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09-24-2007, 10:08 PM
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09-25-2007, 09:04 PM
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#502 |
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GAME 78 - JUNE 24 - RADIO BROADCAST
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Cannonball Redding with his 5 and 7 record Will be facing A. J. Tucker Here we go, well almost... Here comes Santop out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start Cannonball rocks and fires There's a towering fly ball hit by Tucker Hill sprints over, and makes the catch One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Here's Jeff Nights We're in the top of the 1st Redding has the sign from Santop The pitch is on the way Nights hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at short Brown dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the short stop, Willard Brown! Two down Santop asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Santop and Redding Making his way up is Pflaggstettler Redding is slow to get ready He has a 2.81 ERA this year Now he's ready Here's the righthander's delivery Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Santop fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Pflaggstettler Redding sets the All Stars down in order FOFC has taken the field In the home-half of the first inning Let's take a moment To line up the visitors' defense... In leftfield for FOFC this afternoon is Ton... with Tucker in center and Pflaggstettler in right Around the diamond, from third to first It's Palmer, Nights, Treacy and Potpie... The battery consists of Williams on the mound and Bullock behind the plate... First batter for the Twos will be Spotswood Poles Stepping in and then stepping out again Poles looks to third for a sign Spotswood is set for the pitch Williams brings it to the plate Stroked to short Clean single for Poles Spotswood Poles wastes no time getting things going in the first inning Poles inches away from the base Williams steps off the rubber Looks Poles back to the bag Wright squares around He lays a beauty down the first base line Williams and Potpie collide going for the ball Williams recovers, picks it up and fires to first OUT!! Credit Wild Bill Wright with a sacrifice One out Due up next is Willard Brown Brown moseys up to the plate Louis Santop is heading for the on-deck circle Brown is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Williams studies his sign Williams brings it to the plate Brown goes after Williams' fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Ton is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... He goes up after it... And brings it down in the webbing! Willard just missed a homer on that one Only a long out for the Negro League II shortstop Two down Santop is up now for Negro League II A base hit should score Poles Bullock flashes the sign... Williams shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Williams fires Santop tries to hold up, but can't... Strike three! Williams took something off of that back door breaking ball He had Santop way out in front John Williams holds the Twos scoreless in the first Jeeberoni Potpie stepping in He will be the first batter for FOFC We are in the top of the 2nd We're scoreless Potpie needs to get on... He has a .375 on base percentage Potpie waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The windup, the pitch Hard slider... Potpie swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Poles is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Jeeberoni FOFC third baseman, Deacon Palmer, is up next Deacon Palmer is hitting .296 this year against righthanded pitchers Waiting for the pitch is Palmer The righthander delivers Palmer raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Marcelle just got his glove up in time Great reflexes That's one away One out, nobody on base K. A. Ton is the batter Ton is one of the most feared sluggers The right-hander Redding is set to deliver to Ton Bankhead comes in a couple steps Yells something to Redding The delivery Ton swings It's a drooper into shallow left field Brown is running with his back to the infield He reaches up... What a grab! That's the second out of the inning Billy Bullock will step in to face Redding next If he gets on, Sean Treacy will follow Bullock is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a respectable .280 for FOFC Bullock is set for the pitch The pitch on the way, here it is... Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! And that retires the side The first baseman Wilson will lead off for the Twos He'll be followed by Sam Bankhead And then Oliver Marcelle Wilson a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Williams A battle of lefties... Jud is eagerly awaiting Williams' pitch Williams kicks and fires Hit right back to Williams On to first and Wilson is gone With one down, up next is Sam Bankhead To be followed by Oliver Marcelle Now batting will be Sam Bankhead The second baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC leads Negro League II by 1 run Williams is on the third-base side of the rubber... The pitch to Bankhead... Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Bankhead hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into center for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Bankhead moves away from first base... He has 6 stolen bases on the season Williams' move keeps Bankhead guessing He's not getting a very good lead And it brings up Oliver Marcelle On deck is Pete Hill Cannonball Redding in the hole Williams shakes off two signs Now he's ready Williams checks Bankhead on first... The 2-1 delivery Screaming liner towards second Treacy grabs it for the out He fires it to Potpie OUT! Double Play! Score It: 4-3 That's all for the Twos After 2 innings in Negro League II this afternoon, FOFC on top 1 to 0 Here's the second baseman Treacy To lead off the inning He'll be followed by John Williams And then A. J. Tucker So far this season Treacy is hitting .291 when facing righthanded pitching Treacy is waiting on the pitch Here's the 3-2 pitch Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Treacy was frozen on that fastball by Redding High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Williams finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Redding toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Santop Redding winds and delivers Right down the middle... strike three Williams must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch Two up, two down Walking up to the plate now is Tucker Jeff Nights waits on deck Cannonball Redding 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 3-1 offering 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 15 games! 1 for 2 on the afternoon Jeff Nights will get a crack at Redding next Persimmon Pflaggstettler would be up next... But only if Nights can reach safely Nights goes through his routine of settling in Redding steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Redding goes into his stretch... Looks over at Tucker Fires to Wilson... Tucker is back easily... We're ready again Now Redding comes home Swung on and missed by Nights, he's down on strikes That ends the top of the 3rd No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 2 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 1 The Twos will send Hill, Cannonball Redding, and Spotswood Poles up to the plate this inning Williams steps on the rubber The lefthander winds and delivers Slider, inside corner of the plate... Swung on... Slashed over the infield... Single for Hill... He takes a big turn and holds up Potpie and Hill are cracking up Joe Carter must've told 'em a good joke We'll have to ask what it was after the game Cannonball Redding squares to bunt And lays it down right to Deacon Palmer Palmer looks at second But passes up a possible force play He fires to first to retire Redding But Hill moves up FOFC gets the first out of the inning Spotswood Poles is up next Hill, who can fly is at second Williams and Bullock will be on their toes FOFC is only ahead by 1 Poles has managed a .374 average against lefthanders this year Poles awaits the delivery Nights trying to slip in behind Hill Now he slips away Here's the 1-1 offering Poles hits a three hopper towards John Williams Williams scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's two away Next up is Wild Bill Wright Hill is the runner on second He represents the tying run Wright, a switch-hitter, batting right-handed against the lefty John Williams Wright awaits the delivery Here comes the cripple pitch Base hit to left for Wright Willie Randolph is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Next up is Willard Brown, the Negro League II shortstop Brown is 0 for 1 today Williams is happy with the sign It's coming down the pike A slider by Williams Brown gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! The side is retired One run, 2 hits, 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 Santop fires the ball down to Brown He starts it around the infield To Bankhead, Wilson And then to Marcelle walking it over to Redding Pflaggstettler steps in to face the righthander Here we go in the top of the 4th Pflaggstettler has a .320 average against righthanders this season Three straight balls... Now Pflaggstettler has to zone in on this next offering Will Dick Howser give him the hit sign? He brings it home The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Pflaggstettler held up, and draws a walk Redding isn't happy at all with that call Potpie saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers Redding steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Redding goes into his stretch... Looks at Pflaggstettler... He fires one to Wilson... Pflaggstettler dives back in That's his best move to first... Wilson lobs it back Now Redding comes home 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 Redding just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate And there's one away Palmer now at the plate K. A. Ton waits on deck Palmer can't seem to get settled at the plate Right-hander Redding eyes the righty Palmer He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Pflaggstettler dives back in!... SAFE! Wilson tosses it back to Redding Now here's the pitch Base hit to left for Palmer Third base coach Dick Howser doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Pflaggstettler will stay at second K. A. Ton is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board K. A. is hitting at .255 on the year He has 25 hits in 98 at bats This includes 4 doubles, 2 triples 7 home runs and 17 RBI's Redding squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Redding checks the runners Hard slider... And Ton takes it right down the middle Strike three called The score is knotted at 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Caribbean with the lead over Japanese League 3 to 0 Gonzalez has hit his 15th homerun for Caribbean AL Pre WWII leads Turn of Century 1 to 0 NL Post WWII slipping by Dead Ball Era 4 to 2 AL Post WWII besting Left Outs 6 to 1 Negro League I winning over Old Timers 7 to 1 FOFC sends the catcher, Billy Bullock, up to the plate Two men on, two men out Redding eyes Bullock intently Redding's righthanded delivery... Strike Three! Redding has now struck out 8 and we are only in fourth! That's it for FOFC Here at Shadowball Stadium, After 3 and a half innings, Negro League II has one run, 4 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 on base Negro League II has stranded 2 The catcher Santop will start things off for the Twos Santop is 0 for 1 today Williams is ready quickly Now to the belt, here it is... Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Santop! One up, one down for Negro League II Coming up for Negro League II is Jud Wilson Nobody on base, one out Wilson is batting .271 with 9 HR's this year Williams adjusts his cap... Now he's set The southpaw Williams' delivery Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Nights It's by him... Ton comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Wilson to a single Bankhead is up next Negro League II has a runner at first and one out Bankhead grips the bat handle Sam seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now The lefty Williams delivers It's a rainbow shot toward left Ton reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch With two gone, The score is knotted at 1 in the bottom of the 4th Marcelle leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Oliver seems to always make contact He rarely strikes out A good man for the hit and run Marcelle awaits the pitch Williams' 2-2 pitch... Base hit to right for Marcelle Willie Randolph puts up the stop sign... Wilson will stay at second First base coach Joe Carter wants a word with Marcelle... Now we're all set to go... Pete Hill steps in Hill is at .288 on the season Williams looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... Williams brings it to the plate Change up, belt high... Hill drills a shot out into right Pflaggstettler gloves it cleanly on the first bounce Wilson scores from second... And into third goes Marcelle As the throw comes into second Hill comes through in the clutch! Cannonball Redding is up next Negro League II's pitcher finds 2 on with 2 outs Cannonball takes a couple of practice cuts Redding is poised and ready for the pitch The runners take their leads The southpaw delivers Redding swings and lifts one toward center Tucker drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... And that will do it for Negro League II Sean Treacy to lead things off for FOFC Negro League II with a 1 run lead The visitors will try to quiet the crowd A few base runners would do the trick Treacy will be batting lefty versus Redding The switch hitter is 0 for 1 today .266 average on the year Last time up Sean struck out Treacy gets ready for Redding's pitch His bat is cocked Now Cannonball delivers Treacy lifts a flyball towards Spotswood Poles Poles seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Poles stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Poles One away... Wilson is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Marcelle also... Now they return to their positions Up next for the visiting All Stars John Williams, their pitcher Williams scuffs up the lines around the box The bat is cocked The windup, and the 0-1 pitch It's a high fly to deep center Wright is on his horse It is carrying to the fence Wild Bill jumps... Leaping catch... No, it pops out of his glove Williams will get a two-base hit That'll bring up All Stars' center fielder A. J. Tucker... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second Stepping out, Tucker looks into the dugout Steps back in 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 Tucker steps back in The righthander Redding delivers Fastball, belt high, away... Tucker goes after it... There's a fly ball to Poles Poles is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run And there's two away The shortstop, Jeff Nights is up for the All Stars We are in the top of the 5th Nights steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jeff is 0 for 2 today Redding gets the sign, it's one he likes Cannonball looks over his shoulder at Williams Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Nights hits a high pop into short left field Marcelle and Brown sprint towards the outfield Here comes Poles Brown puts his glove out... Makes a lucky catch in front of Poles!! Nights chokes in the clutch! That's all for FOFC After 4 and a half innings in Negro League II this afternoon, Negro League II on top 2 to 1 Poles is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Poles steps out of the box... Looks towards Willie Randolph for a sign Poles waits Here's his delivery Hard ground ball to the mound Fielded nicely by Williams His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 One gone for Negro League II Planting his right foot Wright is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Wright Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock The lefthander delivers Hot shot grounded to first Potpie to Williams covering first Score It: 3-1 Two down John Williams retires the first two batters in a row Brown coming up for Negro League II Nobody on, two away Brown is batting .243 with 7 HR's this year Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Williams is into his windup Here's the pitch Brown rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Palmer Brown takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Ton to get that ball in quickly Brown watches Williams carefully As he stretches out to his lead From the lead looks like Brown may go... Throw to first, back in time... Close play... Now he's staying closer to the bag Louis Santop steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Brown is at first We'll see how they pitch to Santop Williams has the sign from Bullock Williams brings it to the plate Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Ton And he pulls it in That's all for the Twos No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... After five complete... Negro League II on top 2 to 1 Persimmon Pflaggstettler up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Persimmon is batting .313 with 12 home runs on the season He is 0 for 1 today Persimmon stands with bat ready Now the delivery, here is is... Pflaggstettler swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Marcelle and skips out to Poles Pflaggstettler rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Pflaggstettler returns to first as Spotswood gets a nice throw in to Bankhead Potpie gets set at the plate Pflaggstettler takes his lead Santop flashes the sign to Redding Redding goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Pflaggstettler He lobs one to Wilson... Pflaggstettler is back easily... We're ready again Now Redding comes home Look out... Down he goes! It hit him! Potpie will be awarded first Doesn't appear to be hurt Pflaggstettler will advance to second Palmer departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! The outfield shades towards left for Palmer Palmer gets set for the pitch A check on the runners... the pitch Here's a slow curve... Palmer slashes a shallow fly towards Poles He's charging hard... dives... Makes the catch! With one gone FOFC will have K. A. Ton coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it With one out, and two men on Ton strides purposefully to the plate Ton is 0 for 2 today K. A. struck out last time around Ton concentrates... The runners take their leads He's holding the bat down on the end And the delivery by Redding Base hit to left for Ton Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Santop is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Good,)... Pflaggstettler scores! Billy Bullock is up next for FOFC One out, top of the 6th The score is tied at 2 Sean Treacy is on deck Billy has 2 strike outs today Not unusual for him, though He has a nasty habit of doing that Bullock, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Redding The righthander Redding's delivery Bullock takes inside, for a ball... Bullock will trot down to first... He walks to load the bases Potpie and Ton move up Sean Treacy is up next for FOFC Treacy saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Treacy is hitless today, 0 for 2 Sean flied out in his last at bat Treacy is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Redding looks at all the runners A 3-1 count Here's the pitch Treacy drives the ball to center for extra bases Ton and Potpie will score Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Treacy John Williams, the pitcher, strides to the plate Williams swinging from the right side facing the righty Redding Redding likes the sign Redding looks over at Bullock, then Treacy Now here's the 3-1 offering Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Marcelle THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 5-3 That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean is beating Japanese League 4 to 0 AL Pre WWII slipping by Turn of Century 2 to 0 NL Post WWII is edging Dead Ball Era 4 to 3 AL Post WWII is comfortably ahead of Left Outs 7 to 1 Negro League I is destroying Old Timers 12 to 3 Leonard has hit his 15th homerun for Negro League I They are going to put Tucker on... Santop reaches out to receive ball four Well, all the ducks are on the pond Let's see if that was the right call So with 3 on and 2 outs the All Stars send their shortstop, Jeff Nights, up to face Redding Good-hitting Persimmon Pflaggstettler is waiting in the on-deck circle Looking to Dick Howser for a sign All set, Nights is ready for the pitch The pressure is on Redding now Redding brings it home It is a high hard one... Nights goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up and out of the strike zone... Nights couldn't hold back And that retires the side As we go into the last half of the 6th Jud Wilson will be up to face Williams Negro League II needs 2 to knot this one up We have a 4-2 score here at Shadowball Stadium FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Wilson is 1 for 2 today Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The southpaw Williams delivers the 3-1 pitch Hanging curveball... Wilson times it, swings... There's a high drive... Crunched deep towards right center... Tucker doesn't have a chance Home Run for Wilson That was way over the fence That'll bring up second baseman Sam Bankhead... FOFC out in front by 1 We're in the bottom of the 6th Bankhead is taking his practice swings Sam is 1 for 2 this afternoon Bankhead waits The southpaw delivers Bankhead slaps a hard grounder past short Ton is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Bankhead will hold with a clean single Marcelle up The Twos have Bankhead on first Oliver is 1 for 2 this summer afternoon He singled in his last plate appearance Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock The pitch to Marcelle... Marcelle drives one into right Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints over to make the play One gone for Negro League II Bankhead moves away from first base... He has 6 stolen bases on the season From the lead looks like Bankhead may go... Throw to first, back in time... Close play... Now he's staying closer to the bag Coming to the plate is Hill Bankhead's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Williams So far this year Hill is batting .290 He has 21 doubles, 7 triples 6 homeruns with 39 RBI's and 3 stolen bases Hill waits for the pitch Here comes the cripple pitch Hill laces a hit into the outfield Persimmon Pflaggstettler picks it up Fires it to the infield Hill holds with a single And there's a bunt toward the mound Williams pounces on it quickly... Quickly checks third... But the only play is to first Redding is out but he advances the runners Two down Poles is up now for Negro League II Poles, a switch-hitter, batting right-handed against the lefty John Williams The umpire says let's go Poles is ready The lefty Williams delivers It's a high bouncer to short Nights waits for it to come down Snap throw to first...OUT! Spotswood leaves the Negro League II faithful disappointed That's it for Negro League II FOFC has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Negro League II has 3 runs, 11 hits and no errors Negro League II has now left 6 runners stranded Persimmon Pflaggstettler, Jeeberoni Potpie, and Deacon Palmer are due up Persimmon is hitting at .315 on the year He has 82 hits in 260 at bats This includes 14 doubles, 5 triples 12 home runs and 48 RBI's He's ready With a 2-2 count, the pitch Pflaggstettler fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of third Marcelle is over quickly Easy out And there's one away Nobody on base, one away Potpie steps into the batter's box Potpie is 1 for 2 today Redding has the sign he wants Redding brings it home STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Cannonball Redding here this afternoon Negro League II gets the second out of the inning Palmer digs in at the plate Ready now for Redding to come set Palmer is one of the best hitters around Redding is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this afternoon He has the sign... Redding kicks, delivers Strike three called A slider that broke over Number 11 for Cannonball Redding today! 93 on the year That's all for FOFC After 6 and a half innings in Negro League II this afternoon, FOFC leads 4 to 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! As we get ready to start the bottom of the 7th Wright is talking to Bullock Wright has hit 11 home runs this year The right-hander Fozborg is set to deliver to Wright Fozborg brings it to the plate Wild Bill Wright swings at the curve... He hits a deep drive... This one may be out of here... Pflaggstettler racing back... Back... IT'S GONE! A solo shot to tie the game The score is knotted at 4 Brown gets set at the plate Brown is at .246 on the season Fozborg has the sign from Bullock Sirr winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... Brown tries to hold up Bullock points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! One down, nobody on Game tied A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Louis Santop Santop is batting .293 with 13 HR's this year Fozborg 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 1-0 pitch Santop connects It's a deep fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is racing back He's turned the wrong way He leaps, twists... What a recovery! Santop is out! That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Jud Wilson to get a new bat Let's point out that Negro League II is 3 and 7 in their last ten games Now batting will be Jud Wilson Wilson has a .259 average against righthanders this season After getting set, Wilson waits on the pitch Here's his delivery Wilson swings and lifts one toward center Tucker drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That is the third out for Negro League II here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45629 Here's Gerald Gazelle leading off Billy Bullock is on deck And Barrett Blade is in the hole Before getting ready Gazelle checks out the defensive alignment He's in his crouch Gazelle can really swing that wood Redding brings it to the plate Hit to third... and right at Marcelle He juggled that ball a bit, but held on Gerald takes his seat With one gone FOFC will have Billy Bullock coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Billy Bullock up The score is tied Bullock a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Redding Bullock waiting on the delivery Redding kicks and delivers And Bullock is down on strikes... Redding keeps mowing them down That one gives him 12 this afternoon Two down Santop asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Santop and Redding That'll bring up Barrett Blade Dan Fouts will follow if Blade gets aboard Santop is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Redding's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Blade steps into the box Blade goes through his routine of settling in Redding is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 12 this afternoon He has the sign... He brings it home It's grounded past the mound Bankhead races to his right Brown to his left Bankhead scoops it up Throws on one bounce to Wilson... Barrett beats it out! Blade represents the go-ahead run 1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th Dan Fouts is walking toward home plate The outfield's shaded towards right With Fouts at the plate Redding ready quickly, looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way There's a fly ball into straight-away right Hill one hands it... OUT! That'll do it for FOFC So we're still tied After 7 and a half innings Negro League II has 4 runs, 12 hits and no errors While FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors Sam Bankhead is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Negro League II to get things going Bankhead steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Sam is 2 for 3 today Bankhead waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the 3-1 offering It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Nights takes off after it... Leaps... And Bankhead is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Jeff is very fine fielder! One down for Negro League II Oliver Marcelle is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League II Oliver Marcelle, the third baseman, strides to the plate Marcelle 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 Marcelle is set Fozborg goes into his windup And here's the 0-2 offering Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 40 on the season for Fozborg We're all tied up at 4 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Caribbean clipping Japanese League 4 to 0 Cuellar comfortably ahead for Caribbean AL Pre WWII with the lead over Turn of Century 3 to 0 Grove comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII NL Post WWII is on top of Dead Ball Era 5 to 3 AL Post WWII slipping by Left Outs 9 to 7 Negro League I is running roughshod over Old Timers 16 to 3 I'd hate to be Cummings right now! Facing Fozborg now is Hill Cannonball Redding heads to the on deck circle Spotswood Poles waits in the hole Pete steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Hill is 3 for 3 today He singled last time up Fozborg gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign Fozborg kicks and fires Soft liner to first Potpie makes a nice play on it Score It: 3 We head to the 9th... The scored is tied, 4-all FOFC will send Tucker, Jeff Nights, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler to face Cannonball Redding this inning Tucker is 1 for 3 today Redding is on the first-base side of the rubber... The righthander delivers Shallow fly ball Hill charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! One up, one down Now here's Nights Nights adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeff is 0 for 4 this afternoon He's ready Now ready, here it is... 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 Redding retires two in a row Pflaggstettler goes back to get a new bat The game is tied here in the top of the 9th Now he jogs to the plate Pflaggstettler is taking his practice swings Persimmon is 1 for 3 this afternoon He lined out last time at bat Cannonball looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Cannonball is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Ball four is the call Redding can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Redding Pflaggstettler takes first base Jeeberoni Potpie will be coming up Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat Potpie is hitting .307 against righties Potpie is set for the pitch Redding brings it to the plate Strike three! Potpie goes down for the 3rd time Redding gets the hat trick on Jeeberoni today The All Stars are gone in the 9th... they get No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base... We head to the bottom of the 9th... We're all tied up at 4 We are going to have a pinch hitter Buck O'Neil will bat for Cannonball Redding It will be the righthand hitting, O'Neil against the righty Fozborg O'Neil is hitting righties for a .111 average O'Neil saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Bullock flashes the sign... Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Sirr rocks and fires 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??? HE'S GOT IT!!! Nice play by Nights Score It: 6 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 And up steps left fielder Spotswood Poles Any old kind of run will do... Score is 4-4 Poles grips the bat handle Poles waits for the delivery And now the pitch... Poles cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock Poles was badly fooled by Fozborg's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Spotswood was a little overanxious Wright is strolling to the plate with the score tied at 4 apiece Any ol' kind of run wins it... Wright can't seem to get settled at the plate Fozborg looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Righthander Fozborg's delivery Another hook for strike three! Wright just stood there looking And we go to extra innings! Double-Duty Radcliffe will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Double-Duty has appeared in 39 games this season He has a record of 3-3 in 62 innings His ERA stands at 5.11 Gonzalez will come up to lead off the top of the 10th for FOFC Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Radcliffe has the sign from Santop Radcliffe rocks and fires Fastball over the plate Gonzalez swings and sends a shot to deep right-center Wright and Hill are converging toward the fence Wright has a chance... He goes up for it... Man alive! He pulls it down! Fantastic play by Wild Bill One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Caribbean topped Japanese League 4 to 1 AL Pre WWII squeezed by Turn of Century 3 to 1 Dead Ball Era edged out NL Post WWII 6 to 5 Bender the winner, he's now 3-1 Spahn takes the loss, his record drops to 3-5 Left Outs edged out AL Post WWII 11 to 10 Negro League I man-handled Old Timers 16 to 3 Clarkson takes the loss, his record drops to 7-7 Day the winner, he's now 5-2 And in our contest We're all tied up at 4 One away, nobody on base Gazelle stands ready at the plate Gazelle is at .259 on the season Gerald waits... He steps out as Radcliffe takes too long Now he's back in the box Here's the 3-1 offering Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Radcliffe's obviously peeved at that call But Gerald tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first Gazelle watches Radcliffe carefully As he stretches out his lead Radcliffe continues to hold the runner close Bullock comes to the plate One out, Gazelle at first Bullock wiggles the bat above his head Bullock is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Radcliffe He's waiting for the pitch And the delivery by Radcliffe Slow curve, up high... Bullock sends a hard grounder to first Wilson takes it on one hop Fires to Brown for one Back to first... The throw is wide, Billy is safe That's two away With a runner at first and two outs Blade walks to the plate Blade looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 1 for 1 on the day for Barrett And Double-Duty studies the sign from Santop... Now he's got it The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate Radcliffe needs to come in with this one Base hit to left for Blade Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Bullock will stay at second Cito Gaston is visiting the mound... He's going to leave Radcliffe in the game Fouts steps in Two out, Blade at first, Bullock at second Radcliffe is ready quickly A check on the runners... the pitch Bounced towards the hole Fielded nicely by Bankhead Over to Wilson Got him! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 9 and a half innings Negro League II has 4 runs, 12 hits and no errors While FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and no errors FOFC has left 11 stranded Negro League II has failed to bring home 7 Willard Brown up first for Negro League II He is a threat to steal if he gets on Against righthanders Brown is hitting .259 Brown is set for the 2-0 pitch Here's the righthander's windup and delivery Brown pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Gazelle will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Brown retreats to first after a wide turn Brown edges away from the bag Santop takes the curve... Now Brown extends his lead... Kronside is not paying enough attention The pitch... And Brown breaks for second! Bullock is up and firing... Brown is in there under the tag Not a strong throw by Bullock Louis Santop steps into the box Santop is hitting .289 against righthanders Santop awaits the delivery Jace looks over his shoulder at Brown Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three One away, two to go in the bottom of the 10th Wilson strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Wilson is batting .275 with 10 HR's this year Bullock flashes the sign to Kronside Here's the righthander's delivery Wilson swings and misses, strike three! Jud chased a curve ball in the dirt Sam Bankhead is up next The Twos' second baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs A base hit should score Brown Both managers are at the top of the dugout steps... Kronside looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready The righthander Kronside delivers There's a jam shot off the hands of Bankhead It's a routine catch of the soft liner by Barrett Blade And that will do it for Negro League II FOFC will send Tucker, Jeff Nights, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler to face Double-Duty Radcliffe this inning Tucker looks down toward the third base coach Tucker waits anxiously for the delivery Now Double-Duty delivers It's a smash over first Wilson leaps Just over his outstretched glove Tucker makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Nights showing bunt... He lays it down Oliver Marcelle looks at second But goes to first... Out... Tucker advances to 2nd A sacrifice for Jeff Nights One down late in the game Close ball game... FOFC just needs one run to take the lead Two more chances to get Brown in from second So that brings up Persimmon Pflaggstettler the FOFC right fielder One out, man on second Radcliffe steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Brown trying to slip in behind Tucker Now he slips away Here's the 3-1 offering Grounded towards the bag Marcelle grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 Walking up to the plate now is Potpie Jace Kronside waits on deck The outfield's shaded towards left for Potpie He's 1 for 4 today Radcliffe looks down at Santop for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The righthander Radcliffe's delivery Srike three! Well that is 4 on the afternoon for Potpie He earns himself a silver sombrero! 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 Oliver Marcelle stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Marcelle gets set He's 1 for 4 so far Kronside is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Kronside gets the sign from Bullock It's coming down the pike Marcelle starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Kronside walks him Making his way up is Hill He looks to third first Now he steps in The corners are playing in Hill has hit 7 triples this year He should get a good one to knock The count 3 and 1 Pete gets the bat back... Kronside's righthanded delivery... Negro League II tries the hit and run! Good slider, inside part of the plate Hill 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 Now batting for the Twos... Dick Lundy... He'll pinch hit for Double-Duty Radcliffe Spotswood Poles is on-deck Nobody on and The score is knotted at 4 bottom of the 11th Dick Lundy will try to get something going Right-hander Kronside prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Lundy The righthander winds and delivers Grounded towards the sack Potpie to Kronside covering first Score It: 3-1 That's it for Negro League II Here at Shadowball Stadium, After 11 innings, Negro League II has 4 runs, 13 hits and no errors While FOFC has 4 runs, 10 hits and no errors Negro League II has left 7 on base FOFC has stranded 12 Ray Brown will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Ray has appeared in 21 games this season with a record of 0-3 In 37 innings, he has an 6.27 ERA Double-Duty Radcliffe has finished his work here this afternoon Terp heads for the plate leading off this inning for FOFC Brown likes the sign Windup by Brown And the pitch It's a routine fly into left Poles ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out FOFC with one away Brown steps off the mound as he waits for Gerald Gazelle to come to the plate Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle The left fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out It's a tie ballgame Gazelle has hit 10 home runs this year Right-hander Brown eyes the righty Gazelle With a 3-1 count... here's the pitch Gazelle swings... He rips a ground ball towards Marcelle It's by him! It's twisting into the left field corner Gazelle rounds first... He will return quickly to first as Poles gets a nice throw in to Bankhead One on, one out Bullock walks to the batter's box Santop flashes the sign... Brown waves it off... Now he's happy He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Gazelle dives back in!... SAFE! Wilson tosses it back to Brown Now here's the pitch He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Brown Throw to second for one To first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Gazelle, is out Two gone for FOFC Barrett Blade will face Brown Righty against righty Blade has hit 1 home run this year Ray gets the sign from Santop Brown looks at the runner The pitch Breaking ball, at the belt... Swung on and clubbed to left-center It's into the alley... Poles and Wright after it... Bullock will score Wright has it against the fence... Throws hard to third... Blade slides spikes first... The ball is there... He's called safe, with a triple! Brown may have been cut... The trainer comes out... Looks like Brown is OK Tay Pemup returns to the dugout Fouts, the third baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 5 to 4 2 men away, Blade on third Brown takes the first sign Blade is dancing off third Brown is ignoring him Here's the pitch He goes after the low and outside slider... Looped just beyond the infield dirt... Wright is coming hard... Stretches for it... And can't get it...it drops in... He blocks it with his chest... After a huge turn, Fouts hustles back to first The run scores on the single Cito Gaston is visiting the mound... He decides to stick with Ray Brown A. J. Tucker stands in for FOFC We're in the top of the 12th Brown is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Brown looks in... Now he's ready Now Ray delivers Ground ball to first Wilson flips to Brown covering Score It: 3-1 That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores These scores are final... Caribbean cuffed Japanese League 4 to 1 Gonzalez has hit his 16th homerun for Caribbean AL Pre WWII squeezed by Turn of Century 3 to 1 Dead Ball Era edged out NL Post WWII 6 to 5 Left Outs nipped AL Post WWII 11 to 10 Negro League I pulverized Old Timers 16 to 3 Clarkson takes the loss, his record drops to 7-7 Day the winner, he's now 5-2 Spotswood Poles will lead off for the Twos The top of the line-up here for Negro League II Knowles adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Knowles brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Poles 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 Wild Bill Wright plants his left foot The lefthanded center fielder for Negro League II appears set Wright wiggles the bat above his head One strike on the batter, Wright... Sammy winds his right arm Lets it go It's a high fly into right Pflaggstettler ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Knowles Willard Brown will be next up... Up now for Negro League II is Brown Two away, nobody on Knowles steps on the rubber Knowles brings it home There's a fly ball to Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler circles under it... This one would end the inning... He makes the play And that will do it for Negro League II FOFC wins 6 to 4 Kronside gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Brown takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Barrett Blade He was 3 for 3 And that wraps things up So long from Negro League II. |
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09-25-2007, 09:15 PM
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09-26-2007, 02:20 AM
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Even though I have a crappy record compared to my starter best ERA, all you have to do is look at the 144 baserunners in 121 innings to see I really can't blame anyone but myself. Need to pick it up after two subpar performances ("Left in too long or not in that game, it's not your job to get outs for me, skip.")
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Actually, your WHIP rating isn't too bad at 1.19 In fact, here are the WHIP ratings for the whole team... Kronside - 1.19 S. Knowles - 1.13 Fozborg - 1.38 Mighty - 1.19 Babson - 1.07 Rodney - 1.15 Nielsen - 1.26 Williams - 1.43 B Knowles - 1.46 Hunter - 1.49 And here is how we compair to some of the greatest ever... Grove - 1.13 W. Johnson - 1.06 Clemens - 1.20 R. Johnson - 1.27 Seaver - 1.44 Koufax - 1.09 Alexander - 1.36 Mathewson - 1.24 Believe me...I have no problem with our pitching. The All-Star tabulations are not quite finished, but we might end up with 6 pitchers on the team...  |
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09-26-2007, 07:59 AM
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Dynasty Update
The All-Star Series will be played soon (I actually have to create a new league for the teams, which will take me a little while). In my world, the All-Star game is a big deal and will be a 2 out of 3 series (that way I can utilize more pitchers). Hopefully, I'll have time to announce the teams tonight... |
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09-27-2007, 07:45 AM
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Dynasty Update
I started putting the league together for the All-Star game last night, but I didn't get finsihed. Both of my boys have baseball games tonight (at different parks no-less), and they have basketball tryouts (interesting considering my recently turned 7 year old just learned to dribble and my 5 year old isn't much bigger than a regulation ball), but regardless, I'm going to be a bit busy tonight. I'll try to get the All-Star information posted Friday (assuming I don't drink too many Black and Tans or Half and Halfs to type coherently )Last edited by Breeze : 09-27-2007 at 07:45 AM. |
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09-29-2007, 02:52 PM
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Dynasty League All Star Rosters
American League 3B - Home Run Baker (DBH) SP - Roger Clemens (L20) OF - Ty Cobb (DBH) 2B - Eddie Collins (DBH) OF - Ed Delehante (OTH) Ca - Bill Dickey (A1H) SP - Pud Galvin (OTH) 1B - Lou Gehrig (A1H) 2B - Charlie Gehringer (A1H) Ca - Josh Gibson (NL1) SP - Tom Glavine (L20) SP - Lefty Grove (A1H) SP - Randy Johnson (L20) SP - Walter Johnson (DBH) 3B - Harmon Killebrew (A2H) RP - Ted Lyons (A1H) OF - Mickey Mantle (A2H) 1B - Saduharu Oh (JLP) SP - Old Hoss Radbourn (OTH) SS - Cal Ripken (L20) SP - Bullett Joe Rogan (NL1) OF - Babe Ruth (A1H) SP - Hilton Smith (NL1) RP - Bruce Sutter (L20) OF - Sam Thompson (OTH) UTL - Willie Wells (NL1) OF - Ted Williams (A2H) SS - Robin Yount (A2H) National League SP - Pete Alexander (N1H) SP - Brian Babson (FAS) SS - Ernie Banks (N2H) OF - Roberto Clemente (N2H) 1B - Jimmie Foxx (LOH) SP - Bob Gibson (N2H) Ca - Miguel Gonzalez (CAP) OF - Goose Goslin (LOH) OF - Joe Kelley (TCH) RP - Sammy Knowles (FAS) SP - Sandy Koufax (N2H) RP - Jace Kronside (FAS) 2B - Nap Lajoie (TCH) OF - Juan Marichal (N2H) OF - Willie Mays (N2H) SP - Jose Mendez (CAP) SP - Al Mighty (FAS) 2B - Joe Morgan (N2H) SP - Rob Nielsen (FAS) OF - Mel Ott (N1H) OF - Persimmon Pflaggstettler (FAS) 1B - Jeeberoni Potpie (FAS) Ca - Louis Santop (NL2) SP - Tom Seaver (N2H) 3B - Pie Traynor (N1H) SS - Honus Wagner (TCH) 3B - Jud Wilson (NL2) OF - Wild Bill Wright (NL2) |
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09-30-2007, 05:55 PM
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10-01-2007, 08:41 AM
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ALL STAR GAME 1 - STARTERS ANNOUNCED
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10-01-2007, 08:46 AM
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Dynasty Update
In case you are wondering, I didn't select the All-Star teams. I did make one adjustment, however. I felt there was no need to have 12 pitchers, so on both teams, I reduced that number by 1 and added in an extra player. |
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10-01-2007, 11:37 AM
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The National Herald
SPORTS All Star Selections are Head Scratchers By Stan Hack As is the case each year with the All-Star game, there players that you feel should be on the team and aren’t and players that make the team and don’t think they should…and not only is this year no exception – it might just be one of the epitome of head stratching. Let’s start by taking a look at the American League. The most disturbing selection for the team in my opinion is Harmon Killebrew. The “Killer” is hitting a robust .231, and even though he is known for his power; he only has 13 homers for the season. That puts him in 3 way tie for second on his own team, and it's only half of the number the league leaders have. What is also extremely disturbing is the fact that Harmon’s been playing first base much more often for the Post Americans than third. Third has been manned by George Brett, who hasn’t been overly affective either; hitting just .246 with 10 home runs. But I would argue that .246 with 10 home runs and good glove trumps .231 with 13 home runs and a terrible glove any day. The truth of the matter is that the Thirdbase position isn’t a strong one in the American League. The other selection at this position, “Home Run” Baker , isn’t exactly tearing the cover off of the ball at: .307 7 53, but because it’s such a weak position, I can’t argue with this selection. Willie Wells, who made the team as a Utility player and in essence a backup SS, is the starting 3b for the Negro League Ones and is probably the best player at third in the league at .317 7 43. Wells should have been selected as a third baseman, which would have allowed the team to get another SS… Which leads us to Robin Yount, .307 3 31. Not terrible numbers, especially for a guy who bats leadoff, but not overwhelming either. The biggest issue is that the other main options Pops Lloyd and Joe Cronin are very similar in production. I’m not sure the Old Timers SS might not have been the choice, but there isn’t enough production at that position on that team either to get worked up over. In fact, I think Yount was selected because he can also give you good defense in Centerfield. Honestly, the best solution for this line of reasoning in my opinion would have been to remove Killebrew from the team, keep Wells as a Utility player giving innings at both SS and 3b as needed, still have another SS, Yount, Cronin, Lloyd, etc. (your choice – I really don’t care enough to argue) and I would probably add Rod Carew. Rod Carew is one player that really did deserve to be on the team. They guy is hitting .369. His homerun numbers (2) and RBI (14) are a bit misleading, because he bats leadoff and he missed about 15 games with an injury. He has scored 40 runs in 59 games, and that is a better indication of how good he’s been for the Post- Americans. Oh, and did I mention he’s on the same team as Killebrew? Another example very similar to Killebrew is Saduharu Oh. Oh is batting only .241, but he at least is delivering in the power department, with 26 home runs. That power total, combined with the fact, that most of the American League first baseman are terrible (with the exception of Lou Gehrig), and the fact he is the only representative from the woeful Japanese team, probably justify his selection. Of course it could be argued that Ed Delehante should be considered a first baseman, which would open an outfield spot for one of numerous deserving players, including: Al Simmons - .315 12 42 “Shoeless” Joe Jackson - .355 2 52 and 21 stolen bases Kirby Puckett - .321 12 30 and in my opinion, the most glaring oversight… ”Cool Papa” Bell - .349 4 39 and 44 stolen bases As I mentioned above Saduharu Oh is the only Japanese player on the roster. Someone please explain to me how Kaz Inao isn’t on the roster. Sure the guy has a losing record at 4 and 7, but his ERA is only 2.45, which is better than EVERY pitcher on the AL team. In addition, his 4 and 7 record is a win percentage of .364, not great, until you consider the team he plays for his barely above a .250 win percentage – when that’s taken into account his season looks award winning. Other players that could have been on this team but didn’t make it, include: Mike Piazza - .291 9 31 – might have made it if he hadn’t split time with Gary Carter earlier in the season. Satch Paige 7 – 7 3.27 King Kelly - .312 3 27 and 17 stolen bases from a Catcher/ Utility Man Mickey Welch - 8 – 5 4.00 I’ll go over the National League in Part 2. Last edited by Breeze : 10-01-2007 at 12:00 PM. |
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10-01-2007, 12:44 PM
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All Star Selections are Head Scratchers – Part 2
By Stan Hack The National League, just like the American League has some issues with their roster. While there are some glaring issues, I don’t feel the problems are quite as bad, mostly because the NL team doesn’t have anyone hitting below .245. In fact, my biggest issue with the National League is the pitching staff. 9 of the 11 pitchers on the staff come off of 2 teams. Of course they are the best two teams in the league, but regardless, there is no way 9 of 11 all star pitchers in a 7 team league should come from just 2 teams. Ironically, I’m going to also admit that every pitcher selected for the team from the FOFCers deserves to be there. This is not an attempt to cozy up to the manager of the National League Squad Benton Breeze, it’s an affirmation that the pitching on that team has been phenomenal and compared to the rest of the league, dominating. The group of Nielsen, Mighty and Babson have been a force at the top of the rotation, and Kronside and Sammy Knowles have slammed the door on a regular basis. All 5 of the FOFCers are in the top of the league for ERA (of course the relievers don’t have enough innings pitched to qualify, but their ERAs are around 1.60). If I’m ok with the 5 pitchers from the FOFC team, then clearly it’s the Post Nationals I have a problem with, and that problem doesn’t lie with Tom Seaver 8 and 1 3.44 or Sandy Koufax 8 and 2 3.50. The problem is that Juan Marichal and Bob Gibson are on the team. Yes, both have impressive records 10 and 6 and 7 and 2 respectively, but that is more to do with the explosive offensive team they play for than it is an indication of how well they have pitched. The ERA for both is almost exactly 5.00. Now I realize their workloads increased when Seaver was down for awhile with a sore shoulder, but that isn’t enough in my opinion to get them on the team. Those two spots should probably go to 2 of: Christy Matthewson - 7 and 7 3.65 Amos Rusie - 6 and 2 3.52 Dizzy Dismukes 2 and 3 2.81 and 9 saves Jimmy Williams 7 and 1 3.66 (and yes I know this would be another FOFCer on the roster, but for crying out loud he deserves it more than the guys that are on the team.) On the hitting side, there really aren’t as many complaints. The only spots where I see arguments can be made are with Goose Goslin .300 13 43, Joe Morgan .264 14 31 and 27 stolen bases, and Pie Traynor .287 7 47. All 3 are playing well, but arguments could be made for others at the same position. For Morgan and second base, any one could argue the virtues of Antonio Pacheco, Frankie Frisch, Martin DiHigo, or Sam Bankhead, but I believe the power and speed get Morgan the nod here, and the batting averages of the other players aren’t appreciably better than Morgans. In the Outfield, Goslin is playing well, but what about Stan Musial .351 18 46? I believe Musial was penalized because he has spent most of the season at first base, but his ability to play outfield should have been considered and he should have been on this roster. The biggest offensive oversight in my opinion comes at Thirdbase. Traynor is playing well, but Eddie Matthews is destroying the ball at a .286 26 50 clip. This is the one that really makes me scratch my head…not only are these numbers better than Traynor, they are also better than the other 3Bman Jud Wilson .274 10 42. Matthews is clearly the best at this position and yet he’ll be watching 2 others play in the All-Star game.. Last edited by Breeze : 10-01-2007 at 12:55 PM. |
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10-01-2007, 01:35 PM
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ALL STAR GAME 1 - AL Lineup
CF - Ty Cobb 3b - Willie Wells RF - Babe Ruth 1b - Lou Gehrig Ca - Josh Gibson LF - Ted Williams SS - Cal Ripken 2b - Eddie Collins Pi - Walter Johnson |
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ALL STAR GAME 1 - NL Line Up
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10-02-2007, 09:44 AM
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AL All Star Manager Press Conference
MC: Everyone…As you know, the Old Timers lead the American League by half a game over the Negro League Ones, and by virtue of that fact, Manager Billie Barnie will be coaching the 3 game series. Mr. Barnie is now available to field your questions. David Duntz: Coach Barnie, What made you decide to go with Walter Johnson to start the first game? Barnie: Are you kidding? Have you seen him pitch? Look it’s pretty simple, he’s the best there is. Stan Hack: Did the fact the National League is right handed hitting heavy factor into the decision? Barnie: Not really. It didn’t hurt things, but Walter gets everyone out, lefties, righties….EVERYONE! And I expect he’ll get the Nationals lineup out too. John Bland: You seem pretty confident in Johnson’s ability, is there anyone in the National League lineup that scares you? Barnie: Foxx is always a concern, but even as good as he is, he wouldn’t be able to crack our starting lineup, unless I put him butcher things at third so I could get his bat in the order. Other than that…let me think…the top 2 guys in the order are dangerous, especially Wagner, who can do so much if he gets on base. The rest are nice players, some have some power, but they don’t overly concern me. Stan Hack: You mentioned the National League being right handed hitting heavy didn’t factor into your decision to pitch Johnson, on the flip side, your team is very left handed hitting heavy and you are going against a good lefty in Rob Nielsen, was there any concern about using all those left handed batters or consideration into using different players to get more righties in the lineup? Barnie: Nope, no concern at all. The lefties we have in the lineup aren’t your typical lefties. I mean, come on, we are talking Cobb, Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, and Collins. They don’t just hit right handed pitchers, they hit everything thrown up to plate, and they hit it hard. I expect they will do the same tonight. As for Nielsen, he started the season off extremely fast, but he hasn’t pitched particularly well lately, so I feel pretty comfortable in predicting we are going to hammer him pretty good tonight. Also, it’s not like we don’t have any right handed hitters in the lineup. Gibson is as powerful as anyone, and Ripkin is playing well and Wells is a nice player…. Now that I think about it, I will admit I did make 1 change to address the left handed opposing pitcher, I not only started Wells at 3b over Baker, I put him second in the lineup ahead of Collins so I wouldn’t start the game with 4 left handed batters. But that was the only change. Stan Hack: So there were no other considerations to work in more righties? Barnie: I took a look at Delehante, but who am I going to sit down, Cobb who’s hitting almost .400? Ruth hitting in the .330s with 20 plus homers, Williams who’s hitting about as good as Ed but with more power, or Gehrig who is playing better than Williams? No, I didn’t have much to consider. Paul Pride: Any concern with Williams’ indifferent play in the field costing you runs? Barnie: None. He’ll out produce what he costs us by his poor defensive play. David Duntz: So no plans for defensive substitutions? Barnie: I’ll have to see how the game unfolds. I’m not going into the game planning to pull Ted, or anyone else for that matter, if we have a lead after a certain number of innings. Paul Pride: Any idea who your main pinch hitters will be? Barnie: I don’t expect we’ll need any. I might use some late in the game if I’m going to pull my pitcher, but I don’t expect to NEED to use a pinch hitter. John Bland: Have you decided on a starter for Games 2 and 3? Barnie: I’ll use Grove in game 2 and I’d be surprised if there was a game 3, so I haven’t thought about who might get that start. ***things go quite for a while*** MC: Any more questions? ***no response**** MC: Ok. Thank you, Mr. Barnie. I have been told that Benton is on his way down and should be here shortly to answer your questions. |
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10-02-2007, 02:25 PM
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ALL STAR GAME – NATIONAL LEAGUE MANAGER PRESS CONFERENCE
MC: Everyone…If I can have your attention please. Coach Breeze is now available to answer questions. Stan Hack: Coach, when the season started did you expect to be here today? Benton: No, I didn’t expect to be here. I felt like we had a pretty good team, but I certainly didn’t think we’d have the best record in the National League…or really, the best record in baseball at the break. It’s a great honor and a testament to our players and how hard they have worked. Ken Simpleton: You didn’t think about being able to manage the All-Star game, even after the fantastic start you got off to? Benton: Nope. The teams in this league are too good to think you are going to run away and hide. It didn’t take too long for Posters to run us down. John Bland: Benton, Coach Barnie said that he was pretty confident that Walter Johnson would be able to shut down your lineup. Benton: I would be too.. *audience laughs* Really, Walter is a dominating pitcher, and we aren’t helped by the absence of some lefties having good years. I could really use Musial and Matthews tonight. David Duntz: So you are concerned about the lack of left handed bats? Benton: I like the guys I’ve got in the lineup…don’t misunderstand or misinterpret what I’m saying…but it would be nice to have two accomplished players like Musial and Matthews for a game against a right handed pitcher who’s as good as Johnson is. Stan Hack: Why Nielsen in the first game? Benton: You guys know Rob right? *nods* Well, if I hadn’t started him in the first game, he would have given me hell the rest of the year… *more laughs* But seriously, look at the numbers. Nielsen’s what…10 and 4, who else was I going to start. I have my other 2 starters and 4 guys from the Posters, Pete Alexander, and Mendez. There lineup is predominately left handed hitters so if you figure I want to go with a lefty that leaves me Nielsen, Mighty and Koufax. Nielsen has the best record of those 3 and his ERA is lower than Koufax’s. I think he’s earned the start. Paul Pride: Barnie said Nielsen hasn’t been pitching well lately, does that concern you and did you consider that when you made your decision on who will start tonight? Benton: I thought about it a little, and you’re right, Rob hasn’t pitched as well lately as he did early in the season, but I think his numbers are just about the same as Johnson’s if not slightly better. So if he isn’t pitching well, I guess Johnson’s not pitching well either. Stan Hack: Tell us about the lineup… Benton: Well we start off with Wagner, and I just decided he was a better fit for what we needed in this game than Banks was. Wagner is a table setter and he has the ability to create runs, so I liked him in the leadoff spot. Plus I felt Banks would serve better as a right handed hitting pinch hitter. LaJoie is second. He’s just hitting too good. Morgan would give me a left handed bat, and some explosiveness, but he isn’t as consistent, but don’t count him out, he might end up with plenty of playing time before this game is over. Ott’s third. I need a left handed bat in the middle of the order and Ott is playing great ball this season. Foxx is cleanup, and why not, he’s as good as anyone. Mays plays center and bats fifth. Jud Wilson is sixth at third. I honestly thought about putting Ott at third, but I don’t really have another lefty to put in the outfield so this way I get two left handed bats in the lineup. I would expect if we get a lead that Wilson will be pulled for a defensive replacement. Clemente gives me a cannon in right and a good contact guy, and Santop is my left handed hitting platoon at the catcher spot. Paul Pride: So no left handed hitting outfielders? Benton: I have Goslin, but I didn’t think that was much of an upgrade. Plus I really need another left handed bat off the bench. If worse comes to worse I’ll use Pflaggsettler like a left handed batter. He really hits righties more like a lefty anyway. Stan Hack: On paper it looks like the American League is much better than your team, do you feel you have an advantage, “on paper” anywhere? Benton: (scratching his chin): Interesting question. I think in general our pitching is on par with there’s, but an actual advantage on paper….hmmm…. *pause* Oh, sure…the bullpen. Kronside and Knowles are as good as anyone and are actual closers. I don’t know that they have a true closer on the back end. |
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10-02-2007, 09:09 PM
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ALL STAR - GAME 1 - RADIO BROADCAST
Welcome to the ballpark! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between National League and American League The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in National League Ty Cobb to lead it off for American League He rocks and fires Grounded to second Lajoie comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 Willie Wells coming up Wells asks the ump for time Now he's back in Nielsen has the sign Here it comes Hard ground ball into left field Wells rounds first And holds with a single Now batting will be Babe Ruth Ruth digs in Nielsen toes the rubber Here comes the pitch Did he hold up his swing? NO! He went too far, Strikeout! Wells inches away from the base . . . Nielsen throws trying to pick Wells! Wells is back to the bag easily Lou Gehrig steps up to the plate Nielsen looks in Here's the 3-1 offering Inside That's ball four That will bring up Josh Gibson A long look in for the sign Nielsen has it Here's the pitch Swung on and missed STRIKE THREE! And that retires the side Honus Wagner to lead it off for National League The "Big Train" shakes off the sign... Now Walter has the pitch he wants... He winds and deals Struck him out! Up next is Nap Lajoie the ex-Providence hack driver Lajoie digs into the box The Idahoan shakes off the sign... Now Johnson brushes off another one... Johnson has unreal speed and a wonderful curveball The "Big Train" comes in with the 2-1 pitch... Liner drilled to third Wells snares it for the out! Score It: 5 The New Orleans native, the mild mannered, Mel Ott, is approaching the plate "Master Melvin" started his career as a catcher! Ott digs in The righty shakes off the sign... Now he brushes off another one... Johnson throws his "hummer" sidearm and he throws strikes He goes into the windup Strike out! Gibson framed it nicely for the ump. Ted Williams leads off the inning Williams takes a couple of practice cuts Williams is waiting for the pitch He delivers Swung on and missed STRIKE THREE! Now batting will be Cal Ripken Nielsen toes the rubber He rocks and fires Extra base hit to center for Ripken Willie Mays is trying to get to it This one is rolling to the wall... This might be stretched into an inside the park homerun! No... he decides to hold up Here comes the American League second baseman, Eddie Collins Most believe he has quite a future We're scoreless Nielsen grips the ball The 2 strike pitch Smashed into right field Base hit for Collins Ripken scores from third! Johnson looks to lay one down He bunts at it . . . Fielded by J.Wilson the throw to first... Out Johnson gets the job done. Ty Cobb steps up to the plate Cobb digs into the box Nielsen shakes off his sign Now he's set He delivers Base hit to center for Cobb The 3rd base coach gives the green light... The throw is coming home... Collins is out! Jimmie Foxx to lead it off for National League Foxx asks the ump for time Now he's back in Foxx is waiting for the pitch Here it comes Grounded towards the bag Wells grabs it Over to Gehrig Got him! Score It: 5-3 Now batting #24, Willie Mays... center fielder Johnson gets the sign "Barney" fires it home... In the dirt That's ball four Jud "Boojum" Wilson, the hard nosed third baseman with extra base power, is approaching the plate Wilson stares out at the mound Wilson is ready for the pitch Here's the pitch Grounded towards the hole Fielded nicely by Collins Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 And that retires the side Willie Wells will start things off Nielsen looking in He's into his windup Ground ball to short Wagner grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That will bring up Babe Ruth Ruth digs in Ruth is waiting for the pitch Here's the 3-1 delivery Drilled deep to right Clemente takes off after it This one is deep! IT MIGHT BE . . . IT IS! A HOMERUN! That is Babe Ruth's 1st home run of the year. The handsome Lou Gehrig is coming to bat The native New Yorker attended Columbia U Nielsen stares in Here's the pitch It's hit high and deep Roberto Clemente is running hard He's at the fence IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . IT'S GONE! That is Lou Gehrig's 1st home run of the year. Here's Josh Gibson Nielsen has the sign He's into his windup Low and outside Ball four That will bring up Ted Williams Nielsen shakes off his sign Now he's set He deals Hot shot grounded to short Taken by Wagner Throws to second He's out Over to first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 After 2 and a half innings American League leads 3 to 0 Roberto Clemente to lead it off for National League We're in the bottom of the 3rd A long look in for the sign Johnson has it Here comes the pitch Liner drilled to second It's into the outfield for a base hit! Louis Santop stands in for National League Santop looks towards the coach Johnson stares in Here's the 1-1 offering Half swing Chopper to second Taken by Collins Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 Here's Rob Nielsen Johnson toes the rubber Here's the 0-2 pitch He rips a grounder to third Wells grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 Up next is the modest, good natured Hans Wagner He has hands that could palm a beachball! A base hit should score Clemente Johnson stares in Here comes the pitch Swung on and missed STRIKE THREE! Wagner didn't have a good swing at it. And that will do it for National League Cal Ripken will start things off Nielsen looks in He takes his windup Grounded to short Wagner grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 "Cocky" is coming to the plate Collins asks the ump for time Now he's back in O.K. Collins is ready He winds and deals There's a drive down the line Clemente has got a long run TREMENDOUS DIVING CATCH! Nielsen owes Clemente a dinner! Score It: 9 That will bring up Walter Johnson He's o.k. with the bat Johnson digs into the box Nielsen looking in He kicks and fires Struck him out! Nice pitch by Nielsen! And that retires the side Nap Lajoie will start things off Johnson goes to the resin bag Now he's ready He delivers Drilled on the ground to short Ripken grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 Master Melvin is coming to the plate Ott is 0 for 1 today Johnson toes the rubber Here's the 3-1 delivery Bouncer to second Collins comes up with it Over to Gehrig Got him! Score It: 4-3 Here comes the National League first baseman, Jimmie Foxx Most believe he has quite a future here in the ballpark Foxx asks the ump for time Now he's back in Foxx is ready for the pitch He rocks and fires Fastball STRIKE THREE! And that will do it for National League Ty Cobb leads off the inning Cobb digs in Cobb cocks the bat Here it comes Bouncer to second Lajoie comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 The smooth fielding, line drive hitting third baseman.... Willie "The Devil" Wells is approaching the plate Wells stares out at the mound Wells is waiting for the pitch He kicks and fires Just off the plate Ball four Babe Ruth is at the plate Nielsen looking in The 3-1 pitch Grounded towards the bag Foxx takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 Lou Gehrig stands in for American League Gehrig digs into the box O.K. Gehrig is ready He deals STRIKE THREE! That's three outs, side retired Willie Mays will start things off Mays takes a couple of practice cuts Johnson gets the sign Here comes the pitch Swung on and missed STRIKE THREE! Jud Wilson steps in Wilson is 0 for 1 today Johnson looks in The 3-2 pitch High and tight He takes it for a walk The bad-ball hitting right fielder, Roberto Clemente, is now batting Clemente stares out at the mound Johnson stares in Here's the 3-0 pitch The hit and run is on! Broken bat ground ball to second Collins grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 Louis Santop is at the plate Santop is 0 for 1 today A long look in for the sign Johnson has it Here it comes WHIFFFFF! Nice pitch by Johnson! And that will do it for National League Josh Gibson leads it off Gibson taps the bat on home Gibson is waiting for the pitch He rocks and fires Smashed on the ground into left field Josh Gibson has a base hit The natural hitting left fielder, Ted Williams, is coming up to bat Ted is a San Diego native Williams is 0 for 2 today Nielsen wants another ball Now he's ready The 2 strike pitch Struck him out! Cal Ripken stands in for American League Ripken digs in Nielsen looking in Here's the pitch Did he check his swing? YES! It's a walk Now batting will be Eddie Collins Collins stares out at the mound O.K. Collins is ready Here's the 3-0 offering He lays off the pitch Ball four, he walks That will bring up Walter Johnson He's o.k. with the bat We're in the top of the 6th The bases are loaded Santop flashes the sign Nielsen has it He delivers High and away Ball four Ty Cobb stands in for American League Cobb digs in Cobb cocks the bat The 0-1 pitch Swung on and hit to shallow left Ott is on his horse HE DIVES HE'S GOT IT! TREMENDOUS DIVING CATCH! Nielsen owes Ott a dinner! Score It: 7 Willie Wells coming up Nielsen shakes off his sign Now he's set Here's the pitch WATCH OUT! Nielsen has hit Wells! Babe Ruth now up Nielsen looks in Here comes the pitch STRIKE THREE! After 5 and a half innings American League on top 5 to 0 Joe Morgan leads off the inning Johnson stares in He rocks and fires Just off the plate Ball four Up next is the modest, good natured Hans Wagner Wagner looks towards the coach Johnson looking in Here it comes Pops one up to center field Ty Cobb says it's his He makes the catch Score It: 8 Johnson better keep an eye on Morgan . . . Johnson looks him back to the bag Morgan takes a shorter lead Larry is now coming to bat Lajoie is 0 for 2 today, with no walks Johnson looks in The 2-1 pitch Screaming liner towards short Ripken jumps He snares it for the out! Score It: 6 The dangerous hitter, 5'9", Mel Ott, is coming to the plate Ott asks the ump for time Now he's back in Ott is waiting for the pitch Here's the pitch It's a BULLET, hit towards second Tough chance for Collins He grabs it for the out Score It: 4 And that will do it for National League Lou Gehrig leads it off Gehrig taps the bat on home Alexander goes to the resin bag Now he's ready Here it comes Hot shot grounded to the mound Alexander comes up with it Over to Foxx Got him! Score It: 1-3 Josh Gibson steps in Gibson asks the ump for time Now he's back in O.K. Gibson is ready He delivers Drilled deep to center field Mays is on his horse It's out of his reach Gibson running hard out of the box Mays corrals the ball Gibson motors into second Two-bagger! Ted Williams steps into the box Alexander nods, he's ready Here's the 3-0 delivery He misses outside Ball four Cal Ripken coming up 1st and 2nd, one man down Alexander gets the sign The 3-2 pitch Fastball Ball four The 1907 Columbia U graduate, "Cocky" Collins, is approaching the plate Collins takes a couple of practice cuts Collins cocks the bat The bases are loaded Here it comes Collins flies out to right The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Runners hold. That will bring up Walter Johnson Johnson asks the ump for time Now he's back in O.K. Johnson is ready Here's the pitch Smashed to short Taken by Wagner Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 And that will do it for American League It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Jimmie Foxx to lead it off for National League Johnson gets the sign Here's the pitch A drive to left Williams doesn't have to move He records the out Score It: 7 Here comes the National League center fielder, Willie Mays Most believe he has quite a future here in the ballpark Mays takes a couple of practice cuts Mays is ready for the pitch He goes into the windup Drilled deep to right field This one is deep! GOOD-BYE MR. SPALDING! That is Willie Mays' 1st home run of the year. Now batting will be Jud Wilson Johnson shakes off his sign Now he's set He winds and deals Slow ground ball to the mound Taken by Johnson Over to Gehrig HE BEATS THE THROW! That's an infield hit for Wilson! Roberto Clemente is next Clemente asks the ump for time Now he's back in Clemente cocks the bat Here comes the pitch There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Gibson races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Clemente back in the box And here comes the next pitch Swung on and hit to shallow right Babe Ruth trying to get to it HE DIVES HE'S GOT IT! WAIT THEY'RE SAYING HE TRAPPED IT! Base hit for Clemente They'll argue, but to no avail. Wilson takes third Louis Santop stands in for National League Santop digs into the box Santop is waiting for the pitch He rocks and fires Routine grounder to short Ripken grabs it Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 And that retires the side Ty Cobb leads off the inning Alexander has the sign Here's the pitch Grounded down the line Alexander takes the flip from Foxx Score It: 3-1 Willie Wells coming up Alexander shakes off his sign Now he's set He deals WATCH OUT! Alexander has hit Wells! Now Wells gets up and brushes himself off He's not a big fan of "chin music" and he's letting Alexander know about it! The ump tells Wells to take his base Babe Ruth is next Ruth takes a couple of practice cuts Ruth is waiting for the pitch Here's the 3-0 delivery High and tight He takes it for a walk Lou Gehrig is at the plate Gehrig digs into the box Gehrig is ready for the pitch He delivers Hard ground ball to second Morgan comes up with it Over to second for one On to first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 And that retires the side Joe Morgan to lead it off for National League Morgan digs in Morgan cocks the bat And Barney lets it fly... Bouncer to second Taken by Collins His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 "The Flying Dutchman" will be up next Wagner is 0 for 3 today, with no walks Johnson looking in He's into his windup Swung on and missed STRIKE THREE! Pete Alexander is due up, but Benton is sending in Pflaggstettler... Persimmon Pflaggstettler now up Johnson has the sign He rocks and fires Bounding ball to third Taken by Wells Over to Gehrig Got him! Score It: 5-3 After 8 innings American League ahead 5 to 1 Josh Gibson leads it off We're in the top of the 9th Gonzalez flashes the sign Babson has it He's into his windup WHIFFFFF! Nice pitch by Babson! Ted Williams steps up to the plate A long look in for the sign Babson has it He deals Fastball Ball four Cal Ripken coming up National League is set up for two Babson has the sign Here's the 3-2 offering Driven to center Tough chance for Mays He gloves it Score It: 8 The ex-Columbia U star, Eddie Collins, is approaching the plate Babson nods, he's ready Here comes the pitch Base hit to right for Collins Williams is being held at second Frank Selee will send up a pinch hitter for Walter Johnson Yes, Ed Delahanty steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Babson That will bring up Ed Delahanty Two men on, two men out Babson goes to the resin bag Now he's ready He rocks and fires Base hit to center for Delahanty The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Runners hold. Ty Cobb steps up to the plate Cobb stares out at the mound Cobb cocks the bat The bases are loaded He deals Shallow fly ball to center Mays is on his horse He's got it Fine running catch! Score It: 8 And that retires the side Frank Selee will be bringing in a relief pitcher Bruce Sutter has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Mel Ott to lead it off for National League Ott takes a couple of practice cuts Ott is waiting for the pitch He rocks and fires WHIFFFFF! The muscular Jimmie Foxx is up next "Double X" stands deep in the box has a wide stance and full stride no doubt an intimidating sight for any pitcher Foxx digs into the box Sutter shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Bruce has a many pitches to use but his best is a split-finger fastball! He deals He rips a grounder to second Collins grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 Here's speedy 5'10 1/2", 170 pound Willie Mays coming to the plate Sutter nods, he's ready Here's the 3-1 offering Screaming liner towards left Tough chance for Williams He can't get to it! Base hit for Mays Jud Wilson steps into the box Wilson digs in Sutter looks in Here's the 0-2 delivery Hot line drive to second Collins tries it He grabs it for the out Score It: 4 And that will do it for National League American League wins 5 to 1 Johnson gets credit for the win Nielsen takes the loss The hitting star for American League was Babe Ruth He was 1 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from National League. |
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10-02-2007, 09:10 PM
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10-03-2007, 01:49 PM
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AL ALL STAR PRESS CONFERENCE
MC: Mr Barnie is available to answer questions. Stan Hack: With a lead in the series will anything change in your strategy in game 2? Barnie: Why should it, we dominated the game last night and we'll do it again tonight. David Duntz: Was there any point during the game where you were concerned that the NLers would make a move? Barnie: I had complete confidence in Johnson, so No, I was not concerned. Paul Pride: So it will be Grove tonight? Barnie: Yes. And the rest of the lineup will remain the same. Paul Pride: Being left handed do you think he'll have more trouble with the RH hitting Nationals? Barnie: No. I think he'll dominate as well. *pause* Ok, he might struggle a bit more...he may end up giving up 2 runs. *things go quiet* Barnie, not waiting on the MC: Any more questions? *silence* Barnie walks out of the room. |
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10-03-2007, 02:13 PM
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NL ALL STAR PRESS CONFERENCE
MC: Coach Benton Breeze is now ready to field questions Benton quips: Fielding...that's one thing we did well last night. Paul Pride: Coach, you felt pretty good Nielsen would pitch well last night, but he didn't, why? Benton: You know what...I though he pitched pretty good until the what...6th inning, when he got upset with the umps call on a pitch and sort of lost his mind. Stan Hack: So Nielsen got upset with the umpire? Benton: You couldn't tell? *Hack shakes his head no* Benton: Yeah, he felt his strike zone was being squeezed. John Bland: Did you think he was being squeezed? Benton: I'm not going to get into officiating issues...but look at the box score and you tell me what you think. David Duntz: When Nielsen got upset should you have pulled him? Benton: Yes...I visited the mound to try and calm him down, but he isn't the easiest person to reach when he gets hot. I though he had it under control, but obviously he didn't. As it turns out, the 2 runs he gave up in that inning wouldn't have affected the outcome of the game, because we never over came the 3 he gave up early. Stan Hack: Who's going to the hill tonight? Benton: Koufax...I'm going to try the lefty thing again. Hack: Does that mean Mighty will go in game 3 if there is a game 3? Benton: No, I need him to have a lefty in the pen. If we get to a game 3 it will probably be Seaver's ball. Duntz: What will you have to do to force a game 3? Benton: A good start would be to hold them to less than 2+ baserunners an inning, and the best to keep that from happening is not to issue so many free passes. In all actuality we did great to hold them to 5 runs. Did you see how many baserunners they had...and they ended up leaving what 13 or 14on base? Hack: 14 Benton: Ok, 14 - so we could have easily given up double diget runs if we hadn't made good pitches at crucial times. Stan Hack: Any changes in your lineup with Grove starting for the AL? Benton: Sure...we will probably go with the same two at the top of the order, but I'm probably going to use Foxx at 3b and put Potpie at first, and I'll probably use Joe Kelley in Left, but I'm not completely sure...and of course Gonzalez will start behind the plate with Santop injured. Pride: How badly hurt is Santop? Benton: Not bad. In fact, if this were a divisional game and his team was fighting for the playoffs, he'd gut it out, but no reason to here. He'll be ready to roll when the season starts up again. In fact, if we push a game 3 he might even be ok for that. Guys, I don't want to be rude, but I really need to get to the locker room to discuss our lineup with the other coaches. As I mentioned above, I haven't finalized my plans yet and I want their opinions. *Benton exits the room* Last edited by Breeze : 10-03-2007 at 02:15 PM. |
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10-03-2007, 09:39 PM
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ALL STAR - GAME 2 - RADIO BROADCAST
Welcome everyone to the ballpark The players are on the field and we're almost ready to go As Honus Wagner prepares to face Grove let's check out the American League defense At first base is Gehrig Wells is down at the hot corner Collins and Ripken are at second and short, respectively From left to right... Williams, Cobb and Ruth and now Gibson is just settling in behind the plate The All Stars' southpaw winds and delivers A hanging curve... Wagner laces it hard just to the right of Wells He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Honus... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Lefty Grove watches Wagner As he moves away from the bag Grove steps away from the mound... Now Wagner moves back to first He's not getting far from the bag Settling in at the plate is Kelley Grove tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The pitch on the way, here it is... Kelley swings and lifts one toward left Williams drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... One away in the top of the 1st for National League National League second baseman, Nap Lajoie, is up next Lajoie wiggles the bat above his head Lajoie is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Grove He's waiting for the pitch The pitch to Lajoie... Base hit to right for Lajoie Wagner is being waved to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Lajoie at first Jimmie Foxx steps into the box Grove wastes no time He has the sign from Gibson And the delivery by Grove The pitch is off the glove of Gibson He's after it He's up with it... Wagner with the hook slide Safe at home! Gibson is charged with a passed ball Tough break for Lefty Grove Jimmie Foxx steps into the box Foxx digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Grove Grove steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Collins comes in a couple steps Yells something to Grove The delivery Foxx rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Ripken Cal fields it cleanly Looks Lajoie back to second Now fires it over to first... Easy out And there's two away Making his way up is Mays A base hit should score Lajoie Grove looks down at Gibson for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants He brings it home That one is a grass cutter towards short Ripken fronts it... OOPS! It takes a big hop! Cal 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... Gehrig one hops it into his glove Out! Gehrig can't get out of the way and Willie 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 After one-half inning It's National League 1, All Stars coming to bat Here we go in the bottom half of the first inning... Setting up the defense for National League Kelley will start in left Mays gets the nod in center The rightfielder is Clemente... Around the infield Foxx will start at third base Wagner is at shortstop Lajoie at the keystone And over at first, Potpie... Sandy Koufax is out on the mound and Gonzalez is behind home plate Up first for the All Stars will be Ty Cobb We'll see how they pitch to Cobb Koufax eyes Cobb intently The southpaw Koufax's delivery on the 3-1 pitch Sinking fastball... Cobb swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wagner... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step And there's one away Walking up now to the plate is Wells Wells can't seem to get settled at the plate He's ready Here's his delivery Wells chases the high fastball... Hammers a LONG towering drive... Hit to deep left center... HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE! A big blast by Wells! The "Sultan of Swat" is coming to the plate Ruth needs to get on... He has a .400 on base percentage Koufax has the sign from Gonzalez Here's the southpaw's delivery Fastball... Ruth jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep right There goes Clemente after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Roberto Clemente! That's two away Wagner comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Koufax Lou Gehrig will be next up... Larrupin' Lou is up next Gehrig swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Koufax Koufax shakes off the sign by Gonzalez We have Sandy Koufax and Lefty Grove matched up in this one as we play in the bottom of the first The southpaw's 3-0 delivery Gehrig starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Koufax walks him Gibson gets set at the plate Koufax looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready... Koufax quick pitches the 0-2 offering Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three That does it in the bottom of the 1st 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 1 inning, The score is tied at 1 Jeeberoni Potpie, Roberto Clemente, and Miguel Gonzalez are due up Lefty Grove 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 0-2 offering Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Wells It's by him... Williams comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Potpie to a single Clemente leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Roberto checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings Now he steps into the box Lefty looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The stretch... the 2-1 delivery There's a high pop down the left field line It's going to go into foul territory Wells and Ripken are chasing it down the line Cal dives, and makes the play! With one down, up next is Miguel Gonzalez To be followed by Sandy Koufax The catcher, Miguel Gonzalez will be up next for National League Gonzalez is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in The umpire says let's go Gonzalez is ready Grove brings it to the plate Gonzalez sends a scorcher to short Ripken takes it on one hop Fires to Collins for one Back to Gehrig for the double play! And that retires the side Here's the left fielder Williams To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Cal Ripken And then Eddie Collins Williams digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Koufax Left-hander Sandy Koufax prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Williams Sandy winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... Right down the middle... strike three Williams must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch That's the first out of the inning Two more to go The shortstop, Cal Ripken, is up next Koufax squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Here's the windup... and the pitch Changeup down low... Ripken makes contact and hits one out to left Joe Kelley is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Koufax Two up, two down Eddie Collins will step in to face Koufax next If he gets on, Lefty Grove will follow Watching Koufax, Collins wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Collins in the hole, 0-2 Koufax brings it home Collins hits a hot shot on the ground Wagner, a diving stop Long throw... He's out! OH! A sensational play! That brings this crowd roaring to its feet Honus Wagner made a diving stop to his right followed by a perfect throw to get the speedy Collins And Eddie Collins has been robbed of a base hit What a remarkable effort by Wagner No runs for American League in the bottom of the 2nd The score is knotted at 1 We'll be right back Koufax 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 Koufax swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Grove After getting set, Koufax waits on the pitch The pitch is on the way Swung on and hit sharply to third Wells plays it on one hop Over to Gehrig... Out of there! National League with one away Grove steps off the mound as he waits for Honus Wagner to come to the plate National League sends the shortstop, Honus Wagner, up to the plate Wagner taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready The umpire says let's go The lefthander Grove comes home with it Ball four is the call Grove can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Grove Wagner takes first base Wagner sneaks away from the base Wagner takes his lead... Throw to first... SAFE! Another throw... easily back Wagner extends his lead Grove comes home with a slider Kelley takes it... Wagner is off on the pitch The peg down... It's a wild throw by Gibson... To the right of second... Into right center... Up and moving to third is Wagner... Score that a stolen base and an error Joe Kelley steps into the box Kelley is 0 for 1 on the day He looks around at the American League infield Gehrig is kicking the dirt at first Wells is even with the bag at third Collins and Ripken are ready with hands on knees at second and short He's ready for the delivery Now to the belt, here it is... Broken bat ground ball to short Wagner breaks for home It's off Ripken's glove! Score It: E6 Wagner scores from third! Kelley to first With Jimmie Foxx on deck Batting now for National League is Lajoie Lajoie is 1 for 1 today Nap singled last time around Lajoie tells the umpire he's ready Grove goes into his stretch... Looks over at Kelley Fires to Gehrig... Kelley is back easily... We're ready again Now Grove comes home The runner goes Lajoie likes the hit and run... Lajoie misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Gibson takes the pitch... The throw... Kelley is in there under the tag Not a strong throw by Gibson Nap Lajoie steps into the box Lajoie is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Nap certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Grove earn his salary Lajoie waits on Grove Grove brings it to the plate It's a shallow fly by Lajoie Williams runs in, calls for it He makes the catch with a snap of his glove Lajoie is out That's two away Foxx pounds the plate Now he stares out at Grove Foxx looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 0 for 1 on the day for Jimmie Grove adjusts his cap... Now he's set The southpaw delivers the 0-2 pitch Foxx rips a sharp grounder to Lou Gehrig It rolls up his arm Gehrig can't find the handle Foxx is safe on the error by Gehrig Mays is up now for National League Mays steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Willie is 0 for 1 today Mays is waiting on the pitch The southpaw Grove delivers the 1-2 pitch Swung on and popped up back of first Collins is running after it... Gehrig is backpedaling... Watch out!... They almost collided! And the ball drops free just beyond the dugout A lack of communication cost American League there . . . Mays back in the box And here comes the next pitch Popped up into shallow left Williams has got a long run He's got it Fine running catch! Score It: 7 That's it for National League National League has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While American League has one run, one hit and 3 errors National League has now left 3 runners stranded Grove will come up to lead off the bottom of the 3rd American League's fans are looking for some runs from their team Grove scuffs up the lines around the box Koufax gets the sign, it's one he likes Koufax's into the windup... the delivery There's a fly ball to Willie Mays Mays circles under it... He makes the play One down for American League Ty Cobb is still in the on-deck circle and Willie Wells is looking for a bat in the dugout Cobb scuffs up the lines in the box Now he is ready Ty is 0 for 1 this spring evening He grounded out in his last plate appearance Koufax ready quickly, looks in for the sign Sandy rocks and fires It's a sinker that's up in the strike zone Cobb hits it deep towards the gap Mays is back to the warning track... To the fence... He leaps against the wall... CAN'T QUITE GET IT!!!... Cobb is not stopping at second Steams for third... Here's the throw to the cutoff man There will be no play at third They score it a triple Number 1 of the season for Cobb Wells now at the plate Babe Ruth waits on deck Wells steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready He's ready Here's the 3-1 offering Slider breaking in... Wells turns on it... Hits a drive down the line Foxx dives for it, but can't make the play Kelley over to cut it off keeping it out of the corner He throws... Wagner cuts it off Wells coasts into second base with a double Almost a great snag by Foxx That'll bring up All Stars' right fielder Babe Ruth... All Stars with a runner in scoring position at second Ruth a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Koufax A battle of lefties... Ruth is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Koufax He's waiting for the pitch The pitch is on the way Big motion... Ruth is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Koufax pulled the string on him Two down Gonzalez asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Gonzalez and Koufax All Stars' first baseman Gehrig is up next Koufax is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Koufax looks in... Now he's ready Koufax looks back towards second... The pitch Gehrig swings and misses, strike three! Lou chased a curve ball in the dirt That's all for the All Stars After 3 innings in American League this evening, The score is tied at 2 Potpie heads for the plate leading off this inning for National League Stepping in and then stepping out again Potpie looks to third for a sign The left-hander Grove is now ready Grove will try to get Potpie to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Base hit to center for Potpie Ty Cobb is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Now here's Clemente Grove has the sign he wants Now Lefty delivers The Super Star try the hit and run! It's a rainbow shot toward left Williams reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One down for National League Miguel Gonzalez is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for National League Facing Grove now is Gonzalez Sandy Koufax heads to the on deck circle Honus Wagner waits in the hole And Lefty studies the sign from Gibson... Now he's got it The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate Grove needs to come in with this one That's ball four Gonzalez trots down to first Potpie is already down on second Koufax fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Koufax looks to lay one down Koufax lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Koufax might beat it out... Fielded by W.Wells the throw to first... Out Koufax gets the job done. That's the second out of the inning Gibson heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Wagner. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are going to put Wagner on Gibson holds out his glove That's ball four Two on, two outs... Kelley steps to the plate Grove wastes no time He has the sign from Gibson Grove checks all the baserunners... Now he comes home with it Base hit to center for Kelley Potpie scores The 3rd base coach gives the green light... The throw is coming home... Gonzalez scores! Trailing runners advance. Gibson heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Lajoie. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are issuing a free pass to Lajoie Here's the 3-0 pitch Ball four, Lajoie takes his base With two out Batting for National League now is Foxx Grove takes the first sign The southpaw Grove's delivery Pounded on the ground to short Ripken comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side... but not before 2 runs cross the plate for National League After 3 and a half innings, National League ahead 4 to 2 Josh Gibson will step into the box to start the inning American League would like to get some runners on board Left-hander Sandy Koufax prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Gibson Koufax brings it to the plate Gibson hits a screamer at Sandy Koufax Koufax picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Gibson is out! Nice play by Potpie That's one away "The Thumper" is now coming to bat The outfield's shaded towards right With Williams at the plate Williams waits Now Sandy delivers Swung on and hammered into right-center It's in the gap... Clemente will track it down... But Williams is into second standing up Koufax threw a high change-up Ted Williams timed it perfectly Cal Ripken is coming to the plate National League leads by 2 We're in the bottom of the 4th Ripken is 0 for 1 today Cal flied out last time up Ripken waits patiently The lefty Koufax delivers He rips a grounder to short Taken by Wagner His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 Two away They are issuing a free pass to Collins Here's the 3-0 pitch Ball four, Collins takes his base Lefty Grove, the American League pitcher, steps into the batter's box National League on top 4 to 2 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Koufax is on the third-base side of the rubber... Sandy checks the runners... Steps off the mound... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Grove takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He punches Grove out That's it for American League Here at the ballpark, After 4 innings, National League has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors While American League has 2 runs, 4 hits and 3 errors American League has left 3 on base National League has stranded 6 Willie Mays up first for National League He is a threat to steal if he gets on Gibson flashes the sign... Grove waves it off... Now he's happy The southpaw delivers Mays pops one straight up And it will be Ripken making the play One away... Gehrig is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Wells also... Now they return to their positions One away, nobody on base Potpie stands ready at the plate Potpie looks down toward the third base coach Lefty gets the sign from Gibson Grove winds and delivers Drilled deep to left field This one is deep! FORGET IT, IT'S GONE!!! That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 1st home run of the year. Clemente, National League's right fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Miguel Gonzalez waits on deck Roberto steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Clemente is 0 for 2 today He flied out last time up Clemente awaits the delivery Grove's 1-0 pitch... A slider by Grove Clemente gets good wood on it... Cobb back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Gonzalez leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate The outfield shades towards left for Gonzalez He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Miguel brings the bat back... It's coming down the pike Hard ground ball to third Wells grabs it Over to Gehrig Got him! Score It: 5-3 We're halfway through here at the ballpark After 4 and a half innings National League ahead 5 to 2 We'll be right back... Ty Cobb leading off here in the bottom of the 5th The All Stars will try to chip away At National League's 3 run lead Koufax steps on the rubber Here's the 2 strike pitch It's a high fly into center Mays ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out One out Willie Wells is due up next And it brings up Willie Wells On deck is Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig in the hole Wells is taking his practice swings Willie is 2 for 2 this evening He doubled last time at bat Wells readies himself for the pitch Sandy is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Wagner takes off after it... Leaps... And Wells is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Honus is very fine fielder! Two down Sandy Koufax retires the first two batters in a row Up now for American League is Ruth Two away, nobody on National League has the outfield shaded towards right Ruth is 0 for 2 today All set, Ruth is ready for the pitch The lefthander Koufax delivers It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Lajoie for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That wraps up the inning for American League So After 5 innings National League has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors While American League has 2 runs, 4 hits and 3 errors American League has left 2 stranded National League has failed to bring home 6 Sandy Koufax, Honus Wagner, and Joe Kelley are due up for the Super Star National League leads, 5-2 Koufax grips the bat handle The count is nothing and 2 Koufax has to protect the plate Grove fires Curve ball... Koufax swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! One out, nobody on base Honus Wagner is the batter Grove adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gibson The 2-1 delivery by the lefthander It's a smash over third Wells leaps Just over his outstretched glove Wagner makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Taking his lead is Wagner Wagner is off on the pitch! Gibson takes it He double clutches... But then fires a missile... Too much speed on the bases Wagner is in there ahead of the throw! That's number 2 this year for Wagner Joe Kelley steps into the box With 3 RBI's in the game Kelley has 3 on the season Grove has the sign from Gibson Now ready, here it is... Flyball to right it's caught Wagner might have a chance to move up... Ruth makes the catch... Wagner is tagging up at second... Here's the play at third... SAFE! Walking up to the plate now is Lajoie Jimmie Foxx waits on deck Grove steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The lefthander delivers A high fastball... Lajoie swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Ripken Cal is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Lajoie was looking for the breaking ball That retires the side National League threatens but fails to score Here in the top of the 6th Gehrig saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Koufax likes the sign Here's the 1-1 offering Gehrig swings and sends a high fly to right It is hugging the line... Clemente is over at the fence... It's going to be close... It's just foul! Gehrig just missed on that one . . . Gehrig back in the box And here comes the next pitch It's hit high and deep Clemente takes off after it He's at the fence IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . CAUGHT! Score It: 9 One up, one down for American League Pounding the plate with his bat Gibson awaits the pitch Koufax looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The pitch is on the way Fly ball to center Mays is under it He makes the grab That's the second out of the inning Williams finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Williams steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Ted is 1 for 2 today All set, Williams is ready for the pitch Koufax is into his windup Here's the pitch Slider pounded into the ground towards first It's by the diving Potpie... Lajoie chasing it down... There will be no play It's a base hit Two outs, with a man at first Ripken is the next batter Ripken is 0 for 2 today Koufax tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... We've got a full count... Koufax winds and fires... Bounding ball to the mound Koufax comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That's it for American League Here at the ballpark, After 6 innings, National League has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors While American League has 2 runs, 5 hits and 3 errors American League has left 5 on base National League has stranded 7 National League will send Foxx, Willie Mays, and Jeeberoni Potpie to face Lefty Grove this inning Foxx grips the bat handle Foxx tells the umpire he's ready Here's the 3-1 pitch Ground ball to the left side... Wells scoops it up Over to first for the putout So one up and one gone Mays gets set at the plate Grove toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Gibson The southpaw delivers the 0-2 pitch Hard slider, paints the inside corner Mays gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Gehrig grabs it... Races to first... Beats Mays for the out Two down Grove gets the first two batters here in the top of the 7th Now up in the National League seventh will be Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeeberoni is 3 for 3 this evening Potpie is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Grove He's waiting for the pitch And now the pitch... Here's a curveball, up in the zone... It's juiced to deep center There goes Cobb after it Racing hard... Reaching... Can't get it... It was just out of his reach! He chases it to the fence Potpie around first, coasts into second As the throw comes in late Score that a two bagger Roberto Clemente will get a crack at Grove next Miguel Gonzalez would be up next... But only if Clemente can reach safely Clemente is taking his practice swings Roberto is 0 for 3 this evening He flied out last time at bat Gibson flashes the sign to Grove The southpaw Grove's delivery Clemente hits a three hopper towards Eddie Collins Collins scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's three outs, side retired It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Eddie Collins up first for American League He is a threat to steal if he gets on Collins is 0 for 1 today Eddie was intentionally walked last time up Sandy looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The windup, and the 3-1 pitch A high fastball... Collins swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Gonzalez Miguel is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Collins was looking for the breaking ball One down for American League Lefty Grove is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for American League Mickey Mantle is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Lefty Grove Mantle walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Ty Cobb moves into the on deck circle American League needs some runs Left-hander Sandy Koufax prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Mantle Here's his delivery Inside fastball, he turns on it... Mantle rocks one deep... This is really hit It's going... going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! That one traveled an easy 445 feet Now batting will be Ty Cobb The center fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out National League leads American League by 2 runs Ty is 1 for 3 this spring evening He flied out in his last plate appearance Cobb waiting on the delivery Koufax brings it to the plate Swung on and hit sharply to short Wagner plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! Wells walks up to the plate Willie steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Willie is 2 for 3 today with 1 home run Koufax adjusts his cap... Now he's set Koufax brings it home Sinking fastball... Wells swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Foxx... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Three away here in the bottom of the 7th After 7 innings National League ahead 5 to 3 The official attendance has just been announced 46792 fans here at the ballpark this evening Frank Selee will be bringing in a relief pitcher Bullet Joe Rogan has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Miguel Gonzalez, Sandy Koufax, and Honus Wagner are due up for the Super Star National League leads, 5-3 The right-hander Rogan is set to deliver to Gonzalez Here's the 3-1 offering Gonzalez laces a hit into the outfield Ted Williams picks it up Fires it to the infield Gonzalez holds with a single Koufax fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Sandy Koufax shows bunt And lays it down right to Willie Wells Wells looks at second But passes up a sure force play He fires to first to retire Koufax But Gonzalez moves up National League was in luck that time... Credit Sandy Koufax with a sacrifice With one down Gehrig yells something out to Rogan Bullet Joe nods his head Honus Wagner steps into the box One out, man on second Rogan shakes off two signs Now he's ready Rogan brings it to the plate It almost hits Honus Wagner It goes all the way back to the screen Gonzalez takes third on the wild pitch Honus Wagner steps into the box Right-hander Rogan eyes the righty Wagner The pitch is on the way Groundball to short The 3rd base coach gives the green light... They throw trying to get the lead runner... Here's the play at home... Runner scores! Kelley comes to the plate One out, Wagner at first American League is set up for two Gibson flashes the sign... Rogan shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Rogan goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Wagner He lobs one to Gehrig... Wagner is back easily We're ready again Now Rogan comes home Here's a high fastball, at the letters... Kelley raps a hard grounder toward third Wells takes two steps to his left Scoops it up... Flips over to second for one... The throw to first... Not in time! Score it a force play Speed on the bases helped National League there National League leads 6 to 3 with two away this inning Nap Lajoie steps into the box Lajoie is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Bullet Joe Rogan on in relief for the All Stars We're in the top of the 8th Now Bullet Joe delivers Gibson reaches in the dirt It's off his glove He tosses away his mask Bounces out of his crouch Rifles it to second... Too late Surprisingly, they give Gibson a passed ball They're not going to pitch to Lajoie They'll give him an intentional pass Oh! Rogan nearly threw ball four to the backstop Kelley bluffed a move toward third Up next for the visiting Super Star Jimmie Foxx, their third baseman Two men on, two men out Rogan is slow to get ready He has a 13.50 ERA this year Now he's ready Rogan looks over at Lajoie Now back at Kelley He's coming home with it Foxx drives the ball to left for extra bases Kelley scores The 3rd base coach gives the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Foxx Mays is ready to face Rogan Bullet Joe Rogan on in relief of Lefty Grove Rogan rocks and fires Curve, down low... Swung on and missed Strike three right by Mays Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it! That wraps up the inning for National League So After 7 and a half innings National League has 8 runs, 10 hits and no errors While American League has 3 runs, 6 hits and 3 errors National League has left 9 stranded American League has failed to bring home 5 The right fielder Ruth will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Lou Gehrig And then Josh Gibson Koufax will improve his record to 1-0 with a victory here in American League Koufax kicks and fires Outside fastball... lashed at by Ruth... Pop fly...Shallow center... Dropping quickly... Mays pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Ruth... As Mays fields it on one bounce Gehrig moseys up to the plate Josh Gibson is heading for the on-deck circle Koufax adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez Koufax brings it to the plate Gehrig drives one into right Roberto Clemente sprints over to make the play And there's one away One away, Ruth at first Gibson is coming to the plate Josh steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Gibson is 0 for 3 today He flied out last time up Sandy Koufax still on the mound for the Super Star... Koufax has gone the distance so far He's given up 7 hits in 7 1/3 innings Koufax looks at the runner The pitch Grounded towards the hole Fielded nicely by Lajoie Over to second for one Could be two . . . Not in time! Score It: 4-6 The runner on first, Ruth, is out Koufax glares in at Williams as he steps in Ted just glares back Williams is taking his practice swings Ted is 2 for 3 this evening After getting set, Williams waits on the pitch The southpaw Koufax's delivery on the 2 strike pitch It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Lajoie for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! So ends the bottom of the 8th For American League No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 8 innings, National League leads 8 to 3 Jeeberoni Potpie will start things off Rogan has no record This is his first appearance of the season Righthander Rogan's delivery Sinking fastball... Tailing away... Swung on... Potpie hits a deep fly to left-center Back to the fence Cobb is at the warning track He's a little out of control... Rights himself Can't get it... It bounces off the fence... Potpie around first... Here's the throw... It's a rope... The slide... SAFE!! Two-base hit for Potpie That'll bring up Super Star' right fielder Roberto Clemente... National League with a man in scoring position at second Potpie is on second, nobody out Rogan is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Rogan gets the sign from Gibson And the delivery by Rogan Base hit to left for Clemente The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Gonzalez is up now for National League Before getting ready Gonzalez checks out the defensive alignment Gonzalez awaits the pitch Rogan looks the runners back Now here's the delivery Fastball in on the hands Gonzalez tries to hold up, but can't He hits a blooper to left Williams is coming in fast Now he has it in his sights... Easy out Ted rifles it back in to Collins He walks it on over to Rogan One gone for National League Walking up to the plate now is Ott Honus Wagner waits on deck Ott goes through his routine of settling in Rogan wastes no time He has the sign from Gibson The righthander Rogan delivers Sinker over the inside corner Ripped at... Ott manages a grounder to Collins... No problem with the hop... The throw... Wide of the bag at first The ball caroms into right field Ruth runs it down Ott jogs into second Give Collins a a two base throwing error Score It: E4 Potpie scores from third! Clemente takes third Ott to second "The Flying Dutchman" will be up next Wagner can't seem to get settled at the plate Wagner waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Rogan needs a strikeout He checks the runners... The pitch Base hit to left for Wagner Clemente scores The 3rd base coach gives the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by National League... Not cut-off... Ott scores! Trailing runner advances. Frank Selee is visiting the mound... He's going to leave Rogan in the game Joe Kelley is up next National League's left fielder finds 1 on with 1 out Stepping in and then stepping out again Kelley looks to third for a sign Rogan is happy with the sign Rogan brings it to the plate Flyball to right it's caught Wagner might have a chance to move up... Ruth makes the catch... Wagner is tagging up at second... He makes it to third easily Here's Nap Lajoie Lajoie is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Nap certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Rogan earn his salary Bullet Joe gets the sign from Gibson Rogan will try to get Lajoie to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Lajoie pulls it hard over third... And it's snared by Wells! Wells half fell and half dove to grab that ball before it hit the ground That's it in the top of the 9th After 8 and a half innings in American League, National League leads 11 to 3 The shortstop Ripken will start things off for the All Stars Gonzalez flashes the sign... Kronside waves it off... Now he's happy Kronside kicks and fires It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Ripken checks his swing Gonzalez 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 Collins up The All Stars have Ripken on first The outfield's shaded towards right With Collins at the plate Collins waits Here's the righthander's delivery Collins chases the sinker... Lines a hit into center... Ripken's not slowing at all Rounds second heading to third... Mays throws in to Lajoie covering second... Ripken is in at third without a play Up for the All Stars will be Ed Delahanty... He'll pinch hit for Bullet Joe Rogan Ty Cobb is due to follow Ed Delahanty will face Kronside Righty against righty Right-hander Kronside prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Delahanty Jace rocks and fires Delahanty flies out to right The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Ty Cobb steps into the box Kronside has the sign from Gonzalez A check on the runners... the pitch The pitch is way inside It gets away from Gonzalez Ripken is coming hard Gonzalez fires to Kronside And Ripken barrels Jace over He dropped the ball! Both runners advanced on that wild pitch Now, National League leads 11 to 4 Ty Cobb steps into the box Kronside looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready... The righthander delivers Curveball, in and low Cobb hits it to Potpie 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 Collins is now perched over at third Two gone for American League Time is running out for them Kronside looks down at Wells as he steps in Willie is ready to go Wells is 2 for 4 today Willie grounded out last time around Jace is ready Kronside fires Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on and clubbed to left-center... Kelley backing up quickly... Not quick enough, it's over his head! He's got to chase it down... Wells is heading for third... Kelley has it and wings it back in to Traynor Wells hits the deck, a good slide... Wells is in there Traynor can't make the tag... Collins scored easily on the hit The All Stars' right fielder is up next American League has 1 on board with 2 outs We'll see how they pitch to Ruth Kronside steps on the rubber Kronside's righthanded delivery... Grounded towards the hole Outstanding play by Lajoie! His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 And that will do it for American League National League wins 11 to 5 Koufax gets credit for the win Grove takes the loss The hitting star for National League was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 5 for 5 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from American League. |
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AL All Star Manager Press Conference
MC: Everyone, we have just gotten work that Mr. Barnie will not be taking part in this press conference. He has instead sent the following announcement... We are very disappointed in our play last night and we are taking steps to improve our effort and hopefully results. I haven't determined what, if any changes will be made to our lineup, and I haven't determined who my starter is going to be. With that in mind, I felt there was no need for me to attend the press conference, because I woudln't have any answers for you. |
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NL All Star Manager Press Conference
MC: Coach Breeze is here... Paul Pride: Were you surprised by how well your guys played last night? Benton: I don't know if surprised is the word. I was certainly pleased. Stan Hack: Coach, yesterday, you mentioned you would probably use Seaver in this start if it got to a game 3, because you would need Mighty to give you a lefty out of the pen. You haven't used Mighty yet and it's the last game. You still planning to start Seaver? Benton: No, I will start Mighty. I've already informed Barnie of the change. David Duntz: You could get critisized if he doesn't perform, because he's on your team and Seaver is 8 and 1 on the season. Benton: I know that, but I like our chances better is we throw a lefty against that lineup. Mighty will be on a short leash. No reason to wear him out or make him overwork. It's the last game of the series. So Seaver could be in early. Stan Hack: Is Mighy ok, with the short leash thing? Benton: I think he was ok with it. I let him know, but you'd really need to ask him. Paul Pride: What about your lineup? Benton: I'm not sure who he's starting, but I can tell you that Foxx will be at 3b and Potpie will be at first. Jeebs went 5 for 5 for cryiing out loud. If he can continue to play well and Wagner can do like he did last game...we've got a shot to win this thing... |
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ALL STAR - GAME 3 - RADIO BROADCAST
Welcome to the ballpark! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between National League and American League 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 National League Ty Cobb to lead it off for American League The lefthander delivers Cobb pops one straight up And it will be Lajoie making the play One up, one down here in the top of the 1st Wells leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Wells swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Mighty The bat is cocked Mighty brings it home Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! That's the second out of the inning The "Sultan of Swat" is coming to the plate Ruth needs to get on... He has a .300 on base percentage Mighty is happy with the sign Now the delivery, here is is... Ruth gets a good cut at it... He lifts it high and deep toward left Ott is heading back... At the fence And he makes the catch for the out! Mighty breathes a sigh of relief That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for American League No runs, no hits and no errors National League is coming to bat As we go to the bottom of the first let's set the defensive alignment for American League Clemens and Gibson are the battery mates Gehrig will man first base Wells is at the hot corner Ripken and Collins form the keystone combination From left to right it is Williams, Cobb and Ruth Now Honus Wagner steps in Wagner is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Wagner gets set for the pitch The righthander delivers Sinking fastball... Wagner swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wells... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's one away Facing Clemens now is Lajoie Mel Ott heads to the on deck circle Jimmie Foxx waits in the hole Roger gets the sign from Gibson The righthander Clemens' delivery High and tight He takes it for a walk Ott steps in Lajoie's trying to rattle Roger Clemens by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink We'll see how they pitch to Ott Clemens studies his sign It's coming down the pike Grounded through the infield into left field Base hit for Ott Lajoie takes third The Super Star will send Jimmie Foxx up to the plate The American League outfield is playing Foxx almost straight away Unusual for the power hitter But with Clemens on the mound it is understandable Clemens looks down at Gibson for the sign Now he's ready Clemens rocks and fires Foxx swings awkwardly... strike three Clemens took something off of that breaking ball He had Foxx way out in front One more chance for National League this inning Making his way up is Mays Mays a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Clemens Mays is poised and ready for the pitch Now Roger delivers Base hit to right for Mays Lajoie scores Ott is being held at second The first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie will be up next for National League Clemens eyes Potpie intently The pitch to Potpie... Grounded towards the bag Wells grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That's all for the Super Star... As we head to the top of the second inning... National League leads 1 to 0 American League will send Gehrig, Josh Gibson, and Ted Williams to face Al Mighty this inning Gehrig swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Mighty Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready The pitch is on the way Fly ball to right Clemente is under it He grabs it for the out With one down, up next is Josh Gibson To be followed by Ted Williams That'll bring up catcher Josh Gibson... National League out in front by 1 We're in the top of the 2nd Gibson grips the bat handle Josh is set for the pitch Mighty is behind in the count Here's the 2-0 offering Good slider, inside part of the plate Gibson gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Lajoie grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two gone for American League "The Thumper" is now coming to bat Williams a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Mighty A battle of lefties... Mighty is making his 1st start of the season The southpaw delivers Lifted in the air, back this way The catcher, Santop, will take it for the out 1-2-3, nothing across... Clemente up now to lead off Clemente is at .375 on the season Clemente gets ready for Clemens' pitch His bat is cocked Clemens brings it to the plate He hits a tough grounder to short Ripken grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 One down for National League Louis Santop is still in the on-deck circle and Al Mighty is looking for a bat in the dugout Louis Santop makes his way to home plate Clemens has the sign from Gibson Clemens will try to get Santop to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Hard ground ball to short Ripken comes up with it Over to Gehrig Got him! Score It: 6-3 Coming up for National League is Mighty Honus Wagner waits on deck The Super Star leading by 1 Before getting ready Mighty checks out the defensive alignment Mighty is waiting on the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Mighty swung, that's strike three Mighty isn't happy at all with that call That's three outs, side retired Ripken is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box The outfield shades towards left for Ripken Mighty is ready quickly The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch Ripken swings and misses Strike three Ripken didn't have a good cut at that pitch National League gets the first out of the inning Here comes the American League second baseman, Eddie Collins Most believe he has quite a future Collins scuffs up the lines around the box Eddie steadies his bat And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch Mighty brings it to the plate There's a routine pop by Collins Lajoie moves under it and makes the catch Two up, two down here in the top of the 3rd Up now for American League is Clemens Two away, nobody on Al looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Now to the belt, here it is... Clemens swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mighty strikes out Roger Clemens That's all for American League After 2 and a half innings in National League this evening, National League leads 1 to 0 Honus Wagner will lead off for the Super Star The top of the line-up here for National League Wagner is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Honus certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Clemens earn his salary The count two balls, two strikes on Wagner Collins comes in a couple steps Yells something to Clemens The delivery Wagner hits a screamer at Cal Ripken Ripken picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Gehrig off the bag Gehrig swipes with the glove Wagner is out! Nice play by Gehrig One out Due up next is Nap Lajoie Now here's Lajoie Gibson flashes the sign... Clemens waves it off... Now he's happy Clemens' into the windup... the delivery Lajoie hits one on the ground to the left side Nap, who moves well, is motoring to first Ripken wings it quickly to Gehrig... OUT by a step That's two away Ripken comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Clemens Mel Ott will be next up... Next up is Mel Ott, the National League left fielder... If he gets on, Jimmie Foxx would bat next Ott is taking his practice swings Mel is 1 for 1 this evening Clemens has the sign he wants He brings it home Ground ball through the middle Collins ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! And that will do it for National League Ty Cobb stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Ty is hitting at .167 on the year He has 2 hits in 12 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Cobb popped out his last time up Al peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Now ready, here it is... Let up pitch, inside and low Swung on... High hopping ball towards left... Into the hole... Stopped there by Wagner before it gets through... He starts to throw but stops Cobb has the infield single Cobb inches away from first base Wells takes the low fastball Cobb breaks for second! The peg down... Cobb is safe!... As Lajoie slaps a high tag on him Willie Wells steps into the box Wells is at .556 on the season Mighty ready quickly, looks in for the sign Here's the southpaw's delivery Base hit to left for Wells The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Ruth gets set at the plate Runners at the corners Mighty is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Mighty gets the sign from Santop Mighty looks the runners back Now here's the delivery Babe Ruth hits a medium deep fly ball Willie Mays 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 One gone in the top of the 4th American League does tie the game on the play Al Mighty watches Wells As he moves away from the bag Fastball in on the fists... And there goes Wells on the steal! Here's the peg down... Wells is in there under the tag Not a strong throw by Santop Lou Gehrig steps into the box Gehrig is 0 for 2 today Mighty is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Mighty looks in... Now he's ready Mighty looks back towards second... The pitch Gehrig pops it up Nap Lajoie is jogging under it... And it will be Lajoie making the play The catcher, Josh Gibson, is up next Looking for his first hit today Gibson is 0 for 1 Mighty squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The southpaw Mighty's delivery on the 3-2 pitch A slider by Mighty Gibson gets good wood on it... Ott back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's it for American League Here at the ballpark, After 3 and a half innings, National League has one run, 2 hits and no errors While American League has one run, 2 hits and no errors American League has left 1 on base National League has stranded 2 The third baseman Foxx will start things off for the Super Star Foxx is 0 for 1 today Clemens steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here's the 2 strike pitch Hard slider... And Foxx takes it right down the middle Strike three called One down, nobody on Game tied Nobody on, one away for National League Up now is Mays Mays wiggles the bat above his head The umpire says let's go Mays is ready And the delivery by Clemens Swung on and hit sharply to second Collins plays it on one hop Over to Gehrig... Out of there! That's two away That brings up Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman Potpie digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Clemens Clemens is slow to get ready He has a 2.45 ERA this year Now he's ready With a 2 strike count... here's the pitch Potpie cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Gibson Potpie was badly fooled by Clemens' big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Jeeberoni was a little overanxious That's three outs, side retired First up for American League in the top of the 5th is Williams against Mighty The American League left fielder will be followed by Cal Ripken and Eddie Collins We're all tied up at 1 Mighty steps on the rubber The lefthander delivers Williams swings... Hits the fastball on the ground... Down the line at first... Potpie trying to backhand it... Can't get a glove on it It's into right field for a hit And it brings up Cal Ripken On deck is Eddie Collins Roger Clemens in the hole Ripken steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Cal is 0 for 1 today He's ready for the delivery Mighty goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Williams He lobs one to Potpie... Williams is back easily We're ready again Now Mighty comes home Ripken drives the ball to left for extra bases The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Double for Ripken Collins squares to bunt He bunts the ball . . . Fielded by J.Foxx he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Fielders Choice To 3rd Baseman Score It: 5-2 The runner on third, Williams, is out Ripken takes third One down... Roger Clemens is due up next Let's see what happens now Clemens looks to lay one down He bunts it . . . Fielded by J.Potpie he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Fielders Choice To 1st Baseman Score It: 3-2 The runner on third, Ripken, is out Collins takes second One more chance for American League this inning Ty Cobb plants his left foot The lefthanded center fielder for American League appears set Cobb is 1 for 2 today Ty singled last time up Cobb is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mighty He's waiting for the pitch Mighty brings it to the plate Lazy fly ball to center Mays settles under it He records the out Score It: 8 That retires the side... Ty Cobb fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often The Super Star will send up Roberto Clemente The bottom of their line-up is due up Clemente will be followed by Louis Santop and then Al Mighty The score is knotted at 1 Clemente swinging from the right side facing the righty Clemens Clemente, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Clemens Righthander Clemens' delivery Looped to left...and it will drop for a hit The Super Star' catcher is up next National League has 1 on board with no outs Louis checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings Now he steps into the box Santop waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Clemens goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Clemente He lobs one to Gehrig... Clemente is back easily... We're ready again Now Clemens comes home Santop sends a scorcher to short Ripken takes it on one hop Fires to Collins for one Back to Gehrig for the double play! And there's two away Mighty is up now for National League The outfield's shaded towards right With Mighty at the plate He's ready Here's his delivery Routine grounder to second Collins scoops it up Over to first for the out That does it for the Super Star So at the end of five complete it is all knotted up at 1 Wells saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Wells looks down toward the third base coach Wells tells the umpire he's ready Al winds Kicks... and delivers And Wells will sit down... strike three called So one up and one gone Walking up to the plate now is Ruth Lou Gehrig waits on deck Ruth gets set He's 0 for 1 so far Ruth waiting on the delivery The pitch on the way, here it is... There's a routine pop by Ruth Wagner moves under it and makes the catch Two down Larrupin' Lou is up next Gehrig is 0 for 2 today He is currently batting .111 Ott, Mays and Clemente are playing him deep Lou seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Here's the 0-1 offering Slow ground ball Lajoie is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 5 and a half innings, We're all tied up at 1 Honus Wagner, Nap Lajoie, and Mel Ott are due up #22 shakes off the sign... Now "The Rocket" shakes off another one The book on Clemens 2 and 4 seam fastball, splitter and great curve Here's the righthander's windup and delivery Curve in the dirt... and Wagner 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 Wagner went around Strike three, swinging That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Making his way up is Lajoie He looks to third first Now he steps in The corners are playing in Lajoie goes through his routine of settling in Lajoie is ready It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Fly ball to right Ruth is under it He makes the grab Two up, two down for the Super Star Mel Ott will get a crack at Clemens next Jimmie Foxx would be up next... But only if Ott can reach safely Ott is 1 for 2 today Clemens adjusts his cap... Now he's set The windup, and the 3-0 pitch Ott swings and hits one down the line It'll be in there for extra bases Ruth plays it off the wall on a hop Ott is heading for second Ruth turns and fires Ott slides head first... and beats the throw A whistling two-bagger for Mel Ott Gibson heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Foxx. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are going to put Foxx on Foxx watches ball four He takes his base Willie Mays, the center fielder, strides to the plate Mays is 1 for 2 today Willie grounded out last time around Clemens looks down at Gibson for the sign Now he's ready... The righthander Clemens delivers Mays drives the ball to center for extra bases Ott scores The 3rd base coach gives the green light... The throw is coming home... Foxx scores! Trailing runner advances. Double for Mays The Super Star have Mays on third Potpie steps in Clemens has the sign from Gibson Mays is dancing off third Clemens is ignoring him Here's the pitch Hit in the air to center Cobb doesn't have to move He's got it Score It: 8 That retires the side The Super Star score 2 runs in the inning After 6 innings, National League leads 3 to 1 Gibson 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 Gibson is 0 for 2 today Left-hander Al Mighty prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Gibson Mighty kicks and fires 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 Settling in at the plate is Williams Ted glances towards third for the sign He is 1 for 2 today Williams readies himself for the pitch Gibson takes a walking lead And here is the 1-2 delivery And Williams will sit down... strike three called One away, two to go in the top of the 7th Ripken finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Ripken is 1 for 2 today Mighty adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Santop Mighty's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Gibson dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Mighty Now here's the pitch Curve ball... Low and away... Ripken reaches for it... Pops it straight up Two players have a chance for it And it will be Wagner making the play Two gone for American League Time is running out for them Collins digs in at the plate Ready now for Mighty to come set Collins is batting .333 with no HR's this year Mighty looks down at Santop for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Mighty looks at the runner The pitch Routine grounder to first Potpie to Mighty covering first Score It: 3-1 That wraps up the inning for American League So After 6 and a half innings National League has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While American League has one run, 4 hits and no errors American League has left 4 stranded National League has failed to bring home 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Bottom of the Super Star' order coming to bat Roberto Clemente will lead it off Clemente is taking his practice swings Roberto is 1 for 2 this evening He singled last time at bat Clemente, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Clemens Clemens' righthanded delivery... The pitch is just inside and Clemente holds up Gibson points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! One down for National League Louis Santop is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for National League Nobody on base, one away Santop steps into the batter's box Clemens is on the first-base side of the rubber... The pitch is on the way Slow ground ball Wells is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT National League ahead 3 to 1 with two away this inning Walking up to the plate now is Mighty Honus Wagner waits on deck Mighty digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Clemens Mighty readies himself for the pitch Clemens rocks and fires And Mighty will sit down... strike three called That is the third out for National League here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 42989 Frank Selee has called for Mickey Mantle Mickey will come up now to bat for Roger Clemens against Mighty Mantle is batting 1.000 as a pinch hitter He has 1 pinch home run Mickey Mantle stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Mighty toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Santop With a 1-0 count... here's the pitch Swung on, sharply hit down the third base line It's past Foxx and into the corner... Ott is over, plays the carom Mantle is on his way to second... Here's the throw He slides... The throw is toward the third base side Mantle is in with an extra base hit That'll bring up center fielder Ty Cobb... National League out in front by 2 We're in the top of the 8th Ty is hitting at .214 on the year He has 3 hits in 14 at bats American League's leadoff hitter has scored 2 runs this year Cobb is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly The lefty Mighty delivers Base hit to right for Cobb The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Wells finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Wells is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Wells awaits the delivery Al rocks and fires Bouncer to short...made to order doubleplay ball Wagner has it on two hops...wrists it to Lajoie He evades the slide of Cobb And completes the doubleplay Mantle comes in to score, however Ruth moseys up to the plate Lou Gehrig is heading for the on-deck circle Ruth is batting .182 with 1 HR this year Mighty looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Santop He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Mighty Now he is ready... Mighty brings it to the plate STRIKE THREE, CALLED! And that retires the side We're back at the top of the order for National League Honus Wagner coming up Wonder if Wagner will try to bunt for a hit Honus is set for the pitch Here's his delivery Wagner 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 Wagner is retired Nice play by the American League second baseman With one down Gehrig yells something out to Lyons Ted nods his head Lajoie pounds the plate Now he stares out at Lyons Lajoie is at .111 on the season Lyons looks down at Gibson for the sign Now he's ready... Now Ted delivers Ground ball to the left side... Wells scoops it up Over to first for the putout Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Ott coming up for National League Nobody on, two away We'll see how they pitch to Ott Mel steadies his bat And waits patiently for Lyons' pitch Now Ted delivers He hits a tough grounder to the mound Lyons grabs it Over to Gehrig Got him! Score It: 1-3 That does it for National League in the bottom of the 8th Lou Gehrig leading off for American League The best way to quiet the crowd is to get a few base runners on Watching Mighty, Gehrig wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Lou steadies his bat Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch The windup, the pitch Hard slider, paints the inside corner Gehrig gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Gehrig for the out And there's one away Gibson gets set at the plate Gibson is 0 for 2 today, with no strike outs Al Mighty is shooting for victory number 1 Mighty kicks and fires Gibson rips one to left He hit it right on the nose... Ott is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Mel Ott Two up, two down Ted Williams steps in against Mighty Left-hander against left-hander Mighty looks down at Santop for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Here's the 0-2 offering Fly ball to center Mays is under it He makes the grab And that will do it for American League National League wins 3 to 2 Mighty gets credit for the win Clemens takes the loss The hitting star for National League was Willie Mays He was 2 for 3 He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from National League. |
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10-09-2007, 08:28 AM
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What? No comments on the All-Star game?
Actually, just wanted to let you know, I'm going to be out of town for a while, so this dynasty will be on hold until I return next week. |
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Looking forward to this getting rolling again. Nice job on the comeback, always nice to stick it to them
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10-16-2007, 04:28 PM
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GAME 79 - June 25th - Radio Broadcast
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and NL Pre WWII The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Frankie Frisch to lead it off for NL Pre WWII The southpaw's 3-0 delivery Frisch starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Nielsen walks him The headsy and classy third baseman, Pie Traynor, is coming up to bat Frisch takes his lead Hays flashes the sign to Nielsen Nielsen brings it to the plate Traynor swings It is popped down the line Fouts is giving chase The ball is drifting foul Fouts dives Got it! Hornsby is up now for NL Pre WWII FOFC is set up for two Nielsen squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Nielsen fires Hornsby rips a line shot to the second baseman OUT! Blade didn't have to move! One blink and that would have been past him! Frisch stays put That's two away Ott leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Ott The lefty Nielsen delivers Swung on...and hit way, way up Under it is Hays...and he's got it So that's it for NL Pre WWII They fail to score against Nielsen In the top of the 1st for NL Pre WWII No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base NL Pre WWII has taken the field in the bottom of the first inning... Here's how they look, defensively In the outfield Medwick will play left Cuyler in center Ott in right... Around the diamond Traynor will play the hot corner Frisch and Hornsby Make up the doubleplay combination... Over at first Terry And a battery of Carl Hubbell and Hartnett behind the plate First batter for the All Stars A. J. Tucker steps in A. J. tucks in his shirt, jiggles his butt Now checks with the coach at third Tucker waits for the delivery The lefthander delivers Screaming liner towards short Frisch makes a great catch! Score It: 6 One up, one down And it brings up Jeff Nights On deck is Gerald Gazelle Jeeberoni Potpie in the hole Stepping in and then stepping out again Nights looks to third for a sign Hubbell steps on the rubber The southpaw's 2-1 delivery Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Frisch... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Hartnett asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hartnett and Hubbell Gazelle coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Gazelle has managed a .291 average against lefthanders this year Hubbell adjusts his cap... Now he's set The southpaw Hubbell's delivery Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Frisch It's by him... Medwick comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Gazelle to a single Two out, Gazelle at first Coming up is Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie has a .234 average against lefthanders He is .286 overall Set now is Potpie It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Potpie drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Kiki Cuyler throws the ball away for an error! Double for Potpie The third baseman, Dan Fouts, is up next Fouts can't seem to get settled at the plate The bat is cocked Hubbell brings it to the plate There's a jam shot off the hands of Fouts It's a routine catch of the soft liner by Rogers Hornsby That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 1 inning, FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has no runs, no hits and one error FOFC has left 1 on base NL Pre WWII has stranded 1 Kiki Cuyler, Joe Medwick, and Gabby Hartnett are due up Cuyler digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen Cuyler cocks his bat Here's the 3-1 pitch Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Planting his right foot Medwick is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Medwick Joe checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings... Now he steps into the box Medwick awaits the delivery The pitch is on the way There's a hard grounder down at Nights He's in front of it... But he muffs it! Error on Jeff Nights as that ball just ate him up! It crawled right up his arms and clipped him in the chin Hartnett squares He bunts the ball . . . Fielded by D.Fouts the throw to first... Out Hartnett gets the job done. That's one away While Carl Hubbell heads for the on deck circle Bill Terry makes his way to the plate Terry a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Nielsen A battle of lefties... Terry in the hole, 0-2 Nielsen kicks and fires Terry is waiting Bill need wait no more... he's outta here Just another victim of Nielsen's breaking ball That's out number two All Stars' pitching coach, Sal Maglie, is out to talk with Nielsen Carl Hubbell, the NL Pre WWII pitcher, steps into the batter's box FOFC ahead 1 to 0 He has a chance here to drive home at least one A single could plate two runs Nielsen is having a fine year so far His 10 victories make him 2nd in the league in that category Now he's about ready Nielsen checks the runners Here's the 0-2 offering Grounded to second Blade comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side... Hubbell fails to come through in the clutch For NL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit, one error and 2 men left on base 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 is batting .319 with 6 round trippers in 1900 Hubbell eyes Hays intently Now Carl delivers It's a Texas Leaguer to right Here comes Ott... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Hays is on with a bloop single to right FOFC left fielder, Sean Treacy, will be up next He will be followed by Barrett Blade One on... no one out FOFC up by 1 Treacy taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Hubbell has the sign from Hartnett Hubbell rocks and fires Treacy swings... Bounced to the right side of first... It's by Terry and through... For a single... Ott charging fast... Fields it smoothly...throws to third... Cut off by Frisch... Hays slides safely into third Barrett Blade steps in Treacy at first, Hays at third, no one out Blade is at .252 on the season Hubbell looks down at Hartnett for the sign Now he's ready Now ready, here it is... Blade drives the ball to center for extra bases Hays scores Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Blade Nielsen looks to lay one down Nielsen lays down a great bunt! He might beat it out... Fielded by G.Hartnett the throw to first... close play... SAFE, Nielsen beat it out! Treacy scores from third! Blade takes third Tucker saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting right-handed against the lefty Carl Hubbell Tucker gets set for the pitch Hubbell checks the runners The Whiff! Swung on the HIGH CHEESE! One down for FOFC... Traynor calls time as he comes to the mound to have a word with the pitcher I'm sure he wants Hubbell to bear down And not worry about the runners Jeff Nights moves in to face Hubbell 2 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 2nd Men on 1st and 3rd Hubbell tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... It's coming down the pike Long fly ball to left field Joe Medwick giving chase This one is deep! IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . CAUGHT! Score It: 7 Two gone for FOFC With two out Batting for FOFC now is Gazelle Gazelle is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .276 on the year Gazelle waits for the pitch Hubbell goes into his stretch... Looks at Nielsen... He fires one to Terry... Nielsen dives back in That's his best move to first... Terry lobs it back Now Hubbell comes home It's a rainbow shot toward left Medwick reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That retires the side... but not before 3 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 2 innings, FOFC ahead 4 to 0 Frankie Frisch stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Frankie will be facing the left-handed Nielsen from the right side of the plate The Pre-Nationals' switch hitting shortstop is batting a .278 versus southpaws Frisch is poised and ready for the pitch Nielsen brings it to the plate There's a liner over short Solidly stroked by Frisch... Would you look at that! Nights leaped two stories into the air and robbed Frisch of a sure base hit Frankie is disgusted... but tips his hat to Nights just the same That ball had base hit written all over it And there's one away Traynor is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Looking to Casey Stingle for a sign He's ready for the delivery Here's his delivery Traynor drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play That's the second out of the inning Making his way up is Hornsby Hornsby is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Rogers certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Nielsen earn his salary Nielsen is happy with the sign Nielsen is into his rocking motion Now his left arm comes around Hornsby bounces one high toward the mound Nielsen leaps up but can't reach it Nights is over quickly... Reaches down and scoops it up on the short hop Underhands it to Potpie... OUT Pretty play by Jeff Nights to retire Hornsby by a whisker The crowd appreciated that play That's three up, three down FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has no runs, one hit and one error The All Stars will send Potpie, Dan Fouts, and Harry Hays up to the plate this inning Potpie has 12 doubles this year He's ready The pitch on the way, here it is... Drilled on the ground to short Frisch grabs it Over to Terry Got him! Score It: 6-3 That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Now here's Fouts Fouts scuffs up the lines around the box Fouts is waiting on the pitch Here's the pitch Fouts hits a screamer at Frankie Frisch Frisch takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Terry scoops it on one hop Fouts is out! Nice play by Terry FOFC ahead 4 to 0 with two away this inning Walking up to the plate now is Hays Sean Treacy waits on deck Watching Hubbell, Hays wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Hays waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Hubbell brings it to the plate Hays slaps a hard grounder past short Medwick is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Hays will hold with a clean single Stepping in the batter's box, Treacy Hays at first, two away Treacy wiggles the bat above his head Treacy readies himself for the pitch Hays takes a walking lead The lefthander Hubbell delivers There's a quail shot in front of Joe Medwick He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out That does it for FOFC in the bottom of the 3rd NL Pre WWII will send Ott, Kiki Cuyler, and Joe Medwick to face Rob Nielsen this inning Ott is batting .293 with 24 homers this year Ott is set for the 0-2 pitch Rob rocks and fires Another hook for strike three! Ott just stood there looking One up, one down for NL Pre WWII Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Kiki Cuyler Nobody on base, one out Cuyler is 1 for 1 today Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The pitch to Cuyler... There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Cuyler No chance for either Nights or Treacy That one had base hit written all over it Joe Medwick steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Cuyler is at first Joe takes a couple of practice cuts The umpire says let's go Medwick is ready Now to the belt, here it is... Joe Medwick hits a drive to left-center A. J. Tucker is at the warning track Reaches up... Jumps... And snares it for the out I'm impressed! Two down Two outs, with a man at first Hartnett is the next batter Hartnett swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Nielsen Hartnett awaits the pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery There's a long drive... Its' way back there... A. J. Tucker 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 Tucker! Leading off for the All Stars is the second baseman Blade He'll be followed by Rob Nielsen And then A. J. Tucker The righthander, Blade has an average of .256 His success against lefties, like Hubbell is better, however, at .297 Barrett steadies his bat And waits patiently for Hubbell's pitch Now the delivery, here is is... Blade tries to hold up, but can't He pops one into short right Ott is coming in hard... Hornsby is racing with his back to the infield And neither is going to get it! Blade is on with the "excuse me" single! Nielsen squares around He bunts it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by P.Traynor the throw to first... Out Nielsen gets the job done. Hubbell has the first out in the bottom of the 4th Hartnett trots out to the mound Says a few words to Carl... With the runner on second... Probably making sure of the signs A. J. Tucker is up next FOFC's center fielder finds 1 on with 1 out Tucker looks down toward the third base coach The count two balls, two strikes on Tucker Hornsby comes in a couple steps Yells something to Hubbell The delivery Tucker watches strike three glide by For that matter, he watched them all That won't get it done Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Nights gets set at the plate Nights grips the bat handle Nights chokes up on the bat a little The lefthander Hubbell comes home with it Looping fly to center Kiki Cuyler charges the ball It falls in front of him FOFC adds to their lead FOFC on top 5 to 0 Gerald Gazelle, will be up next Jeeberoni Potpie hopes to get a chance as well One on... two away FOFC up by 5 Gerald is batting .273 with 10 home runs on the season He is 1 for 2 today The count even at 2-2 Hubbell goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Nights He lobs one to Terry... Nights is back easily We're ready again Now Hubbell comes home Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Gerald looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 4 innings FOFC has 5 runs, 9 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 2 hits and one error FOFC has left 3 stranded NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 4 Bill Terry leading off for NL Pre WWII The best way to quiet the crowd is to get a few base runners on We'll see how they pitch to Terry Terry awaits the delivery And here's the pay-off pitch... Routine grounder to second Blade scoops it up Over to first for the out One down for NL Pre WWII Carl Hubbell is still in the on-deck circle and Frankie Frisch is looking for a bat in the dugout Now batting for NL Pre WWII... Paul Waner... He'll pinch hit for Carl Hubbell Waner with a .309 average on the season Next up for NL Pre WWII is Paul Waner Waner steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready The umpire says let's go The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch Waner lifts a flyball towards Sean Treacy Treacy seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Treacy stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Treacy One more chance for NL Pre WWII this inning Two out, nobody on Up now is Frisch Frisch is batting .271 with 3 HR's this year Nielsen is saying a few words to Blade... So far in 1900, Rob has a 10 and 4 record with 4 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign He brings it home Frisch gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Nights into the outfield... Base hit for Frisch Traynor now at the plate Rogers Hornsby waits on deck Traynor is at .285 on the season Nielsen is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Nielsen looks in... Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Swing and a miss Strike three Traynor goes down on strikes Three away in the top of the 5th FOFC leads 5 to 0 Let's see how NL Pre WWII is doing of late... Well, NL Pre WWII is 2 and 8 in their last ten games Burleigh Grimes will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Burleigh has appeared in 26 games this season with a record of 7-4 In 107 innings, he has an 4.47 ERA Carl Hubbell has finished his work here this evening Jeeberoni Potpie, Dan Fouts, and Harry Hays are the first three All Stars batters due up FOFC leads, 5-0 Jeeberoni Potpie is hitting .304 this year against righthanded pitchers Grimes looks down at Hartnett for the sign Now he's ready... Grimes' 2-2 pitch... Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hartnett fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Potpie With one down, up next is Dan Fouts To be followed by Harry Hays Now batting will be Dan Fouts The third baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 5 Fouts is 0 for 2 today Dan grounded out last time up Burleigh Grimes steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The 0-2 pitch... Grimes lets it fly... Fouts cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hartnett Fouts was badly fooled by Grimes' big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Dan was a little overanxious Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 5 All Stars' catcher Hays is up next Grimes ready quickly, looks in for the sign The righthander Grimes' delivery Groundball off the change-up... Past Terry at first... It's rolling into the outfield grass... Hays gets a base hit Treacy up The All Stars have Hays on first Treacy is hitting .292 against righties Now set, Treacy waits for the pitch Grimes checks Hays on first... The 1-2 delivery Bouncer to second Taken by Hornsby Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That does it for FOFC in the 5th They leave 1 on base 4 stranded so far today NL Pre WWII will send up Rogers Hornsby, Mel Ott and Kiki Cuyler to face Nielsen They'll try to get something going here in the top of the 6th Hornsby is 0 for 2 today Nielsen studies his sign Nielsen leans back and fires Slider, down and away... Hornsby reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Fouts is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Treacy is hustling after it... Hornsby with the big turn... The throw from Treacy goes into second And Hornsby holds at first That will bring up right fielder, Mel Ott Mel is 0 for 2 this summer evening He's batting .292 on the season Ott is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Hornsby is dancing off first Here's the 3-0 offering Nielsen loses him Ott heads down to first Cuyler walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Joe Medwick moves into the on deck circle NL Pre WWII needs some runs Cuyler is taking his practice swings Kiki is 2 for 2 this evening Kiki steadies his bat Waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch A check on the runners... the pitch Curve, up high... Cuyler rips it to left... Nielsen hung that breaking ball However, Kiki got under it just a bit Treacy started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" So we have one out now for NL Pre WWII 2 runners on board as Joe Medwick rubs his bat with the pine tar one last time Joe Medwick, the left fielder, strides to the plate Medwick is 0 for 2 today Rob Nielsen on the mound for the All Stars... Nielsen has gone the distance so far He's given up 4 hits and 0 runs Nielsen checks the runners It's popped up into foul territory Harry Hays is under it He puts it away Score It: 2 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... Two on, two outs... Hartnett steps to the plate Hartnett is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Gabby seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now The southpaw delivers Swung on...and it's in the air to the right side Backing just a bit is Gazelle And he pulls it in And that's the final out of the inning FOFC has 5 runs, 10 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 4 hits and one error NL Pre WWII has left 7 men on base today Here's Blade to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Japanese League leads Negro League II 3 to 2 Inao battling Wickware Caribbean leads AL Post WWII 2 to 1 Oliva has hit his 10th homerun for Caribbean AL Pre WWII winning over Negro League I 8 to 2 Simmons has hit his 13th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Post WWII slipping by Old Timers 3 to 1 Morgan has hit his 15th homerun for NL Post WWII Left Outs is giving it to Turn of Century 8 to 3 Roberts enjoying the big Left Outs lead Dead Ball Era and Late 20th are tied at 1 And right here in FOFC FOFC on top 5 to 0 Burleigh is ready Now Burleigh delivers Smashed to third Traynor grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 Nielsen finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box The outfield's shaded towards right With Nielsen at the plate Nielsen is ready The righthander Grimes delivers Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Nielsen swings way over it He was fooled completely Hartnett loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Rob as he was heading for the dugout Two up, two down Walking up now to the plate is Tucker Grimes has the sign from Hartnett Grimes brings it home Tucker hits a three hopper towards Rogers Hornsby Hornsby scoops it and fires it to first for the out Grimes retires three in a row Here in the bottom of the 6th Terry is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Terry has hit 2 home runs this year Nielsen appears to be throwing just as hard now as when the game began And, even more importantly... just as effectively! Into the windup... here's the pitch It's a high fly into right Gazelle ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out Leo Durochure will send up a pinch hitter for Burleigh Grimes Yes, Freddy Lindstrom steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Nielsen Lindstrom departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Stepping out, Lindstrom looks into the dugout Steps back in Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw's 3-2 delivery There's a drive to left by Lindstrom Pflaggstettler picks the ball up on one bounce Fires it to second Lindstrom turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Pflaggstettler One away, Lindstrom at first Frisch is coming to the plate Frisch wiggles the bat above his head Frisch is ready The stretch... the delivery Frisch just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Blade races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... Pie Traynor, the third baseman, strides to the plate Traynor has hit 7 home runs this year Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy It's coming down the pike There's a drive down the line Pflaggstettler takes off after it It's out of his reach Traynor running hard out of the box Pflaggstettler corrals the ball Traynor motors into second Two-bagger! Lindstrom scores from second! Slowly coming up is Hornsby for NL Pre WWII He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 5 to 1 We'll see how they pitch to Hornsby Hornsby is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Nielsen He's waiting for the pitch The pitch to Hornsby... Hornsby goes after the fastball... It's a base hit by Nights... Traynor 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 A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Mel Ott Mel comes to the plate batting .292 with 24 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Nielsen takes the first sign Rob rocks and fires Base hit to right for Ott Traynor scores Third base coach Casey Stingle doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Hornsby will stay at second That'll bring up center fielder Kiki Cuyler... FOFC out in front by 3 We're in the top of the 7th The outfield's shaded towards left for Cuyler He's 2 for 3 today Nielsen is on the third-base side of the rubber... Around comes the arm In comes the pitch Off speed pitch on the way... And Cuyler watches it go by for the third strike That's all she wrote for this inning FOFC has 5 runs, 10 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has 2 runs, 8 hits and one error NL Pre WWII has left 9 baserunners stranded today It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Dazzy Vance will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Dazzy has appeared in 31 games this season with a record of 4-3 In 52 innings, he has an 3.12 ERA Burleigh Grimes has finished his work here this evening Here's Jeff Nights leading off Gerald Gazelle is on deck And Jeeberoni Potpie is in the hole Nights is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .282 on the year Vance toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hartnett Vance brings it to the plate It's a smash over first Terry leaps Just over his outstretched glove Nights makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly FOFC right fielder, Gerald Gazelle, is up next Gazelle can't seem to get settled at the plate Vance has the sign he wants Here's his delivery Gazelle sends a scorcher to short Frisch takes it on one hop Fires to Hornsby for one Back to Terry for the double play! And there's two away The All Stars will send Jeeberoni Potpie up to the plate Potpie adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeeberoni is 1 for 3 this evening Vance looks down at Hartnett for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Vance rocks and fires Dribbler in front of home Hartnett comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 2-3 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45201 The scheduled hitters are Joe Medwick, Gabby Hartnett, and Bill Terry It's the top of the 8th... All Stars lead the Pre-Nationals, 5-2 Right-hander Fozborg eyes the righty Medwick The 0-2 pitch... Fozborg lets it fly... Medwick is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League II clipping Japanese League 7 to 3 AL Post WWII is giving it to Caribbean 7 to 2 AL Pre WWII besting Negro League I 12 to 7 NL Post WWII leads Old Timers 3 to 2 Left Outs is giving it to Turn of Century 8 to 3 Late 20th is on top of Dead Ball Era 3 to 1 And in our contest FOFC ahead 5 to 2 Settling in at the plate is Hartnett Hartnett has hit 8 home runs this year Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Here's the 1-2 pitch Extra base hit to center for Hartnett A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up Terry finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Terry, a lefthand hitter stands ready He's hitting .276 currently He was practicing hitting to leftfield earlier today in batting practice Terry readies himself for the pitch Fozborg fires A slider by Fozborg Terry gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's two away Dazzy Vance is scheduled to bat next, but... Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter Yes Ross Youngs is stepping out to the on-deck circle Leo Durochure will send Ross up to face Fozborg Youngs has a knack for getting on base His .382 OBP proves that He is hitting righties at a .286 pace Two gone, Hartnett at third Batting now is Ross Youngs Fozborg has the sign from Hays Here's the 0-1 offering Youngs swings and lifts one toward right Gazelle drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Three down in the 8th for NL Pre WWII They trail by 3 It's always a bad sign when you are down by as many runs as you have outs to score them in Dizzy Dean will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Dizzy has appeared in 19 games this season He has a record of 3-2 with 7 saves His ERA stands at 3.18 The third baseman Fouts will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Harry Hays And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler NL Pre WWII has the outfield shaded towards right Fouts is 0 for 3 today Dean gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign Dean's 1-0 pitch... Fouts pounds a grounder toward Frisch at short Frankie moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Frisch stayed with it Over to first and Fouts is retired Nice play by the NL Pre WWII short stop One out Due up next is Harry Hays Hays walks to the plate Hays steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Harry is 3 for 3 today Dean wastes no time He has the sign from Hartnett Dean brings it to the plate Hays starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Dean walks him Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves in to face Dean 1 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 8th Dean looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Hartnett He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Dean Now he is ready... Dean goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Hays He lobs one to Terry... Hays is back easily We're ready again Now Dean comes home Dean's fastball is ripped toward first Terry can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Hays 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 Pflaggstettler and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Barrett Blade The All Stars' second baseman is up next FOFC has 2 on board with 1 out Blade has hit 1 home run this year Dean 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 pitch is on the way Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Hartnett Pflaggstettler dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Pflaggstettler made it back Two gone for FOFC Gonzalez stands ready at the plate Two outs, Pflaggstettler at first, Hays at third 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd And Dizzy studies the sign from Hartnett... Now he's got it Now Dizzy delivers Base hit to right for Gonzalez Hays scores Pflaggstettler is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Gonzalez at first Tucker is ready to face Dean Tucker has hit 6 triples this year Tucker is set for the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery Bounced towards the hole Smooth pickup by Hornsby Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side The All Stars score 1 run in the inning After 8 innings, FOFC leads 6 to 2 Frankie Frisch stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Frisch is batting .273 with 3 HR's this year Sammy Knowles steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Knowles kicks and fires Frisch hits one on the ground to the left side Frankie, who moves well, is motoring to first Nights wings it quickly to Potpie... OUT by a step And there's one away One away, nobody on base Traynor stands ready at the plate Traynor is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Sammy Knowles has no decisions yet in 1900 He's 0-0 in 25 appearances so far Knowles is into his windup Here's the pitch It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Two down Rogers Hornsby will get a crack at Knowles next Mel Ott would be up next... But only if Hornsby can reach safely We're in the top of the 9th Knowles steps on the rubber Righthander Knowles' delivery Hornsby drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play And that will do it for NL Pre WWII FOFC wins 6 to 2 Nielsen gets credit for the win Hubbell takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeff Nights He was 2 for 3 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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10-18-2007, 04:22 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
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GAME 80 - June 27 - RADIO BROADCAST
Good afternoon and welcome to our baseball broadcast at FOFC Stadium NL Pre WWII will take on the hometown All Stars The visitors hope to stop their current 5 game losing streak Al Mighty, will see if he can keep it going He'll be looking for win number 7 here in 1900 NL Pre WWII will send Pete Alexander out to the mound in the bottom of the 1st He has a record of 10-5 with a 4.16 ERA It won't be long now... Mighty brings it home Frisch hits a fly ball to left K. A. Ton camps under it He's got it And there's one away Now here's Traynor We'll see how they pitch to Traynor Mighty gets the sign from Bullock He is 11th in the league in strike outs He has 101 on the season Al is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Traynor swings He sends one to the deepest part of right-center That's going to get through to the fence Traynor rounds second... The throw not nearly in time, a triple Pie Traynor now has 6 three-baggers this season Hornsby digs in at the plate Ready now for Mighty to come set Hornsby is one of the best hitters around Al looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next And the delivery by Mighty Change up, a beauty... Heeee struck him out! That's two away Mel Ott will get a crack at Mighty next Kiki Cuyler would be up next... But only if Ott can reach safely Mel is 6th in the league in home runs with a 24 so far in 1900 Mel steadies his bat And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch Now Al delivers Mighty comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Ott As Mel swings right through it for strike three That retires the side... Mel Ott fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often As A. J. Tucker steps in to lead off FOFC's half of the first Let me set up the defense for NL Pre WWII Alexander's battery mate is Lombardi Around the horn from first to third Terry at first, Hornsby at second, Traynor the third sacker Frisch will be playing short Medwick, Cuyler and Ott will patrol the outfield from left to right Tucker, FOFC's center fielder, steps in Tucker is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Tucker waits on Alexander Pete rocks and fires Tucker rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Terry spears it! A shot hit right on the screws but right at the NL Pre WWII first baseman One gone for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Nights Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck Alexander studies his sign He brings it home Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Frisch... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two gone here in the bottom of the 1st We want to welcome the FOFC "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Two out, nobody on Up now is Pflaggstettler Alexander is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Alexander looks in... Now he's ready Pete winds Kicks... and delivers Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Lombardi asks the first base ump's opinion He says Pflaggstettler went around Strike three, swinging Pete Alexander holds the All Stars scoreless in the first NL Pre WWII will send Cuyler, Joe Medwick, and Ernie Lombardi to face Al Mighty this inning Kiki is hitting at .295 on the year He has 41 hits in 139 at bats This includes 7 doubles, 2 triples 2 home runs and 19 RBI's He's ready for the delivery Mighty brings it to the plate Cuyler swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mighty strikes out Kiki Cuyler One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Japanese League is giving it to Negro League II 6 to 1 Kaneda enjoying the big Japanese League lead Caribbean with the lead over AL Post WWII 3 to 0 AL Pre WWII with the lead over Negro League I 3 to 0 Grove comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII NL Post WWII clipping Old Timers 4 to 0 Koufax comfortably ahead for NL Post WWII Turn of Century is edging Left Outs 1 to 0 Late 20th is beating Dead Ball Era 4 to 0 Johnson comfortably ahead for Late 20th And right here in FOFC We're scoreless The left fielder, Joe Medwick, is up next Medwick goes through his routine of settling in The left-hander Mighty is now ready The lefty Mighty delivers Medwick swings It's a Texas Leaguer into shallow left field Nights is running with his back to the infield He reaches up... What a grab! That's the second out of the inning "Schnozz" is making his way to the plate Lombardi is at .320 on the season Mighty shakes off two signs Now he's ready Way ahead in the count Mighty turns the 0-2 pitch loose Strike three swinging... Now that is something you don't see very often Lombardi rarely ever strikes out But Mighty got him that time! 1-2-3, nothing across... Potpie saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Alexander is ready quickly Now to the belt, here it is... He lays off the pitch Ball four, he walks Palmer settles in at the plate 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 Alexander earn his salary Now set, Palmer waits for the pitch The pitch is on the way Here's the change up... Waiting on it... Palmer drives one over Cuyler's head... Cuyler backing up quickly... He's got his legs twisted... But he rights himself in time Cuyler recovers and makes the grab With one down, up next is K. A. Ton To be followed by Billy Bullock One on, one out Ton walks to the batter's box Ton is at .260 on the season He is hitting .243 against righties Ton tells the umpire he's ready Alexander kicks and fires There's a fly ball into straight-away left Medwick one hands it... OUT! Bullock is up now for FOFC Bullock digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Alexander Alexander looks down at Lombardi for the sign Now he's ready Alexander brings it to the plate Bullock watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Billy, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Alexander just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Alexander In the bottom of the 2nd for FOFC No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base Here's the first baseman Terry To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Pete Alexander And then Frankie Frisch Terry is batting .274 with 2 HR's this year Left-hander Al Mighty prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Terry Here's the pitch STRIKE THREE, CALLED! And there's one away Alexander gets set at the plate Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The southpaw Mighty's delivery Alexander sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Mighty Easy out One more chance for NL Pre WWII this inning Next up is Frankie Frisch, the NL Pre WWII shortstop... If he gets on, Pie Traynor would bat next Looking for his first hit today Frisch is 0 for 1 Frisch chokes up on the bat a little The pitch is on the way Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He grabs it for the out That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII By the way, NL Pre WWII is 2 and 8 in their last ten games Blade saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Blade is batting .258 with 1 HR this year Alexander adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Lombardi Alexander brings it to the plate Blade is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position One out Due up next is Al Mighty FOFC pitcher, Al Mighty, is up next Mighty grips the bat handle The bat is cocked Here's the 2 strike offering A high hopper to first Terry flips to Alexander covering Score It: 3-1 That's two away Frisch comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Alexander A. J. Tucker will be next up... A. J. Tucker will step in to face Alexander next If he gets on, Jeff Nights will follow Before getting ready Tucker checks out the defensive alignment All set, Tucker is ready for the pitch The pitch on the way, here it is... Sinking line drive Caught by Rogers Hornsby That does it in the bottom of the 3rd 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 innings, No score Here's Pie Traynor leading off Rogers Hornsby is on deck And Mel Ott is in the hole Pie will be facing the left-handed Mighty from the right side of the plate He has a .288 average overall But southpaws are his nemesis... He has only a .250 average against lefty hurlers Traynor awaits the delivery Mighty's 0-1 pitch... Traynor rips the curve to left-center... Tucker racing back to the fence... He leaps up for the drive... Can't quite get it!!... Traynor around first... Tucker quickly runs it down Fires a strong throw... Off the mark.. Traynor makes it easily into second That's a double for Traynor No outs, Traynor at second Hornsby is at the plate for NL Pre WWII Mighty eyes Hornsby intently The southpaw Mighty delivers the 1-1 pitch It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! One down for NL Pre WWII Mel Ott is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for NL Pre WWII Ott strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Ott is hitless today, 0 for 1 Mel struck out in his last at bat Mighty adjusts his cap... Now he's set The pitch to Ott... Ott swings late and slices one to left It's curving toward the foul line... Ton won't get there in time It's a fair ball as it hits right on the line! It takes two bounces... Now a fan reaches over the railing and gloves it! Well, that stops that play right there! Ott will get a ground rule double on it... And the fan will be escorted out of the ball park... You can't do that folks That ball was still in play Of course, Traynor scores on the play So with 1 on and 1 out the Pre-Nationals send their center fielder, Kiki Cuyler, up to face Mighty Good-hitting Joe Medwick is waiting in the on-deck circle NL Pre WWII ahead 1 to 0 Bullock flashes the sign to Mighty Mighty's behind on the count Here's the 2-0 offering A slider by Mighty Cuyler gets good wood on it... Ton back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two gone for NL Pre WWII Two outs, Ott at second Medwick is ready Medwick can't seem to get settled at the plate Mighty is slow to get ready He has a 3.16 ERA this year Now he's ready The southpaw delivers Medwick swings... And hits nothing but air! Strike three! Boy, whatta aggitatin' curve ball! 6 on the evening for Mighty That's it for NL Pre WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 and a half innings, NL Pre WWII has one run, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors NL Pre WWII has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Jeff Nights, the All Stars' shortstop, is ready to lead off the bottom of the 4th He can be a nightmare for pitchers when he gets on He's one of the league's better base stealers Nights steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Alexander looks down at Lombardi for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Windup by Alexander And the pitch Grounded towards third Traynor scoops it LONG THROW... HE'S SAFE! Pflaggstettler now at the plate Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Pflaggstettler is at .314 on the season Alexander has the sign he wants Alexander's righthanded delivery... Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE! And Pflaggstettler is punched out One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is still in the on-deck circle and Deacon Palmer is looking for a bat in the dugout Potpie finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Potpie scuffs up the lines around the box Jeeberoni is ready for the delivery Alexander's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Nights dives back in!... SAFE!... Terry tosses it back to Alexander Now here's the pitch Potpie sends a hot smash to first Terry takes it on one hop Fires to Frisch for one Back to Bill Terry... Jeeberoni beats the relay NL Pre WWII on top 1 to 0 with two away this inning With a runner at first and two outs Palmer walks to the plate Palmer is at .308 on the season Alexander steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here's the 3-1 pitch Grounded to third Taken by Traynor Over to Terry Got him! Score It: 5-3 That ends the inning After 4 innings, NL Pre WWII leads by 1 Ernie Lombardi will get things started for NL Pre WWII He'll be followed by Bill Terry and Pete Alexander If any of them get on, lead-off hitter, Frankie Frisch, will step in Now Lombardi approaches home plate Mighty wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Mighty brings it home 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 That's one away Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Bill Terry Nobody on base, one out Terry wiggles the bat above his head Bill steadies his bat Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch The lefthander delivers Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Terry hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Alexander fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Alexander squares to bunt It's dribbled down the third base line Palmer bare hands it... Sidearm toss to first Just in time! Nice play Credit Pete Alexander with a sacrifice Two down We are in the top of the 5th NL Pre WWII ahead 1 to 0 Now batting is Frankie Frisch Frisch has hit 6 triples this year Al is ready It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Slider from Mighty... Swung on and just squibbed to the right of the mound Mighty jumps on it with his bare hand Fires underhanded in one motion to Potpie... Frankie beats it out by a step! Terry moves over to third Frisch can sure fly down that line Most batters would have been out on the great play by Mighty That brings up Pie Traynor, the third baseman Mighty squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Mighty brings it to the plate Bounced towards the hole Tremendous diving grab by Blade! Tosses to second He's out Score It: 4-6 The runner on first, Frisch, is out That retires the side... Traynor fails to come through in the clutch For NL Pre WWII, No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Ton is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box K. A. is hitting at .257 on the year He has 26 hits in 101 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Ton flied out his last time up Alexander has the sign from Lombardi Here's the windup and the 3-2 delivery Ton hits a screamer at Pie Traynor Traynor picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Terry off the bag Terry swipes with the glove Ton is out! Nice play by Terry One up, one down Now batting will be Billy Bullock The catcher is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out NL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 1 run Alexander wastes no time He has the sign from Lombardi The righthander Alexander's delivery Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Bullock was frozen on that fastball by Alexander High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch Two down Lombardi asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Lombardi and Alexander FOFC will send the second baseman Barrett Blade up to the plate If he gets on, Al Mighty would bat next Alexander looks down at Lombardi for the sign Now he's ready... Now ready, here it is... Blade rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Cuyler is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Kiki Cuyler That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 5 innings NL Pre WWII on top, 1-0 Heavy hitters due up for NL Pre WWII Hornsby will lead it off He will be followed by Mel Ott and Kiki Cuyler The outfield shades towards left for Hornsby Set now is Hornsby The windup, the pitch There's a liner over short Solidly stroked by Hornsby... Would you look at that! Nights leaped two stories into the air and robbed Hornsby of a sure base hit Rogers is disgusted... but tips his hat to Nights just the same That ball had base hit written all over it NL Pre WWII with one away Mighty steps off the mound as he waits for Mel Ott to come to the plate Mel Ott, the right fielder, strides to the plate Ott has managed a .280 average against lefthanders this year Ott waits for the delivery The lefthander Mighty delivers Low and outside Ball four Ott at first, one away Cuyler is ready for the pitch Cuyler is taking his practice swings Kiki is 0 for 2 this evening He flied out last time at bat Two balls, two strikes on Cuyler Mighty rocks and fires It is a high hard one... Cuyler goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Cuyler couldn't hold back FOFC gets the second out of the inning The left fielder, Joe Medwick will be up next for NL Pre WWII Joe steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Casey Stingle relays the sign from Leo Durochure Medwick struck out last time up and now is 0 for 2 Medwick readies himself for the pitch Mighty goes into his stretch... Looks over at Ott Fires to Potpie... Ott is back easily... We're ready again Now Mighty comes home He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 No runs for NL Pre WWII in the top of the 6th NL Pre WWII leads 1 to 0 We'll be right back The FOFC crowd has been pretty quiet Here is Treacy to lead off He will try to liven things up for them The outfield's shaded towards right With Treacy at the plate Treacy awaits the delivery Here's his delivery Treacy slaps a hard grounder past second Ott is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Treacy will hold with a clean single 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 FOFC center fielder, A. J. Tucker, will be up next He will be followed by Jeff Nights One on... no one out NL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 1 run Alexander steps on the rubber Hornsby comes in a couple steps Yells something to Alexander The delivery Tucker raps a hard grass-cutter toward third Traynor 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 FOFC there NL Pre WWII gets the first out of the inning One away, Tucker at first Nights is coming to the plate NL Pre WWII is set up for two Alexander's is working on a shutout here at FOFC Stadium this evening He is throwing as hard now as when the game started Now Pete delivers Nights chases the low slider... Just gets a piece of it Hitting a slow grounder to the left side Frisch charges in, scoops it up Wings a strong throw to first Nights is out by two steps Now that was a major league play by Frisch! Tucker is now down at second NL Pre WWII ahead 1 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Japanese League is in front of Negro League II 7 to 4 Yamamoto has hit his 4th homerun for Japanese League Caribbean besting AL Post WWII 6 to 1 Mendez enjoying the big Caribbean lead AL Pre WWII is pounding Negro League I 8 to 1 NL Post WWII is comfortably ahead of Old Timers 7 to 1 Turn of Century is on top of Left Outs 4 to 2 Joss and Sutton currently dueling Dead Ball Era leads Late 20th 8 to 7 Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps in now for the All Stars The Pre-Nationals lead in this one, 1-zip Alexander gets the sign, it's one he likes Alexander looks back towards second... The pitch Line drive to short CAUGHT by a diving Frisch! A cross-over step, then he lunged for it Impressive play by the NL Pre WWII short stop! And that will do it for FOFC Lombardi will come up to lead off the top of the 7th for NL Pre WWII Lombardi has a .329 average against righthanders this season Rodney adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Righthander Rodney's delivery Struck him out on a fastball Lombardi goes down swinging One out Bill Terry is due up next Bill Terry, who has extra base power and a good glove is approaching the plate Terry is hitting .320 against righthanders The umpire says let's go Rodney winds and delivers The 3-1 pitch Grounded towards first Potpie grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG OUT! Two men gone, nobody on NL Pre WWII leads by 1 Pete Alexander will make his way to home plate He's the pitcher for NL Pre WWII Watching Rodney, Alexander wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Pete waits... He steps out as Rodney takes too long Now he's back in the box The 2-2 offering... Rodney comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Alexander As he swings right through it for strike three That's all for NL Pre WWII After 6 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, NL Pre WWII on top 1 to 0 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Jeeberoni Potpie will start things off Stepping in and then stepping out again Potpie looks to third for a sign Potpie is ready Alexander throws the 3-2 pitch Fastball, down and in... Potpie laces a hit into the outfield... Medwick picks it up Fires it quickly into the infield Potpie holds with a single Good start to the inning for FOFC And it brings up Deacon Palmer On deck is K. A. Ton Billy Bullock in the hole Deacon looks down at the third base coach He gets the sign from Dick Howser Potpie takes his lead Palmer waits for the pitch His bat is coiled It's coming down the pike Palmer drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Palmer The All Stars' left fielder is up next FOFC has 2 on board with no outs K. A. Ton is hitting .237 this year against righthanded pitchers Ton cocks his bat And the delivery by Alexander Curve ball, hanging up in the wheelhouse Swung on... Line drive single by Ton to left! Potpie scores and here comes Palmer... He scores also... The throw goes into second base Through the drawn in infield! Nobody out, Ton at first Now up is Bullock Bullock is 0 for 2 today Billy struck out last time up Bullock, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Alexander Here's the righthander's delivery Topped in front of home Lombardi grabs it Over to second for one Could be two . . . Not in time! Score It: 2-6 The runner on first, Ton, is out That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Blade is up now for FOFC Blade is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Blade, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Alexander Alexander goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Bullock He lobs one to Terry... Bullock is back easily We're ready again Now Alexander comes home Base hit to left for Blade Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Bullock will stay at second Gonzalez gets set at the plate Gonzalez grips the bat handle Alexander adjusts his cap... Now he's set The righthander Alexander's delivery Base hit to center for Gonzalez Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Runners hold. Tucker, the center fielder, moves into the batter's box FOFC ahead 2 to 1 Tucker has hit 2 home runs this year Alexander finds himself in quite a jam He has to be careful with Tucker But he needs to throw strikes Alexander rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Pete rocks and fires Base hit to left for Tucker Bullock scores Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Facing Alexander now is Nights Persimmon Pflaggstettler heads to the on deck circle Jeeberoni Potpie waits in the hole Nights is hitting .284 against righthanders Alexander has not been very effective this inning 4 runs have crossed the plate for FOFC Alexander looks over at Tucker... Now back at Gonzalez... He's coming home with it Nubber to short Taken by Frisch Over to second for one They might turn it . . . Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Gonzalez takes third The runner on first, Tucker, is out And there's two away Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up next The All Stars' right fielder finds 2 on with 2 outs Pflaggstettler looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... The pitch is on the way The pitch is way inside at the knees Pflaggstettler hits the dirt... It is a bad time for Pete Alexander to be getting so wild That loads them up for FOFC Potpie walks to the plate Jeeberoni is taking his sweet time getting ready The umpire says a few words to Jeeberoni... Now we're set to go Potpie waits FOFC has "batted around" They have scored 4 runs already this inning Bases still full of All Stars Potpie singled to start this inning He is 1 for 2 on the evening The 0-2 pitch... Alexander lets it fly... Potpie goes after Alexander's fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Medwick is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... He goes up after it... And brings it down in the webbing! Jeeberoni just missed a homer on that one Only a long out for the FOFC first baseman That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 49054 Here's Frisch to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Japanese League is edging Negro League II 7 to 6 Caribbean is giving it to AL Post WWII 6 to 1 AL Pre WWII is crushing Negro League I 11 to 1 NL Post WWII bombing Old Timers 9 to 1 Koufax enjoying the big NL Post WWII lead Left Outs with the lead over Turn of Century 7 to 4 Dead Ball Era leads Late 20th 8 to 7 And in our contest FOFC on top 4 to 1 Jace looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Kronside's into the windup... the delivery Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 44 on the season for Kronside And there's one away That'll bring up third baseman Pie Traynor... FOFC out in front by 3 We're in the top of the 8th Traynor wiggles the bat above his head Right-hander Kronside prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Traynor Now Jace delivers Traynor cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock Traynor was badly fooled by Kronside's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Pie was a little overanxious Two down Two away, nobody on Hornsby comes to the plate for NL Pre WWII Before getting ready Hornsby checks out the defensive alignment Hornsby waits patiently He brings it home Hornsby pounds a grounder toward Palmer at third Deacon moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Palmer stayed with it Over to first and Hornsby is retired Nice play by the FOFC third baseman FOFC heads to the bottom of the 8th with a 3 run lead While they have scored 4 runs... the visitors from NL Pre WWII have countered with only 1 It looks like FOFC may add to their impressive 6 game winning streak Here is Deacon Palmer to start it off for FOFC Palmer adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Deacon is 1 for 3 this evening Deacon is set for the pitch Alexander leans back and fires Sinking fastball... Palmer swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Frisch... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step NL Pre WWII gets the first out here late in this contest Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle Billy Bullock waits on deck Gazelle goes through his routine of settling in Gazelle awaits the delivery Alexander brings it to the plate Baltimore chop Into left for a single! Pete Alexander watches Gazelle As he moves away from the bag Alexander holds the runner Gazelle at first, one out Billy Bullock is ready at the plate Bullock is batting .266 with 11 round trippers in 1900 Billy seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Here's the 2 strike offering Bullock hits a screamer at Frankie Frisch Frisch picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 8 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has one run, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 stranded NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 5 Leading off now for NL Pre WWII is Ott Kronside is happy with the sign Now the delivery, here is is... Ott starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Kronside walks him Kiki Cuyler steps into the box Knowles wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The pitch to Cuyler... It gets past Hays! It's scored a passed ball. The pitch didn't look that bad Knowles must have crossed him up! Ott takes second Kiki Cuyler steps into the box Cuyler has had trouble making contact He has 2 strike outs this evening Cuyler waits for the delivery Knowles brings it home Curve, down low... Swung on and missed Strike three right by Cuyler Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it! One away in the top of the 9th That'll bring up Pre-Nationals' left fielder Joe Medwick... NL Pre WWII with a man in scoring position at second Knowles steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Knowles brings it to the plate Struck him out on a terrible pitch That bounced in front of the plate! and Medwick couldn't hold up his swing! Almost broke his back trying though... Ernie Lombardi is up for NL Pre WWII The tying run is on deck In the person of Bill Terry Benton Breeze is walking down to the water cooler Lombardi has a .325 average against righthanders this season Lombardi waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Knowles rocks and fires Grounded towards the bag Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 And that will do it for NL Pre WWII FOFC wins 4 to 1 Rodney gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Alexander takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was A. J. Tucker He was 1 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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10-18-2007, 04:23 PM
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10-18-2007, 04:48 PM
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The All Star game was rigged, I tell you.
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10-22-2007, 05:30 PM
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GAME 81 - June 27th - Radio Broadcast (I know I'm off on my dates again)
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and NL Pre WWII 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 Frankie Frisch to lead it off for NL Pre WWII The lefty Williams delivers Sinking fastball... Frisch swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One out Due up next is Pie Traynor The intelligent and classy third baseman, Pie Traynor, is coming up to bat Traynor can't seem to get settled at the plate John Williams 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 southpaw's delivery Fly ball to right Gazelle is under it He makes the grab That's two away NL Pre WWII second baseman, Rogers Hornsby, is up next Williams adjusts his cap... Now he's set He brings it home Rogers pops it up And Fouts makes the play Williams sets them down in order Here in the top of the 1st A. J. Tucker up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Tucker has hit 6 triples this year The bat is cocked The southpaw delivers Sinking line drive Caught by Frankie Frisch One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is still in the on-deck circle and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking for a bat in the dugout Nights, FOFC's shortstop, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Before getting ready Nights checks out the defensive alignment Nights is poised and ready for the pitch The pitch is on the way Sharp breaking curve... Nights chases it... There's a ground ball up the middle Past the leaping Marquard on the mound Frisch cuts the ball off behind second... He throws off balance to first... SAFE! The ball is up the line Terry can't get to it It rolls to the seats Nights will coasts into second Score that a hit, and an error on Frisch That's error number 1 of the game for NL Pre WWII Jeeberoni Potpie is entering the batter's box Benton Breeze has his big bopper, Gerald Gazelle, waiting in the on-deck circle The right-handed Potpie will be facing the southpaw 5 of his 20 home runs come via this route Marquard adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Lombardi Now the delivery, here is is... Base hit to left for Potpie Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score And the batter is Gerald Gazelle K. A. Ton is on-deck Gazelle is batting .275 with 10 round trippers in 1900 Gazelle tells the umpire he's ready The lefthander delivers It's a rainbow shot toward center Cuyler reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch K. A. Ton is up next FOFC's left fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs Marquard squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The stretch... the delivery Fastball, paints the outside corner Swung on by Ton Grounded hard at Traynor... Scooped up, fired to first... OVER THE HEAD OF Terry... Bounces into the dugout Ton scampers into second That'll be a two base error Score It: E5 Potpie takes third Ton to second The All Stars will send Harry Hays up to the plate Hays has a .400 average against lefthanders He is .331 overall Hays waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The lefty Marquard delivers Hays swings and lifts one toward right Ott drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 9 and 1 in their last ten games As we get ready to start the top of the 2nd Ott is talking to Hays We'll see how they pitch to Ott Mel waits... He steps out as Williams takes too long Now he's back in the box The pitch on the way, here it is... Ott 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 NL Pre WWII with one away Williams steps off the mound as he waits for Kiki Cuyler to come to the plate And it brings up Kiki Cuyler On deck is Joe Medwick Ernie Lombardi in the hole Cuyler goes through his routine of settling in Williams has the sign from Hays Here's the pitch It's a pop-up in back of third Fouts is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out Two gone for NL Pre WWII Pounding the plate with his bat Medwick awaits the pitch Medwick digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Williams Medwick waits on Williams Now ready, here it is... Good slider, inside part of the plate Medwick gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That ends the inning After 1 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 1 Here's the third baseman Fouts To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then John Williams Dan is taking his sweet time getting ready The umpire says a few words to Dan... Now we're set to go And Rube studies the sign from Lombardi... Now he's got it It's coming down the pike It's a routine fly into center Cuyler ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One up, one down for FOFC Marquard glares in at Blade Barrett Blade just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Marquard toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Lombardi Rube rocks and fires Blade swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Marquard strikes out Barrett Blade Two up, two down for the All Stars Williams departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Hitching up his pants... Williams gazes out to the mound Marquard is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Marquard gets the sign from Lombardi The southpaw winds and delivers Williams hits a screamer at Rogers Hornsby Hornsby picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Terry off the bag Terry swipes with the glove Williams is out! Nice play by Terry The side is retired No runs, no hits 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 Ernie Lombardi will get things started for NL Pre WWII He'll be followed by Bill Terry and Rube Marquard If any of them get on, lead-off hitter, Frankie Frisch, will step in Now Lombardi approaches home plate Lombardi calls time, and steps out of the batter's box The Pre-Nationals are going through a "June swoon" They've dropped their last 6 games in a row Now Lombardi's back in... One ball, one strike on Lombardi Williams brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Lombardi swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Fouts... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One gone for NL Pre WWII Nobody on base, one away Terry steps into the batter's box Bill takes a couple of practice cuts Williams rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Way ahead in the count Williams turns the 0-2 pitch loose Hot shot grounded to first It's off Potpie's glove! Score It: E3 Terry to first Marquard fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Marquard squares Marquard bunts it foul for the third strike... That's a strikeout! Frisch finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Frisch has hit 3 home runs this year Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The southpaw Williams' delivery Frisch 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 center NL Pre WWII comes up empty here in the top of the 3rd No runs, no hits, one error and one man left on base After 2 and a half innings, FOFC still out in front, 1-0 A. J. Tucker, Jeff Nights, and Jeeberoni Potpie are due up Tucker is taking his practice swings A. J. is 0 for 1 this evening Tucker is waiting on the pitch The lefthander Marquard delivers Fastball... Tucker jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Cuyler after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Kiki Cuyler! That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Nights, the shortstop, moves into the batter's box FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Watching Marquard, Nights wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Jeff steadies his bat Waits patiently for Marquard's pitch It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... 1 Base Error By E.Lombardi Score It: E2 Nights to first Nights sneaks away from the base Another throw... Marquard's five throws over have been effective Nights has a small lead now He must be getting tired from diving back in! Jeeberoni Potpie is coming to the plate Potpie is 1 for 1 today He is currently batting .289 Medwick, Cuyler and Ott are playing him deep Potpie is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Nights is dancing off first Marquard's 3-0 pitch... Slider, inside... Swung on... Potpie rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Marquard looks dejected on the mound Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Gazelle Marquard is ready quickly The lefthander Marquard comes home with it Here's a curveball, up in the zone... It's juiced to deep center There goes Cuyler after it Racing hard... Reaching... Can't get it... It was just out of his reach! He chases it to the fence Gazelle around first, coasts into second As the throw comes in late Score that a two bagger Here's K. A. Ton Marquard toes the rubber Here's the 2-0 offering IT HITS Ton! Now Ton gets up and brushes himself off He's not thrilled with being drilled! The ump tells Ton to take his base Now batting will be Harry Hays The catcher is walking to the plate Two on... one out FOFC up by 3 Time is called... Hays has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Marquard adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Lombardi Marquard brings it to the plate Hays reaches out and pokes it on the ground to right Base hit for Hays FOFC adds to their lead FOFC on top 4 to 0 Here's Dan Fouts NL Pre WWII looking for two Fouts is 0 for 1 today Rube looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Marquard rocks and fires Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Fouts is outta there That's out number two Pre-Nationals' pitching coach, Johnny Allen, is out to talk with Marquard Looks like he wants to go over something with him Blade now at the plate John Williams waits on deck Blade is batting .257 with 1 HR this year Marquard steps on the rubber Marquard looks the runners back Now here's the delivery Base hit to right for Blade Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser is waving Hays to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Blade at first Williams walks to the plate Williams looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Williams gets ready for Marquard's pitch His bat is cocked Hays is yelling some encouragement Blade, at first, inches off the bag He's into the stretch Checks Blade at first Quick throw! He has to dive back in!... SAFE!... Close play Terry tosses it back to Marquard Now here's the pitch Base hit to right for Williams Hays scores Blade is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Williams at first Here comes Leo Durochure to the mound He's waving for Burleigh Grimes to make his way from the NL Pre WWII bullpen Grimes has 27 appearances so far this year Rube Marquard will head for the locker room Earlier than he had hoped He gets polite applause from the FOFC crowd That will bring Tucker up again as FOFC has "batted around" They have scored 5 runs already this inning Two men still on A. J. flied out to start this inning 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd Grimes looks down at Lombardi for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The count is full And the pay-off pitch... Bounding ball to first Terry trots to the bag Score It: 3 That retires the side... but not before 5 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 3 innings, FOFC on top 6 to 0 Traynor steps up to the plate for NL Pre WWII It's the top of the 4th at FOFC Stadium Pie steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Casey Stingle relays the sign from Leo Durochure Traynor flied out last time up and now is 0 for 1 Traynor waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Now John delivers Traynor rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Traynor is around first, heading for two... Pflaggstettler is up with it and fires it in quickly Pie pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the NL Pre WWII third baseman Pie also ups his hitting streak to 6 games! That is Traynor's 1st hit today Rogers Hornsby makes his way to home plate Rogers is 0 for 1 this summer evening He popped out in his last plate appearance He's ready The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 3-1 pitch It's in on the wrists Rogers tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... Yes, Williams walks him That'll bring up right fielder Mel Ott... FOFC way out in front FOFC on top 6 to 0 Runners first and second John is set to go... a quick look toward Hays again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag He is facing a power hitter in Ott Williams has allowed 2 home runs to lefties so far 5 to right-handers Williams checks the runners Curve, up high... Ott rips it to center... Williams hung that breaking ball However, Mel got under it just a bit Tucker started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" That's one away So with 2 on and 1 out the Pre-Nationals send their center fielder, Kiki Cuyler, up to face Williams Good-hitting Joe Medwick is waiting in the on-deck circle The outfield shades towards left for Cuyler Cuyler awaits the delivery Williams brings it to the plate Flyball to left it's caught Traynor has a chance to move up... Traynor is trying to advance to third base... Here's the play... He's SAFE! Ducky is now coming to bat Medwick is at .347 on the season Medwick awaits the pitch Now John delivers Slow curve... And he chased it! STRIKE THREE! Medwick just couldn't hold up That pitch was a real tantalizer But Medwick fails in the clutch this time We head to the bottom of the 4th here in FOFC... Still 6-0, FOFC Here's Nights to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Japanese League is edging Negro League II 2 to 1 Caribbean is on top of AL Post WWII 2 to 0 Tiant Sr. battling Ryan AL Pre WWII is edging Negro League I 3 to 2 Old Timers is edging NL Post WWII 3 to 2 Turn of Century is beating Left Outs 8 to 4 Dead Ball Era and Late 20th are deadlocked at 2 McGwire has hit his 7th homerun for Late 20th Nights gets set He's 1 for 2 so far Grimes steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The righthander Grimes' delivery Nights fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of short Frisch is over quickly Easy out One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Making his way up is Potpie FOFC ahead 6 to 0 Lombardi flashes the sign to Grimes Windup by Grimes And the pitch Off speed pitch on the way... And Potpie watches it go by for the third strike Two down Burleigh Grimes retires the first two batters in a row Gazelle gets set at the plate Grimes peers in for the sign Gazelle is a formidable opponent Burleigh has allowed 5 home runs versus righties this year And Gerald is no ordinary hitter The pitch is on the way Gazelle lofts a fly to deep right Ott trots slowly under it... He makes the catch FOFC is out of here in the bottom of the 4th This game is coming to you from FOFC Stadium in FOFC After 4 innings FOFC has 6 runs, 7 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has no runs, one hit and 3 errors Ernie Lombardi stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Williams is on the third-base side of the rubber... Williams kicks and fires Drilled on the ground to the mound Taken by Williams Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 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 One out, nobody on base Bill Terry is the batter Terry is batting .274 with 2 HR's this year Williams likes the sign The southpaw Williams delivers the 2-0 pitch Baltimore chop Into center for a single! Pre-Nationals pitcher Burleigh Grimes is up, now They'll be looking for him to lay one down FOFC is set up for two Williams is happy with the sign The pitch to Grimes... Grimes 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... Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Williams While Pie Traynor heads for the on deck circle Frankie Frisch makes his way to the plate Frankie steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Frisch is 0 for 2 today He flied out last time up Frankie stands with bat ready Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Williams The delivery Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Blade Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side... Frisch fails to come through in the clutch For NL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Persimmon Pflaggstettler, Harry Hays, and Dan Fouts are due up Grimes has the sign from Lombardi The righthander Grimes delivers Pflaggstettler swings and hits a high fly to left It is right along the line... Medwick is over at the fence... reaches... It's going to be close... Just out of the reach of Medwick And in the seats for a home run! Next up is Harry Hays, the FOFC catcher... FOFC out in front by 7 It's the bottom of the 5th Harry is batting at .333 with 6 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Hays waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Grimes goes into his windup And here's the 2 strike offering Harry Hays hits a high pop fly on the infield Frankie Frisch calls everyone off The ball drifts a bit... But Frisch is there to make the play And there's one away Walking up now to the plate is Fouts Fouts is hitting .205 against righties Grimes is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Grimes looks in... Now he's ready Here's the righthander's delivery Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Fouts hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle One on, one out Blade walks to the batter's box Barrett is batting .262 in 168 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by John Williams Blade is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Grimes He's waiting for the pitch Grimes' righthanded delivery... Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Lombardi Fouts dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Fouts made it back FOFC ahead 7 to 0 with two away this inning All Stars' pitcher Williams is up next Williams wiggles the bat above his head Williams readies himself for the pitch He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Fouts dives back in!... SAFE! Terry tosses it back to Grimes Now here's the pitch Williams raps a sizzling ground ball It zips through the hole Ott is over to pick it up Throws a strike to Frisch No chance to get Fouts at third Two on, two outs... Tucker steps to the plate Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting left-handed against righty Burleigh Grimes Tucker cocks his bat The runners stretch out to their leads Grimes checks the runners Popped up into shallow center Cuyler has got a long run He's got it Fine running catch! Score It: 8 That ends the inning for FOFC FOFC has 7 runs, 10 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 2 hits and 3 errors They have now stranded 6 baserunners Pie Traynor leading off for NL Pre WWII The best way to quiet the crowd is to get a few base runners on Traynor is 1 for 2 today Williams steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Williams winds his left arm Lets it go Ground ball to the left side... Nights scoops it up Over to first for the putout So one up and one gone Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Rogers Hornsby Nobody on base, one out Hornsby is at .282 on the season Williams tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's his delivery Oh Oh, hanging curve... Swung on... There's a hard line drive in the gap That looks like an easy two-bagger A. J. Tucker dives... knocks it down... Picks it up... Hornsby digging hard for second... The ball is fired in to Blade Not in time... Rogers slides in under the tag... Hornsby has himself a double Williams has to get that curve down NL Pre WWII will eat that pitch up if he doesn't Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching coach has been working with him on that pitch That'll bring up Pre-Nationals' right fielder Mel Ott... NL Pre WWII with a man in scoring position at second One out, man on second Williams eyes Ott intently The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch A curve is wide... But swung on and missed! Strike three! That is 3 on the evening for Williams FOFC ahead 7 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Negro League II leads Japanese League 4 to 3 Holland battling Bessho Caribbean is giving it to AL Post WWII 5 to 0 AL Pre WWII leads Negro League I 5 to 4 Simmons has hit his 15th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Post WWII is edging Old Timers 4 to 3 Turn of Century toppling Left Outs 11 to 4 Rusie enjoying the big Turn of Century lead Late 20th is edging Dead Ball Era 3 to 2 Cuyler settles in at the plate Cuyler swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Williams The left-hander Williams is now ready And the delivery by Williams Inside for ball four And Cuyler walks That's 2 walks given up by Williams today Next up for NL Pre WWII is Joe Medwick Medwick is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in He's ready Williams looks over at Cuyler Now back at Hornsby He's coming home with it It's right down the pike! Strike three looking! Williams crossed Medwick up that time We're in the middle of the 6th FOFC still leads 7-0 Kris Terp is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Grimes is saying a few words to Hornsby... So far in 1900, Burleigh has a 7 and 4 record with 5 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign The kick and the pitch Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! That's one away Potpie digs in at the plate Ready now for Grimes to come set Potpie can't seem to get settled at the plate Jeeberoni is set for the pitch The righthander delivers Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 52 on the season for Grimes Two down for FOFC in the bottom of the 6th FOFC on top 7 to 0 A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Gerald Gazelle Gazelle is 1 for 3 today He is currently batting .277 Medwick, Cuyler and Ott are playing him deep Waiting for the pitch is Gazelle Grimes brings it home Change up... Gazelle hits a fly ball to right Ott is under it... He's got it And that will do it for FOFC Ernie Lombardi, Bill Terry, and Burleigh Grimes are due up John peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The lefty Williams delivers Ground ball to short Terp ranges into the hole He backhands it Plants his right foot And fires it to first SAFE! Bill Terry, the first baseman, strides to the plate Terry looks to Casey Stingle for the sign Bill seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Williams goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Lombardi He lobs one to Potpie... Lombardi is back easily... We're ready again Now Williams comes home Low and away...Swung on... Lined into right... Gazelle 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 Terry That pitch looked like a fastball But it sure had a lot of movement on it Paul Waner is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Burleigh Grimes That'll bring up Paul Waner Things haven't gone well for NL Pre WWII They trail FOFC by 7 runs FOFC on top 7 to 0 Waner grips the bat handle Paul steadies his bat Waits patiently for Williams' pitch John comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering The HIGH CHEESE......... STRIKE THREE SWINGING! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's take a ten second station break This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System Your four sports network! Frisch is ready to face Williams 1st and 2nd, one man down Williams tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The pitch is on the way Lined to second Blade tries it He makes a nice play on it Score It: 4 Two gone for NL Pre WWII Time is running out for them They need a touchdown! FOFC is certainly in the catbird seat Pie Traynor coming up now for the Pre-Nationals The All Stars lead 7-nothing We're in the top of the 7th Traynor is at .289 on the season Williams ready quickly, looks in for the sign Williams brings it to the plate Hot shot grounded to short Taken by Terp His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 Another scoreless inning for Williams What a beautiful game he is pitching here at FOFC Stadium He is getting NL Pre WWII's batters to hit his pitch It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Jesse Haines will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Jesse has appeared in 17 games this season He has a record of 1-0 in 43 innings His ERA stands at 6.02 Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Pflaggstettler has a .322 average against righthanders this season Persimmon steadies his bat And waits patiently for Haines' pitch The righthander Haines' delivery Pflaggstettler swings at the change-up... Pounds it good!... It's going into deep right Ott is racing back... He's at the fence... But he might as well wave that one goodbye It's gone! Quite a shot by Pflaggstettler Traveling about 405 feet That's home run number 14 for him He also has 50 RBI's now Harry Hays will come up next This game is a laugher for FOFC They're up by 8 runs FOFC ahead 8 to 0 Haines adjusts his cap... Now he's set Here's the 3-2 offering A hanging curve... Hays laces it hard just to the right of Terry He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Harry... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in FOFC sends the third baseman, Dan Fouts, up to the plate Jesse gets the sign from Lombardi Haines goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Hays He lobs one to Terry... Hays is back easily We're ready again Now Haines comes home Fastball down low... Fouts swings and hits one out to center Kiki Cuyler is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Haines Hays trots back to first One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is still in the on-deck circle and John Williams is looking for a bat in the dugout Settling in at the plate is Blade Barrett has 2 strike outs so far today He'll be looking to get a piece of this one Blade waits on Haines Haines' 3-0 pitch... Haines loses him Blade heads down to first Williams is up now for FOFC Haines is on the first-base side of the rubber... Now Jesse delivers Big slow curve... and it's in there Strike three Two down Lombardi asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Lombardi and Haines A. J. Tucker will get a crack at Haines next Kris Terp would be up next... But only if Tucker can reach safely Right-hander Haines eyes the lefty Tucker Here's his delivery Routine grounder to second Hornsby grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 40330 Although behind by 8 NL Pre WWII does have the heart of their line-up coming up to face John Williams Williams' been tough on NL Pre WWII all day Hornsby adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Rogers is 1 for 2 this evening Williams has the sign from Hays He brings it home Curve, paints the corner... Hornsby swings... Grounder down the left field line It's past Fouts rolling all the way to the corner Hornsby rounds first... Heads for second Pflaggstettler plays it off the wall Here's the throw... Not in time! Hornsby slides in with a double Master Melvin is coming to the plate Ott a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Williams A battle of lefties... He's ready Williams brings it to the plate Groundball to short Hornsby will hold at second base Ott is retired on the groundout Kiki Cuyler steps into the box Kiki steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Casey Stingle relays the sign from Leo Durochure Cuyler drew a walk last time up and now is 0 for 2 Cuyler waiting on the delivery Williams brings it to the plate Wait a minute ... What's going on? A balk has been called! Williams must have done something wrong The ump caught him in the act! Kiki Cuyler steps into the box Cuyler is 0 for 2 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 Terp are ready with hands on knees at second and short Cuyler cocks his bat Now to the belt, here it is... Lunging after the change-up Cuyler hits a grounder through to left... Scoring from third is Hornsby Credit Cuyler with a single and an RBI Joe Medwick steps into the box Joe steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Medwick is 0 for 3 today He struck out last time up Medwick waits patiently Williams' into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Cuyler dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch It bounces in front of the plate and gets by Hays Cuyler moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch Joe Medwick steps into the box Medwick wiggles the bat above his head Medwick waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Fozborg rocks and fires Medwick hits a three hopper towards Dan Fouts Fouts scoops it and fires it to first for the out Two gone for NL Pre WWII Time is running out for them Now here's Lombardi Before getting ready Lombardi checks out the defensive alignment All set, Lombardi is ready for the pitch Sirr rocks and fires Fastball... just outside And Lombardi will take first on the walk The first baseman, Terry, is ready to bat FOFC leads 8 to 1 in the top of the 8th Fozborg steps on the rubber Sirr checks the runners Steps off the mound Again he's into the stretch The pitch Smashed to second Blade comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That ends the inning for NL Pre WWII FOFC has 8 runs, 12 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has one run, 7 hits and 3 errors They have now stranded 10 baserunners Here's Kris Terp leading off Jeeberoni Potpie is on deck And Gerald Gazelle is in the hole Terp swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Haines Terp looks very intent... He stares down at Haines... Cocks his bat Righthander Haines' delivery Comebacker, right to Haines Over to Terry for the easy out One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League II is in front of Japanese League 6 to 3 Caribbean clipping AL Post WWII 5 to 1 Negro League I is edging AL Pre WWII 6 to 5 NL Post WWII winning over Old Timers 9 to 3 Bench has hit his 11th homerun for NL Post WWII Turn of Century is pounding Left Outs 11 to 4 Lajoie has hit his 9th homerun for Turn of Century Late 20th is on top of Dead Ball Era 4 to 2 Clemens and Brown currently dueling Potpie is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Potpie is looking for lightning to strike again He's boomed 1 homerun earlier today Jeeberoni is 2 for 4... Batting .289 on the season Potpie waits And the delivery by Haines Another hook for strike three! Potpie just stood there looking Two down Haines retires the first two FOFC batters Gerald Gazelle will make his way to home plate He's the right fielder for FOFC We'll see how they pitch to Gazelle Now set, Gazelle waits for the pitch Haines kicks and fires Gazelle pounds a grounder toward Frisch at short Frankie moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Frisch stayed with it Over to first and Gazelle is retired Nice play by the NL Pre WWII short stop So that will be all for FOFC here in the last of the 8th The All Stars will be adding to their 7 game win streak if Fozborg can close this game out We now head into the 9th Ross Youngs is going to bat for Jesse Haines NL Pre WWII needs baserunners desperately Youngs knows how to get on base He has a .371 OBP He hits right handers at a .276 clip He steps out of the dugout and makes his way to the plate Ross Youngs to lead it off for NL Pre WWII Sirr Fozborg steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Fozborg is into his wind-up And the pay-off pitch There's a fly ball to Gerald Gazelle Gazelle circles under it... He makes the play With one down, up next is Frankie Frisch To be followed by Pie Traynor Frankie Frisch plants his left foot The lefthanded shortstop for NL Pre WWII appears set Frankie is batting .268 with 3 home runs on the season He is 0 for 4 today Right-hander Fozborg prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Frisch Fozborg is into his windup Here's the pitch Ball four is the call Fozborg can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Fozborg Frisch takes first base One on, one out Traynor walks to the batter's box Pie is 1 for 4 this summer evening He grounded out in his last plate appearance The bat is cocked Fozborg fires It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One more chance for NL Pre WWII this inning So with 1 on and 2 outs NL Pre WWII sends their second baseman, Rogers Hornsby, up to face Fozborg Hard-hitting Mel Ott is walking towards the on-deck circle Rogers is hitting at .287 on the year He has 89 hits in 310 at bats This includes 21 doubles, 5 triples 8 home runs and 47 RBI's Hornsby is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Frisch is dancing off first It's coming down the pike He chases the fastball... Base Hit!...A line drive over third... Rolling along the foul line... Frisch around second, heading for third... Fouts throws into second... Holding is Hornsby at first but allowing Frisch to safely reach third Ott finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Ott is hitting .300 against righties Mel is ready for the delivery Fozborg's righthanded delivery... Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Terp He throws and gets the force at second Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Hornsby, is out And that will do it for NL Pre WWII FOFC wins 8 to 1 Williams gets credit for the win Marquard takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 2 for 2 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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10-23-2007, 03:46 AM
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7+ innings, 1 run allowed, 2 hits, an rbi, i'd say thats a pretty good outing for Williams
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guys I'm still playing games, but I'm having a hard time posting results from home. The site either won't completely load the thread so I can get to the point where I can add my reply or it loses my login information and I have to start over. Hopefully tonight will be better.
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June 28th - Game 82 - Radio Broadcast
Howdy Folks, and welcome to our Strat-O-Matic baseball broadcast at Paradise Park FOFC will take on the hometown Estrellas The visitors hope to add to their current 8 game winning streak Mike Cuellar, will see if he can stop them He'll be looking for win number 5 here in 1900 FOFC will send Owen Hunter out to the mound in the bottom of the first He has a record of 5-4 with a 4.94 ERA It won't be long now... The windup, the pitch Tucker swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Cuellar strikes out A. J. Tucker One up, one down here in the top of the 1st One away, nobody on base Nights stands ready at the plate Nights has hit 7 home runs this year Cuellar toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Gonzalez Cuellar is into his wind-up And the 3-2 pitch is on its way... Ripped to third, but right at Linares...easy out Two down Jeeberoni Potpie will step in to face Cuellar next If he gets on, Gerald Gazelle will follow Jeeberoni, a right-handed hitter, will face the lefty Cuellar Of his 21 home runs, 6 are against southpaws Potpie waiting on the delivery Here's the 0-2 pitch Well hit by Potpie Minoso moves back... Still going back... He makes the catch up against the fence Mike Cuellar holds FOFC scoreless in the first inning As we go to the bottom of the first let's set the defensive alignment for FOFC Hunter and Hays are the battery mates Potpie will man first base Fouts is at the hot corner Nights and Blade form the keystone combination From left to right it is Ton, Tucker and Gazelle Now Minnie Minoso steps in Minoso scuffs up the lines around the box Hunter steps on the rubber Here comes the cripple pitch A hot shot on the ground to Blade He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Minoso is out FOFC gets the first out of the inning Coming up for Caribbean is Antonio Pacheco Nobody on base, one out Hunter squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The pitch is on the way A slider by Hunter Pacheco gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two down Hunter retires the first two Caribbean batters The center fielder, Pancho Coimbre, is up next Coimbre is hitting .297 against righties The umpire says let's go Coimbre is ready Hunter is into his windup Here's the pitch Coimbre tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! That's three up, three down Caribbean has no runs, no hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors The FOFC right fielder, Gazelle, will lead off He'll be followed by K. A. Ton And then Harry Hays Against lefthanders Gazelle is hitting .300 this season Gazelle gets set for the pitch The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch Fastball, right down the pipe Gerald Gazelle swings... Wow, this one is pounded! It's going, going, GONE! A tremendous solo home run to put FOFC out in front FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Next up for FOFC is K. A. Ton Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Cuellar brings it to the plate It's a routine fly into left Minoso ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One away in the top of the 2nd for FOFC Hays gets set at the plate Time is called... Hays has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Hays, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Cuellar Cuellar goes into his windup And here's the 0-2 offering Grounded towards third Linares scoops it LONG THROW... HE'S SAFE! Fouts digs in at the plate Ready now for Cuellar to come set We'll see how they pitch to Fouts Fouts tells the umpire he's ready Cuellar goes into his stretch... Looks at Hays... He fires one to Cepeda... Hays dives back in That's his best move to first... Cepeda lobs it back Now Cuellar comes home Fouts gets under this one It's popped high in the air to short Concepcion is waving everybody off Fouts is retired That's the second out of the inning FOFC second baseman, Barrett Blade, is up next Blade is at .260 on the season Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw Cuellar delivers the 3-0 pitch Low, ball four... Blade takes first Stepping in for FOFC, is Hunter Blade at first, Hays at second, two away Cuellar has the sign from Gonzalez Mike checks the runners Steps off the mound Again he's into the stretch The pitch STRIKE THREE! He swung on a ball that was in the dirt Hunter was overanxious up there That was almost a wild pitch That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 9 and 1 in their last ten games Cepeda saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Cepeda is batting .249 with 13 HR's this year And Owen studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it The righthander winds and delivers Cepeda starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Hunter walks him And it brings up Tony Oliva On deck is Omar Linares Miguel Gonzalez in the hole Stepping in and then stepping out again Oliva looks to third for a sign Hunter is slow to get ready He has a 4.88 ERA this year Now he's ready He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Cepeda dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Hunter Now here's the pitch Swung on and missed by Oliva, he's down on strikes One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Japanese League with the lead over Negro League I 3 to 0 Old Timers and Negro League II are scoreless NL Post WWII and AL Pre WWII have yet to score Left Outs with the lead over NL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Robinson has hit his 8th homerun for Left Outs Turn of Century is on top of Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 Young and McGinnity currently dueling AL Post WWII and Late 20th have yet to score And here in Caribbean FOFC ahead 1 to 0 And the batter is Omar Linares Miguel Gonzalez is on-deck Omar Linares is hitting .287 this year against righthanded pitchers Hunter likes the sign Hunter fires Linares hits a blooper just beyond the infield It looks like that one will drop Jeff Nights dives toward the outfield grass AND SNAGS THE BALL BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND That's two away Miguel Gonzalez steps into the box Gonzalez is at .275 on the season He is hitting .307 against righties Hays flashes the sign... Hunter waves it off... Now he's happy It's coming down the pike It bounces in front of the plate and gets by Hays Cepeda moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch Miguel Gonzalez steps into the box Gonzalez is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Gonzalez waits for the delivery Owen rocks and fires There's a routine pop by Gonzalez Nights moves under it and makes the routine catch That retires the side... Miguel Gonzalez fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often A. J. Tucker stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Tucker is batting .291 with 2 HR's this year Cuellar wastes no time He has the sign from Gonzalez Here's the southpaw's delivery Struck him out on a fastball Tucker goes down swinging One up, one down here in the top of the 3rd Nights saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Cuellar is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now Cuellar brings it to the plate Nights hits a screamer at Dave Concepcion Concepcion picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Cepeda off the bag Cepeda swipes with the glove Nights is out! Nice play by Cepeda Two down Mike Cuellar retires the first two batters in order Up now for FOFC is Potpie Two away, nobody on Potpie is at .287 on the season 2 down, Cuellar ahead in the count... One ball, two strikes The southpaw Cuellar's delivery Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into right It's in for a base hit... Oliva quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Potpie dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Potpie with a single Potpie inches away from the base Potpie takes his lead... Cuellar is not paying enough attention Potpie extends his lead... the pitch It's a slow curve... He breaks for second! Up and firing is Gonzalez... OUT!!... As Pacheco slaps the tag on the sliding Potpie Dave Concepcion, Mike Cuellar, and Minnie Minoso are due up Dave is taking his sweet time getting ready The umpire says a few words to Dave... Now we're set to go Concepcion is set for the pitch Hunter's into the windup... the delivery Concepcion lifts a flyball towards Gerald Gazelle Gazelle seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Gazelle stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Gazelle That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Nobody on, one away for Caribbean Up now is Cuellar Cuellar swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Hunter Mike takes off his cap... He brushes some hair off his forehead He taps his bat on the plate He's ready to go The pitch is on the way Sinking fastball... Cuellar swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Fouts... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Minoso departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Minnie is hitting at .269 on the year He has 29 hits in 108 at bats Caribbean's leadoff hitter has scored 16 runs this year Waiting for the pitch is Minoso Hunter winds and delivers Sharp breaking curveball... Minoso reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Nights... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Potpie at first! Minoso is out easily That ends the inning After 3 innings, FOFC leads by 1 Gazelle up now to lead off Mike Cuellar steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go And the delivery by Cuellar Slider, inside... Swung on... Gazelle rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Cuellar looks dejected on the mound FOFC left fielder, K. A. Ton, will be up next He will be followed by Harry Hays Bases empty... no one out FOFC up by 2 Ton is batting .257 with 7 round trippers in 1900 He's ready for the delivery The Estrellas' southpaw winds and delivers There's a hard bouncer to Linares' left He's over... Makes the pick-up... Over to Cepeda... Ton is out! A sparkling glove hand pick-up by Omar Linares! One gone for FOFC Hays moseys up to the plate Dan Fouts is heading for the on-deck circle Hays swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Cuellar Hays waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's his delivery Hays is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 2 Fouts, the third baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 2 to 0 Left-hander Mike Cuellar prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Fouts The lefty Cuellar delivers Hit hard to the right of Concepcion... And it's caught in the air by a diving Linares! That ends the top of the 4th One run, one hit and no errors After 3 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 2 Antonio Pacheco is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Caribbean to get things going Hunter adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Here's the righthander's delivery Big breaking ball... Pacheco swings and lifts one deep to right This one has a chance... Gazelle is at the warning track... He waits... Gerald you can tell that one Goodbye! Number 8 on the year for Antonio Pacheco Walking up to the plate now is Coimbre Perucho Cepeda waits on deck Against righthanders Coimbre is hitting .295 Hunter wastes no time He has the sign from Hays He brings it home A hanging curve... Coimbre 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 Pancho... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Coimbre at first, nobody out Cepeda comes to the plate Coimbre takes his lead Hunter adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays The righthander Hunter's delivery Cepeda drives the ball to center for extra bases Matty Alou will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Caribbean... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... All runners are safe! Double for Cepeda Oliva, Caribbean's right fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Omar Linares waits on deck Oliva steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Tony is 0 for 1 today Oliva awaits the delivery Hunter's 3-2 pitch... It is a slow change... Oliva'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 Tony 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 Oliva slides into second base but it was not necessary Two-bagger for the Caribbean right fielder Cepeda scores from third! Omar Linares, the third baseman, strides to the plate Linares can't seem to get settled at the plate He's ready The home town crowd is yelling out to Oliva telling him to watch out as Blade sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Hunter delivers the 3-1 offering Hanging curveball... Linares times it, swings... There's a high drive... Crunched deep towards right center... Gazelle doesn't have a chance Home Run for Linares That was way over the fence Making his way up is Gonzalez Miguel is hitting at .274 on the year He has 80 hits in 292 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Gonzalez popped out his last time up All set, Gonzalez is ready for the pitch Hunter's righthanded delivery... Shallow fly ball Ton charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Gonzalez stops at first That's a single Caribbean shortstop, Dave Concepcion, will be up next He will be followed by Mike Cuellar One on... no one out Caribbean up by 3 Concepcion is taking his practice swings Dave is 0 for 1 this evening Hunter studies his sign The stretch... the 3-1 delivery Concepcion drives the ball to left for extra bases Matty Alou plays it safe and stops him at third... Double for Concepcion Stepping in is Mike Cuellar Estrellas with runners on second and third Mike takes a couple of practice cuts Mike steadies his bat Waits patiently for Hunter's pitch A check on the runners... the pitch It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! One down for Caribbean Minnie Minoso is still in the on-deck circle and Antonio Pacheco is looking for a bat in the dugout Minoso is up now for Caribbean Right-hander Rodney eyes the righty Minoso The righthander delivers Rodney loses him Minoso heads down to first No more room on the bases now Rodney has to bear down now Settling in at the plate is Pacheco Pacheco goes through his routine of settling in Pacheco, batting lefthanded Gets in his crouch... Ready to face the righthanded Rodney Rodney checks all the baserunners... Now he comes home with it Grounder topped to the mound Taken by Rodney Throws to second He's out Over to first Not in time! Score It: 1-6 Gonzalez scores from third! Concepcion takes third The runner on first, Minoso, is out Two down, now... Pancho Coimbre is due up next Big inning for Caribbean... They've put 6 runs on the board Pancho Coimbre is up next The Estrellas' center fielder finds 2 on with 2 outs Coimbre gets set He's 1 for 2 so far Coimbre is set Now to the belt, here it is... Stroked to third Clean single for Coimbre Caribbean adds to their lead Caribbean leads 7 to 2 Cepeda comes to the plate Estrellas with runners on first and third Cepeda has a .238 average against righthanders this season James looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Rodney checks the runners at first and third Pacheco bluffs a move toward home Rodney doesn't flinch Here's the 2 strike offering Grounded down the line Rodney takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 Caribbean is finally retired in the bottom of the 4th... After a 7 run outburst, they lead FOFC by 5 FOFC will send Blade, Deacon Palmer, and A. J. Tucker to face Mike Cuellar this inning The righthander, Blade has an average of .260 His success against lefties, like Cuellar is better, however, at .325 Blade waits patiently The southpaw delivers Blade hits a screamer at Dave Concepcion Concepcion takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Cepeda scoops it on one hop Blade is out! Nice play by Cepeda Cuellar gets the first out in the inning Palmer departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Deacon looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Palmer taps the bat on home plate Palmer waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Cuellar rocks and fires Palmer takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Palmer is out on strikes That's two away Concepcion comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Cuellar A. J. Tucker will be next up... A. J. Tucker is coming to the plate Tucker has 9 doubles this year A. J. seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Cuellar leans back and fires Sinking line drive Caught by Dave Concepcion 1-2-3, nothing across... Tony Oliva, Omar Linares, and Miguel Gonzalez are the first three Estrellas batters due up Caribbean leads, 7-2 Oliva is hitting .279 against righthanders The bat is cocked The windup, the pitch Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Nights It's by him... Ton comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Oliva to a single Pounding the plate with his bat Linares awaits the pitch Linares checks with the coach, Matty Alou Omar is ready for the delivery Now James delivers It is a high hard one... Linares goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Linares couldn't hold back With one down, up next is Miguel Gonzalez To be followed by Dave Concepcion While Dave Concepcion heads for the on deck circle Miguel Gonzalez makes his way to the plate James Rodney on in relief of Owen Hunter Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Rodney The delivery Bounced past the mound Smooth pickup by Nights Throws to second He's out Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 So it is nothing across for the Estrellas in the bottom of the 5th After 5 innings Caribbean has 7 runs, 9 hits and no errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors Here's Nights to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Negro League I besting Japanese League 9 to 4 Old Timers is edging Negro League II 2 to 1 Delahanty has hit his 9th homerun for Old Timers AL Pre WWII clipping NL Post WWII 4 to 0 Gomez comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII besting Left Outs 8 to 3 Hubbell enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead Turn of Century is in front of Dead Ball Era 3 to 0 AL Post WWII and Late 20th are deadlocked at 3 And here in Caribbean Caribbean ahead 7 to 2 Nights is 0 for 2 today Cuellar ready quickly, looks in for the sign The pitch to Nights... Slider, down at the knees... Nights swings and lifts one deep to left This one has a chance... Minoso is at the warning track... Bye, Bye Baby!!... Number 8 on the year for Jeff Nights Cuellar glares in at Potpie as he steps in Now he's ready to go Potpie is 1 for 2 today Cuellar steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The lefthander Cuellar delivers Potpie hits a pop into short right field Pacheco sprints out Oliva and Coimbre sprint towards the infield Tony Oliva sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Gazelle heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Potpie takes his lead Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez He shakes him off once... Again... Mike has got to be a little concerned with Gazelle up there as the FOFC right fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Cuellar quick pitches the 0-2 offering Gazelle is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position With one gone FOFC will have K. A. Ton coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it K. A. Ton is up next FOFC's left fielder finds 1 on with 1 out Ton is 0 for 2 today Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready... The lefthander Cuellar comes home with it It is a high hard one... Ton goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Ton couldn't hold back Two gone for FOFC Facing Cuellar now is Hays James Rodney heads to the on deck circle Barrett Blade waits in the hole Potpie will be running if it's hit Cuellar gets the sign, it's one he likes Now the delivery, here is is... Base hit to center for Hays Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Potpie will stay at second Billy Bullock is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Before getting ready Bullock checks out the defensive alignment Bullock cocks his bat Checks the runners Here's his delivery Big slow curve... and it's in there Strike three That's it in the top of the 6th After 5 and a half innings in Caribbean, Caribbean on top 7 to 3 Concepcion is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Concepcion adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Dave is 1 for 2 this evening Fozborg has the sign he wants The pitch is on the way Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Concepcion hits it into the hole on the right side Blade ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Concepcion is out by a step at first One up, one down Cuellar finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Cuellar taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready The umpire says let's go And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... STRIKE THREE, CALLED! Two down That brings up Minnie Minoso, the left fielder Minoso is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Minoso waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here comes the cripple pitch Minoso slaps a hard grounder past short Ton is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Minoso will hold with a clean single Here's Antonio Pacheco Antonio is hitting at .291 on the year He has 93 hits in 320 at bats His speed has propelled him to 11 stolen bases After getting set, Pacheco waits on the pitch It's coming down the pike Ground ball to third Palmer comes up with it He tosses it to second... Gets the force That wraps up the inning for Caribbean So After 6 innings Caribbean has 7 runs, 10 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 7 hits and no errors Caribbean has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 Barrett Blade stepping in He will be the first batter for FOFC We are in the top of the 7th Caribbean leads 7 to 3 Barrett is 0 for 1 this summer evening He grounded out in his last plate appearance Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready... And here is the 1-2 delivery Extra base hit to center for Blade Pancho Coimbre is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up Palmer saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Palmer has a .375 average against lefties Cuellar is on the third-base side of the rubber... The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch LINE DRIVE It's over Linares' head for a single! Blade scores from second! Planting his right foot Tucker is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Tucker A. J. is hitting at .289 on the year He has 99 hits in 342 at bats Today, he is 0 for 3 Tucker lined out his last time up Tucker gets set for the pitch Cuellar goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Palmer He lobs one to Cepeda... Palmer is back easily We're ready again Now Cuellar comes home Base hit to left for Tucker Palmer is being held at second by Dick Howser Palmer will stay at second Nights squares He bunts the ball . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by M.Cuellar he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Force Play To Pitcher Score It: 1-5 The runner on second, Palmer, is out Tucker takes second That's one away Potpie walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gerald Gazelle moves into the on deck circle FOFC needs some runs We'll see how they pitch to Potpie Potpie is waiting on the pitch Here's the 0-1 offering Base hit to center for Potpie Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Gerald Gazelle Gerald Gazelle will step in to face Cuellar He is 2 for 3 on the evening with 2 home runs! That impressive display of power has been good for 2 RBI's Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez He shakes him off once... Again... Mike has got to be a little concerned with Gazelle up there as the FOFC right fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Cuellar stretches, checks his runners The pitch... Fastball up in the strike zone Strike three looking! That ball was right in Gazelle's wheelhouse But he was obviously fooled on it That's out number two The All Stars have chipped away at the Estrellas' lead They've scored 2 runs in the inning Caribbean ahead 7 to 5 Ton saunters up to the batter's box Estrellas have runners at first and second Potpie on first represents the tying run Two men on, two men out Gonzalez flashes the sign to Cuellar Cuellar rocks and fires A slider by Cuellar Ton gets good wood on it... Coimbre back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's it for FOFC Here at Paradise Park, After 6 and a half innings, Caribbean has 7 runs, 10 hits and no errors While FOFC has 5 runs, 11 hits and no errors FOFC has left 6 on base Caribbean has stranded 4 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The Estrellas will get their licks here in the bottom of the 7th Pancho Coimbre, Perucho Cepeda, and Tony Oliva are scheduled to face FOFC righthander Sirr Fozborg Here's Coimbre stepping in... Coimbre a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Fozborg Fozborg steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The righthander delivers 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 Nights makes the catch over his shoulder going away One down for Caribbean Perucho Cepeda is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Caribbean One out, nobody on base Perucho Cepeda is the batter Fozborg has the sign from Hays The pitch to Cepeda... Cepeda cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Cepeda was badly fooled by Fozborg's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Perucho was a little overanxious That's the second out of the inning Slowly coming up is Oliva for Caribbean He is finally in the batter's box Caribbean leads 7 to 5 Sirr gets the sign from Hays Fozborg brings it home It's a routine fly into left Ton ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Ton grabs it for the out That is the third out for Caribbean here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 34453 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 Cuellar is happy with the sign The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander Hays chases the high fastball... Hammers a LONG towering drive... Hit to deep left center... HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE! A big blast by Hays! Now here's Treacy Cuellar looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Gonzalez He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Cuellar Now he is ready... Mike winds Kicks... and delivers Treacy pounds a grounder toward Linares at third Omar moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Linares stayed with it Over to first and Treacy is retired Nice play by the Caribbean third baseman With one down Cepeda yells something out to Cuellar Mike nods his head Coming up for FOFC is Barrett Blade Nobody on base, one out Blade is at .263 on the season Mike Cuellar on the mound for the Estrellas... Cuellar has gone the distance so far He's given up 12 hits and 6 runs The lefthander delivers High hard fastball, swung on... It's a grounder hammered at second... Pacheco is there... IT'S INTO RIGHT!!... It took a HIGH hop right over him! That's a single for Blade Coming to the plate is Palmer Blade's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Cuellar Watching Cuellar, Palmer wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready Cuellar goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Blade He lobs one to Cepeda... Blade is back easily... We're ready again Now Cuellar comes home Palmer laces a hit into the outfield Minnie Minoso picks it up Fires it to the infield Palmer holds with a single That'll be all for Mike Cuellar Felipe Alou has given the sign Adolfo Luque will be coming on in relief for the Estrellas Let's break for this message from our sponsor... ....... We're back here at Paradise Park in Caribbean... Adolfo Luque has just about finished his warm-up tosses Luque has appeared in 41 games this season A record of 5-6 with 2 saves He's blown 7 save chances so far this year His ERA stands at 5.82 One away, Palmer at first, Blade at second Tucker steps into the batter's box Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting left-handed against righty Adolfo Luque Luque has the sign from Gonzalez Adolfo checks the runners... Goes into the stretch The pitch There's a weak fly ball in front of Minnie Minoso He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out Caribbean leads 7 to 6 with two away this inning Jeff Nights is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board We're in the top of the 8th Luque eyes Nights intently The pitch on the way, here it is... Slider, inside... Swung on... Nights rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Luque looks dejected on the mound Jeeberoni Potpie will step in to face Luque next If he gets on, Gerald Gazelle will follow Potpie is 3 for 4 today Jeeberoni singled last time around He's ready Luque fires Sinking fastball... Potpie swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Linares... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step The Estrellas finally retire the side but not until FOFC scores 4 runs The All Stars now take over the lead by 2 It's FOFC 9, Caribbean 7 Omar Linares up first for Caribbean He is a threat to steal if he gets on Linares is hitting .288 against righthanders Omar is set for the pitch Kronside brings it to the plate Hard ground ball to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League I besting Japanese League 9 to 4 Old Timers and Negro League II are all knotted at 2 NL Post WWII and AL Pre WWII are all knotted at 5 NL Pre WWII besting Left Outs 8 to 3 Turn of Century besting Dead Ball Era 5 to 0 Young enjoying the big Turn of Century lead Late 20th is on top of AL Post WWII 5 to 3 Franco and Hunter currently dueling And in our matchup FOFC on top 9 to 7 Now batting for Caribbean will be their catcher, Miguel Gonzalez The Estrellas are behind by 2 We are in the bottom of the 8th Only 5 more outs to make up the deficit Kronside tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The righthander Kronside delivers Gonzalez gets under this one It's popped high in the air to third Palmer is waving everybody off He drops it! Gonzalez only makes it to first Miguel was not legging that one out Gonzalez at first, one away Concepcion is ready for the pitch Concepcion gets set He's 1 for 3 so far Kronside adjusts his cap... Now he's set The stretch... the 2 strike delivery It's a rainbow shot toward left Pflaggstettler reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That's the second out of the inning We are going to have a pinch hitter Rodolfo Puente will bat for Adolfo Luque It will be the righthand hitting, Puente against the righty Kronside Puente is hitting righties for a .213 average Puente makes his way to home plate Caribbean down by 2 runs We're in the bottom of the 8th Right-hander Kronside prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Puente Here's his delivery Drilled on the ground to second Blade comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 And that will do it for Caribbean Lazaro Salazar will be coming on to pitch for Caribbean Lazaro has appeared in 15 games this season He has a record of 3-2 in 14 innings His ERA stands at 7.71 Power hitting Gerald Gazelle will lead off FOFC's clean-up hitter will see what he can do against Caribbean's Lazaro Salazar Gerald Gazelle will be up next... He is 2 for 4 on the evening Gazelle has also smacked out 2 home runs! This impressive display of power has been good for 2 RBI's Gazelle concentrates He holds the bat down on the end Salazar kicks and fires Drilled on the ground to third Linares comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 And there's one away Now batting will be Persimmon Pflaggstettler The left fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 2 Pflaggstettler goes through his routine of settling in Pflaggstettler waits on Salazar Salazar brings it to the plate Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Pflaggstettler hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Now batting will be Harry Hays The catcher is walking to the plate One on... one out FOFC up by 2 The right-handed Hays will be facing the southpaw 5 of his 7 home runs come via this route Salazar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The stretch... the delivery Base hit to right for Hays Pflaggstettler is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Hays at first Terp is ready to face Salazar Kris Terp hasn't had a very good year so far He is struggling to get over the Mendoza line Currently his average is an uninspiring .138 He has had some trouble with illness this year He's been fighting the flu in recent weeks Lazaro Salazar is now discussing something with Felipe Alou.. Felipe Alou was quick to point out to me in our pre-game show just how important Salazar has been to their team His 7 saves is good for 8th in the league He's got a tough spot here however He brings it home Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Gonzalez Hays dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Hays made it back Two down Due up next is Barrett Blade Let's see what happens now Next up is Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman Blade is 2 for 3 today Barrett singled last time up Salazar is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Salazar looks in... Now he's ready The southpaw delivers Barrett Blade offers at the pitch, but checks his swing Oh, Blade couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Linares for the out Blade never even left the batter's box That does it for FOFC in the top of the 9th The left fielder Minoso will lead off for the Estrellas He'll be followed by Antonio Pacheco And then Pancho Coimbre Minoso is at .273 on the season He is hitting .244 against righties Minoso chokes up on the bat a little The kick and the pitch Fastball, low and inside... Minoso goes down after it... He lines one deep to right... Gazelle is back at the fence... Waits... CAN'T GET IT!... It's a homer for Minoso! Minnie comes through for Caribbean That's number 3 for him Antonio Pacheco, the second baseman, strides to the plate Pacheco digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Knowles Pacheco awaits the delivery Sammy rocks and fires Good slider, inside part of the plate Pacheco gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One down for Caribbean Pancho Coimbre is still in the on-deck circle and Perucho Cepeda is looking for a bat in the dugout Pancho Coimbre will face Knowles Righty against righty Pancho Coimbre is hitting .300 this year against righthanded pitchers Sammy looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's the righthander's delivery Coimbre swings... He rips a ground ball towards Palmer It's by him! It's twisting into the left field corner Coimbre rounds first... He will return quickly to first as Pflaggstettler gets a nice throw in to Blade One on, one out Cepeda walks to the batter's box Knowles is on the first-base side of the rubber... The pitch is on the way Swing and a miss Strike three Cepeda goes down on strikes Two down, last of the 9th... The Estrellas are down to their final out Coimbre slowly moves away from the base Knowles rifles one to first... Coimbre scrambles back quickly... He just avoids the tag! He should have dove back Almost got caught Oliva now at the plate Omar Linares waits on deck Coimbre will be running if it's hit Hays flashes the sign... Knowles shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Knowles goes into his stretch... Looks over at Coimbre Fires to Potpie... Coimbre is back easily... We're ready again Now Knowles comes home Oliva 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 center And that will do it for Caribbean FOFC wins 9 to 8 Fozborg gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Cuellar takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeff Nights He was 2 for 5 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from Caribbean. |
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Hmmm...wondering if anyone that was a part of this originally is still around and interested in me dusting this thing off for the second have of the season?
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Deacon Palmer should play 3rd all the time!
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I'd be quite happy to see this going again.
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Well I did go back and maybe read a bit. But i do know who he was based on still. |
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