around at the AL Post WWII infield Killebrew is kicking the dirt at first Brett is even with the bag at third Carew and Yount are ready with hands on knees at second and short One ball, one strike on Nights Here's the southpaw's delivery That's hit deep to center Mantle trying to track it down He's got it Fine running catch! That will get Treacy home Score It: 8 One more chance for FOFC this inning They are going to put Gazelle on Here's the 3-0 pitch Ball four, Gazelle takes his base And now here's Jeeberoni Potpie Persimmon Pflaggstettler on deck... Two outs here in the bottom of the 3rd Potpie goes through his routine of settling in Potpie waiting on the delivery Hal checks the runners... Goes into the stretch The pitch And it gets away from Newhouser! Potpie is down He's been hit... he'll take his base That loads 'em up for Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler, the right fielder, moves into the batter's box FOFC on top 1 to 0 Newhouser shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Hal has a fine arsenal of pitches but mostly uses a power fastball! Now Hal delivers Pflaggstettler drives the ball to center for extra bases Gazelle and Babson will score Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Pflaggstettler Harry Hays makes his way to home plate Hays is 0 for 1 today Harry struck out last time up Hays waits on Newhouser Newhouser brings it home Hays rips a scorcher towards the third base side Brett dives to his right Takes it on one hop He's up... Fires to first Killebrew scoops it out of the dirt OUT! Nice play That retires the side FOFC with a 3 run lead It's FOFC 3 and AL Post WWII still looking to score their first run Here's the third baseman Brett To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Mickey Mantle And then Ted Williams So far this season Brett is hitting .271 when facing righthanded pitching After getting set, Brett waits on the pitch Here comes the cripple pitch The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Brett held up, and draws a walk Babson isn't happy at all with that call So with 1 on and no outs AL Post WWII sends their center fielder, Mickey Mantle, up to face Babson Hard-hitting Ted Williams is walking towards the on-deck circle Mantle looks down at Don Zimmer for the sign Mantle is set for the 3-1 pitch Babson's righthanded delivery... It's a scorching liner to the second baseman OUT! Treacy didn't have to move! Brett stays put And there's one away The "Splendid Splinter" is now coming to bat Williams is 0 for 1 today Babson is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Babson looks in... Now he's ready He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Brett dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch Williams drives one into center Gerald Gazelle sprints over to make the play That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Old Timers and Japanese League are tied at 1 Negro League II is edging Caribbean 4 to 3 Minoso has hit his 2nd homerun for Caribbean Dead Ball Era is on top of AL Pre WWII 5 to 3 Plank and Mays currently dueling Left Outs is pounding NL Pre WWII 9 to 2 NL Post WWII leads Turn of Century 3 to 2 Banks has hit his 23rd homerun for NL Post WWII Late 20th is on top of Negro League I 2 to 0 And here in FOFC FOFC leads 3 to 0 Walking up now to the plate is Killebrew Killebrew has 8 doubles this year Killebrew waits for the delivery Babson checks Brett on first Now the 1-0 pitch Base hit to left for Killebrew Don Zimmer puts up the stop sign... Brett will stay at second Jackson saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Jackson has walloped 17 homers this year 13th in the league He'd like one here You should have seen his show in batting practice Babson is saying a few words to Treacy... So far in 1900, Brian has a 6 and 7 record with 3 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign Brian checks the runners Steps off the rubber... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch He rips a grounder to second Treacy comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That ends the inning AL Post WWII threatens but does not score here in the top of the 4th Back in FOFC at FOFC Stadium Fouts, Sean Treacy and Brian Babson will be coming up to face Hal Newhouser Newhouser is slow to get ready He has a 4.94 ERA this year Now he's ready Newhouser goes into his windup And here's the 3-1 offering Fouts swings and lines it on the nose to right Jackson picks it up on one bounce Flips it in to second Fouts rounds first and holds with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball that he was just "sitting" on Sean Treacy, the second baseman, strides to the plate Sean stares down at Dick Howser for the sign Fouts leads away from first Treacy, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Newhouser "Prince Hal" fires it homeward... Treacy will try the hit and run! Grounded towards the sack Killebrew will take it himself The hit and run moves the runner up. Score It: 3 One out The All Stars have a 3 run lead Brian Babson is up next FOFC's pitcher finds 1 on with 1 out One out, man on second Berra flashes the sign to Newhouser Yount trying to slip in behind Fouts Now he slips away Here's the 2-1 offering Curveball, in and low Babson hits it to Killebrew at first Takes it cleanly... Races to the bag... It's going to be close... And... Out is the call That could have gone either way Fouts is now perched over at third That's the second out of the inning Next up for FOFC is A. J. Tucker Tucker is taking his practice swings A. J. is 0 for 1 this afternoon He's ready Carew comes in a couple steps Yells something to Newhouser The delivery He goes after the low and outside slider... Looped just beyond the infield dirt... Williams is coming hard... Stretches for it... And can't get it...it drops in... He blocks it with his chest... After a huge turn, Tucker hustles back to first The run scores on the single Tucker watches Newhouser move... He's moving away from the bag Tucker does not get a good lead Jeff Nights steps up to the plate Tucker, with excellent speed, is at first Tucker will be running if it's hit Newhouser studies his sign The southpaw delivers Nights hits a slider to the third base side of short Yount going hard to his right... Backhands the groundball... He stops, plants, and throws to second... And gets the forceout on the sliding Tucker Putting an end to FOFC's inning That's all for the All Stars... After 4 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, FOFC on top 4 to 0 Robin Yount will start things off Yount is at .298 on the season Babson gets the sign He delivers Line shot It hits Babson! It rolls between the mound and short Nights barehands it And just nips Yount at first! Let's see about Babson It looks like he's okay. Score It: 6-3 Born and raised on the "Hill" in St. Louis, Yogi is approaching the plate Berra has a .267 average against righthanders this season Berra readies himself for the pitch The righthander delivers Off speed pitch on the way... And Berra watches it go by for the third strike That's two away Next up is Hal Newhouser, the AL Post WWII pitcher... If he gets on, Rod Carew would bat next Newhouser grips the bat handle Newhouser is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Rodney He's waiting for the pitch Rodney will try to get Newhouser to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate It's a high fly into center Gazelle ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out That ends the inning After 4 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 4 Gerald Gazelle to lead it off for FOFC Looking for his first hit today Gazelle is 0 for 1 Newhouser adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Berra The pitch to Gazelle... Swung on and missed by Gazelle, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for Gazelle Newhouser glares in at Potpie as he steps in Now he's ready to go Potpie is batting .283 with 19 HR's this year Berra flashes the sign... Newhouser shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Hal rocks and fires Low fastball, at the knees Potpie goes after it... Lines a single to left... Jeeberoni rounds first... TRIPS ON THE BAG!! The throw is into second The relay to first... Not in time... Potpie manages to crawl to the bag He's really hurting Here comes Tay Pemup... They are calling for Ben Dover, the team doc This could be real serious Let's take a short commercial break while they work on him... Welcome back folks... Potpie is on his feet... Benton Breeze wants him to come out Jeeberoni wants to stay in And... It looks like he'll stay in Pflaggstettler, FOFC's right fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Harry Hays waits on deck Pflaggstettler is hitting .298 with 10 homeruns Persimmon also has 12 doubles and 5 triples And has driven in a total of 45 runs Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch The southpaw's 0-1 delivery It's a rainbow shot toward center Mantle reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One more chance for FOFC in the bottom of the 5th Hays up The All Stars have Potpie on first Hays looks for a sign from third Dick Howser delivers it to Harry Harry is 0 for 2 today grounded out his last at bat Harry steadies his bat And waits patiently for Newhouser's pitch And here is the 1-2 delivery Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three The side is retired No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz Rod Carew to lead things off for AL Post WWII FOFC with a 4 run lead The visitors will try to quiet the crowd A few base runners would do the trick James looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The pitch on the way, here it is... Did he check his swing? YES! He walks Nice way to start an inning! Brett now at the plate Mickey Mantle waits on deck Brett looks to Don Zimmer for the sign Rodney ready quickly, looks in for the sign Rodney checks Carew on first... The 0-2 delivery There's a check swing by Brett It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Jeeberoni Potpie makes the catch against the stands That's one away That brings up Mickey Mantle, the center fielder Mantle, a switch-hitter, facing the right-handed Rodney Rodney has the sign from Hays Rodney's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Carew dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Rodney Now here's the pitch Pounded on the ground to the mound Taken by Rodney Throws to second He's out On to first Not in time! Score It: 1-4 The runner on first, Carew, is out And there's two away AL Post WWII left fielder, Ted Williams, is up next The right-hander Rodney is set to deliver to Williams Here's the 1-2 offering Hard ground ball to second Blade grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That's all for AL Post WWII After 5 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, FOFC leads 4 to 0 Leading off for the All Stars is the third baseman Fouts He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then James Rodney Newhouser steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander Sinking line drive Caught by George Brett One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is still in the on-deck circle and James Rodney is looking for a bat in the dugout And the batter is Barrett Blade James Rodney is on-deck Newhouser is ready quickly Newhouser's into his windup... the pitch Blade pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Williams will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Blade retreats to first after a wide turn Blade takes a walking lead Newhouser's move keeps Blade guessing He doesn't have a very good lead Rodney squares to bunt It's dribbled down the third base line Brett bare hands it... Sidearm toss to first Just in time! Nice play Credit James Rodney with a sacrifice Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 4 The All Stars have 7 hits on the afternoon A. J. Tucker is due up Mel Stottlemyer, the AL Post WWII pitching coach, is running out... He wants to speak to Hal Newhouser Probably just wants to calm him down a bit Tucker is at .304 on the season All set, Tucker is ready for the pitch The southpaw Newhouser's delivery Tucker smacks a fly to left Williams is waiting on it Pounds his mitt Ted takes it in That's it in the bottom of the 6th No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 6 innings in FOFC, FOFC on top 4 to 0 The AL Post WWII first baseman, Killebrew, will lead off He'll be followed by Reggie Jackson And then Robin Yount Harmon comes to the plate batting .225 with 13 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Right-hander Rodney eyes the righty Killebrew Rodney brings it to the plate It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Killebrew checks his swing Hays appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Harmon Rodney gets the first out in the inning Reggie Jackson will make his way to home plate He's the right fielder for AL Post WWII Jackson wiggles the bat above his head Waiting for the pitch is Jackson Here's the 3-2 pitch Swung on and chopped down the third base line Fouts stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by Dan Fouts That's two down for Rodney AL Post WWII will need to do better than that They are running out of time Up now for AL Post WWII is Yount Two away, nobody on Yount has hit 2 home runs this year Right-hander Rodney prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Yount The righthander Rodney delivers In the dirt That's ball four Yogi Berra will get a crack at Rodney next Hal Newhouser would be up next... But only if Berra can reach safely Berra adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Yogi is 1 for 2 this afternoon The umpire says let's go Rodney rocks and fires Smashed to first Potpie flips to Rodney covering Score It: 3-1 That wraps up the inning for AL Post WWII So After 6 and a half innings FOFC has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors While AL Post WWII has no runs, 2 hits and no errors AL Post WWII has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Nights up now to lead off Newhouser likes the sign Newhouser rocks and fires Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 63 on the season for Newhouser That's one away Coming up for FOFC is Gerald Gazelle Nobody on base, one out Gazelle wiggles the bat above his head Newhouser looks down at Berra for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The 2-2 delivery by the lefthander Gazelle hits a fly ball to center Mickey Mantle camps under it He's got it Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 4 The All Stars have 7 hits on the afternoon Potpie is ready to face Newhouser Potpie has hit 19 home runs this year Hal is set to go... a quick look toward Berra again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag FOFC's clean-up hitter is waiting Newhouser has allowed 3 taters to righties this year And 4 when facing lefties Newhouser winds and delivers Potpie pulls it hard over third... And it's snared by Brett! George half fell and half dove To grab that ball before it hit the ground Three away here in the bottom of the 7th After 7 innings FOFC leads 4 to 0 The official attendance has just been announced 47565 fans here at FOFC Stadium this afternoon We are going to have a pinch hitter Carl Yastrzemski will bat for Hal Newhouser It will be the lefthand hitting, Yastrzemski against the righty Rodney Yastrzemski is hitting righties for a .300 average Carl Yastrzemski will step into the box to start the inning AL Post WWII would like to get some runners on board Against righthanders Yastrzemski is hitting .300 Rodney steps on the rubber The righthander delivers Ball four is the call Rodney can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Rodney Yastrzemski takes first base Next up is Rod Carew, the AL Post WWII second baseman On-deck is George Brett... He'll be followed by Mickey Mantle Knowles is on the third-base side of the rubber... The southpaw delivers Base hit to right for Carew Don Zimmer puts up the stop sign... Yastrzemski will stay at second So with 2 on and no outs AL Post WWII sends their third baseman, George Brett, up to face Knowles Hard-hitting Mickey Mantle is walking towards the on-deck circle Brett is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk George fouled out in his last at bat Brett awaits the delivery Bo checks the runners... Steps off the mound... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Grounded towards the bag Taken by Potpie Throws to second He's out To first Double Play! Score It: 3-6-3 FOFC ahead 4 to 0 with two away this inning The "Commerce Comet" is striding to the plate Mantle is batting .264 with 23 round trippers in 1900 Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... The southpaw's 0-2 delivery Mantle swings and misses Strike three Mantle didn't have a good cut at that pitch That retires the side... Mantle fails to come through in the clutch For AL Post WWII, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Hoyt Wilhelm will be coming on to pitch for AL Post WWII Hoyt has appeared in 41 games this season He has a record of 4-2 with 3 saves His ERA stands at 6.52 The right fielder Pflaggstettler will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Harry Hays And then Dan Fouts Berra flashes the sign to Wilhelm Hoyt is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Hanging curveball... Pflaggstettler times it, swings... There's a high drive... Crunched deep towards right center... Jackson doesn't have a chance Home Run for Pflaggstettler That was way over the fence The catcher, Harry Hays will be up next for FOFC Harry is batting .329 with 6 home runs on the season He is 0 for 3 today Hays is ready Wilhelm brings it to the plate Hays pounds a grounder toward Yount at short Robin moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Yount stayed with it Over to first and Hays is retired Nice play by the AL Post WWII short stop One away in the bottom of the 8th for FOFC And it brings up Dan Fouts On deck is Barrett Blade Bo Knowles in the hole Fouts is 1 for 3 today Dan lined out last time up Fouts looks very intent... He stares down at Wilhelm... Cocks his bat It's coming down the pike Lined hard to second Carew snares it for the out! Score It: 4 Two away Barrett Blade will get a crack at Wilhelm next Bo Knowles would be up next... But only if Blade can reach safely Blade swinging from the right side facing the righty Wilhelm Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Wilhelm brings it to the plate Off-speed pitch... Blade swings at it... its a high fly to deep center Mantle bolting after it... This one might carry all the way Mantle jumps for it... It bounds off the fence Blade cruises into second as the throw comes in It's a two-bagger for Barrett Blade That'll bring up David Gonzalez A. J. Tucker will follow if Gonzalez gets aboard Berra is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Wilhelm's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Gonzalez steps into the box A base hit should score Blade The right-hander Wilhelm is set to deliver to Gonzalez The righthander Wilhelm delivers Smashed to second Carew comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 So AL Post WWII will get one last chance to overtake FOFC Right now the All Stars are up by a count of 5 to 0 You can't argue with the logic of Benton Breeze He said in our pre-game show that if FOFC shut them out there was no way they could lose Sounds reasonable... The AL Post WWII left fielder, Williams, will lead off He'll be followed by Harmon Killebrew And then Reggie Jackson Williams scuffs up the lines around the box Knowles has the sign he wants Here's his delivery Swung on and hit sharply to second Blade plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! AL Post WWII with one away Knowles steps off the mound as he waits for Harmon Killebrew to come to the plate Harmon Killebrew is up next for AL Post WWII One out, top of the 9th FOFC on top 5 to 0 Reggie Jackson is on deck Killebrew a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Knowles Knowles is walking around the mound While we wait, let me mention He is 1st in saves this year He has 12... Now Sammy is ready... Knowles' righthanded delivery... Curve in the dirt... and Killebrew holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Hays asks the first base ump's opinion He says Killebrew went around Strike three, swinging That's two away Reggie Jackson will step in to face Knowles next If he gets on, Robin Yount will follow Jackson can't seem to get settled at the plate Jackson cocks his bat Knowles is into his windup Here's the pitch Jackson hits a screamer at Barrett Blade Blade picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Jackson is out! Nice play by Potpie And that will do it for AL Post WWII FOFC wins 5 to 0 Newhouser takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 3 for 4 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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Manager Update
Great just what my Acid Reflux needs...we lose another pitcher for 15 games. Babson, who was pitching a gem is out and doctors have told me it will be at least 15 games. We really can't afford to lose him. Hopefully, Jimmy Williams will be able to keep pitching the way he as been, and Hunter will pick his game up a bit, because we'll be relying on those 2 much more heavily now. Thank goodness we are getting Fozz back soon, otherwise our pen would be toast in the matter of 1 series. |
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GAME 73 - June 18 - Radio Broadcast
Are you ready for some baseball?... 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 Now a brief message from our hosts This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System We are pleased you joined us for today's ballgame Now back to baseball where 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 Time for a station break This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System your 4 Sports Network... OK, we're back and ready to go... 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. |
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Following the game I found Al Mighty and appologized for leaving him for so long, when it was obvious he didn't have is best stuff. I explained that I was forced to try and get 6 innings at least, or our pen was going to be worn out with Fozz and Babson on the shelf. |
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GAME 74 - JUNE 20 - RADIO BROADCAST
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and Dead Ball Era So folks, pull up a chair and spend part of your evening with us The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Eddie Collins to lead it off for Dead Ball Era The pitch to Collins... Lined right back up the middle... Williams has it...NO, he drops it But he'll pick it up in plenty of time To throw over and get his man at first That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Here's Frank Chance Chance digs into the box Williams has the sign He rocks and fires Strike out! Tris Speaker steps in against Williams Left-hander against left-hander Speaker is one of the best hitters around Williams looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The southpaw Williams delivers the 2-2 pitch Fly ball to center Tucker is under it He makes the grab Williams retires the side in order Here in the top of the 1st While the Ghosts take the field let me run through the All Stars' batting order A. J. Tucker, Jeff Nights and Persimmon Pflaggstettler will be the first three to face off against Walsh The clean-up hitter for FOFC is Jeeberoni Potpie He will be followed by Stan Gunner, then Deacon Palmer The bottom third of the line-up will have Billy Bullock batting seventh, Sean Treacy in the eighth spot, and John Williams will bat ninth Here's Tucker to lead things off Walsh eyes Tucker intently Walsh's 1-0 pitch... A slider by Walsh Tucker gets good wood on it... Cobb back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! One up, one down So that brings up Jeff Nights the FOFC shortstop Nights is at .278 on the season Right-hander Walsh prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Nights Now the delivery, here is is... Routine grounder to short Wallace scoops it up Over to first for the out That's two away Wallace comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Walsh Persimmon Pflaggstettler will be next up... FOFC right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, is up next Persimmon is hitting at .305 on the year He has 74 hits in 243 at bats This includes 12 doubles, 5 triples 11 home runs and 46 RBI's After getting set, Pflaggstettler waits on the pitch Walsh's righthanded delivery... Pflaggstettler rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Speaker is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Tris Speaker 1-2-3, nothing across... Ty Cobb up first for Dead Ball Era He is a threat to steal if he gets on Williams squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch Swung on and hit on the nose to center Tucker picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Cobb is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it Coming to the plate is Jackson Cobb's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Williams Williams has the sign he wants Williams looks at the runner The pitch Jackson 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 One down for Dead Ball Era Joe Tinker is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Dead Ball Era Tinker leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Tinker looks down toward the third base coach Tinker gets set for the pitch He brings it home Williams jams him with a fastball Swung on and topped out toward short Nights is up with it... Over to Potpie at first And Tinker beats it out! Cobb is able to advance on the slow roller That brings up Bobby Wallace, the shortstop Looking to Jim Thorpe for a sign He's ready The lefthander delivers Flyball to left it's caught Cobb has a chance to move up... Cobb is trying to advance to third base... Here's the play... He's SAFE! Schalk moseys up to the plate Ed Walsh is heading for the on-deck circle Schalk goes through his routine of settling in The umpire says let's go Williams looks to first... over his shoulder to third... The pitch Schalk swings and lifts one toward left Gunner drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Three away in the top of the 2nd No score Let's see how Dead Ball Era is doing of late... Well, Dead Ball Era is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Jeeberoni Potpie stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Jeeberoni is hitting at .281 on the year FOFC's cleanup hitter has knocked in 47 runs He has a fine .571 slugging average Walsh wastes no time He has the sign from Schalk The righthander Walsh's delivery Potpie drives one into center Tris Speaker sprints over to make the play One down for FOFC Stan Gunner is still in the on-deck circle and Deacon Palmer is looking for a bat in the dugout Stan Gunner is next Gunner stares out at the mound Gunner is waiting for the pitch He rocks and fires Low and inside It hit him on the foot! Gunner tried to dance out of the way But it got him Deacon Palmer steps into the box Palmer asks the ump for time Now he's back in Walsh toes the rubber He delivers Base hit to center for Palmer Ton is rounding second... But he pulls up quickly as he sees the sign from Dick Howser Ton will stay at second Facing Walsh now is Bullock Sean Treacy heads to the on deck circle John Williams waits in the hole Bullock a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Walsh Walsh likes the sign The pitch to Bullock... Grounded into the hole Nice play by Chance Over to second for one Over to first Not in time! Score It: 3-1 Ton takes third The runner on first, Palmer, is out That's out number two Ghosts' pitching coach, Hippo Vaughn, is out to talk with Walsh Looks like he wants to go over something with him Now here's Treacy Treacy is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Sean certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Walsh earn his salary Walsh is making his 18th start of the season Here's the 1-1 pitch It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Collins for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That ends the inning The All Stars threaten but do not score in the bottom of the 2nd For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base The Dead Ball Era pitcher, Walsh, will lead off He'll be followed by Eddie Collins And then Frank Chance John gets the sign from Bullock Williams kicks and fires Dribbler in front of home Bullock comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 2-3 And there's one away Collins finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Williams looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready Now ready, here it is... Collins laces a hit into the outfield Persimmon Pflaggstettler picks it up Fires it to the infield Collins holds with a single Frank Chance steps into the box Chance wiggles the bat above his head The umpire says let's go Chance is ready John rocks and fires Chance fouls one straight up the chute Bullock makes the catch, but wait... The first base umpire rules Williams has balked Collins takes second Frank Chance steps into the box Williams ready quickly, looks in for the sign The southpaw delivers Chance rips Williams' fastball to left K. A. Ton goes to his right... He'll have to play it on one hop Jim Thorpe is sending Collins home The throw by Ton... Not in time! Chance holds first after chalking up RBI number 25 of 1900 Chance moves away from first Speaker takes the curve... Now Chance extends his lead... Williams is not paying enough attention The pitch... And Chance breaks for second! Bullock throwing from down in his crouch... Chance is out! Nice peg by Bullock Easily getting the sliding Chance While Ty Cobb heads for the on deck circle Tris Speaker makes his way to the plate Speaker has hit 10 home runs this year Williams toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Bullock Williams rocks and fires Speaker starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Williams walks him Speaker watches Williams move... He's moving away from the bag Speaker is held closely by Williams The right fielder, Cobb, is ready to bat Dead Ball Era on top 1 to 0 in the top of the 3rd Ty is hitting at .389 on the year He has 110 hits in 283 at bats Today, he is 1 for 1 Cobb singled his last time up Williams is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Williams looks in... Now he's ready Here's the southpaw's delivery There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Bullock calls for it and makes the play! As the ump signals a foul ball That's it for Dead Ball Era Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 and a half innings, Dead Ball Era has one run, 4 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors Dead Ball Era has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 2 Williams is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Right-hander Walsh eyes the righty Williams The pitch on the way, here it is... Williams swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Walsh strikes out John Williams That's one away One out, nobody on base A. J. Tucker is the batter Tucker is batting .300 with 2 homers this year Two balls, two strikes the count It's coming down the pike Tucker swings hard... Nobody is going to get this one... Yes sir! Tucker will have himself a single And he extends his hitting streak to 11 games! 1 for 2 on the evening Tucker at first, one away Nights is ready for the pitch Dead Ball Era is set up for two Walsh adjusts his cap... Now he's set Walsh's behind on the count Here's the 2-0 offering Hot shot grounded to third Taken by Tinker Over to second for one Over to first Not in time! Score It: 5-4 The runner on first, Tucker, is out And there's two away Persimmon Pflaggstettler will get a crack at Walsh next Jeeberoni Potpie would be up next... But only if Pflaggstettler can reach safely Against righthanders Pflaggstettler is hitting .313 Pflaggstettler waiting on the delivery The stretch... the delivery Pflaggstettler chases the sinker... Lines a hit into right... Nights' not slowing at all Rounds second heading to third... Cobb throws in to Collins covering second... Nights is in at third without a play Jeeberoni Potpie, the All Stars' first baseman is up next FOFC has 2 men on with 2 outs We'll see how they pitch to Potpie Jeeberoni is eagerly awaiting Walsh's pitch Walsh looks the runners back Now here's the delivery Change up, a gem... Potpie is way out in front Heeee struck him out! Jeeberoni looked like Casey on that pitch That's all for the All Stars... After 3 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, Dead Ball Era ahead 1 to 0 Jackson steps up to the plate for Dead Ball Era It's the top of the 4th at FOFC Stadium The left-hander Williams is now ready The pitch is on the way High heater from Williams... Jackson cuts at it... Hits a bouncer right side... It goes by the diving Treacy and Potpie It's into right for a single Jackson takes his turn and holds at first Here's the 5'9", 175 pound Joe Tinker strolling to the plate Tinker swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Williams Tinker waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's his delivery Base hit to left for Tinker Jim Thorpe puts up the stop sign... Jackson will stay at second Wallace squares He bunts at it . . . Fielded by J.Potpie the throw to first... close play... Out Wallace gets the job done. One down for Dead Ball Era... Palmer calls time as he comes to the mound to have a word with the pitcher I'm sure he wants Williams to bear down And not worry about the runners Ray Schalk, the Dead Ball Era catcher, steps into the batter's box Dead Ball Era on top 1 to 0 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Williams brings it home Groundball to first Jim Thorpe is waving the runner home... They throw trying to get the lead runner... Here's the play at home... He's OUT! Walsh stands ready at the plate Two outs, Schalk at first, Tinker at third Walsh grips the bat handle Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Williams fires Low and outside Ball four Two on, two outs... Collins steps to the plate Collins steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Williams shakes off two signs Now he's ready Williams checks the runners Swung on and hit to shallow center Tucker has got a long run HE DIVES HE'S GOT IT! TREMENDOUS DIVING CATCH! Williams owes Tucker a dinner! Score It: 8 That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era Time to check out the rest of the scores Turn of Century clipping Caribbean 5 to 1 Duffy has hit his 3rd homerun for Turn of Century NL Post WWII is giving it to AL Post WWII 5 to 0 AL Pre WWII leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Old Timers toppling Left Outs 7 to 0 Negro League I leads NL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Torriente has hit his 8th homerun for Negro League I Late 20th is on top of Negro League II 6 to 4 Johnson battling Manning K. A. Ton leads it off The righthander pitching to Ton... A righthanded batter Righties have a .242 average against Ed Walsh kicks and fires Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Ton was frozen on that fastball by Walsh High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch With one down, up next is Deacon Palmer To be followed by Billy Bullock The third baseman, Deacon Palmer, is up next Palmer is at .309 on the season The bat is cocked Walsh brings it to the plate Ground ball to second Collins comes up with it Over to first He just beat it out The All Stars will send Billy Bullock up to the plate Watching Walsh, Bullock wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Bullock is set for the pitch The righthander Walsh delivers Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Billy looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! Two gone for FOFC All Stars' second baseman Treacy is up next Sean Treacy is hitting .288 this year against righthanded pitchers Treacy is waiting on the pitch Now Ed delivers Base hit to right for Treacy Palmer is rounding second... But he pulls up quickly as he sees the sign from Dick Howser Palmer will stay at second Williams is up next Dead Ball Era on top 1 to 0 Treacy on first, Palmer is down at second Two outs in the bottom of the 4th Infield playing back Ed peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Now Ed delivers He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Wallace Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 And that's the final out of the inning Dead Ball Era has one run, 6 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 4 men on base today Here's Frank Chance leading off Tris Speaker is on deck And Ty Cobb is in the hole Chance taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Chance awaits the pitch Williams leans back and fires Hot shot grounded to the mound Williams grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 One away... Potpie is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Palmer also... Now they return to their positions Tris Speaker is up to face John Williams Speaker has managed a .304 average against lefthanders this year Tris steadies his bat Waits patiently for Williams' pitch The pitch is on the way There's a ground ball between first and second OH, Potpie snags it in short right field He throws it to the pitcher covering the bag OUT is the call What a play by Potpie FOFC gets the second out of the inning Pounding the plate with his bat Cobb awaits the pitch Cobb steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Ty is 1 for 2 today Cobb looks very intent... He stares down at Williams... Cocks his bat The lefthander Williams delivers Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Cobb hits it into the hole on the right side Treacy ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Cobb is out by a step at first That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 1-0, Dead Ball Era The All Stars will send Tucker, Jeff Nights, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler up to the plate this inning Ed is ready Now to the belt, here it is... Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Schalk fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Tucker One out Due up next is Jeff Nights Now batting will be Jeff Nights The shortstop is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out Dead Ball Era leads FOFC by 1 run Nights is 0 for 2 today, with no walks Schalk flashes the sign... Walsh waves it off... Now he's happy The righthander delivers Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 82 on the season for Walsh Two down Walsh retires the first two FOFC batters Persimmon Pflaggstettler will step in to face Walsh next If he gets on, Jeeberoni Potpie will follow Pflaggstettler is batting .306 with 11 round trippers in 1900 Persimmon is set for the pitch Walsh brings it to the plate Grounded towards the hole Nice play by Collins Over to Chance Got him! Score It: 4-3 We head to the 6th... The score is still Dead Ball Era 1, All Stars 0 Jackson steps up to the plate for Dead Ball Era It's the top of the 6th Scorewise... Dead Ball Era on top 1 to 0 Joe steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jackson is 1 for 2 today He singled last time up Jackson waits for the pitch The lefty Williams delivers Grounded into the hole WOW! Incredible play by Treacy Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 FOFC gets the first out of the inning Tinker, Dead Ball Era's third baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Bobby Wallace waits on deck Tinker is 2 for 2 today Joe singled last time around Tinker is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly And the delivery by Williams Right down the middle... strike three Tinker must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Turn of Century with the lead over Caribbean 8 to 5 Duffy has hit his 3rd homerun for Turn of Century NL Post WWII is giving it to AL Post WWII 7 to 2 AL Pre WWII is on top of Japanese League 2 to 0 Grove battling Nomo Old Timers is pounding Left Outs 9 to 2 Brouthers has hit his 4th homerun for Old Timers Negro League I is in front of NL Pre WWII 4 to 1 Negro League II leads Late 20th 7 to 6 Manning and Johnson currently dueling Up next...shortstop Bobby Wallace Bobby is a reliable hitter and has a smooth glove Before getting ready Wallace checks out the defensive alignment Wallace, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Williams With a 3-1 count, the pitch Fastball, lined to center... Base hit for Wallace... Tucker over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Wallace at first Planting his right foot Schalk is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Schalk Schalk digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Williams Bullock flashes the sign... Williams shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Wallace dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch Williams loses him Schalk heads down to first Ed Walsh is up next Dead Ball Era's pitcher finds 2 on with 2 outs Stepping out, Walsh looks into the dugout Steps back in Ed steadies his bat And waits patiently for Williams' pitch The southpaw Williams' delivery Grounded towards the sack Potpie to Williams covering first Score It: 3-1 That's all she wrote for this inning Dead Ball Era has one run, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 5 hits and no errors Dead Ball Era has left 8 baserunners stranded today Jeeberoni Potpie leads off the inning Potpie has a .295 average against righthanders this season Walsh is slow to get ready He has a 3.86 ERA this year Now he's ready Walsh winds and delivers Fastball, high and hard... Swung on, sharply hit down the third base line It's past Tinker... Heading into the corner... Jackson is over, plays the carom Potpie is on his way to second... Here's the throw He slides... The throw is toward the third base side Potpie is in with an extra base hit That was a bang-bang play The All Stars' left fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with no outs Walsh steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The home town crowd is yelling out to Potpie telling him to watch out as Collins sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Walsh delivers the 3-2 offering Swung on and hit right at short Bobby Wallace up with it... Looks Potpie back to second Then fires it to Chance for the out One gone for FOFC That'll bring up All Stars' third baseman Deacon Palmer... All Stars with a runner in scoring position at second Palmer steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign He's ready for the delivery Walsh brings it to the plate Hard breaking ball... Times it perfectly... Palmer hits a fly ball, deep... It's into the alley in left-center Joe Jackson is chasing it He isn't going to catch up to it It's in there for extra bases! Potpie heading for home He won't draw a throw Palmer pulls up at second base He's just batted in the tying run One on, one out Coming up next is Bullock Bullock is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a respectable .278 for FOFC Now set, Bullock waits for the pitch Here's the 1-2 offering Bullock hits one toward short Wallace fronts it... Oops, he bobbles it... Now he has the handle... Long throw to first Got Bullock by three steps! Man, that is one slow truck horse on the base paths! Palmer held at second With two gone, The score is knotted at 1 in the bottom of the 6th Sean Treacy is up next The All Stars' second baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Treacy is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Treacy is set Walsh looks back towards second... The pitch Treacy smacks a fly to right Cobb is waiting on it Pounds his mitt Ty takes it in FOFC is retired... But they come up with 1 run to tie it After 6 innings, it's all even at 1 Eddie Collins leads off for Dead Ball Era Frank Chance and Tris Speaker will follow Dead Ball Era will be looking to score one to take the lead We are late in the game The score is knotted at 1 Knowles steps on the rubber Here's the 0-2 offering Big bender... Swung on... Collins pops it straight up Three players converging on it And it will be Bullock making the play Frank Chance up The score is tied Chance is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .257 on the year Chance is ready The lefthander Knowles delivers Curve ball... Chance swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Two away in today's tightly contested game Score still tied here with two down in the top of the 7th Tris Speaker will step in to face Knowles next If he gets on, Ty Cobb will follow Speaker is batting .312 with 10 HR's this year Bo is ready Here's the 3-1 pitch Tris Speaker offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Speaker couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Barrett Blade for the out Speaker never even left the batter's box That does it for the Ghosts So as we break for the 7th inning stretch it is all knotted up at 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The second baseman Blade will start things off for the All Stars Blade a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Walsh Blade gets set for the pitch Walsh kicks and delivers It hits Blade He just stands there Now he says a few words to Walsh Ed answers something back The umpire steps in between And motions Blade to first Tucker fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Making his way up now is A. J. Tucker The score is tied And Blade is on first Against righthanders Tucker is hitting .281 Schalk flashes the sign... Walsh shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Walsh checks Blade on first... The 1-2 delivery Tucker swings and lifts one toward left Jackson drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... And there's one away So with 1 on and 1 out FOFC sends their shortstop, Jeff Nights, up to face Walsh Hard-hitting Persimmon Pflaggstettler is walking towards the on-deck circle Jeff is 0 for 3 this summer evening He struck out in his last plate appearance Nights awaits the pitch Collins comes in a couple steps Yells something to Walsh The delivery The All Stars try the hit and run! A low change-up by Walsh... Nights chases it... Manages a slow bouncer to Wallace... He takes it, tosses it to Collins... Getting the force on Blade The relay back to first... Not in time... Nights beats the throw by a step Two down Due up next is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the All Stars Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the right fielder, strides to the plate Persimmon comes to the plate batting .305 with 11 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today All set, Pflaggstettler is ready for the pitch We've got a full count... Walsh winds and fires... Low, ball four... Pflaggstettler takes first Slowly coming up is Potpie for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box The score is knotted at 1 Walsh gets the sign, it's one he likes Walsh looks over at Pflaggstettler Now back at Nights He's coming home with it Potpie drives the ball to center for extra bases Nights scores Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Pflaggstettler scores! Double for Potpie Now up in the FOFC seventh will be Gerald Gazelle Gazelle is batting .273 with 10 homers this year Gerald seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Walsh will try to get Gazelle to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Gazelle hits a three hopper towards Eddie Collins Collins scoops it and fires it to first for the out That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 49917 The Dead Ball Era right fielder, Cobb, will lead off He'll be followed by Joe Jackson And then Joe Tinker Cobb is batting .386 with 4 HR's this year Knowles looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... The southpaw Knowles delivers the 3-1 pitch Cobb slaps a hard grounder past second Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Cobb will hold with a clean single Jackson will try his luck against Knowles Dead Ball Era trails by 2 runs We're in the top of the 8th Jackson looks at the coach... Wonder if he'll be bunting? Well, Jim Thorpe delivers the sign We will soon know Knowles looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants And the cripple pitch... Swung on...and hit way, way up Under it is Bullock...and he's got it One gone for Dead Ball Era Knowles glares in at Tinker as he steps in Joe just glares back Tinker has been poison for FOFC today He is 2 for 3 on the evening Knowles looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready Knowles' 2-2 pitch... Swing and a miss Strike three Tinker goes down on strikes Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Bobby Wallace steps into the box Wallace grips the bat handle Bobby is ready for the delivery Now Bo delivers It's low and it gets away from Bullock! It's rolling to the backstop Now Bullock has it too late, the damage is done. It's scored a wild pitch. Cobb takes second Bobby Wallace steps into the box Wallace has a .236 average against lefties Knowles has the sign from Bullock The lefthander Knowles comes home with it Knowles' pitch is low and outside Knowles had trouble getting the breaking ball over Wallace takes first base Knowles needs to throw strikes... He just put the tying run on base Out of the dugout comes Max Carey He will be pinch running for Bobby Wallace Dead Ball Era down by 2 They need some runs; and now! Next up for Dead Ball Era is Ray Schalk The right-hander Knowles is set to deliver to Schalk The pitch to Schalk... He hits a tough grounder to first Potpie flips to Knowles covering Score It: 3-1 That ends the inning for Dead Ball Era FOFC has 3 runs, 8 hits and no errors While Dead Ball Era has one run, 8 hits and no errors They have now stranded 10 baserunners Dead Ball Era's defensive changes are... Evers will bat 7th and play SS Defensively for Dead Ball Era Evers will play 3B and Tinker will be at SS The third baseman Palmer will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Billy Bullock And then Sammy Knowles Walsh steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Walsh's righthanded delivery... Palmer hits one toward short Tinker fronts it... Oops, he bobbles it... Now he has the handle... Long throw to first Got Palmer by three steps! Man, that is one slow truck horse on the base paths! One down for FOFC Billy Bullock is still in the on-deck circle and Sammy Knowles is looking for a bat in the dugout Now batting for FOFC will be their catcher, Billy Bullock The All Stars are out in front by 2 We are in the bottom of the 8th Bullock is batting .276 with 11 HR's this year Walsh tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's his delivery Bullock pounds a grounder toward Collins at second Eddie moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Collins stayed with it Over to first and Bullock is retired Nice play by the Dead Ball Era second baseman That's two away Gonzalez walks to the plate Gonzalez looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Walsh is saying a few words to Collins... So far in 1900, Ed has a 7 and 8 record with 10 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign Walsh brings it home Routine grounder to first Chance scoops it up Over to first for the out That's all for the All Stars No runs, no hits and no errors... At the end of eight full innings... FOFC leads 3 to 1 Dead Ball Era announces a pinch hitter for Ed Walsh Harry Hooper will come in to face the right handed Kronside He carries a .176 average as a pinch hitter Against righties he is hitting .176 this year Hooper saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Hooper wiggles the bat above his head Hooper waiting on the delivery The pitch is on the way Hooper sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Kronside Easy out So one up and one gone The Ghosts are down to their last 2 outs Eddie Collins is due up next Kronside steps on the rubber Kronside brings it to the plate Strike three swinging... Now that is something you don't see very often Collins rarely ever strikes out But Kronside got him that time! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard These scores are final... Turn of Century topped Caribbean 8 to 5 Duffy has hit his 3rd homerun for Turn of Century NL Post WWII cuffed AL Post WWII 8 to 5 AL Pre WWII is the winner over Japanese League 4 to 0 Gehrig has hit his 19th homerun for AL Pre WWII Old Timers jumped all over Left Outs 10 to 2 Negro League I nipped NL Pre WWII 5 to 4 Late 20th spanked Negro League II 12 to 7 Ripken has hit his 9th homerun for Late 20th And in our contest FOFC ahead 3 to 1 Frank Chance will get a crack at Kronside next Tris Speaker would be up next... But only if Chance can reach safely Stepping out, Chance looks into the dugout Steps back in Chance is set for the 3-0 pitch Here's the righthander's delivery In the dirt That's ball four Apparently not afraid of Kronside Chance stretches out to his lead Kronside looks Chance back He is unable to get his normal lead Tris Speaker steps into the box Speaker is 0 for 3 today For the season, Tris has 10 homers 19 doubles, and 5 triples He has scored 61 runs while driving in 54 Speaker waits Kronside goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Chance He lobs one to Potpie... Chance is back easily... We're ready again Now Kronside comes home It's low and it gets away from Bullock! It's rolling to the backstop Now Bullock has it too late, the damage is done. It's scored a wild pitch. Chance takes second Tris Speaker steps into the box We'll see how they pitch to Speaker The umpire says let's go And the delivery by Kronside Drilled deep to center field Gazelle has got a long run SHOESTRING CATCH BY Gazelle! He had to go a long way! Score It: 8 And that will do it for Dead Ball Era FOFC wins 3 to 1 Knowles gets credit for the win Kronside notches the save Walsh takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 2 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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Dynasty Update
We are rapidly approaching the All-Star break...I'll post the current vote totals soon... Also, we had an off day on the 18th (I know I labled the post incorrectly), during that off day, the NL Posters won, so our lead is down to just 1 game with Fozz, Babson and now Gunner on the shelf. Last edited by Breeze : 09-20-2007 at 04:57 PM. |
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GAME 75 - JUNE 21 - RADIO BROADCAST
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and Dead Ball Era The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Eddie Collins to lead it off for Dead Ball Era Nielsen fires Collins fouls it back Way back into the upper deck . . . Collins back in the box And here comes the next pitch Checked swing by Collins Called ball four Hays motions down to the third base umpire He gives the "safe" sign with no hesitation Eddie walks to lead it off Chance fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on From Fresno CA, Frank Chance, who attended the U of Washington for a time, is approaching the plate Chance is batting .255 with no HR's this year Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants He brings it home Curveball, high in the strike zone... Chance goes after it... There's a high fly... going deep K. A. Ton leaps at the fence... He can't get it... It's gone A home run for Frank Chance Speaker finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Speaker has hit 10 home runs this year Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Nielsen's into his windup... the pitch Strike three swinging... Now that is something you don't see very often Speaker rarely ever strikes out But Nielsen got him that time! With one down, up next is Ty Cobb To be followed by Joe Jackson Ty Cobb is up next for Dead Ball Era One out, top of the 1st Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 0 Joe Jackson is on deck Cobb is one of the best hitters around Nielsen likes the sign The pitch is on the way Struck him out on a fastball Cobb goes down swinging Two men gone, nobody on Dead Ball Era leads by 2 Now batting will be the left fielder, Joe Jackson Jackson a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Nielsen A battle of lefties... Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The pitch on the way, here it is... Jackson hits a grounder into the hole Sean Treacy somehow reaches the ball... But he's in no position to make a throw Base hit for Jackson Tinker settles in at the plate Jackson will be running if it's hit Rob gets the sign from Hays Rob rocks and fires Joe Tinker hits a high pop fly to the infield Jeff Nights calls everyone off The ball drifts a bit But Nights is there to make the play After one-half inning It's Dead Ball Era 2, All Stars coming to bat Here's the center fielder Tucker To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jeff Nights And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler Jack Chesbro steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Chesbro rocks and fires Tucker swings It's a drooper into shallow left field Wallace is running with his back to the infield He reaches up... What a grab! One gone for FOFC Nights moseys up to the plate Persimmon Pflaggstettler is heading for the on-deck circle Dead Ball Era on top 2 to 0 Jack peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Chesbro goes into his windup And here's the 0-1 offering Bouncer in the hole and past Frank Chance... Base hit into right field! That one had eyes on it Good piece of hitting by Nights Pflaggstettler steps in... He pounds the bat on the plate Now he is ready Dead Ball Era is set up for two Chesbro has the sign from Schalk The pitch is on the way Base hit to right for Pflaggstettler Third base coach Dick Howser thinks he can make it... Here comes Nights... The throw is cut off... That holds Pflaggstettler at first Coming up is Potpie for FOFC Runners on first and third... A dangerous homerun hitter at the plate 7th in the league in home runs this year with 19 Potpie waiting for the pitch Potpie has hit 19 home runs this year Chesbro adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Schalk The pitch to Potpie... Jeeberoni Potpie hits a medium deep fly ball Tris Speaker 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 Stepping in the batter's box, Ton Pflaggstettler at first, two away Ton's bat has been very quiet so far this season In 90 at bats, he is only batting .244 He's also strikeout prone Ton waits for the delivery Now the delivery, here is is... Bounced towards the hole Tremendous diving grab by Wallace! THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 6-3 And that retires the side Wallace 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 Dead Ball Era on top 2 to 1 And Rob studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it The lefty Nielsen delivers Curve in the dirt... and Wallace holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Hays asks the first base ump's opinion He says Wallace went around Strike three, swinging One out Due up next is Ray Schalk Nielsen glares in at Schalk Ray Schalk just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Ray will be facing the left-handed Nielsen from the right side of the plate He has a .240 average overall But Ray murders southpaws with a .347 average He's ready The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it Schalk chases the low curve... He gets under it, lifting a fly... It's deep to left... He hit it well... Ton back to the fence Doesn't have a prayer He can just watch like you and me HOME RUN!! That ball sailed outta here! Coming up for Dead Ball Era is Jack Chesbro Nobody on base, one out Rob looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's Nielsen's windup And the lefthander comes home with it The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Chesbro held up, and draws a walk Nielsen isn't happy at all with that call Chesbro is taking his lead from first Nielsen steps off the rubber Looks Chesbro back to the bag Eddie Collins moves in to face Nielsen 1 on, 1 out here in the top of the 2nd So far this year Collins is batting .335 He has 13 doubles, 4 triples 6 homeruns with 33 RBI's and 19 stolen bases Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The stretch... the 3-2 delivery Fastball down low... Collins swings and hits one out to left K. A. Ton is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Nielsen Chesbro trots back to first That's two away With two out Batting for Dead Ball Era now is Chance Chance steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Frank is 1 for 1 today Chance is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly The southpaw Nielsen's delivery on the 1-1 pitch Chance hits a slider to the third base side of short Nights going hard to his right... Backhands the groundball... He stops, plants, and throws to second... And gets the forceout on the sliding Chesbro Putting an end to Dead Ball Era's inning That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era Time to check out the rest of the scores Turn of Century and Caribbean have yet to score NL Post WWII is in front of AL Post WWII 6 to 3 Japanese League is on top of AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Left Outs slipping by Old Timers 3 to 1 Negro League I and NL Pre WWII have yet to score Rogan battling Hubbell Late 20th with the lead over Negro League II 3 to 0 Palmer saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Chesbro rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Chesbro quick pitches him Comebacker, right to Chesbro Over to Chance for the easy out One down for FOFC Harry Hays is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Nobody on base, one away Hays steps into the batter's box Hays is batting .327 with 6 HR's this year Chesbro has the sign from Schalk "Happy Jack" fires it homeward... Hays hits a three hopper towards Bobby Wallace Wallace scoops it and fires it to first for the out Two down Treacy coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Treacy steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Treacy awaits the delivery Chesbro brings it to the plate Extra base hit to center for Treacy Tris Speaker is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up Nielsen is up now for FOFC Nielsen is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in The umpire says let's go Nielsen is ready Chesbro's righthanded delivery... Base hit to right for Nielsen Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Up next for the All Stars The hometown center fielder, A. J. Tucker Nielsen will be running if it's hit Chesbro eyes Tucker intently Here's the 1-0 offering He rips a grounder to short Wallace grabs it Tosses to second He's out Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Nielsen, is out That's all for the All Stars in the 2nd inning They get 1 run across We go to the 3rd... It's Ghosts 3, All Stars 2 Dead Ball Era will send Speaker, Ty Cobb, and Joe Jackson to face Rob Nielsen this inning Speaker is 0 for 1 today Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Speaker The lefthander Nielsen delivers Slow ground ball Treacy is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT With one gone Dead Ball Era will have Ty Cobb coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it The right fielder, Cobb, is ready to bat Dead Ball Era leads 3 to 2 in the top of the 3rd Cobb is 0 for 1 today Nielsen is on the third-base side of the rubber... Here's the 2-1 pitch Cobb swings at a breaking ball... It's going to be in there for a hit... A. J. Tucker is after it... Cobb is around first and on his way to second The throw is going to be late He will be in there for a stand-up double He is 1 for 2 now and has extended his hitting streak to 14 games Stepping in is Jackson Cobb at second, one out Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Nielsen ready quickly, looks in for the sign Nielsen's 3-2 pitch... It's in on the wrists Joe tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... Yes, Nielsen walks him Walking up to the plate now is Tinker Bobby Wallace waits on deck Joe is 0 for 1 this summer evening He popped out in his last plate appearance Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Nielsen brings it home And Tinker will sit down... strike three called Two gone for Dead Ball Era Cobb inches away from the base Cobb is off on the pitch! Hays takes the pitch... The throw... Headfirst slide by Cobb... Down goes Palmer!... He makes the catch anyway but can't make the tag... Credit it a steal of third! That's 25 out of 33 for Cobb this year Bobby Wallace steps into the box Wallace is 0 for 2 today Nielsen shakes off two signs Now he's ready Now Rob delivers He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Nights Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side... Wallace fails to come through in the clutch For Dead Ball Era, No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base Jeff Nights will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Nights looks for a sign from third Dick Howser delivers it to Jeff Jeff is 1 for 1 today singled his last at bat Nights waits The righthander Chesbro delivers Fastball, lined to right... Base hit for Nights... Cobb over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Nights at first Nights inches slowly away from the bag The runner can't seem to get a good lead Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps into the box Chesbro is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Chesbro looks in... Now he's ready Now Jack delivers It's low and it gets away from Schalk! It's rolling to the backstop Now Schalk has it too late, the damage is done. It's scored a wild pitch. Pflaggstettler squares, and bunts it down the line Tinker picks it up and fires to first OUT by a whisker Had Pflaggstettler been a left-handed hitter He might have had a hit Score it a sacrifice One away in the bottom of the 3rd for FOFC Potpie, FOFC's first baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup K. A. Ton waits on deck Right-hander Chesbro prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Potpie Chesbro fires Potpie swings...and lifts it to left Potpie throws the bat down in disgust And doesn't even run it out As Jackson makes the catch and Nights has to hold That attitude won't sit well with the FOFC manager Dead Ball Era on top 3 to 2 with two away this inning The All Stars' left fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs Jack is ready Here's the righthander's delivery It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Wallace for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That ends the inning After 3 innings, Dead Ball Era leads by 1 Ray Schalk, Jack Chesbro, and Eddie Collins are due up for the Ghosts Dead Ball Era leads, 3-2 Ray is hitting at .244 on the year He has 51 hits in 209 at bats Today, he is 1 for 1 Schalk homered his last time up He's ready It's coming down the pike Schalk 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 fence... He goes up after it... And brings it down in the webbing! Ray just missed a homer on that one Only a long out for the Dead Ball Era catcher One up, one down And it brings up Jack Chesbro On deck is Eddie Collins Frank Chance in the hole Stepping in and then stepping out again Chesbro looks to third for a sign Nielsen studies his sign Nielsen brings it to the plate Ground ball through the middle Treacy ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! Two up, two down Collins gets set at the plate Nielsen is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Nielsen gets the sign from Hays Nielsen winds his left arm Lets it go Comebacker, right to Nielsen Over to Potpie for the easy out That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era By the way, Dead Ball Era is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Deacon Palmer stepping in He will be the first batter for FOFC We are in the bottom of the 4th Dead Ball Era leads 3 to 2 So far this season Palmer is hitting .299 when facing righthanded pitching Palmer is set for the 2 strike pitch Here's his delivery Palmer really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Jackson 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... Joe fires it in to Collins on a line but Palmer has himself a stand-up double arriving ahead of the throw Next up for FOFC is Harry Hays Palmer is on second, nobody out Chesbro steps on the rubber Way ahead in the count Chesbro turns the 0-2 pitch loose Right down the middle... strike three Hays must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch And there's one away Sean Treacy steps up to the plate Treacy is 1 for 2 today, with no walks Chesbro gets the sign The 1-1 pitch Dribbler to first Chance takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 John McGraw will be bringing in a relief pitcher Chief Bender has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Rob Nielsen, the pitcher, strides to the plate Watching Bender, Nielsen wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Nielsen waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Palmer is dancing off third Bender is ignoring him Here's the pitch Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! That's all for the All Stars in the 4th inning No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... We go to the 5th... Dead Ball Era on top 3 to 2 Frank Chance stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Nielsen steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Nielsen brings it to the plate Chance drops a bunt Nielsen is off the mound Treacy comes in after it Nielsen scoops it up bare-handed Flicks it to Potpie Got him! Nice play! Walking up now to the plate is Speaker Speaker is 0 for 2 today Rob Nielsen has struck out 4 and walked 3 He's rubbing up the ball as he looks over at Benton Breeze Nielsen winds and delivers The 3-1 pitch Grounded towards the sack Potpie to Nielsen covering first Score It: 3-1 Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in order Now here's Cobb Cobb is one of the best hitters around Nielsen is happy with the sign The lefthander delivers Cobb starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Nielsen walks him Cobb watches Nielsen move... He's moving away from the bag Fastball low and away...Hays blocks the pitch... And Cobb is on the run! Up and firing is Hays... Cobb is in there under the tag Not a strong throw by Hays Joe Jackson steps into the box Jackson wiggles the bat above his head Nielsen gets the sign, it's one he likes The southpaw delivers Bounced towards the hole Taken by Potpie Over to first NOT IN TIME! Jackson gets an infield hit Cobb takes third Tinker, the third baseman, moves into the batter's box Dead Ball Era on top 3 to 2 Tinker has a .310 average against lefthanders He is .288 overall Joe is set for the pitch Nielsen looks to first... over his shoulder to third... The pitch Tinker swings and lifts one toward right Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That retires the side Dead Ball Era comes up empty-handed Here in the top of the 5th No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base Tucker saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box A. J. is hitting at .298 on the year He has 91 hits in 305 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored 50 runs this year The count is nothing and 2 Tucker has to protect the plate Bender kicks and fires Strike three swinging! With an 0 and 2 count, Bender threw it on the outside corner Tucker had to go after it Chief did a good job of pin-pointing that ball It was too close to let go by... but not good enough to hit One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is still in the on-deck circle and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking for a bat in the dugout Next up is Jeff Nights, the FOFC shortstop Bender wastes no time He has the sign from Schalk The righthander delivers He misses outside Ball four Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up next FOFC's right fielder finds 1 on with 1 out Dead Ball Era is set up for two Bender is ready quickly Now to the belt, here it is... Fastball, high and tight Ball Four Chin music... Pflaggstettler didn't like it With one out, and two men on Potpie strides purposefully to the plate Against righthanders Potpie is hitting .302 Bender is on the first-base side of the rubber... Bender checks the runners Fastball, misses outside Ball four Planting his right foot Ton is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Ton Ton scuffs up the lines around the box Bender looks down at Schalk for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Righthander Bender's delivery Changeup, Ton was looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Speaker is at the warning track... Waits... Off the fence! Ton's headed for third... Triple for K. A. Ton! Neither Jackson nor Speaker could get to that one K. A. clears the bases He now has 3 RBI's on the day Palmer is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in The outfield's shaded towards left for Palmer He's 1 for 2 today Bender steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Ton is dancing off third Bender is ignoring him Here's the pitch Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Jackson And he has it Two down Schalk asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Schalk and Bender Two gone, Ton at third Batting now is Harry Hays Hays is at .323 on the season Bender adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Schalk Here's the 2-0 offering Drilled on the ground to short Wallace grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That ends the bottom of the 5th 3 runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 5 innings, FOFC leads by 2 Here's Bobby Wallace leading off Ray Schalk is on deck And Chief Bender is in the hole Wallace is taking his practice swings Bobby is 0 for 2 this evening He grounded out last time at bat Bobby steadies his bat And waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch The 1-0 delivery by the lefthander Over the outside corner Wallace hits the curve right to second... Blade takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Wallace is out by a couple of steps That's one away Now batting will be Ray Schalk The catcher is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC leads Dead Ball Era by 2 runs Schalk can't seem to get settled at the plate Schalk looks very intent... He stares down at Nielsen... Cocks his bat The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Comebacker, right to Nielsen Over to Potpie for the easy out 'Come back, Little Sheba' And there's two away Ghosts pitcher Chief Bender will bat for himself Before getting ready Bender checks out the defensive alignment Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Bender And the delivery by Nielsen Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Bender That's it for Dead Ball Era Here at FOFC Stadium, After 5 and a half innings, FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Dead Ball Era has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors Dead Ball Era has left 6 on base FOFC has stranded 5 Here's Blade to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Turn of Century and Caribbean have yet to score NL Post WWII is edging AL Post WWII 9 to 8 Schmidt has hit his 10th homerun for NL Post WWII Japanese League slipping by AL Pre WWII 4 to 2 Left Outs is edging Old Timers 3 to 2 Negro League I with the lead over NL Pre WWII 6 to 3 Foster comfortably ahead for Negro League I Late 20th is giving it to Negro League II 6 to 1 Maddux enjoying the big Late 20th lead And in our matchup FOFC on top 5 to 3 Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National We're in the bottom of the 6th Bender has the sign he wants With a 1-2 count... here's the pitch Off-speed pitch... Blade swings at it... its a high fly to deep center Speaker bolting after it... This one might carry all the way Speaker jumps for it... It bounds off the fence Blade cruises into second as the throw comes in It's a two-bagger for Barrett Blade Nielsen fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Nielsen looks to lay one down Nielsen bunts it foul for the third strike... That's a strikeout! Tucker finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Tucker looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser The count is nothing and 2 Tucker has to protect the plate Chief rocks and fires Base hit to left for Tucker Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score With Persimmon Pflaggstettler on deck Batting now for FOFC is Nights Nights is taking his practice swings Jeff is 2 for 2 this evening He drew a walk last time at bat He's waiting on the pitch Still waiting... Now he steps out of the box... We have a game of cat and mouse going on OK, now we're ready to go as Nights steps back in Bender checks Tucker on first Now the 2 strike pitch Long fly ball to left This one is deep! SAY SO LONG TO THAT ONE!!! Jeff Nights has hit a TREMENDOUS blast!!! That is Jeff Nights' 7th home run of the year. Walking up to the plate now is Pflaggstettler Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Right-hander Bender eyes the righty Pflaggstettler The righthander delivers Low slider... Pflaggstettler takes a big rip at it... Lofts a deep fly ball... It could be going... IT IS!!... HOME RUN FOR FOFC! Facing Bender now is Potpie Gerald Gazelle heads to the on deck circle Deacon Palmer waits in the hole Potpie has hit 19 home runs this year Bender is in the tank right now He's coughed up 7 runs on 5 hits Here's the 1-2 offering Extra base hit to center for Potpie Tris Speaker is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up Here's Gerald Gazelle Gazelle digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Bender Bender wastes no time He has the sign from Schalk Bender brings it home Curve in the dirt... and Gazelle holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Gazelle will take first on the walk Number 1 today for Gazelle John McGraw is visiting the mound... He decides to stick with Chief Bender Deacon Palmer steps into the box Palmer gets set He's 1 for 3 so far It's turning into a long evening for Chief Bender Bender brings it to the plate The pitch gets away from Bender Schalk can't handle it Charge a wild pitch to Chief Bender Deacon Palmer steps into the box Palmer is 1 for 3 today For the season, Deacon has 4 homers 9 doubles, and 2 triples He has scored 22 runs while driving in 22 Set now is Palmer The pitch is on the way Palmer flies out to center Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Schalk is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Great,)... Potpie is out at home! Collins will come up to lead off the top of the 7th for Dead Ball Era Collins looks down toward the third base coach Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Collins The southpaw winds and delivers Fastball... down and away... Nielsen just misses the corner... ball four That's 5 walks given up by Nielsen today Collins at first, nobody out Chance comes to the plate 1 for 3 today Chance looks for a sign from third Jim Thorpe with the hand signals Chance is set It's coming down the pike Base hit to left for Chance Jim Thorpe puts up the stop sign... Collins will stay at second Pounding the plate with his bat Speaker awaits the pitch Speaker has hit 10 home runs this year Nielsen has a 6-hitter going through 6 innings The pay-off pitch... Speaker drives the ball to right for extra bases Collins scores Jim Thorpe plays it safe and stops him at third... Double for Speaker Ty Cobb makes his way to home plate Cobb is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Rob Nielsen is having a good year He is 7th in wins with 9 Now Nielsen is looking for a sign Here's his delivery Smashed on the ground into right field Ty Cobb has a base hit Chance scores from third! Speaker scores from second! Coming to the plate is Jackson Cobb's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Nielsen Joe is batting at .354 with 2 home runs He is 2 for 2 so far today Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy The southpaw Nielsen's delivery on the 2-0 pitch Jackson drives the ball to right for extra bases Jim Thorpe won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Jackson Tinker now at the plate Bobby Wallace waits on deck 2 men in scoring position Rodney steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The righthander Rodney's delivery Swung on and missed... Tinker is down on strikes One down... Rodney has to continue to bear down Up next...shortstop Bobby Wallace Bobby is a reliable hitter and has a smooth glove Wallace is at .245 on the season James is ready The stretch... the pitch Wallace flies out to right Jim Thorpe will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Cobb scores! Schalk digs in at the plate Ready now for Rodney to come set Rodney steps on the rubber Here's the 2 strike offering The ball is low and outside Did he go around?... Yes! So Dead Ball Era leaves a runner down at second FOFC leads by 2 We will be right back... It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Bottom of the lineup coming up for FOFC Harry Hays will step in to face Bender to start the bottom of the 7th Barrett Blade is heading for the on-deck circle Hays swinging from the right side facing the righty Bender Hays waits patiently Now Chief delivers Hays is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position FOFC with one away Bender steps off the mound as he waits for Barrett Blade to come to the plate Barrett Blade, the second baseman, strides to the plate Blade is 1 for 1 today Chief Bender steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Bender fires Curve in the dirt... and Blade holds up Looked like he went around from here But the man in blue says no Schalk appeals to first Appeal fails Blade will take first on the walk That's 1 walk today for Blade Gonzalez is up now for FOFC Gonzalez digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Bender Gonzalez gets ready for Bender's pitch His bat is cocked Bender goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Blade He lobs one to Chance... Blade is back easily We're ready again Now Bender comes home A hard smash to Chance He makes a one handed grab Flips to Wallace for one... Back to Chance for the double play! Oh that was a thing of beauty to watch That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 47295 Harry Hooper is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Chief Bender Harry Hooper to lead things off for Dead Ball Era FOFC with a 2 run lead The visitors will try to quiet the crowd A few base runners would do the trick We'll see how they pitch to Hooper Hooper gets set for the pitch He brings it home Hooper hits a three hopper towards Barrett Blade Blade scoops it and fires it to first for the out So one up and one gone Eddie Collins is coming to the plate FOFC leads by 2 We're in the top of the 8th Eddie steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Jim Thorpe relays the sign from John McGraw Collins drew a walk last time up and now is 0 for 2 Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready The righthander Kronside delivers Groundball off the change-up... Past Potpie at first... It's rolling into the outfield grass... Collins gets a base hit Stretching to his lead is Collins He has this down to a science He is an outstanding base stealer He gives opposing teams fits Kronside throws over to first... He puts nothin' on it... Just a bluff... Now he is set again... Spins and fires one to first... Collins dives back... SAFE! WOW! That was a real belly whopper! Frank Chance is at the plate Chance asks the ump for time Now he's back in O.K. Chance is ready The 2 strike pitch STRIKE THREE! Speaker is the batter Collins' the runner on first He's doing a little jig off first to rattle the pitcher Tris is hitting at .309 on the year He has 80 hits in 259 at bats This includes 20 doubles, 5 triples 10 home runs and 55 RBI's Speaker readies himself for the pitch Way ahead in the count Kronside turns the 0-2 pitch loose Bouncer to second Taken by Blade Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era So After 7 and a half innings FOFC has 9 runs, 12 hits and no errors While Dead Ball Era has 7 runs, 10 hits and no errors Dead Ball Era has left 8 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 Three Finger Brown will be coming on to pitch for Dead Ball Era Three Finger has appeared in 24 games this season with a record of 2-5 In 34 innings, he has an 2.91 ERA Chief Bender has finished his work here this evening Here's the center fielder Tucker To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jeff Nights And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler Tucker is batting .300 with 2 HR's this year Three Finger gets the sign from Schalk Here's the windup and the 3-2 delivery Long fly to right Cobb has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Tucker is retired on a fairly deep fly One out The All Stars have a 2 run lead One out, nobody on base Jeff Nights is the batter Nights is 3 for 3 today Jeff hit a two-run homer last time up Brown tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Righthander Brown's delivery The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Nights held up, and draws a walk Brown isn't happy at all with that call The All Stars' right fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out Dead Ball Era is set up for two Brown is rubbing the ball up Pitchers develop very calloused hands over the course of a season They want to get the ball as rough as they can Brown brings it to the plate Pflaggstettler watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Persimmon, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Brown just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate Two down Jeeberoni Potpie is up next The All Stars' first baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Nights will be running if it's hit Brown looks down at Schalk for the sign Now he's ready... The stretch... the 3-2 delivery Potpie watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Jeeberoni, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Brown just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate That ends the bottom of the 8th After 8 innings, the All Stars lead by 2 Cobb saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Kronside is slow to get ready He has a 1.74 ERA this year Now he's ready Here's the pitch There's a towering fly ball hit by Cobb Gazelle sprints over, and makes the catch One up, one down for Dead Ball Era So that brings up Joe Jackson the Dead Ball Era left fielder Jackson is one of the best hitters around Kronside toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hays Kronside brings it to the plate Jackson starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Kronside walks him John McGraw will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Zack Wheat steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Knowles Wheat is batting .237 on the year .385 as a pinch hitter Zack has 1 home run as a pinch hitter The Ghosts are down to their last 2 outs Zack Wheat is due up next Wheat grips the bat handle Wheat waits for the pitch Knowles goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Jackson He lobs one to Potpie... Jackson is back easily... We're ready again Now Knowles comes home The Whiff! Knowles punches Wheat out! That's two away Rhody is now batting Hays flashes the sign... Knowles shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Knowles checks Jackson on first... The 0-1 delivery Bounding ball to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 And that will do it for Dead Ball Era FOFC wins 9 to 7 Nielsen gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Bender takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeff Nights He was 3 for 3 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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GAME 76 - JUNE 22 - RADIO BROADCAST
Welcome to Shadowball Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between Negro League II and FOFC The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in Negro League II Jeff Nights to lead it off for FOFC The southpaw Mathis' delivery Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Nights swings way over it He was fooled completely Santop loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Jeff as he was heading for the dugout One up, one down for FOFC So that brings up A. J. Tucker the FOFC left fielder Tucker is batting .299 with 2 HR's this year Mathis ready quickly, looks in for the sign Now ready, here it is... Swung on and hit sharply to short Brown plays it on one bounce Over to Davis... Out of there! Two up, two down The center fielder, Gerald Gazelle, is up next Gazelle scuffs up the lines around the box Gazelle waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Mathis winds and delivers There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Gazelle No chance for either Brown or Poles That one had base hit written all over it A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie is batting .286 with 19 homers this year The umpire says let's go Potpie is ready Mathis' 2 strike pitch... Mathis' fastball is ripped toward short Brown can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Gazelle 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 Persimmon Pflaggstettler Now here's Pflaggstettler Mathis gets the sign, it's one he likes Mathis brings it to the plate Pflaggstettler swings awkwardly... strike three Mathis took something off of that breaking ball He had Pflaggstettler way out in front That's it for FOFC here in the top of the 1st They leave 2 runners stranded Negro League II has no runs, no hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively In the outfield from left to right Tucker in left... Gazelle in center... And Pflaggstettler in right The infield, third to first Fouts will play the hot corner Nights is at short Over at second, Treacy and at first base Potpie Hunter gets the nod as starter The backstop is Hays Negro League II left fielder, Spotswood Poles, will lead off Poles is hitting .274 against righties Poles is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Hunter He's waiting for the pitch He brings it home In the dirt And Poles holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning The Twos' center fielder is up next Negro League II has 1 on board with no outs Poles takes his lead Hunter adjusts his cap... Now he's set It's coming down the pike Base hit to right for Wright Third base coach Willie Randolph thinks he can make it... Here comes Poles... The throw is cut off... That holds Wright at first Taking his lead is Wright The runner can't seem to get a good lead Next up is Willard Brown, the Negro League II shortstop On-deck is Jud Wilson... He'll be followed by Louis Santop Brown is one of the best hitters around Hunter looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The pitch to Brown... Brown smacks a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined straight to third Fouts just got his glove up in time It saved his skin and a run! One down... Jud Wilson is due up next Let's see what happens now Negro League II third baseman, Jud Wilson, is up next Wilson has 32 doubles this year Wilson waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the righthander's delivery Drilled on the ground to second Treacy grabs it Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 Owen Hunter holds the Twos scoreless in the first Harry Hays stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Mathis adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Santop Here's the pitch Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Hays hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into left for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Dan Fouts, the third baseman, strides to the plate Fouts is at .235 on the season Mathis adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Santop And the delivery by Mathis Curveball, well throw, inside... Dan Fouts swings... Lofts a high fly... Going deep... Is there enough room for Hill?... This one may be out of here... There she goes!! A two-run shot by Dan Fouts FOFC with the tie-breaker! That's home run number 8 for Dan Fouts FOFC ahead 2 to 0 Settling in at the plate is Treacy Mathis is making his 18th start of the season The lefty Mathis delivers Treacy starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Mathis walks him Hunter fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Hunter squares around Hunter bunts it foul for the third strike... That's a strikeout! Treacy at first, one away Nights is ready for the pitch Negro League II is set up for two Mathis steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here comes the cripple pitch There's a drive to Wild Bill Wright Wild Bill charges in He makes the running catch That's the second out of the inning With a runner at first and two outs Tucker walks to the plate Mathis wastes no time He has the sign from Santop Now Verdell delivers Dribbler in front of home Taken by Santop His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 2-3 That ends the top of the 2nd 2 runs, 2 hits, no errors and one man left on base After 1 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 2 Santop is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Santop steps out of the box... Looks towards Willie Randolph for a sign The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... Hunter kicks and fires Right down the middle... strike three Santop must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch With one down, up next is Pete Hill To be followed by Sam Bankhead Pete Hill steps in now for the Twos The All Stars lead in this one, 2-zip Hunter looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Owen has to bear down now... The wind-up, the 3-1 delivery... Here's a curveball, up in the zone... It's juiced to deep center There goes Gazelle after it Racing hard... Reaching... Can't get it... It was just out of his reach! He chases it to the fence Hill around first, coasts into second As the throw comes in late Score that a two bagger Twos' second baseman Bankhead is up next One out, man on second Owen is ready Way ahead in the count Hunter turns the 0-2 pitch loose Fastball, belt high, away... Bankhead goes after it... There's a fly ball to Gazelle Gazelle is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run FOFC leads 2 to 0 with two away this inning While Verdell Mathis heads for the on deck circle Piper Davis makes his way to the plate We'll see how they pitch to Davis Hunter has the sign from Hays Owen rocks and fires The Whiff on the "high cheese"! So Negro League II leaves a runner down at second FOFC leads by 2 We will be right back... Gerald Gazelle up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Mathis likes the sign The Twos' hurler winds and delivers Fastball... Gazelle jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Wright after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Wild Bill Wright! With one gone FOFC will have Jeeberoni Potpie coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Planting his right foot Potpie is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Potpie Before getting ready Potpie checks out the defensive alignment Jeeberoni seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now The southpaw Mathis' delivery on the 0-2 pitch There's a fly ball to Pete Hill Hill circles under it... He makes the play That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean and Japanese League have yet to score AL Pre WWII is on top of Turn of Century 2 to 0 Dead Ball Era is beating NL Post WWII 5 to 1 McGinnity comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era AL Post WWII and Left Outs are all knotted at 2 Late 20th is on top of NL Pre WWII 5 to 3 Old Timers is edging Negro League I 2 to 1 Ewing has hit his 3rd homerun for Old Timers Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate Pflaggstettler is hitting .308 with 12 homeruns Persimmon also has 12 doubles and 5 triples And has driven in a total of 47 runs Pflaggstettler waiting on the delivery The southpaw delivers the 3-2 pitch Curveball... Pflaggstettler swings at it... Hits a high fly to deep center Wright bolting after it... It is carrying all the way to the fence Wright jumps for it... IT CAROMS OFF THE fence!! Pflaggstettler heading for second... Here's the strong throw It's on the money... Bankhead blocks it in front of him... Pflaggstettler is safe! That will be scored a double Next up is Harry Hays, the FOFC catcher Harry is 1 for 1 this summer evening He's batting .323 on the season Hays is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mathis He's waiting for the pitch The pitch is on the way Curve in the dirt... and Hays holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Hays will take first on the walk Number 1 today for Hays Fouts is up now for FOFC Fouts' bat has been very quiet so far this season In 116 at bats, he is only batting .241 His OBP is also a dismal .290 Fouts waits for the pitch After checking the runners Here comes the pitch A slider by Mathis Fouts gets good wood on it... Wright back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's the third out of the inning FOFC continues to leave runners aboard They have stranded 5 so far today But, they still lead by 2 Verdell Mathis, Spotswood Poles, and Wild Bill Wright are the scheduled hitters It's the bottom of the 3rd... All Stars lead the Twos, 2-0 Hays flashes the sign to Hunter Now Owen delivers Grounded towards the bag Potpie to Hunter covering first Score It: 3-1 One down for Negro League II Spotswood Poles is still in the on-deck circle and Wild Bill Wright is looking for a bat in the dugout Spotswood Poles plants his left foot The lefthanded left fielder for Negro League II appears set And Owen studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it The righthander delivers A sharp breaking curve... Poles was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Gazelle turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Spotswood Poles can touch them all Slowly coming up is Wright for Negro League II He is finally in the batter's box FOFC leads 2 to 1 Wild Bill takes a couple of practice cuts Wright waits Hunter brings it to the plate There's a routine pop by Wright Treacy moves under it and makes the catch That's two away With two out Batting for Negro League II now is Brown Brown steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Willard is 0 for 1 today Hunter rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Now to the belt, here it is... Big bender... Swung on... Brown pops it straight up Three players converging on it And it will be Nights making the play That's it for Negro League II Here at Shadowball Stadium, After 3 innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors While Negro League II has one run, 3 hits and no errors Negro League II has left 1 on base FOFC has stranded 5 Treacy saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Treacy, a switch-hitter, batting right-handed against the lefty Verdell Mathis Mathis shakes off two signs Now he's ready Verdell is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Comebacker, right to Mathis Over to Davis for the easy out So one up and one gone One out, nobody on base Owen Hunter is the batter Hunter grips the bat handle Hunter looks very intent... He stares down at Mathis... Cocks his bat The lefthander Mathis comes home with it STRIKE THREE, CALLED! And there's two away Nights coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Looking for his first hit today Nights is 0 for 2 Nights gets set for the pitch The southpaw delivers It's a routine fly into center Wright ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Wright grabs it for the out That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 2-1, FOFC Wilson steps up to the plate for Negro League II It's the bottom of the 4th here at Shadowball Stadium FOFC leads 2 to 1 Wilson swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Hunter Hays flashes the sign... Hunter waves it off... Now he's happy Now the delivery, here is is... Swung on and popped up Treacy is waiting... And that's an easy out Negro League II with one away Hunter steps off the mound as he waits for Louis Santop to come to the plate Coming up for Negro League II is Louis Santop Nobody on base, one out Louis is batting .298 in 215 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Pete Hill Hunter wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Hunter brings it to the plate A hot shot on the ground to Nights He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Santop is out That's the second out of the inning Negro League II trails by 1 They need a win They are 7th in the standings 19.5 games out Pete Hill will step in to face Hunter next If he gets on, Sam Bankhead will follow Pete is hitting at .289 on the year He has 82 hits in 284 at bats This includes 21 doubles, 7 triples 6 home runs and 38 RBI's Owen gets the sign from Hays Hunter's righthanded delivery... Hill swings on a ball in on his fists It results in a pop up to second Treacy is under it... A few steps to his right... One hands it for the out Hill looked bad on that pitch We head to the 5th... The score is still FOFC 2, Twos 1 A. J. Tucker, Gerald Gazelle, and Jeeberoni Potpie are due up A. J. is in the midst of a 12 game hitting streak It has upped his average to .297 He grounded out his last at bat 0 for 2 so far this evening Looking to continue his streak Verdell looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here is the 1-2 pitch Sinking line drive Caught by Willard Brown One out Due up next is Gerald Gazelle Gerald Gazelle will make his way to home plate He's the center fielder for FOFC Gazelle is at .275 on the season Mathis tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's the 2 strike offering Curve in the dirt... and Gazelle holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Santop asks the first base ump's opinion He says Gazelle went around Strike three, swinging Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 1 FOFC firstsacker, Jeeberoni Potpie will be up next The All Stars, like all teams, like to see a lot of offensive production out of their firstbasemen Certainly, Potpie has not disappointed Mathis looks down at Santop for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants And the lefthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... It's popped behind home plate Santop throws down his mask He's running back At the screen... The wind blows it... Right back to him Jeeberoni Potpie is out We head to the bottom of the 5th here in Negro League II Still 2-1, FOFC Hays fires the ball down to Nights He starts it around the infield To Treacy, Potpie And then to Fouts walking it over to Hunter Bankhead steps in to face the righthander Here we go in the bottom of the 5th Owen Hunter steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Hunter rocks and fires The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Bankhead swung, that's strike three Bankhead isn't happy at all with that call One away... Potpie is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Fouts also... Now they return to their positions Nobody on base, one away Davis steps into the batter's box Davis is 0 for 1 today, with 1 strike outs Hunter steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Hunter is into his windup Here's the pitch Extra base hit to center for Davis Gerald Gazelle is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up Mathis strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Hunter is happy with the sign And the cripple pitch... Base hit to right for Mathis Willie Randolph is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Davis scores! Poles coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Mathis on first, with one away Poles is at .303 on the season Hunter has the sign he wants Righthander Hunter's delivery Base hit to left for Poles Third base coach Willie Randolph thinks he can make it... Here comes Mathis... The throw is cut off... That holds Poles at first Poles takes a walking lead Slow curve... Hays has it... It's a delayed steal... There he goes Hays takes it He double clutches... But then fires a missile... On the money... Poles is out by a mile Wild Bill Wright steps into the box Hunter stares in Here's the delivery Grounded towards the sack Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 And that will do it for Negro League II Here's the right fielder Pflaggstettler To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Harry Hays And then Dan Fouts Pflaggstettler adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Persimmon is 1 for 2 this evening Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch We've got a full count... Mathis winds and fires... Slider, down and away... Pflaggstettler reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Wilson is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Poles is hustling after it... Pflaggstettler with the big turn... The throw from Poles goes into second And Pflaggstettler holds at first Harry Hays shows bunt And lays it down right to Jud Wilson Wilson looks at second But passes up a sure force play He fires to first to retire Hays But Pflaggstettler moves up FOFC was in luck that time... Credit Harry Hays with a sacrifice One gone for FOFC Fouts heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Fouts is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .239 on the year A count of two balls, two strikes on Fouts Mathis fires Struck him out on a terrible pitch That bounced in front of the plate! and Fouts couldn't hold up his swing! Almost broke his back trying though... FOFC with one more chance to take the lead One on, two out, score tied FOFC is 8 and 2 in their last ten games Two outs, Pflaggstettler at second Treacy is ready Treacy is 0 for 1 today Mathis is slow to get ready He has a 4.01 ERA this year Now he's ready The southpaw Mathis' delivery Great change up... Treacy out in front... Gets a piece of it... It's a shallow fly towards Wright Wright charges, dives for it... He has it... Fine catch by the center fielder That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 5 and a half innings Negro League II has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors FOFC has left 6 stranded Negro League II has failed to bring home 3 Willard Brown, Jud Wilson and Louis Santop will be the first three men to face the pitcher Owen Hunter We are in the bottom of the 6th Hunter looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Hunter winds Kicks the left leg high... Curve ball... Brown swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! One up, one down for Negro League II Jud "Boojum" Wilson, the hard nosed third baseman with extra base power, is approaching the plate Owen peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Owen winds... kicks... and delivers Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Wilson! Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Hunter Next up is Louis Santop, the Negro League II catcher... If he gets on, Pete Hill would bat next Santop is 0 for 2 today Louis grounded out last time around Santop waits for the delivery Here's the 1-2 offering Struck him out on a fastball Santop goes down swinging That wraps up the inning for Negro League II Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean is on top of Japanese League 2 to 0 Mendez battling Inao Turn of Century and AL Pre WWII are all knotted at 2 Dead Ball Era is beating NL Post WWII 6 to 2 Speaker has hit his 11th homerun for Dead Ball Era AL Post WWII is beating Left Outs 6 to 2 Late 20th is in front of NL Pre WWII 7 to 4 Old Timers is edging Negro League I 2 to 1 Ewing has hit his 3rd homerun for Old Timers And in our matchup We're all tied up at 2 Barrett Blade leads off for FOFC Jeff Nights and A. J. Tucker will follow FOFC will be looking to score one to take the lead We are late in the game Blade taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Blade waits patiently Here's the southpaw's delivery Change-up, Blade is looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Wright racing back... At the warning track... Waits... Leaps... Off the fence! Wright chases it down Firing a strong throw back in They'll never get Blade The slide... In there! It's a double for Barrett Blade Nights looks to lay one down Nights lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Nights might beat it out... Fielded by J.Wilson the throw to first... close play... SAFE, Nights beat it out! Blade takes third A. J. Tucker steps in Nights at first, Blade at third, no one out Tucker has hit 6 triples this year Tucker cocks his bat The runners stretch out to their leads He's into the stretch Checks Nights at first Quick throw! He has to dive back in!... SAFE!... Close play Davis tosses it back to Mathis Now here's the pitch Base hit to left for Tucker Blade scores Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Nights will stay at second Gazelle fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Gazelle saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gazelle gets set He's 1 for 3 so far Gerald stands with bat ready Mathis checks the runners Nubber to short Taken by Brown Over to second for one They might turn it . . . Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Nights takes third The runner on first, Tucker, is out One down for FOFC... Wilson calls time as he comes to the mound to have a word with the pitcher I'm sure he wants Mathis to bear down And not worry about the runners Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie The first baseman is walking to the plate Runners on the corners... only one out Persimmon Pflaggstettler is heading for the on-deck circle FOFC up by 1 Potpie looks down toward the third base coach Mathis is on the third-base side of the rubber... The lefthander delivers A high hopper to short Brown boots the ball! Score It: E6 Nights scores from third! Gazelle takes second Potpie to first And the batter is Persimmon Pflaggstettler One down here in the top of the 7th Gazelle is down at second Potpie is kicking the dirt up at first He's ready to set sail If Pflaggstettler can get a hit FOFC leads 4 to 2 A single could score Gazelle... FOFC has 2 runs already this inning Mathis studies his sign Verdell checks the runners Here's the 1-2 offering Nubber to third Taken by Wilson Throws to second He's out To first Not in time! Score It: 5-4 Gazelle takes third The runner on first, Potpie, is out That's out number two Twos' pitching coach, Donnie Moore, is out to talk with Mathis Hays moseys up to the plate Dan Fouts is heading for the on-deck circle Hays has managed a .385 average against lefthanders this year Hays is ready Mathis rocks and fires Hays swings and lifts one toward right Hill drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's all she wrote for this inning FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and no errors While Negro League II has 2 runs, 6 hits and one error FOFC has left 8 baserunners stranded today It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Here's the right fielder Hill To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Sam Bankhead And then Piper Davis Hill has a .276 average against righthanders this season The umpire says let's go Hill is ready Here's the 3-2 pitch Changeup down low... Hill makes contact and hits one out to right Persimmon Pflaggstettler is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Fozborg One down for Negro League II Sam Bankhead is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League II Bankhead is up now for Negro League II Fozborg adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Here's the 3-1 offering The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Bankhead held up, and draws a walk Fozborg isn't happy at all with that call Now up in the Negro League II seventh will be Piper Davis Piper seems to always make contact He rarely strikes out A good man for the hit and run Davis waits He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Bankhead dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg Now here's the pitch Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Piper looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! That's the second out of the inning Up for the Twos will be Dick Lundy... He'll pinch hit for Verdell Mathis Spotswood Poles is due to follow Dick Lundy steps into the box Fozborg asks for a new ball Rubs it down... Now he steps on the rubber Here's the righthander's delivery It bounces in front of the plate and gets by Hays Bankhead moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch Dick Lundy steps into the box Time is called... Lundy has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Lundy is poised and ready for the pitch Fozborg brings it to the plate A curve is wide... But swung on and missed! Strike three! That is 2 on the evening for Fozborg That is the third out for Negro League II here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 34646 Max Manning will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Max has appeared in 38 games this season with a record of 8-6 In 79 innings, he has an 5.61 ERA Verdell Mathis has finished his work here this evening First up for FOFC in the top of the 8th is Fouts against Manning The FOFC third baseman will be followed by Sirr Fozborg and Barrett Blade FOFC ahead 4 to 2 Max Manning steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Manning brings it to the plate It is a slow change... Fouts' not at all fooled He hits it squarely... It is heading out to right-center almost on a line... Very well hit ball by Dan Wright is running after it... He hopes to play it off the fence Not this ball... it is... GONE! Fozborg finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box The right-hander Manning is set to deliver to Fozborg Manning is into his windup Here's the pitch Fozborg hits a fly ball to left Spotswood Poles camps under it He's got it One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is still in the on-deck circle and Jeff Nights is looking for a bat in the dugout Facing Manning now is Blade Jeff Nights heads to the on deck circle A. J. Tucker waits in the hole Max looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The righthander Manning's delivery Blade hits a pop into short left field Wilson sprints out Poles and Wright sprint towards the infield Spotswood Poles sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Nights steps in Blade's trying to rattle Max Manning by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Jeff is hitting at .281 on the year He has 76 hits in 270 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter... Jeff has scored 42 runs on the season Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Bankhead comes in a couple steps Yells something to Manning The delivery Fastball down low... Nights swings and hits one out to left Spotswood Poles is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Manning Blade trots back to first Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Max Manning watches Blade As he moves away from the bag Inside slider... Tucker ducks down... And there goes Blade! Here's the peg... Here's the catch, the tag... SAFE, Blade slides around the tag by Brown Give him a stolen base A. J. Tucker steps into the box Max gets the sign from Santop The righthander Manning delivers Line drive to first CAUGHT by a diving Davis! A cross-over step, then he lunged for it Impressive play by the Negro League II first baseman! That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 7 and a half innings FOFC has 5 runs, 11 hits and no errors While Negro League II has 2 runs, 6 hits and one error FOFC has left 9 stranded Negro League II has failed to bring home 4 Poles 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 Spotswood is batting .306 with 6 home runs on the season He is 2 for 2 today Fozborg steps on the rubber Fozborg fires Curve ball... Poles swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! One gone for Negro League II Wild Bill Wright is up next for Negro League II One out, bottom of the 8th FOFC on top 5 to 2 Willard Brown is on deck Wild Bill will be facing the right-handed Fozborg from the left side of the plate 8 of his 11 home runs are against righties Wright is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Fozborg He's waiting for the pitch Sirr comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Pounded on the ground to the mound Fozborg grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 Two up, two down for Negro League II Willard Brown, the shortstop, strides to the plate Brown is batting .250 with 7 round trippers in 1900 Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Here's the 2 strike pitch Slow ground ball Potpie is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Fozborg gets rid of the Twos quickly in the 8th... They go 1-2-3 After 8 full innings of play, it's 5-2 All Stars The FOFC center fielder, Gazelle, will lead off He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler Gazelle is at .268 on the season Manning squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Manning brings it to the plate Knee high fastball... Gazelle hits a deep fly... Hill retreating to the fence... He times his leap... He's got it! That's one away Jeeberoni Potpie will be coming up Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat Potpie grips the bat handle Max is set to go... a quick look toward Santop again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag FOFC's clean-up hitter is waiting Manning has allowed 6 taters to righties this year And 5 when facing lefties Manning winds and delivers Potpie fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of short Brown is over quickly Easy out That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard These scores are final... Caribbean squeezed by Japanese League 2 to 0 AL Pre WWII edged out Turn of Century 7 to 6 Dead Ball Era gets an easy win over NL Post WWII 8 to 2 AL Post WWII spanked Left Outs 7 to 2 Jenkins takes the loss, his record drops to 7-4 Feller the winner, he's now 7-10 Late 20th cuffed NL Pre WWII 7 to 4 Negro League I downed Old Timers 4 to 2 Torriente has hit his 9th homerun for Negro League I Persimmon Pflaggstettler will get a crack at Manning next Harry Hays would be up next... But only if Pflaggstettler can reach safely Persimmon steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Pflaggstettler hit into a force play last time up and now is 2 for 4 Pflaggstettler awaits the delivery Manning leans back and fires It's a routine fly into center Wright ranges over and reaches up This should wrap-up the inning... It's in the bank The All Stars are gone in the 9th... they get No runs, no hits and no errors... We head to the bottom of the 9th... FOFC on top 5 to 2 Negro League II will send up Jud Wilson, Louis Santop and Pete Hill to face Knowles They'll try to get something going here in the bottom of the 9th Wilson goes through his routine of settling in Hays flashes the sign... Knowles waves it off... Now he's happy With a 1-1 count, the pitch Fastball... Wilson 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! FOFC gets the first out of the inning The catcher, Louis Santop will be up next for Negro League II Santop has 6 doubles this year Bo is ready The pitch is on the way Santop swings and lines it on the nose to right Pflaggstettler picks it up on one bounce Flips it in to second Santop rounds first and holds with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball that he was just "sitting" on Now batting will be Pete Hill The right fielder is walking to the plate One on... one out FOFC leads Negro League II by 3 runs Bo gets the sign from Hays The southpaw's 2-0 delivery It's a rainbow shot toward right Pflaggstettler reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch Two down Sam Bankhead is up next Negro League II's second baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Sam is batting .291 with 2 home runs on the season He is 0 for 2 today The left-hander Knowles is now ready Knowles checks Santop on first... The 3-2 delivery Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Bankhead looks at strike three And that will do it for Negro League II FOFC wins 5 to 2 Hunter gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Mathis takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Dan Fouts He was 2 for 4 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Negro League II. Last edited by Breeze : 09-24-2007 at 09:47 PM. |
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GAME 77 - June 23 - Radio Broadcast
Welcome to Shadowball Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between Negro League II and FOFC The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in Negro League II A. J. Tucker to lead it off for FOFC The 2-2 offering... Sinking fastball... Tucker swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wilson... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One up, one down for FOFC Jeff Nights will make his way to home plate He's the shortstop for FOFC Right-hander Brewer prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Nights The righthander Brewer delivers Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Brown... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Chet Brewer retires the first two batters in order Up now for FOFC is Pflaggstettler Two away, nobody on Brewer steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Chet will have to come in with this 3-0 delivery It's on its way... Pflaggstettler hits a long drive It's hooking down the left field line If it's fair, it's out of here... It goes FOUL! . . . Pflaggstettler back in the box And here comes the next pitch The pitch is just inside and Pflaggstettler holds up Santop points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Persimmon trots down to first... ball four Jeeberoni Potpie moves in to face Brewer 1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 1st Potpie is batting .284 with 19 HR's this year Santop flashes the sign... Brewer shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Chet rocks and fires That's ball four Potpie will trot down to first Pflaggstettler is now down on second Palmer now at the plate K. A. Ton waits on deck Palmer swinging from the right side facing the righty Brewer He cocks his bat and awaits the pay-off pitch The runners are poised to go... Here's the righthander's delivery Low and inside... ball four Palmer gets a free ticket to first That loads them up for K. A. Ton K. A. Ton is coming to the plate Santop flashes the sign... Brewer waves it off... Now he's happy It's coming down the pike Liner drilled to right Pete Hill trying to get to it He can't catch up to it! It's a single for Ton Pflaggstettler scores from third! Potpie scores from second! Palmer takes third Billy Bullock will get a crack at Brewer next Sean Treacy would be up next... But only if Bullock can reach safely Before getting ready Bullock checks out the defensive alignment The umpire says let's go Bullock is ready Brewer's 3-0 pitch... That's hit down the line IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . WILL IT STAY FAIR??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Bullock back in the box And here comes the next pitch Fastball... just inside That'll be ball four and a walk That loads them up for FOFC FOFC second baseman, Sean Treacy, is up next Treacy taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready The bat is cocked Brewer brings it to the plate The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Treacy swung, that's strike three Treacy isn't happy at all with that call So the bases are left full of All Stars Treacy fails to bring them home As we go to the bottom of the inning, FOFC leads 2 to 0 Al Mighty is walking slowly to the mound Spotswood Poles is still taking some practice cuts... Mighty finishes his warm-up tosses Bullock fires one down to Treacy Poles steps in... Negro League II will get their first shot against Al We'll see how they pitch to Poles He's ready Now Al delivers Poles fights one off his fists It's a slow roller to third Palmer is in quickly Nice throw to first Spotswood beats it out He really gets down that line! Up next for the Twos The center fielder, Wild Bill Wright On-deck is Louis Santop To be followed by Willard Brown Wright is hitting .314 with 11 homeruns Wild Bill also has 16 doubles and 5 triples And has driven in a total of 48 runs Wright waits Now Al delivers Curve painting the inside corner Swung on... Bounced right to the mound Fielded, the throw to 2nd... They get the force for the out FOFC gets the first out of the inning Now batting will be Louis Santop The catcher is walking to the plate One on... one out FOFC leads Negro League II by 2 runs Santop has a .314 average against lefthanders He is .298 overall Mighty adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Treacy comes in a couple steps Yells something to Mighty The delivery Santop hits a screamer at Deacon Palmer Palmer picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play That's it for Negro League II in the bottom of the 1st FOFC still leads by 2 It's FOFC with 2, Negro League II zip Al Mighty stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Mighty wiggles the bat above his head Brewer gets the sign, it's one he likes And the delivery by Brewer Long fly to center Wright has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Mighty is retired on a fairly deep fly One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is still in the on-deck circle and Jeff Nights is looking for a bat in the dugout Walking up to the plate now is Tucker Jeff Nights waits on deck Tucker is 0 for 1 on the day He looks around at the Negro League II infield O'Neil is kicking the dirt at first Wilson is even with the bag at third Bankhead and Brown are ready with hands on knees at second and short Chet gets the sign from Santop Now the delivery, here is is... Tucker swings at a breaking ball... It's going to be in there for a hit... Wild Bill Wright is after it... Tucker is around first and on his way to second The throw is going to be late He will be in there for a stand-up double He is 1 for 2 now and has extended his hitting streak to 14 games The shortstop, Jeff Nights will be up next for FOFC So far this season Nights is hitting .279 when facing righthanded pitching Chet peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Here's his delivery Base hit to right for Nights Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Tucker scores! Trailing runner advances. Making his way up is Pflaggstettler Persimmon is hitting at .311 on the year He has 79 hits in 254 at bats This includes 13 doubles, 5 triples 12 home runs and 47 RBI's Brewer looks down at Santop for the sign Now he's ready The righthander delivers Pflaggstettler rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Pflaggstettler is around first, heading for two... Poles is up with it and fires it in quickly Persimmon pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the FOFC right fielder Persimmon also ups his hitting streak to 6 games! That is Pflaggstettler's 1st hit today Nights scores from second! Jeeberoni Potpie will face Brewer Righty against righty Potpie has a .302 average against righthanders this season Potpie waits for the delivery Brewer fires A curve is wide... But swung on and missed! Strike three! That is 2 on the evening for Brewer One more chance for FOFC this inning With two out Batting for FOFC now is Palmer Against righthanders Palmer is hitting .299 Brewer tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's the 0-1 offering Stroked to third Clean single for Palmer FOFC adds to their lead FOFC leads 5 to 0 Ton is ready to bat On first is Palmer He's not known for his speed Palmer will be running if it's hit Brewer studies his sign Brewer's righthanded delivery... Here's the change up... Waiting on it... Ton drives one over Wright's head... Wright backing up quickly... He's got his legs twisted... But he rights himself in time Wright recovers and makes the grab That's all for FOFC in the top of the 2nd They pick up 3 runs After 1 and a half innings, it's 5-0 FOFC Here's the shortstop Brown To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jud Wilson And then Buck O'Neil Brown is at .249 on the season Brown waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Mighty brings it home A slider by Mighty Brown gets good wood on it... Ton back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean and Japanese League are scoreless Turn of Century and AL Pre WWII are scoreless Joss and Faber currently dueling NL Post WWII is on top of Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 AL Post WWII is in front of Left Outs 3 to 0 Late 20th and NL Pre WWII are tied at 1 Mize has hit his 9th homerun for NL Pre WWII Negro League I and Old Timers have yet to score Settling in at the plate is Wilson Wilson can't seem to get settled at the plate Wilson waiting on the delivery The lefty Mighty delivers Wilson skies one very high The ball drifts a bit Treacy calls for it Puts it away! That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Buck O'Neil to get a new bat Let's point out that Negro League II is 3 and 7 in their last ten games O'Neil coming up for Negro League II Nobody on, two away O'Neil swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Mighty Buck is set for the pitch The lefthander winds and delivers Hard slider... And O'Neil takes it right down the middle Strike three called That ends the inning After 2 innings, FOFC leads by 5 FOFC will send Bullock, Sean Treacy, and Al Mighty to face Chet Brewer this inning Billy Bullock is hitting .262 this year against righthanded pitchers The right-hander Brewer is set to deliver to Bullock He brings it home Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Bullock swings way over it He was fooled completely Santop loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Billy as he was heading for the dugout And there's one away And it brings up Sean Treacy On deck is Al Mighty A. J. Tucker in the hole Brewer is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Brewer looks in... Now he's ready We've got a full count... Brewer winds and fires... Did he hold up his swing? YES! It's a walk Mighty fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Mighty squares around He bunts the ball . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by B.O'Neil he's throwing for the lead runner... SAFE! Sac & Fielders Choice Treacy takes second Mighty to first A. J. Tucker, the FOFC center fielder, steps into the batter's box FOFC ahead 5 to 0 He has a chance here to drive home at least one 1st and 2nd, one man down Santop flashes the sign to Brewer Chet checks the runners... Steps off the mound... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Grounder topped to short Brown grabs it Throws to second He's out Could be two . . . Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Treacy takes third The runner on first, Mighty, is out That's two away So with 2 on and 2 outs the All Stars send their shortstop, Jeff Nights, up to face Brewer Good-hitting Persimmon Pflaggstettler is waiting in the on-deck circle Nights has hit 7 home runs this year Brewer looks down at Santop for the sign Now he's ready... Chet is obviously concerned Into the stretch... He looks over at Treacy, now at Tucker Now the pitch He is way out in front STRIKE THREE swinging Brewer had him fishing as he pulled the string on that pitch That's the third out of the inning FOFC continues to leave runners aboard They have stranded 6 so far today But, they still lead by 5 Bankhead is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Watching Mighty, Bankhead wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Mighty steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The pitch to Bankhead... A sharp breaking curve... Bankhead was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Pflaggstettler turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Sam Bankhead can touch them all Pete Hill steps in against Mighty Left-hander against left-hander Against lefthanders Hill is hitting .309 this season Waiting for the pitch is Hill The southpaw delivers Grounder topped to the mound Mighty comes up with it Over to first NOT IN TIME! That's an infield hit for Hill! The announcer introduces Dick Lundy He'll pinch hit for Chet Brewer Benton Breeze trots out to talk to Mighty Righties hit Al at a .231 clip On the other hand... Lundy has a .200 average against left handers Lundy steps in Hill's trying to rattle Al Mighty by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Lundy has a .200 average against lefties Lundy awaits the delivery The stretch... the 3-1 delivery Lundy raps a hard grass-cutter toward third Palmer takes two steps to his left Scoops it up... Over to second for one Back to first... Not in time! Speed on the bases helped Negro League II there One away in the bottom of the 3rd for Negro League II The left fielder, Spotswood Poles, is up next Poles is one of the best hitters around Mighty likes the sign Mighty goes into his stretch... Looks over at Lundy Fires to Potpie... Lundy is back easily... We're ready again Now Mighty comes home Base hit to left for Poles Willie Randolph puts up the stop sign... Lundy will stay at second Mighty looks down at Wright as he steps in Wild Bill is ready to go Wright is batting .313 with 11 homers this year Wright is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Here's the 3-1 pitch Base hit to left for Wright Willie Randolph is windmilling the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Louis Santop makes his way to home plate Santop gets set He's 0 for 1 so far Left-hander Al Mighty prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Santop Mighty stretches, checks his runners The pitch... There's the heater... Strike three swinging! Santop will take his seat While Jud Wilson heads for the on deck circle Willard Brown makes his way to the plate Two men on, two men out Mighty is on the third-base side of the rubber... Mighty checks the runners Hot shot grounded to second Taken by Treacy Over to second for the force Score It: 4-6 The runner on first, Wright, is out That wraps up the inning for Negro League II So After 3 innings FOFC has 5 runs, 5 hits and no errors While Negro League II has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors Negro League II has left 2 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 Max Manning will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Max has appeared in 39 games this season He has a record of 8-6 in 81 innings His ERA stands at 5.58 The FOFC right fielder, Pflaggstettler, will lead off He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie And then Deacon Palmer Max looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The pitch is on the way Base hit to right for Pflaggstettler Pete Hill is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Slowly coming up is Potpie for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC leads 5 to 2 Manning adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Santop The stretch... the delivery Base hit to left for Potpie Pflaggstettler is being held at second by Dick Howser Pflaggstettler will stay at second Palmer fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on So with 2 on and no outs FOFC sends their third baseman, Deacon Palmer, up to face Manning Hard-hitting K. A. Ton is walking towards the on-deck circle Palmer steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Deacon is 1 for 1 today Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready The pitch is on the way STRIKE THREE! He swung on a ball that was in the dirt Palmer was overanxious up there That was almost a wild pitch One down for FOFC K. A. Ton is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC The left fielder, K. A. Ton is up for the All Stars We are in the top of the 4th With 2 RBI's in the game Ton has 16 on the season Ton awaits the pitch Max checks the runners Steps off the mound Again he's into the stretch The pitch Ton swings It's way back there . . . Going . . .going K. A. got robbed! Beautiful catch by Poles K. A. just missed by inches That hurts One more chance for FOFC this inning Bullock is up now for FOFC Manning rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Pflaggstettler on second, Potpie on first They're dancing off the bags Here's the 2 strike offering Bullock swings awkwardly... strike three Manning took something off of that breaking ball He had Bullock way out in front That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Tiant Sr. battling Bessho Turn of Century and AL Pre WWII are scoreless Joss and Faber currently dueling NL Post WWII slipping by Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 Aaron has hit his 19th homerun for NL Post WWII AL Post WWII is destroying Left Outs 11 to 0 Late 20th and NL Pre WWII are deadlocked at 1 Negro League I is edging Old Timers 1 to 0 Leading off for the Twos is the third baseman Wilson He'll be followed by Buck O'Neil And then Sam Bankhead Wilson is 0 for 1 today Jud popped out last time up Mighty is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Mighty gets the sign from Bullock Mighty rocks and fires Jud Wilson offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Wilson couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Deacon Palmer for the out Wilson never even left the batter's box With one down, up next is Buck O'Neil To be followed by Sam Bankhead O'Neil moseys up to the plate Sam Bankhead is heading for the on-deck circle FOFC leads 5 to 2 Mighty is ready quickly The lefthander delivers O'Neil lifts a flyball towards K. A. Ton Ton seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Ton stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Ton Two down Mighty retires the first two Negro League II batters Up next for the Twos Sam Bankhead, the second baseman... If he gets on, Pete Hill would bat next Bankhead grips the bat handle Sam steadies his bat And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch Mighty will try to get Bankhead to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Bankhead hits a screamer at Deacon Palmer Palmer picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Bankhead is out! Nice play by Potpie The Twos go down in order... After 4 full innings, it's 5-2 All Stars Here's Sean Treacy leading off Al Mighty is on deck And A. J. Tucker is in the hole Treacy is at .270 on the season He is hitting .294 against righties Manning looks down at Santop for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Now to the belt, here it is... Treacy taps one on the ground Willard Brown charges in He boots it! He can't make the throw It'll be an error on Brown Negro League II has committed 1 error this evening Mighty squares to bunt He bunts it . . . It's popped up... Caught by J.Wilson He throws trying to double off the runner... DOUBLE PLAY! And there's two away So that brings up the top of the order A. J. Tucker will step in Max Manning is having a good year He is 11th in wins with 8 Now Manning is looking for a sign The pay-off pitch... High hard fastball, swung on... It's a grounder hammered at second... Bankhead is there... IT'S INTO RIGHT!!... It took a HIGH hop right over him! That's a single for Tucker Tucker moves away from first base... He has 14 stolen bases on the season Manning looks Tucker back He is unable to get his normal lead Two outs, with a man at first Nights is the next batter Nights is 1 for 3 today For the season, Jeff has 7 homers 21 doubles, and 1 triple He has scored 43 runs while driving in 36 Jeff seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now The pitch on the way, here it is... Bouncer in the hole Past Sam Bankhead into right field An opposite field hit! Tucker is rounding second... Third base coach Dick Howser has him hold up Two on, two outs... Pflaggstettler steps to the plate Pflaggstettler has 14 doubles this year Manning asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber Here's the 2 strike offering A drive to center Wright doesn't have to move He makes the catch Score It: 8 That does it for FOFC in the 5th They leave 2 on base 10 stranded so far today Hill will come up to lead off the bottom of the 5th Pete takes a couple of practice cuts Mighty looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Here's the 2 strike pitch Struck him out on a fastball Hill goes down swinging One away... Potpie is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Palmer also... Now they return to their positions Now batting will be Max Manning The pitcher is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC leads Negro League II by 3 runs Al Mighty steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The southpaw Mighty's delivery on the 2-2 pitch Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 100 on the season for Mighty Two away Making his way up is Poles He looks to third first Now he steps in The corners are playing in Poles is batting .309 with 6 round trippers in 1900 Poles awaits the delivery Al is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Checked swing Slow bouncer toward short Nights scrambles in Picks it up Flicks it quickly to Potpie SAFE! Who shot Spotswood out of a cannon?! Wild Bill Wright, the center fielder, strides to the plate FOFC leads 5 to 2 Mighty has the sign from Bullock Mighty goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Poles He lobs one to Potpie... Poles is back easily... We're ready again Now Mighty comes home Base hit to left for Wright Poles is being held at second by Willie Randolph Poles will stay at second Here's Louis Santop Santop is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Santop is waiting on the pitch The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander Base hit to right for Santop Willie Randolph will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Willard Brown is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board The outfield shades towards left for Brown Willard steadies his bat Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery He rips a grounder to the mound Taken by Mighty Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That's it for Negro League II FOFC has 5 runs, 9 hits and no errors While Negro League II has 3 runs, 8 hits and one error Negro League II has now left 4 runners stranded Potpie is walking to the plate Some in the crowd are razzing him He gives them a quick glance... Not smart! That has only encouraged them to get louder He should just let his bat answer back Potpie is hitting .305 against righties He's waiting on the pitch Still waiting... Now he steps out of the box... We have a game of cat and mouse going on OK, now we're ready to go as Potpie steps back in Righthander Manning's delivery Manning misses low on that one Potpie draws the walk Number 1 today by Manning Palmer digs in at the plate Ready now for Manning to come set Palmer is batting .316 with 4 HR's this year Max is ready Manning rocks and fires Palmer raps a hard grass cutter toward short Brown takes two steps to his left Scoops it up Over to second for one Back to first for the deuce! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean is in front of Japanese League 3 to 0 Tiant Sr. comfortably ahead for Caribbean Turn of Century and AL Pre WWII are scoreless Joss battling Faber NL Post WWII and Dead Ball Era are deadlocked at 2 Aaron has hit his 19th homerun for NL Post WWII AL Post WWII jumping all over Left Outs 14 to 0 Newhouser and AL Post WWII are on cruise control Late 20th is edging NL Pre WWII 5 to 4 Smoltz battling Rixey Negro League I is edging Old Timers 1 to 0 And in our contest FOFC on top 5 to 3 K. A. Ton, the left fielder, strides to the plate K. A. is 1 for 3 this summer evening He flied out in his last plate appearance After getting set, Ton waits on the pitch Max rocks and fires Fastball, over the plate... Ton turned that one around in a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... HOME RUN!!! That gives Ton 7 this year And 17 RBI's Facing Manning now is Bullock Barrett Blade heads to the on deck circle Al Mighty waits in the hole Santop flashes the sign to Manning Now ready, here it is... Ground ball to third Wilson comes up with it Over to first He just beat it out That brings up Barrett Blade, the second baseman Blade is at .240 on the season He is hitting .229 against righties Manning tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Bullock dives back in!... SAFE! O'Neil tosses it back to Manning Now here's the pitch Long fly ball to center field Wright is under it He's got it NO - HE DROPPED IT! Score It: E8 Bullock takes third Blade to second And now here's Al Mighty A. J. Tucker on deck... Two outs here in the top of the 6th Mighty is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in He's ready for the delivery Runners on second and third Manning takes the full windup The arm comes around... And the 2-2 pitch Mighty swings and lifts one toward right Hill drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's the third out of the inning FOFC continues to leave runners aboard They have stranded 12 so far today But, they still lead by 3 Wilson 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 Wilson is at .274 on the season Wilson awaits the pitch Here's the 1-0 offering Wilson hits a screamer at Barrett Blade Blade takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Potpie scoops it on one hop Wilson is out! Nice play by Potpie Negro League II with one away Mighty steps off the mound as he waits for Buck O'Neil to come to the plate O'Neil pounds the plate Now he stares out at Mighty O'Neil is 0 for 2 today Mighty steps on the rubber The pitch to O'Neil... O'Neil starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Mighty walks him Bankhead gets set at the plate Bankhead has hit 3 home runs this year Mighty has the sign from Bullock The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander Mighty's fastball is ripped toward first Potpie can't get to it! It is into the outfield... O'Neil 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 Bankhead and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Pete Hill Hill finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Pete is batting .287 with 6 home runs on the season He is 1 for 2 today Hill is set for the pitch Mighty brings it to the plate Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Bullock Bankhead dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Bankhead made it back That's the second out of the inning Negro League II trails by 3 They need a win They are 7th in the standings 20.5 games out We are going to have a pinch hitter Oliver Marcelle will bat for Max Manning It will be the righthand hitting, Marcelle against the lefty Mighty Marcelle is hitting southpaws for a .286 average Oliver Marcelle will get a crack at Mighty next Spotswood Poles would be up next... But only if Marcelle can reach safely Marcelle digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mighty Marcelle in the hole, 0-2 He brings it home Base hit to left for Marcelle O'Neil scores Third base coach Willie Randolph is motioning Bankhead to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Marcelle at first The left fielder, Poles, is ready to bat FOFC ahead 6 to 4 in the bottom of the 6th Poles, a switch-hitter, facing the left-handed Mighty Poles waits for the delivery The southpaw Mighty's delivery He rips a grounder to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the Twos in the 6th inning They get 1 run across We've played through six... The score, 6-4 All Stars Double-Duty Radcliffe will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Double-Duty has appeared in 38 games this season He has a record of 3-3 in 59 innings His ERA stands at 5.16 A. J. Tucker, Jeff Nights, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler are due up Radcliffe looks down at Santop for the sign Now he's ready... With a 0-1 count, the pitch Tucker goes after the change up... Swung on and slammed to right-center... Wright is going back, back... He hauls it in... nice catch One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Nights FOFC leading in the game Nights is 2 for 4 on the day He looks around at the Negro League II infield O'Neil is kicking the dirt at first Wilson is even with the bag at third Bankhead and Brown are ready with hands on knees at second and short Nights is waiting on the pitch Here's the righthander's windup and delivery Swung on and hit sharply to short Brown plays it on one bounce Over to O'Neil... Out of there! That's the second out of the inning Next up for FOFC is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Radcliffe likes the sign Here's the windup... and the pitch There's a fly ball to Pete Hill Hill circles under it... He makes the play That's it for FOFC Here at Shadowball Stadium, After 6 and a half innings, FOFC has 6 runs, 11 hits and no errors While Negro League II has 4 runs, 10 hits and 2 errors FOFC has left 12 on base Negro League II has stranded 6 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The center fielder Wright will lead off for the Twos He'll be followed by Louis Santop And then Willard Brown Mighty wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock The southpaw delivers Over the outside corner Wright hits the curve right to second... Blade takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Wright is out by a couple of steps One out Louis Santop is due up next Negro League II sends the catcher, Louis Santop, up to the plate And Al studies the sign from Bullock... Now he's got it Here's the southpaw's delivery Fastball... Santop jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep left There goes Tucker after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by A. J. Tucker! That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Mighty Willard Brown will be next up... Brown saunters to the plate FOFC leads by 2 We're in the bottom of the 7th Mighty asks for a new ball Rubs it down... Now he steps on the rubber The southpaw's 3-0 delivery Brown raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at first Potpie just got his glove up in time Great reflexes 1-2-3, nothing across... Here's the first baseman Potpie To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Deacon Palmer And then Gerald Gazelle Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers Radcliffe is happy with the sign Radcliffe brings it to the plate Swung on and hit on the nose to center Wright picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Potpie is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it Palmer heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Deacon comes to the plate batting .314 with 4 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today Palmer is set Radcliffe goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Potpie He lobs one to O'Neil... Potpie is back easily... We're ready again Now Radcliffe comes home Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Palmer is outta there One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean is giving it to Japanese League 5 to 0 Turn of Century and AL Pre WWII are deadlocked at 2 Joss battling Hoyt NL Post WWII and Dead Ball Era are tied at 2 Aaron has hit his 19th homerun for NL Post WWII AL Post WWII is running roughshod over Left Outs 14 to 3 Newhouser and AL Post WWII are on cruise control Late 20th slipping by NL Pre WWII 6 to 4 Molitor has hit his 2nd homerun for Late 20th Negro League I and Old Timers are tied at 1 Ewing has hit his 4th homerun for Old Timers And right here in Negro League II FOFC ahead 6 to 4 Gerald Gazelle steps into the box Radcliffe steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here's the righthander's delivery The pitch gets away from Radcliffe Santop can't handle it Charge a wild pitch to Radcliffe Gerald Gazelle steps into the box Gazelle has hit 10 home runs this year Radcliffe gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign Now Double-Duty delivers It's a fly ball to center Wright is on his horse Running with the crack of the bat And he tracks it down nicely! Potpie holds second Two gone for FOFC Bullock departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Bullock is taking his practice swings Billy is 1 for 3 this evening Bullock, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Radcliffe Radcliffe's 2-0 pitch... Base hit to left for Bullock Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Potpie scores! Here's Barrett Blade Against righthanders Blade is hitting .227 Blade waits for the pitch His bat is coiled He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Bullock dives back in!... SAFE! O'Neil tosses it back to Radcliffe Now here's the pitch A slider by Radcliffe Blade gets good wood on it... Wright back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 7 and a half innings FOFC has 7 runs, 13 hits and no errors While Negro League II has 4 runs, 10 hits and 2 errors FOFC has left 13 stranded Negro League II has failed to bring home 6 Wilson will come up to lead off the bottom of the 8th for Negro League II Time is called... Wilson has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Kronside looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The righthander Kronside's delivery Another hook for strike three! Wilson just stood there looking And there's one away Walking up to the plate now is O'Neil Sam Bankhead waits on deck Right-hander Kronside eyes the righty O'Neil Here's the 2-2 offering Curve ball... O'Neil swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Two down Sam Bankhead will face Kronside Righty against righty Bankhead grips the bat handle Bankhead is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Kronside He's waiting for the pitch Kronside brings it to the plate Ripped to third, but right at Palmer...easy out That's all for the Twos After 8 innings in Negro League II this evening, FOFC leads 7 to 4 Hays saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Hays scuffs up the lines around the box Double-Duty gets the sign from Santop Here's his delivery Sinking fastball... Hays swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Brown... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's one away A. J. Tucker plants his left foot The lefthanded left fielder for FOFC appears set Tucker wiggles the bat above his head The right-hander Radcliffe is set to deliver to Tucker Radcliffe brings it to the plate Ground ball to the left side... And it scoots on through... Wilson did not get much of a jump on that ball Nights, FOFC's shortstop, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck Before getting ready Nights checks out the defensive alignment Radcliffe wastes no time He has the sign from Santop Now Double-Duty delivers Base hit to right for Nights Dick Howser is waving Tucker to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Nights at first Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Radcliffe squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The righthander Radcliffe delivers Fastball... just inside That'll be ball four and a walk That loads them up for FOFC There'll be a pitching change Double-Duty Radcliffe is walking slowly to the dugout Bill Holland will come on here in the top of the 9th Holland has pitched 52 innings in 14 games He has a 1-2 record to go along with a 4.67 ERA Planting his right foot Potpie is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Potpie Potpie adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeeberoni is 2 for 3 this evening Potpie waiting on the delivery A check on the runners... the pitch Potpie takes a vicious cut Pops it up... Santop is gliding toward the dugout Watch out! He fell into the dugout! The umpire is right there No catch! Santop signals that he's OK . . . Potpie back in the box And here comes the next pitch STEEE... RIKE THREE! Holland catches him looking Potpie doesn't get it done Holland needs one more out to get the Twos out of this jam Now here's Palmer Palmer is taking his practice swings Deacon is 1 for 4 this evening He struck out last time at bat Deacon is ready for the delivery Holland looks at all the runners A 3-2 count Here's the pitch Grounded towards the hole Smooth pickup by Wilson THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 5-3 That retires the side FOFC fails to score with the bases loaded The Negro League II crowd has been pretty quiet Here is Hill to lead off He certainly will try to liven things up! If he can get on Kronside is on the first-base side of the rubber... The pitch is on the way Good slider, inside part of the plate Hill gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One gone for Negro League II Now batting for the Twos... Piper Davis... He'll pinch hit for Bill Holland Spotswood Poles is on-deck Davis is up now for Negro League II The outfield shades towards left for Davis Waiting for the pitch is Davis Here's the 1-0 pitch Davis 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 Davis is retired Nice play by the FOFC short stop Two down, last of the 9th... The Twos are down to their final out Next up for the Twos is Spotswood Poles Kronside ready quickly, looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way He rips a grounder to second Taken by Blade His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 And that will do it for Negro League II FOFC wins 7 to 4 Mighty gets credit for the win Kronside notches the save Brewer takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was K. A. Ton He was 2 for 4 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Negro League II. |
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