05-29-2013, 09:56 PM | #701 |
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7/29 Radio Broadcast - Game 113
Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium The players are on the field and we're almost ready to go As Jackie Robinson prepares to face Babson let's check out the FOFC defense At first base is Potpie Fouts is down at the hot corner Blade and Nights are at second and short, respectively From left to right... Ton, Tucker and Gazelle and now Hays is just settling in behind the plate The windup, the pitch Good slider, inside part of the plate Robinson gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One down for Left Outs Mickey Cochrane is still in the on-deck circle and Willie McCovey is looking for a bat in the dugout Walking up to the plate now is Cochrane Willie McCovey waits on deck Cochrane needs to get on... He has a .357 on base percentage Babson is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Babson gets the sign from Hays Here's the windup and the 0-2 delivery Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Cochrane swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Mickey as he was heading for the dugout And there's two away McCovey finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box The lefty, McCovey has a seasonal average of .257 His success against righties, like Babson is better, however, at .262 Set now is McCovey Babson brings it to the plate McCovey swings and hits a high fly to right It is right along the line... Gazelle is over at the fence... reaches... It's going to be close... Just out of the reach of Gazelle Foul ball into the seats He would have had a chance in most other parks Only a smidgen of foul ground out there at FOFC Stadium . . . McCovey back in the box And here comes the next pitch It hits McCovey He just stands there Now he says a few words to Babson Brian answers something back The umpire steps in between And motions McCovey to first Here comes the "Silver Fox" to the plate He's yelling something towards the mound! There must be bad blood between them! Snider waiting on the delivery And the delivery by Babson Snider swings a bit late on the heater... He still pops it pretty good towards left Unfortunately for Duke, Ton is standing right there Easy out That wraps up the inning for Left Outs By the way, Left Outs is 3 and 7 in their last ten games Left Outs has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively In the outfield from left to right Goslin in left... Snider in center... And Robinson in right The infield, third to first Robinson will play the hot corner Vaughan is at short Over at second, Herman and at first base McCovey Carlton gets the nod as starter The masked man behind the dish is Cochrane FOFC second baseman, Barrett Blade, will lead off Blade has hit 3 home runs this year Carlton likes the sign Steve winds Kicks... and delivers It's a routine fly into center Snider ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out FOFC with one away Carlton steps off the mound as he waits for Jeff Nights to come to the plate Nights gets set at the plate Nights is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Nights waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Carlton's 2-2 pitch... A hanging curve... Nights laces it hard just to the right of Robinson He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Jeff... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in And it brings up Gerald Gazelle On deck is Jeeberoni Potpie K. A. Ton in the hole Gazelle has 9 doubles this year Gazelle gets set for the pitch Carlton kicks and fires Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three 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 Stepping in the batter's box, Potpie Nights at first, two away Potpie is batting .290 with 29 HR's this year Carlton tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Carlton looks at the runner The pitch Hard ground ball to second Taken by Herman Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 1 inning, FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors While Left Outs has no runs, no hits and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base Left Outs has stranded 1 Left Outs will send Robinson, Goose Goslin, and Arky Vaughan to face Brian Babson this inning Robinson has a .279 average against righthanders this season Babson adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Babson The delivery In the dirt And Robinson holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Goslin is up now for Left Outs Goslin checks for the sign He has 7 triples this year Goslin is ready Babson's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Robinson dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch The runner goes Goslin likes the hit and run... Goslin misses the pitch! The steal attempt... The throw by Hays... Right on the money... Robinson is out by a mile Babson glares in at Goslin Goose Goslin just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Goslin is hitting .289 against righties Goslin waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Windup by Babson And the pitch The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Goslin held up, and draws a walk Babson isn't happy at all with that call While Billy Herman heads for the on deck circle Arky Vaughan makes his way to the plate Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Righthander Babson's delivery Base hit to right for Vaughan Tony LaRussa is waving Goslin to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Vaughan at first Planting his right foot Herman is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Herman Stepping in and then stepping out again Herman looks to third for a sign Babson squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Babson checks the runners at first and third Goslin bluffs a move toward home Babson doesn't flinch Here's the 2-2 offering Dribbler to the mound Babson dives and grabs it! Over to second for one To first Not in time! Score It: 1-6 Goslin scores from third! The runner on first, Vaughan, is out FOFC gets the second out of the inning Making his way up is Carlton Carlton grips the bat handle Carlton is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Babson He's waiting for the pitch Babson goes into his stretch... Looks at Herman... He fires one to Potpie... Herman dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Babson comes home It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That does it for Left Outs here in the top of the 2nd But they pick up 1 run So After 1 and a half innings, Left Outs leads 1 to 0 K. A. Ton stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Carlton is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Carlton looks in... Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Sinking fastball... Ton swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Vaughan... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One down for FOFC Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle and Dan Fouts is looking for a bat in the dugout Harry Hays steps in now for the All Stars The Leftovers lead in this one, 1-zip Left-hander Steve Carlton prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Hays And the lefthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Hays lifts a long fly ball... Heading into right... Hit pretty good, carrying very well... Robinson heading back... IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN! Next up for FOFC is Dan Fouts Fouts is at .273 on the season Carlton has the sign from Cochrane Now the delivery, here is is... Swung on...and hit way, way up Under it is Cochrane...and he's got it Left Outs gets the second out of the inning Tucker moseys up to the plate Brian Babson is heading for the on-deck circle The score is tied at 1 Carlton is happy with the sign Carlton brings it to the plate Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Babson departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Time is called... Babson has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again He's ready Carlton fires Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Babson looks at strike three The All Stars are retired in their half of the 2nd They pick up 1 run to tie it up We've played two here in FOFC It's all even at 1 Robinson heads for the plate leading off this inning for Left Outs Against righthanders Robinson is hitting .286 Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The righthander Babson delivers Hard slider, paints the inside corner Robinson gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Robinson for the out FOFC gets the first out of the inning "Black Mike" is up next Mickey is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon He struck out in his last plate appearance Mickey steadies his bat Waits patiently for Babson's pitch Babson is behind in the count Here's the 2-0 offering There's a shot off the bat of Mickey Cochrane But it's right at Blade who makes the catch of the line drive Cochrane throws his bat into the dirt in disgust Two up, two down for Left Outs And now here's Willie McCovey Duke Snider on deck... Two outs here in the top of the 3rd Willie McCovey is hitting .262 this year against righthanded pitchers The umpire says let's go McCovey is ready Babson kicks, delivers Inside slider... McCovey hits it over the bag at first Gazelle giving chase... He plays it nicely in the corner off the fence McCovey doesn't slow down rounding first... Here's the throw from Gazelle... But McCovey is into second with a double Now here's Snider Duke is hitting at .288 on the year He has 98 hits in 340 at bats This includes 14 doubles, 4 triples 32 home runs and 88 RBI's Duke steadies his bat And waits patiently for Babson's pitch Here's the 1-1 pitch Grounded towards the middle Nights dives and grabs it! Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side... Snider fails to come through in the clutch For Left Outs, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Barrett Blade, Jeff Nights, and Gerald Gazelle are due up Blade is 0 for 1 today Steve looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Now ready, here it is... Slider, inside corner of the plate... Swung on... Slashed over the infield... Single for Blade... He takes a big turn and holds up McCovey and Blade are cracking up Joe Adcock must've told 'em a good joke We'll have to ask what it was after the game Next up for the All Stars is Jeff Nights Blade takes his lead Carlton gets the sign, it's one he likes Carlton rocks and fires Nights maneuvers to hit behind the runner Smashed to first McCovey trots to the bag The hit and run moves the runner up. Score It: 3 One gone for FOFC That'll bring up All Stars' right fielder Gerald Gazelle... All Stars with a runner in scoring position at second Gazelle is 0 for 1 today Carlton steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The lefty Carlton delivers Gazelle rips one hard to left Goose Goslin is on his horse as he retreats to the fence He is looking up... Will he have a chance??? And this ball is caught! Two down Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the All Stars Jeeberoni Potpie is up next FOFC's first baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Potpie goes through his routine of settling in Steve is getting his sign from Cochrane Hopefully it isn't for the gopher ball He has quite a tendency to deliver those up In 158 innings Steve has allowed righties to crush 17 dingers! Here's the 1-1 offering There's a routine pop by Potpie Vaughan moves under it and makes the routine catch Potpie chokes in the clutch! That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores AL Post WWII and Japanese League are deadlocked at 2 Ryan and Kaneda currently dueling Old Timers and Caribbean are all knotted at 1 Keefe and Valenzuela currently dueling Turn of Century leads Negro League I 3 to 2 Dihigo has hit his 9th homerun for Negro League I Dead Ball Era slipping by AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Negro League II and NL Post WWII are all knotted at 3 Late 20th slipping by NL Pre WWII 4 to 2 Johnson battling Hubbell And in our contest The score is knotted at 1 Frank Robinson up first for Left Outs He is a threat to steal if he gets on Frank looks at the sign from the coach at third Tony LaRussa flashes a series of them... Now Robinson taps the bat on home plate Now set, Robinson waits for the pitch Babson brings it to the plate Robinson swings He sends one into the deepest part of the park That's going to get through to the wall Robinson rounds second... The throw not nearly in time, a triple The left fielder, Goose Goslin, is up next Goslin is batting .291 with 22 HR's this year Babson ready quickly, looks in for the sign Now Brian delivers Goslin flies out to left Tony LaRussa is giving the green light... Here's the play at the plate... Robinson scores! Nobody on base, one away Vaughan steps into the batter's box Vaughan is 1 for 1 today Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Vaughan Babson's righthanded delivery... Long fly to left Ton has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Vaughan is retired on a fairly deep fly That's two away Settling in at the plate is Herman Billy is hitting at .253 on the year He has 64 hits in 253 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Herman hit into a force play his last time up Babson adjusts his cap... Now he's set Babson winds and delivers The 3-2 pitch Drilled on the ground to short Nights comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's all for Left Outs After 3 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, Left Outs on top 2 to 1 Ton is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Ton gets set He's 0 for 1 so far K. A. is ready for the delivery The lefty winds and delivers Ton swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Carlton strikes out K. A. Ton And there's one away Harry Hays, the catcher, strides to the plate Hays wiggles the bat above his head Hays awaits the pitch The pitch to Hays... That's hit down the line IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . WILL IT STAY FAIR??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Hays back in the box And here comes the next pitch Hays rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Robinson spears it! A shot right at the Left Outs third baseman Piece of cake! Two down Carlton gets the first two batters here in the bottom of the 4th The third baseman, Dan Fouts will be up next for FOFC Fouts is 0 for 1 today Dan fouled out last time around Carlton peers in for the sign Fouts is a formidable opponent Steve has allowed 17 home runs versus righties this year And Dan is no ordinary hitter Carlton throws the 2-2 pitch Curve...Swung on by Fouts... Lined right back over the mound... Through into center field for a single A. J. Tucker is up next The All Stars' center fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting right-handed against the lefty Steve Carlton Tucker waits patiently The pitch on the way, here it is... That's ball four Tucker will trot down to first Fouts is now down on second Two on, two outs... Babson steps to the plate Carlton looks down at Cochrane for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Checks the runners Here's his delivery Hot shot grounded to third Taken by Robinson Over to McCovey Got him! Score It: 5-3 That ends the inning After 4 innings, Left Outs leads by 1 Steve Carlton, Jackie Robinson, and Mickey Cochrane are due up for the Leftovers Left Outs leads, 2-1 Babson studies his sign Now Brian delivers Steve Carlton hits a high pop fly on the infield Jeeberoni Potpie calls everyone off The ball drifts a bit... But Potpie is there to make the play That's one away Robinson, the third baseman, moves into the batter's box Left Outs ahead 2 to 1 Robinson is 0 for 2 today Jackie grounded out last time up Robinson waits for the delivery Babson leans back and fires Change-up, Robinson is looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Tucker is at the warning track... HE STUMBLES!!!... The ball rolls to the fence... Robinson coasts into second... Robinson will get a double from the offical scorer Cochrane saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Cochrane digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Babson Cochrane readies himself for the pitch Babson brings it home A slider by Babson Cochrane gets good wood on it... Gazelle back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Babson Brian nods "UH HUH" That'll bring up Willie McCovey Duke Snider will follow if McCovey gets aboard Hays is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Babson's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it McCovey steps into the box Willie is batting at .260 with 24 home runs He is 1 for 1 so far today Brian is ready Babson looks back towards second... The pitch Just inside, BALL FOUR And McCovey walks That's 3 walks given up by Babson today A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Duke Snider Snider scuffs up the lines around the box Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready A check on the runners... the pitch Snider offers at the pitch, but checks his swing Oh, Duke couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Blade for the out Snider never even left the batter's box That retires the side... Duke Snider fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Here's Blade to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard AL Post WWII is edging Japanese League 3 to 2 Fisk has hit his 7th homerun for AL Post WWII Caribbean is in front of Old Timers 6 to 3 Valenzuela comfortably ahead for Caribbean Negro League I leads Turn of Century 4 to 3 Day battling Mathewson Dead Ball Era is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 NL Post WWII is in front of Negro League II 6 to 3 Late 20th with the lead over NL Pre WWII 6 to 3 And in our contest Left Outs on top 2 to 1 Steve peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The lefthander winds and delivers Curveball... Up in the strike zone... Swung on and drilled into center Snider racing back... The ball is hit over his head It hits off the 7 foot high fence And there's Blade around first base Snider with a strong throw... But off the bag Barrett comes into second sliding with a double That's 18 doubles for Blade on the year Up next for the All Stars The shortstop, Jeff Nights On-deck is Gerald Gazelle To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie Jeff takes a couple of practice cuts Cochrane flashes the sign to Carlton The lefthander Carlton comes home with it Flyball to right it's caught Blade might have a chance to move up... Robinson makes the catch... Blade is tagging up at second... He'll move up to third as the throw comes into second Gazelle now at the plate Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck We'll see how they pitch to Gazelle Carlton eyes Gazelle intently The 0-2 pitch... Carlton lets it fly... The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Gazelle swung, that's strike three Gazelle isn't happy at all with that call One more chance for FOFC in the bottom of the 5th The All Stars have Blade on third Potpie steps in Potpie is at .288 on the season Carlton asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber Here's his delivery Potpie swings... And hits nothing but air! Strike three! Boy, whatta aggitatin' curve ball! We head to the 6th... The score is still Left Outs 2, All Stars 1 |
05-29-2013, 09:57 PM | #702 |
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7/29 Radio Broadcast Continued
Here's the right fielder Robinson To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Goose Goslin And then Arky Vaughan Robinson swinging from the right side facing the righty Babson Babson has the sign he wants Here's the righthander's delivery Robinson gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Nights into the outfield... Base hit for Robinson Goose Goslin will make his way to home plate He's the left fielder for Left Outs Goose checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings Now he steps into the box Babson is on the first-base side of the rubber... Brian rocks and fires It's a scorching liner to the second baseman OUT! Blade didn't have to move! Robinson stays put One out Arky Vaughan is due up next Robinson extends his lead towards second The speedy Robinson gets a big lead Here's a change-up inside... And he's OFF! Here's the peg down... Hook slide... Out! Nice throw Arky Vaughan will get a crack at Babson next Billy Herman would be up next... But only if Vaughan can reach safely Vaughan has hit 8 triples this year Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The righthander delivers Grounded towards the bag Babson takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 That wraps up the inning for Left Outs So After 5 and a half innings Left Outs has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 6 hits and no errors Left Outs has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 Ton steps up to the plate for FOFC It's the bottom of the 6th at FOFC Stadium The righthander, Ton has an average of .273 His success against lefties, like Carlton is better, however, at .311 And Steve studies the sign from Cochrane... Now he's got it The pitch is on the way Fastball... down and away... Carlton just misses the corner... ball four That's 2 walks given up by Carlton today Hays digs in at the plate Ready now for Carlton to come set Carlton steps on the rubber Carlton looks at the runner The pitch Curveball, breaking away Hays swings... Hits a slow grounder to short Vaughan is charging... Picks up the ball barehanded Then throws wildly over McCovey's head It's into rightfield There will be no play on Hays He's into second easily on the error Score It: E6 Ton takes third Hays to second Fouts gets set at the plate 2 men in scoring position Carlton peers in for the sign Fouts is a formidable opponent Steve has allowed 17 home runs versus righties this year And Dan is no ordinary hitter The 2-2 delivery by the lefthander Fouts is waiting Dan need wait no more... he's outta here Just another victim of Carlton's breaking ball One out Due up next is A. J. Tucker Tucker leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate A. J. is hitting at .297 on the year He has 141 hits in 475 at bats This includes 17 doubles, 7 triples 6 home runs and 48 RBI's A. J. steadies his bat And waits patiently for Carlton's pitch Now Steve delivers Groundball down the line That's into the outfield for extra bases! Tucker coasts into second He's got a double Ton scores from third! Hays scores from second! Up now is Palmer The All Stars have Tucker on second Palmer is batting .334 with 6 HR's this year Here's some stats on Carlton up to this point in the game... So far in 5 1/3 innings, Steve has allowed 3 runs on 7 hits He has given up 2 walks while striking out 6 The southpaw delivers the 2-2 pitch Base hit to left for Palmer Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Blade up The All Stars have Palmer on first Blade steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Blade is waiting on the pitch The pitch is on the way Blade sends a scorcher to third Robinson takes it on one hop Fires to Herman for one Back to McCovey for the double play! That's all for the All Stars After 6 innings in FOFC this afternoon, FOFC on top 4 to 2 It's the Leftovers' turn at bat here in the top of the 7th Billy Herman, Steve Carlton, and Jackie Robinson are due up to face righthander James Rodney Billy is batting .252 with 3 home runs on the season He is 0 for 2 today Set now is Herman Now James delivers Herman is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position One up, one down We are going to have a pinch hitter Willie Stargell will bat for Steve Carlton It will be the lefthand hitting, Stargell against the righty Rodney Stargell is hitting righties for a .346 average Nobody on, one away for Left Outs Up now is Stargell Stargell has hit 7 home runs this year Rodney studies his sign The 0-2 pitch... Rodney lets it fly... Struck him out on a fastball Stargell goes down swinging FOFC on top 4 to 2 with two away this inning Now batting will be Robinson The third baseman for Left Outs Robinson is batting .275 with 5 HR's this year Rodney adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Here's his delivery Robinson hits a three hopper towards Dan Fouts Fouts scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's it for Left Outs Here at FOFC Stadium, After 6 and a half innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors While Left Outs has 2 runs, 5 hits and one error Left Outs has left 5 on base FOFC has stranded 6 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Early Wynn will be coming on to pitch for Left Outs Early has appeared in 64 games this season He has a record of 3-7 in 128 innings His ERA stands at 4.86 The shortstop Nights will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle And then Jeeberoni Potpie Before getting ready Nights checks out the defensive alignment All set, Nights is ready for the pitch The pitch to Nights... Nights swings and lines it on the nose to left Goslin picks it up on one bounce Flips it in to second Nights rounds first and holds with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball that he was just "sitting" on Nights watches Wynn carefully As he stretches out to his lead Wynn looks Nights back... He's taking a shorter lead now The All Stars' right fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with no outs Gazelle has had trouble making contact He has 2 strike outs this afternoon He's in his crouch Gazelle can really swing that wood Wynn quick pitches the 0-2 offering Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Cochrane Nights dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Nights made it back With one down, up next is Jeeberoni Potpie To be followed by K. A. Ton Here's Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie gets set He's 0 for 3 so far Potpie awaits the delivery He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Nights dives back in!... SAFE! McCovey tosses it back to Wynn Now here's the pitch Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Potpie looks at strike three That's the second out of the inning K. A. Ton will get a crack at Wynn next Harry Hays would be up next... But only if Ton can reach safely Ton is taking his practice swings K. A. is 0 for 2 this afternoon He drew a walk last time at bat Ton concentrates He holds the bat down on the end Wynn will have to come in with this one A 3-0 count... Wynn delivers... Fastball juuust outside Ball four! Ton tosses his bat away and trots down to first Wynn serves up four stright wide ones The catcher, Hays, is ready to bat FOFC on top 4 to 2 in the bottom of the 7th Harry steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Harry is 1 for 3 today with 1 home run Hays waits patiently Early checks the runners Steps off the rubber... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Drilled on the ground to short Vaughan grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46993 Here's the catcher Cochrane To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Willie McCovey And then Duke Snider Cochrane steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Mickey is 0 for 3 today Knowles is on the third-base side of the rubber... And the lefthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Shallow fly ball Tucker charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! So one up and one gone Knowles glares in at McCovey as he steps in Now he's ready to go McCovey is 1 for 1 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 McCovey is set for the pitch Knowles kicks and fires McCovey swings at the change-up... Pounds it good!... It's going into deep right Pflaggstettler is racing back... He's at the fence... But he might as well wave that one goodbye It's gone! Quite a shot by McCovey Traveling about 420 feet That's home run number 25 for him He also has 69 RBI's now The "Duke of Flatbush" will step in Snider can't seem to get settled at the plate The left-hander Knowles is now ready The lefthander delivers Curve ball... Snider swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Two gone for Left Outs FOFC on top 4 to 3, two outs Robinson is up to see what he can do Left-hander Bo Knowles prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Robinson Bo winds... kicks... and delivers Robinson swings and smacks a line drive into left Gazelle comes over and plays it on one hop A single for the Left Outs right fielder Two out base knock It is surprising how often they lead to trouble... We'll see... Goose Goslin steps up to the plate Robinson, with excellent speed, is at first Goose is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon He's batting .291 on the season Goslin is ready Bo rocks and fires It's popped up into foul territory Harry Hays is under it He makes a nice play on it Score It: 2 That's all for Left Outs in the top of the 8th They pick up 1 run After 7 and a half innings, FOFC still leads, 4-3 Dan Fouts, A. J. Tucker, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler are due up Left Outs has the outfield shaded towards right Fouts is 1 for 3 today Fouts waits for the delivery Righthander Wynn's delivery Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Fouts! With one down McCovey yells something out to Wynn Early nods his head At the plate now for FOFC is Tucker Tucker is 2 for 2 today A. J. doubled last time around A. J. is set for the pitch Here's the windup... and the pitch Slow ground ball Robinson is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 1 Pflaggstettler pounds the plate Now he stares out at Wynn Persimmon Pflaggstettler is hitting .308 this year against righthanded pitchers Pflaggstettler awaits the delivery And the righthander starts to work on Pflaggstettler Here comes the pitch Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Cochrane asks the first base ump's opinion He says Pflaggstettler went around Strike three, swinging That's all for the All Stars After 8 full innings, they lead by 1 Here's Arky Vaughan leading off Billy Herman is on deck And Early Wynn is in the hole Vaughan is 1 for 3 today Arky grounded out last time up Vaughan waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Knowles brings it to the plate Vaughan rips the curve to left-center... Gazelle racing back to the fence... He reaches for the drive... It's over his head! Vaughan will lope into second with a double Herman finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Vaughan is on second, nobody out Knowles tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's the 0-2 offering Herman swings and misses, strike three! Billy chased a curve ball in the dirt One down for Left Outs Early Wynn is still in the on-deck circle and Jackie Robinson is looking for a bat in the dugout Sparky Anderson will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Harry Heilmann steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Knowles Heilmann is batting .331 on the year He has 18 round trippers and 65 RBI's Harry Heilmann will be coming up Sparky Anderson loves the pop in his bat Heilmann has a .309 average against righthanders this season Knowles is ready quickly Knowles' behind on the count Here's the 2-0 offering Grounded towards the sack Fouts grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 5-3 That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard These scores are final... AL Post WWII edged out Japanese League 6 to 5 Caribbean cuffed Old Timers 9 to 6 Valenzuela the winner, he's now 6-7 Keefe takes the loss, his record drops to 8-13 Negro League I nipped Turn of Century 5 to 4 Dead Ball Era nipped AL Pre WWII 3 to 2 NL Post WWII nipped Negro League II 7 to 6 Banks has hit his 38th homerun for NL Post WWII Late 20th topped NL Pre WWII 7 to 4 Hubbell takes the loss, his record drops to 10-13 Johnson the winner, he's now 10-12 And in our matchup FOFC ahead 4 to 3 Sparky Anderson has called for Hack Wilson Hack will come up now to bat for Jackie Robinson against Knowles Wilson is batting .353 as a pinch hitter He has 2 pinch home runs Here's the 5'6", 190 pound Ellwood City, Pa.-born Hack Wilson sauntering to the plate The outfield shades towards left for Wilson Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Here comes the cripple pitch Wilson hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to first for the out And that will do it for Left Outs FOFC wins 4 to 3 Babson gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Carlton takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Harry Hays He was 1 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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7/29 Press Conference
Lou Scribe, “Benton, you’ve been able to scratch your way back into first place. How do you feel about your team’s play right now?” “I feel like I’m going to have a heart attack. Three 1 run wins in a row will do that to a guy. But honestly, I’ve very proud of the guys. They have responded well to adversity, they worked hard and have really focused on the task at hand, and it’s enabled us to get back into first place?” Dan Reader, “You’re in first place.” “Yes Dan, we are, by a half a game,” I respond and quickly look for the next question. Scribe, “What do you attribute the better play recently to?” “Lou, honestly, it’s been pretty well rounded. We’ve gotten better starts from the guys, which always sets the tone, but we are getting timely hitting and just all-in-all playing better baseball.” Hack Jobb, “Benton, why has this team been so streaky this season. You jump up by 5 then find yourself scrambling to hold the lead, then you’re back up by 5…” “I wish I knew so I could cut out the bad stretches. I believe some of it is related to who we are playing and who the NL Posters are playing. There is a significant difference in talent from team to team, and based on where you are in your schedule, you could be benefiting from being in a soft spot or suffering from hitting a streak of good or hot teams. I just hope that we get on our own hot streak now that we’ve started playing better.” Tom O’Carver, “Bo Knowles is coming back…any idea what that will do to your pen and rotation?” “Bo will fall into his normal spot as the lefty late. As for the rotation, Nielsen, Babson, Williams are all doing great. I tried Foz in that fourth spot with Mighty filling Bo’s left handed arm in the pen, but that didn’t work too well. Foz really struggled after initially getting off to a good start. I’ll probably put Mighty back out there in the fourth spot, and I’m not sure if I’ll use Hunter or Foz when I actually need a fifth in the rotation.” “Have you thought about moving Rodney into the rotation?” Jobb with a follow up… “Oh sure, but why would I. He’s been lights out in his current role. He was awesome tonight, and has been all year. I think I like him right where he is.” Last edited by Breeze : 05-30-2013 at 10:00 AM. |
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7/30 Radio Broadcast - Game 114
It's just about time for baseball! Welcome baseball fans from around the country The Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System takes great pleasure in presenting you this afternoon's contest between visiting Left Outs and FOFC John Williams will be on the mound for the All Stars He currently has a fine 11 and 2 record This will be his 21st start... 1 have been completed In his 129 innings, he has struck out 69 He will go up against Left Outs' Ferguson Jenkins Jenkins is at 9 and 8 with a 3.77 ERA Jackie Robinson, Left Outs' second baseman, will lead-off He has earned this slot with a fine .365 OBP Billy Herman and Harry Heilmann will follow We'll be right back! Williams winds and delivers The 1-1 pitch Robinson gets around on a fastball He sends one deep to left This could be big trouble... There goes Gunner after it He is really moving... At the warning track... Jumps... WHAT A CATCH! Holy Cow... Robinson is outta there! My Word!... very nice... Robinson can't believe it So one up and one gone Nobody on, one away for Left Outs Up now is Herman John gets the sign from Hays Williams kicks and delivers Fastball... Herman jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Tucker after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by A. J. Tucker! That's two away Heilmann is up now for Left Outs Heilmann has a .398 average against lefthanders He is .330 overall Heilmann waits patiently Here's his delivery LINE DRIVE Terp reaches He makes a great catch! Score It: 6 Three up, three down for Left Outs While the Leftovers take the field let me run through the All Stars' batting order Barrett Blade, A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni Potpie will be the first three to face off against Jenkins The clean-up hitter for FOFC is Persimmon Pflaggstettler He will be followed by Stan Gunner, then Deacon Palmer The bottom third of the line-up will have Harry Hays batting seventh, Kris Terp in the eighth spot, and John Williams will bat ninth Here's Blade to lead things off Jenkins ready quickly, looks in for the sign Jenkins rocks and fires Slider, down at the knees... Cut on by Blade... He smashes a hard shot... It's through into left field... Vaughan made a great effort But the ball was just out of his reach Blade watches Jenkins as he inches away from the base Jenkins' move keeps Blade guessing He doesn't have a very good lead He's running with the pitch! Foxx is up and firing down... Throws a frozen rope to Vaughan... The slide... Out by a mile! While Jeeberoni Potpie heads for the on deck circle A. J. Tucker makes his way to the plate Tucker has a .289 average against righthanders this season Jenkins toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Foxx Ferguson rocks and fires Hard slider... Tucker swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Wilson is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by A. J. Potpie finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Potpie is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Potpie awaits the delivery Jenkins winds Kicks the left leg high... Sinker grounded to the left side... Herman moving behind the bag... Gets his glove on it... Here's a strong throw across the diamond... SAFE!!! Score it a single for Potpie! Walking up now to the plate is Pflaggstettler Left Outs is set up for two Jenkins is slow to get ready He has a 5.21 ERA this year Now he's ready The righthander Jenkins' delivery Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Foxx Potpie dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Potpie made it back Potpie takes a walking lead Potpie breaks for second on the slider Foxx takes the pitch... The throw... Wide of the bag... Potpie slides in safely with a stolen base! Number 2 in 1900 Stan Gunner steps into the box Gunner is batting .269 with 14 round trippers in 1900 Jenkins shakes off the sign by Foxx We have Ferguson Jenkins and John Williams matched up in this one as we play in the bottom of the first Jenkins brings it to the plate Paaahhhhhpped it up....... Robinson makes the easy catch! Gunner chokes in the clutch! That's all for the All Stars in the bottom of the 1st They get 1 run After 1 inning, FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Foxx is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Williams kicks and fires Swung on and popped up Palmer is waiting... And that's an easy out FOFC gets the first out of the inning The free swinging, power hitting center fielder, Hack Wilson, is coming up to bat Wilson is batting .287 with 11 homers this year Wilson is waiting on the pitch Williams' into the windup... the delivery He rips a grounder to short Terp grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Williams John nods "UH HUH" Making his way up is Robinson Frank takes a couple of practice cuts John peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one It's coming down the pike There's a high pop down the left field line It's going to go into foul territory Palmer and Terp are chasing it down the line Palmer makes the catch over his shoulder going away That wraps up the inning for Left Outs Time to check out the rest of the scores AL Post WWII is beating Japanese League 4 to 0 Newhouser comfortably ahead for AL Post WWII Old Timers and Caribbean have yet to score Turn of Century is on top of Negro League I 2 to 0 AL Pre WWII slipping by Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 Grove and McGinnity currently dueling Negro League II slipping by NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Holland and Spahn currently dueling NL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 2 to 0 Klein has hit his 11th homerun for NL Pre WWII Deacon Palmer stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Palmer digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Jenkins Palmer readies himself for the pitch The righthander delivers Hot line drive to short Vaughan tries it He snares it for the out! Score It: 6 One up, one down Hays, FOFC's catcher, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Kris Terp waits on deck Hays is no push-over in the number 7 slot He is batting .336 in 244 at bats Kris Terp makes his way to the on-deck circle Jenkins is happy with the sign Jenkins' righthanded delivery... Outside fastball... lashed at by Hays... Pop fly...Shallow right... Dropping quickly... Heilmann pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Hays... As Heilmann fields it on one bounce Kris Terp is up to face Ferguson Jenkins Jenkins has the sign from Foxx Now the delivery, here is is... Terp drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Hays scores! Trailing runner advances. Double for Terp John Williams moves in to face Jenkins 1 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 2nd Williams grips the bat handle The bat is cocked Here's the 3-1 offering He rips a grounder to third Herman comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 2 The All Stars have 5 hits on the afternoon The All Stars' second baseman is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs Before getting ready Blade checks out the defensive alignment Blade waiting on the delivery Here's the 3-1 offering Driven down the line Goose Goslin is running hard It's out of his reach Blade rounds first Goslin has the ball Blade digging for 2nd He's slides in, Safe! Terp scores from third! Tucker digs in at the plate Ready now for Jenkins to come set Tucker is at .299 on the season Ferguson looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Vaughan trying to slip in behind Blade Now he slips away Here's the 0-1 offering There's a jam shot off the hands of Tucker It's a routine catch of the soft liner by Jackie Robinson That retires the side... but not before 2 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 2 innings, FOFC leads 3 to 0 Goslin 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 Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Now to the belt, here it is... Good slider, inside part of the plate Goslin gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! With one down, up next is Arky Vaughan To be followed by Ferguson Jenkins Now here's Vaughan The outfield's shaded towards right With Vaughan at the plate Vaughan is poised and ready for the pitch Williams brings it to the plate It's hit down the line Gunner ranges over quickly He's under it Easy out Two up, two down Now batting will be Ferguson Jenkins Time is called... Jenkins has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again And John studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 1-2 pitch Struck him out on a fastball Jenkins goes down swinging That wraps up the inning for Left Outs By the way, Left Outs is 2 and 8 in their last ten games As we get ready to start the bottom of the 3rd Potpie is talking to Foxx Potpie is 1 for 1 today Jeeberoni singled last time up The umpire says let's go Potpie is ready Into the windup... here's the pitch Hard liner up the middle It takes a crazy bounce! It deflects to Vaughan Here's the play at first Just in time! That ball got a piece of Jenkins What a fluky play! Score It: 6-3 And there's one away Coming up for FOFC is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Nobody on base, one out Jenkins studies his sign Now ready, here it is... Changeup down low... Pflaggstettler makes contact and hits one out to center Hack Wilson is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Jenkins Two down Foxx asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Foxx and Jenkins Jenkins looks down at Gunner as he steps in Stan is ready to go Gunner is at .267 on the season Now set, Gunner waits for the pitch The pitch to Gunner... Gunner rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Wilson is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Hack Wilson That's all for the All Stars No runs, no hits and no errors... We've played three, here... FOFC ahead 3 to 0 The Left Outs second baseman, Robinson, will lead off He'll be followed by Billy Herman And then Harry Heilmann Jackie is hitting at .273 on the year He has 99 hits in 362 at bats Left Outs' leadoff hitter... Jackie has scored 58 runs on the season Jackie steadies his bat And waits patiently for Williams' pitch The windup, and the 2 strike pitch The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Robinson swung, that's strike three Robinson isn't happy at all with that call So one up and one gone Herman saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Herman is at .249 on the season Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The 2-0 delivery by the lefthander Herman laces a hit into the outfield A. J. Tucker picks it up Fires it to the infield Herman holds with a single One away, Herman at first Heilmann is coming to the plate Harry looks at the sign from the coach at third Tony LaRussa flashes a series of them... Now Heilmann taps the bat on home plate Harry steadies his bat Waits patiently for Williams' pitch Williams brings it home Hit right back to Williams Turns and throws to second for one On to first and Heilmann is gone as well We head to the bottom of the 4th here in FOFC... Still 3-0, FOFC Leading off the bottom of the 4th is Deacon Palmer FOFC ahead 3 to 0 Jenkins looks down at Foxx for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Righthander Jenkins' delivery Palmer rips the curve to left-center... Turning at the sound of the bat Wilson is racing back to the fence... He reaches up for the drive... It's over his head! He plays the bounce off the fence But he needn't hurry Palmer will lope into second with a double Hays gets set at the plate Palmer is on second, nobody out Jenkins wastes no time He has the sign from Foxx The pitch is on the way Drilled on the ground to third Herman comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 One out Due up next is Kris Terp All Stars' shortstop Terp is up next One out, man on second Jenkins is ready quickly The pitch is on the way Waist high fastball... It's juiced to deep center There goes Wilson after it... Racing hard... He dives... Just misses it! It bangs off the wall Terp heading for second He pulls up with a two bagger The throw was cut off Also give Kris an RBI on the play One on, one out Coming up next is Williams Williams wiggles the bat above his head Right-hander Jenkins prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Williams And the delivery by Jenkins And Williams will sit down... strike three called One more chance for FOFC this inning Planting his right foot Blade is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Blade Against righthanders Blade is hitting .253 Blade cocks his bat Jenkins' 0-2 pitch... Fastball, swung on and clubbed to left-center It's over Goslin's head rolling to the fence Blade motors into second Terp scores... Blade is trying for third... Goslin picks up the ball, throws to third... Blade slides into third... The throw bounces... Good grab by Herman... Blade does a hook slide around the tag It'll be scored a triple A. J. Tucker is up next The All Stars' center fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs Tucker is batting .299 with 7 HR's this year Jenkins looks down at Foxx for the sign Now he's ready... The righthander Jenkins delivers The ball breaks low and outside Tucker tries to hold up The umpire signals strike three! That retires the side The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning After 4 innings, FOFC on top 5 to 0 Jimmie Foxx leading off for Left Outs The best way to quiet the crowd is to get a few base runners on Foxx is 0 for 1 today Williams steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready He brings it home Sinking fastball... Foxx swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's one away The center fielder, Hack Wilson will be up next for Left Outs We'll see how they pitch to Wilson Williams has the sign from Hays It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Slow ground ball Palmer is charging it HE DROPS IT! That's an error That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC Robinson is up next One gone, top of the 5th Goose Goslin moves out on deck Frank steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Tony LaRussa relays the sign from Sparky Anderson Robinson fouled out last time up and now is 0 for 1 Frank seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Williams goes into his stretch... Looks at Wilson... He fires one to Potpie... Wilson dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Williams comes home Robinson is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That's the second out of the inning Two out, Wilson at first Coming up is Goose Goslin Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Williams looks at the runner The pitch He hits a tough grounder to second Blade comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium After 4 and a half innings FOFC leads 5 to 0 We'll be right back... Leading off for the All Stars is the first baseman Potpie He'll be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler And then Stan Gunner Potpie saunters to the plate The righthander is 1 for 2 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Jenkins Potpie is hitting .288 versus righties this year Of his 29 homeruns, 20 came while facing righties Potpie, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Jenkins Jenkins fires Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 128 on the season for Jenkins One gone for FOFC One out, nobody on base Persimmon Pflaggstettler is the batter Pflaggstettler has 18 doubles this year Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Jenkins kicks and fires Pflaggstettler hits a screamer at Billy Herman Herman picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Robinson off the bag Robinson swipes with the glove Pflaggstettler is out! Nice play by Robinson Two down Jenkins retires the first two FOFC batters Up now for FOFC is Gunner Two away, nobody on Jenkins squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Windup by Jenkins And the pitch Fastball... and it hits Gunner... or did it? The umpire is saying it did But Jenkins is yelling that the ball bounced first Doesn't matter what he says, Gunner gets first Gunner inches away from first base Another throw... Jenkins' five throws over have been effective Gunner has a small lead now He must be getting tired from diving back in! Palmer is up next Two out with Gunner at first The righthander pitching to Palmer... A righthanded batter Righties have a .285 average against Ferguson He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Gunner dives back in!... SAFE! Robinson tosses it back to Jenkins Now here's the pitch There's a Texas Leaguer in front of Hack Wilson He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 5 innings, FOFC has 5 runs, 9 hits and one error While Left Outs has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 3 on base Left Outs has stranded 1 |
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7/30 Radio Broadcast Continued
Vaughan steps up to the plate for Left Outs It's the top of the 6th at FOFC Stadium Williams is pitching a beauty here this afternoon He has hung a 'horse collar' on the Left Outs offense so far 0 runs on the scoreboard for Left Outs... And FOFC with a 5 run lead The southpaw delivers the 3-2 pitch Change up, Vaughan is fooled... Manages to get a piece of it Hits a grounder in the hole... Terp fields it cleanly... Double pumps... And throws it very high Potpie cannot reach it! The ball bounces off the grandstand Into right field Vaughan races for second... Here's the throw from Pflaggstettler... The slide... Not in time, Safe at second! Base hit for Vaughan, and a throwing error on Terp That's error number 2 of the game for FOFC We are going to have a pinch hitter Enos Slaughter will bat for Ferguson Jenkins It will be the lefthand hitting, Slaughter against the lefty Williams Slaughter is hitting soutpaws for a .667 average Slaughter heads to the plate for Left Outs The infield is at regular depth Slaughter scuffs up the lines around the box Waiting for the pitch is Slaughter It's a full count... Williams winds and fires... Base hit to center for Slaughter Tony LaRussa is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score That brings up Jackie Robinson, the second baseman Robinson has hit 5 home runs this year 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 Now John delivers Robinson lifts a medium foul ball towards the first base dugout Hays gives chase as does Potpie They both dive but can't come up with it Robinson gets a reprieve . . . Robinson back in the box And here comes the next pitch There's a dunker in front of Stan Gunner He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out While we wait for Billy Herman to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard AL Post WWII toppling Japanese League 7 to 0 Caribbean besting Old Timers 5 to 0 Turn of Century and Negro League I are all knotted at 4 AL Pre WWII is beating Dead Ball Era 6 to 2 Negro League II winning over NL Post WWII 6 to 0 Holland enjoying the big Negro League II lead NL Pre WWII besting Late 20th 7 to 2 Grimes enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead And here in FOFC FOFC ahead 5 to 1 OK, let's see if Left Outs can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 4 Herman is up next Left Outs has a runner at first and one out Watching Williams, Herman wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch All set, Herman is ready for the pitch Williams goes into his stretch... Looks over at Slaughter Fires to Potpie... Slaughter is back easily... We're ready again Now Williams comes home Herman chases the sinker... Lines a hit into right... Slaughter's not slowing at all Rounds second heading to third... Pflaggstettler throws in to Blade covering second... Slaughter is in at third without a play Harry Heilmann steps in Heilmann is batting .328 with 18 HR's this year Williams looks in Here's the pitch STRIKE THREE! Heilmann goes down swinging. Jimmie Foxx steps into the box Williams stares in The pitch Time is called by the umpire! Williams is a little upset He's been called for a balk! They are issuing a free pass to Foxx Here's the 3-0 pitch Ball four, Foxx takes his base Wilson departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate Left Outs trails by 3 runs We're in the top of the 6th Against lefthanders Wilson is hitting .303 this season Hack is set for the pitch The southpaw's 0-2 delivery Wilson is way out in front of a change-up Strike Three Number 5 today for Williams That ends the inning After 5 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 3 Early Wynn will be coming on to pitch for Left Outs Early has appeared in 65 games this season with a record of 3-7 In 130 innings, he has an 4.79 ERA Ferguson Jenkins has finished his work here this afternoon Harry Hays is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Wynn likes the sign Way ahead in the count Wynn turns the 0-2 pitch loose Fastball, swung on... Driven to left-center, into the gap... Goslin goes back, back... He's not going to get it... It goes over his head!... He's got to chase it down... Has it, wings a strong throw to Herman But Hays slides in safely at third Just barely... A beautiful peg by Goslin Nobody out, Hays at third Terp steps up to the plate With 2 RBI's in the game Terp has 4 on the season Terp is ready Wynn will try to get Terp to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Terp flies out to right Dick Howser will send the runner home... Here's the play at the plate... Foxx is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Poor,)... Hays scores! One away, nobody on base Treacy stands ready at the plate Right-hander Wynn prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Treacy "Gus" fires it home... Fly ball to center Wilson is under it He makes the grab With two out Batting for FOFC now is Blade Blade is taking his practice swings Barrett is 3 for 3 this afternoon He tripled last time at bat Foxx flashes the sign to Wynn Robinson comes in a couple steps Yells something to Wynn The delivery Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Foxx fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Blade That's all for the All Stars... After 6 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, FOFC ahead 6 to 2 Frank Robinson leads off the inning Hays flashes the sign... Kronside waves it off... Now he's happy Kronside goes into his windup Here it comes Kronside comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Robinson As he swings right through it for strike three Kronside retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 7th Walking up to the plate now is Goslin Arky Vaughan waits on deck Goslin is hitting .288 against righthanders Goslin is ready The righthander delivers Goslin swings and lifts one toward right Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Kronside Jace nods "UH HUH" Vaughan is up now for Left Outs Vaughan is at .319 on the season Kronside tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The righthander Kronside delivers Ground ball to short Terp ranges into the hole He backhands it Plants his right foot And fires it to first SAFE! Lou Boudreau is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Early Wynn Here's Lou Boudreau Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the All Stars ballboy Set now is Boudreau And the delivery by Kronside Boudreau drives the ball to center for extra bases Tony LaRussa is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Boudreau Slowly coming up is Robinson for Left Outs He is finally in the batter's box FOFC ahead 6 to 3 Robinson is hitless today, 0 for 3 Jackie flied out in his last at bat The bat is cocked Kronside brings it to the plate It's a shallow fly by Robinson Gunner runs in, calls for it He makes the catch with a snap of his glove Robinson is out So Left Outs leaves a runner down at second FOFC leads by 3 We will be right back... It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Herb Pennock will be coming on to pitch for Left Outs Herb has appeared in 59 games this season He has a record of 8-9 in 120 innings His ERA stands at 6.30 A. J. Tucker, Jeeberoni Potpie, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler are the first three All Stars batters due up FOFC leads, 6-3 A. J. is hitting at .298 on the year He has 143 hits in 480 at bats This includes 18 doubles, 7 triples 7 home runs and 51 RBI's Tucker readies himself for the pitch Here's his delivery Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Herman It's by him... Goslin comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Tucker to a single Tucker watches Pennock move... He's moving away from the bag Potpie takes the curve... Now Tucker extends his lead... Pennock is not paying enough attention The pitch... And Tucker breaks for second! The peg down by Foxx... Too high... Tucker slides in safely under the throw Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box Pennock gets the sign, it's one he likes The lefthander Pennock delivers Hit towards the middle Vaughan grabs it Over to Robinson HE BEATS THE THROW! Potpie has himself an infield hit Tucker takes third Pflaggstettler steps in to face Pennock 2 on, no outs here in the last half of the 7th Pflaggstettler can't seem to get settled at the plate The umpire says let's go Pflaggstettler is ready The lefthander delivers Fastball... just inside That'll be ball four and a walk That loads them up for FOFC The left fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next Gunner adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Stan is 0 for 2 this afternoon Gunner cocks his bat There is no place for Pennock to put Gunner He will have to give him something to hit Pennock brings it to the plate Gunner bends backward at the waist But he gets nipped on the chest by a fastball Didn't hurt... Anyone but Left Outs, that is FOFC baserunners all move up 90 feet Now FOFC ahead 7 to 3 here in the bottom of the 7th And it brings up Deacon Palmer On deck is Harry Hays Kris Terp in the hole Pennock looks down at Foxx for the sign Now he's ready Pennock fires Base hit to left for Palmer Potpie scores Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Now up in the FOFC seventh will be Harry Hays Harry steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Hays is 2 for 3 today He tripled last time up Pennock asks for a new ball Rubs it down... Now he steps on the rubber Pennock kicks and fires Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Goslin And he has it One down, two to go... Herb Pennock has to bear down now Kris Terp, the shortstop, strides to the plate Terp is at .176 on the season Left-hander Herb Pennock prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Terp Herb checks the runners... Goes into the stretch The pitch A slider by Pennock Terp gets good wood on it... Wilson back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's the second out of the inning K. A. Ton will come up next This game is a laugher for FOFC They're up by 6 runs FOFC leads 9 to 3 Ton grips the bat handle Ton awaits the delivery Now Herb delivers Grounder... in the hole A diving stop by Billy Herman! He's up with it... the throw It gets away! It's a bad throw... Ton will advance to second Give Ton a hit... He takes second on the error by Herman Score It: Single + E5 Gunner scores from second! Palmer scores from first! Ton to third That'll bring up Barrett Blade A. J. Tucker will follow if Blade gets aboard Foxx is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Pennock's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Blade steps into the box Barrett is hitting at .275 on the year He has 85 hits in 309 at bats Today, he is 3 for 4 Blade struck out his last time up Blade gets set for the pitch Herb rocks and fires Bounced towards the hole Fielded nicely by Herman THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 5-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 7 innings FOFC has 11 runs, 14 hits and 2 errors While Left Outs has 3 runs, 6 hits and one error FOFC has left 5 stranded Left Outs has failed to bring home 4 The Left Outs third baseman, Herman, will lead off He'll be followed by Harry Heilmann And then Jimmie Foxx Herman is 2 for 3 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Palmer is even with the bag at third Blade and Terp are ready with hands on knees at second and short Herman waiting on the delivery The pitch is on the way Changeup down low... Herman makes contact and hits one out to left Stan Gunner is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Hunter Left Outs with one away Hunter steps off the mound as he waits for Harry Heilmann to come to the plate Pounding the plate with his bat Heilmann awaits the pitch Heilmann gets set He's 0 for 3 so far Heilmann waits patiently The righthander Hunter's delivery Heilmann drives one into right Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints over to make the play Two out, nobody on FOFC on top 11 to 3 Jimmie Foxx is coming to the plate Jimmie is batting .312 with 26 home runs on the season He is 0 for 2 today Hunter shakes off two signs Now he's ready Hunter's 2 strike pitch... Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 69 on the season for Hunter Hunter shuts down Left Outs here in the top of the 8th So FOFC still with the lead as we go to a commercial break The center fielder Tucker will start things off for the All Stars Tucker has hit 7 home runs this year Pennock wastes no time He has the sign from Foxx Now Herb delivers Fastball, lined to left... Base hit for Tucker... Goslin over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Tucker at first Tucker takes his lead Tucker does not get a good lead Potpie up The All Stars have Tucker on first Pennock studies his sign Pennock's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Tucker dives back in!... SAFE!... Robinson tosses it back to Pennock Now here's the pitch Double play ball Vaughan has it on one bounce Robinson for one Robinson for two Vaughan to Robinson to Robinson Two down Persimmon Pflaggstettler is next Pennock has the sign He rocks and fires Hit hard back through the box And it takes a funny hop over to the mound Pennock has got it and throws to first In time! That one caught a piece of the mound! Score It: 1-3 And that will do it for FOFC Here's Wilson to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard These scores are final... AL Post WWII topped Japanese League 7 to 4 Caribbean spanked Old Timers 5 to 0 Tiant Sr. the winner, he's now 10-9 Welch takes the loss, his record drops to 9-7 Negro League I nipped Turn of Century 5 to 4 Dead Ball Era nipped AL Pre WWII 7 to 6 Negro League II smacked NL Post WWII 7 to 0 NL Pre WWII ripped Late 20th 9 to 3 Waner has hit his 11th homerun for NL Pre WWII And in our matchup FOFC on top 11 to 3 Hunter steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Hunter's righthanded delivery... Hard slider, at the knees... Wilson clubs a deep drive to center... Tucker turns, and races back after it... It goes off the wall! Wilson is steaming toward third Tucker has it, throws... Not in time... Wilson has his triple Number 2 on the year for him Left Outs first baseman, Frank Robinson, will be up next He will be followed by Goose Goslin Wilson on third... no one out FOFC leads Left Outs by 8 runs Robinson has hit 13 home runs this year Owen looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's the 3-1 offering There's a "clothes line" drive toward left Gunner quickly comes in for it... Not going to get this one... Now Stan flips it to Blade at second Wilson scores easily... One on, no outs Coming up for Left Outs is Goslin Goose is 0 for 3 this summer afternoon He's batting .288 on the season All set, Goslin is ready for the pitch He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Robinson dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Hunter Now here's the pitch Goslin pulls it on the ground It's in the hole and past Jeeberoni Potpie... Base hit into right field! Tony LaRussa puts up the stop sign for Robinson He'll hold at second Vaughan finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Vaughan digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Hunter Vaughan cocks his bat The runners stretch out to their leads Owen checks the runners Here's the 0-2 offering Vaughan rips a hanging curve to deep right-center He really walloped this one... Tucker doesn't even have time to wave goodbye It is long gone! The Left Outs shortstop really smoked it Now batting for Left Outs... Mickey Cochrane... He'll pinch hit for Herb Pennock Cochrane with a .266 average on the season Cochrane gets set at the plate Cochrane has a .271 average against righthanders this season The right-hander Rodney is set to deliver to Cochrane Here's the righthander's delivery Rodney misses low on that one Cochrane draws the walk Number 1 today by Rodney That'll bring up second baseman Jackie Robinson... FOFC out in front by 4 We're in the top of the 9th Robinson is at .271 on the season Rodney steps on the rubber The stretch... the delivery There's a drooper in front of A. J. Tucker He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out With one down Potpie yells something out to Rodney James nods his head Coming to the plate is Herman One down and runner at first Herman steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Billy is 2 for 4 today Herman awaits the delivery Rodney brings it to the plate There's a quail shot in front of A. J. Tucker He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out And there's two away "Slug" is coming to the plate Harry is batting .327 with 18 home runs on the season He is 0 for 4 today Harry is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch Rodney goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Cochrane He lobs one to Potpie... Cochrane is back easily... We're ready again Now Rodney comes home Ground ball to second Blade grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 And that will do it for Left Outs FOFC wins 11 to 7 Williams gets credit for the win Jenkins takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Barrett Blade He was 3 for 5 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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7/31 Radio Broadcast - Game 115
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and Late 20th 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 Rickey Henderson to lead it off for Late 20th The lefty Mighty delivers There's a ground ball into the hole Palmer and Nights converge on it It's fielded by Palmer who fires to first SAFE is the call by the ump Close play!! So with 1 on and no outs Late 20th sends their left fielder, Tony Gwynn, up to face Mighty Hard-hitting Kirby Puckett is walking towards the on-deck circle Gwynn has a .275 average against lefthanders He is .322 overall Mighty is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Mighty looks in... Now he's ready The southpaw delivers Gwynn drives the ball to center for extra bases Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign... Double for Gwynn Settling in at the plate is Puckett Al gets the sign from Hays Here's the southpaw's delivery Broken bat ground ball to second Henderson heads for home Blade comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 One gone in the top of the 1st Up next is Mike Piazza He's having a fine year so far Now batting will be Mike Piazza The catcher is walking to the plate Gwynn on third... one out Late 20th up by 1 Piazza is batting .317 with 21 round trippers in 1900 Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Al rocks and fires Slow curve... There's a deep drive ripped into the gap That looks like an easy two-bagger Stan Gunner picks it up on one bounce just short of the warning track Spins and throws... Not nearly in time Piazza cruises into second without a play McGwire, Late 20th's first baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Cal Ripken waits on deck Mighty has the sign from Hays Mighty brings it to the plate McGwire goes after Mighty's fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Tucker is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... It's out of here! Mark just hit home run number 11 of this 1900 season Now here's Ripken Ripken has 28 doubles this year Cal waits... He steps out as Mighty takes too long Now he's back in the box Here's the 3-1 offering Ripken hits a screamer at Barrett Blade Blade picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Ripken is out! Nice play by Potpie Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Mighty Wade Boggs will step in to face Mighty next If he gets on, Craig Biggio will follow Boggs is at .274 on the season Mighty shakes off two signs Now he's ready Mighty brings it to the plate Curve ball... Boggs swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! After one-half inning It's Late 20th 4, All Stars coming up Let's set the Late 20th defense as Barrett Blade steps in Piazza will be catching Martinez He's a righthand hurler Covering first will be McGwire Playing second is Biggio His double play partner at short is Ripken Boggs is at thirdbase Playing the outfield from left to right Will be Gwynn, Henderson and Puckett Now here is FOFC's leadoff hitter The righty hitting second baseman, Barrett Blade Blade is batting .274 with 3 HR's this year Martinez has the sign from Piazza Martinez leans back and fires The pitch is just inside and Blade holds up Piazza points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Barrett trots down to first... ball four Tucker walks up to the plate Tucker has hit 7 home runs this year Right-hander Martinez eyes the lefty Tucker Martinez goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Blade He lobs one to McGwire... Blade is back easily... We're ready again Now Martinez comes home Swung on and hit back at Martinez He picks it up, turns and fires to Ripken Over to first... Twin killing! A Bang Bang play turned into an easy 1-6-3 double play by Martinez That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Jeeberoni Potpie to get a new bat Let's point out that FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Potpie heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Potpie wiggles the bat above his head Potpie is poised and ready for the pitch Here's the pitch Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Piazza fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Potpie That's all for the All Stars here in the bottom of the 1st No runs, no hits and no errors So at this juncture... Late 20th ahead 4 to 0 Here's the second baseman Biggio To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Pedro Martinez And then Rickey Henderson Craig takes a couple of practice cuts Al is ready Now ready, here it is... Biggio is down That was way inside No call yet... Now the umpire motions Craig to first Pedro Martinez 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 Martinez But Biggio moves up One down for Late 20th Rickey Henderson is still in the on-deck circle and Tony Gwynn is looking for a bat in the dugout So that brings up the top of the order Rickey Henderson will step in Henderson digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mighty Henderson waits for the delivery Here's his delivery Down and away Henderson reaches for the fastball... Line drive single to left... Biggio to third and around it... Gunner is up with the ball and throws home But it's cut off by Palmer Allowing the run to score "Captain Video" is coming up next Gwynn steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Gwynn is set The pitch is on the way Base hit to left for Gwynn Henderson is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Gwynn at first The third base coach, Jimmy Williams, is talking to the runner Henderson... Kirby Puckett steps to the plate Kirby is hitting at .313 on the year He has 114 hits in 364 at bats This includes 26 doubles, 7 triples 15 home runs and 45 RBI's 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 The southpaw's 2-1 delivery Lined hard to second Blade makes a great catch! He fires it to Palmer OUT! Double Play! Score It: 4-5 That's all for Late 20th After 1 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, Late 20th ahead 5 to 0 Persimmon Pflaggstettler will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Persimmon is batting .301 in 372 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Stan Gunner Pflaggstettler cocks his bat It's coming down the pike Pflaggstettler starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Martinez walks him Stan Gunner, the left fielder, strides to the plate Gunner is batting .266 with 14 HR's this year Martinez asks for a new ball... Rubs it down to get the shine off it... Now he steps on the rubber again Now Pedro delivers The Whiff! Martinez punches Gunner out! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League II is edging Japanese League 1 to 0 Mathis battling Inao Negro League I is beating Caribbean 4 to 0 AL Post WWII leads Left Outs 1 to 0 Kaline has hit his 10th homerun for AL Post WWII AL Pre WWII is edging NL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Gehrig has hit his 30th homerun for AL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era is on top of NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Cicotte battling Seaver Old Timers is in front of Turn of Century 3 to 0 Apparently not afraid of Martinez Pflaggstettler stretches out to his lead The runner unable to take a big lead Martinez keeps looking him back Now batting will be Deacon Palmer The third baseman is walking to the plate One on... one out Late 20th leads FOFC by 5 runs Palmer grips the bat handle Martinez gets the sign, it's one he likes The pitch to Palmer... Palmer takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Palmer can't believe it He says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Martinez That's the second out of the inning With a runner at first and two outs Hays walks to the plate Hays is no push-over in the number 7 slot He is batting .339 in 248 at bats Jeff Nights makes his way to the on-deck circle Harry stands with bat ready He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Pflaggstettler dives back in!... SAFE! McGwire tosses it back to Martinez Now here's the pitch Base hit to right for Hays Pflaggstettler is racing towards third... The throw is going to third... Kirby Puckett throws the ball away for an error! With Late 20th leading in the bottom of the 2nd Here's Nights now up for FOFC On deck will be Al Mighty Nights is at .282 on the season Martinez rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Martinez rocks and fires A curve is wide... But swung on and missed! Strike three! That is 4 on the evening for Martinez That's all for the All Stars... After 2 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, Late 20th ahead 5 to 1 Mike Piazza, Mark McGwire, and Cal Ripken are due up Piazza has hit 21 home runs this year Mighty is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now The lefthander delivers The pitch is just inside and Piazza holds up Hays points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! So one up and one gone McGwire gets set at the plate Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Mighty The delivery Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He grabs it for the out That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Mighty Al nods "UH HUH" That'll bring up Cal Ripken Wade Boggs will follow if Ripken gets aboard Hays is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Mighty's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Ripken steps into the box Left-hander Al Mighty prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Ripken The southpaw Mighty delivers the 3-2 pitch Let up pitch, inside and low Swung on... High hopping ball towards left... Into the hole... Stopped there by Nights before it gets through... He starts to throw but stops Ripken has the infield single Boggs is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Mighty is ready quickly Mighty goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Ripken He lobs one to Potpie... Ripken is back easily We're ready again Now Mighty comes home There's a high pop down the right field line It's going to go into foul territory Potpie and Blade are chasing it down the line Potpie makes the catch over his shoulder going away That's it for Late 20th Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 and a half innings, Late 20th has 5 runs, 7 hits and one error While FOFC has one run, one hit and no errors Late 20th has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Kris Terp to lead it off for FOFC in the bottom of the 3rd Terp is really struggling His batting average of .173 is embarrassing to him He's trying everything to break out of his slump But, as Johnny Bench once said "Slumps are like sleeping in a soft bed Easy to get into and hard to get out of" Late 20th ahead 5 to 1 Martinez looks down at Piazza for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants And the delivery by Martinez Strike three swinging... Now that is something you don't see very often Terp rarely ever strikes out But Martinez got him that time! One up, one down While A. J. Tucker heads for the on deck circle Barrett Blade makes his way to the plate Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Martinez is happy with the sign Windup by Martinez And the pitch Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Blade is outta there Two gone for FOFC Now batting will be A. J. Tucker Tucker is one of the best hitters around Martinez is slow to get ready He has a 4.03 ERA this year Now he's ready Martinez will try to get Tucker to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Strike Three! Martinez has now struck out 7 and we are only in third inning! We head to the 4th... The score is still Late 20th 5, All Stars 1 Late 20th will send Biggio, Pedro Martinez, and Rickey Henderson to face Sirr Fozborg this inning Biggio taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Fozborg toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hays Now Sirr delivers 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 Late 20th with one away Fozborg steps off the mound as he waits for Pedro Martinez to come to the plate Planting his right foot Martinez is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Martinez Martinez digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Fozborg Martinez is waiting on the pitch Fozborg's 2-1 pitch... Sinking fastball... Martinez swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's two away Slowly coming up is Henderson for Late 20th He is finally in the batter's box Late 20th on top 5 to 1 Henderson is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in And Sirr studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it Fozborg brings it home Slow curve coming in It hits Henderson in the side Henderson is grinning out at Fozborg... who is laughing back They're both cracking up 'Cause the pitch was so slow It couldn't hurt a flea Henderson inches away from first base Fozborg looks the runner back The left fielder, Tony Gwynn, is up next We'll see how they pitch to Gwynn Fozborg steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Here's the 0-2 pitch Gwynn drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play That's it here in the top of the 4th It's 5-1 in favor of the visitors from Late 20th We'll be back in just a moment The All Stars will send Potpie, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and Stan Gunner up to the plate this inning Jeeberoni is an outstanding hitting first baseman This is attested to by the fact that he's not only 6th in the league in homers with 29 but his 77 RBI's has him rated 8th in that department as well! After getting set, Potpie waits on the pitch Martinez brings it to the plate Strike Three! Martinez has now struck out 8 and we are only in fourth! That's one away Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Pflaggstettler is ready Way ahead in the count Martinez turns the 0-2 pitch loose Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Pflaggstettler! Two down Martinez retires the first two FOFC batters Walking slowly up for FOFC is Gunner The outfield is playing him deep And shaded to the right They are showing respect for his power The Late 20th outfield is playing Gunner almost straight away Unusual for the power hitter But with Martinez on the mound it is understandable Pedro looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The pitch on the way, here it is... It's a routine fly into right Puckett ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Puckett grabs it for the out That's all for the All Stars After 4 innings in FOFC this evening, Late 20th ahead 5 to 1 Kirby Puckett up first for Late 20th He is a threat to steal if he gets on So far this season Puckett is hitting .319 when facing righthanded pitching The umpire says let's go Puckett is ready Now to the belt, here it is... There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Puckett No chance for either Nights or Gunner That one had base hit written all over it Piazza departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Mike is taking his sweet time getting ready The umpire says a few words to Mike... Now we're set to go He's in his crouch Piazza can really swing that wood Fozborg looks at the runner The pitch This one is hit deep He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... Hit high and very deep... Tucker was positioned well and has a shot at it He is on the warning track... At the fence... He jumps... OUT!!! Puckett will need to hurry to get back to first and does... just in time FOFC gets the first out of the inning McGwire is up next One gone, top of the 5th Cal Ripken moves out on deck McGwire saunters to the plate The righthander is 1 for 2 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Fozborg McGwire is hitting .246 versus righties this year Of his 11 homeruns, 6 came while facing righties McGwire waits Fozborg fires McGwire slaps a slow bouncer in front of second Blade races in He reaches down Scoops it up and fires to first Out! Puckett advances on the play Two down That brings up Cal Ripken, the shortstop Ripken is taking his practice swings Cal is 1 for 2 this evening Cal steadies his bat Waits patiently for Fozborg's pitch Nights trying to slip in behind Puckett Now he slips away Here's the 2 strike offering Ripken hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to first for the out That wraps up the inning for Late 20th Time to check out the rest of the scores Negro League II is on top of Japanese League 2 to 0 Negro League I toppling Caribbean 7 to 0 Left Outs with the lead over AL Post WWII 4 to 1 McCovey has hit his 26th homerun for Left Outs NL Pre WWII and AL Pre WWII are deadlocked at 2 Dead Ball Era leads NL Post WWII 4 to 3 Aaron has hit his 40th homerun for NL Post WWII Old Timers clipping Turn of Century 5 to 1 And in our contest Late 20th leads 5 to 1 The third baseman Palmer will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Harry Hays And then Jeff Nights Against righthanders Palmer is hitting .300 Deacon steadies his bat And waits patiently for Martinez's pitch The righthander Martinez delivers He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Ripken Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Walking up to the plate now is Hays Jeff Nights waits on deck Hays a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Martinez Harry is ready for the delivery He brings it home Slider, outside... Hays reaches for it... Gets some wood on it It's rolling towards Ripken... He scoops it up smoothly Firing to McGwire in one motion... Close play... SAFE!... by a whisker McGwire is arguing the call But to no avail That's a single for Hays And it brings up Jeff Nights On deck is Sirr Fozborg Barrett Blade in the hole Nights is batting .281 with 13 homers this year All set, Nights is ready for the pitch Martinez checks Hays on first Now the 2-2 pitch Base hit to left for Nights Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Hays will stay at second Gonzalez digs in at the plate Ready now for Martinez to come set 1st and 2nd, one man down The right-hander Martinez is set to deliver to Gonzalez Martinez's righthanded delivery... Curve, up high... Gonzalez rips it to left... Martinez hung that breaking ball However, David got under it just a bit Gwynn started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" Next up for the All Stars is Barrett Blade Blade has hit 3 home runs this year Martinez looks in for the sign from Piazza Martinez's been mowing the All Stars down today Already with 9 strike outs and we're only in the bottom of the 5th We've got a full count... Martinez winds and fires... Strike Three! Martinez has now struck out 10 and we are only in fifth inning! That's it for FOFC Late 20th has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has now left 3 runners stranded Last edited by Breeze : 05-31-2013 at 10:58 PM. |
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7/31 Radio Broadcast Continued
Wade Boggs leads it off Wade steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Boggs is 0 for 2 today He fouled out last time up Owen Hunter steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Hunter winds and delivers The 0-2 pitch It's a routine fly into left Gunner ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One out Due up next is Craig Biggio Facing Hunter now is Biggio Pedro Martinez heads to the on deck circle Rickey Henderson waits in the hole Biggio can't seem to get settled at the plate Biggio waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch is on the way Good slider, inside part of the plate Biggio gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two out, nobody on Late 20th ahead 5 to 1 Two away, nobody on Martinez comes to the plate for Late 20th Looking to Jimmy Williams for a sign Martinez awaits the delivery Hunter brings it to the plate Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! And that will do it for Late 20th Here's A. J. Tucker to lead it off Martinez is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... Here's the 1-1 offering Hard ground ball to second Biggio comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 So one up and one gone One away, nobody on... bottom of the 6th The first base coach exhorting Potpie to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Martinez is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... Martinez winds and delivers Curve, at the belt... Potpie times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Tony Gwynn retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Persimmon Pflaggstettler Piazza flashes the sign... Martinez shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Here's the righthander's delivery Fastball, at the letters... Pflaggstettler crunches it... There's a high belt... Driven deep into left-centerfield... Gwynn running to the fence... It's outta here HOME RUN 18 for Pflaggstettler this year! Gunner finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Gunner is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Martinez has the sign he wants Martinez kicks and fires Hard slider... And Gunner takes it right down the middle Strike three called Up next for the All Stars The hometown third baseman, Deacon Palmer Palmer swinging from the right side facing the righty Martinez Right-hander Martinez eyes the righty Palmer Martinez brings it to the plate And Palmer is down on strikes... Martinez keeps mowing them down That one gives him 12 this evening That retires the side The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning After 6 innings, Late 20th leads 5 to 3 Henderson saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Henderson steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Rickey is 2 for 2 today Hunter is ready quickly Now Owen delivers Henderson hits one on the ground to the left side Rickey, who moves well, is motoring to first Nights wings it quickly to Potpie... OUT by a step One down for Late 20th Tony Gwynn is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Late 20th Gwynn gets set at the plate Gwynn gets set He's 2 for 3 so far Hunter steps on the rubber Here's the 2 strike offering Comebacker, right to Hunter Over to Potpie for the easy out Two down Puckett coming up for Late 20th Nobody on, two away The outfield shades towards left for Puckett Hunter has the sign from Hays The righthander Hunter's delivery Puckett swings and smacks a line drive into left Gunner comes over and plays it on one hop A single for the Late 20th right fielder Two out base knock It is surprising how often they lead to trouble... We'll see... A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Mike Piazza Owen peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The pitch to Piazza... Hit on the ground to short Nights grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for Late 20th So After 6 and a half innings Late 20th has 5 runs, 9 hits and one error While FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors Late 20th has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Late 20th is making a defensive change Carter will bat 4th and catch Bottom of the lineup coming up for FOFC Harry Hays will step in to face Martinez to start the bottom of the 7th Jeff Nights, then Owen Hunter will follow FOFC needs some base runners, and soon Harry is 2 for 2 this summer evening He singled in his last plate appearance Hays waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled He brings it home Hanging curve... Swung on... Hays turned that one around in a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run Gwynn didn't even move Next up is Jeff Nights, the FOFC shortstop On-deck is Owen Hunter... He'll be followed by Barrett Blade Nights has 28 doubles this year Carter flashes the sign... Martinez waves it off... Now he's happy Now the delivery, here is is... Nights pops one straight up And it will be Carter making the play One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League II leads Japanese League 2 to 1 Negro League I toppling Caribbean 10 to 3 Left Outs clipping AL Post WWII 5 to 1 NL Pre WWII and AL Pre WWII are tied at 3 NL Post WWII and Dead Ball Era are tied at 4 Old Timers is beating Turn of Century 5 to 1 Galvin comfortably ahead for Old Timers And right here in FOFC Late 20th leads 5 to 4 Coming up for FOFC is K. A. Ton Nobody on base, one out Ton is at .278 on the season Pedro Martinez still on the mound for the Modern Stars... Martinez has gone the distance so far He's given up 6 hits in 6 1/3 innings Here's the 3-1 pitch Fastball... low and away, ball four Martinez puts the tying run on base Not a good idea Bobby Cox is visiting the mound... He decides to stick with Pedro Martinez One on, one out Blade walks to the batter's box Before getting ready Blade checks out the defensive alignment Blade awaits the delivery Martinez brings it to the plate Blade grounds one to third Boggs juggles it Over to first Barrett beats it out! Boggs will get an error on the play That's error number 2 of the game for Late 20th Tucker is up now for FOFC Tucker looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Martinez eyes Tucker intently Pedro checks the runners Here's the 3-2 offering Grounder topped to short Ripken comes up with it Throw to second for one On to first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Ton takes third The runner on first, Blade, is out Two gone for FOFC Time is running out for them Potpie finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Jeeberoni comes to the plate batting .289 with 30 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today Potpie tells the umpire he's ready Here's his delivery A sharp breaking curve... Potpie was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Gwynn turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Jeeberoni Potpie can touch them all Well, as Jerry Coleman would say... John Smoltz has just finished "throwing up in the bullpen" He'll come on here in the bottom of the 7th Smoltz has 34 previous appearances His record stands at 4 and 4 He has 1 save He sports a 5.16 ERA Pedro Martinez is walking slowly off the mound Pflaggstettler departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Pflaggstettler is hitting .305 against righties Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Smoltz brings it to the plate Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Pflaggstettler takes his lead Smoltz looks Pflaggstettler back... He's taking a shorter lead now The All Stars' left fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs Gunner is taking his practice swings Stan is 0 for 3 this evening Gunner waits for the pitch Here's the 2-2 offering It's a rainbow shot toward center Henderson reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 47407 McGwire saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Mark is hitting at .243 on the year He has 45 hits in 185 at bats Today, he is 1 for 3 McGwire grounded out his last time up Mark is set for the pitch Knowles brings it home Fastball... and it hits McGwire... or did it? No, it didn't!!! It's ball four... McGwire will take first base on a walk Cal Ripken will make his way toward the plate He glances down at McGwire McGwire runs like he has cement in his shoes Knowles won't have to worry about him going Cal steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Jimmy Williams relays the sign from Bobby Cox Ripken grounded out last time up and now is 1 for 3 Cal seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Sammy rocks and fires Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Cal looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! With one down Potpie yells something out to Knowles Sammy nods his head McGwire at first, one out Wade Boggs is ready at the plate Boggs is batting .272 with 5 round trippers in 1900 Knowles adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays The pitch is on the way Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Boggs is outta there That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Knowles Sammy nods "UH HUH" Craig Biggio will step in to face Knowles next If he gets on, John Smoltz will follow Biggio digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Knowles Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Now Sammy delivers Fastball... Swung on... Biggio connects... It is way back there... Gazelle doesn't even move That ball is history! Even Gazelle admired that one Home run number 3 for Biggio The score is tied at 7 in the top of the 8th Up steps John Smoltz, the fine hitting pitcher for Late 20th He is no gimmee by any means for Knowles Smoltz a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Knowles Smoltz cocks his bat It's coming down the pike Curve in the dirt... and Smoltz holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Hays asks the first base ump's opinion He says Smoltz went around Strike three, swinging The Modern Stars refuse to go down quietly... They tie it here with 2 runs We go to the FOFC half of the 8th... It's all tied up... All Stars 7, Modern Stars 7 Leading off for the All Stars is the third baseman Palmer He'll be followed by Harry Hays And then Jeff Nights Palmer looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 0 for 3 on the day for Deacon Palmer waits for the delivery Here's the pitch Base hit to center for Palmer Rickey Henderson is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Harry Hays makes his way to home plate Hays has hit 12 home runs this year Smoltz likes the sign The righthander delivers Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Carter Palmer dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Palmer made it back That's one away Jeff Nights, the shortstop, strides to the plate Nights is 1 for 3 today Right-hander Smoltz prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Nights The pitch is on the way Swung on and popped up back of first Biggio is running after it... McGwire is backpedaling... Watch out!... They almost collided! And the ball drops free just beyond the dugout A lack of communication cost Late 20th there . . . Nights back in the box And here comes the next pitch Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Nights is outta there That's two away for the All Stars We have a real "nail-biter" here today Stepping in the batter's box, Gazelle Palmer at first, two away So far this season Gazelle is hitting .215 when facing righthanded pitching John looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Smoltz's 1-2 pitch... It is a high hard one... Gazelle goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Gazelle couldn't hold back We head to the 9th... The scored is tied, 7-all Rickey Henderson, Tony Gwynn, and Kirby Puckett are due up Rickey is hitting at .255 on the year He has 82 hits in 321 at bats His speed has propelled him to 26 stolen bases Knowles studies his sign And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Henderson tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! One away for Late 20th here in the top of the 9th One away, nobody on base Gwynn stands ready at the plate Right-hander Knowles prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Gwynn The righthander Knowles delivers Good slider, inside part of the plate Gwynn gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's the second out of the inning Kirby Puckett up The score is tied Puckett swinging from the right side facing the righty Knowles Puckett is waiting on the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery Puckett cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Puckett was badly fooled by Knowles' big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Kirby was a little overanxious The Modern Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 8 and a half innings, The score is tied at 7 Last edited by Breeze : 05-31-2013 at 10:59 PM. |
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7/31 Radio Broadcast Continued
Barrett Blade is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Blade is 0 for 3 today Barrett reached base on an error last time up Smoltz adjusts his cap... Now he's set Smoltz kicks and fires Swung on and hit sharply to short Ripken plays it on one bounce Over to McGwire... Out of there! One out A. J. Tucker is due up next One out, nobody on base A. J. Tucker is the batter Late 20th has the outfield shaded towards right Tucker is 0 for 4 today He's ready for the delivery Righthander Smoltz's delivery Tucker rips one to right He hit it right on the nose... Puckett is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Kirby Puckett Two up, two down for the All Stars Up now for FOFC is Potpie Two away, nobody on Jeeberoni Potpie will step in to face Smoltz He is 2 for 4 on the evening with 2 home runs! That impressive display of power has been good for 4 RBI's Smoltz looks down at Carter He shakes him off once... Again... John has got to be a little concerned with Potpie up there as the FOFC first baseman has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Smoltz's righthanded delivery... Pop-up Carter throws away the mask He makes the catch And we go to extra innings! Carter steps up to the plate for Late 20th It's the top of the 10th here at FOFC Stadium The score is tied at 7 Carter looks down toward the third base coach Gary steadies his bat And waits patiently for Knowles' pitch And the delivery by Knowles Routine grounder to first Potpie scoops it up Over to first for the out And there's one away McGwire pounds the plate Now he stares out at Knowles McGwire adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Mark is 1 for 3 this evening Knowles has the sign from Hays Knowles goes into his windup And here's the 1-1 offering A hot shot on the ground to Nights He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and McGwire is out Two up, two down for Late 20th Making his way up is Ripken Cal is batting .286 with 12 home runs on the season He is 1 for 4 today Knowles is walking around the mound While we wait, let me mention He is 1st in saves this year He has 21... Now Sammy is ready... Knowles rocks and fires Ripken starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Knowles walks him We are going to have a pinch runner for Cal Ripken Bobby Cox will bring in Ozzie Smith for Cal Ripken He's a threat to steal Smith takes a three step lead Smith gets a great jump... The pitch... There goes the runner! Hays up quickly and throwing... SAFE... The throw was too late Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Wade Boggs Wade Boggs steps into the box Boggs is hitting .272 with 5 homeruns Wade also has 23 doubles and 3 triples And has driven in a total of 48 runs Boggs waits patiently Knowles fires There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Hays calls for it and makes the play As the ump signals a foul ball That's all for Late 20th After 9 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, We're all tied up at 7 Late 20th's defensive changes are... Smith will bat 6th and play SS Persimmon Pflaggstettler leads off for FOFC Sammy Knowles and Deacon Palmer will follow We've got a dandy here today at FOFC Stadium Smoltz is rubbing the ball up Pitchers develop very calloused hands over the course of a season They want to get the ball as rough as they can John winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... Pflaggstettler swings and misses Strike three! Smoltz overpowered him again He went down on three pitches That's 2 whiffs today for the FOFC right fielder One gone for FOFC Walking slowly up for FOFC is Fouts The outfield is playing him deep And shaded to the right They are showing respect for his power Right-hander Smoltz eyes the lefty Fouts The 2-2 offering... Dan Fouts swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... It's CAUGHT! Puckett robs the All Stars with a great catch at the fence The score is tied at 7 with two away Let's check some other scores as well These scores are final... Negro League II ripped Japanese League 7 to 1 Inao takes the loss, his record drops to 5-12 Mathis the winner, he's now 6-8 Negro League I humiliated Caribbean 13 to 3 Left Outs toppled AL Post WWII 6 to 2 NL Pre WWII easily defeated AL Pre WWII 8 to 3 Faber takes the loss, his record drops to 5-9 Vance the winner, he's now 9-4 Dead Ball Era edged out NL Post WWII 8 to 7 Old Timers is the winner over Turn of Century 5 to 1 Deacon Palmer coming up It's a tie game in the bottom of the 10th Stepping out, Palmer looks into the dugout Steps back in Palmer looks very intent... He stares down at Smoltz... Cocks his bat Smoltz quick pitches him Palmer raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Boggs just got his glove up in time Great reflexes That retires the side For FOFC, No runs, no hits and no errors Late 20th will try to push one across in the top of the 11th Here's Craig Biggio leading off John Smoltz is on deck And Rickey Henderson is in the hole Biggio has hit 3 home runs this year Kronside wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Kronside brings it to the plate Struck him out on a fastball Biggio goes down swinging One down, nobody on Game tied Now batting for Late 20th... Ryne Sandberg... He'll pinch hit for John Smoltz Sandberg with a .267 average on the season Nobody on base, one away Sandberg steps into the batter's box Sandberg goes through his routine of settling in Sandberg awaits the delivery Here comes the pitch Fly ball to left Gazelle is under it He makes the grab Two gone for Late 20th The center fielder, Rickey Henderson will be up next for Late 20th Henderson needs to get on... He has a .365 on base percentage Hays flashes the sign to Kronside Jace comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Henderson swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Kronside strikes out Rickey Henderson That wraps up the inning for Late 20th By the way, Late 20th is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Dennis Eckersley will be coming on to pitch for Late 20th Dennis has appeared in 18 games this season with a record of 2-1 In 31 innings, he has an 4.99 ERA John Smoltz has finished his work here this evening The catcher Hays will start things off for the All Stars Harry Hays will step in to face Eckersley He is 3 for 4 on the evening with 1 home run! He is batting a lusty .345 Harry takes off his cap... He brushes some hair off his forehead He taps his bat on the plate He's ready to go Here's the offering Hays pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Gwynn will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Hays retreats to first after a wide turn (Guarding Lines Effect) Nights squares as Eckersley delivers the pitch Mark McGwire charges and picks up the bunt He fires to first in time Credit a sacrifice to Nights With one gone FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Up now is Gazelle The All Stars have Hays on second Gazelle is 0 for 1 today Gerald struck out last time around Gazelle concentrates He holds the bat down on the end The home town crowd is yelling out to Hays telling him to watch out as Biggio sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Eckersley delivers the 2-0 offering It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Smith for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! One more chance for FOFC in the bottom of the 11th Blade now at the plate A. J. Tucker waits on deck Winning run is in scoring position Eckersley needs to get Blade out He would like to strike him out Eckersley tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... And the cripple pitch... A slider by Eckersley Blade gets good wood on it... Puckett back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That retires the side... Blade fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Late 20th will send Gwynn, Kirby Puckett, and Gary Carter to face Jace Kronside this inning Jace gets the sign from Hays And here is the 1-2 delivery Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Gwynn! One down for Late 20th Kirby Puckett is still in the on-deck circle and Gary Carter is looking for a bat in the dugout Puckett walks to the plate Puckett is 2 for 5 today For the season, Kirby has 15 homers 26 doubles, and 7 triples He has scored 45 runs while driving in 45 Kronside steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Here's the 2-2 pitch Puckett hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Fouts dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the third baseman, Dan Fouts! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard These scores are final... Negro League II gets an easy win over Japanese League 7 to 1 Negro League I pulverized Caribbean 13 to 3 Left Outs is the winner over AL Post WWII 6 to 2 NL Pre WWII easily defeated AL Pre WWII 8 to 3 Hartnett has hit his 19th homerun for NL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era edged out NL Post WWII 8 to 7 Old Timers toppled Turn of Century 5 to 1 And in our contest The score is knotted at 7 Here's the Late 20th clean-up hitter, Gary Carter Kronside squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Kronside kicks and fires Swung on and hit on the nose to left Gazelle picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Carter is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it McGwire is up next Two out with Carter at first McGwire scuffs up the lines around the box McGwire, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Kronside Kronside goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Carter He lobs one to Potpie... Carter is back easily... We're ready again Now Kronside comes home High foul pop Behind home plate Hays is back Near the screen And it pops out of his mitt! McGwire will get another swing. Score It: E2 Carter holds at first Late 20th first baseman, Mark McGwire, is up next Mark takes a couple of practice cuts McGwire waits The All Stars fans are standing They want the strikeout from "Mister Closer" Jace winds and delivers the 0-2 pitch Swung on and missed Strike Three! McGwire couldn't lay off the high fast ball Number 4 on the day for Kronside That wraps up the inning for Late 20th So After 11 and a half innings FOFC has 7 runs, 10 hits and one error While Late 20th has 7 runs, 11 hits and 2 errors Late 20th has left 7 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 Here's the center fielder Tucker To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler We're in the bottom of the 12th Eckersley tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Eckersley is into his windup Here's the pitch There's a ground ball into the hole Boggs and Smith converge on it It's picked by Boggs who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! One down, nobody on Game tied Jeeberoni Potpie is entering the batter's box Benton Breeze has his big bopper, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, waiting in the on-deck circle Eckersley looks down at Carter He shakes him off once... Again... Dennis has got to be a little concerned with Potpie up there as the FOFC first baseman has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Eckersley brings it to the plate Potpie pounds a grounder toward Boggs at third Wade moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Boggs stayed with it Over to first and Potpie is retired Nice play by the Late 20th third baseman Two down Eckersley retires two in a row Persimmon Pflaggstettler will face Eckersley Righty against righty Pflaggstettler is batting .303 with 18 HR's this year Eckersley steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way It's a smash over second Biggio leaps Just over his outstretched glove Pflaggstettler makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Pflaggstettler watches Eckersley carefully As he stretches out to his lead Pflaggstettler gets a great jump... The pitch... There goes the runner! The throw by Carter... SAFE... Pflaggstettler is in there with a pop-up slide! The throw a bit too late Carter heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Fouts. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . Dan Fouts steps into the box The game is riding on this pitch... Here we go! Eckersley adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Carter And the delivery by Eckersley Base hit to center for Fouts Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Pflaggstettler scores! FOFC wins 8 to 7 Kronside gets credit for the win Eckersley takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 2 for 6 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Nice win boys!
On a side note, still crazy to see names like Biggio, Sandberg, Henderson, Gwynn, Puckett, Carter and McGwire. It's like a who's who of some of my favorite hitters growing up.
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Yeah, that's what makes this so much fun for me to. If I do this again next year the Late 20s stars will look a bit different. I'll rework them to put some of the recent HOF inductees on that team... Blyleven Larkin Santo and anyone else I'm forgetting... Then I'll add players to split this into a modern stars... Jeter Jones Bonds (pre-PED) Griffey and the Late 20s... Not sure what other positions I'll need to fill after the split, but I'll figure it out... |
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8/1 Radio Broadcast - Game 116
I see by the clock that we're ready to go here in FOFC Henderson steps in to start things off for Late 20th Let's set the FOFC defense for you Battery mates are Nielsen and Hays Covering the corners at first and third Will be Potpie and Fouts The keystone combo has Blade at second And Nights playing short In the outfield From left to right Its Ton, Tucker and Gazelle Now Henderson steps into the batter's box This game's about to begin Henderson finishes his stretching Let's play some ball... Nielsen goes into his windup Here it comes Sharp breaking curveball... Henderson reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Fouts... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Potpie at first! Henderson is out easily One gone in the top of the 1st Up next is Tony Gwynn He's having a fine year so far Gwynn leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The pitch to Gwynn... Gwynn pulls one to the right side It's going to scoot on through the infield Gazelle will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Gwynn retreats to first after a wide turn Puckett gets set at the plate FOFC is set up for two Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Now Rob delivers The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! Grounded down the line Potpie takes it to the bag himself The hit and run moves the runner up. Score It: 3 That's the second out of the inning Here's Mike Piazza Mike takes a couple of practice cuts Mike stands with bat ready The lefthander Nielsen delivers Curve over the plate... Piazza connects! Ton is off to the races... That ball is hit hard... K. A. is at the warning track... And makes the catch! That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for Late 20th No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base FOFC is coming to bat As we go to the bottom of the first let's set the defensive alignment for Late 20th Glavine and Piazza are the battery mates McGwire will man first base Boggs is at the hot corner Ripken and Biggio form the keystone combination From left to right it is Gwynn, Henderson and Puckett Now Barrett Blade steps in Blade is at .270 on the season Glavine shakes off the sign by Piazza We have Tom Glavine and Rob Nielsen matched up in this one as we play in the bottom of the first Glavine brings it to the plate HIT HIM!! Blade jogs down to first Barrett took one for the team to get on Tucker up The All Stars have Blade on first Tucker has 18 doubles this year Tucker gets set for the pitch Biggio comes in a couple steps Yells something to Glavine The delivery FOFC tries the hit and run! Tucker goes after the outside slider Hammers it into the ground... Biggio gloves it... Throws quickly to first... Tucker is out easily on the hard grounder Blade is safely down at second The hit and run moves the runner up. That's one away Next up for the All Stars is Gerald Gazelle One out, man on second Glavine steps on the rubber The pitch on the way, here it is... Gazelle swings and lifts one toward left Gwynn drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Two gone for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie will get a crack at Glavine next Dan Fouts would be up next... But only if Potpie can reach safely Potpie has a .292 average against lefthanders He is .289 overall Left-hander Tom Glavine prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Potpie Way ahead in the count Glavine turns the 0-2 pitch loose Potpie takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Potpie's outta there So it is nothing across for the All Stars in the bottom of the 1st After 1 inning FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors While Late 20th has no runs, one hit and no errors McGwire saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Nielsen gets the sign, it's one he likes Now to the belt, here it is... The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal McGwire swung, that's strike three McGwire isn't happy at all with that call With one down, up next is Cal Ripken To be followed by Wade Boggs Facing Nielsen now is Ripken Wade Boggs heads to the on deck circle Craig Biggio waits in the hole Nielsen steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Rob rocks and fires Sinking fastball... Ripken swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's two away Boggs now at the plate Craig Biggio waits on deck Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy Now Rob delivers There's a high pop down the left field line It's going to go into foul territory Fouts and Nights are chasing it down the line Jeff dives, but can't make the play Foul ball . . . Boggs back in the box And here comes the next pitch Boggs pounds it on the ground toward the pitcher Nielsen Nielsen swipes at it... He only succeeds at knocking it in front of him That will be an error on Rob Nielsen Biggio is up next Two out with Boggs at first Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Nielsen quick pitches the 0-2 offering Nielsen comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Biggio As Craig swings right through it for strike three Nielsen punches him out That's all for the Modern Stars No runs, no hits, one error and one man left on base... We go to the bottom of the 2nd... We're scoreless Fouts saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Dan will be facing the lefty Glavine from the right side of the plate Of his 16 home runs, 6 are against southpaws Glavine studies his sign Now ready, here it is... Fouts pulls this one down the line Gwynn is at the warning track The ball is hooking... Just foul! . . . Fouts back in the box And here comes the next pitch Swung on and hit sharply to second Biggio plays it on one bounce Over to McGwire... Out of there! One down for FOFC Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle and K. A. Ton is looking for a bat in the dugout Walking up to the plate now is Hays K. A. Ton waits on deck Harry is batting .348 in 253 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by K. A. Ton 1 down, Hays behind in the count, 0-2 The lefty Glavine delivers What a pitch... strike three Glavine put that one on the black, a perfect pitch Two gone here in the bottom of the 2nd We want to welcome the FOFC "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Up now for FOFC is Ton Two away, nobody on Ton has managed a .326 average against lefthanders this year Glavine is on the third-base side of the rubber... Here's the 2-2 pitch Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to center for a base hit No chance to get that one At the plate now for FOFC is Nights Nights is at .282 on the season Piazza flashes the sign... Glavine shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Nights looks at strike three That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings, FOFC has no runs, one hit and one error While Late 20th has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base Late 20th has stranded 2 Tom Glavine stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Glavine is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Hays flashes the sign to Nielsen Here's the southpaw's delivery Hard slider... And Glavine takes it right down the middle Strike three called One gone for Late 20th And it brings up Rickey Henderson On deck is Tony Gwynn Kirby Puckett in the hole Henderson swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Nielsen He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Rickey brings the bat back... The lefthander delivers The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Henderson held up, and draws a walk Nielsen isn't happy at all with that call Now up for Late 20th, Gwynn A real speedster Henderson is on first They'll need to keep an eagle-eye on him Gwynn gets set He's 1 for 1 so far He's ready for the delivery Nielsen rocks and fires Gwynn 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 Scoreless game with two away Let's check some other scores as well Japanese League clipping Negro League II 4 to 0 Negro League I is edging Caribbean 1 to 0 Williams battling Cuellar Left Outs and AL Post WWII are tied at 3 Pennock battling Feller NL Pre WWII is on top of AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Dead Ball Era slipping by NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Old Timers is edging Turn of Century 2 to 1 Taking his lead is Henderson Henderson takes his lead... Nielsen fires it to first... OUT! Henderson was leaning the wrong way Nielsen caught him napping Rob Nielsen is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Nielsen looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Glavine eyes Nielsen intently Here is the 0-2 pitch Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Nielsen swings way over it He was fooled completely Piazza loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Rob as he was heading for the dugout So one up and one gone Blade is up next One gone, bottom of the 3rd A. J. Tucker moves out on deck Tom Glavine steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Now the delivery, here is is... Blade sends a routine ground ball to first McGwire takes it on one hop Flips it to Glavine Easy out That's two away for the All Stars I had a chance to grab a snack before the game Had to hurry, though... Wasn't hungry enough to eat 8 slices so I had them cut the pizza into 6... Now here's Tucker Tucker is 0 for 1 today Glavine toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Piazza He brings it home Tucker cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Piazza Tucker was badly fooled by Glavine's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! A. J. was a little overanxious That's three outs, side retired Here's the right fielder Puckett To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Mike Piazza And then Mark McGwire Puckett needs to get on... He has a .362 on base percentage Puckett awaits the delivery With a 0-1 count, the pitch A hot shot on the ground to Blade He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Puckett is out And there's one away One away, nobody on base Piazza stands ready at the plate Nielsen shakes off two signs Now he's ready The southpaw delivers It's fouled into short right field Gazelle is coming in Potpie is going back Both are converging on the stands Jeeberoni leans over the rail Just beyond his reach . . . Piazza back in the box And here comes the next pitch There's a towering fly ball hit by Piazza Gazelle sprints over, and makes the catch Two down McGwire digs in at the plate Ready now for Nielsen to come set McGwire is 0 for 1 today Nielsen rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Nielsen brings it to the plate It's hit down the line Gazelle ranges over quickly He's under it Easy out 1-2-3, nothing across... The big guys are due up for FOFC Gazelle will lead it off He will be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie and Dan Fouts Gazelle is 0 for 1 today Gerald flied out last time up Tom peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Here's the windup... and the pitch Gazelle swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Glavine strikes out Gerald Gazelle One up, one down for FOFC The first baseman, Potpie, is ready to bat No score in the bottom of the 4th Potpie has hit 31 home runs this year Glavine has the sign from Piazza Glavine winds and delivers The 0-2 pitch Potpie slaps a hard grounder past short Gwynn is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Potpie will hold with a clean single Now batting will be the third baseman, Dan Fouts Fouts wiggles the bat above his head Fouts looks very intent... He stares down at Glavine... Cocks his bat Glavine checks Potpie on first Now the 2-0 pitch Swung on...and hit way, way up Under it is Piazza...and he's got it Two down Piazza asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Piazza and Glavine The All Stars' catcher is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs Hays scuffs up the lines around the box Glavine steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Glavine brings it to the plate Base hit to left for Hays Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Potpie will stay at second It will be Ton to face Glavine Ton is one of the most feared sluggers Tom is ready Glavine kicks and fires Ton drives the ball to left for extra bases Potpie scores Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Hays scores! Double for Ton Piazza heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Nights. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are going to put Nights on Piazza holds out his glove That's ball four Nielsen finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Glavine squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Checks the runners Here's his delivery He rips a grounder to second Taken by Biggio Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 4 innings FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and one error While Late 20th has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 4 stranded Late 20th has failed to bring home 2 Cal Ripken to lead things off for Late 20th FOFC with a 2 run lead The visitors will try to quiet the crowd A few base runners would do the trick Cal looks at the sign from the coach at third Jimmy Williams flashes a series of them... Now Ripken taps the bat on home plate The count one ball, one strike on Ripken Nielsen brings it to the plate Drilled on the ground to short Nights comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 So one up and one gone Making his way up is Boggs Boggs is 0 for 1 today Nielsen adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays It's coming down the pike Good slider, inside part of the plate Boggs gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Japanese League is in front of Negro League II 4 to 1 Negro League I is in front of Caribbean 4 to 1 AL Post WWII slipping by Left Outs 8 to 6 NL Pre WWII is in front of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Dead Ball Era is giving it to NL Post WWII 5 to 0 Bender enjoying the big Dead Ball Era lead Old Timers is edging Turn of Century 2 to 1 And here in FOFC FOFC leads 2 to 0 Biggio makes his way to home plate Late 20th down by 2 runs We're in the top of the 5th Rob looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch Swung on and missed by Biggio, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for Biggio That wraps up the inning for Late 20th By the way, Late 20th is 4 and 6 in their last ten games We're back at the top of the All Stars' order Barrett Blade coming up Barrett is hitting at .269 on the year He has 85 hits in 316 at bats This includes 19 doubles, 6 triples 3 home runs and 24 RBI's He's ready The lefthander Glavine comes home with it There's a drive to left by Blade Gwynn picks the ball up on one bounce Fires it to second Blade turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Gwynn Blade stretches his lead Glavine is paying a lot of attention to Blade They want to hold Blade close He's excellent on the basepaths Now he throws over... Blade dives back in... SAFE! Tucker walks up to the plate Tucker gets the sign from third He is 0 for 2 A. J. is set for the pitch The stretch... the 0-2 delivery It is a high hard one... Tucker goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Tucker couldn't hold back With one gone FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Gerald Gazelle is entering the batter's box Benton Breeze has his big bopper, Jeeberoni Potpie, waiting in the on-deck circle And Tom studies the sign from Piazza... Now he's got it The southpaw Glavine delivers the 2 strike pitch Base hit to left for Gazelle Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Blade will stay at second Men at first and second Jeeberoni Potpie, a dangerous man at the plate... 10th this year in the league in slugging average He's cruising along at a .573 pace Potpie taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Set now is Potpie Glavine fires Screaming liner towards short Ripken makes a great catch! Score It: 6 Two down Due up next is Dan Fouts Let's see what happens now FOFC third baseman, Dan Fouts, is up next Fouts steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Dan is 0 for 2 today Fouts waits patiently The pitch is on the way A slider by Glavine Fouts gets good wood on it... Gwynn back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That retires the side... Dan Fouts fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often |
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8/1 Radio Broadcast Continued
Tom Glavine will start the top of the 6th for Late 20th Late 20th needs some runs Now, FOFC on top 2 to 0 Glavine looks down toward the third base coach Tom is ready for the delivery And the delivery by Nielsen Hard slider, paints the inside corner Glavine gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Glavine for the out FOFC gets the first out of the inning Rickey Henderson is coming to the plate Henderson has a .264 average against lefties Nielsen likes the sign The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Slow ground ball Fouts is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two up, two down for Late 20th Nielsen is moving along with the efficiency of a well oiled machine Gwynn is up now for Late 20th Tony is 1 for 2 this summer evening He popped out in his last plate appearance Nielsen is slow to get ready He has a 3.06 ERA this year Now he's ready Nielsen goes into his windup Here it comes Gwynn swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Nielsen strikes out Tony Gwynn That's three outs, side retired The All Stars will send Hays, K. A. Ton, and Jeff Nights up to the plate this inning Harry steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Hays is 1 for 2 today He singled last time up Hays awaits the delivery Glavine's 1-0 pitch... Swung on... Smashed on the ground... It's over the bag! Puckett is chasing it into the corner in right field It'll be extra bases! Harry Hays motoring into second base But Kirby Puckett plays it perfectly Spins and throws It's wide of the bag Hays slides in with a double That was a nasty curve he chased K. A. Ton, the left fielder, strides to the plate Ton is batting .289 with 11 HR's this year Tom Glavine still on the mound for the Modern Stars... Glavine has gone the distance so far He's given up 7 hits in 5 innings Glavine will try to get Ton to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Ton swings late and slices one to right It's curving toward the foul line... Puckett 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! Ton 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 Hays scores on the play One on, nobody out Nights strides up to the plate Jeff, a right-handed hitter, will face the lefty Glavine Of his 13 home runs, 4 are against southpaws Nights is set for the pitch The home town crowd is yelling out to Ton telling him to watch out as Biggio sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Glavine delivers the 1-2 offering Nights hits a three hopper towards Cal Ripken Ripken scoops it and fires it to first for the out One out The All Stars have a 3 run lead Nielsen strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Nielsen goes through his routine of settling in Rob steadies his bat Waits patiently for Glavine's pitch And here's the pay-off pitch... Swung on and chopped toward second Biggio races in He bare hands it! Underhands one to first... One hopper! GOT HIM! What a nice play by McGwire A backhand pickup by the Late 20th firstsacker! Ton over to third easily Joe Adcock is arguing that he took his foot off the bag but the play is going to stand FOFC ahead 3 to 0 with two away this inning Two gone, Ton at third Batting now is Barrett Blade Blade is 1 for 2 today Glavine has the sign from Piazza The southpaw Glavine's delivery on the 2-0 pitch Bounced towards the hole Nice play by Boggs THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 5-3 And that will do it for FOFC Puckett leading off Late 20th would like to get some runners on base Nielsen has the sign he wants Here's the 0-1 offering There is a shot right up the middle Hit right on the nose by Puckett It bounces right into the waiting glove of Tucker Puckett has himself a single Nobody out, Puckett at first Now up is Piazza Piazza is at .314 on the season Nielsen ready quickly, looks in for the sign The stretch... the delivery It is a high hard one... Piazza goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Piazza couldn't hold back 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! McGwire coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Puckett on first, with one away McGwire adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Mark is 0 for 2 this evening McGwire gets ready for Nielsen's pitch His bat is cocked Nielsen goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Puckett He lobs one to Potpie... Puckett is back easily We're ready again Now Nielsen comes home McGwire raps a sizzling ground ball It zips through the hole Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up Throws a strike to Nights No chance to get Puckett at third Ripken heads to the plate for Late 20th The infield is at regular depth Men on 1st and 3rd Nielsen has the sign from Hays Nielsen checks the runners Here's the 3-1 offering Ripken drives the ball to center for extra bases Puckett scores Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign... Double for Ripken Wade Boggs is up next Late 20th's third baseman finds 2 on with 1 out Boggs wiggles the bat above his head Waiting for the pitch is Boggs Nielsen brings it to the plate Boggs flies out to left Jimmy Williams won't risk sending the runner home... Runner holds. Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Craig Biggio Craig Biggio next The All Stars up by two runs We're in the top of the 7th Nielsen adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Nielsen brings it to the plate Curveball, Biggio lets it go by The umpire signals STRIKE THREE! Biggio looks imploringly at him No words, but a very long look Now he walks slowly back to the dugout That's it for Late 20th Here at FOFC Stadium, After 6 and a half innings, FOFC has 3 runs, 8 hits and one error While Late 20th has one run, 4 hits and no errors Late 20th has left 4 on base FOFC has stranded 7 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! A. J. Tucker, Gerald Gazelle, and Jeeberoni Potpie are due up Tucker, a switch-hitter, up there right-handed against the southpaw Tom Glavine The umpire says let's go Tucker is ready The lefthander Glavine delivers Tucker hits a screamer at Cal Ripken Ripken picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls McGwire off the bag McGwire swipes with the glove Tucker is out! Nice play by McGwire One down for FOFC Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Gazelle saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gazelle has a .305 average against lefthanders He is .263 overall Glavine likes the sign Here's the southpaw's delivery Excellent sinker pitch, outside... Gazelle gets good wood on it anyway There's no doubt, that one is outta here!! Gazelle circles the bases As Glavine asks for a new ball from the umpire Now FOFC leads 4 to 1 Batting for FOFC will be Potpie Potpie is 1 for 3 today Glavine is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Glavine gets the sign from Piazza It's coming down the pike Good slider, inside part of the plate Potpie gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Biggio grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 3 Dan Fouts, the third baseman, strides to the plate Fouts is batting .270 with 16 homers this year Tom Glavine on the mound for the Modern Stars... He has pitched deep into this game Glavine has given up 9 hits and 4 runs The southpaw Glavine's delivery on the 2-2 pitch Glavine comes in there with a dipsy-do And Fouts just freezes as he watches it curve over the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! 8 this evening... 58 on the season for Tom Glavine That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Japanese League jumping all over Negro League II 10 to 1 Ochiai has hit his 2nd homerun for Japanese League Negro League I is giving it to Caribbean 6 to 1 AL Post WWII clipping Left Outs 10 to 6 Jackson has hit his 22nd homerun for AL Post WWII NL Pre WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 3 to 2 Dead Ball Era is giving it to NL Post WWII 5 to 0 Old Timers with the lead over Turn of Century 4 to 1 Radbourn comfortably ahead for Old Timers Bobby Cox will send up a pinch hitter Paul Molitor steps out of the dugout! He will be up there against Nielsen Molitor steps up to the plate for Late 20th It's the top of the 8th at FOFC Stadium Molitor digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen Nielsen is ready quickly Nielsen brings it home Fastball, up at the letters... Molitor swings... Skies on to deep right Pflaggstettler racing back... Back... At the wall... HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT! The ump is signaling no out Molitor motors easily into second As Pflaggstettler throws the ball in That'll be a two base error on him That should have been an easy catch Score It: E9 Molitor to second So that brings up the top of the order Rickey Henderson will step in Henderson is taking his practice swings Rickey is 0 for 2 this evening He grounded out last time at bat After getting set, Henderson waits on the pitch And the delivery by Nielsen WATCH OUT! Nielsen has hit Henderson! Now Henderson gets up and brushes himself off He's not thrilled with being drilled! The ump tells Henderson to take his base Gwynn finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Gwynn is 1 for 3 today Tony struck out last time up Nielsen is having a fine year so far His 16 victories make him 1st in the league in that category Now he's about ready Rob checks the runners... Steps off the mound... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch STRIKE THREE... Change of pace Gwynn is way out in front swinging Number 8 so far today for Nielsen One down for Late 20th... Fouts calls time as he comes to the mound to have a word with the pitcher I'm sure he wants Nielsen to bear down And not worry about the runners Here comes Puckett to the plate Look in the Late 20th dugout The players have their caps turned around! They want Puckett to get on They're looking to close the 3 run gap on FOFC 1st and 2nd, one man down Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy Rob checks the runners Here's the 2 strike offering Dribbler to first Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 Two down Due up next is Mike Piazza Let's see what happens now Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Mike Piazza Piazza departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Looking for his first hit today Piazza is 0 for 3 Piazza is ready Nielsen needs a strikeout He checks the runners... The pitch Low and inside... ball four Piazza gets a free ticket to first That loads them up for Mark McGwire "Big Mac" is coming to the plate McGwire is one of the most feared sluggers Rob gets the sign from Hays Nielsen checks all the baserunners... Now he comes home with it Swung on Foul tip... Strike three as Hays holds on to it Mark didn't come through this time Three down in the 8th for Late 20th 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 Bruce Sutter will be coming on to pitch for Late 20th Bruce has appeared in 46 games this season with a record of 1-3 In 80 innings, he has an 3.38 ERA Tom Glavine has finished his work here this evening Late 20th's defensive changes are... Molitor will bat 9th and play 1B Harry Hays, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and Jeff Nights are the first three All Stars batters due up FOFC leads, 4-1 Hays steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Harry is 2 for 3 today Hays gets set for the pitch Bruce winds Kicks... and delivers A slider by Sutter Hays gets good wood on it... Puckett back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! One out The All Stars have a 3 run lead The right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, is up next Sutter looks down at Piazza for the sign Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Fly ball to center Henderson is under it He makes the grab That's two away Ripken comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Sutter Jeff Nights will be next up... Walking up to the plate now is Nights Rob Nielsen waits on deck Nights has hit 13 home runs this year Sutter studies his sign Sutter goes into his windup And here's the 1-1 offering Nights hits a deep fly ball into the alley Rickey Henderson chases it down But the ball hits the base of the wall Henderson hits the wall and falls to the ground Nights is into third with a triple Now they check on Henderson He's okay That ball hit right at the base of the fence 399 feet from home plate David Gonzalez will get a crack at Sutter next Barrett Blade would be up next... But only if Gonzalez can reach safely Gonzalez is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Gonzalez is poised and ready for the pitch The righthander Sutter delivers There's a high pop down the left field line It's going to go into foul territory Boggs and Ripken are chasing it down the line Cal dives, but can't make the play Foul ball . . . Gonzalez back in the box And here comes the next pitch He rips a grounder to second Taken by Biggio Over to Molitor Got him! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side FOFC comes up empty-handed Here in the bottom of the 8th No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Late 20th will send Ripken, Wade Boggs, and Craig Biggio to face James Rodney this inning Rodney takes the first sign Rodney winds Kicks the left leg high... Ripken hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Fouts dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the third baseman, Dan Fouts! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Japanese League smacked Negro League II 10 to 3 Bessho the winner, he's now 6-17 Brewer takes the loss, his record drops to 7-12 Negro League I cuffed Caribbean 6 to 3 Gibson has hit his 18th homerun for Negro League I AL Post WWII clubbed Left Outs 13 to 6 NL Pre WWII nipped AL Pre WWII 3 to 2 Mays takes the loss, his record drops to 10-8 Marquard the winner, he's now 5-10 Dead Ball Era easily defeated NL Post WWII 5 to 0 Old Timers squeezed by Turn of Century 7 to 5 And in our matchup FOFC on top 4 to 1 Wade Boggs plants his left foot The lefthanded third baseman for Late 20th appears set Bo is ready Now Bo delivers Struck him out on a fastball Boggs goes down swinging Two down Biggio coming up for Late 20th Nobody on, two away Hays flashes the sign to Knowles The windup, the pitch Strike three swinging! Biggio goes down on strikes for the 4th time this evening! And that will do it for Late 20th FOFC wins 4 to 1 Nielsen gets credit for the win Glavine takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was K. A. Ton He was 3 for 3 He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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8/2 Radio Broadcast - Game 117
Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium The players are on the field and we're almost ready to go As Nellie Fox prepares to face Babson let's check out the FOFC defense At first base is Potpie Palmer is down at the hot corner Blade and Nights are at second and short, respectively From left to right... Ton, Tucker and Pflaggstettler and now Hays is just settling in behind the plate The righthander Babson's delivery It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One away in the top of the 1st for AL Post WWII Coming up for AL Post WWII is Robin Yount Nobody on base, one out Yount goes through his routine of settling in Yount tells the umpire he's ready Now Brian delivers Long drive Way back... back It's heading towards the fence K. A. Ton has a chance It pops out of his mitt! Ton is charged with the error Ton has committed 1 error in this evening's game The "Mick" steps in to face Brian Babson Mantle, a switch-hitter, facing the right-handed Babson Mickey steadies his bat And waits patiently for Babson's pitch Babson's righthanded delivery... Here's a curve... Not a good one! Mantle turns on it a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run! Number 35 for Mickey on the year He also has 90 RBI's now Killebrew saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Hays flashes the sign... Babson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Babson is into his wind-up And the 3-2 pitch is on its way... Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Killebrew hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into left for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Jackson is up now for AL Post WWII Reggie Jackson is hitting .255 this year against righthanded pitchers Jackson is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Here's the righthander's delivery Belted right back at Blade He snares it just before it hits the ground Two down AL Post WWII sends the left fielder, Carl Yastrzemski, up to the plate The outfield's shaded towards right With Yastrzemski at the plate The umpire says let's go Babson brings it to the plate Smashed to first Potpie will take it himself Score It: 3 And we go to the home-half of the first inning It's AL Post WWII 2, All Stars coming up The second baseman Blade will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker And then Jeeberoni Potpie Blade can't seem to get settled at the plate Blade readies himself for the pitch Ryan brings it to the plate Slow ground ball Fox is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One up, one down for FOFC Now here's Tucker A. J. is hitting at .295 on the year He has 145 hits in 492 at bats This includes 18 doubles, 7 triples 7 home runs and 51 RBI's Ryan adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Berra The righthander delivers Good slider, inside part of the plate Tucker gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Fox grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's the second out of the inning The first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie, is up next Ryan squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Ryan brings it to the plate Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Ryan punches him out! That'll do it in the bottom of the 1st No runs, no hits and no errors AL Post WWII ahead 2 to 0 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... AL Post WWII will send Brett, Yogi Berra, and Nolan Ryan to face Brian Babson this inning Hays flashes the sign to Babson Babson rocks and fires Topped in front of home Taken by Hays His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 2-3 With one down, up next is Yogi Berra To be followed by Nolan Ryan Nobody on, one away for AL Post WWII Up now is Berra Berra has hit 13 home runs this year Brian peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one He brings it home Berra rips a fastball down the line This one may have the distance... But will it be fair? It is heading right at the foul pole... It is.... A foul ball! . . . Berra back in the box And here comes the next pitch Slider pounded into the ground towards first It's by the diving Potpie... Blade chasing it down... There will be no play It's a base hit Ryan squares around He bunts it . . . It's popped up... Caught by D.Palmer a poor bunt by Ryan That's two away With a runner at first and two outs Fox walks to the plate AL Post WWII leads 2 to 0 Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Fox Babson's 3-1 pitch... Bouncer to first Potpie to Babson covering first Score It: 3-1 That wraps up the inning for AL Post WWII Time to check out the rest of the scores Old Timers with the lead over Caribbean 3 to 0 NL Post WWII is edging Negro League I 1 to 0 Negro League II with the lead over AL Pre WWII 7 to 4 Cronin has hit his 11th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII slipping by Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 Japanese League is edging Turn of Century 1 to 0 Sugishita and Joss currently dueling Left Outs slipping by Late 20th 2 to 0 The right fielder Pflaggstettler will start things off for the All Stars Ryan steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Ryan brings it home Pflaggstettler pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Yastrzemski will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Pflaggstettler retreats to first after a wide turn Pflaggstettler watches Ryan as he inches away from the base Big bender... Pflaggstettler is off to the races Berra pumps... but no throw, he holds onto the ball He is SAFE! K. A. Ton steps into the box Ton is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup K. A. certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Ryan earn his salary Ryan is ready quickly Nolan looks over his shoulder at Pflaggstettler Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Sinker, low and away... Ton reaches out for it... Connects... Lifting a high fly... Yastrzemski giving chase... Still going, at the warning track... He runs out of room HOME RUN! That ball just kept carrying FOFC puts two runs on the board And the game is tied! Hays leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Ryan is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now The pitch is on the way Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Berra fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Hays One gone for FOFC One away, nobody on base Palmer stands ready at the plate Palmer steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Palmer is ready The righthander Ryan's delivery Palmer hits a pop into short left field Brett sprints out Yastrzemski and Mantle sprint towards the infield Carl Yastrzemski sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Nights is up next FOFC has a runner at first and one out Nights scuffs up the lines around the box Ryan shakes off two signs Now he's ready The righthander Ryan delivers Nights lifts a flyball towards Mickey Mantle Mantle seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Mantle stumbles... he sticks his glove up... The ball drops out of the pocket for an error Brian Babson gets a round of applause Nights is on second, Palmer on third The fans want some runs Ryan tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Ryan checks the runners Dribbler to second Palmer breaks for home Taken by Fox Over to Killebrew Got him! Score It: 4-3 That's two away now However, the All Stars take the lead on the play FOFC ahead 3 to 2 FOFC second baseman, Barrett Blade, is up next 2 men away, Nights on third Right-hander Ryan prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Blade Ryan fires Grounded to short Yount comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That will do it for FOFC but not before they ring up 3 runs to overtake the Post-Americans by 1 The score now stands at 3-2, All Stars Yount 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 Stepping in and then stepping out again Yount looks to third for a sign Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Now to the belt, here it is... Yount tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! And there's one away Pounding the plate with his bat Mantle awaits the pitch Mantle is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Mantle gets ready for Babson's pitch His bat is cocked And the delivery by Babson Mantle swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Babson strikes out Mickey Mantle Two down Babson gets the first two batters here in the top of the 3rd Walking up to the plate now is Killebrew Reggie Jackson waits on deck Killebrew is 1 for 1 today Harmon singled last time around Harmon is ready for the delivery Here's the 2 strike pitch Killebrew hits a screamer at Jeff Nights Nights takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Potpie scoops it on one hop Killebrew is out! Nice play by Potpie That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 2 and a half innings FOFC on top, 3-2 A. J. Tucker stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Tucker is 0 for 1 today Ryan is on the first-base side of the rubber... Ryan winds and delivers The 2 strike pitch Struck him out on a fastball Tucker goes down swinging One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie The first baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 1 FOFC ahead 3 to 2 Ryan has the sign from Berra Fox comes in a couple steps Yells something to Ryan The delivery Fastball, way high Ball four Ryan walks him Nolan is certainly not known for his control Pflaggstettler walks to the plate Pflaggstettler is hitting .306 with 18 homeruns Persimmon also has 18 doubles and 8 triples And has driven in a total of 62 runs Ryan is slow to get ready He has a 5.62 ERA this year Now he's ready Ryan brings it to the plate Pflaggstettler slices one into the right-field corner Tailing near the foul pole Jackson can't get to it It's in there for extra bases Pflaggstettler is heading for second... Now he churns toward third... And he'll make it easily! Potpie scores from first One away, Pflaggstettler at third Now up for FOFC, Ton Runner on 3rd, 1 man out Ryan looks down at Berra for the sign Now he's ready... The pitch is on the way Hit to third... and right at Brett He juggled that ball a bit, but held on Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 2 The All Stars have 4 hits on the evening Harry Hays is up next FOFC's catcher finds 1 on with 2 outs Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Hays waits on Ryan Way ahead in the count Ryan turns the 0-2 pitch loose Big slow curve... And it's in there... Hays looks at strike three That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 8 and 2 in their last ten games Reggie Jackson will start the top of the 4th for AL Post WWII AL Post WWII needs some runs Now, FOFC leads 4 to 2 Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Babson leans back and fires Jackson lines one just to the right of Potpie It's past him into right field! Pflaggstettler hustles over and fires it back into second So Jackson is on with a line single to right Carl Yastrzemski, the left fielder, strides to the plate Yastrzemski steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Carl is 0 for 1 today Jackson kicks the dirt at first Babson is saying a few words to Blade... So far in 1900, Brian has a 9 and 10 record with 3 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign Babson goes into his stretch... Looks at Jackson... He fires one to Potpie... Jackson dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Babson comes home Grounded towards the middle Nice play by Nights Throws to second He's out To first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 Two gone for AL Post WWII Batting for AL Post WWII will be Brett Brett is 0 for 1 today Babson steps on the rubber And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Line shot over Potpie Deep down the line Pflaggstettler is racing back... Reaches up It's off his glove The ball is bouncing off the fence George is rounding second The throw... Safe! Triple number 5 on the year for George Brett The bad-ball hitting catcher, Yogi Berra, is now batting Berra is hitting .262 against righties Yogi steadies his bat Waits patiently for Babson's pitch Brett is dancing off third Babson is ignoring him Here's the pitch Change up, a beauty... Heeee struck him out! That's it for AL Post WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 and a half innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 4 hits and one error While AL Post WWII has 2 runs, 5 hits and one error AL Post WWII has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 2 Here's the third baseman Palmer To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jeff Nights And then Brian Babson Palmer is 1 for 1 today Deacon singled last time up Ryan has the sign from Berra Ryan's windup... the delivery The pitch is just inside and Palmer holds up Berra points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! One out The All Stars have a 2 run lead The shortstop, Jeff Nights will be up next for FOFC Nights has hit 13 home runs this year Ryan eyes Nights intently And the cripple pitch... Slider, down and in... Nights manages to hit a shallow fly Yastrzemski charging hard... dives... Great diving catch by Yastrzemski! He slid several feet after making that stab Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 2 Babson finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Brian takes a couple of practice cuts Ryan wastes no time He has the sign from Berra It's coming down the pike Babson takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Babson is out on strikes Easy inning for Ryan So after four complete... FOFC leads 4 to 2 AL Post WWII will send up Nolan Ryan, Nellie Fox and Robin Yount to face Babson They'll try to get something going here in the top of the 5th Babson steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The kick and the pitch Ryan swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Babson strikes out Nolan Ryan One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Old Timers and Caribbean are all knotted at 4 Keefe battling Tiant Jr. NL Post WWII bombing Negro League I 9 to 1 Negro League II is destroying AL Pre WWII 13 to 4 NL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead of Dead Ball Era 9 to 3 Japanese League with the lead over Turn of Century 4 to 1 Late 20th leads Left Outs 3 to 2 Now batting will be Nellie Fox Against righthanders Fox is hitting .242 He's ready for the delivery Now ready, here it is... It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Blade takes off after it... Leaps... And Fox is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Barrett is very fine fielder! Two down Brian Babson retires the first two batters in order Yount coming up for AL Post WWII Nobody on, two away Yount adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Robin is 0 for 2 this evening Yount is waiting on the pitch Here's the windup... and the pitch Yount swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Palmer and skips out to Ton Yount rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Yount returns to first as K. A. gets a nice throw in to Blade Mantle gets set at the plate Yount will be running if it's hit Babson looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Yount dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch Base hit to center for Mantle Yount is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Mantle at first Killebrew is ready to face Babson Killebrew is 1 for 2 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Palmer is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Hays flashes the sign... Babson waves it off... Now he's happy Here's the 2 strike offering Slow curve... And he chased it! STRIKE THREE! Killebrew just couldn't hold up That pitch was a real tantalizer But Killebrew fails in the clutch this time We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium After 4 and a half innings FOFC ahead 4 to 2 We'll be right back... Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC Barrett is hitting at .269 on the year He has 86 hits in 320 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Blade grounded out his last time up Blade waits patiently Here's the pitch HIT HIM!! Blade jogs down to first Barrett took one for the team to get on Taking his lead is Blade Ryan looks Blade back He is unable to get his normal lead First base coach Joe Adcock wants a word with Blade... Now we're all set to go... A. J. Tucker steps in Blade takes his lead at first Tucker checks for the sign again Ryan rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Ryan goes into his stretch... Looks over at Blade Fires to Killebrew... Blade is back easily... We're ready again Now Ryan comes home The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Smashed to first Killebrew takes it to the bag himself The hit and run moves the runner up. Score It: 3 That's one away Planting his right foot Potpie is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Potpie Jeeberoni is batting .288 in 396 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler Ryan adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Berra The pitch on the way, here it is... Potpie takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Potpie's outta there With two out Batting for FOFC now is Pflaggstettler Persimmon is hitting at .308 on the year He has 117 hits in 380 at bats His speed has propelled him to 10 stolen bases Pflaggstettler awaits the delivery We've got a full count... Ryan winds and fires... That one is a grass cutter towards third Brett fronts it... OOPS! It takes a big hop! George 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... Killebrew one hops it into his glove Out! Killebrew can't get out of the way and Persimmon 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 That retires the side FOFC comes up empty-handed Here in the bottom of the 5th No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base To lead off this inning is Reggie Jackson AL Post WWII needs a pair to tie this game FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Jackson is 1 for 2 today Jackson waits for the delivery The pitch to Jackson... Jackson swings very late He pops it foul Hays gives chase Here comes Palmer They are both at the rail... Just next to the screen Neither can make the play . . . Jackson back in the box And here comes the next pitch Smashed to the mound Babson grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 One down for AL Post WWII Carl Yastrzemski is still in the on-deck circle and George Brett is looking for a bat in the dugout And it brings up Carl Yastrzemski On deck is George Brett Yogi Berra in the hole Yastrzemski is 0 for 2 today The right-hander Babson is set to deliver to Yastrzemski Brian winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... Fastball, paints the outside corner Swung on by Yastrzemski Grounded hard at Nights... Scooped up, fired to first... OVER THE HEAD OF Potpie... Bounces into the dugout Yastrzemski scampers into second That'll be a two base error Score It: E6 Yastrzemski to second Brett heads to the plate for AL Post WWII The infield is at regular depth George steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Brett is 1 for 2 today He tripled last time up The count even at 1-1 Here's his delivery Curveball, in and low Brett 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 Yastrzemski is now perched over at third Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Babson Now batting #8, Yogi Berra... #8 Brian Babson is reaching for the resin bag... He pops it up and gives it a squeeze... Babson is having a fine year for FOFC His 9 wins is 13th in the league Yastrzemski is dancing off third Babson is ignoring him Here's the pitch Grounded into the hole Smooth pickup by Blade His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's all for AL Post WWII After 5 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC ahead 4 to 2 |
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Ton saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box The righthander pitching to Ton... A righthanded batter Righties have a .269 average against Nolan The windup, the pitch Ton hits a pop into short right field Fox sprints out Jackson and Mantle sprint towards the infield Reggie Jackson sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Next up for FOFC is Harry Hays With Harry's hitting ability I'd be looking for him to swing away What do you think?... Harry seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Nolan rocks and fires It's the hit and run play by FOFC... Hays misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Berra is up and firing... OUT! The ball was there waiting for Ton Hays is up next One gone, bottom of the 6th Deacon Palmer moves out on deck Nolan Ryan still on the mound for the Post-Americans... Ryan has gone the distance so far He's given up 5 hits in 5 1/3 innings Righthander Ryan's delivery Baltimore chop Into left for a single! Hays at first, one out Deacon Palmer is ready at the plate The outfield's shaded towards left for Palmer He's 1 for 2 today The righty shakes off the sign... Now Nolan shakes off another one... Nolan has a 95 MPH fastball but has control problems We've got a full count... Ryan winds and fires... Fastball... just outside And Palmer will take first on the walk Walk number 2 issued by Ryan this evening Nights, the shortstop, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 4 to 2 Nights is 0 for 2 today Ryan is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Ryan gets the sign from Berra Here's the 3-1 offering Base hit to left for Nights Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Runners hold. Facing Ryan now is Gonzalez Barrett Blade heads to the on deck circle A. J. Tucker waits in the hole Against righthanders Gonzalez is hitting .299 Ryan finds himself in quite a jam He has to be careful with Gonzalez But he needs to throw strikes Ryan adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Berra Here's the 2 strike pitch It is a high hard one... Gonzalez goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up and out of the strike zone... Gonzalez couldn't hold back Two down Barrett Blade is due up next Barrett Blade will get a crack at Ryan next A. J. Tucker would be up next... But only if Blade can reach safely Ryan has the sign from Berra Ryan brings it home The ball bounces in the dirt Berra blocks it nicely That's ball four Blade makes his way to first Bases remain loaded but it could have been worse Only one run scores... Ryan's walked 3 today A. J. Tucker, the All Stars' center fielder is up next FOFC has 3 men on with 2 outs The outfield's shaded towards right With Tucker at the plate Berra flashes the sign... Ryan shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Ryan brings it to the plate Tucker hits a pop into short right field Out goes Killebrew and Fox In comes Jackson Fox waves his hands in the air And makes the catch over his shoulder Pretty play by Fox Tucker chokes in the clutch! That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 6 innings FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and 2 errors While AL Post WWII has 2 runs, 7 hits and one error FOFC has left 5 stranded AL Post WWII has failed to bring home 6 Rod Carew is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Nolan Ryan Rod Carew up first for AL Post WWII He is a threat to steal if he gets on Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the All Stars ballboy He's ready Sirr has to bear down now... The wind-up, the 3-1 delivery... Carew swings hard It's off the handle The ball and half the bat are heading for short Nights makes the right choice Scoops up the ball Tosses to first Rod is too quick! AL Post WWII second baseman, Nellie Fox, will be up next He will be followed by Robin Yount One on... no one out FOFC leads AL Post WWII by 3 runs 0 for 3 today Fox looks for a sign from third Don Zimmer with the hand signals Nellie stands with bat ready The righthander Fozborg delivers Fox raps a hard grass cutter toward second Blade takes two steps to his left Scoops it up Over to second for one Back to first for the deuce! Two out, nobody on FOFC on top 5 to 2 Nobody on, two away Yount steps in for AL Post WWII Yount is 1 for 3 today Robin singled last time around Now set, Yount waits for the pitch Fozborg's 1-2 pitch... Yount lays down a bunt! Palmer has it and throws to first Just in time! It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Whitey Ford will be coming on to pitch for AL Post WWII Whitey has appeared in 58 games this season with a record of 4-4 In 98 innings, he has an 5.14 ERA Nolan Ryan has finished his work here this evening Ahead by 3 runs here in the bottom of the 7th FOFC hopes to add to their lead The heart of their line-up is coming up Potpie is at .287 on the season Ford steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Now Whitey delivers Potpie takes a cut at the slider... There's a line drive... Going over the head of Reggie Jackson My word! Look at that ball go!! That's a home run!! And that left the yard in a hurry Ford can't believe it Homer number 32 for Jeeberoni Potpie this year To go with his 82 RBI's FOFC right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, will be up next He will be followed by Gerald Gazelle Bases empty... no one out FOFC up by 4 Pflaggstettler is 2 for 3 today For the season, Persimmon has 18 homers 18 doubles, and 9 triples He has scored 69 runs while driving in 63 The umpire says let's go Pflaggstettler is ready The pitch is on the way Swung on and hit sharply to third Brett plays it on one hop Over to Killebrew... Out of there! One down for FOFC Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle FOFC leading in the game Ford looks down at Berra for the sign Now he's ready Ford's windup... the delivery There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Gazelle No chance for either Yount or Yastrzemski That one had base hit written all over it Coming to the plate is Hays Gazelle's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Ford Hays looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 1 for 3 on the day for Harry Harry is ready for the delivery Ford kicks and fires WATCH OUT! Hays IS BEANED! He'll go down to first And Gazelle will move to second Palmer gets set at the plate Palmer adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Deacon is 1 for 2 this evening Palmer waits for the delivery Way ahead in the count Ford turns the 0-2 pitch loose Base hit to left for Palmer Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Gazelle scores! Nights is up now for FOFC Jeff is hitting at .282 on the year He has 122 hits in 432 at bats Today, he is 1 for 3 Nights singled his last time up The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... A quick check of the runners... And the pitch Curve ball is wide Nights lets it go Ball four! So Ford's full count pitch misses FOFC loads the bases Settling in at the plate is Fozborg Nights on first, Palmer on second Hays on third Ford looks down at Berra for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Ford checks all the baserunners... Now he comes home with it Fastball, down and in... Swung on... It's a dribbler toward third... Brett up with it... Throws to the plate... In plenty of time for the force play... The throw to first... Fozborg is safe at first... They are unable to turn the double play But AL Post WWII did get the lead runner The bases are still loaded for Barrett Blade up next That's the second out of the inning Slowly coming up is Blade for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 7 to 2 Ford tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch Blade drives the ball to center for extra bases Nights and Palmer will score Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Berra is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Good,)... Fozborg scores! Trailing runner advances. Double for Blade A. J. Tucker, the center fielder, strides to the plate Tucker steps out of the batter's box to get the sign A. J. is 0 for 4 today After getting set, Tucker waits on the pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery Tucker laces a hit into the outfield Carl Yastrzemski picks it up He fires it to the infield Tucker holds at first Next up is Jeeberoni Potpie, the FOFC first baseman... FOFC out in front by 9 It's the bottom of the 7th Potpie is 1 for 3 on the day He looks around at the AL Post WWII infield Killebrew is kicking the dirt at first Brett is even with the bag at third Fox and Yount are ready with hands on knees at second and short Ford is happy with the sign He brings it home There's a drive to right by Potpie Jackson fields it on the short hop He fires it to second Potpie turns back and settles for a single Tucker is now perched over at third Terrific play by Jackson Now up in the FOFC seventh will be Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle Whitey gets the sign from Berra And the delivery by Ford Fastball, at the letters... Pflaggstettler crunches it... There's a high belt... Driven deep into left-centerfield... Mantle running to the fence... It's outta here HOME RUN 19 for Pflaggstettler this year! Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle Harry Hays waits on deck Ford wastes no time He has the sign from Berra The southpaw Ford's delivery on the 0-1 pitch Gazelle gets a fastball... Takes his cut at it... Drills a long drive Going way back... back... It's headed out of here It's GONE!!... Home Run for Gazelle Gazelle and the All Stars are beating up on AL Post WWII this evening Hays now at the plate Deacon Palmer waits on deck Hays is at .350 on the season Whitey Ford on in relief of Nolan Ryan Ford brings it to the plate Fastball... Swung on... Lined to left... Single for Hays HE TRIPS OVER THE BAG AT FIRST!! The throw to first... He manages to scramble back safely... Hays' not getting up Joe Adcock, the first base coach is calling for help Here comes the trainer, Tay Pemup... They are looking at his ankle... Now he's on his feet, walking a bit Looks like he'll be OK, at least for now Give him a single on the play Joe Torre is motioning to the Post-Americans bullpen He's waving his right arm We're going to see the right handed Hoyt Wilhelm He'll be the 3rd pitcher for AL Post WWII this evening So far in 1900, Wilhelm has 55 appearances In 92 innings this year Hoyt has a 4-4 record, with 5 saves His ERA stands at 6.38 Wilhelm's just about finished warming up And now here's Deacon Palmer Jeff Nights on deck... Two outs here in the bottom of the 7th Palmer is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a fine .340 for FOFC He also has has contributed with 40 runs 17 doubles, 2 triples and 6 home runs Palmer awaits the pitch Wilhelm will try to get Palmer to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Grounded towards the bag Brett grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46241 Mantle leading off AL Post WWII would like to get some runners on base The outfield is shading Mantle towards right He's hoping to pop this one, I'm sure Mantle tells the umpire he's ready The pitch to Mantle... Groundball off the change-up... Past Potpie at first... It's rolling into the outfield grass... Mantle gets a base hit Killebrew moseys up to the plate Reggie Jackson is heading for the on-deck circle Killebrew is batting .220 with 21 homers this year Fozborg wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Fozborg checks Mantle on first Now the 3-1 pitch That's ball four Killebrew trots down to first Mantle is already down on second Reggie Jackson is ready for AL Post WWII Nobody out, Killebrew at first, Mantle at second Jackson can't seem to get settled at the plate Reggie steadies his bat Waits patiently for Fozborg's pitch Sirr rocks and fires Drilled deep to right field This one is deep! IT MIGHT BE, IT MAY BE, IT IS!!! He really got into that one! That is Reggie Jackson's 23rd home run of the year. That'll bring up left fielder Carl Yastrzemski... FOFC way out in front FOFC leads 15 to 5 FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Yastrzemski is 0 for 3 today Sirr looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Fozborg's into his windup... the pitch Yastrzemski lines one just to the right of Potpie It's past him into right field! Pflaggstettler hustles over and fires it back into second So Yastrzemski is on with a line single to right One on, no outs Coming up for AL Post WWII is Brett Fozborg ready quickly, looks in for the sign Here's his delivery It's a scorching liner to the second baseman OUT! Blade didn't have to move! Yastrzemski stays put One gone for AL Post WWII Berra finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Yogi comes to the plate batting .266 with 13 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today Sirr is ready Righthander Fozborg's delivery Berra drives the ball to center for extra bases Don Zimmer won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Berra Joe Torre has called for Larry Doby Larry will come up now to bat for Hoyt Wilhelm against Rodney Doby is batting .263 as a pinch hitter He has 1 pinch home run Larry Doby moves in to face Rodney 2 on, 1 out here in the top of the 8th Doby is batting .242 with 7 round trippers in 1900 Larry is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch Rodney needs a strikeout He checks the runners... The pitch Long fly ball to center field Tucker turns and runs He grabs it Nice play! Yastrzemski is tagging up He'll make it easily Score It: 8 Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Rodney That'll bring up Post-Americans' second baseman Nellie Fox... AL Post WWII with a man in scoring position at second Fox is taking his practice swings Nellie is 0 for 4 this evening Hays flashes the sign to Rodney Rodney looks back towards second... The pitch He rips a grounder to first Potpie to Rodney covering first Score It: 3-1 FOFC heads to the bottom of the 8th with a 9 run lead While they have scored 15 runs... the visitors from AL Post WWII have countered with only 6 It looks like FOFC may add to their impressive 7 game winning streak Jim Palmer will be coming on to pitch for AL Post WWII Jim has appeared in 37 games this season He has a record of 7-7 in 91 innings His ERA stands at 6.35 Leading off for the All Stars is the shortstop Nights He'll be followed by Dan Fouts And then Barrett Blade Nights is batting .282 with 13 HR's this year Right-hander Palmer prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Nights Palmer brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Yount... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean clipping Old Timers 8 to 4 NL Post WWII toppling Negro League I 9 to 2 Negro League II is pounding AL Pre WWII 13 to 6 Cronin has hit his 11th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII is in front of Dead Ball Era 9 to 6 Japanese League leads Turn of Century 4 to 3 Nomura has hit his 18th homerun for Japanese League Left Outs is edging Late 20th 5 to 4 And here in FOFC FOFC on top 15 to 6 One out, nobody on base Dan Fouts is the batter Fouts is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Dan certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Palmer earn his salary Fouts waits The kick and the pitch Curve ball... Fouts swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 9 runs FOFC has 16 hits on the evening So that brings up the top of the order Barrett Blade will step in Blade has hit 6 triples this year Blade, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Palmer Now Jim delivers There's a fly ball to Reggie Jackson Jackson circles under it... He makes the play 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 Rodney can close this game out We now head into the 9th AL Post WWII will send Yount, Mickey Mantle, and Harmon Killebrew to face James Rodney this inning Robin Yount is hitting .300 this year against righthanded pitchers He's ready It's coming down the pike Slider, outside... Yount reaches for it... Gets some wood on it It's rolling towards Fouts... He scoops it up smoothly Firing to Potpie in one motion... Close play... SAFE!... by a whisker Potpie is arguing the call But to no avail That's a single for Yount The "Commerce Comet" is striding to the plate Mickey looks down at third base for a sign Yount leads from first... Chris Chambliss yells some encouragement Mantle awaits the delivery The righthander Rodney's delivery Mantle drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play Harmon Killebrew is up next for AL Post WWII One out, top of the 9th FOFC leads 15 to 6 Reggie Jackson is on deck Killebrew gets set He's 1 for 3 so far Rodney looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Rodney goes into his stretch... Looks at Yount... He fires one to Potpie... Yount dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Rodney comes home It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch FOFC gets the second out of the inning Now batting will be Jackson The right fielder for AL Post WWII Yount will be running if it's hit Rodney is ready quickly Rodney goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Yount He lobs one to Potpie... Yount is back easily... We're ready again Now Rodney comes home There goes Yount... And it's ball four... Yount pulls up and walks into second Yaz steps in... Yastrzemski has hit 6 home runs this year Rodney has the sign from Hays A check on the runners... the pitch Yastrzemski swings very late He pops it foul Hays gives chase Here comes Fouts They are both at the rail... Just next to the screen Neither can make the play . . . Yastrzemski back in the box And here comes the next pitch Fly ball into left-center field Tucker coming over... Wait, now Gazelle is over... He waves off Tucker and makes the catch So a put out for left fielder Gerald Gazelle And that will do it for AL Post WWII FOFC wins 15 to 6 Babson gets credit for the win Ryan takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 3 for 5 with a homerun He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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06-03-2013, 09:39 PM | #721 |
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8/3 Radio Broadcast - Game 118
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Al Mighty with his 6 and 7 record Will be facing Luis Aparicio Here we go, well almost... Here comes Hays out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start Al is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Swung on and popped up Nights is waiting... And that's an easy out Nobody on, one away for AL Post WWII Up now is Carew Carew goes through his routine of settling in Mighty is ready quickly Here's Mighty's windup And the lefthander comes home with it Carew sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Mighty Easy out One more chance for AL Post WWII in the top of the 1st The "Mick" steps in to face Al Mighty Mantle is hitting .295 with 35 homeruns Mickey also has 13 doubles and 4 triples And has driven in a total of 90 runs Mantle tells the umpire he's ready Here's the windup... and the pitch There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Mantle No chance for either Nights or Ton That one had base hit written all over it Killebrew leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Against lefthanders Killebrew is hitting .226 this season Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... The southpaw Mighty's delivery on the 3-0 pitch Mighty's pitch is a rising fastball Killebrew tries to hold up Ball four Hays points down to first He did not go around Kaline now at the plate Carlton Fisk waits on deck Left-hander Al Mighty prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Kaline Now ready, here it is... Kaline takes inside, for a ball... Kaline will trot down to first... He walks to load the bases Mantle and Killebrew move up Carlton Fisk is up next for AL Post WWII Carlton Fisk will get a crack at Mighty next Carl Yastrzemski would be up next... But only if Fisk can reach safely Fisk is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Fisk is set for the pitch The southpaw delivers Grounded to second Taken by Blade His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's out number three Fisk leaves the bases loaded So for AL Post WWII, No runs, one hit, no errors and 3 men left on base AL Post WWII 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 AL Post WWII this evening is Yastrzemski... with Mantle in center and Kaline in right Around the diamond, from third to first It's Robinson, Aparicio, Carew and Killebrew... The battery consists of Newhouser on the mound and Fisk behind the plate... First batter for the All Stars will be Barrett Blade Blade grips the bat handle Blade gets set for the pitch The kick and the pitch Fastball... Blade jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Mantle after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Mickey Mantle! A. J. Tucker, the center fielder, strides to the plate Tucker, a switch-hitter, facing the left-handed Newhouser Tucker is waiting on the pitch Newhouser is into his windup Here's the pitch Tucker fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of third Robinson is over quickly Easy out Two down Hal Newhouser retires the first two batters in order Now batting will be Gazelle The right fielder for FOFC The righthander, Gazelle has an average of .275 His success against lefties, like Newhouser is better, however, at .324 Newhouser studies his sign Newhouser fires Curveball, breaking in on him DOWN HE GOES!... It missed him for ball four Gazelle's slow getting up... Here comes Tay Pemup the trainer... He looks OK, just shaken up a bit... Gazelle heads down to first Gazelle edges away from the bag Gazelle holding close to the bag Newhouser watching him closely Jeeberoni Potpie is up next FOFC's first baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs The right-handed Potpie will be facing the southpaw 10 of his 32 home runs come via this route Newhouser is happy with the sign The lefthander Newhouser comes home with it Long fly ball to left field This one is deep! IT MIGHT BE, IT MAY BE, IT IS!!! That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 33rd home run of the year. Ton gets set at the plate We'll see how they pitch to Ton Waiting for the pitch is Ton And now the pitch... Ton lines one over short for a single He rounds the bag hard and starts for second Oh, look at that throw by Carl Yastrzemski Ton scrambles back to first and holds And now here's Dan Fouts Harry Hays on deck... Two outs here in the bottom of the 1st Dan takes a couple of practice cuts He's ready The lefty Newhouser delivers Fouts laces a hit into the outfield Al Kaline picks it up Fires it to the infield Fouts holds with a single Walking up to the plate now is Hays FOFC leading in the game Hays is batting .352 with 12 homers this year He's ready Newhouser rocks and fires Hays reaches out and pokes it on the ground to center Base hit for Hays FOFC adds to their lead FOFC leads 3 to 0 Now here's Nights 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd Newhouser has the sign he wants He's into the stretch Checks Hays at first Quick throw! He has to dive back in!... SAFE!... Close play Killebrew tosses it back to Newhouser Now here's the pitch Nights pops a fastball straight up Who will take it?... And it will be Aparicio making the play That retires the side FOFC with a 3 run lead It's FOFC 3 and AL Post WWII still looking to score their first run Yastrzemski saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Carl is batting .259 in 135 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Brooks Robinson And Al studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it Mighty's into the windup... the delivery Yastrzemski rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Tucker is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by A. J. Tucker One down for AL Post WWII Brooks Robinson is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for AL Post WWII Robinson moseys up to the plate Hal Newhouser is heading for the on-deck circle Robinson has a .333 average against lefthanders He is .329 overall Mighty steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Now Al delivers Robinson gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Nights into the outfield... Base hit for Robinson Newhouser squares as Mighty delivers the pitch Al Mighty charges and picks up the bunt He fires to first Just in time to nail Newhouser, the sacrifice works Two gone for AL Post WWII The shortstop, Luis Aparicio will be up next for AL Post WWII Hays flashes the sign... Mighty waves it off... Now he's happy Mighty brings it to the plate Pounded on the ground to the mound Taken by Mighty Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 That's all for AL Post WWII After 1 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC on top 3 to 0 The pitcher Mighty will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then A. J. Tucker Newhouser gets the sign, it's one he likes The lefthander Newhouser delivers Swung on and chopped down the third base line Robinson stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by Brooks Robinson One up, one down for FOFC Blade is up next One gone, bottom of the 2nd A. J. Tucker moves out on deck Fisk flashes the sign to Newhouser The 2-1 delivery by the lefthander Swung on and popped up Aparicio is waiting... And that's an easy out Two down Fisk asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Fisk and Newhouser Tucker heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth A. J. will be facing the left-handed Newhouser from the right side of the plate The switch hitting center fielder is 0 for 1 Tucker lined out his last time at bat Tucker gets ready for Newhouser's pitch His bat is cocked It's coming down the pike Tucker swings He sends one to the deepest part of right-center That's going to get through to the fence Tucker rounds second... The throw not nearly in time, a triple A. J. Tucker now has 8 three-baggers this season Gazelle is up now for FOFC Gazelle has 9 doubles this year Newhouser looks down at Fisk for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw delivers the 3-0 pitch He misses outside Ball four Facing Newhouser now is Potpie K. A. Ton heads to the on deck circle Dan Fouts waits in the hole Potpie is at .293 on the season Hal is ready The southpaw Newhouser delivers the 1-0 pitch Hard ground ball to third Robinson grabs it Tosses to second He's out Score It: 5-4 The runner on first, Gazelle, is out That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings, FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While AL Post WWII has no runs, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 on base AL Post WWII has stranded 4 As we head into the 3rd the Post-Americans will send up Rod Carew They need 3 runs to catch FOFC as they trail 3 to 0 Looking for his first hit today Carew is 0 for 1 Carew is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mighty He's waiting for the pitch Al rocks and fires Carew lofts a fly to deep right Gazelle trots slowly under it... He makes the catch One down for AL Post WWII Mickey Mantle is still in the on-deck circle and Harmon Killebrew is looking for a bat in the dugout Mantle finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Mantle has managed a .408 average against lefthanders this year Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Mighty brings it to the plate The pitch is just inside and Mantle holds up Hays points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Mickey trots down to first... ball four Settling in at the plate is Killebrew The FOFC outfield is playing Killebrew almost straight away Unusual for the power hitter But with Mighty on the mound it is understandable Mighty is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Mighty looks in... Now he's ready The pitch on the way, here it is... Low and away...Swung on... Lined into left... Ton 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 Killebrew That pitch looked like a fastball But it sure had a lot of movement on it Walking up now to the plate is Kaline Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants After checking the runners Here comes the pitch Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Nights Over to second for one Over to first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Mantle takes third The runner on first, Killebrew, is out Two down Due up next is Carlton Fisk Let's see what happens now Slowly coming up is Fisk for AL Post WWII He is finally in the batter's box FOFC ahead 3 to 0 The outfield shades towards left for Fisk Fisk awaits the delivery Here's the southpaw's delivery Fastball... just inside That'll be ball four and a walk That loads them up for AL Post WWII That'll bring up Carl Yastrzemski FOFC leads by a 3-run margin We're in the top of the 3rd Before getting ready Yastrzemski checks out the defensive alignment Mighty has the sign from Hays The southpaw Mighty's delivery Hit on the ground to short Nights comes up with it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 That ends the inning After 2 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 3 Ton up now to lead off Newhouser is slow to get ready He has a 4.76 ERA this year Now he's ready Newhouser is into his windup Here's the pitch Bounced towards the hole Fielded nicely by Carew Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 And there's one away Coming up for FOFC is Dan Fouts Nobody on base, one out Fouts looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Fouts is ready Now to the belt, here it is... Fouts rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Robinson Fouts takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Yastrzemski to get that ball in quickly Hays saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Hays is taking his practice swings Harry is 1 for 1 this evening Hays readies himself for the pitch The stretch... the 2-1 delivery Hays raps a hard grass cutter toward short Aparicio takes two steps to his left Scoops it up Over to second for one Back to first for the deuce! The side is retired No runs, one hit and no errors Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz Brooks Robinson stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Robinson has a .385 average against lefties Mighty likes the sign Mighty kicks, delivers There's a ground ball into the hole Fouts and Nights converge on it It's picked by Fouts who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! With one down, up next is Hal Newhouser To be followed by Luis Aparicio And it brings up Hal Newhouser On deck is Luis Aparicio Rod Carew in the hole Al Mighty steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Mighty brings it to the plate LINE DRIVE Blade snares it for the out! Score It: 4 Two up, two down Luis Aparicio will step in to face Mighty next If he gets on, Rod Carew will follow Aparicio steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Luis is 0 for 2 today Aparicio cocks his bat The pitch is on the way A high fastball... Aparicio swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Hays Harry is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Aparicio was looking for the breaking ball That's out number three A perfect inning for Mighty here in the top of the 4th Here's Nights to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Old Timers clipping Caribbean 6 to 2 Negro League I is giving it to NL Post WWII 9 to 4 Stearnes has hit his 17th homerun for Negro League I Negro League II and AL Pre WWII have yet to score NL Pre WWII leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Hornsby has hit his 15th homerun for NL Pre WWII Turn of Century is edging Japanese League 1 to 0 Late 20th is pounding Left Outs 7 to 0 And here in FOFC FOFC ahead 3 to 0 Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National Nights is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Jeff certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Newhouser earn his salary Nights waits patiently Here's the 0-2 offering There's a ground ball up the middle It gets by the pitcher It's headed into center field OH, Rod Carew gets to the ball... But there won't be a throw Base hit for Nights Mighty looks to lay one down He bunts it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by H.Newhouser the throw to first... Out Mighty gets the job done. One out The All Stars have a 3 run lead One away, one on As Blade walks from the on deck circle Newhouser adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Fisk The home town crowd is yelling out to Nights telling him to watch out as Carew sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Newhouser delivers the 3-2 offering It's in on the wrists Barrett tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... Yes, Newhouser walks him Now batting will be A. J. Tucker The center fielder is walking to the plate Two on... one out FOFC up by 3 Tucker can't seem to get settled at the plate A. J. is ready for the delivery Newhouser brings it home Base hit to left for Tucker Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Nights scores! Trailing runners advance. Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle The right fielder is walking to the plate Blade on third, Tucker on second... one out FOFC up by 4 Gazelle is batting .275 with 23 HR's this year Hal looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The southpaw's 0-2 delivery The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Gazelle swung, that's strike three Gazelle isn't happy at all with that call That's out number two Post-Americans' pitching coach, Mel Stottlemyer, is out to talk with Newhouser Looks like he wants to go over something with him Planting his right foot Potpie is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Potpie A single could plate two runs Hal is set to go... a quick look toward Fisk again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag FOFC's clean-up hitter is waiting Newhouser has allowed 9 taters to righties this year And 6 when facing lefties Here's his delivery Swung on... And Potpie got a little piece of it But Fisk held on to the tip, strike three That's three outs, side retired |
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8/3 Radio Broadcast Continued
Here's the second baseman Carew To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Mickey Mantle And then Harmon Killebrew Carew is 0 for 2 today Mighty steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Al is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Carew chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Mighty Nights snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! While Harmon Killebrew heads for the on deck circle Mickey Mantle makes his way to the plate Al Mighty has shut AL Post WWII out, so far He has a 3-hitter going here in the top of the 5th Here's the 3-1 offering Mantle lifts a long fly ball... Heading into left... Hit pretty good, carrying very well... Ton heading back... IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN! Killebrew walks to the plate Killebrew is 1 for 1 today He is currently batting .221 Ton, Tucker and Gazelle are playing him deep The bat is cocked Here's the 3-0 pitch Curveball, high in the strike zone... Killebrew goes after it... There's a high fly... going deep K. A. Ton leaps at the fence... He can't get it... It's gone A home run for Harmon Killebrew Kaline is ready to face Mighty Kaline is 0 for 1 today Mighty adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Mighty kicks and fires A jug-handled curve Kaline goes out and gets it It's a liner to left Ton will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Al Kaline One on, one out Fisk walks to the batter's box Fisk gets set He's 0 for 1 so far Fisk waits on Mighty Mighty looks at the runner The pitch Here's a big breaking curve, inside... Fisk takes a cut at it... Hits a grounder to third Fouts comes up with the smooth pickup... He tosses it to second... That's one out The relay to first... Not in time Fisk beats the throw by a step Two down Two out, Fisk at first Coming up is Carl Yastrzemski The outfield's shaded towards right With Yastrzemski at the plate The count is nothing and 2 Yastrzemski has to protect the plate Mighty goes into his stretch... Looks over at Fisk Fires to Potpie... Fisk is back easily... We're ready again Now Mighty comes home The Whiff! Mighty punches Yastrzemski out! That wraps up the inning for AL Post WWII By the way, AL Post WWII is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Ton is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box K. A. is hitting at .305 on the year He has 43 hits in 141 at bats This includes 10 doubles, 2 triples 12 home runs and 37 RBI's Ton awaits the delivery The lefthander delivers STRIKE THREE, CALLED! One out Due up next is Dan Fouts One out, nobody on base Dan Fouts is the batter Fouts is one of the most feared sluggers The left-hander Newhouser is now ready "Prince Hal" fires it homeward... Ball four is the call Newhouser can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Newhouser Fouts takes first base FOFC catcher, Harry Hays, is up next Hays steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Hays looks very intent... He stares down at Newhouser... Cocks his bat Newhouser goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Fouts He lobs one to Killebrew... Fouts is back easily... We're ready again Now Newhouser comes home Line drive Caught by Robinson Over to first DOUBLE PLAY! So it is nothing across for the All Stars in the bottom of the 5th After 5 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors While AL Post WWII has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors Robinson comes to the plate leading off FOFC ahead 4 to 2 Mighty has a 6-hitter going through 5 innings Mighty's 1-1 pitch... Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Old Timers is beating Caribbean 6 to 2 Negro League I is crushing NL Post WWII 14 to 4 Negro League II is edging AL Pre WWII 1 to 0 NL Pre WWII slipping by Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 Turn of Century winning over Japanese League 6 to 0 Late 20th jumping all over Left Outs 10 to 1 George Kell is going to bat for Hal Newhouser AL Post WWII needs baserunners desperately Kell knows how to get on base He has a .368 OBP He hits left handers at a .400 clip He steps out of the dugout and makes his way to the plate Walking up to the plate now is Kell Luis Aparicio waits on deck George looks at the sign from the coach at third Don Zimmer flashes a series of them... Now Kell taps the bat on home plate Kell awaits the pitch Now Al delivers Looped to left...and it will drop for a hit So that brings up the top of the order Luis Aparicio will step in Aparicio swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Mighty Mighty adjusts his cap... Now he's set The pitch to Aparicio... There's a fly ball into straight-away left Ton one hands it... OUT! Two gone for AL Post WWII Carew is up now for AL Post WWII Carew is 0 for 3 today Al peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Mighty checks Kell on first... The 2-1 delivery Ripped to third, but right at Fouts...easy out And that retires the side Whitey Ford will be coming on to pitch for AL Post WWII Whitey has appeared in 59 games this season with a record of 4-4 with 3 saves He's been man-handled by the opposition this year His ERA stands at 6.02 Nights saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Ford wastes no time He has the sign from Fisk The lefthander Ford delivers It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Nights checks his swing Fisk appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Jeff So one up and one gone One away, nobody on base Pflaggstettler stands ready at the plate Persimmon takes a couple of practice cuts He's ready for the delivery Ford brings it to the plate Extra base hit to center for Pflaggstettler Mickey Mantle is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up The All Stars' second baseman is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out Blade has 20 doubles this year Blade waits for the delivery Ford brings it to the plate Flyball to left it's caught Pflaggstettler has a chance to move up... Pflaggstettler is trying to advance to third base... Here's the play... He's OUT! Starting the top of the 7th for AL Post WWII is Mantle Fozborg shakes off two signs Now he's ready Sirr rocks and fires In the dirt And Mantle holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning The tying run comes to the plate, in the person of Harmon Killebrew Post-Americans with 1 runner on base All Stars have the lead, 4-2 Harmon is batting .223 in 430 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Al Kaline Harmon stands with bat ready Fozborg goes into his stretch... Looks over at Mantle Fires to Potpie... Mantle is back easily... We're ready again Now Fozborg comes home Grounded into the hole Nice play by Nights Throw to second for one Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Fozborg Kaline coming up for AL Post WWII Nobody on, two away Kaline can't seem to get settled at the plate The right-hander Fozborg is set to deliver to Kaline Fozborg rocks and fires Swung on and hit sharply to third Fouts plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! That's all for AL Post WWII After 6 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC on top 4 to 2 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Here's the center fielder Tucker To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle And then Jeeberoni Potpie A. J. steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Tucker is 2 for 3 today He singled last time up Tucker is set for the 3-1 pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery There's a towering fly ball hit by Tucker Mantle sprints over, and makes the catch With one gone FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle The left fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 2 Fisk flashes the sign... Ford shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Ford brings it to the plate Swung on and missed by Gazelle, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for Gazelle That's two away Aparicio comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Ford Jeeberoni Potpie will be next up... Jeeberoni Potpie will step in to face Ford next If he gets on, Sirr Fozborg will follow Ford is ready quickly The pitch is on the way There's a fly ball to Mickey Mantle Mantle circles under it... He makes the play That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 4-2, FOFC Fisk steps up to the plate for AL Post WWII It's the top of the 8th here at FOFC Stadium FOFC leads 4 to 2 Fisk has a .324 average against righthanders this season Fozborg adjusts his cap... Now he's set With a 1-2 count Fozborg kicks and fires Fisk swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Fozborg strikes out Carlton Fisk And there's one away AL Post WWII sends the left fielder, Carl Yastrzemski, up to the plate Yastrzemski is taking his practice swings Carl is 0 for 3 this evening He struck out last time at bat Yastrzemski waiting on the delivery Into the windup... here's the pitch Yastrzemski hits a grounder into the hole Jeeberoni Potpie somehow reaches the ball... But he's in no position to make a throw Base hit for Yastrzemski Yastrzemski at first, one out Brooks Robinson is ready at the plate Brooks is hitting at .329 on the year He has 25 hits in 76 at bats Today, he is 1 for 3 Robinson grounded out his last time up All set, Robinson is ready for the pitch Fozborg goes into his stretch... Looks at Yastrzemski... He fires one to Potpie... Yastrzemski dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Fozborg comes home Brooks Robinson 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 Joe Torre will send up a pinch hitter Yes, George Brett steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Fozborg Brett is batting .263 on the year He has 17 round trippers and 59 RBI's Now batting will be George Brett Brett is batting .263 with 17 HR's this year Fozborg studies his sign Fozborg brings it home Fastball, at the knees... Brett takes a rip at it... It's a grounder hit right at Blade... Moving towards second... He grabs it... And just steps on the bag For the easy forceout That's it for AL Post WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and no errors While AL Post WWII has 2 runs, 8 hits and no errors AL Post WWII has left 10 on base FOFC has stranded 6 Jim Palmer will be coming on to pitch for AL Post WWII Jim has appeared in 38 games this season He has a record of 7-7 in 92 innings His ERA stands at 6.28 Here's Gunner to get us started in the bottom of the 8th Stepping out, Gunner looks into the dugout Steps back in Gunner is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Palmer He's waiting for the pitch The righthander Palmer delivers Gunner really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Kaline has a shot at it He leaps for it at the fence... OUT!!! One up, one down Nobody on base, one away Fouts steps into the batter's box Fouts adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Dan is 2 for 2 this evening Fouts waits Palmer kicks and delivers Fouts starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Palmer walks him Hays coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Fouts on first, with one away Jim looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Now the delivery, here is is... Hays swings and lifts one toward left Yastrzemski drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 2 The All Stars have 9 hits on the evening Stepping in the batter's box, Nights Fouts at first, two away Nights is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Nights waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the righthander's delivery Curve ball... Low and away... Nights reaches for it... Pops it straight up Two players have a chance for it And it will be Carew making the play So that will be all for FOFC here in the last of the 8th The All Stars will be adding to their 8 game win streak if Fozborg can close this game out We now head into the 9th Here's Luis Aparicio leading off Rod Carew is on deck And Mickey Mantle is in the hole Kronside ready quickly, looks in for the sign Here's the 3-2 pitch There's a ground ball into the hole Fouts and Nights converge on it It's fielded by Fouts who fires to first SAFE is the call by the ump Close play!! Carew steps in Aparicio's trying to rattle Jace Kronside by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Carew goes through his routine of settling in Rod is ready for the delivery He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Aparicio dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Kronside Now here's the pitch Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Carew is outta there That's one away The "Commerce Comet" is striding to the plate Right-hander Kronside eyes the lefty Mantle Kronside checks Aparicio on first Now the 0-1 pitch Grounded into the hole Nice play by Blade Throws to second He's out Over to first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 And that will do it for AL Post WWII FOFC wins 4 to 2 Mighty gets credit for the win Kronside notches the save Newhouser takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 1 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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Manager Update
The team is continuing to play well...after congratulating the guys and making sure they know that I'm proud of the efforts, I head into my office, and I turn on the TV... TSPC Television – SportsZone I catch the show already in progress, but ironically they are talking about us... "...in Baseball things have taken a pretty serious turn of events. The FOFC team is back to playing great ball." "Yes they are..." The second host, who I don't recognize chimes in, "They have now won 9 in a row and they have reopened a lead on the NL Post War team by 4.5 games." "This division has been a real see-saw all season, the FOFCers up by 5, then the lead cut to 1, back to 5, back to 1, up by 3, then trailing to now finding themselves clearly back in the drivers seat." "But that could come to a quick change as the NL Post War team has a series with these red hot FOFCers starting tomorrow". "We have brought in...." CLICK I turn off the TV...I want to revel in my good feelings not get stressed about our next series starting tomorrow... Last edited by Breeze : 06-04-2013 at 03:05 PM. |
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After getting the guys through the morning workout, I quick step it to the office knowing the 11:00 show on the DLB Channel was coming on and they would, after hitting the major highlights from last night lead with a breakdown of our series with the Post Nationals…I am interested now to hear what they have to say.
DLB Channel “Welcome to the DLB Channel, I’m David Belcher your host and with me today are some great baseball heroes, Lou Burdette, Dom DiMaggio, and Dan Quisenberry. We’ll start by breaking down last nights action, and there is no better place to start than with the red hot FOFCers…these guys lost first place not that long ago, and since they’ve ripped off 9 straight wins. That’s one way to prove… I walk back into the club house, throw together a quick sandwich and get a bottle of water before heading back into the office to pick up on the show. “ …and the poor Japanese All Stars, just can’t catch a break dropping another one to the Turn of the Century team…this time getting shut out 6 to 0. We’ll be back to talk about league news and the upcoming games,” I sit through a commercial about low rate car insurance, some analgesic balm I’ve never heard of, and some ambulance chasing lawyer before the show comes back up… “With the season coming down the home stretch, and both leagues currently being led by 4.5 games, this week could be very important, but even more important in the National League where the top two teams will be squaring off. I’ve got my panel of Burdette, DiMaggio, and Quisenberry to help me break this down, and fellas, I have to say, for early August, this series could be about a crucial as it gets.” Dom starts things off, “Remember it may be only early August, but the league doesn’t play 162 games, and with most teams sitting around 120 games, then we are only talking about another 30 to 35 to go. You really don’t want fall 6 or more back with 30 to go. That’s pretty hard to make up.” David says, “You think so?” “Well, think about it. If you’re down 6 games and you go 20 and 10 over the last 30, the team you’re chasing only needs to play .500 ball and they still win the division, and playing .667 ball isn’t easy.” “But the NL Posters have shown the ability to do just that,” Burdette chimes in to defend his contemporaries. “Oh, they certainly have, and I wouldn’t diminish their abilities in any way, I’m only pointing out how serious the series is for the Post Nationals,” Dom qualifies. David, steering the conversation asks, “Dan, what do you see as the key to this series?” “It’s got to be the pitching. Both teams can hit, but they have to be able to pitch out of problems to get the wins and it will be interesting to see who’s able to accomplish that.” “What do you think will happen?” Dan follows up. “We’ll these two teams have played 8 times this year with the NL Post team winning 7 of them. I’d say that indicates the Posters are sitting in a prime spot to make up some ground. However, the posters have a problem right now. Gaylord Perry got hurt a few games back, and the Post team is short on arms to begin with. This lack of bullpen depth is really going to impact that team’s ability to match up late and to uses fresh arms. I think this will potentially cost the NL Post team a game or two in this series.” “Remember when the FOFCers were playing poorly and dropping games, Bo Knowles was hurt, and that really limited Benton’s ability to use his standard bullpen rotations. They dropped several games late and they scrapped it around for about 3 weeks while they waiting on Bo to heal. This is what the NL Posters are dealing with now,” Dom explains. Burdette adds, “The Posters are going to need their starters to get deep into games, but I don’t think that will be a problem. It’s not like they aren’t throwing great arms at the FOFCers. The series will start with Seaver going for the Posters, and he’s got to be a serious candidate for the pitcher of the year award. Then after talking with the guys on the team, it looks like they could go any number of ways with the second starter but it will probably be Gibson or Marichal. The third game looks like maybe Koufax. So I think the Posters feel good about the arms they are using, and I’m confident they’ll get to the 7 inning to ease the burden on the pen arms.” Quisenberry counters, “You’re right some impressive arms, but I’ll bet Benton is pretty pleased the way his rotation is lining up for this series. He’ll start with Williams, then he’ll have Nielsen, who is probably the leader in the clubhouse when it comes to Pitcher of the Year voting, and he’ll bring Babson out third. These guys aren’t slouches.” “No they aren’t,” agrees Dom, “but they do tend to give up home runs and you don’t want to do that against the NL Posters. The Posters have 3 guys with 40 Homeruns already…Aaron, Matthews, and Banks, and they have several more that might still get to that number. This team kills mistakes and the FOFC pitchers make quite a few typically. In fact, it is this power that has really lead to that 7-1 split in the first 8 games between these two teams, and honestly, I think it is going to be that power that allows the Posters to close in on the FOFC players and it will make this stretch run very entertaining.” |
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8/4 Radio Broadcast - Game 119
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And what a game we have for you tonight! This series has been circled on the calenders for weeks now and we're finally going to see it play out on the field. Tonight's match up features 13 and 1 Tom Seaver against 12 and 2 Jimmy Williams, you know it doesn't get much better than this. And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and NL Post WWII The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Joe Morgan to lead it off for NL Post WWII Williams goes into his windup And here's the 3-2 offering What a pitch... strike three Williams put that one on the black, a perfect pitch One away Roberto Clemente, a fine hitter, is due up next Willie Mays will follow One out, nobody on base Roberto Clemente is the batter Watching Williams, Clemente wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Clemente is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Williams He's waiting for the pitch The lefthander delivers Fastball, belt high... Swung on... Clemente drills a drive down the line Stan Gunner racing towards the line... Dives for it, but can't make the play He does knock it down... He recovers quickly, tossing the ball in Nights has it as Clemente coasts into second base with a double Almost a great snag by Gunner Facing Williams now is Mays Hank Aaron heads to the on deck circle Stan Musial waits in the hole Mays is batting .307 with 29 homers this year Williams steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign We've got a full count... Williams winds and fires... It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Nights for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! NL Post WWII with one more chance to take the lead One on, two out, score tied NL Post WWII is 4 and 6 in their last ten games NL Post WWII left fielder, Hank Aaron, is up next A base hit should score Clemente Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Hays He brings it home Aaron hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to first for the out That ends the inning NL Post WWII threatens but does not score here in the top of the 1st NL Post WWII has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively In the outfield from left to right Aaron in left... Mays in center... And Clemente in right The infield, third to first Mathews will play the hot corner Banks is at short Over at second, Morgan and at first base Musial Seaver gets the nod as starter The masked man behind the dish is Campanella FOFC second baseman, Barrett Blade, will lead off So far this season Blade is hitting .247 when facing righthanded pitching Blade waits Here's the righthander's delivery Blade hits a screamer at Ernie Banks Banks picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Musial off the bag Musial swipes with the glove Blade is out! Nice play by Musial One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is still in the on-deck circle and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking for a bat in the dugout A. J. Tucker is up to face Tom Seaver He told me in the pregame show That he was seeing the ball very good in practice The right-hander Seaver is set to deliver to Tucker The windup, the pitch Sinking fastball... Tucker swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Banks... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Seaver retires two in a row Potpie digs in at the plate Ready now for Seaver to come set Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers Seaver steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Seaver brings it to the plate Ground ball through the middle Morgan ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! 1-2-3, nothing across... NL Post WWII will send Musial, Roy Campanella, and Ernie Banks to face John Williams this inning Musial grips the bat handle John is ready Now John delivers Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Musial One out Due up next is Roy Campanella "Campy" is coming to the plate We'll see how they pitch to Campanella Campanella waits for the delivery And the delivery by Williams Curve, at the belt... Campanella times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Stan Gunner retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! The slim Ernie Banks is now batting "Mr. Cub" holds his bat high wiggles it nervously as he gets ready foor the pitch Ernie, of course, carries a big load for NL Post WWII He is not only 2nd in the league in home runs with 40 But, also, 2nd in RBI's with 93 and 4th in slugging with a .613 mark No pitcher likes to see him at the plate John peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Williams kicks and fires He hits a tough grounder to the mound Williams comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 NL Post WWII leads 1 to 0 with two away this inning Two away, nobody on Mathews comes to the plate for NL Post WWII Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Williams throws the 3-2 pitch It's wide... he missed with a slider Mathews will stroll down to first He continues to get on base with regularity He has a .405 OBP this year Seaver is up now for NL Post WWII Williams has the sign from Hays The lefthander Williams delivers Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Nights THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 6-3 NL Post WWII gets 1 in the top of the 2nd One run, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 1 and a half innings, NL Post WWII leads by 1 The All Stars will send Pflaggstettler, Stan Gunner, and Deacon Palmer up to the plate this inning Campanella flashes the sign... Seaver waves it off... Now he's happy Seaver fires Pflaggstettler raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Mathews just got his glove up in time Great reflexes One down for FOFC Stan Gunner is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Nobody on base, one away Gunner steps into the batter's box The lefty hitting Gunner, will face the righty Seaver 14 of his 14 home runs are against righties Gunner is set Way ahead in the count Seaver turns the 0-2 pitch loose Screaming liner towards second Tough chance for Morgan He makes a great catch! Score It: 4 Two down Campanella asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Campanella and Seaver That brings up Deacon Palmer, the third baseman Palmer is at .339 on the season Seaver is on the first-base side of the rubber... Seaver rocks and fires Palmer is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That ends the inning After 2 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 1 Morgan 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 Morgan has a .263 average against lefthanders He is .264 overall Morgan is ready The southpaw Williams' delivery Joe raps a high bouncer toward third Palmer snatches it on the third hop Overhands one to first Easy out One away Roberto Clemente, a fine hitter, is due up next Willie Mays will follow Clemente finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Roberto is batting at .330 with 17 home runs He is 1 for 1 so far today Clemente is waiting on the pitch Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Williams The delivery Clemente drives one into right Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints over to make the play Two up, two down Mays departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate The right-handed Mays will be facing the southpaw 11 of his 29 home runs come via this route He's ready for the delivery Here's the southpaw's delivery It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Nights takes off after it... Leaps... And Mays is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Jeff is very fine fielder! That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII Time to check out the rest of the scores NL Pre WWII is in front of Caribbean 4 to 1 Grimes comfortably ahead for NL Pre WWII AL Pre WWII is edging Negro League I 1 to 0 AL Post WWII is edging Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Hunter battling Plank Japanese League and Left Outs are scoreless Negro League II and Turn of Century are scoreless Late 20th is edging Old Timers 2 to 1 Carter has hit his 8th homerun for Late 20th And here in FOFC NL Post WWII ahead 1 to 0 Hays will come up to lead off the bottom of the 3rd Seaver eyes Hays intently Seaver brings it to the plate Slow ground ball Banks is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT NL Post WWII gets the first out of the inning Now batting will be Jeff Nights The shortstop is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out NL Post WWII leads FOFC by 1 run Right-hander Seaver eyes the righty Nights Seaver quick pitches him The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Nights held up, and draws a walk Seaver isn't happy at all with that call John Williams shows bunt And lays it down right to Stan Musial Musial looks at second But passes up a sure force play He fires to first to retire Williams But Nights moves up FOFC was in luck that time... Credit John Williams with a sacrifice That's the second out of the inning The All Stars' second baseman is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs A base hit should score Nights Seaver looks down at Campanella for the sign Now he's ready Tom rocks and fires Fastball... just outside And Blade will take first on the walk Tucker pounds the plate Now he stares out at Seaver Against righthanders Tucker is hitting .281 Tucker waiting on the delivery Now Tom delivers Base hit to right for Tucker Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Nights is out at home! Hank Aaron to lead it off for NL Post WWII Aaron has hit 41 home runs this year 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 And now the pitch... Aaron swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Williams strikes out Hank Aaron And there's one away NL Post WWII firstsacker, Stan Musial will be up next The Post-Nationals, like all teams, like to see a lot of offensive production out of their firstbasemen Certainly, Musial has not disappointed Musial is one of the best hitters around Left-hander John Williams prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Musial The southpaw delivers Fastball, busted in on the hands Musial manages to get a piece of it Bouncing it over the mound Nights cuts it off in front of the bag Rifles a throw to Potpie... And Musial is called out on a close play Two men gone, nobody on NL Post WWII leads by 1 Walking up to the plate now is Campanella Ernie Banks waits on deck Campanella steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Roy is 1 for 1 today Campanella awaits the delivery Williams winds and delivers There is a shot right up the middle Hit right on the nose by Campanella It bounces right into the waiting glove of Tucker Campanella has himself a single Here's the 6'1", 180 pound Ernie Banks coming up to bat Banks is 0 for 1 today Ernie grounded out last time around He should get a good one to knock The count 3 and 1 Ernie gets the bat back... It's coming down the pike Ground ball to short Nights comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's it here in the top of the 4th It's 1-0 in favor of the visitors from NL Post WWII We'll be back in just a moment The first baseman Potpie will start things off for the All Stars Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers Seaver adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Campanella The righthander Seaver delivers Ball four is the call Seaver can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Seaver Potpie takes first base One on, no outs Coming up for FOFC is Pflaggstettler Persimmon takes a couple of practice cuts Seaver looks down at Campanella for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Seaver looks at the runner The pitch Double play ball Banks has it on one bounce Morgan for one Musial for two Banks to Morgan to Musial Two out, nobody on NL Post WWII leads 1 to 0 Nobody on, two away Gunner steps in for FOFC Gunner swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Seaver Now set, Gunner waits for the pitch Seaver's righthanded delivery... Gunner hits a fly ball to center Willie Mays camps under it This should wrap up the inning... That's it We head to the 5th... The score is still NL Post WWII 1, All Stars 0 Mathews saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Mathews is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Eddie certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Williams earn his salary Mathews looks very intent... He stares down at Williams... Cocks his bat It's a full count... Williams winds and fires... Knee high fastball... Mathews hits a deep fly... Pflaggstettler retreating to the fence... He times his leap... He's got it! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games NL Pre WWII with the lead over Caribbean 7 to 4 Gonzalez has hit his 23rd homerun for Caribbean AL Pre WWII leads Negro League I 1 to 0 Faber and Day currently dueling AL Post WWII leads Dead Ball Era 2 to 1 Left Outs leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Turn of Century with the lead over Negro League II 4 to 1 Young comfortably ahead for Turn of Century Late 20th leads Old Timers 2 to 1 Now batting will be Tom Seaver The pitcher is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out NL Post WWII up by 1 Stepping in and then stepping out again Seaver looks to third for a sign Seaver tells the umpire he's ready Williams brings it home Seaver hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to first for the out Two gone for NL Post WWII Now here's Morgan Morgan has a .261 average against lefties Morgan waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Williams is into his windup Here's the pitch Good slider, inside part of the plate Morgan gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium After 4 and a half innings NL Post WWII leads 1 to 0 We'll be right back... |
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8/4 Radio Broadcast Continued
Palmer will come up to lead off the bottom of the 5th FOFC's fans are looking for some runs from their team Palmer looks down toward the third base coach Palmer, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Seaver "Tom Terrific" fires it home... Ripped to third, but right at Mathews...easy out That's one away Harry Hays, the catcher, strides to the plate Hays is 0 for 1 today Tom Seaver steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The righthander delivers Swung on and hit sharply to short Banks plays it on one hop Over to Musial... Out of there! That's two away Banks comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Seaver Jeff Nights will be next up... Up next for the All Stars Jeff Nights, the shortstop... If he gets on, John Williams would bat next Nights has hit 13 home runs this year Seaver looks down at Campanella for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Sharp breaking curveball... Nights reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Banks... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Musial at first! Nights is out easily That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 5 innings, NL Post WWII has one run, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 2 on base NL Post WWII has stranded 3 Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron are due up Clemente is 1 for 2 today Roberto flied out last time up Williams is happy with the sign And the cripple pitch... Sharp slider, catches the outside corner Clemente swings at it... Hammers a hard grounder right at third Picked up smoothly... Throw to first... IT'S OFF THE BAG!!... Potpie grabs it, turns back to the bag NOT IN TIME! Clemente is SAFE! That'll be an error on that play Score It: E5 Clemente to first Next up for NL Post WWII is Willie Mays Williams ready quickly, looks in for the sign He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Clemente dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch Mays gets under this one It's popped high in the air to third Palmer is waving everybody off Mays is retired With one gone NL Post WWII will have Hank Aaron coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Hank Aaron steps into the box Aaron has hit 41 home runs this year Williams is having a fine year so far His 12 victories make him 6th in the league in that category Now he's about ready Now to the belt, here it is... Aaron fouls one straight up the chute Hays makes the catch, but wait... The first base umpire rules Williams has balked Clemente takes second Hank Aaron steps into the box Hank is batting .318 in 421 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Stan Musial The umpire says let's go Aaron is ready Here's his delivery Hard slider... And Aaron takes it right down the middle Strike three called Two down They are going to put Musial on Musial watches ball four He takes his base Campanella is up next NL Post WWII on top 1 to 0 Musial on first, Clemente is down at second Two outs in the top of the 6th Infield playing back Campanella is at .224 on the season Hays flashes the sign to Williams A check on the runners... the pitch Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Gunner And he has it That retires the side... Campanella fails to come through in the clutch For NL Post WWII, No runs, no hits, one error and 2 men left on base Here's John Williams leading off Barrett Blade is on deck And A. J. Tucker is in the hole Williams steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign He's ready Here's the windup... and the pitch Another hook for strike three! Williams just stood there looking FOFC with one away Seaver steps off the mound as he waits for Barrett Blade to come to the plate And it brings up Barrett Blade On deck is A. J. Tucker Jeeberoni Potpie in the hole Blade has 20 doubles this year Seaver has the sign he wants The pitch is on the way Blade rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Banks Blade takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Aaron to get that ball in quickly Taking his lead is Blade Blade is not working very hard to get a lead Tucker moves into the batter's box The All Stars have the tying run at first NL Post WWII is set up for two Seaver adjusts his cap... Now he's set Seaver brings it to the plate Tucker drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Tucker Potpie steps into the batter's box 02 at second, Blade at third A dangerous RBI man at the plate... Potpie readies himself Potpie taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Jeeberoni seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Seaver needs a strikeout He checks the runners... The pitch Hit in the air to center... Mays waits for it to come down... He has it... Blade is tagging up! Here he comes... Here comes the throw home... He's... SAFE! The game is tied! It's all even now at 1 Sacrifice fly and an RBI for Potpie That's two away And Pflaggstettler will be trotting down to first They've put him on intentionally Stan Gunner is the batter due up next Stan Gunner plants his left foot The lefthanded left fielder for FOFC appears set The score is tied at 1 Seaver looks down at Campanella for the sign Now he's ready... The pitch to Gunner... Hot shot grounded to second Taken by Morgan His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 The All Stars bounce back in their half of the 6th They pick up 1 run to tie it up We head to the 7th... It's all tied up... All Stars 1, Post-Nationals 1 Ernie Banks, batting seventh will lead off for NL Post WWII He will be followed by Eddie Mathews and Tom Seaver Banks is batting .285 with 40 HR's this year Williams squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Now ready, here it is... Banks hits a screamer at Deacon Palmer Palmer takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Potpie scoops it on one hop Banks is out! Nice play by Potpie So one up and one gone Mathews gets set at the plate Mathews is at .303 on the season John Williams has fanned 4 and walked 2 He's allowed 3 hits today He's pitching a fine game The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 2-1 pitch A hard drive down the line Stan Gunner is running hard It's in there for extra bases! Mathews rounds first Gunner has the ball Mathews motors into second Two-bagger! Tony Perez will hit for Tom Seaver Perez is batting .263 with 2 home runs He also has 7 RBI's on the year He's batting .313 against southpaws One away, one on As Perez walks from the on deck circle Perez swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Williams Perez, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Williams Williams looks back towards second... The pitch Perez rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Palmer Deacon fields it cleanly Looks Mathews back to second Now fires it over to first... Easy out Williams gets another one We're in the top of the 7th and Williams has allowed only 4 hits That'll bring up Post-Nationals' second baseman Joe Morgan... NL Post WWII with a man in scoring position at second Morgan is taking his practice swings Joe is 0 for 3 this afternoon He grounded out last time at bat Morgan awaits the pitch The southpaw Williams delivers the 2-1 pitch Joe Morgan swings He smashes it on a line... BINGO!!!... Stabbed by Blade to rob Morgan of a sure base hit That's all for NL Post WWII After 6 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, We're all tied up at 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Warren Spahn will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Warren has appeared in 46 games this season with a record of 7-7 with 4 saves He's been man-handled by the opposition this year His ERA stands at 5.50 Leading off now for FOFC is Palmer We'll see how they pitch to Palmer Spahn has the sign from Campanella Here's the 3-1 offering Deacon Palmer offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Palmer couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Ernie Banks for the out Palmer never even left the batter's box That's one away Harry Hays, the catcher, strides to the plate Spahn toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Campanella The southpaw's 1-2 delivery Hays sends a routine ground ball to first Musial takes it on one hop Flips it to Spahn Easy out That's two away Nights finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Looking for his first hit today Nights is 0 for 1 Spahn steps on the rubber He brings it home Grounded towards the sack Spahn takes the flip from Musial Score It: 3-1 That'll do it for FOFC So we're still tied After 7 innings FOFC has one run, 3 hits and one error While NL Post WWII has one run, 4 hits and no errors Roberto Clemente leads off for NL Post WWII Willie Mays and Hank Aaron will follow We've got a dandy here today at FOFC Stadium We're in the top of the 8th Kronside is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now The pitch on the way, here it is... Clemente swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Kronside strikes out Roberto Clemente One down for NL Post WWII Willie Mays is still in the on-deck circle and Hank Aaron is looking for a bat in the dugout Mays walks up to the plate Mays goes through his routine of settling in Mays cocks his bat The righthander Kronside's delivery Mays swings hard... Nobody is going to get this one... Yes sir! Mays will have himself a single And he extends his hitting streak to 12 games! 1 for 4 on the afternoon Jace Kronside watches Mays As he moves away from the bag Mays is going on the pitch! It's a fastball at the knees... Hays takes it He double clutches... But then fires a missile... Mays sliding to the outside... Avoids the tag... He's safe Good throw by Hays Hank Aaron steps into the box Stepping in and then stepping out again Aaron looks to third for a sign Aaron is ready Jace rocks and fires A high foul, straight back Hays doesn't know where the ball is Kronside is pointing him to it Now Hays sees it... near the screen Nope, he can't make the catch... The ball is on the screen . . . Aaron back in the box And here comes the next pitch Big motion... Aaron is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Kronside pulled the string on him That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard NL Pre WWII is edging Caribbean 7 to 6 Gonzalez has hit his 23rd homerun for Caribbean Negro League I clipping AL Pre WWII 5 to 1 Foster comfortably ahead for Negro League I Dead Ball Era is on top of AL Post WWII 4 to 2 Plank and Wilhelm currently dueling Left Outs is edging Japanese League 2 to 1 Sutton battling Fujimoto Negro League II slipping by Turn of Century 7 to 5 Late 20th is pounding Old Timers 9 to 2 And in our matchup The score is tied at 1 Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Stan Musial Stan Musial will get a crack at Kronside next Roy Campanella would be up next... But only if Musial can reach safely Stan steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Musial is 0 for 2 today He was intentionally walked last time up Set now is Musial Kronside brings it to the plate Curve in the dirt... and Musial holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Musial will take first on the walk Number 2 today for Musial Campanella, NL Post WWII's catcher, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Ernie Banks waits on deck Campanella a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Kronside Campanella waits on Kronside Checks the runners Here's his delivery Low and inside... ball four Campanella gets a free ticket to first That loads them up for Ernie Banks So with 3 on and 2 outs NL Post WWII sends their shortstop, Ernie Banks, up to face Kronside Hard-hitting Eddie Mathews is walking towards the on-deck circle Banks is taking his practice swings Ernie is 0 for 3 this afternoon He grounded out last time at bat Batter Banks in the hole, 0-2 Kronside wipes his forehead and adjusts his cap He's one strike away from pitching out of a real jam Kronside is in a tough spot The pitch is on the way It is a high hard one... Banks goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up and out of the strike zone... Banks couldn't hold back And that's the final out of the inning FOFC has one run, 3 hits and one error While NL Post WWII has one run, 5 hits and no errors NL Post WWII has left 9 men on base today Dan Fouts will face Warren Spahn to lead things off The crowd is coming to life Dan is batting .275 in 178 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Barrett Blade Dan steadies his bat Waits patiently for Spahn's pitch Spahn winds and delivers Fouts hits a deep ball Aaron retreats toward the wall He leaps... He's got it! One up, one down here in the bottom of the 8th Spahn glares in at Blade as he steps in Barrett just glares back Blade steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Barrett is 1 for 2 today Spahn wastes no time He has the sign from Campanella The pitch is on the way He rips a grounder to first Musial to Spahn covering first Score It: 3-1 That's the second out of the inning Up now for FOFC is Tucker Two away, nobody on Tucker is taking his practice swings A. J. is 2 for 3 this afternoon Spahn is slow to get ready He has a 5.43 ERA this year Now he's ready It's coming down the pike Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Tucker swings way over it He was fooled completely Campanella loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags A. J. as he was heading for the dugout That does it for FOFC here in their half of the eighth As we head into the ninth this game is all tied up at 1 runs apiece Quite a pitcher's duel, indeed! Mathews saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Kronside shakes off two signs Now he's ready Kronside's righthanded delivery... Mathews chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Kronside Nights snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! One up, one down for NL Post WWII Pounding the plate with his bat Spahn awaits the pitch Spahn grips the bat handle Spahn tells the umpire he's ready This is a situation where the injury to Perry is a problem. The Post Nationals can't afford to go deeper into their pen so they are going to let Spahn hit for himself. This late in a tied game and I'm sure they would prefer to pinch hit for the lefty. Here's the righthander's delivery Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Spahn Two up, two down Kronside looks down at Morgan as he steps in Joe is ready to go Morgan gets set He's 0 for 4 so far Morgan waits for the pitch Kronside goes into his windup And here's the 2-0 offering Morgan hits a fly ball to center A. J. Tucker camps under it This should wrap up the inning... That's it That's all for NL Post WWII After 8 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, The score is knotted at 1 Here's Potpie to lead off the bottom of the 9th He's the go ahead run Jeeberoni is hitting at .290 on the year He has 117 hits in 404 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Potpie hit a sac fly his last time up Potpie readies himself for the pitch The lefthander Spahn comes home with it Long fly ball to left-center This one is deep! IT'S GOING, GOING, GONE!!! That was a LONG home run! The fans are going wild here in FOFC!!! Jeeberoni Potpie has just won the game And his teammates gather at home plate They greet him as he crosses the plate!!! That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 34th home run of the year. FOFC wins 2 to 1 Kronside gets credit for the win Spahn takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 1 for 2 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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…”before we wrap up the show for today, let’s take one more moment to break down the big series between the FOFCers and the NL Post War Stars, “ states David Belcher. Hack Jobb, “After the dramatic win last night the FOFCers are sitting on a 5.5 game lead, and the entire tone of this series changes. Not only did the FOFCers open the lead, but they rollout their ace Rob Nielsen tonight. The NL Post War guys have to feel some pressure with this situation. They desperately need to win tonight. No word has come out of the Posters camp to announce tonight’s starting pitcher. I’m guessing they will counter with Gibson, but it could be Marichal.“ "You have to believe, even though they were going against Williams with a 12-2 record they the Post Warriors felt Seaver gave them a decided advantage in the opening game of the series,” Gil Hodges states, “Now they are scrambling and it will be interesting to see how they handle this.” “The game tonight is about as must see as a summer game can be,” Belcher sums up. “Tune in, it could be very exciting tonight.” |
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Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium The players are on the field and we're almost ready to go As Joe Morgan prepares to face Nielsen let's check out the FOFC defense At first base is Potpie Palmer is down at the hot corner Blade and Nights are at second and short, respectively From left to right... Ton, Tucker and Pflaggstettler and now Bullock is just settling in behind the plate The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Struck him out on a fastball Morgan goes down swinging With one gone NL Post WWII will have Roberto Clemente coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it One away, nobody on... top of the 1st The first base coach exhorting Clemente to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Clemente has managed a .319 average against lefthanders this year Clemente is poised and ready for the pitch Here's the windup... and the pitch Curveball... Up in the strike zone... Swung on and drilled into center Tucker racing back... The ball is hit over his head It hits off the 7 foot high fence And there's Clemente around first base Tucker with a strong throw... But off the bag Roberto comes into second sliding with a double That's 30 doubles for Clemente on the year Mays is up now for NL Post WWII Bullock flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy It's coming down the pike Mays jack-knifes out of the way But it's in there! Mays was really fooled on that strike three NL Post WWII with one more chance to take the lead One on, two out, score tied NL Post WWII is 4 and 6 in their last ten games So with 1 on and 2 outs the Post-Nationals send their left fielder, Hank Aaron, up to face Nielsen Good-hitting Stan Musial is waiting in the on-deck circle Hank, of course, carries a big load for NL Post WWII He is not only 3rd in the league in home runs with 41 But, also, 1st in RBI's with 101 and 3rd in slugging with a .652 mark No pitcher likes to see him at the plate Nielsen steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Nielsen brings it to the plate Grounded towards the bag Nielsen takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for NL Post WWII No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base FOFC is coming to bat Barrett Blade is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Blade is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Barrett certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Marichal earn his salary Blade is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly The righthander Marichal delivers Baltimore chop Into left for a single! Here's A. J. Tucker A. J. checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings... Now he steps into the box Tucker awaits the delivery And the cripple pitch... The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Tucker just gets a piece of it He 'drizzles' it to second Morgan races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... One out Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie Jeeberoni Potpie is up next FOFC's first baseman finds 1 on with 1 out Marichal looks down at Campanella for the sign Now he's ready... Righthander Marichal's delivery Base hit to center for Potpie Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Blade scores! While K. A. Ton heads for the on deck circle Persimmon Pflaggstettler makes his way to the plate Pflaggstettler is batting .308 with 19 round trippers in 1900 Pflaggstettler is set The righthander Marichal's delivery Slider, down at the knees... Pflaggstettler swings and lifts one deep to left This one has a chance... Aaron is at the warning track... Bye, Bye Baby!!... Number 20 on the year for Persimmon Pflaggstettler One out, nobody on base K. A. Ton is the batter K. A. is hitting at .303 on the year He has 43 hits in 142 at bats This includes 10 doubles, 2 triples 12 home runs and 37 RBI's Ton tells the umpire he's ready He brings it home Slider, down and away... Ton reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Mathews is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Aaron is hustling after it... Ton with the big turn... The throw from Aaron goes into second And Ton holds at first Deacon Palmer, the third baseman, strides to the plate Palmer grips the bat handle Palmer is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Marichal He's waiting for the pitch The pitch on the way, here it is... The Whiff! Marichal punches Palmer out! 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 Billy Bullock will face Marichal Righty against righty Bullock looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Right-hander Marichal eyes the righty Bullock Marichal goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Ton He lobs one to Musial... Ton is back easily We're ready again Now Marichal comes home Bounding ball to short Banks grabs it Over to Musial Got him! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side FOFC with a 3 run lead It's FOFC 3 and NL Post WWII still looking to score their first run NL Post WWII will send Musial, Roy Campanella, and Ernie Banks to face Rob Nielsen this inning Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Musial Now Rob delivers There's a deep fly ball to Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler circles under it... He hauls it in on the warning track That's the first out of the inning Two more to go "Campy" is coming to the plate Nielsen ready quickly, looks in for the sign Now to the belt, here it is... Big bender, low and inside... Swung on... Line single to Tucker in center... Picking it up in a hurry is Tucker... Campanella takes a wide turn... But stays at first base as the throw comes in Banks comes to the plate One out, Campanella at first Banks is batting .284 with 40 HR's this year Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen The stretch... the delivery Banks pulls a slider over third... And it's snared by Palmer! Palmer half fell and half dove To grab that ball before it hit the ground Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Nielsen Eddie Mathews will get a crack at Nielsen next Juan Marichal would be up next... But only if Mathews can reach safely Mathews has a lot of patience up there His 57 walks in 339 at bats is proof positive In other words, he can get on for you He can also do it with the stick Eddie seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Nielsen's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Campanella dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen Now here's the pitch Swung on and lofted very high... and deep... Pflaggstettler starts back, turns... He's at the fence... And he pulls it in! That's all for the Post-Nationals No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... We go to the bottom of the 2nd... FOFC on top 3 to 0 Jeff Nights stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate So far this season Nights is hitting .273 when facing righthanded pitching The count is nothing and 2 Nights has to protect the plate The pitch to Nights... Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 138 on the season for Marichal That's one away Nielsen is up next One gone, bottom of the 2nd Barrett Blade moves out on deck Nielsen is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Marichal is happy with the sign Marichal brings it to the plate Nubbed just up the first base line... Campanella is out quickly, and makes the play to first Easy out... Boy, oh boy That's the second out of the inning That will bring up second baseman, Barrett Blade Blade is batting .271 with 3 HR's this year Juan is ready Here's the 1-1 pitch Blade hits one on the ground to the left side Barrett, who moves well, is motoring to first Banks wings it quickly to Musial... OUT by a step That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean is on top of NL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Negro League I and AL Pre WWII are scoreless AL Post WWII and Dead Ball Era are scoreless Left Outs is embarrassing Japanese League 9 to 1 Foxx has hit his 27th homerun for Left Outs Turn of Century is on top of Negro League II 3 to 1 Late 20th is edging Old Timers 2 to 1 As we head into the 3rd NL Post WWII will send up Juan Marichal They need 3 runs to catch FOFC as they trail by a 3 to 0 count Marichal wiggles the bat above his head Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready The pitch is on the way Fly ball to left Ton is under it He makes the grab And it brings up Joe Morgan On deck is Roberto Clemente Willie Mays in the hole Morgan is hitting .255 against southpaws 0 for 1 so far this game He struck out in his last at bat Morgan awaits the delivery Nielsen kicks and delivers Morgan swings at the change-up... Pounds it good!... It's going into deep center Tucker is racing back... He's at the fence... But he might as well wave that one goodbye It's gone! Quite a shot by Morgan Traveling about 465 feet That's home run number 19 for him He also has 42 RBI's now Clemente departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The southpaw delivers He lays off the pitch Ball four, he walks Now here's Mays Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander Mays swings hard... Nobody is going to get this one... Yes sir! Mays will have himself a single And he extends his hitting streak to 13 games! 1 for 2 on the afternoon Clemente takes second Aaron, NL Post WWII's left fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Stan Musial waits on deck Nielsen gets the sign from Bullock He is 4th in the league in strike outs He has 181 on the season The southpaw Nielsen's delivery on the 2-2 pitch Aaron is way out in front of a change-up Strike Three Number 3 today for Nielsen Walking up to the plate now is Musial Roy Campanella waits on deck The left-hander Nielsen is now ready A quick check of the runners... And the pitch There's a routine pop by Musial Barrett Blade moves under the ball And makes the routine catch That's all for NL Post WWII After 2 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, FOFC leads 3 to 1 Here's the center fielder Tucker To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler Tucker has hit 7 home runs this year The right-hander Marichal is set to deliver to Tucker Juan rocks and fires Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Marichal punches him out! One gone for FOFC in the bottom of the 3rd Planting his right foot Potpie is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Potpie Potpie taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Marichal is ready quickly The righthander delivers Potpie swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Marichal strikes out Jeeberoni Potpie Two down Juan Marichal retires the first two batters in a row Up now for FOFC is Pflaggstettler Two away, nobody on Pflaggstettler is 1 for 1 today Marichal has the sign from Campanella Here's the 2-0 offering Sharp breaking curveball... Pflaggstettler reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Banks... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Musial at first! Pflaggstettler is out easily That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 innings, FOFC has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors While NL Post WWII has one run, 4 hits and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base NL Post WWII has stranded 4 Roy Campanella, Ernie Banks, and Eddie Mathews are due up Nielsen adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock The pitch is on the way Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He makes the grab With one gone NL Post WWII will have Ernie Banks coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Banks finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Banks Here's the pitch STRIKE THREE, CALLED! FOFC on top 3 to 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Caribbean is comfortably ahead of NL Pre WWII 6 to 0 Tiant Sr. enjoying the big Caribbean lead Negro League I is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Dead Ball Era is in front of AL Post WWII 3 to 0 Johnson comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era Left Outs is embarrassing Japanese League 9 to 1 Jenkins enjoying the big Left Outs lead Negro League II is edging Turn of Century 4 to 3 Brewer battling Waddell Old Timers is in front of Late 20th 5 to 2 Kelly has hit his 13th homerun for Old Timers Next up is Eddie Mathews, the NL Post WWII third baseman... If he gets on, Juan Marichal would bat next Mathews steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Eddie is 0 for 1 today Mathews waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Nielsen brings it to the plate Mathews swings and lifts one toward right Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... 1-2-3, nothing across... K. A. Ton will start the bottom of the 4th for FOFC Benton Breeze looking for some insurance runs Now, FOFC leads by only 2 Ton has hit 12 home runs this year Marichal is on the first-base side of the rubber... Here's the windup... and the pitch Hot shot grounded to first Musial flips to Marichal covering Score It: 3-1 One up, one down One away, nobody on base Palmer stands ready at the plate Palmer is at .334 on the season He is hitting .296 against righties Juan peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Marichal fires Let up pitch, inside and low Swung on... High hopping ball towards left... Into the hole... Stopped there by Banks before it gets through... He starts to throw but stops Palmer has the infield single Slowly coming up is Bullock for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC ahead 3 to 1 NL Post WWII is set up for two Juan Marichal is reaching for the resin bag... He pops it up and gives it a squeeze... Marichal is having a fine year for NL Post WWII His 16 wins is 3rd in the league Here's the righthander's delivery Bullock launches one deep to left Aaron turns and starts to chase after it... Now he only looks up This is back, back, back, back... Way out of FOFC Stadium! A towering blast by Billy Bullock Two runs will score for FOFC Nights steps in... He pounds the bat on the plate Now he is ready Nights goes through his routine of settling in Juan Marichal steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go We've got a full count... Marichal winds and fires... The pitch is just inside and Nights holds up Campanella points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! Two down The All Stars will send Rob Nielsen up to the plate Marichal has the sign from Campanella Marichal brings it home Nielsen is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position And that retires the side The NL Post WWII pitcher, Marichal, will lead off He'll be followed by Joe Morgan And then Roberto Clemente Marichal can't seem to get settled at the plate Juan steadies his bat And waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch Nielsen will try to get Marichal to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Marichal is outta there NL Post WWII with one away Nielsen steps off the mound as he waits for Joe Morgan to come to the plate Joe Morgan is next FOFC leads 5 to 1 Bullock flashes the sign Nielsen has it Here's the 0-1 delivery IT HITS Morgan! Clemente heads to the plate for NL Post WWII The infield is at regular depth Roberto takes a couple of practice cuts After getting set, Clemente waits on the pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery Clemente rolls one toward Barrett Blade He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the first base umpire The first base coach throws his hands up in disbelief Two gone for NL Post WWII Here's speedy 5'10 1/2", 170 pound Willie Mays coming to the plate Looking to Bill Russle for a sign The bat is cocked Nights trying to slip in behind Morgan Now he slips away Here's the 3-1 offering Fastball... just outside And Mays will take first on the walk Hank Aaron is next Aaron digs in Aaron cocks the bat Here comes the pitch Fastball OUCH! It hit Aaron! Here's Stan Musial Musial asks the ump for time Now he's back in Nielsen has the sign Here's the 1-2 pitch Swung on and hit to shallow left Ton has got a long run He's got it Fine running catch! Score It: 7 And that retires the side Blade steps up to the plate for FOFC It's the bottom of the 5th here at FOFC Stadium FOFC ahead 5 to 1 Blade is taking his practice swings Barrett is 1 for 2 this afternoon He grounded out last time at bat Blade waits patiently Here's his delivery Struck him out on a fastball Blade goes down swinging One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Here's A. J. Tucker Marichal wastes no time He has the sign from Campanella Marichal kicks and fires Low fastball, at the knees Tucker goes after it... Lines a single to right... A. J. rounds first... TRIPS ON THE BAG!! The throw is into second The relay to first... Not in time... Tucker manages to crawl to the bag He's really hurting Here comes Tay Pemup... They are calling for Ben Dover, the team doc This could be real serious Let's take a short commercial break while they work on him... Welcome back folks... Tucker is on his feet... Benton Breeze wants him to come out A. J. wants to stay in And... It looks like he'll stay in Jeeberoni Potpie is now up One away, Tucker at first Potpie is 1 for 2 today Marichal has the sign he wants Now ready, here it is... Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Potpie looks at strike three And there's two away Coming to the plate is Pflaggstettler Tucker's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Marichal Persimmon is hitting at .309 on the year He has 120 hits in 388 at bats His speed has propelled him to 10 stolen bases Pflaggstettler in the hole, 0-2 Now Juan delivers There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Hank Aaron 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 Aaron! Last edited by Breeze : 06-05-2013 at 09:36 PM. |
06-05-2013, 09:37 PM | #733 |
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8/5 Radio Broadcast Continued
Campanella saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Campanella is batting .230 with 5 HR's this year Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Here is the 3-2 pitch Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Ernie Banks will make his way to home plate He's the shortstop for NL Post WWII Banks is batting .283 on the year He is hitting with great power He checks down at third for the sign Ernie will be hitting away You can be sure of that Tommy Lasorda won't ignore his .605 slugging average! Banks awaits the pitch The lefty Nielsen delivers Bouncer in the hole It's past Blade into right field An opposite field hit! Campanella is tearing around second Coach Bill Russle is waving him on to third He'll make it easily Eddie Mathews steps into the box Nielsen has a 6-hitter going through 5 innings Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Nielsen The delivery The pitch gets away from the catcher, Bullock Campanella will score Banks takes second on the passed ball Eddie Mathews steps into the box Mathews is taking his practice swings Eddie is 0 for 2 this afternoon Nielsen looks in for the sign He has to be careful with Mathews who has 39 homeruns this year Nielsen has allowed 18 round trippers already this season The lefthander delivers Mathews 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... FOFC gets the first out of the inning Tommy Lasorda will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Mike Schmidt steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Nielsen Schmidt is batting .235 on the year He has 11 homers and 23 RBI's in 1900 Settling in at the plate is Schmidt Schmidt digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen Nielsen peers in for the sign Schmidt is a formidable opponent Rob has allowed 10 home runs versus righties this year And Mike is no ordinary hitter And the delivery by Nielsen Schmidt is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That's two away Morgan walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Roberto Clemente moves into the on deck circle NL Post WWII needs some runs Morgan is 1 for 2 today Nielsen is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Nielsen looks in... Now he's ready The count is full And the pay-off pitch... Nielsen misses just outside No more than the width of a razor blade But it's... Ball Four 3 walks given up by Nielsen today Roberto Clemente steps into the box Clemente is hitting .328 with 17 homeruns Roberto also has 30 doubles and 8 triples And has driven in a total of 60 runs Nielsen eyes Clemente intently The southpaw Nielsen's delivery It's low and it gets away from Bullock! It's rolling to the backstop Now Bullock has it too late, the damage is done. It's scored a wild pitch. Banks scores from third! Morgan takes second Roberto Clemente steps into the box Against lefthanders Clemente is hitting .321 this season Clemente readies himself for the pitch Rob looks over his shoulder at Morgan Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Screaming liner towards third Palmer reaches It's into the outfield for a base hit! Morgan scores from second! Mays moseys up to the plate Hank Aaron is heading for the on-deck circle Mays is 1 for 2 today Nielsen rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Nielsen checks Clemente on first Now the 1-1 pitch Mays cracks a drive to deep left-center He really smacked this baby... This ball is going out of here in a hurry Bye, bye baseball! Man alive... what a blast by the NL Post WWII center fielder Two away, nobody on Aaron comes to the plate for NL Post WWII Hank will be facing the left-handed Nielsen from the right side of the plate He has a .315 average overall But southpaws are his nemesis... He has only a .244 average against lefty hurlers Aaron waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it It's a routine fly into right Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up This should wrap-up the inning... It's in the bank That'll do it in the top of the 6th 5 runs, 4 hits and no errors NL Post WWII leads 6 to 5 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Phil Niekro will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Phil has appeared in 50 games this season He has a record of 5-3 in 76 innings His ERA stands at 4.03 Ton leading off Phil is ready Here's the 3-1 offering There's a ground ball into the hole Mathews and Banks converge on it It's fielded by Mathews who fires to first SAFE is the call by the ump Close play!! FOFC third baseman, Deacon Palmer, is up next Right-hander Niekro prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Palmer Niekro brings it to the plate Swung on and missed... Palmer is down on strikes And there's one away Bullock is up now for FOFC Bullock grips the bat handle Bullock waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled We've got a full count... Niekro winds and fires... There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Willie Mays 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 Mays! All Stars' shortstop Nights is up next Niekro gets the sign, it's one he likes The stretch... the 2 strike delivery Hard ground ball to short Banks comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the All Stars After 6 innings in FOFC this afternoon, NL Post WWII leads 6 to 5 Stan Musial, Roy Campanella, and Ernie Banks are due up Stan steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Musial is 0 for 3 today He flied out last time up Musial waits on Nielsen He brings it home Musial swings He sends one into the deepest part of the park That's going to get through to the wall Musial rounds second... The throw not nearly in time, a triple Next up for NL Post WWII is Roy Campanella The outfield shades towards left for Campanella After getting set, Campanella waits on the pitch And the delivery by Rodney The ball breaks low and outside Campanella tries to hold up The umpire tells him to take his base Coming up is Banks for NL Post WWII Runners on first and third... A dangerous homerun hitter at the plate 4th in the league in home runs this year with 40 Banks waiting for the pitch Banks has hit 40 home runs this year James gets the sign from Hays Here's the righthander's delivery He quick pitches Banks... and it's in there Strike three One down, two to go... James Rodney has to bear down now Here's the man with the perfect swing, Eddie Mathews, coming up to the plate Rodney has the sign from Hays Rodney brings it home 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! We are going to have a pinch hitter Billy Williams will bat for Phil Niekro It will be the lefthand hitting, Williams against the righty Rodney Williams is hitting righties for a .181 average Billy Williams steps into the box Billy wants desperately to break out of his slump All set, Williams is ready for the pitch The stretch... the delivery It's in the dirt and bounces away Campanella heads to second And he'll make it on the wild pitch Billy Williams steps into the box Williams has a .181 average against righthanders this season Williams is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Rodney He's waiting for the pitch Rodney fires Williams goes after the fastball... It's a base hit by Nights... Campanella 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 Up next is Joe Morgan Joe is an ex-Boston College basketball and ice hockey star Morgan is 1 for 2 today, with 1 home run Set now is Morgan It's coming down the pike Morgan drives the ball to right for extra bases Campanella scores Bill Russle will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII... Not cut-off... Hays is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Great,)... Williams is out at home! Double for Morgan It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Tommy Lasorda will relieve Phil Niekro to start off the bottom of the 7th Jim Bunning comes in as the 3rd pitcher today Bunning is 4 and 13 in 1900 He has pitched 75 innings and has a 5.06 ERA, striking out 48 while allowing 39 walks Hays saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Bunning is ready quickly The righthander Bunning delivers Sharp breaking curveball... Hays reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Banks... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Musial at first! Hays is out easily While we wait for Barrett Blade to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard Caribbean jumping all over NL Pre WWII 14 to 2 Gonzalez has hit his 24th homerun for Caribbean AL Pre WWII is edging Negro League I 3 to 2 Dead Ball Era is pounding AL Post WWII 8 to 1 Left Outs is running roughshod over Japanese League 15 to 3 Foxx has hit his 28th homerun for Left Outs Negro League II leads Turn of Century 4 to 3 Wilson has hit his 28th homerun for Negro League II Old Timers besting Late 20th 7 to 2 And in our matchup NL Post WWII ahead 8 to 5 OK, let's see if FOFC can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 3 FOFC sends the second baseman, Barrett Blade, up to the plate Campanella flashes the sign... Bunning waves it off... Now he's happy Bunning will try to get Blade to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Blade swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Bunning strikes out Barrett Blade That's the second out of the inning Bunning glares in at Tucker A. J. Tucker just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Tucker is 1 for 3 today A. J. singled last time around Tucker waits Righthander Bunning's delivery Swung on and hit sharply to second Morgan plays it on one hop Over to Musial... Out of there! That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 50003 Here's Roberto Clemente leading off Willie Mays is on deck And Hank Aaron is in the hole Clemente a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Rodney Clemente awaits the delivery Rodney brings it to the plate It's a high fly into left Ton ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out Mays saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Mays is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Willie certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Rodney earn his salary Rodney is slow to get ready He has a 3.18 ERA this year Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Mays swings and hits a shot to deep left-center Tucker and Ton are converging on the ball Looks like Tucker has the best shot at it He dives for it... WOW! He's got it! Fantastic play by Tucker Two down Walking up to the plate now is Aaron Stan Musial waits on deck Rodney squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Rodney kicks and fires Swung on and popped up Nights is waiting... And that's an easy out Rodney sets the Post-Nationals down in order It's the bottom of the 8th Jeeberoni Potpie, FOFC's first baseman, will lead it off Persimmon Pflaggstettler is on deck FOFC will try to cut into NL Post WWII's lead The Post-Nationals lead by 3 So far this season Potpie is hitting .285 when facing righthanded pitching Potpie readies himself for the pitch Bunning rocks and fires Slider, outside... Potpie reaches for it... Gets some wood on it It's rolling towards Banks... He scoops it up smoothly Firing to Musial in one motion... Close play... SAFE!... by a whisker Musial is arguing the call But to no avail That's a single for Potpie Pounding the plate with his bat Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch Pflaggstettler looks for a sign from third Dick Howser delivers it to Persimmon Persimmon is 1 for 3 today flied out his last at bat Bunning adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Campanella Now Jim delivers Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Potpie will stay at second K. A. Ton will face Bunning Righty against righty K. A. is batting .310 with 12 home runs on the season He is 2 for 3 today Jim looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Potpie on second, Pflaggstettler on first They're dancing off the bags Here's the 3-2 offering Base hit to left for Ton Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Runners hold. Deacon Palmer coming up Palmer asks the ump for time Now he's back in Palmer is ready for the pitch Here's the 1-2 delivery Grounded towards the bag Musial boots the ball! Score It: E3 Potpie scores from third! Pflaggstettler takes third Ton takes second Palmer to first Stan Gunner now up Gunner has hit 14 home runs this year The bases are loaded Bunning nods, he's ready Here comes the pitch Base hit to center for Gunner Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Runners hold. Nights gets set at the plate Nights is one of the best hitters around Bunning looks down at Campanella for the sign Now he's ready... Bunning checks the runners Dribbler to short Banks comes up with it Throws home for the out! Score It: 6-2 The runner on third, Ton, is out Palmer takes third Gunner takes second One down... Bunning has to continue to bear down Hays walks up to the plate Hays wiggles the bat above his head Harry steadies his bat Waits patiently for Bunning's pitch Now Jim delivers He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Banks Fires and nails Palmer going home! On to first He's OUT, a home to first double play Score It: 6-2-3 That ends the inning After 8 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 1 Musial steps up to the plate for NL Post WWII It's the top of the 9th at FOFC Stadium Hays flashes the sign... Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Fozborg winds and delivers Musial pounds a grounder toward Nights at short Jeff moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Nights stayed with it Over to first and Musial is retired Nice play by the FOFC short stop One out Roy Campanella is due up next Campanella, the catcher, moves into the batter's box NL Post WWII leads 8 to 7 Campanella is at .242 on the season Fozborg tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The righthander delivers There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Campanella No chance for either Nights or Ton That one had base hit written all over it (Ballpark Double Effect) Banks is up next NL Post WWII has a runner at first and one out Banks adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Ernie is 1 for 4 this afternoon Banks is waiting on the pitch Here's the 2 strike pitch The Whiff! Fozborg punches Banks out! FOFC gets the second out of the inning Eddie Mathews, the third baseman, strides to the plate FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Mathews is 0 for 3 today Eddie waits... He steps out as Fozborg takes too long Now he's back in the box He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Campanella dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg Now here's the pitch Base hit to right for Mathews Third base coach Bill Russle doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Campanella will stay at second The pitcher, Jim Bunning will be up next for NL Post WWII Bunning can't seem to get settled at the plate Bunning waits for the delivery Sirr checks the runners... Goes into the stretch The pitch Base hit to center for Bunning Bill Russle is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII... Not cut-off... Campanella is out at home! Last edited by Breeze : 06-05-2013 at 09:38 PM. |
06-05-2013, 09:38 PM | #734 |
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8/20 Radio Broadcast Continued
Last of the 9th, final chance for FOFC Time for the All Stars to go to work... They trail the Post-Nationals by 1 Benton Breeze will send up second baseman Barrett Blade, then A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni Potpie to face Post-Nationals' Jim Bunning Blade is taking his practice swings Barrett is 1 for 4 this afternoon He struck out last time at bat The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... The pitch to Blade... It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Blade checks his swing Campanella 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 Tucker is the batter Blade's the runner on first He's doing a little jig off first to rattle the pitcher Blade with his lead at first The third base coach, Dick Howser, gives the signs Campanella flashes the sign to Bunning The pitch is on the way He goes after the low slider At the knees... There's a fly ball into straight-away left Aaron slides under it... one hands it... Not the prettiest play, but Tucker is out NL Post WWII gets the first out of the inning... Bunning needs two more outs to stop FOFC Tommy Lasorda is walking to the mound Jim Bunning will head for the showers They've signaled for the righthander Bob Gibson will be coming on in relief for NL Post WWII Gibson will be the 4th pitcher used by NL Post WWII this afternoon Jim Bunning hands the ball over to Tommy Lasorda Now he walks off the field... Gibson is almost finished warming up... Here are some scores from around the league... These scores are final... Caribbean beat up on NL Pre WWII 14 to 5 Tiant Sr. the winner, he's now 11-9 Rixey takes the loss, his record drops to 7-11 AL Pre WWII nipped Negro League I 5 to 4 Dead Ball Era jumped all over AL Post WWII 9 to 1 Johnson the winner, he's now 16-8 Feller takes the loss, his record drops to 10-17 Left Outs humbled Japanese League 16 to 4 Negro League II edged out Turn of Century 5 to 4 Old Timers clubbed Late 20th 9 to 2 And in our matchup NL Post WWII leads 8 to 7 We're back again Gibson has a 8-5 record so far this year And an ERA of 5.30 in 26 appearances One away, Blade at first Potpie is coming to the plate Potpie is 2 for 4 today He is currently batting .293 Aaron, Mays and Clemente are playing him deep The umpire says let's go Potpie is ready Gibson looks at the runner The pitch Fastball right down the middle Potpie slams a grounder... Into the gap between first and second Musial runs it down on the outfield grass Looks towards second... Can't get Blade... He throws to Gibson covering first... THE THROW GETS AWAY!!!... Both runners advance a base on the error That's error number 2 of the game for NL Post WWII Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves in to face Gibson 2 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 9th Pflaggstettler is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Before the game Gibson said he really enjoyed watching Pflaggstettler hit He did admit, however, pitching to Persimmon quickly dimmed his enthusiasm Here's the 3-1 offering Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler Blade scores Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Potpie is out at home! Trailing runner advances. Ton digs in at the plate Ready now for Gibson to come set Ton is hitting .287 against righties Ton waits for the pitch The crowd is on their feet! They are anxious for the pitch Bob looks over his shoulder at Pflaggstettler Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Pounded on the ground to second Taken by Morgan Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 And we go to extra innings! Morgan is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Joe steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Joe is 2 for 3 today with 1 home run Morgan waits anxiously for the delivery It's a full count... Fozborg winds and fires... Ball four is the call Fozborg can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Fozborg Morgan takes first base Clemente is stepping in to face Fozborg Potpie is way in on the grass at first Palmer is in at third They are guarding against the bunt Expect a bunt here despite Clemente's average They need a run We're all tied up at 8 Waiting for the pitch is Clemente Sirr will have to come in with this 3-0 delivery It's on its way... Fastball...missed inside Ball four! Clemente hands his bat to the batboy and hustles down to first Fozborg lost him on four pitches Mays pounds the plate Now he stares out at Knowles Mays scuffs up the lines around the box Mays waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Knowles checks the runners Mays rips a solid shot to center Tucker ranges to his right... He is juggling it!... Finally finds the handle Whew! Runners can't advance That's one away With one out, and two men on Aaron strides purposefully to the plate Against righthanders Aaron is hitting .342 Hank is set for the pitch The righthander Knowles' delivery A slider by Knowles Aaron gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Knowles Facing Knowles now is Musial Roy Campanella heads to the on deck circle Ernie Banks waits in the hole Stan is 1 for 5 this summer afternoon He grounded out in his last plate appearance Now set, Musial waits for the pitch Knowles' 3-0 pitch... Low and inside... ball four Musial gets a free ticket to first That loads them up for Roy Campanella Campanella finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Roy is batting at .254 with 5 home runs He is 3 for 4 so far today NL Post WWII has loaded the bases Knowles shakes off the sign from Hays And another... Still another... Looks like Knowles doesn't want to pitch to Campanella Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting Now he's finally ready Knowles brings it to the plate Campanella swings and lifts one toward center Tucker drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That retires the side... Campanella fails to come through in the clutch For NL Post WWII, No runs, no hits, no errors and 3 men left on base We've got ourselves a honey of a ballgame All tied up in the bottom of the 10th Deacon Palmer will see if he can get on base to start things off for the All Stars Palmer is 1 for 4 on the day He looks around at the NL Post WWII infield Musial is kicking the dirt at first Mathews is even with the bag at third Morgan and Banks are ready with hands on knees at second and short Palmer tells the umpire he's ready Into the windup... here's the pitch Struck him out on a fastball Palmer goes down swinging With one down Musial yells something out to Gibson Bob nods his head Making his way up is Gazelle Gibson looks down at Campanella for the sign Now he's ready Gibson's righthanded delivery... Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 107 on the season for Gibson That's two away for the All Stars We have a real "nail-biter" here today Jeff Nights will get a crack at Gibson next Harry Hays would be up next... But only if Nights can reach safely Nights is one of the best hitters around Gibson is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Gibson gets the sign from Campanella Gibson brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Banks... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That retires the side For FOFC, No runs, no hits and no errors NL Post WWII will try to push one across in the top of the 11th Bottom of the order for NL Post WWII coming to bat The shortstop, Ernie Banks will lead off Knowles likes the sign The 2-2 offering... Srike three! Well that is 4 on the afternoon for Banks He earns himself a silver sombrero! With one down, up next is Eddie Mathews To be followed by Bob Gibson Mathews settles in at the plate Mathews steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Mathews is set for the pitch Sammy comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Mathews! That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Bob Gibson to get a new bat Let's point out that NL Post WWII is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Tommy Lasorda will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Orlando Cepeda steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Knowles Cepeda is batting .279 on the year He has 5 round trippers and 16 RBI's Orlando Cepeda will step in to face Knowles next If he gets on, Joe Morgan will follow Orlando Cepeda is hitting .284 this year against righthanded pitchers Knowles adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays The All Stars fans are standing They want the strikeout from "Mister Closer" Sammy winds and delivers the 0-2 pitch Grounded down the line Palmer grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 That's it for NL Post WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 10 and a half innings, FOFC has 8 runs, 14 hits and no errors While NL Post WWII has 8 runs, 14 hits and 2 errors NL Post WWII has left 13 on base FOFC has stranded 6 Warren Spahn will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Warren has appeared in 47 games this season He has a record of 7-8 in 130 innings His ERA stands at 5.48 The All Stars will send Hays, Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker up to the plate this inning Harry is hitting at .344 on the year He has 93 hits in 270 at bats This includes 5 doubles, 3 triples 12 home runs and 34 RBI's He's ready for the delivery The lefthander Spahn comes home with it Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Mathews It's by him... Aaron comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Hays to a single Blade looks to lay one down He bunts the ball . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by W.Spahn he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Force Play To Pitcher Score It: 1-6 The runner on first, Hays, is out One away here in the bottom of the 11th The score is tied at 8 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard These scores are final... Caribbean man-handled NL Pre WWII 14 to 5 Tiant Sr. the winner, he's now 11-9 Rixey takes the loss, his record drops to 7-11 AL Pre WWII edged out Negro League I 5 to 4 Hoyt the winner, he's now 8-5 Foster takes the loss, his record drops to 3-3 Dead Ball Era jumped all over AL Post WWII 9 to 1 Johnson the winner, he's now 16-8 Feller takes the loss, his record drops to 10-17 Left Outs humbled Japanese League 16 to 4 Foxx has hit his 28th homerun for Left Outs Negro League II edged out Turn of Century 5 to 4 Wright has hit his 14th homerun for Negro League II Old Timers smacked Late 20th 9 to 2 Martinez takes the loss, his record drops to 6-7 Radbourn the winner, he's now 10-8 Blade represents what could be the winning run And A. J. Tucker is coming up The All Stars need only to get 1 run in, to end this game right now Tucker swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Spahn Tucker is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Blade is dancing off first The southpaw's 1-2 delivery Base hit to left for Tucker Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Blade will stay at second Jeeberoni Potpie is next 1st and 2nd, one man down Spahn stares in He rocks and fires Routine grounder to the mound Taken by Spahn Throws to second He's out Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 1-6-3 And that retires the side Joe Morgan stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Morgan is looking for another hit He has 2 hits so far today He is hitting .264 on the year Joe steadies his bat And waits patiently for Knowles' pitch Here's his delivery Morgan hits a pop into short right field Blade sprints out Pflaggstettler and Tucker sprint towards the infield Persimmon Pflaggstettler sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Morgan takes a walking lead Morgan has stolen 34 of 43 bases this year Knowles tosses another quick one to first... Even the speedy Morgan looks a bit tentative now... He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead Roberto Clemente is up next to face Knowles A tough situation to bunt as FOFC has the corners playing way in Time is called... Clemente has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Roberto is eagerly awaiting Knowles' pitch He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Morgan dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Knowles Now here's the pitch Knowles just misses outside Ball four to Clemente Willie Mays, the NL Post WWII center fielder, steps into the batter's box The score is tied at 8 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Mays is taking his practice swings Willie is 2 for 5 this afternoon Mays, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Knowles Sammy checks the runners Here's the 0-2 offering STRIKE THREE! He swung on a ball that was in the dirt Mays was overanxious up there That was almost a wild pitch So we have one out now for NL Post WWII 2 runners on board as Hank Aaron rubs his bat with the pine tar one last time Hank Aaron will be coming up Tommy Lasorda loves the pop in his bat Knowles has the sign from Hays Knowles stretches, checks his runners The pitch... Curve, up high... Aaron rips it to left... Knowles hung that breaking ball However, Hank got under it just a bit Gazelle started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" Two down Due up next is Stan Musial Let's see what happens now Stan Musial, the first baseman, strides to the plate Musial is 1 for 5 today, with 1 walk Now set, Musial waits for the pitch The pitch is on the way There's a routine pop by Musial Barrett Blade moves under the ball And makes the routine catch Musial chokes in the clutch! That ends the inning for NL Post WWII FOFC has 8 runs, 16 hits and no errors While NL Post WWII has 8 runs, 15 hits and 2 errors NL Post WWII has now stranded 15 baserunners Pflaggstettler, the right fielder, up leading off the bottom of the 12th Campanella flashes the sign... Spahn waves it off... Now he's happy The lefthander Spahn delivers Spahn misses low on that one Pflaggstettler draws the walk Number 1 today by Spahn Terp squares to bunt It's dribbled down the third base line Mathews bare hands it... Sidearm toss to first Just in time! Nice play Credit Kris Terp with a sacrifice And there's one away Palmer finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Campanella flashes the sign... Spahn shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Spahn brings it to the plate Base hit to left for Palmer Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Hank Aaron throws the ball away for an error! FOFC wins 9 to 8 Knowles gets credit for the win Spahn takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 3 for 5 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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..."impressive come back win by the FOFCers. They were cruising early, ran into problems but overcame them to open the lead in the division to 6.5 games." "This was baseball at its best. I don't think I've ever seen a game, in all my years in the sport, when there were 3 plays where homeruns were robbed. These guys gave there all in this one, and the NL Posters have to feel pretty down right about now. They had a chance to even the series and it slipped away. Once again the small pen really hurt this team. I'll bet next year they look to add another arm or two to that pen," Lou Scribe reports... Last edited by Breeze : 06-05-2013 at 09:49 PM. |
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8/6 Radio Broadcast - Game 121
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Brian Babson with his 10 and 10 record Will be facing Red Schoendienst Here we go, well almost... Here comes Hays out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start Now Brian delivers He rips a grounder to the mound Babson grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 With one gone NL Post WWII will have Roberto Clemente coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it The right fielder, Roberto Clemente, is up next Babson has the sign from Hays Brian rocks and fires Low and outside Ball four Hank Aaron moves in to face Babson 1 on, 1 out here in the top of the 1st Hank Aaron is hitting .312 for the year with 41 homers He is having a great year Babson is happy with the sign It's coming down the pike The runner goes Aaron likes the hit and run... Fastball, down the middle... Swung on... Aaron strokes a deep shot... Gunner and Tucker dashing to the fence... They don't have a chance HOME RUN! Aaron picks up a couple of RBI's as Clemente scores ahead of him Hays wanted Babson to throw that pitch down at the knees, not up at the letters That was a costly mistake for FOFC So that brings up Willie Mays the NL Post WWII center fielder Willie is hitting at .306 on the year NL Post WWII's cleanup hitter has knocked in 83 runs He has a fine .585 slugging average Mays waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Babson winds and delivers Change up... Mays hits a fly ball to right Gazelle is under it... He's got it That's two away Mathews is ready to face Babson Mathews is hitting .295 against righthanders Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Mathews Babson's 0-1 pitch... Swung on and hit sharply to second Blade plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for NL Post WWII 2 runs, one hit and no errors FOFC is coming to bat Blade, FOFC's second baseman, leads off for the All Stars NL Post WWII drew first blood They scored 2 runs in the top half of the first Blade has hit 3 home runs this year Koufax steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The pitch on the way, here it is... Slow ground ball Schoendienst is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT NL Post WWII gets the first out of the inning Tucker finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box A. J. will be facing the lefty Koufax from the right side of the plate Of his 7 home runs, 5 are against southpaws Tucker is waiting on the pitch Now Sandy delivers Ground ball through the middle Schoendienst ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! Two up, two down for FOFC Gerald Gazelle, will be up next Jeeberoni Potpie hopes to get a chance as well Bases empty... one more chance for FOFC here NL Post WWII leads FOFC by 2 runs Gazelle is at .271 on the season The left-hander Koufax is now ready Here's the 0-1 offering Slider, inside... Swung on... Gazelle rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Koufax looks dejected on the mound Potpie is up now for FOFC Koufax tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Now Sandy delivers A hot shot on the ground to Schoendienst He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Potpie is out That's all for the All Stars... As we head to the top of the second inning... NL Post WWII ahead 2 to 1 Ernie Banks, Johnny Bench, and Orlando Cepeda are due up Ernie is 4th in the league in home runs with a 40 so far in 1900 He's ready Windup by Babson And the pitch Banks hits a deep fly to left-center Tucker is at the warning track He stumbles a little... Rights himself It bounces off the fence... Two-base hit for Banks Bench digs in at the plate Ready now for Babson to come set Babson steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The pitch to Bench... Change up, on the inside corner... Bench was looking for it... He hammers the pitch... It's a deep fly to left-center It's into the alley... That will score a run Bench is in at second standing with a double All Gunner could do was keep him from getting a triple Cepeda steps in... He pounds the bat on the plate Now he is ready Cepeda is batting .278 with 5 HR's this year Babson is slow to get ready He has a 3.66 ERA this year Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Groundball to short Bench will hold at second base Cepeda is retired on the groundout Koufax is up next One gone, top of the 2nd Red Schoendienst moves out on deck Hays flashes the sign to Babson And the delivery by Babson There's the heater... Strike three swinging! Koufax will take his seat Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Babson Schoendienst leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Red is hitting at .267 on the year He has 24 hits in 90 at bats NL Post WWII's leadoff hitter... Red has scored 15 runs on the season Babson has the sign from Hays Babson brings it to the plate There's a foul into the chest protector of Hays . . . Schoendienst back in the box And here comes the next pitch It's in on the wrists Red tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... Yes, Babson walks him Roberto Clemente, the NL Post WWII right fielder, steps into the batter's box NL Post WWII leads 3 to 1 He has a chance here to drive home at least one The outfield shades towards left for Clemente Clemente awaits the delivery The righthander Babson's delivery Hit on the ground to first Potpie flips to Babson covering Score It: 3-1 That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII By the way, NL Post WWII is 3 and 7 in their last ten games Stan Gunner is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Gunner is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in The umpire says let's go Gunner is ready With a 2 strike count... here's the pitch Curve ball... Gunner swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! So one up and one gone All Stars' catcher Hays is up next Harry is hitting at .347 on the year He has 94 hits in 271 at bats This includes 5 doubles, 3 triples 12 home runs and 34 RBI's Hays tells the umpire he's ready The southpaw's 1-1 delivery Hays gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Banks into the outfield... Base hit for Hays Hays at first, one away Fouts is ready for the pitch Koufax gets the sign from Bench He is 3rd in the league in strike outs He has 183 on the season The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander The Whiff! Koufax punches Fouts out! Two down Nights, FOFC's shortstop, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Brian Babson waits on deck Nights is at .277 on the season Koufax squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Koufax goes into his stretch... Looks over at Hays Fires to Cepeda... Hays is back easily... We're ready again Now Koufax comes home Ground ball to short Banks grabs it Over to Cepeda Got him! Score It: 6-3 That ends the inning After 2 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 2 As we get ready to start the top of the 3rd Aaron is talking to Hays Aaron is batting .314 with 42 round trippers in 1900 Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Babson brings it home Big breaking ball... Aaron swings and lifts one deep to left This one has a chance... Gunner is at the warning track... He waits... Stan you can tell that one Goodbye! Number 43 on the year for Hank Aaron A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Willie Mays Mays digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Babson Brian is ready Babson rocks and fires Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Babson punches him out! That's one away Mathews settles in at the plate Against righthanders Mathews is hitting .294 Mathews gets ready for Babson's pitch His bat is cocked Now the delivery, here is is... Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 3 for Brian Babson today 150 on the year Two men gone, nobody on NL Post WWII leads by 3 Banks coming up for NL Post WWII Nobody on, two away The right-hander Babson is set to deliver to Banks And the cripple pitch... Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on... It's a high bounding ball... Through the infield into center by Banks That's 2 hits for Banks this game Walking up to the plate now is Bench NL Post WWII leading in the game Bench is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .242 on the year Bench is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Babson He's waiting for the pitch Babson's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Banks dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch There's a Texas Leaguer in front of Stan Gunner He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out That retires the side The Post-Nationals score 1 run in the inning After 2 and a half innings, NL Post WWII on top 4 to 1 Babson, the All Stars pitcher, will step in to start things off He is no breather for opposing pitchers Babson swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Koufax Koufax is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Koufax gets the sign from Bench The lefthander Koufax delivers Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bench fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Babson One up, one down for FOFC Planting his right foot Blade is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Blade Barrett is batting at .266 with 3 home runs He is 0 for 1 so far today Blade, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Koufax Koufax fires Blade hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Mathews dives... It's through for a base hit! He almost got his glove on it... Blade reaches on a sizzling single to left A nice try by the third baseman, Eddie Mathews A. J. Tucker is the next batter in the bottom of the 3rd FOFC continues to trail NL Post WWII Tucker has a .333 average against lefthanders He is .297 overall Tucker waits patiently The southpaw Koufax's delivery on the 3-1 pitch Fastball, high and tight Ball Four Chin music... Tucker didn't like it Gerald Gazelle is entering the batter's box Benton Breeze has his big bopper, Jeeberoni Potpie, waiting in the on-deck circle Gazelle is 1 for 1 today Koufax is on the third-base side of the rubber... Koufax will try to get Gazelle to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate There's the heater... Strike three swinging! Gazelle will take his seat That's out number two Post-Nationals' pitching coach, Johnny Podres, is out to talk with Koufax Looks like he wants to go over something with him Jeeberoni Potpie, the All Stars' first baseman is up next FOFC has 2 men on with 2 outs Potpie is taking his practice swings Jeeberoni is 0 for 1 this afternoon The bat is cocked Checks the runners Here's his delivery And a quick throw to first by Koufax But Tucker is back easily... Now to the plate... low, ball four... That loads 'em up FOFC left fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next Gunner is 0 for 1 today Koufax looks down at Bench for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The lefthander Koufax comes home with it Bouncer to second Taken by Schoendienst Over to Cepeda Got him! Score It: 4-3 And that's the final out of the inning NL Post WWII has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 men on base today Brian Babson, out there on the mound for FOFC prepares to face Orlando Cepeda to get the 4th inning underway here in FOFC Stadium Cepeda goes through his routine of settling in Cepeda is poised and ready for the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery There's a liner over short Solidly stroked by Cepeda... Would you look at that! Nights leaped two stories into the air and robbed Cepeda of a sure base hit Orlando is disgusted... but tips his hat to Nights just the same That ball had base hit written all over it With one down, up next is Sandy Koufax To be followed by Red Schoendienst And it brings up Sandy Koufax On deck is Red Schoendienst Roberto Clemente in the hole Looking to Bill Russle for a sign Koufax waits Brian comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering And Koufax will sit down... strike three called That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Babson Red Schoendienst will be next up... Schoendienst is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Schoendienst has a .267 average against righthanders this season Babson eyes Schoendienst intently Here's the righthander's windup and delivery It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That's all for NL Post WWII After 3 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, NL Post WWII leads 4 to 1 Here's Harry Hays leading off Dan Fouts is on deck And Jeff Nights is in the hole Hays steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready He's ready for the delivery The 2-2 offering... Changeup down low... Hays makes contact and hits one out to center Willie Mays is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Koufax One up, one down here in the bottom of the 4th Dan Fouts makes his way to home plate Fouts wiggles the bat above his head All set, Fouts is ready for the pitch Now to the belt, here it is... Sharp breaking curveball... Fouts reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Banks... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Cepeda at first! Fouts is out easily Two down Sandy Koufax retires the first two batters in order Up now for FOFC is Nights Two away, nobody on Nights is 0 for 1 today, with no strike outs Sandy Koufax steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The pitch is on the way Ground ball to the left side... Banks scoops it up Over to first for the putout That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 4 innings, NL Post WWII has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base NL Post WWII has stranded 3 Clemente 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 Clemente is 0 for 1 today Hays flashes the sign... Babson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Babson kicks and delivers Clemente swings hard... But he was fooled on the pitch Nubs it off the fists It's dribbling toward third Fouts charges in on it... Bare hands it... Sidearms it to first... Clemente beats it out by a whisker It was a bleeder... Clemente's speed got him a hit on that one Looks good in tommorrow's box score He'll take it Here's the 6', 180 lbs. "Hammerin' Hank" coming up to bat Hank Aaron will step in to face Babson He is 2 for 2 on the afternoon with 2 home runs! That impressive display of power has been good for 3 RBI's Babson looks down at Hays He shakes him off once... Again... Brian has got to be a little concerned with Aaron up there as the NL Post WWII left fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this afternoon Babson goes into his stretch... Looks at Clemente... He fires one to Potpie... Clemente dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Babson comes home Aaron hits a roller to Dan Fouts Fouts comes up with it and throws It's in the dirt Potpie can't come up with it That'll be a throwing error on Fouts That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC Willie Mays is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Willie is 0 for 2 this summer afternoon He's batting .305 on the season Mays waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the 3-2 offering Ripped to third, but right at Fouts...easy out So we have one out now for NL Post WWII 2 runners on board as Eddie Mathews rubs his bat with the pine tar one last time Walking up to the plate now is Mathews Ernie Banks waits on deck Mathews is batting .301 with 39 homers this year Eddie steadies his bat Waits patiently for Babson's pitch After checking the runners Here comes the pitch Stroked to first Clean single for Mathews NL Post WWII adds to their lead NL Post WWII leads 5 to 1 Now here's Banks Babson gets the sign, it's one he likes Babson checks the runners Hit on the ground to short Taken by Nights Throw to second for one To first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 NL Post WWII gets 1 in the top of the 5th One run, 2 hits, one error and one man left on base After 4 and a half innings, NL Post WWII leads by 4 Sean Treacy will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Koufax adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bench Here's the windup... and the pitch Treacy hits a three hopper towards Red Schoendienst Schoendienst scoops it and fires it to first for the out One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is still in the on-deck circle and A. J. Tucker is looking for a bat in the dugout Walking up now to the plate is Blade Blade is 1 for 2 today, with no strike outs Koufax is ready quickly Koufax goes into his windup Here it comes Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Tucker steps in Blade's trying to rattle Sandy Koufax by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink NL Post WWII is set up for two Koufax looks down at Bench for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw delivers Fastball down low... Tucker swings and hits one out to center Willie Mays is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Koufax Blade trots back to first NL Post WWII ahead 5 to 1 with two away this inning Gazelle saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gazelle is 1 for 2 today, with 1 strike outs Sandy Koufax still on the mound for the Post-Nationals... Koufax has gone the distance so far He's given up 4 hits in 4 2/3 innings He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Blade dives back in!... SAFE! Cepeda tosses it back to Koufax Now here's the pitch Fastball, at the letters... Gazelle crunches it... There's a high belt... Driven deep into left-centerfield... Mays running to the fence... It's outta here HOME RUN 25 for Gazelle this year! Potpie saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Koufax asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber It's a full count... Koufax winds and fires... Off speed pitch on the way... And Potpie watches it go by for the third strike That's all for the All Stars in the 5th inning They get 2 runs across At the end of five... It's Post-Nationals 5, FOFC 3 |
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8/6 Radio Broadcast Continued
Bench saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Bench's bat has been very quiet so far this season In 398 at bats, he is only batting .241 He's also strikeout prone Fozborg adjusts his cap... Now he's set Fozborg throws the 3-2 pitch Slow ground ball Nights is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Fozborg gets the first out in the inning "The Baby Bull" is making his way to the plate Sirr Fozborg on in relief for the All Stars We're in the top of the 6th Fozborg is into his windup Here's the pitch Swung on and drilled into right Gazelle going back... The ball is over his head And there's Cepeda around first base heading for second Gazelle chases down the ball, throws... It's on the money... The slide... SAFE!... Cepeda has himself a double That's 11 doubles for Cepeda on the year That made it 314 feet to the right field corner It bounced off the 10 foot high fence just left of the foul pole Sandy Koufax steps into the box Koufax a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Fozborg Fozborg wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The righthander Fozborg delivers There's a ball in front of the plate... Hays gets in front to block it... But it's off his mitt to his left Cepeda is off for third base... Hays picks up the ball and from his knees Whips it to Fouts... Cepeda slides... SAFE!! Score it a wild pitch on Sirr Fozborg Sandy Koufax steps into the box Before getting ready Koufax checks out the defensive alignment After getting set, Koufax waits on the pitch Cepeda is dancing off third Fozborg is ignoring him Here's the pitch Fastball off Hays' mitt Rolls all the way to the backstop Hays is after it... but the run will score No throw... Looked like Hays was crossed-up on the pitch Score it a passed ball on Hays Sandy Koufax steps into the box We'll see how they pitch to Koufax Sandy is ready for the delivery Fozborg brings it to the plate Koufax is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position Two gone for NL Post WWII Walking up to the plate now is Schoendienst Roberto Clemente waits on deck Red is 0 for 2 this summer afternoon He lined out in his last plate appearance Fozborg adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Fozborg brings it to the plate Schoendienst 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 Roberto Clemente, the right fielder, strides to the plate Fozborg steps on the rubber Fozborg's righthanded delivery... There's a fly ball into straight-away left Gunner one hands it... Clemente is retired... and so is NL Post WWII That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII So After 5 and a half innings NL Post WWII has 6 runs, 9 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and one error NL Post WWII has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 Palmer will come up to lead off the bottom of the 6th FOFC's fans are looking for some runs from their team Palmer goes through his routine of settling in The left-hander Koufax is now ready The pitch is on the way A hot shot on the ground to Banks He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Palmer is out One up, one down Nobody on base, one away Hays steps into the batter's box Bench flashes the sign to Koufax And the delivery by Koufax Slow ground ball Banks is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One more chance for FOFC this inning Dan Fouts, third baseman for the All Stars is up next Fouts steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Sandy gets the sign from Bench Now ready, here it is... Fouts rips the curve to left-center... Aaron racing back to the fence... He leaps up for the drive... Can't quite get it!!... Fouts around first... Aaron quickly runs it down Fires a strong throw... Off the mark.. Fouts makes it easily into second That's a double for Fouts Nights is up now for FOFC Nights adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeff is 0 for 2 this afternoon Jeff steadies his bat And waits patiently for Koufax's pitch Koufax brings it to the plate That's a major league pop up! Banks grabs it for the out Score It: 6 That's all for the All Stars... After 6 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, NL Post WWII on top 6 to 3 The big guns are due up for NL Post WWII Aaron will lead it off He will be followed by Willie Mays and Eddie Mathews Hank Aaron will be up next... He is 2 for 3 on the afternoon Aaron has also smacked out 2 home runs! This impressive display of power has been good for 3 RBI's Rodney looks down at Hays He shakes him off once... Again... James has got to be a little concerned with Aaron up there as the NL Post WWII left fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this afternoon The righthander delivers Sinking fastball... Aaron swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step NL Post WWII with one away Rodney steps off the mound as he waits for Willie Mays to come to the plate Willie Mays will face Rodney Righty against righty Looking to Bill Russle for a sign Mays concentrates He holds the bat down on the end The righthander Rodney delivers Long fly to center Tucker has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Mays is retired on a fairly deep fly One more chance for NL Post WWII in the top of the 7th Walking slowly up for NL Post WWII is Mathews The outfield is playing him deep And shaded to the right They are showing respect for his power Mathews swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Rodney Mathews waiting on the delivery Rodney rocks and fires Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Mathews hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into center for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle The Dallas-born power hitting, Ernie Banks, is approaching the plate Rodney likes the sign Rodney brings it to the plate It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Nights for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII Time to check out the rest of the scores NL Pre WWII and Caribbean are all knotted at 3 Frisch has hit his 7th homerun for NL Pre WWII Negro League I is embarrassing AL Pre WWII 8 to 0 Paige enjoying the big Negro League I lead Dead Ball Era toppling AL Post WWII 7 to 0 Japanese League slipping by Left Outs 3 to 1 Sugishita battling Wynn Turn of Century besting Negro League II 5 to 0 Old Timers is edging Late 20th 4 to 3 Brouthers has hit his 7th homerun for Old Timers And right here in FOFC NL Post WWII on top 6 to 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Here's the left fielder Ton To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then A. J. Tucker Ton has 10 doubles this year Ton waits Here's the southpaw's delivery Ton starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Koufax walks him One on, no outs Coming up for FOFC is Blade Blade taps the plate Looks to Dick Howser for the sign Blade is set for the pitch Now Sandy delivers Blade is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position Settling in at the plate is Tucker So far this year Tucker is batting .296 He has 19 doubles, 8 triples 7 homeruns with 53 RBI's and 17 stolen bases Koufax looks down at Bench for the sign Now he's ready The lefthander Koufax delivers Tucker golfs a shot into shallow center Mays is coming hard... He dives... Beautiful catch! Ton retreats quickly to first A. J. kicks the dirt in disbelief Two down Due up next is Gerald Gazelle Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the All Stars Gazelle is up next Two out with Ton at first Gazelle is 2 for 3 today, with 1 strike outs Koufax asks for a new ball Rubs it down... Now he steps on the rubber Here's the 2-1 offering Gazelle sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Aaron Aaron gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium left Koufax gets the last out here in the home half of the 7th The All Stars strand 1 NL Post WWII still leads 6-3 Bench leading off Bench is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting only .241 so far this year At 1 for 3 in this game He grounded out in his last at bat Johnny steadies his bat Waits patiently for Rodney's pitch Here's the windup and the 2 strike delivery Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Bench was frozen on that fastball by Rodney High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch While Sandy Koufax heads for the on deck circle Orlando Cepeda makes his way to the plate The outfield's shaded towards left for Cepeda He's 1 for 3 today Waiting for the pitch is Cepeda Rodney's into his windup... the pitch Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Cepeda! Two up, two down here in the top of the 8th Tommy Lasorda will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Billy Williams steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Rodney Williams is batting .201 on the year He has 4 round trippers and 21 RBI's Here's Billy Williams Billy Williams is hitting .186 this year against righthanded pitchers The umpire says let's go Williams is ready Righthander Rodney's delivery Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 72 on the season for Rodney That's it for NL Post WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 and a half innings, NL Post WWII has 6 runs, 10 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 6 hits and one error NL Post WWII has left 6 on base FOFC has stranded 6 Phil Niekro will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Phil has appeared in 51 games this season He has a record of 5-3 with 2 saves His ERA stands at 3.97 NL Post WWII is making a defensive change Schmidt will bat 5th and play third Potpie is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Bench flashes the sign... Niekro waves it off... Now he's happy It's coming down the pike Potpie hits a fly ball to right Roberto Clemente camps under it He's got it With one down Cepeda yells something out to Niekro Phil nods his head One out, nobody on base NL Post WWII leads 6 to 3 in the eighth Here comes Deacon Palmer to face Niekro Palmer is batting .334 with 6 round trippers in 1900 Niekro studies his sign The pitch to Palmer... Palmer swings and hits one down the line It's in for extra bases The ball is kicking around in the corner Palmer is heading for second The ball comes in... The slide... The tag... SAFE!... A sharply hit double for Deacon Palmer Hays gets set at the plate We'll see how they pitch to Hays Niekro adjusts his cap... Now he's set Phil looks over his shoulder at Palmer Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch A hot shot on the ground to Banks He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Hays is out Palmer stays put That's the second out of the inning David Gonzalez moves in to face Niekro 1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 8th Niekro 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 2-2 pitch Hard ground ball into left field David Gonzalez has a base hit Palmer takes third Jeff Nights will get a crack at Niekro next K. A. Ton would be up next... But only if Nights can reach safely Nights has hit 13 home runs this year Bench flashes the sign... Niekro shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Niekro brings it home He rips a grounder to second Schoendienst comes up with it Over to Cepeda Got him! Score It: 4-3 The All Stars are retired It's 6-3 as we come to the 9th The NL Post WWII second baseman, Schoendienst, will lead off He'll be followed by Roberto Clemente And then Hank Aaron Schoendienst is hitting .273 against righties Schoendienst waits for the pitch Into the windup... here's the pitch Schoendienst hits a pop into short right field Blade sprints out Gazelle and Tucker sprint towards the infield Gerald Gazelle sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Clemente, the right fielder, moves into the batter's box NL Post WWII on top 6 to 3 1 for 3 today Clemente looks for a sign from third Bill Russle with the hand signals Clemente, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Kronside Here's the righthander's delivery Soft liner to third Palmer snares it for the out! Score It: 5 One down for NL Post WWII Hank Aaron is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for NL Post WWII So with 1 on and 1 out the Post-Nationals send their left fielder, Hank Aaron, up to face Kronside Good-hitting Willie Mays is waiting in the on-deck circle Hank looks at the sign from the coach at third Bill Russle flashes a series of them... Now Aaron taps the bat on home plate Aaron is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Schoendienst is dancing off first Here's his delivery Aaron takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He's out on strikes That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard These scores are final... NL Pre WWII spanked Caribbean 8 to 3 Negro League I humbled AL Pre WWII 8 to 0 Mays takes the loss, his record drops to 10-9 Paige the winner, he's now 13-9 Dead Ball Era ripped AL Post WWII 7 to 1 Japanese League cuffed Left Outs 4 to 1 Carlton takes the loss, his record drops to 6-9 Sugishita the winner, he's now 3-12 Turn of Century spanked Negro League II 5 to 0 Old Timers edged out Late 20th 6 to 5 Sutter takes the loss, his record drops to 1-4 Keefe the winner, he's now 9-14 Schoendienst extends his lead towards second Inside slider... Mays ducks down... And there goes Schoendienst! Hays has the pitch And here's the overhand throw... Late throw by Hays... No chance to get Schoendienst sliding in safely Willie Mays steps into the box A base hit should score Schoendienst Before the game Kronside said he really enjoyed watching Mays hit He did admit, however, pitching to Willie quickly dimmed his enthusiasm Kronside looks back towards second... The pitch High and away Ball four Mike Schmidt is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Schmidt is batting .233 with 11 homers this year The bat is cocked Kronside brings it to the plate STRIKE THREE! He swung on a ball that was in the dirt Schmidt was overanxious up there That was almost a wild pitch That's it here in the top of the 9th It's 6-3 in favor of the visitors from NL Post WWII We'll be back in just a moment The left fielder Ton will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then A. J. Tucker NL Post WWII leads 6 to 3 Niekro toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Bench He brings it home Curve in the dirt... and Ton holds up Looked like he went around from here But the man in blue says no Bench appeals to first Appeal fails Ton will take first on the walk That's 2 walks today for Ton Next up is Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman On-deck is A. J. Tucker... He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle Ton takes his lead Niekro steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Niekro goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Ton He lobs one to Cepeda... Ton is back easily We're ready again Now Niekro comes home Blade hits a three hopper towards Mike Schmidt Schmidt scoops it and fires it to second... Out The throw to first... Out at first, it's a double play And there's two away Niekro looks down at Tucker as he steps in A. J. is ready to go Tucker grips the bat handle Now set, Tucker waits for the pitch Niekro's 2 strike pitch... Tucker cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bench Tucker was badly fooled by Niekro's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! A. J. was a little overanxious And that will do it for FOFC NL Post WWII wins 6 to 3 Koufax gets credit for the win Niekro notches the save Babson takes the loss The hitting star for NL Post WWII was Hank Aaron He was 2 for 5 with 2 homeruns! 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8/6 Post Game Press Conference
I walk in and sit down, and before I can say anything Lou fires off a question... Lou, "Your win streak ends at 11, but you have to be feeling good about the team right now?" "Lou, I'm feeling good right now. Win streaks are good for confidence, it's always nice when you win a series against a team as good as the NL Posters, and a 5 and a half game lead sure beats a 1 game lead or a 1 game back situation. But let's be honest. We are a long way from the finish line, and things can change quickly. For instance. while we opened a lead, we also turn around and play the Negro League 1 team, and the NL Posters get to match up with the Japanese All-Stars. There is a huge difference in the level of competition there. If they sweep and we get swept, then our lead is gone and it is back to nail biting time." "You couldn't pull this one out," Dan Reader...states or asks...I'm not sure. "Um, nope, we didn't. We had some opportunities, but we just didn't get the timely hit or make the clutch pitch we needed to." Hack Jobb, "Benton, what do you think needs to happen down the stretch to hold off the NL Post War team?" "We have to keep pitching well first and foremost. The guys really turned it around recently and they have been giving us quality starts. If that continues well have a chance to win each time out. The hitting has been solid most of the year, and hopefully that will keep up." Jobb follows up, "How good do you think you need to play?" "I'm not sure I follow." I express... Jobb clarifying, "Do you thing .500 ball will be enough to get to the series?" "Oh, now I see...you know, I'm not sure. I haven't really thought about it. We have about 28 games left. If we go 14 - 14, then the Posters would have to win 20 and only drop 8...yeah, .500 might be enough, but I'd prefer that we not settle for .500 ball." Tom McCarver, "Benton, why start the left handed hitting Gunner against a strong lefty starter like Koufax, when you had KA Ton and Persimmon on the bench." "Actually, we were scheduled to give Pflaggsettler a day off, and Ton was going to start, but he wasn't feeling well at the beginning of the game, so we stuck Gunner in. We could have gone with Tracey, but Gunner is much better defensively, and I wanted to give Babson all the support in the field I could. We ended up sticking Ton in once he started to perk up." |
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8/7 Radio Broadcast - Game 122
It's just about time for baseball! Welcome baseball fans from around the country The Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System takes great pleasure in presenting you this evening's contest between visiting FOFC and Negro League I Hilton Smith will be on the mound for the Ones He currently has a fine 15 and 5 record This will be his 24th start... 7 have been completed In his 177 innings, he has struck out 79 He will go up against FOFC's Al Mighty Mighty is at 7 and 7 with a 3.62 ERA Barrett Blade, FOFC's second baseman, will lead-off He has earned this slot with a fine .361 OBP A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni Potpie will follow We'll be right back! Here's the 2-1 offering It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Dandridge is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! That's one away Pounding the plate with his bat Tucker awaits the pitch Tucker goes through his routine of settling in Tucker waits Now the delivery, here is is... Shallow fly ball Torriente charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Tucker stops at first That's a single Apparently not afraid of Smith Tucker stretches out to his lead Excellent lead... The slider from Smith... Tucker takes off on the pitch!... Fastball at the belt... The peg down... Dihigo slaps a high tag on Tucker... He's called SAFE WOW is Dihigo upset with that call! Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box One out, man on second Smith eyes Potpie intently Hilton looks over his shoulder at Tucker Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Curveball, in and low Potpie hits it to Leonard 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 Tucker is now perched over at third That's two away Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler scuffs up the lines around the box Right-hander Smith prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Pflaggstettler The pitch is on the way Bounced past the mound Taken by Wells Over to first NOT IN TIME! That's an infield hit for Pflaggstettler! Tucker scores from third! With two out Batting for FOFC now is Hays FOFC on top 1 to 0 Smith is on the first-base side of the rubber... Smith's righthanded delivery... Base hit to right for Hays Third base coach Dick Howser is motioning Pflaggstettler to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Hays at first Gunner is up now for FOFC Gunner is at .257 on the season Right-hander Smith eyes the lefty Gunner Hilton is obviously concerned Into the stretch... He looks over at Pflaggstettler, now at Hays Now the pitch Screaming liner towards second Dihigo leaps He makes a great catch! Score It: 4 That's it for FOFC here in the top of the 1st They leave two runners stranded FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors While Negro League I has no runs, no hits and no errors 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 evening is Gunner... with Tucker in center and Pflaggstettler in right Around the diamond, from third to first It's Palmer, Nights, Blade and Potpie... The battery consists of Mighty on the mound and Hays behind the plate... First batter for the Ones will be Cool Papa Bell Bell, a switch-hitter, batting right-handed against the lefty Al Mighty Bell waits for the delivery The southpaw Mighty's delivery on the 1-2 pitch Bell hits a three hopper towards Barrett Blade Blade scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's one away Planting his right foot Dandridge is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Dandridge Ray tucks in his shirt, jiggles his butt Now checks with the coach at third Dandridge tells the umpire he's ready Here's his delivery Swung on and sliced down the line Blade runs over He's near the dugout steps Reaches in... The ball bounces into the dugout . . . Dandridge back in the box And here comes the next pitch Dandridge rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Dandridge is around first, heading for two... Pflaggstettler is up with it and fires it in quickly Ray pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the Negro League I third baseman Ray also ups his hitting streak to 11 games! That is Dandridge's 1st hit today Charleston strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Charleston is at .283 on the season Mighty has the sign from Hays Mighty brings it home Routine fly to center Tucker starts in Now he starts backpedaling... Faster... Just does catch up to it! Dandridge scampers back to second Two down And the batter is Josh Gibson Buck Leonard is on-deck The FOFC outfield is playing Gibson almost straight away Unusual for the power hitter But with Mighty on the mound it is understandable Gibson readies himself for the pitch The pitch is on the way Big motion... Gibson is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Mighty pulled the string on him Al Mighty holds the Ones scoreless in the first Deacon Palmer stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Palmer taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Smith steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Smith kicks and fires There's a fly ball to Cristobal Torriente Torriente circles under it... He makes the play One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games NL Post WWII and Japanese League have yet to score Gibson and Kaneda currently dueling Dead Ball Era is edging Negro League II 1 to 0 Walsh and Holland currently dueling AL Post WWII with the lead over Turn of Century 4 to 1 Newhouser comfortably ahead for AL Post WWII Old Timers leads Left Outs 2 to 1 Welch battling Lemon AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII have yet to score Caribbean is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 Tiant Jr. battling Glavine And in our contest FOFC ahead 1 to 0 The shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next Smith looks down at Gibson for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Hilton rocks and fires Slow ground ball Wells is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two up, two down Walking up to the plate now is Mighty Barrett Blade waits on deck The outfield's shaded towards right With Mighty at the plate Mighty gets set for the pitch Smith goes into his windup And here's the 1-2 offering Good slider, inside part of the plate Mighty gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Dihigo grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! 1-2-3, nothing across... Leading off for the Ones is the first baseman Leonard He'll be followed by Willie Wells And then Cristobal Torriente Leonard is batting .285 with 20 round trippers in 1900 Set now is Leonard The southpaw Mighty delivers the 3-2 pitch Hit hard to the right of Nights... And it's caught in the air by a diving Palmer! One gone for Negro League I Wells is up next One gone, bottom of the 2nd Cristobal Torriente moves out on deck Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Now Al delivers The pitch is just inside and Wells holds up Hays points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! Two down Al Mighty retires the first two batters in order Negro League I right fielder, Cristobal Torriente, is up next Torriente a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Mighty A battle of lefties... Torriente gets ready for Mighty's pitch His bat is cocked The pitch to Torriente... A hot shot on the ground to Nights He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Torriente is out We head to the 3rd... The score is still FOFC 1, Ones 0 The FOFC second baseman, Blade, will lead off He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker And then Jeeberoni Potpie Blade can't seem to get settled at the plate Barrett seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Smith winds and delivers The 0-2 pitch Off speed pitch on the way... And Blade watches it go by for the third strike One up, one down A. J. Tucker, the center fielder, strides to the plate A. J. has 1 of All Stars' 3 hits The Ones' pitching has been tough Smith looks down at Gibson for the sign Now he's ready With a 0-2 count... here's the pitch It's a Texas Leaguer to center Here comes Bell... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Tucker is on with a bloop single to center Tucker at first, one out Jeeberoni Potpie is ready at the plate Potpie is hitting .288 against righthanders He's ready for the delivery And the delivery by Smith Potpie chases the high fastball... Hammers a LONG towering drive... Hit to deep left center... HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE! A big blast by Potpie! Walking up now to the plate is Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler is batting .314 with 20 HR's this year Gibson flashes the sign to Smith Windup by Smith And the pitch Sinking fastball... Pflaggstettler swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Dandridge... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's the second out of the inning Slowly coming up is Hays for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 3 to 0 Harry is hitting at .348 on the year He has 96 hits in 276 at bats This includes 5 doubles, 3 triples 12 home runs and 34 RBI's The bat is cocked Smith's into the windup... the delivery Hays hits a screamer at Willie Wells Wells takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Leonard scoops it on one hop Hays is out! Nice play by Leonard That retires the side FOFC with a 3 run lead It's FOFC 3 and Negro League I still looking to score their first run Here's the second baseman Dihigo To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Hilton Smith And then Cool Papa Bell Dihigo is at .288 on the season Mighty squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Mighty brings it to the plate Dihigo swings... He rips a ground ball towards Palmer It's by him! It's twisting into the left field corner Dihigo rounds first... He will return quickly to first as Gunner gets a nice throw in to Blade Hilton Smith is being called back to the dugout Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter Yep, here comes Mule Suttles Dusty Baker will play the percentages as he sends the right hand hitting Suttles against the southpaw, Mighty In fact, Mule is batting a splendid .303 versus lefties this season So the decision certainly is reasonable... We shall soon see how it works out Suttles is up to see what he can do Negro League I trails by 3 runs We're in the bottom of the 3rd Suttles steps out of the box... Looks towards Bill Madlock for a sign Suttles is waiting on the pitch Mighty's 1-1 pitch... It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One down for Negro League I Cool Papa Bell is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League I One on, one out Bell walks to the batter's box Bell, a switch-hitter, facing the left-handed Mighty Now set, Bell waits for the pitch Mighty checks Dihigo on first Now the 2 strike pitch Swung on and missed... Bell is down on strikes Two gone for Negro League I Dandridge digs in at the plate Ready now for Mighty to come set Dandridge is 1 for 1 today Ray doubled last time around Waiting for the pitch is Dandridge The lefthander delivers Dandridge hits a deep fly ball into the alley Tucker chases it down The ball hits the base of the wall 399 feet from home plate Tucker smacks the wall and falls to the ground A. J. is after it as Ray heads for second Dandridge does not slow down... He is digging for third... Finally, Tucker has the ball... Here's the throw... SAFE, Dandridge slides under the tag by Nights Textbook hook slide Dandridge has himself a triple And there goes Mighty's shutout But FOFC still leads by 2 Oscar Charleston plants his left foot The lefthanded left fielder for Negro League I appears set Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off The umpire says let's go Dandridge is dancing off third Mighty is ignoring him Here's the pitch Charleston looks at ball four That pitch wasn't even close... Must have got away from Mighty Now there are runners at the corners Josh Gibson will get a crack at Mighty next Buck Leonard would be up next... But only if Gibson can reach safely 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd Mighty is slow to get ready He has a 4.07 ERA this year Now he's ready Mighty checks the runners A slider by Mighty Gibson gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That wraps up the inning for Negro League I By the way, Negro League I is 8 and 2 in their last ten games Dusty Baker relieves starter Hilton Smith to start the inning Rube Foster will come on for Negro League I... Foster currently sports a 3-5 record with a 5.38 ERA in 47 previous outings He has pitched a total of 84 innings Stan Gunner up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Gunner is at .256 on the season Foster toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Gibson It's coming down the pike Hard inside slider... The swing... Gunner hits a grounder into the hole Dihigo makes an incredible stop... But he's in no position to make a throw Score that a single Next up is Deacon Palmer, the FOFC third baseman Palmer has 19 doubles this year Rube is ready Foster rocks and fires Changeup... Ties Palmer up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! One away in the top of the 4th for FOFC While Al Mighty heads for the on deck circle Jeff Nights makes his way to the plate Before getting ready Nights checks out the defensive alignment He's ready He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Gunner dives back in!... SAFE! Leonard tosses it back to Foster Now here's the pitch Nights hits a hot line drive at Dandridge Ray reaches up and makes a fine catch Gunner dives back quickly to first Nice hit, but right at Dandridge And there's two away Two out, Gunner at first Coming up is Al Mighty Gunner will be running if it's hit Foster 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 stretch... the 1-2 delivery Grounded to first Leonard to Foster covering first Score It: 3-1 That's all for FOFC After 3 and a half innings in Negro League I this evening, FOFC on top 3 to 1 Here's Leonard to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard NL Post WWII leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Dead Ball Era is on top of Negro League II 2 to 0 Baker has hit his 12th homerun for Dead Ball Era AL Post WWII is in front of Turn of Century 4 to 1 Old Timers and Left Outs are all knotted at 3 AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII have yet to score Caribbean leads Late 20th 1 to 0 Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Mighty brings it to the plate Struck him out on a fastball Leonard goes down swinging And there's one away Settling in at the plate is Wells Wells is 0 for 1 today Mighty steps on the rubber Mighty quick pitches him Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Mighty Cristobal Torriente will be next up... Up next for the Ones Cristobal Torriente, the right fielder... If he gets on, Martin Dihigo would bat next Torriente is at .270 on the season Mighty gets the sign, it's one he likes Here's the 0-1 pitch There's a high pop fly to the outfield A. J. Tucker moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Tucker grabs it with his bare hand for the out The Ones go down in order... After 4 full innings, it's 3-1 All Stars For FOFC here in the top of the 5th, it will be the top of the order Barrett Blade will lead things off A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni Potpie will follow... Blade is 0 for 2 on the day He looks around at the Negro League I infield Leonard is kicking the dirt at first Dandridge is even with the bag at third Dihigo and Wells are ready with hands on knees at second and short Foster looks down at Gibson for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Now Rube delivers There's a routine pop by Blade Wells moves under it and makes the catch FOFC with one away Foster steps off the mound as he waits for A. J. Tucker to come to the plate One away, nobody on base Tucker stands ready at the plate A. J. Tucker is hitting .286 this year against righthanded pitchers Tucker awaits the delivery The pitch on the way, here it is... Tucker swings It's a quail shot into shallow left field Wells is running with his back to the infield He reaches up... What a grab! Two down Gibson asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Gibson and Foster Jeeberoni Potpie will step in to face Foster next If he gets on, Persimmon Pflaggstettler will follow Jeeberoni steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jeeberoni is 1 for 2 today with 1 home run 2 down, Foster ahead in the count... One ball, two strikes Foster fires Potpie rips a high drive into left Charleston races to the wall Reaches up And pulls it down for the out Foster sets the All Stars down in order The Ones will send Dihigo, Rube Foster, and Cool Papa Bell up to the plate this inning Dihigo steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Dihigo cocks his bat The lefthander Mighty delivers Dihigo swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mighty strikes out Martin Dihigo One out Due up next is Rube Foster Up next for the Ones The hometown pitcher, Rube Foster Foster digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mighty Mighty steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready And the cripple pitch... Foster starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Mighty walks him Bell finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Mighty studies his sign We've got a full count... Mighty winds and fires... Base hit to left for Bell Third base coach Bill Madlock doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Foster will stay at second Negro League I sends the third baseman, Ray Dandridge, up to the plate Dandridge is looking for another hit He has 2 hits so far today He is hitting .339 on the year The left-hander Mighty is now ready Mighty will try to get Dandridge to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate There's a ground ball into the hole Palmer goes left Nights sprints to his right It's picked by Nights who fires to first NOT IN TIME! Charleston leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Charleston is 0 for 1 today Mighty ready quickly, looks in for the sign Now ready, here it is... Bounced towards the hole Nice play by Potpie Over to second for one They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 3-1 That does it for Negro League I in the bottom of the 5th |
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8/7 Radio Broadcast Continued
Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler leading off Harry Hays is on deck And Stan Gunner is in the hole Time is called... Pflaggstettler has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Pflaggstettler is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly He brings it home Routine grounder to short Wells scoops it up Over to first for the out One down for FOFC Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle and Stan Gunner is looking for a bat in the dugout Hays, FOFC's catcher, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Stan Gunner waits on deck Hays a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Foster Gibson flashes the sign... Foster waves it off... Now he's happy The righthander delivers Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 43 on the season for Foster That's the second out of the inning Up now for FOFC is Gunner Two away, nobody on Gunner is hitting .259 against righties Gunner waits for the pitch Dihigo comes in a couple steps Yells something to Foster The delivery Swung on and hit on the nose to right Torriente picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Gunner is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it Deacon Palmer will face Foster Righty against righty Deacon steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Palmer struck out last time up and now is 0 for 2 Palmer is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Gunner is dancing off first Righthander Foster's delivery Palmer hits a sharp grounder to Willie Wells It rolls up his arm Wells can't find the handle Palmer is safe on the error by Wells Jeff Nights is up next FOFC's shortstop finds 2 on with 2 outs Against righthanders Nights is hitting .266 Foster likes the sign Rube checks the runners Steps off the rubber... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Bouncer to short Wells comes up with it Over to second for the force Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Palmer, is out That retires the side... Nights fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, one error and 2 men left on base Gibson steps to the plate It's the bottom of the 6th here at Black Diamond Pk FOFC ahead 3 to 1 Josh comes to the plate batting .285 with 20 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Gibson looks very intent... He stares down at Mighty... Cocks his bat Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery Long drive Way back... back It's heading towards the fence A. J. Tucker has a chance He grabs it on the run! With one down, up next is Buck Leonard To be followed by Willie Wells Buck Leonard now up Leonard stares out at the mound Mighty nods, he's ready He delivers WATCH OUT! Mighty has hit Leonard! Wells comes to the plate One out, Leonard at first Wells has 21 doubles this year Mighty takes the first sign Mighty rocks and fires A slider by Mighty Wells gets good wood on it... Gunner back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Mighty Next up for the Ones is Cristobal Torriente Torriente has hit 11 home runs this year Mighty wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Here's the 2 strike offering Cristobal Torriente hits a drive to left-center Stan Gunner is at the warning track Reaches up... Jumps... And snares it for the out I'm impressed! That wraps up the inning for Negro League I Time to check out the rest of the scores NL Post WWII leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Dead Ball Era slipping by Negro League II 2 to 0 Turn of Century is edging AL Post WWII 5 to 4 Mathewson battling Newhouser Left Outs slipping by Old Timers 5 to 3 NL Pre WWII leads AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Hubbell and Hoyt currently dueling Caribbean clipping Late 20th 7 to 3 Dan Fouts, Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker are due up for the All Stars FOFC leads, 3-1 Fouts is at .275 on the season He's ready The pitch is on the way In the dirt And Fouts holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Barrett Blade will face Foster Righty against righty Blade looks down at Dick Howser to get the sign The third base coach glances over at Benton Breeze Now he relays the signal to Blade Blade tells the umpire he's ready He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Fouts dives back in!... SAFE! Leonard tosses it back to Foster Now here's the pitch WATCH OUT! Blade IS BEANED! He'll go down to first And Fouts will move to second Tucker looks to lay one down He bunts the ball . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by R.Dandridge the throw to first... Out Tucker gets the job done. One down, two to go... Rube Foster has to bear down now Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box 2nd and 3rd, 1 man down Foster is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now Foster brings it home It's inside and bounds off the catcher's mitt That'll be a passed ball Dusty Baker is visiting the mound... He decides to let Foster pitch to Potpie Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box Potpie is at .293 on the season Foster adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gibson The pitch is on the way Sinker that stays up, belt high... Potpie goes after it... Deep fly ball, way back... Torriente moving under on it He grabs it for the out No chance for a play on the runner Who scores for FOFC Two gone for FOFC Pflaggstettler pounds the plate Now he stares out at Foster Pflaggstettler is taking his practice swings Persimmon is 1 for 3 this evening He's ready It's coming down the pike Fly ball to left Charleston is under it He makes the grab That's it in the top of the 7th After 6 and a half innings in Negro League I, FOFC on top 5 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The Ones will send Dihigo, Rube Foster, and Cool Papa Bell up to the plate this inning Kronside wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Way ahead in the count Kronside turns the 0-2 pitch loose Dihigo hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Fouts dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the third baseman, Dan Fouts! One down for Negro League I Rube Foster is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League I The announcer introduces Turkey Stearnes He'll pinch hit for Rube Foster Benton Breeze trots out to talk to Kronside Lefties hit Jace at a .231 clip On the other hand... Stearnes has a .275 average against right handers Making his way up is Stearnes Kronside steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The pitch to Stearnes... It's a sinker, up in the strike zone Stearnes hits it deep into the alley Tucker is back to the warning track... To the fence... He leaps in the air... Just out of his reach!... It's in for extra bases... A. J. picks it up quickly Spins, throws... Not a strong throw but they have no chance Stearnes is at second with a stand-up double Almost a fine play by A. J. Tucker Well give him an "A" for effort Bell finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Bell goes through his routine of settling in He cocks his bat Bell has choked up, just trying to make contact He has 2 strikes on him Kronside brings it to the plate Bell tries to hold up, but can't... Strike three! Kronside took something off of that back door breaking ball He had Bell way out in front With FOFC leading in the bottom of the 7th Here's Dandridge now up for Negro League I On deck will be Oscar Charleston Kronside has the sign he wants The righthander delivers Fastball Ball four Oscar Charleston is up next The Ones' left fielder finds 2 on with 2 outs FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Charleston is 0 for 2 today The count is nothing and 2 Charleston has to protect the plate Righthander Kronside's delivery A sinking fastball... Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE That is the third out for Negro League I here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 47107 Bill Foster will be coming on to pitch for Negro League I Bill has appeared in 37 games this season with a record of 3-3 In 57 innings, he has an 2.06 ERA Rube Foster has finished his work here this evening Negro League I's defensive changes are... Stearnes will bat 9th and play LF Hays 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 Hays is batting .345 with 12 HR's this year Foster likes the sign The southpaw Foster delivers the 2-2 pitch Struck him out on a fastball Hays goes down swinging That's one away Stan Gunner steps in against Foster Left-hander against left-hander Gunner is at .263 on the season Foster looks down at Gibson for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Here's his delivery There's a fly ball to Turkey Stearnes Stearnes circles under it... He makes the play FOFC on top 5 to 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well NL Post WWII and Japanese League are deadlocked at 1 Gibson and Kaneda currently dueling Dead Ball Era slipping by Negro League II 2 to 0 Walsh and Manning currently dueling Turn of Century slipping by AL Post WWII 6 to 4 Old Timers is giving it to Left Outs 10 to 5 NL Pre WWII is on top of AL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Hornsby has hit his 18th homerun for NL Pre WWII Caribbean clipping Late 20th 7 to 3 Kronside coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Foster looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Gibson He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Foster Now he is ready... The lefthander Foster comes home with it Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Kronside swings way over it He was fooled completely Gibson loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Jace as he was heading for the dugout That's it for FOFC Here at Black Diamond Pk, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Negro League I has one run, 6 hits and one error FOFC has left 5 on base Negro League I has stranded 8 Power hitting Josh Gibson will lead off Negro League I's clean-up hitter will see what he can do against FOFC's Jace Kronside Gibson is at .284 on the season Hays flashes the sign to Kronside Kronside's 0-2 pitch... Gibson is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position So one up and one gone Leonard is up now for Negro League I Buck is 0 for 2 this summer evening He was hit by a pitch in his last plate appearance Leonard waits for the delivery Kronside kicks and fires Off speed pitch on the way... And Leonard watches it go by for the third strike Leonard stood there like a bump on a log 2 strike outs for Leonard today Two gone for Negro League I Time is running out for them Two out, nobody on Up now is Wells Wells wiggles the bat above his head Wells is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Kronside He's waiting for the pitch Jace rocks and fires Wells hits a high pop into short left field Fouts and Nights sprint towards the outfield Here comes Gunner Nights puts his glove out... Makes a super catch in front of Gunner!! So ends the bottom of the 8th For Negro League I No runs, no hits and no errors After 8 innings, FOFC on top 5 to 1 FOFC will send Nights, Dan Fouts, and Barrett Blade to face Bill Foster this inning The left-hander Foster is now ready Bill will have to come in with this 3-0 delivery It's on its way... Curve in the dirt That's ball four Foster can't get the 3-0 pitch over the plate Nights takes a walking lead Foster steps away from the mound Now Nights moves back to first At the plate is Fouts Late in the game FOFC up by 4 Nights takes his lead Foster shakes off two signs Now he's ready He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Nights dives back in!... SAFE! Leonard tosses it back to Foster Now here's the pitch Fouts hits a screamer at Willie Wells Wells picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play Two down Walking up to the plate now is Blade A. J. Tucker waits on deck We'll see how they pitch to Blade Blade, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Foster The Ones' hurler winds and delivers Blade swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Dandridge and skips out to Stearnes Blade rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Blade returns to first as Turkey gets a nice throw in to Dihigo Blade watches Foster carefully As he stretches out his lead The runner can't seem to get a good lead Tucker now at the plate Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Tucker is 2 for 3 today, with 0 home runs Gibson flashes the sign... Foster waves it off... Now he's happy The southpaw's 0-1 delivery There's a fly ball into straight-away right Torriente one hands it... Tucker is retired... and so is FOFC The All Stars are gone in the 9th... they get No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... We head to the bottom of the 9th... FOFC on top 5 to 1 Cristobal Torriente is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Negro League I to get things going Torriente is 0 for 3 today For the season, Cristobal has 11 homers 15 doubles, and 5 triples He has scored 41 runs while driving in 38 Set now is Torriente The 2-2 offering... Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Torriente! So one up and one gone Martin Dihigo is next Dihigo asks the ump for time Now he's back in O.K. Dihigo is ready He winds and deals Fastball OUCH! It hit Dihigo! Coming to the plate is Stearnes One down and runner at first Stearnes gets set He's 1 for 1 so far Stearnes waits for the pitch Now Jace delivers Drilled deep to left field This one is deep! THAT BALL'S SINGIN' WITH THE ANGELS NOW!!! That is Turkey Stearnes' 18th home run of the year. The Ones are down to their last 2 outs It will be up to Cool Papa Bell Hays flashes the sign... Kronside shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The righthander Kronside's delivery Cool Papa Bell swings at a breaking ball There it goes, way back towards right-center Tucker looks up Kiss that one good bye!! Back-to-back home runs for Negro League I! FOFC on top 5 to 4... That one had some distance Now batting for Negro League I... Jelly Gardner... He'll pinch hit for Ray Dandridge Gardner with a .375 average on the season And it brings up Jelly Gardner On deck is Bill Foster Josh Gibson in the hole Gardner looks down toward the third base coach Right-hander Knowles prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Gardner Knowles' into the windup... the delivery The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Gardner held up, and draws a walk Knowles isn't happy at all with that call Dusty Baker will send up a pinch hitter Biz Mackey steps out of the dugout! He will be up there against Knowles Here's Biz Mackey... Negro League I has rallied back They've scored 3 runs and now trail FOFC by only 1 It's now 5-4, FOFC in the bottom of the 9th Mackey is at .300 on the season He is hitting .278 against righties Biz is ready for the delivery The stretch... the delivery Hit towards the middle Nice play by Blade Throws to second He's out Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 And that will do it for Negro League I FOFC wins 5 to 4 Mighty gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Smith takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 1 for 3 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Negro League I. |
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8/8 Radio Broadcast - Game 123
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Leon Day with his 8 and 3 record Will be facing Barrett Blade Here we go, well almost... Here comes Gibson out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start Day winds Kicks the left leg high... Blade rips one to right He hit it right on the nose... Torriente is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Cristobal Torriente One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC The center fielder, A. J. Tucker, is up next Tucker digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Day Set now is Tucker Here's his delivery Swung on and popped up Wells is waiting... And that's an easy out That's two away Wells comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Day Jeeberoni Potpie will be next up... Potpie now at the plate Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck Potpie needs to get on... He has a .370 on base percentage After getting set, Potpie waits on the pitch Day brings it to the plate It's a routine fly into left Charleston ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Charleston grabs it for the out That does it for FOFC in the top of the 1st FOFC has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively In the outfield from left to right Ton in left... Tucker in center... And Pflaggstettler in right The infield, third to first Palmer will play the hot corner Nights is at short Over at second, Blade and at first base Potpie Williams gets the nod as starter Donning the "tools of ignorance" is Hays Negro League I center fielder, Turkey Stearnes, will lead off The outfield's shaded towards right With Stearnes at the plate Stearnes waits for the delivery Williams' 3-2 pitch... Stearnes slaps a hard grounder past second Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Stearnes will hold with a clean single Ray Dandridge shows bunt And lays it down right to Harry Hays Hays looks at second But passes up a sure force play He fires to first to retire Dandridge But Stearnes moves up Negro League I was in luck that time... Credit Ray Dandridge with a sacrifice And there's one away Oscar Charleston plants his left foot The lefthanded left fielder for Negro League I appears set Charleston can't seem to get settled at the plate Charleston waits for the pitch The southpaw delivers Flyball to center it's caught Stearnes has a chance to move up... Stearnes is trying to advance to third base... Here's the play... He's OUT! The FOFC right fielder, Pflaggstettler, will lead off He'll be followed by K. A. Ton And then Harry Hays Pflaggstettler is batting .311 with 20 HR's this year Day has the sign from Gibson Day's righthanded delivery... Slow ground ball Wells is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Negro League I gets the first out of the inning K. A. Ton will face Day Righty against righty Ton is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup K. A. certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Day earn his salary Ton is waiting on the pitch Day brings it to the plate Ton hits a fly ball to left Oscar Charleston camps under it He's got it Two down FOFC sends the catcher, Harry Hays, up to the plate Before getting ready Hays checks out the defensive alignment Hays is set Righthander Day's delivery Sinking fastball... Hays swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wells... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 1 and a half innings, Scoreless game It's the Ones' turn at bat here in the bottom of the 2nd Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, and Willie Wells the first three scheduled batters to face the lefty John Williams Here's Gibson, now... Gibson has managed a .261 average against lefthanders this year John is ready Williams goes into his windup Here it comes Gibson rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Tucker is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by A. J. Tucker One down for Negro League I Buck Leonard is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League I Negro League I first baseman, Buck Leonard, is up next The left-hander Williams is now ready Now to the belt, here it is... Leonard takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Leonard is out on strikes Two up, two down for the Ones Nobody on, two away Wells steps in for Negro League I Wells steps out of the box... Looks towards Bill Madlock for a sign Wells is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Williams He's waiting for the pitch He brings it home He decked him! This draws a reaction from the crowd The umpire signals him to first It nipped him on the arm on the way down The Ones' right fielder is up next Negro League I has 1 on board with 2 outs Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Williams rocks and fires Smashed to short Nights grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for Negro League I Time to check out the rest of the scores NL Post WWII and Japanese League are scoreless Dead Ball Era and Negro League II are scoreless Turn of Century and AL Post WWII are all knotted at 1 Killebrew has hit his 23rd homerun for AL Post WWII Old Timers is edging Left Outs 3 to 2 Anson has hit his 5th homerun for Old Timers AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII are scoreless Late 20th leads Caribbean 1 to 0 And in our contest Scoreless game FOFC will send Palmer, Jeff Nights, and John Williams to face Leon Day this inning Deacon is hitting at .333 on the year He has 107 hits in 321 at bats This includes 19 doubles, 2 triples 6 home runs and 44 RBI's Deacon is ready for the delivery Leon is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Palmer hits a screamer at Leon Day Day picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Leonard off the bag Leonard swipes with the glove Palmer is out! Nice play by Leonard One up, one down Nobody on base, one away Nights steps into the batter's box Stepping in and then stepping out again Nights looks to third for a sign Nights is set for the pitch Day will have to come in with this 3-0 pitch Here it comes... Curve in the dirt That's ball four Day can't get the 3-0 pitch over the plate One on, one out Williams walks to the batter's box Williams digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Day Williams waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch is on the way Bounced past the mound Smooth pickup by Wells Over to Leonard Got him! Score It: 6-3 Barrett Blade is up next FOFC's second baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Blade is batting .268 with 3 homers this year Blade gets set for the pitch The righthander Day's delivery Blade hits a grounder towards first base Leonard fields it and tosses to Leonard at first base Out, no wait, he's safe Leonard dropped the throw Charge the error to Leonard That's error number 1 of the game for Negro League I It will be Tucker to face Day Tucker has hit 8 triples this year Day gets the sign, it's one he likes Day checks the runners The Whiff! Swung on the HIGH CHEESE! So ends the top of the 3rd For FOFC No runs, no hits, one error and 2 men left on base After 2 and a half innings, We're scoreless Dihigo 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 Martin will be facing the left-handed Williams from the right side of the plate He has a .289 average overall But Martin murders southpaws with a .383 average Dihigo readies himself for the pitch The lefthander Williams delivers Dihigo hits a three hopper towards Barrett Blade Blade scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's one away Up steps Leon Day, the fine hitting pitcher for Negro League I He is no gimmee by any means for Williams Day goes through his routine of settling in Day gets ready for Williams' pitch His bat is cocked The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 3-2 pitch Ground ball to third Palmer comes up with it Over to first He just beat it out Day a few feet off the bag at first Williams steps away from the mound... Now Day moves back to first He's not getting far from the bag Ones' center fielder Stearnes is up next Turkey is batting .291 with 18 home runs on the season He is 1 for 1 today He readies his bat Stearnes will cut down on his swing as he has 2 strikes on him He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Day dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Potpie calls for it and makes the play! As the ump signals a foul ball Two gone for Negro League I Here's Ray Dandridge Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Williams looks at the runner The pitch Dandridge gets under this one It's popped high in the air to short Nights is waving everybody off Dandridge is retired That's all for the Ones After 3 innings in Negro League I this evening, No score Leon Day, out there on the mound for Negro League I prepares to face Jeeberoni Potpie to get the 4th inning underway here in Black Diamond Pk Potpie is 0 for 1 today The righthander pitching to Potpie... A righthanded batter Righties have a .199 average against Leon Now Leon delivers Potpie dribbles a roller to Leon Day Day comes up with it and throws It's in the dirt Leonard can't come up with it That'll be a throwing error on Day That's error number 2 of the game for Negro League I Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the right fielder, strides to the plate Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle Day is ready quickly Leon comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Curve ball... Low and away... Pflaggstettler reaches for it... Pops it straight up Two players have a chance for it And it will be Gibson making the play With one gone FOFC will have K. A. Ton coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it One away, Potpie at first Ton is coming to the plate Negro League I is set up for two Day peers in for the sign Leon has allowed only 4 home runs versus righties this year And this is in over 107 innings But K. A. is no ordinary hitter Day goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Potpie He lobs one to Leonard... Potpie is back easily We're ready again Now Day comes home Good slider, inside part of the plate Ton gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Dihigo grabs it... To second for one Over to first... OUT! Smooth "DP" by Negro League I That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 3 and a half innings Negro League I has no runs, 2 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 stranded Negro League I has failed to bring home 2 Here's Charleston to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard NL Post WWII and Japanese League have yet to score Dead Ball Era with the lead over Negro League II 3 to 0 Chesbro comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era Turn of Century and AL Post WWII are deadlocked at 1 Left Outs is giving it to Old Timers 8 to 3 AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII are deadlocked at 3 Caribbean leads Late 20th 2 to 1 And here in Negro League I Scoreless game Remember, Negro League I is 1st in the American Charleston is 0 for 1 today Oscar flied out last time around Charleston waits for the pitch His bat is coiled And the cripple pitch... There's a drive to right by Charleston Pflaggstettler scoops it up Fires it to second Charleston turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Pflaggstettler Here's Josh Gibson Gibson is batting .283 with 20 HR's this year Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw delivers the 3-2 pitch Williams' fastball is ripped toward first Potpie can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Charleston 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 Gibson and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Buck Leonard Ones with runners on the corners Leonard at bat Leonard is one of the best hitters around Williams is taking his time out there Buck could write a letter while he's waiting Now Williams' finished fiddling around He is in quite a jam He gets the sign from Hays Here's the southpaw's delivery Change up, a gem... Heeee struck him out! Making his way up is Wells He looks to third first Now he steps in The corners are playing in Wells has a .310 average against lefties Williams has the sign he wants He's into the stretch Checks Gibson at first Quick throw! He has to dive back in!... SAFE!... Close play Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch Low and outside Ball four Cristobal Torriente moves in to face Williams 3 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 4th Torriente is 0 for 1 today There is no place for Williams to put Torriente He will have to give him something to hit Williams studies his sign The pitch to Torriente... Torriente takes ball four Wait a second The umpire signals STRIKE THREE! A late call Torriente is beside himself! He better calm down If not.. He'll have to watch from the clubhouse Williams needs one more out to get out of this jam Dihigo finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Dihigo is 0 for 1 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Palmer is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Dihigo awaits the delivery Now John delivers Dihigo swings and lifts one toward right Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's all for the Ones in the 4th inning No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 3 men left on base... We go to the 5th... Scoreless game Hays saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Hays is at .343 on the season Day adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gibson The pitch is on the way Hays sends a routine ground ball to first Leonard takes it on one hop Flips it to Day Easy out One away... Leonard is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Dandridge also... Now they return to their positions Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Palmer Palmer wiggles the bat above his head Waiting for the pitch is Palmer Leon rocks and fires Smashed to short Wells grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 Two down Day retires two in a row Nights walks to the plate Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Nights looks very intent... He stares down at Day... Cocks his bat Dihigo comes in a couple steps Yells something to Day The delivery Nights swings It's a drooper into shallow left field Wells is running with his back to the infield He reaches up... What a grab! That's it for FOFC Here at Black Diamond Pk, After 4 and a half innings, Negro League I has no runs, 4 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 on base Negro League I has stranded 5 Here's Day to lead off the inning Before he does, lets check out how the Ones have been playing lately Negro League I is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Day scuffs up the lines around the box Leon is set for the pitch Now the delivery, here is is... A sharp breaking curve... Day was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Ton turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Leon Day can touch them all Walking up to the plate now is Stearnes Ray Dandridge waits on deck Stearnes digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Williams Stearnes tells the umpire he's ready Here's the pitch Stearnes starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Williams walks him Dandridge squares as Williams delivers the pitch Deacon Palmer charges and picks up the bunt He fires to first Just in time to nail Dandridge, the sacrifice works One out The Ones have a 1 run lead Charleston strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Williams has the sign from Hays It's coming down the pike Fastball, up at the letters... Charleston swings... Skies on to deep right Pflaggstettler racing back... Back... At the wall... HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT! The ump is signaling no out Charleston motors easily into second As Pflaggstettler throws the ball in That'll be a two base error on him That should have been an easy catch Score It: E9 Stearnes scores from second! Charleston to second One on, one out Coming up next is Gibson Gibson swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Williams Now set, Gibson waits for the pitch Williams kicks and fires A slider by Williams Gibson gets good wood on it... Ton back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! 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 Buck Leonard is coming to the plate Leonard is 0 for 2 today John Williams is having a good year He is 6th in wins with 12 Now Williams is looking for a sign Williams brings it to the plate There's a "clothes line" drive toward left Ton quickly comes in for it... Not going to get this one... Now K. A. flips it to Blade at second Charleston scores easily... Leonard comes through in the clutch! Wells pounds the plate Now he stares out at Williams Willie takes a couple of practice cuts Williams is slow to get ready He has a 3.56 ERA this year Now he's ready He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Leonard dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch There's a fly ball into straight-away right Pflaggstettler one hands it... OUT! That retires the side Negro League I with a 3 run lead It's Negro League I 3 and FOFC still looking to score their first run |
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8/8 Radio Broadcast Continued
It's the All Stars' turn at bat here in the top of the 6th John Williams, Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker are due up to face righthander Leon Day John looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Williams taps the bat on home plate Williams waiting on the delivery The righthander delivers What a pitch... strike three Day put that one on the black, a perfect pitch While we wait for Barrett Blade to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard NL Post WWII is edging Japanese League 1 to 0 Dead Ball Era with the lead over Negro League II 3 to 0 AL Post WWII leads Turn of Century 2 to 1 Hunter and Joss currently dueling Left Outs is embarrassing Old Timers 13 to 5 NL Pre WWII leads AL Pre WWII 6 to 5 Alexander and Faber currently dueling Late 20th slipping by Caribbean 4 to 2 Linares has hit his 18th homerun for Caribbean And in our matchup Negro League I leads 3 to 0 OK, let's see if FOFC can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 3 Up next for the visiting All Stars Barrett Blade, their second baseman Barrett is 0 for 2 this summer evening He reached base on an error in his last plate appearance Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready The windup, the pitch Blade swings very late He pops it foul Gibson gives chase Here comes Dandridge They are both at the rail... Gibson makes the play And there's two away Tucker is ready to face Day A. J. will be facing the right-handed Day from the left side of the plate The switch hitter is 0 for 2 today He struck out in his last at bat He's ready for the delivery Day brings it to the plate Comebacker, right to Day Over to Leonard for the easy out We're in the middle of the 6th Negro League I still leads 3-0 Cristobal Torriente, Martin Dihigo, and Leon Day are due up Cristobal is batting .265 in 324 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Martin Dihigo Williams is having a fine year so far His 12 victories make him 6th in the league in that category Now he's about ready The lefty Williams delivers Torriente swings hard It's off the handle The ball and half the bat are heading for second Blade makes the right choice Scoops up the ball Tosses to first Cristobal is too quick! Martin Dihigo is up next to face Williams A tough situation to bunt as FOFC has the corners playing way in Dihigo looks down at Bill Madlock to get the sign The third base coach glances over at Dusty Baker Now he relays the signal to Dihigo Williams is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Williams gets the sign from Hays The lefthander delivers Base hit to center for Dihigo Bill Madlock puts up the stop sign... Torriente will stay at second Day squares He bunts it . . . Fielded by D.Palmer the throw to first... Out Day gets the job done. One down for Negro League I Turkey Stearnes is still in the on-deck circle and Ray Dandridge is looking for a bat in the dugout Next up for the Ones is Turkey Stearnes Stearnes looks down toward the third base coach Stearnes waits patiently Now ready, here it is... Slider, inside... Swung on... Stearnes rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Williams looks dejected on the mound Slowly coming up is Dandridge for Negro League I He is finally in the batter's box Negro League I ahead 6 to 0 Dandridge is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in All set, Dandridge is ready for the pitch The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! Two men gone, nobody on Negro League I leads by 6 Up now for Negro League I is Charleston Two away, nobody on Williams tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The pay-off pitch... Charleston really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Pflaggstettler was positioned well and has a shot at it Still going back... At the warning track... It's high off the wall Charleston flies around first Could get three... Pflaggstettler plays the carom perfectly Spins and throws back to Potpie... Charleston with the wide turn at second has to scramble back Here's the throw to second... NO DICE! He slides in under the tag Charleston has himself two-bagger Gibson moseys up to the plate Buck Leonard is heading for the on-deck circle Gibson has a .262 average against lefthanders He is .284 overall Gibson waits for the pitch His bat is coiled John looks over his shoulder at Charleston Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Base hit to center for Gibson Bill Madlock is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Charleston scores! Buck Leonard steps into the box Leonard swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Williams Williams shakes off two signs Now he's ready Williams brings it to the plate It's in the dirt and bounces away Gibson heads to second And he'll make it on the wild pitch Buck Leonard steps into the box Hays flashes the sign... Williams waves it off... Now he's happy The lefty Williams delivers There's a bouncer down to Nights He fronts it... And muffs it! Error on Jeff Nights He was just eaten up by that ball! Willie Wells will get a crack at Williams next Cristobal Torriente would be up next... But only if Wells can reach safely Wells is batting .310 with 10 HR's this year Williams likes the sign The pitch to Wells... Hit on the ground to short Taken by Nights His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That ends the inning for Negro League I Negro League I has 7 runs, 11 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and 2 errors They have now stranded 7 baserunners It's the All Stars' turn at bat here in the top of the 7th Jeeberoni Potpie, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and K. A. Ton are due up to face righthander Leon Day Potpie is batting .291 with 35 round trippers in 1900 Day is pitching a beauty here this evening He has hung a 'horse collar' on the FOFC hitters so far no hits allowed so far And Negro League I with a 7 run lead Day brings it to the plate Smash to second Martin Dihigo boots the ball He's charged with an error That's 3 miscues for Negro League I this evening Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the right fielder, strides to the plate Pflaggstettler is at .310 on the season Day gets ready... We don't want to jinx him But he hasn't allowed a hit yet Day checks Potpie on first... The 2 strike delivery Persimmon Pflaggstettler hits this one on the nose It is going high and deep... Stearnes is giving chase... But this one is going, going... GONE! And for Day, a particularly bad way to lose a no-hitter! That is Persimmon Pflaggstettler's 21st home run of the year. Now here's Ton Ton adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... K. A. is 0 for 2 this evening Ton is set Day is into his windup Here's the pitch Ton laces a hit into the outfield Oscar Charleston picks it up Fires it to the infield Ton holds with a single Hays walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Deacon Palmer moves into the on deck circle FOFC needs some runs Hays is 0 for 2 today, with 0 home runs Gibson flashes the sign to Day Now Leon delivers Swung on and missed by Hays, he's down on strikes One down for FOFC Deacon Palmer is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC And the batter is Deacon Palmer Jeff Nights is on-deck Palmer is batting .331 with 6 HR's this year And Leon studies the sign from Gibson... Now he's got it Day brings it to the plate Palmer hits a screamer at Ray Dandridge Dandridge picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play That retires the side The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning After 6 and a half innings, Negro League I ahead 7 to 2 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Cristobal Torriente up first for Negro League I He is a threat to steal if he gets on Torriente has hit 11 home runs this year Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Here's the windup... and the pitch There's a check swing by Torriente It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Harry Hays makes the catch against the stands One gone for Negro League I Martin Dihigo will face Hunter Righty against righty Dihigo is hitting .248 against righties Owen Hunter on in relief of John Williams And the delivery by Hunter Right down the middle... strike three Dihigo must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch One more chance for Negro League I this inning The pitcher, Day, is ready to bat Negro League I ahead 7 to 2 in the bottom of the 7th We'll see how they pitch to Day Owen is ready Here comes the cripple pitch Slider, down at the knees... Cut on by Day... He smashes a hard shot... It's through into left field... Nights made a great effort But the ball was just out of his reach Day watches Hunter carefully As he stretches out his lead Day breaks for second on the slider Here's the peg... SAFE... Day is in there with a pop-up slide! The throw a bit too late Turkey Stearnes steps into the box Hunter is happy with the sign Hunter fires Hard ground ball to short Nights comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That is the third out for Negro League I here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46056 Here's the shortstop Nights To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Owen Hunter And then Barrett Blade Nights is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Nights readies himself for the pitch Leon winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Gibson calls for it and makes the play As the ump signals a foul ball FOFC with one away Day steps off the mound as he waits for Owen Hunter to come to the plate Treacy is up now for FOFC Sean takes a couple of practice cuts Treacy gets set for the pitch The righthander Day's delivery Hard slider, paints the inside corner Treacy gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Leonard grabs it... Races to first... Beats Treacy for the out Two down Gibson asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Gibson and Day Next up is Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman... If he gets on, A. J. Tucker would bat next Barrett is hitting at .267 on the year He has 92 hits in 345 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored 51 runs this year Leon gets the sign from Gibson It's coming down the pike Grounded towards the bag Leonard to Day covering first Score It: 3-1 That's it for FOFC Here at Black Diamond Pk, After 7 and a half innings, Negro League I has 7 runs, 12 hits and 3 errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 2 hits and 2 errors FOFC has left 2 on base Negro League I has stranded 9 Here's Ray Dandridge leading off Oscar Charleston is on deck And Josh Gibson is in the hole Dandridge grips the bat handle Dandridge waits for the delivery We've got a full count... Fozborg winds and fires... Sinking fastball... Dandridge 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 Coming up for Negro League I is Oscar Charleston Nobody on base, one out We're in the bottom of the 8th Fozborg eyes Charleston intently The righthander Fozborg delivers Charleston 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 Charleston is retired Nice play by the FOFC third baseman That's the second out of the inning The 6'1", 215 pound Josh Gibson is up next Gibson is known for his awesome power Fozborg has the sign from Hays Here's the righthander's delivery Fozborg comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Gibson As he swings right through it for strike three That's all for the Ones No runs, no hits and no errors... At the end of eight full innings... Negro League I leads 7 to 2 The FOFC center fielder, Tucker, will lead off He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler Tucker is batting .295 with 7 HR's this year Day studies his sign Day's righthanded delivery... Slow ground ball Dihigo is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT So one up and one gone Potpie heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Potpie a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Day He's ready Leon rocks and fires Jeeberoni Potpie swings It's a line drive... Sizzles past Wells into left... Base hit for Potpie... Charleston is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Potpie is on with a sharp single Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate Pflaggstettler digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Day Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate Day needs to come in with this one Grounded towards the middle Wells grabs it Over to first NOT IN TIME! Pflaggstettler has himself an infield hit Potpie takes second One away, Pflaggstettler at first, Potpie at second Ton steps into the batter's box Ton is 1 for 3 today, with 0 home runs Leon looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Day brings it home Hot shot grounded into right field Base hit for Ton Potpie scores from second! Pflaggstettler takes third There is going to be a change in pitchers Leon Day will hit the showers Rube Foster will be coming on in relief We are in the top of the 9th here at Black Diamond Pk Negro League I leads 7 to 3 So with 2 on and 1 out the All Stars send their catcher, Harry Hays, up to face Foster Good-hitting Deacon Palmer is waiting in the on-deck circle Hays is 0 for 3 today For the season, Harry has 12 homers 5 doubles, and 3 triples He has scored 37 runs while driving in 34 The umpire says let's go Hays is ready Here's the 1-2 pitch Hays drives the ball to center for extra bases Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Double for Hays While Jeff Nights heads for the on deck circle Deacon Palmer makes his way to the plate Palmer is at .330 on the season Palmer waiting on the delivery Righthander Foster's delivery Base hit to left for Palmer Ton scores Dick Howser wisely holds the runner at third... Runner holds. Webster McDonald is still warming up in the bullpen He has been up throwing softly before Now he is all business With the go-ahead run at the plate it looks like Dusty Baker is about to make a change Yes, here he comes... So that will be all for Rube Foster He will be heading for the showers McDonald is on his way to the mound for Negro League I They still have a 2 run lead but FOFC is obviously threatening here in the top of the 9th It will be McDonald's job to put out the fire Walking up to the plate now is Nights Sirr Fozborg waits on deck Men on 1st and 3rd McDonald adjusts his cap... Now he's set A check on the runners... the pitch Dribbler to third Taken by Dandridge Throws to second He's out Over to first Not in time! Score It: 5-4 Hays scores from third! The runner on first, Palmer, is out Negro League I on top 7 to 6 with two away this inning Batting for FOFC will be Gonzalez Webster peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Here's the 3-1 offering There's a duck snort in front of Cristobal Torriente He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out And that will do it for FOFC Negro League I wins 7 to 6 Day gets credit for the win McDonald notches the save Williams takes the loss The hitting star for Negro League I was Turkey Stearnes He was 2 for 4 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Negro League I. |
06-08-2013, 03:20 PM | #746 |
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06-09-2013, 02:15 PM | #747 |
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All,
I'm going out of town on business for a couple of days, so this won't be updated each day like it was (as I won't have access to my PC). When I return I'll start posting again and I'll get the thread caught up to where the day of the month matches up again. Thanks for reading along... |
06-14-2013, 04:06 PM | #748 |
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Have a swim meet this weekend, but am still going to try and get caught up to where the day of the month in this dynasty matches the actual day of the month...
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06-17-2013, 09:30 PM | #749 |
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8/9 Radio Broadcast - Game 124
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and Turn of Century The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Jim O'Rourke to lead it off for Turn of Century Nielsen rocks and fires O'Rourke swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Nielsen strikes out Jim O'Rourke One down for Turn of Century Jesse Burkett is still in the on-deck circle and Joe Kelley is looking for a bat in the dugout One out, nobody on base Jesse Burkett is the batter Burkett is at .319 on the season Jesse stands with bat ready Nielsen brings it to the plate There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker Tucker circles under it... He makes the play That's the second out of the inning Kelley is up now for Turn of Century Nielsen squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The southpaw delivers Sinking fastball... Kelley swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's three outs, side retired As Barrett Blade steps in to lead off FOFC's half of the first Let me set up the defense for Turn of Century Young's battery mate is O'Rourke Around the horn from first to third Kelley at first, Lajoie at second, Collins the third sacker Wagner will be playing short Crawford, Flick and Burkett will patrol the outfield from left to right Blade, FOFC's second baseman, steps in Blade is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Barrett certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Young earn his salary The umpire says let's go Blade is ready The righthander Young's delivery It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Lajoie is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! So one up and one gone Tucker heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Watching Young, Tucker wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Tucker waits Young's 0-2 pitch... There is a shot right up the middle Hit right on the nose by Tucker It bounces right into the waiting glove of Flick Tucker has himself a single Tucker watches Young carefully As he stretches out to his lead Young continues to hold the runner close Pflaggstettler up The All Stars have Tucker on first Pflaggstettler looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Cy peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The pitch to Pflaggstettler... There goes Tucker... And it's ball four... Tucker pulls up and walks into second Potpie now at the plate Harry Hays waits on deck Jeeberoni takes a couple of practice cuts Cy is ready Now to the belt, here it is... Young is really bringing it AND HE BRINGS IT RIGHT INTO Potpie's EAR! HOLY MANOLI! Potpie is on the ground but is moving slightly Now he's up... and is helped down to first That loads 'em up for Harry Hays That will bring up catcher, Harry Hays Hays a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Young Young studies his sign Young checks the runners Base hit to left for Hays Tucker scores Dick Howser is windmilling the runner home... The throw is coming home... Pflaggstettler scores! Hays at first, Potpie at second, one out Gunner is now at bat Stan is batting .261 in 218 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Deacon Palmer Gunner looks very intent... He stares down at Young... Cocks his bat Cy checks the runners Steps off the mound Again he's into the stretch The pitch Driven down the line Burkett trying to track it down HE MAKES A BEAUTIFUL CATCH! Excellent play by Burkett! Score It: 9 FOFC ahead 2 to 0 with two away this inning So FOFC has something going here in the bottom of the 1st 2 on with 2 runs in Righthanded Deacon Palmer stepping to the plate Against righthanders Palmer is hitting .294 Young tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's the righthander's delivery Swung on...and it's in the air to the right side Backing just a bit is Burkett And he pulls it in The side is retired 2 runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men 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 Lajoie saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Before getting ready Lajoie checks out the defensive alignment Nielsen adjusts his cap... Now he's set Nielsen fires It's a routine fly into right Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One down for Turn of Century Honus Wagner is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Turn of Century While Sam Crawford heads for the on deck circle Honus Wagner makes his way to the plate Nielsen is having a fine year so far His 17 victories make him 2nd in the league in that category Now he's about ready The lefthander delivers Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! That's two away Big Sam is making his way to the plate Crawford is hitting .291 with 5 homeruns Sam also has 8 doubles and 2 triples And has driven in a total of 29 runs He's ready for the delivery Here's the 1-2 pitch A sharp breaking curve... Crawford was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Pflaggstettler turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Sam Crawford can touch them all Jimmy Collins, the third baseman, strides to the plate The outfield shades towards left for Collins Jimmy is ready for the delivery Here's the 3-1 offering Jimmy Collins hits a high pop fly on the infield Jeff Nights calls everyone off The ball drifts a bit... But Nights is there to make the play That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century By the way, Turn of Century is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Here's the shortstop Nights To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Rob Nielsen And then Barrett Blade Jeff Nights is hitting .263 this year against righthanded pitchers Nights is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Young He's waiting for the pitch Here's the windup and the 3-1 delivery Nights rips the curve to left-center... Flick racing back to the fence... He reaches for the drive... It's over his head! Nights will lope into second with a double Nielsen looks to lay one down He bunts at it . . . Fielded by J.Collins the throw to first... close play... Out Nielsen gets the job done. One away in the bottom of the 2nd for FOFC The All Stars have Nights on third Blade steps in Blade swinging from the right side facing the righty Young Right-hander Young eyes the righty Blade The pitch is on the way High Blade works out a walk The center fielder, A. J. Tucker will be up next for FOFC So far this year Tucker is batting .296 He has 19 doubles, 8 triples 7 homeruns with 53 RBI's and 18 stolen bases O'Rourke flashes the sign... Young waves it off... Now he's happy Young brings it to the plate Grounded towards the bag Kelley grabs it Throws home for the out! Score It: 3-2 The runner on third, Nights, is out Blade takes second That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Negro League I is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 Rogan and Maddux currently dueling Left Outs besting Negro League II 5 to 0 AL Pre WWII is on top of Japanese League 2 to 0 Gomez and Bessho currently dueling Dead Ball Era slipping by NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Plank battling Marichal NL Pre WWII leads Caribbean 1 to 0 Old Timers is in front of AL Post WWII 3 to 0 Radbourn comfortably ahead for Old Timers And right here in FOFC FOFC ahead 2 to 1 Pflaggstettler is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Pflaggstettler is batting .313 with 21 round trippers in 1900 Young steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign And the delivery by Young A slider by Young Pflaggstettler gets good wood on it... Crawford back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's all for the All Stars After 2 full innings, they lead by 1 Turn of Century will send Flick, Cy Young, and Jim O'Rourke to face Rob Nielsen this inning Flick wiggles the bat above his head Nielsen shakes off two signs Now he's ready The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it STRIKE THREE, CALLED! One out Cy Young is due up next Young finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Looking to Dode Criss for a sign Nielsen likes the sign The lefty Nielsen delivers Pounded on the ground to third Palmer grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Nielsen Jim O'Rourke will get a crack at Nielsen next Jesse Burkett would be up next... But only if O'Rourke can reach safely FOFC leads 2 to 1 Nielsen gets the sign from Hays He is 4th in the league in strike outs He has 187 on the season Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Nielsen The delivery High and away Ball four Burkett moseys up to the plate Joe Kelley is heading for the on-deck circle Burkett can't seem to get settled at the plate Burkett is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Here's the 2-0 offering There's a routine pop by Burkett Jeeberoni Potpie moves under the ball He makes the routine catch That ends the inning After 2 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 1 Jeeberoni Potpie, Harry Hays, and Stan Gunner are due up Potpie is at .292 on the season Cy looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's his delivery Curve in the dirt... and Potpie holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no O'Rourke asks the first base ump's opinion He says Potpie went around Strike three, swinging One down for FOFC Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle and Stan Gunner is looking for a bat in the dugout Hays pounds the plate Now he stares out at Young Stepping out, Hays looks into the dugout Steps back in Young ready quickly, looks in for the sign Young winds and delivers Hot shot grounded to short Wagner grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 Two up, two down for the All Stars The left fielder, Gunner, is ready to bat FOFC on top 2 to 1 in the bottom of the 3rd Gunner is batting .260 with 14 homers this year Young looks down at O'Rourke for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Cy Young, with 31 appearances before today's game looks down for the sign from O'Rourke Young has great control He's looking for win number 12 He's into the windup Routine grounder to second Lajoie scoops it up Over to first for the out And that retires the side The big guys are due up for Turn of Century Kelley will lead it off He will be followed by Nap Lajoie and Honus Wagner Joe is hitting at .314 on the year He has 120 hits in 382 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Kelley grounded out his last time up Joe steadies his bat Waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch He brings it home Ripped to third, but right at Palmer...easy out One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League I is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 Rogan battling Maddux Left Outs winning over Negro League II 6 to 0 AL Pre WWII bombing Japanese League 8 to 0 Gehrig has hit his 33rd homerun for AL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era is beating NL Post WWII 4 to 0 Caribbean is giving it to NL Pre WWII 6 to 1 Martinez enjoying the big Caribbean lead Old Timers is in front of AL Post WWII 4 to 1 Up next is Nap Lajoie the ex-Providence hack driver Nap is hitting at .382 on the year He has 163 hits in 427 at bats This includes 25 doubles, 7 triples 15 home runs and 84 RBI's Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw Nielsen delivers the 2 strike pitch And Lajoie will sit down... strike three called Two down Nielsen retires the first two Turn of Century batters "The Flying Dutchman" will be up next Wagner is 0 for 1 today Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Here is the 3-1 pitch Grounded towards the hole Nice play by Blade His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's it for Turn of Century Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 and a half innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has one run, one hit and no errors Turn of Century has left 1 on base FOFC has stranded 4 Bottom of the All Stars' order coming up The third baseman, Deacon Palmer will lead off Looking for his first hit today Palmer is 0 for 1 Deacon seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Young kicks and fires Palmer swings and misses Strike three Palmer didn't have a good cut at that pitch One gone for FOFC Nights gets set at the plate Young wastes no time He has the sign from O'Rourke The righthander delivers Off-speed pitch... Nights swings at it... Hits a high fly to deep center Flick bolting after it... This one might carry all the way Flick jumps for it... It bounds off the fence It's a two-bagger for Jeff Nights Walking up now to the plate is Nielsen The outfield's shaded towards right With Nielsen at the plate The count is nothing and 2 Nielsen has to protect the plate Now the delivery, here is is... Off speed pitch on the way... And Nielsen watches it go by for the third strike Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 1 The All Stars have 4 hits on the evening Blade, the second baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 2 to 1 Young steps on the rubber Young rocks and fires He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Wagner His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That ends the bottom of the 4th No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 4 innings, FOFC leads by 1 Sam Crawford to lead things off for Turn of Century FOFC with a 1 run lead The visitors will try to quiet the crowd A few base runners would do the trick Crawford taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Waiting for the pitch is Crawford Nielsen brings it home Crawford hits a three hopper towards Barrett Blade Blade scoops it and fires it to first for the out With one down, up next is Jimmy Collins To be followed by Elmer Flick Coming up for Turn of Century is Jimmy Collins Nobody on base, one out Collins is 0 for 1 today Nielsen is ready quickly The pitch is on the way Ground ball to third Palmer comes up with it Over to first He just beat it out Elmer Flick is up next Turn of Century's center fielder finds 1 on with 1 out Flick is 0 for 1 today Nielsen has the sign from Hays The pitch on the way, here it is... Flick pulls it on the ground It's in the hole and past Jeeberoni Potpie... Base hit into right field! Dode Criss puts up the stop sign for Collins He'll hold at second Collins takes his lead... He appears to be challenging Nielsen Nielsen watching Collins... Turns and fires to Blade... Did he get back?... Yes says the umpire That was close Young lays it down the first base line Potpie charges in Scoops it up Turns and fires to first Just got him! Nice bunt Credit Cy Young with a sacrifice Two down O'Rourke digs in at the plate Ready now for Nielsen to come set FOFC leads 2 to 1 Nielsen rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Nielsen brings it to the plate Swung on and missed... O'Rourke is down on strikes That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century So After 4 and a half innings FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has one run, 3 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 3 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 5 A. J. Tucker will start the bottom of the 5th for FOFC Benton Breeze looking for some insurance runs Now, FOFC leads by only 1 Tucker is hitting .284 against righthanders Cy Young still on the mound for the Centurions... Young has gone the distance so far He's given up 4 hits in 4 innings Young's righthanded delivery... Long fly to right Burkett has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Tucker is retired on a fairly deep fly With one gone FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it And it brings up Persimmon Pflaggstettler On deck is Jeeberoni Potpie Harry Hays in the hole Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 today, with 1 walk Persimmon flied out in his last at bat One strike on the batter, Pflaggstettler... Righthander Young's delivery It's a Texas Leaguer to left Here comes Crawford... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Pflaggstettler is on with a bloop single to left Potpie is up next FOFC has a runner at first and one out Potpie digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Young Young is on the first-base side of the rubber... Young goes into his stretch... Looks at Pflaggstettler... He fires one to Kelley... Pflaggstettler dives back in That's his best move to first... Kelley lobs it back Now Young comes home Potpie sends a scorcher to third Collins takes it on one hop Fires to Lajoie for one Back to Kelley for the double play! And that retires the side |
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Turn of Century will send Burkett, Joe Kelley, and Nap Lajoie to face Rob Nielsen this inning Burkett is batting .318 with 7 HR's this year And Rob studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it Nielsen is into his rocking motion Now his left arm comes around That's hit down the line IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . WILL IT STAY FAIR??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Burkett back in the box And here comes the next pitch He hits a tough grounder to the mound Taken by Nielsen Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 And there's one away Now here's Kelley Stepping in and then stepping out again Kelley looks to third for a sign Kelley waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the southpaw's delivery Fastball... down and away... Nielsen just misses the corner... ball four That's 2 walks given up by Nielsen today Kelley studies Nielsen intently... Now he's walking away from the base Kelley is running on the pitch A slider away... Hays takes the pitch... The throw... Great throw! Kelley will be a dead duck That's why Hays is one of the best And the batter is Nap Lajoie Honus Wagner is on-deck Lajoie grips the bat handle Lajoie is waiting on the pitch The All Stars' hurler winds and delivers Good slider, inside part of the plate Lajoie gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's all for Turn of Century After 5 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC on top 2 to 1 O'Rourke fires the ball down to Wagner He starts it around the infield To Lajoie, Kelley And then to Collins walking it over to Young Hays steps in to face the righthander Here we go in the bottom of the 6th Hays has a .303 average against righthanders this season Harry is set for the pitch Young's into the windup... the delivery Hays hits a deep fly to left-center Flick is at the warning track He stumbles a little... Rights himself He's got it... nice recovery by Flick One out Due up next is Stan Gunner One away, nobody on base Gunner stands ready at the plate Stan, a lefty batter, will square off against Young Of his 14 home runs, 14 are against righties Gunner gets set for the pitch It's coming down the pike It's a high fly to deep center Flick is on his horse It is carrying to the fence Elmer jumps It's off the wall Gunner is around second But retreats to the bag as the throw comes in Making his way up is Palmer Young has the sign he wants Now ready, here it is... Flyball to right it's caught Gunner might have a chance to move up... Burkett makes the catch... Gunner is tagging up at second... He makes it to third easily Walking up to the plate now is Nights Rob Nielsen waits on deck Nights is hitting .267 against righties Young adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from O'Rourke It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Nights swings... Curveball, popped straight up Drifting towards short Wagner is there Jeff is out Nights leaves Gunner stranded The home town folks quiet down Nights chokes in the clutch! That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Late 20th is edging Negro League I 2 to 1 Sandberg has hit his 11th homerun for Late 20th Left Outs is comfortably ahead of Negro League II 6 to 0 AL Pre WWII is running roughshod over Japanese League 10 to 0 Dead Ball Era with the lead over NL Post WWII 5 to 2 Caribbean is giving it to NL Pre WWII 6 to 1 Old Timers is comfortably ahead of AL Post WWII 8 to 2 And in our contest FOFC on top 2 to 1 Wagner leading off Turn of Century would like to get some runners on base Honus comes to the plate batting .311 with 10 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Wagner is set for the 1-1 pitch The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Wagner swings and hits a loud foul Potpie drifts over to the first base stands Reaches in... It's out of play . . . Wagner back in the box And here comes the next pitch Slider, down at the knees... Cut on by Wagner... He smashes a hard shot... It's through into left field... Nights made a great effort But the ball was just out of his reach Wagner inches away from first base Wagner is unable to take the lead he wants Crawford, Turn of Century's left fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Jimmy Collins waits on deck Crawford is 1 for 2 today Rob Nielsen is having a good year He is 2nd in wins with 17 Now Nielsen is looking for a sign And the delivery by Nielsen Grounded towards the bag Potpie trots to the bag Score It: 3 And there's one away Wagner extends out slowly toward third Wagner can steal third as easily as second He's a speedster and has fine technique Nielsen holds the runner Next up is Jimmy Collins Wagner is the runner on second He represents the tying run Collins is at .258 on the season Nielsen steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he slides his foot back into position He's ready Nielsen brings it to the plate Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing up just a bit is Gunner And he pulls it in Two gone for Turn of Century Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Elmer Flick Flick finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Flick is 1 for 2 today Nielsen, allowing only 4 hits today, and pitching well otherwise, will certainly do no harm to his 5th place standing in ERA in the league The southpaw delivers Fastball, belt high, away... Flick goes after it... There's a fly ball to Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run That does it in the top of the 7th 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 6 and a half innings, FOFC on top 2 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Kris Terp, Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker are the first three All Stars batters due up FOFC leads, 2-1 Terp has 7 doubles this year Set now is Terp Young brings it to the plate There's a checked swing... But Terp gets a piece of it anyway It's a pop fly into center Flick comes in on it... Easy out Terp couldn't get his bat out of the way 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! Young glares in at Blade as he steps in Now he's ready to go Barrett steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Blade is 0 for 2 today He grounded out last time up Blade is set for the 2-2 pitch Young winds Kicks the left leg high... Blade swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Young strikes out Barrett Blade That's two away Wagner comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Young A. J. Tucker will be next up... Here's A. J. Tucker Tucker is at .295 on the season Young adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from O'Rourke The righthander winds and delivers Ball four is the call Young can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Young Tucker takes first base Taking his lead is Tucker Another throw... Young's five throws over have been effective Tucker has a small lead now He must be getting tired from diving back in! Pflaggstettler is up now for FOFC Watching Young, Pflaggstettler wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch After getting set, Pflaggstettler waits on the pitch Young checks Tucker on first... The 1-1 delivery There's a shallow flyball struck by Pflaggstettler Elmer Flick runs in, calls for the ball He makes the catch Pflaggstettler is out That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 47738 We are going to have a pinch hitter Hughie Jennings will bat for Cy Young It will be the righthand hitting, Jennings against the righty Kronside Jennings is hitting righties for a .321 average Here is Hughie Jennings to start it off for Turn of Century Jennings can't seem to get settled at the plate Hughie is ready for the delivery The righthander Kronside delivers Jennings swings and hits one down the line It'll be in there for extra bases The ball is kicking around in the corner Jennings is heading for second The ball comes in... A whistling two-bagger for Hughie Jennings That'll bring up Centurions' catcher Jim O'Rourke... Turn of Century with a man in scoring position at second Jim takes a couple of practice cuts The bat is cocked Here's the 2 strike offering Kronside comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for O'Rourke As he swings right through it for strike three With one down Potpie yells something out to Kronside Jace nods his head Jennings takes his lead... He appears to be challenging Kronside Jennings is running on the pitch A slider away... Hays is up, firing... SAFE, Jennings gets under the tag attempt by Fouts Jesse Burkett steps into the box Burkett is at .317 on the season Kronside has the sign from Hays Here's the righthander's delivery There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Nights races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Burkett back in the box And here comes the next pitch Sinker that stays up, belt high... Burkett goes after it... Deep fly ball, way back... Tucker moving under on it He grabs it for the out No chance for a play on the runner Who scores for Turn of Century Two out, nobody on The score is knotted at 2 Planting his right foot Kelley is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Kelley Kelley grips the bat handle He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Joe brings the bat back... Jace rocks and fires Kronside loses him Kelley heads down to first 2 walks today for Kelley Kelley watches Kronside as he inches away from the base Kronside's throws over have been effective Kelley has a shorter lead now He must be getting tired diving back into the bag Nap Lajoie moves in to face Kronside 1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th Lajoie wiggles the bat above his head Lajoie waits on Kronside Kronside's 3-1 pitch... Fastball, high and tight Ball Four Chin music... Lajoie didn't like it Honus Wagner, the shortstop, strides to the plate Two men on, two men out Kronside looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Hays He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Kronside Now he is ready... Kronside checks the runners Wagner drives one into left Gerald Gazelle sprints over to make the play That retires the side... but not before the Centurions score 1 run to tie it up After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors Kid Nichols will be coming on to pitch for Turn of Century Kid has appeared in 46 games this season with a record of 6-3 In 83 innings, he has an 4.43 ERA Cy Young has finished his work here this evening Turn of Century's defensive changes are... Jennings will bat 9th and play SS The first baseman Potpie will start things off for the All Stars Potpie digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Nichols He's ready The pitch is on the way Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Potpie swings way over it He was fooled completely O'Rourke loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Jeeberoni as he was heading for the dugout One down for FOFC Harry Hays is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC So that brings up Harry Hays the FOFC catcher With 2 RBI's in the game Hays has 37 on the season Hays is set for the pitch Here's the 2 strike pitch Hays rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Collins Jimmy fields it cleanly Over to first quickly... Easy out That's two away Gazelle coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Nichols steps on the rubber Here's his delivery Shallow fly ball Flick charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Gazelle stops at first That's a single Gazelle is taking his lead from first Curve down at the knees... Gazelle is heading for second O'Rourke takes the pitch... fires... Low throw... Gazelle slides... OUT!... Jennings dug that ball out of the dirt and applied the tag... Close play First up for Turn of Century in the top of the 9th is Crawford against Kronside The Turn of Century left fielder will be followed by Jimmy Collins and Elmer Flick The score is knotted at 2 Crawford swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Kronside Crawford is set Kronside brings it to the plate Hard slider, paints the inside corner Crawford gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Crawford for the out One gone for Turn of Century Nobody on base, one away Collins steps into the batter's box Jimmy is batting .257 with 5 home runs on the season He is 1 for 3 today Collins cocks his bat Righthander Kronside's delivery Ripped to third, but right at Fouts...easy out Two down Jace Kronside retires the first two batters in a row Elmer Flick will get a crack at Kronside next Hughie Jennings would be up next... But only if Flick can reach safely Elmer Flick is hitting .313 this year against righthanded pitchers Kronside is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Kronside looks in... Now he's ready Kronside's righthanded delivery... It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Tucker grabs it for the out That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century So After 8 and a half innings FOFC has 2 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 6 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 7 Bottom of the All Stars' order coming up The third baseman, Dan Fouts will lead off Stepping in and then stepping out again Fouts looks to third for a sign Right-hander Nichols prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Fouts It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Fastball, down and in... Fouts laces a hit into the outfield... Flick picks it up Fires it quickly into the infield Fouts holds with a single Good start to the inning for FOFC Up next for the All Stars The hometown shortstop, Jeff Nights O'Rourke flashes the sign... Nichols shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Nichols goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Fouts He lobs one to Kelley... Fouts is back easily... We're ready again Now Nichols comes home The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Nichols' fastball is ripped toward short Jennings can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Fouts 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 Nights and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Jace Kronside Great call by manager Benton Breeze! And Nights was able to carry it out Next up for the All Stars is David Gonzalez Nichols adjusts his cap... Now he's set It's coming down the pike Drilled deep to center field Elmer Flick giving chase He's got it Fouts is tagging up He'll make it easily Score It: 8 That's one away FOFC wins 3 to 2 Kronside gets credit for the win Nichols takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeff Nights He was 3 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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