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GAME 48 - Wednesday, May 22nd - Boxscore
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FOFC Team Update
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However, Persimmon seems to be out of his funk...
 So the day off did him well!-Chas
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GAME 49 - Thursday, May 23rd - Radio Broadcast
Red, "We'll the bad news is the FOFCers still have their losing streak, but the good news is they are out of the Post-Nationals park and they get to go up against the Estrellas, a good team, but one no where near the level of the Posters." "We thought it was going to be Mighty's turn to try and stop the losing streak, but in talking to Benton this afternoon we found out that wouldn't be the case." ---cut to the sound clip---- Red, "So coach, it's Mighty's turn to try and right the ship." Breeze, "Actually, Mighy's not going to pitch tonight. I've decided to give Fozzy a shot." Red, "Wow that's a switch. Mighty has the best ERA in the game, why pull the ball out of his hands?" Breeze,"There are several reasons, not the least of which is the fact that we just need to change things up right now. We are on a hard luck streak. We've been in a position to win most of the games we've lost during our run, and things just haven't gone our way. Mighty has been the toughest luck pitcher in the league I'm sure. In fact, I'm not quite sure how a guy with an ERA of 2.25 or whatever it is, only has a .500 record. But anyway, I felt that putting a tough luck pitcher in to start when the team is on a run of bad luck probably wasn't a wise move - so I've decided to roll the dice and give Foz a shot. Besides Foz has pitched well and he's been bugging Sal and me about a turn in the rotation." ---back to the live broadcast--- So we'll be going with a first start of the season on Sirr Fozzborg against a crafty lefty in Cuellar. The lineups tonight are: A.Tucker CF S.Treacy 2B J.Nights SS J.Potpie 1B H.Hays C G.Gazelle RF D.Fouts 3B K.Ton LF S.Fozborg P and the home team A.Pacheco 2B A.Ohms CF P.Coimbre LF P.Cepeda 1B T.Oliva RF M.Minoso 3B A.Lopez C D.Concepcion SS M.Cuellar P Tucker starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Cuellar walks him It's the hit and run play by FOFC... Treacy rolls one toward Antonio Pacheco He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the first base umpire The first base coach throws his hands up in disbelief One out Due up next is Jeff Nights Nights jack-knifes out of the way But it's in there! Nights was really fooled on that strike three One more chance for FOFC this inning Waist high fastball... It's juiced to deep center There goes Ohms after it... Racing hard... He dives... Just misses it! It bangs off the wall Potpie heading for second He pulls up with a two bagger The throw was cut off Also give Jeeberoni an RBI on the play Base hit to center for Hays Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Potpie is out! Fastball... Pacheco jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep right There goes Gazelle after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Gerald Gazelle! One away, two to go in the bottom of the 1st It's a high fly into center Tucker ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out Two up, two down for the Estrellas Coimbre hits a screamer at Jeff Nights Nights takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Potpie scoops it on one hop Coimbre is out! Nice play by Potpie The Estrellas go quietly in the 1st... No runs, no hits and no errors After 1 full inning of play, it's 1-0 All Stars Hot shot grounded to the mound Cuellar grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 One out Dan Fouts is due up next Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Lopez fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Fouts That's two away There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Ton No chance for either Concepcion or Coimbre That one had base hit written all over it The Whiff! Cuellar punches Fozborg out! That's all for FOFC After 1 and a half innings in Caribbean this evening, FOFC on top 1 to 0 Sharp breaking curveball... Cepeda reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Nights... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Potpie at first! Cepeda is out easily One gone for Caribbean Inside That's ball four Minoso swings a bit late on the heater... He still pops it pretty good towards right Unfortunately for Minnie, Gazelle is standing right there Easy 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 Fozborg Swing and a miss Strike three Lopez goes down on strikes Fozborg shuts down Caribbean here in the bottom of the 2nd So FOFC still with the lead as we go to a commercial break Smash to short Dave Concepcion boots the ball He's charged with an error That's 1 miscue for Concepcion Tucker inches away slowly... He's studying Cuellar carefully The runner unable to take a big lead Cuellar keeps looking him back Base hit to left for Treacy Third base coach Dick Howser thinks he can make it... Here comes Tucker... The throw is cut off... That holds Treacy at first Bouncer to short...made to order doubleplay ball Concepcion has it on two hops...wrists it to Pacheco He evades the slide of Treacy And completes the doubleplay Tucker comes in to score, however Two away Potpie hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at short Concepcion dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the short stop, Dave Concepcion! That's it for FOFC Here at Paradise Park, After 2 and a half innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors While Caribbean has no runs, no hits and one error FOFC has left 2 on base Caribbean has stranded 1 Concepcion smashes a wicked ground ball towards third Fouts dives to his left... Snares it in front of Nights He's up Powerful throw to first OUT! Beautiful play! So one up and one gone Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 23 on the season for Fozborg Two down Fozborg gets the first two batters here in the bottom of the 3rd It's a pop-up in back of first Potpie is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out Fozborg makes quick work of the Estrellas... They go down, 1-2-3 After 3 full innings of play, it's 2-0 All Stars High Hays works out a walk OH, those bases on balls! Gazelle shows bunt It's a beauty! Minnie Minoso has no chance at second So Gazelle gets the sacrifice One down for FOFC Dan Fouts is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Fastball OUCH! It hit Fouts! Curve in the dirt... and Ton holds up Looked like he went around from here But the umpire says no Ton will take first on the walk That loads them up for Sirr Fozborg Fozborg takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Out on strikes FOFC ahead 2 to 0 with two away this inning Grounder... in the hole at first A diving stop by Perucho Cepeda! He's up with it... the throw He throws wild! The ball gets away... Tucker will advance to second Score that a hit... and an error by Cepeda Score It: Single + E3 Hays scores from third! Palmer scores from second! Ton takes third Tucker to second Routine grounder to short Concepcion grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's it for FOFC here in the top of the 4th They leave 2 runners stranded FOFC has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors While Caribbean has no runs, no hits and 2 errors Good slider, inside part of the plate Ohms gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Treacy grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Caribbean with one away Fozborg steps off the mound as he waits for Pancho Coimbre to come to the plate Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! FOFC ahead 4 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Japanese League is giving it to Dead Ball Era 6 to 1 Oh has hit his 11th homerun for Japanese League Negro League II is edging NL Pre WWII 4 to 3 Negro League I and AL Post WWII are tied at 1 Smith battling Ryan Old Timers with the lead over AL Pre WWII 4 to 1 NL Post WWII leads Left Outs 1 to 0 Late 20th is edging Turn of Century 1 to 0 There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Cepeda No chance for either Nights or Ton That one had base hit written all over it Base hit to center for Oliva Matty Alou puts up the stop sign... Cepeda will stay at second Off speed pitch on the way... And Minoso watches it go by for the third strike They're out of the inning... No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Caribbean misses a golden opportunity to get back into this contest After 4 innings, FOFC leads 4-0 Shallow fly ball Ohms charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! Uh oh, that one got away Potpie is hit in the ribs with that one He is down Potpie gets up and heads to first base He's OK Harry Hays hits a drive down the line If it stays fair it may be gone Pancho Coimbre is right at the foul pole He won't get it, it's a foul ball for Hays Just to the left of the pole 318 feet from home plate . . . Hays back in the box And here comes the next pitch Bouncer to short...made to order doubleplay ball Concepcion has it on two hops...wrists it to Pacheco He evades the slide of Potpie The throw to Cepeda... It just nips Hays! We head to the bottom of the 5th here in Caribbean Still 4-0, FOFC Struck him out on a fastball Lopez goes down swinging Concepcion swings and misses for strike three Concepcion peers out at Fozborg wondering about that pitch Fozborg smiles back That's a strikeout for Fozborg Cuellar hits a screamer at Jeff Nights Nights picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Cuellar is out! Nice play by Potpie The Estrellas go down in the bottom of the 5th After 5 innings at Paradise Park here in Caribbean, FOFC leads 4 to 0 Gazelle takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Gazelle can't believe it and says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Cuellar With one down, up next is Deacon Palmer To be followed by K. A. Ton There's a drive to left by Palmer Coimbre picks the ball up on one bounce Fires it to second Palmer turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Coimbre Base hit to right for Ton Palmer is being held at second by Dick Howser Palmer will stay at second Fozborg squares He bunts at it . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by P.Cepeda he's throwing for the lead runner... SAFE! Sac & Fielders Choice Palmer takes third Ton takes second Fozborg to first LINE DRIVE Concepcion tries it He snares it for the out! Score It: 6 That's out number two Estrellas' pitching coach, Tippy Martinez, is out to talk with Cuellar STRIKE THREE! A dancing curveball on the outside corner Cuellar fooled him... a clutch pitch That's the third out of the inning FOFC continues to leave runners aboard They have stranded 7 so far today But, they still lead by 4 Pacheco rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Pacheco is around first, heading for two... Tucker is up with it and fires it in quickly Antonio pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the Caribbean second baseman Antonio also ups his hitting streak to 8 games! That is Pacheco's 1st hit today Grounded into the hole WOW! Incredible play by Treacy Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 One away here in the bottom of the 6th FOFC ahead 4 to 0 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard Japanese League besting Dead Ball Era 6 to 1 Bessho enjoying the big Japanese League lead Negro League II is edging NL Pre WWII 4 to 3 Negro League I slipping by AL Post WWII 3 to 1 Old Timers is beating AL Pre WWII 5 to 1 NL Post WWII leads Left Outs 2 to 1 Late 20th is edging Turn of Century 1 to 0 Coimbre swings and misses Strike three Coimbre didn't have a good cut at that pitch FOFC gets the second out of the inning Cepeda is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That wraps up the inning for Caribbean So After 6 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Caribbean has no runs, 3 hits and 2 errors Caribbean has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 7 Slow ground ball Concepcion is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT 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! Hit to third... and right at Minoso He juggled that ball a bit, but held on Jeeberoni takes his seat Two gone for FOFC Swung on and hit sharply to short Concepcion plays it on one bounce Over to Cepeda... Out of there! That's three up, three down Mike Cuellar has been pitching a very strong game this evening It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Oliva cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Oliva was badly fooled by Fozborg's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Tony was a little overanxious One down for Caribbean Minnie Minoso is still in the on-deck circle and Al Lopez is looking for a bat in the dugout STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Sirr Fozborg here this evening FOFC gets the second out of the inning Sinking fastball... Lopez swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That is the third out for Caribbean here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 33516 Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Cuellar's obviously peeved at that call But Gerald tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first Gazelle studies Cuellar intently... Now he's walking away from the base Another throw... Cuellar's five throws over have been effective Gazelle has a small lead now He must be getting tired from diving back in! Cuellar's fastball is ripped toward first Cepeda can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Gazelle was off and running with the crack of the bat He is on his way to third... They'll have a chance to get him... Here's the throw... SAFE! A nice shot by Palmer and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for K. A. Ton Ton swings awkwardly... strike three Cuellar took something off of that breaking ball He had Ton way out in front One down, two to go... Mike Cuellar has to bear down now Slow roller to third Taken by Minoso Over to Cepeda Got him! Score It: 5-3 Two down Due up next is A. J. Tucker Let's see what happens now They are going to put Tucker on... Lopez reaches out to receive ball four Well, all the ducks are on the pond Let's see if that was the right call Swung on Foul tip... Strike three as Lopez holds on to it Sean didn't come through this time That'll do it in the top of the 8th No runs, one hit, no errors and 3 men left on base FOFC on top 4 to 0 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Concepcion swings... He rips a ground ball towards Palmer It's by him! It's twisting into the left field corner Concepcion rounds first... He will return quickly to first as Gunner gets a nice throw in to Terp Hernandez hits a screamer at Deacon Palmer Palmer picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play Two out, nobody on FOFC leads 4 to 0 Swung on... Smashed on the ground... It's over the bag! Gazelle is chasing it into the corner in right field It'll be extra bases! Antonio Pacheco motoring into second base But Gerald Gazelle plays it perfectly Spins and throws It's wide of the bag Pacheco slides in with a double That was a nasty curve he chased There's a ball in the dirt... Hays tries to block it... It's off his glove to his right There goes Pacheco... Hays picks up the ball and whips it Palmer Not in time! Wild pitch on Fozborg That ball dropped like a rock It spun out of Hays' mitt He goes after the low and outside slider... Looped just beyond the infield dirt... Tucker is coming hard... Stretches for it... And can't get it...it drops in... He blocks it with his chest... After a huge turn, Ohms hustles back to first The run scores on the single A slider by Fozborg Coimbre gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's it for the Estrellas in the 8th inning They get 1 run across We go to the 9th... It's 4-1 All Stars Mike Garcia will be coming on to pitch for Caribbean Mike has appeared in 16 games this season with a record of 1-3 In 26 innings, he has an 3.12 ERA Mike Cuellar has finished his work here this evening Hit hard to the right of Concepcion... And it's caught in the air by a diving Minoso! And there's one away Routine grounder to short Concepcion scoops it up Over to first for the out That's the second out of the inning Hays swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Garcia strikes out Harry Hays That does it for FOFC in the top of the 9th Cepeda hits one on the ground to the left side Perucho, who moves well, is motoring to first Palmer wings it quickly to Potpie... OUT by a step While we wait for Tony Oliva to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard These scores are final... Japanese League topped Dead Ball Era 6 to 3 Oh has hit his 11th homerun for Japanese League NL Pre WWII downed Negro League II 7 to 5 Negro League I clubbed AL Post WWII 9 to 2 Ryan takes the loss, his record drops to 3-4 Smith the winner, he's now 6-2 Old Timers downed AL Pre WWII 6 to 4 Faber takes the loss, his record drops to 2-4 Welch the winner, he's now 5-3 Left Outs cuffed NL Post WWII 6 to 3 Late 20th nipped Turn of Century 1 to 0 And in our matchup FOFC on top 4 to 1 OK, let's see if Caribbean can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 3 Comebacker, right to Fozborg Over to Potpie for the easy out Two up, two down for Caribbean Fastball, just inside to Minoso So Minoso walks A rare walk today by Fozborg Only 2 issued in the game That is certainly part of the reason he now enjoys a 3 run lead Grounded down the line Taken by Palmer Tosses to second He's out Score It: 5-4 The runner on first, Minoso, is out And that will do it for Caribbean FOFC wins 4 to 1 Fozborg gets credit for the win Cuellar takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 1 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from Caribbean. |
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01-19-2006, 08:17 PM
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GAME 49 - Thursday, May 23rd - Boxscore
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01-19-2006, 10:07 PM
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Ah nice to finally get a win
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01-20-2006, 10:18 PM
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The official scorer said the second run scored on the error, not the hit. That's why you only got 1 RBI. |
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01-21-2006, 01:44 AM
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WOot!
Told ya I'd do good with an occassional start, Skip!
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01-26-2006, 06:00 PM
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FOFC Dynasty Update
Guys, just wanted to give you a quick update... I have been moved to a new possition in the company and I now am part of the Networking Group, which has meant longer hours. I also have to set up a home network so I can get my work laptop on my offices' VPN and access some of the applications that I'm supporting. In the process of changing my DLS over from USB to Ethernet, I got a socket error and now don't have access to the Internet from home. I should have it by the weekend, but until then I won't be able to update anything. I have played more games...so updates will be coming as soon as I get back on. |
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01-26-2006, 07:18 PM
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Sounds good Breeze. Thanks for running this awesome dynasty.
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02-15-2006, 07:50 AM
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FOFC Dynasty Update
Guys, I'm back on the Internet at home, but a consultiing job popped up and I need the money. I'm still playing games, I just don't have time to post right now. I will get back to it soon. |
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08-27-2007, 09:33 PM
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With the resurrection of my stint in the LOC - SOM league (detailed in another thread), I started playing my SOM game again. Which led me to start playing games for this dynasty again...
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08-27-2007, 09:40 PM
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In case anyone is still interested...here are the current standings...
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08-27-2007, 09:44 PM
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And our teams current stats...
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08-27-2007, 09:50 PM
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I have box scores from the games that I played recently, if anyone is interested enough - I'll post them.
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08-27-2007, 09:50 PM
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I can also post team stats from the other teams and league leaders, just let me know if you want to see any of this stuff...
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08-28-2007, 03:08 AM
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If your gonna keep this going, ill be reading, this is my favourite dynasty.
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08-28-2007, 11:24 AM
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Would definitely be following again.
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08-28-2007, 08:28 PM
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There are several games that are missing from my playback. I could spend a bunch of time attempting to location them (which would probably make me lose interest in this and give it up), instead let's treat this like you spent a week or so on vaction and didn't read the paper and when you got back...this is what you found...
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08-28-2007, 09:55 PM
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GAME 58 - JUNE 1st - RADIO BROADCAST
Red: "The FOFCers still haven't kicked things into gear the way they did early in the season, but they have maintained their 4 to 6 game division lead. However, this is a crucial series for the All-Stars. If they want to prove they belong they need to do well this week." Hal McRae chimes in, "It's a little early in the season to talk about a cruical series, but this one will have some impact. The FOFCers have done extremely well early, but most of those wins came against the American League teams, especially the Japanese team, now they are facing their division rivals, and more importantly the team that has been able to real them in a bit...the NL Posters." "They have a tough assignment trying to win tonight, as they will be going up against Sandy Koufax." Red adds. "The umpire has given the signal and it looks like we are ready to being...The FOFCers will counter with their own tough lefty Al Mighty..." "Not a great team for a Lefty to be facing by the way...I mean the Post Nationals have Aaron, Mays, Clemente, Banks, Schmidt...some pretty nasty right handed bats... Hays throws down to second, the ball goes around the horn and we are ready to begin... Morgan steps in...and on the first pitch he hits a weak Pop Out To 2nd Baseman Clemente slaps a Single up the middle Mays hits a hard Grounder To Short Stop Nice play by J.Nights to turn it over Score It: 6-4-3 and give a pat on the back to Tracey for standing in on a tough slide from Clemente BOTTOM OF THE FIRST Tucker Strikes Out and looks bad doing it... Hal Chimes in...he won't be the last one today doing that Nights Ground Out To Short Stop Pflaggsettler Fly Out To Center Fielder TOP OF 2ND Aaron is HBP Musial raps a Single to left Aaron takes second Hal: Looks like Mighty might be in some trouble Ernie Banks Strikes Out Hal: That helps, now a double play and they are out of the inning, and with a catcher coming to bat, it's definately possible. Campy Grounds one to Tracey at 2nd Nice play, he turns and fires to Nights, who fires to first Score It: 4-6-3 Double Play! Nice pronostication partner... Hal: Mighty is keeping them down early, so it wasn't far fetched to forsee that one. BOTTOM 2nd Potpie - Single Gazelle Home Run That is Gerald Gazelle's 4th home run of the year. Hays Strike Out Fouts Ground Out To Pitcher Treacy (sorry about the miss spellings above - it's been a while since I've written this stuff) Walk Hal: That walk helps, it will keep the pitcher from leading off next inning Mighty Strike Out TOP 3 Rose - Strike Out Koufax - Pop Out To Short Stop Morgan - Line Out To 3rd Baseman BOTTOM 3 Tucker - Strike Out Nights - Strike Out Hal: I told you Tucker wouldn't be the only one looking bad on Ks tonight Pflaggsettler - Ground Out To 2nd Baseman Nice play by J.Morgan Top 4 Clemente - Ground Out To 3rd Baseman Nice play by D.Fouts Mays - Strike Out Aaron - Walk Musial his one down the line, snagged by Fouts, he jumps up and tries to throw out Stan, but its a bad throw and both runners move up...it's a 2 Base Error By D.Fouts Score It: E5 Aaron takes third Musial to second Interesting...Benton is telling Mighty to issue an Intentional walk to Ernie Banks I think it's because Campy has been struggling this year and he'd rather take his chances with a player who's stuggling then one that is playing pretty well Campy - Fly Out To Left Fielder Hal - Looks like it worked out Bottom 4 Jeebs Singles again Home Run That is Gerald Gazelle's 5th home run of the year, and second of this game... Hays Line Out To 3rd Baseman Fouts Foul Out To Catcher Treacy Strike Out Top 5 Rose Single up the middle Koufax squares around He bunts it . . . Sac Bunt To 3rd Baseman Morgan Strike Out Clemente Fly Out To Center Fielder Bottom 5 Mighty Strike Out Tucker Fly Out To Center Fielder Nice catch by W.Mays Nights Fly Out To Left Fielder Top 6 Mays Line Out To Short Stop Aaron Fly Out To Center Fielder Musial Walk Banks Strike Out Bottom 6 Persimmon Ground Out To Short Stop Jeebs HBP Hal: Surprised they didn't hit Gazelle, he's the one hitting the home runs Gazelle Strike Out Hays Strike Out Top 7 Campy Walk Rose - Pop Out To Short Stop Lasorda brings in Tony Perez to pinch hit for Koufax...Fly Out To Center Fielder Morgan - Force Play To 2nd Baseman Nice play by S.Treacy The runner on first, Campanella, is out It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Bottom 7 Fouts Single Treacy - The hit and run is on! Force Play To Short Stop The runner on first, Fouts, is out Mighty fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Mighty squares to bunt He bunts at it . . . Sac Bunt To 1st Baseman Tucker Strike Out Top 8 Clemente Strike Out Mays Walk Aaron drives one deep - Home Run That is Hank Aaron's 15th home run of the year. Hal: That cuts the lead in half. Let's see what Benton does...Mighty has pitched well enough to win, and he's been a hard luck pitcher so far this year...He might want to pull him to make sure he can't lose this one Here comes Benton Breeze - he is visiting the mound... He decides to bring in Jace Kronside to pitch Musial reaches on a 1 Base Error By S.Treacy Score It: E4 Musial to first Banks Ground Out To Short Stop Great play by J.Nights! Score It: 6-4-3 Double Play! Bottom 8 Nights Ground Out To 3rd Baseman Pflagsettler - Walk Looks like he might be thinking about running, but he can't seem to get the lead on He can't get the lead on Niekro, who has a crafty move to first... Base hit to left for Potpie Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Pflaggstettler will stay at second Gazelle Fly Out To Center Fielder Great play by W.Mays! Hays hits one softly in the whole, but Banks keeps it on the infield...Single Pflaggstettler takes third Potpie takes second Hal, that play by Banks saved a run Fouts Ground Out To 2nd Baseman Top 9 Kronside, going for the close... Campy Ground Out To 2nd Baseman Rose - Single Tommy Lasorda brings in Pee Wee Reese to pinch hit Ground Out To 2nd Baseman, but Treacy and Nights can't turn it...and the lead runner is at second. Benton has decided to pitch around Joe Morgan Hal: This isn't a situation where they are trying to walk, him, they just aren't going to give the LH batter anything good to hit. Walk Clemente - Single Through The Infield S.Treacy COULDN'T GET TO IT! Rose takes third Morgan takes second Bases loaded.... Mays Single Rose scores from third! Morgan takes third Clemente takes second a nice charging play by Pflaggsettler kept runners from going another base Benton has decided to go with the fresh arm...he's calling in Sammy Knoles. He'll also put in Blade to play second, to improve his team defense... He's wild early...as he quickly runs the count to 3 and 1... Hal: probably too pumped up...it's been a while since he's been in a game like this Aaron Walks - and that ties the score and the Posters still have the bases juiced... Musial - Strikes Out and Sammy gets out of it, but not before the game is tied... Bottom 9 Tommy Lasorda brings in Gaylord Perry to pitch Blade, who came in defensively for Treacy in the top of the inning works Perry for a Walk Kristen Terp comes in and it looks like it's going to be a sacrifice situation...squares around bunts at it . . . Sac Bunt To 3rd Baseman Tucker Line Out To 1st Baseman Nights Single Blade takes third Tommy Lasorda is visiting the mound... He decides to let Perry pitch to Pflaggstettler and it works out....Strike Out Top 10 Benton brings Fozborg into pitch... Banks - Fly Out To Center Fielder Nice catch by A.Tucker Campy - Ground Out To Short Stop Rose - Walk Tommy Lasorda brings in Billy Williams to pinch hit Strike Out Bottom 10 Tommy Lasorda brings in Warren Spahn to pitch Jeebs - Ground Out To 2nd Baseman Nice play by J.Morgan 1 Base Error By J.Morgan Score It: E4 Gazelle to first Hays is up and The hit and run is on! Ground Out To Short Stop Score It: 6-4-3 Double Play! Top 11 Morgan Single Hal: Watch out...he can run here and get in scoring position without any help... Clemente Single to left Morgan takes second Mays Foul Out To Catcher Play made by H.Hays Aaron Ground Out To Short Stop Score It: 6-4-3 Double Play! Hal: Whew! Bottom 11 Fouts Fly Out To Center Fielder Blade Fly Out To Center Fielder Terp (who stayed in after the 9th so Benton could double swith with Fozborg) - Fly Out To Center Fielder Unbelievable play by W.Mays!! Top 12 Musial - Ground Out To Pitcher Banks - Fly Out To Left Fielder Nice catch by G.Gazelle Campy - Line Out To 3rd Baseman Bottom 12 Tucker - Strike Out Benton puts Bullock in to pinch hit for Fozborg againt the lefty Spahn - Fly Out To Right Fielder Pflaggsettler - Strike Out Top 13 Benton puts Rodney in to pitch in Pflaggsettlers spot in the lineup..and Gunner will go to Left and bat in the 2 whole where Bullock pinch hit in the top of the order... Rose - HBP Tommy Lasorda brings in Eddie Mathews to pinch hit Strike Out Morgan - Force Play To Pitcher The runner on first, Rose, is out Hal: Morgan is antsy...he wants to get into scoring position He can't get a good lead and Hays has a gun behind the plate... Clemente - Strike Out Bottom 13 Tommy Lasorda brings in Jim Bunning to pitch Potpie - Strike Out Gazelle - Strike Out Hays - Single Fouts - Ground Out To 2nd Baseman Top 14 Mays - Walk Hal: Not a good way to start an inning in a tied ball game in extra innings against your nearest division rival Benton has to be pulling his hair out with that one... Aaron - Fly Out To Right Fielder Nice catch by G.Gazelle Musial - Ground Out To 2nd Baseman Great play by B.Blade! Score It: 4-6-3 Double Play! Hal - I'm not sure Treacy could have turned that one Bottom 14 Blade - Ground Out To 2nd Baseman Nice play by J.Morgan Kristen Terp - Double Terp's really been struggling, the batting average has been below .100, but that was a huge hit...let's see if the FOFCers can get that run home Base hit to center for Tucker Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Terp scores! The FOFCers...win this marathon..... 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GAME 59 - June 2nd - RADIO BROADCAST
Red: Well the FOFCers won the first of game of this series and that has to take some of the pressure off. Hal: It always feels good to get the first one, and Benton must be feeling pretty good, because he as rewarded Terp's clutch performance from last night by putting Kristen in at Short tonight... We'll we are ready to roll... Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Morgan swings way over it He was fooled completely Bullock loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Joe as he was heading for the dugout A jug-handled curve Rose goes out and gets it It's a liner to right Pflaggstettler will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Pete Rose The Post-Nationals try the hit and run! A low curveball to Aaron He swings a bit late but hits it right up the middle Rose is going to try for third Tucker is over, picks it up and fires to Palmer One bounce... The slide by Rose... SAFE! Quick throw to second to hold Aaron at first Now Treacy fires it to first... Aaron just dives back safely! Great call by manager Tommy Lasorda! And Aaron was able to carry it out Musial 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 NL Post WWII first baseman really smoked it Mays starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Hunter walks him Base hit to right for Mathews Third base coach Bill Russle is motioning Mays to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Mathews at first He hits a tough grounder to third Palmer comes up with it Over to second for one Over to first Double Play! Score It: 5-4-3 That's all for NL Post WWII in the top of the 1st They pick up 3 runs After one half inning, it's 3-0 NL Post WWII Hard slider, paints the inside corner Tucker gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Musial grabs it... Races to first... Beats Tucker for the out FOFC with one away Marichal steps off the mound as he waits for Sean Treacy to come to the plate A hanging curve... Treacy laces it hard just to the right of Mathews He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Sean... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Hard slider... Pflaggstettler swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Rose is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! A two run blast by Persimmon Curve in the dirt... and Potpie holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Bench asks the first base ump's opinion He says Potpie went around Strike three, swinging That's two away Gunner drives one into left Pete Rose sprints over to make the play That retires the side The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning After 1 inning, NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 2 Struck him out on a fastball Bench goes down swinging One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Japanese League and Negro League II are all knotted at 1 Late 20th slipping by AL Post WWII 2 to 0 Negro League I and Dead Ball Era have yet to score Foster and Walsh currently dueling Left Outs is comfortably ahead of Caribbean 7 to 1 AL Pre WWII and Old Timers are scoreless NL Pre WWII is beating Turn of Century 4 to 0 Slow ground ball Treacy is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's two away Terp comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Hunter Joe Morgan will be next up... Just off the plate Ball four Morgan moves away from first High and tight slider... And there goes Morgan on the steal! Bullock comes up throwing... Terp applies the tag... Not in time, Morgan is safe! Terp couldn't handle the throw cleanly Rose hits a one hopper over the mound Terp is over He reaches down It bounces over his glove! Terrible hop! Morgan is around third Tucker is up with it No chance to get Morgan Fastball, high and tight Ball Four Chin music... Aaron didn't like it Fastball OUCH! It hit Musial! The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Mays swung, that's strike three Mays isn't happy at all with that call So the bases are left full of Post-Nationals Mays fails to bring them home As we go to the bottom of the inning, NL Post WWII leads 4 to 2 Palmer swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Marichal strikes out Deacon Palmer And there's one away Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 68 on the season for Marichal Two down Bench asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bench and Marichal Terp taps one on the ground Eddie Mathews charges in He boots it! He can't make the throw It'll be an error on Mathews NL Post WWII has committed 1 error this afternoon It is a high hard one... Hunter goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Hunter couldn't hold back After 2 innings NL Post WWII ahead 4 to 2 Mathews pulls one into right field Pflaggstettler giving chase... He's up against the fence Waits... He's got it for the out With one down, up next is Ernie Banks To be followed by Johnny Bench Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Banks! Two down Owen Hunter retires the first two batters in a row Bench rips the curve to left-center... Tucker racing back to the fence... He reaches for the drive... It's over his head! Bench will lope into second with a double Fastball, belt high, away... Marichal goes after it... There's a fly ball to Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run No runs for NL Post WWII in the top of the 3rd NL Post WWII leads 4 to 2 We'll be right back There's a ground ball between first and second OH, Musial snags it in short right field He throws it to the pitcher covering the bag OUT is the call What a play by Musial One down for FOFC Sean Treacy is still in the on-deck circle and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking for a bat in the dugout It's a high fly to deep center Mays is on his horse It is carrying to the fence Willie jumps It's off the wall Treacy is around second But retreats to the bag as the throw comes in Big motion... Pflaggstettler is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Marichal pulled the string on him One more chance for FOFC this inning A slider by Marichal Potpie gets good wood on it... Rose back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 innings, NL Post WWII has 4 runs, 6 hits and one error While FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base NL Post WWII has stranded 5 Slow ground ball Terp is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's one away There's a high pop fly to the outfield Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Pflaggstettler grabs it with his bare hand for the out Two gone for NL Post WWII Aaron really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Tucker was positioned well and has a shot at it He is still running... He dives for it... It gets past him! A. J. gets up in a hurry Fires it in to Palmer on a line but Aaron has himself a stand-up double Curve, at the belt... Musial times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Persimmon Pflaggstettler retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Mays rips the curve to left-center... Gunner racing back to the fence... He reaches for the drive... Can't quite reach it!!... Mays makes it easily into second That's a double for Mays Curveball, high in the strike zone... Mathews goes after it... There's a high fly... going deep A. J. Tucker leaps at the fence... He can't get it... It's gone A home run for Eddie Mathews Drilled on the ground to the mound Taken by Fozborg His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII So After 3 and a half innings NL Post WWII has 8 runs, 10 hits and one error While FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors NL Post WWII has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 In the dirt And Gunner holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Ground ball to the left side... Banks picks it up... Over to Morgan for one On to first for the double play Two out, nobody on NL Post WWII on top 8 to 2 Bullock tops one to the pitcher's mound Marichal starts after it... Gloves it and turns to throw The ball slips out of his hand! Now he finds the handle Rifles it to Musial Bullock beats it out! Terp sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Mays Mays gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium center So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Marichal In the bottom of the 4th for FOFC No runs, no hits, one error and one man left on base It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Bench checks his swing Bullock appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Johnny One down for NL Post WWII Juan Marichal is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for NL Post WWII Sharp slider, catches the outside corner Marichal swings at it... Hammers a hard grounder right at short Picked up smoothly... Throw to first... IT'S OFF THE BAG!!... Gonzalez grabs it, turns back to the bag NOT IN TIME! Marichal is SAFE! That'll be an error on that play Score It: E6 Marichal to first Morgan drives one into right Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints over to make the play That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Negro League II is on top of Japanese League 5 to 3 Brown has hit his 7th homerun for Negro League II Late 20th clipping AL Post WWII 4 to 0 Winfield has hit his 5th homerun for Late 20th Negro League I leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Left Outs is destroying Caribbean 15 to 4 AL Pre WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0 NL Pre WWII besting Turn of Century 5 to 0 Marquard enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead And in our matchup NL Post WWII on top 8 to 2 Rose drives the ball to center for extra bases Bill Russle is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII... Not cut-off... Marichal scores! Trailing runner advances. Double for Rose Hot shot grounded to second Treacy grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 And that retires the side HIT HIM!! Gonzalez jogs down to first David took one for the team to get on Tucker takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He's out on strikes One gone for FOFC Base hit to right for Treacy Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Gonzalez will stay at second Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Pflaggstettler is outta there Two down for FOFC in the bottom of the 5th NL Post WWII leads 9 to 2 Swung on...and it's in the air to the right side Backing just a bit is Aaron And he pulls it in That does it for FOFC in the 5th They leave 2 on base 4 stranded so far today Swung on, liner towards second... Treacy leaps... He can't come up with it! No chance for either Treacy or Pflaggstettler That one had base hit written all over it There's a drive down the line IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . WILL IT STAY FAIR??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Mays back in the box And here comes the next pitch Mays swings and misses Strike three Mays didn't have a good cut at that pitch With one gone NL Post WWII will have Eddie Mathews coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Base hit to right for Mathews Bill Russle puts up the stop sign... Musial will stay at second Base hit to right for Banks Bill Russle is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII... Not cut-off... Musial scores! Trailing runners advance. Swung on and missed by Bench, he's down on strikes That's out number two All Stars' pitching coach, Sal Maglie, is out to talk with Fozborg Routine grounder to short Terp grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 And that wraps up the top of the 6th NL Post WWII has 10 runs, 14 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and one error NL Post WWII now has left 8 men on Gunner swings very late He pops it foul Bench gives chase Here comes Mathews They are both at the rail... Just next to the screen Neither can make the play . . . Gunner back in the box And here comes the next pitch Sinking fastball... Gunner swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Banks... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step So one up and one gone Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Palmer hits it into the hole on the right side Morgan ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Palmer is out by a step at first Two up, two down for FOFC Bullock swings and hits one down the line It'll be in there for extra bases The ball is kicking around in the corner Bullock is heading for second The ball comes in... A whistling two-bagger for Billy Bullock Kris Terp offers at the slider, but checks his swing Oh, Terp couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Morgan for the out Terp never even left the batter's box That's three outs, side retired There's a roller down at Palmer He's in front of it... It rolls right between the wickets! Error on Deacon Palmer as he didn't get his glove down Maybe a bit too easy for him Slow ground ball to the mound Fozborg grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 One gone in the top of the 7th Up next is Hank Aaron He's having a fine year so far Change up, on the inside corner... Aaron was looking for it... He hits a deep fly to left-center It's into the alley... That will score a run Aaron is in at second with a double Great change up... Musial out in front... Gets a piece of it... It's a shallow fly towards Tucker Tucker charges, dives for it... He has it... Fine catch by the center fielder That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Willie Mays to get a new bat Let's point out that NL Post WWII is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Nielsen comes in there with a dipsy-do And Mays is frozen stiff... He can only watch as the ball just nips the "black" of the plate... STRIKE THREE! We have a knee slapper going here NL Post WWII with 11 runs on the board, FOFC out of this one with only 2 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bench fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Gonzalez One up, one down Sinking line drive Caught by Joe Morgan That's the second out of the inning Hot shot grounded to the mound Marichal comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45666 Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! One away in the top of the 8th Swung on and missed by Banks, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for Banks Two away now for NL Post WWII They're ahead by 9 runs NL Post WWII has 15 hits on the afternoon It's a high fly into right Pflaggstettler ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out After 8 complete here at FOFC Stadium NL Post WWII has 11 big ones on the Strat-O-Matic scoreboard FOFC with only one more chance to make up their huge 9 run deficit... Looks pretty grim... Fastball... down and away... Marichal just misses the corner... ball four That's 2 walks given up by Marichal today Nights drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Nights Curveball, Gunner lets it go by The umpire signals STRIKE THREE! Gunner looks imploringly at him No words, but a very long look Now he walks slowly back to the dugout One away now... FOFC is still threatening... But they sure have their work cut out for them Base hit to left for Palmer Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Nights scores! Base hit to center for Bullock Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Palmer will stay at second Gazelle tops one right to Morgan Over to Musial for the easy out That's two away... FOFC trying to play "catch up" here in the bottom of the 8th They've scored 2 runs But NL Post WWII is way out in front by 7 Slow ground ball to the mound Marichal can't get to it BASE HIT! Palmer scores from third! Bullock takes third Driven to center Willie Mays trying to get to it He's got it Score It: 8 That's all for the All Stars... After 8 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, NL Post WWII leads 11 to 5 Swung on and topped toward short Nights comes in Backhands it Over to first Not in time! Infield single by Juan Base hit to right for Morgan Bill Russle puts up the stop sign... Marichal will stay at second Rose lays one down Knowles charges in Bullock bounds out after it Billy rakes it off the ground... Only play is at first The runners advance Credit Pete Rose with a sacrifice One out Due up next is Hank Aaron Swung on and hit right at third Deacon Palmer up with it... Looks Marichal back to third Marichal retreats to the bag Palmer then fires it to Gonzalez for the out NL Post WWII leads 11 to 5 with two away Let's check some other scores as well These scores are final... Negro League II easily defeated Japanese League 8 to 3 Late 20th is the winner over AL Post WWII 4 to 0 Feller takes the loss, his record drops to 5-7 Clemens the winner, he's now 8-3 Dead Ball Era edged out Negro League I 3 to 2 Brown the winner, he's now 2-3 Barnhill takes the loss, his record drops to 3-4 Left Outs beat up on Caribbean 18 to 6 AL Pre WWII humiliated Old Timers 12 to 2 Ruth has hit his 16th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII gets an easy win over Turn of Century 8 to 2 Base hit to center for Musial Marichal scores Bill Russle is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... Musial is out going to 2nd! Slider, outside... Treacy reaches for it... Gets some wood on it It's rolling towards Mathews... 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 Treacy STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Juan Marichal here this afternoon One away in the bottom of the 9th for FOFC Base hit to left for Nights Treacy is being held at second by Dick Howser Treacy will stay at second Gunner dribbles one toward Joe Morgan He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the umpire The first base coach is having a tizzy fit Two down There are some long faces over in the All Stars' dugout at the moment Curve, at the belt... Palmer times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Pete Rose retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! There is going to be a change in pitchers Juan Marichal will hit the showers Phil Niekro will be coming on in relief We are in the bottom of the 9th here at FOFC Stadium NL Post WWII ahead 13 to 8 Fastball... Bullock jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Mays after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Willie Mays! And that will do it for FOFC NL Post WWII wins 13 to 8 Marichal gets credit for the win Hunter takes the loss The hitting star for NL Post WWII was Stan Musial He was 4 for 5 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 7 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. Note: I let the computer completely handle the play by play, so it may be a bit more confusing. For some reason it doesn't always announce visits to the mound, player replacements and double switches...but it's much easier and faster for me. If you don't like it let me know. Heck, if you don't like the radio broadcast posts at all and just want box scores, I can do that too |
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08-29-2007, 09:46 PM
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After the embarrassing loss, I’m sitting in my office, drinking a black and tan (following the good start the owner actually installed 2 draft taps), when in walks Howser… “What’s up skip?” “I’ve been thinking,” I responded with a frown. “Uh Oh, that’s not good…especially for a manager who is supposed to be good with instincts not brains?” “Ok, smart ass, let’s say my instincts are telling me we might be in trouble.” I hand him a beer, and I try to figure out exactly how I want to lay this out. “Since our incredible start, we’ve been pretty mediocre. I mean we’ve been playing .500 ball for a while now, and if it wasn’t for our 9 and 1 record against Japan, we wouldn’t even be in first place.” “We should be 10 and 0 against Japan, but a certain manager I know failed to pull…” “Shut up, smart ass….” He smirks. “Anyway, I’m seriously thinking about taking a look at our minor leagues for help.” “REALLY!” “I am truly surprised…” Why?” “Well, to be honest, maybe it is instinct, but we have some issues…” “We are just a third into the season.” He points out. “My point exactly, and we need to address some stuff.” After a pause, Howser says…“I’m listening…tell me what you’re thinking…” “Ok, but let’s see if there is any food left in the clubhouse…I need to eat something. My acid reflux is killing me.” Howser smirks again, “You know that beer isn’t helping any…” |
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After grabbing a couple small sandwiches, we settle back into the office...and I explain my position...
"I think we need to address some weaknesses or we are going to not only get caught from behind but run over." "What weaknesses?" Howser asks. "We'll to start with Bo has been terrible...He can't seem to get anyone out." "He's our only true lefty in the pen" Howser calmly reminds me. "We could put Williams in the pen." "You could," he shrugs, "but you know as well as I that he's built more to start and even though he can pitch relief, he isn't built for late innings or long stents out of the pen." "Well don't we have a lefty on the farm team that can get the job done?" I ask. "We are in first by 4 games, I haven't looked at what's going on down there." But that's not the only thing that is bothering you, is it?" "No, I'm not happy at our middle infield. Don't get me wrong, Nights has been fantastic, but Terp is struggling to stay above .100 and our second base situation is a disaster." "Treacy is hitting great." Howser counters. "But fielding terribly, and he has no range in that spot. I think he's actually better in left field. I like his versitility, but as a starting second basemen in this league, he's lacking defensively. I had high hopes for Barrett, he did well in spring, and I like his game, but he's really had a hard time." "Anything else..." Howser asks, almost as if he's a psychiatrist. "Well, Ton's be bad, Gonzalez isn't hitting for power, Fouts isn't getting it done..." I look up to see Howser nodding dutifully. I stop mid-sentence and just stare at him. After about 30 seconds he says..."You finished?" I nod "Feeling better?" I nod "Good, I'm heading home. Traffic should be ok by now." Howser says matter of factly. As he turns to walk out I yell, "Thank you." He answers without turning around, "All part of the job." |
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GAME 60 - June 3 - Radio Broadcast
Red - The FOFCers and the Post Nationals go at it again tonight, and the FOFCers are going up against Warren Spahn. Hal - The lefty is really tough against righties...so Benton has decided to go with Gonzalez at first to see if his power hitting left handed first baseman can get his bat going... Fastball, lined to right... Base hit for Morgan... Pflaggstettler over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Morgan at first Swung on and hit back at Babson He picks it up, turns and fires to Nights Over to first... Double play! A bounding ball that was turned into an easy 1-6-3 double play by Babson And there's two away Aaron swings and hits a high fly to right It is right along the line... Pflaggstettler is over at the fence... reaches... It's going to be close... Just out of the reach of Pflaggstettler 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 . . . Aaron back in the box And here comes the next pitch It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up This should wrap-up the inning... It's in the bank 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 and no errors FOFC is coming to bat ###User cat:91 line:16833 (327/273/42/3): NL Post WWII has taken the field in the bottom of the first inning... Here's how they look, defensively In the outfield Aaron will play left Mays in center Clemente in right... Around the diamond Mathews will play the hot corner Banks and Morgan Make up the doubleplay combination... Over at first Musial And a battery of Warren Spahn and Bench behind the plate First batter for the All Stars A. J. Tucker steps in Tucker is one of the best hitters around Spahn is happy with the sign Into the windup... here's the pitch Tucker tries to hold up Bench points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! So one up and one gone Nights, FOFC's shortstop, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Gerald Gazelle waits on deck The outfield shades towards left for Nights He's waiting on the pitch Still waiting... Now he steps out of the box... We have a game of cat and mouse going on OK, now we're ready to go as Nights steps back in Spahn will try to get Nights to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Ground ball to the left side... Banks scoops it up Over to first for the putout Two up, two down here in the bottom of the 1st Gazelle finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Gazelle goes through his routine of settling in Gazelle awaits the pitch Warren rocks and fires Fly ball to center Mays is under it He makes the grab And that retires the side Musial heads for the plate leading off this inning for NL Post WWII Musial has a .309 average against righthanders this season Babson is on the first-base side of the rubber... Babson kicks and fires Ground ball through the middle Nights ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! One up, one down for NL Post WWII Mays digs in at the plate Ready now for Babson to come set Mays a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Babson He's ready for the delivery The pitch is on the way Slider, down and in Mays swings hard... He hits one into center Tucker starts back...now reverses himself He is coming in at full speed... And has to take it on one hop He was fooled on that ball as Willie hit it on the handle Mays running hard all the way heads for second Here's the throw It's high and wide Mays is safe at second Kind of an "excuse me" double That'll bring up Post-Nationals' third baseman Eddie Mathews... NL Post WWII with a man in scoring position at second One out, man on second 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 his delivery Curveball, in and low Mathews hits it to Gonzalez 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 Mays is now perched over at third Two down Banks walks up to the plate 2 men away, Mays on third Babson has the sign from Hays Babson brings it to the plate Banks is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That's all for NL Post WWII After 1 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, We're scoreless David Gonzalez stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Spahn is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Spahn looks in... Now he's ready And the delivery by Spahn Gonzalez cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bench Gonzalez was badly fooled by Spahn's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! David was a little overanxious One gone for FOFC Now here's Hays Hays taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Warren Spahn steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Spahn goes into his windup Here it comes A slider by Spahn Hays gets good wood on it... Clemente back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two up, two down for the All Stars We're in the bottom of the 2nd Pflaggstettler is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Spahn likes the sign Warren Spahn, with 22 appearances before today's game looks down for the sign from Bench Spahn has great control He's looking for win number 3 He's into the windup Pflaggstettler drives one into left Hank Aaron sprints over to make the play That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Bench is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Scoreless game Babson looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Now Brian delivers Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Bench! That's one away Coming up for NL Post WWII is Warren Spahn Nobody on base, one out Spahn can't seem to get settled at the plate Spahn is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Babson He's waiting for the pitch Windup by Babson And the pitch Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Babson punches him out! One more chance for NL Post WWII this inning Up next is Joe Morgan Joe is an ex-Boston College basketball and ice hockey star Morgan is 1 for 1 today Joe singled last time up Morgan waits patiently Babson brings it to the plate Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Babson's obviously peeved at that call But Joe tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first Morgan takes a walking lead Morgan has stolen 20 bases in 26 attempts in 1900 Another throw... Babson's five throws over have been effective Morgan has a small lead now He must be getting tired from diving back in! Roberto Clemente, the right fielder, strides to the plate Clemente wiggles the bat above his head Babson has the sign he wants Babson goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Morgan He lobs one to Gonzalez... Morgan is back easily We're ready again Now Babson comes home Clemente sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Gazelle Gazelle gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium left That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII Time to check out the rest of the scores Negro League II slipping by Japanese League 2 to 0 AL Post WWII is on top of Late 20th 2 to 0 Dead Ball Era is edging Negro League I 2 to 1 Johnson battling Paige Caribbean is edging Left Outs 5 to 4 Old Timers slipping by AL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Delahanty has hit his 8th homerun for Old Timers NL Pre WWII slipping by Turn of Century 2 to 0 Dan Fouts, batting seventh will lead off for FOFC He will be followed by Sean Treacy and Brian Babson Spahn is on the third-base side of the rubber... The lefthander delivers Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Fouts hits it into the hole on the right side Morgan ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Fouts is out by a step at first FOFC with one away Spahn steps off the mound as he waits for Sean Treacy to come to the plate Treacy is up now for FOFC Spahn wastes no time He has the sign from Bench Spahn fires Treacy fouls it back... It bounces off the screen behind home plate . . . Treacy back in the box And here comes the next pitch Treacy swings and lines it on the nose to left Aaron picks it up on one bounce Flips it in to second Treacy rounds first and holds with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball that he was just "sitting" on Brian Babson squares to bunt Spahn fields it, THEN DROPS THE BALL! Spahn picks it up and fires to first Babson is out by an eyelash Credit Babson with a sacrifice Two down Bench asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bench and Spahn A. J. Tucker is up next The All Stars' center fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs Spahn is slow to get ready He has a 3.98 ERA this year Now he's ready Spahn brings it to the plate Grounded towards the hole Smooth pickup by Banks THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 6-3 So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Spahn In the bottom of the 3rd for FOFC No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Hank Aaron to lead it off for NL Post WWII We'll see how they pitch to Aaron Babson studies his sign It's coming down the pike Curve ball... Aaron swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! One down for NL Post WWII Stan Musial is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for NL Post WWII That will bring up first baseman, Stan Musial Musial is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Stan certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Babson earn his salary Musial gets set for the pitch The pitch is on the way Musial hits a deep ball Gazelle retreats toward the wall He leaps... He's got it! Two up, two down for NL Post WWII Slowly coming up is Mays for NL Post WWII He is finally in the batter's box No score Mays has hit 13 home runs this year Babson has the sign from Hays Here's the righthander's delivery It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out That's it for NL Post WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 and a half innings, FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors While NL Post WWII has no runs, 2 hits and no errors NL Post WWII has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Jeff Nights leads it off Nights is 0 for 1 today Spahn eyes Nights intently Now the delivery, here is is... Swung on and hit sharply to short Banks plays it on one hop Over to Musial... Out of there! And there's one away Planting his right foot Gazelle is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Gazelle Gazelle scuffs up the lines around the box Bench flashes the sign... Spahn shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Spahn winds and delivers The 2-0 pitch There's a fly ball to Willie Mays Mays circles under it... He makes the play Two down Spahn retires the first two FOFC batters Two away, nobody on Gonzalez comes to the plate for FOFC Gonzalez is 0 for 1 today Bench flashes the sign... Spahn waves it off... Now he's happy The lefthander Spahn delivers Sharp breaking curveball... Gonzalez reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Banks... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Musial at first! Gonzalez is out easily The All Stars go down in order It's the bottom of the 4th NL Post WWII will send Mathews, Ernie Banks, and Johnny Bench to face Brian Babson this inning Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Righthander Babson's delivery Here's a curve... Not a good one! Mathews turns on it a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run! Number 17 for Eddie on the year He also has 32 RBI's now NL Post WWII shortstop, Ernie Banks, will be up next He will be followed by Johnny Bench Bases empty... no one out NL Post WWII up by 1 Banks is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a respectable .273 for NL Post WWII Banks waits for the pitch The windup, the pitch Sinking fastball... Banks swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step FOFC gets the first out of the inning Babson looks down at Bench as he steps in Johnny is ready to go Babson is ready quickly Babson brings it to the plate Off speed pitch on the way... And Bench watches it go by for the third strike Bench stood there like a bump on a log 2 strike outs for Bench today NL Post WWII ahead 1 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Negro League II with the lead over Japanese League 3 to 0 Late 20th and AL Post WWII are deadlocked at 2 Martinez and Hunter currently dueling Negro League I and Dead Ball Era are all knotted at 2 Caribbean and Left Outs are deadlocked at 7 Valenzuela and Wynn currently dueling Old Timers is in front of AL Pre WWII 4 to 1 NL Pre WWII is edging Turn of Century 2 to 1 NL Post WWII pitcher, Warren Spahn, is up next Babson shakes off two signs Now he's ready Babson's into his windup... the pitch Low slider... Swung on... Lifted high and deep... This one will be gone... IF it stays fair! It hits the foul pole... Home Run!... That just missed being foul Next up is Joe Morgan, the NL Post WWII second baseman... If he gets on, Roberto Clemente would bat next Morgan is at .266 on the season Brian is ready The righthander delivers It is a slow change... Morgan's not at all fooled He hits it squarely... It is heading out to right-center almost on a line... Very well hit ball by Joe Pflaggstettler is running after it... He hopes to play it off the fence Not this ball... it is... GONE! Clemente heads to the plate for NL Post WWII The infield is at regular depth Clemente adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Roberto is 0 for 2 this evening Clemente in the hole, 0-2 Babson leans back and fires Struck him out on a fastball Clemente goes down swinging That retires the side NL Post WWII with a 3 run lead It's NL Post WWII 3 and FOFC still looking to score their first run Here's the catcher Hays To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler And then Dan Fouts Harry is 0 for 1 this summer evening He flied out in his last plate appearance Hays waits for the delivery Here's the pitch Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Morgan Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 Spahn retires the first batter to face him in the bottom of the 5th Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate Pflaggstettler is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in The left-hander Spahn is now ready The southpaw Spahn's delivery Swung on and chopped down the third base line Mathews stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by Eddie Mathews That's two away Dan Fouts steps in now for the All Stars The Post-Nationals lead in this one, 3-zip Dan will be facing the left-handed Spahn from the right side of the plate The switch hitting third baseman is 0 for 1 Fouts grounded out his last time at bat All set, Fouts is ready for the pitch He brings it home Fouts hits a fly ball to center Willie Mays camps under it This should wrap up the inning... That's it That's all for the All Stars... After 5 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 0 Aaron comes to the plate leading off Aaron saunters to the plate The righthander is 0 for 2 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Babson Aaron is hitting .303 versus righties this year Of his 15 homeruns, 11 came while facing righties Now set, Aaron waits for the pitch The fans want the "K" Brian winds and comes in with the 0-2 pitch Fastball, lined to left... Base hit for Aaron... Gazelle over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Aaron at first Stan Musial steps into the box Babson steps on the rubber Now ready, here it is... Fastball off the catcher's mitt Rolls all the way to the backstop Hays is after it... as Aaron moves on to second No throw... Looked like Hays was crossed-up on the pitch Score it a passed ball on Hays Stan Musial steps into the box Aaron is on second, nobody out Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Musial Now Brian delivers Drilled deep to right-center Persimmon Pflaggstettler is running hard He's at the fence HE JUMPS . . . HE CAN'T GET IT HOMERUN! That is Stan Musial's 15th home run of the year. Now batting will be Willie Mays The outfield's shaded towards left for Mays He's 1 for 2 today Mays cocks his bat The lefty Knowles delivers Mays bounces one high toward the mound Knowles leaps up but can't reach it Nights is over quickly... Reaches down and scoops it up on the short hop Underhands it to Gonzalez... OUT Pretty play by Jeff Nights to retire Mays by a whisker The crowd appreciated that play One away in the top of the 6th for NL Post WWII The third baseman, Eddie Mathews, is up next Knowles squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Here's the 2 strike pitch Right down the middle... strike three Mathews must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch Two down in the 6th Time for a station break This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System your 4 Sports Network... OK, we're back and ready to go... Ernie Banks will step in to face Knowles next If he gets on, Johnny Bench will follow Ernie is hitting at .271 on the year He has 60 hits in 221 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Banks grounded out his last time up He's ready Here's the southpaw's delivery There's a high pop fly to the outfield Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Pflaggstettler grabs it with his bare hand for the out That retires the side... 2 runs cross the plate for NL Post WWII After 5 and a half innings, NL Post WWII ahead 5 to 0 Sean Treacy will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Treacy is 1 for 1 today, with 0 home runs Spahn rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Spahn rocks and fires Outside fastball... lashed at by Treacy... Pop fly...Shallow left... Dropping quickly... Aaron pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Treacy... As Aaron fields it on one bounce Settling in at the plate is Palmer Deacon stares down at Dick Howser for the sign Treacy leads away from first The umpire says let's go Spahn's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Treacy dives back in!... SAFE!... Musial tosses it back to Spahn Now here's the pitch Curve painting the inside corner Swung on... Bounced right to first Fielded, the throw to 2nd... They get the force for the out One on, one out Tucker walks to the batter's box Tucker is 0 for 2 today, with 0 home runs Spahn wastes no time He has the sign from Bench He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Palmer dives back in!... SAFE! Musial tosses it back to Spahn Now here's the pitch Curve ball... Low and away... Tucker reaches for it... Pops it straight up Two players have a chance for it And it will be Bench making the play Two gone for FOFC So with 1 on and 2 outs FOFC sends their shortstop, Jeff Nights, up to face Spahn Hard-hitting Gerald Gazelle is walking towards the on-deck circle Nights swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Spahn The count one ball, one strike on Nights Spahn goes into his stretch... Looks at Palmer... He fires one to Musial... Palmer dives back in That's his best move to first... Musial lobs it back Now Spahn comes home Slider, down and away... Swung on... Nights rips a bouncer to Mathews He takes it and goes to 2nd for the force That's all for the All Stars After 6 innings in FOFC this evening, NL Post WWII leads 5 to 0 As we get ready to start the top of the 7th Bench is talking to Hays Looking to Bill Russle for a sign Bench waits for the pitch His bat is coiled It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... There's a hard bouncer to Palmer's left He's over... Makes the pick-up... Over to Gonzalez... Bench is out! A sparkling glove hand pick-up by Deacon Palmer! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League II winning over Japanese League 6 to 0 Late 20th with the lead over AL Post WWII 6 to 3 Franco comfortably ahead for Late 20th Dead Ball Era leads Negro League I 3 to 2 Caribbean and Left Outs are tied at 9 Old Timers is comfortably ahead of AL Pre WWII 7 to 1 NL Pre WWII besting Turn of Century 8 to 3 One away, nobody on base Spahn stands ready at the plate Bo peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The southpaw Knowles delivers the 2 strike pitch Off speed pitch on the way... And Spahn watches it go by for the third strike Two up, two down Now up in the NL Post WWII seventh will be Joe Morgan Joe is hitting at .270 on the year He has 58 hits in 215 at bats NL Post WWII's leadoff hitter... Joe has scored 51 runs on the season Knowles adjusts his cap... Now he's set With a 3-1 count, the pitch It's a high pop-up in back of short Nights is under it Waiting..Waiting... My, this one's a "major league" pop-up Nights snags it for the out 1-2-3, nothing across... It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The left fielder Gazelle will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by David Gonzalez And then Harry Hays Gazelle is 0 for 2 today, with 0 home runs Spahn peers in for the sign Gazelle is a formidable opponent Warren has allowed 3 home runs versus righties this year And Gerald is no ordinary hitter Spahn winds and delivers It's a pop-up in back of short Banks is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out One out Due up next is David Gonzalez A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, David Gonzalez Gonzalez is 0 for 2 today David grounded out last time around Spahn appears to be throwing just as hard now as when the game began And, even more importantly... just as effectively! The pitch to Gonzalez... Long fly to left Aaron has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Gonzalez is retired on a fairly deep fly All Stars' catcher Hays is up next Hays has a .378 average against lefthanders He is .344 overall Spahn appears to be throwing just as hard now as when the game began And, even more importantly... just as effectively! Spahn fires Slow ground ball Mathews is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT We head to the 8th... The score is still NL Post WWII 5, All Stars 0 The NL Post WWII right fielder, Clemente, will lead off He'll be followed by Hank Aaron And then Stan Musial NL Post WWII leads 5 to 0 Knowles steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Knowles brings it to the plate Clemente hits a screamer at Bo Knowles Knowles picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Gonzalez off the bag Gonzalez swipes with the glove Clemente is out! Nice play by Gonzalez One down for NL Post WWII Hank Aaron is still in the on-deck circle and Stan Musial is looking for a bat in the dugout Now batting will be Hank Aaron The left fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out NL Post WWII up by 5 Knowles wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Now to the belt, here it is... Fly ball to left Gazelle is under it He makes the grab Two down Knowles retires two in a row Facing Knowles now is Musial Willie Mays heads to the on deck circle Eddie Mathews waits in the hole Musial is 1 for 3 today Stan hit a two-run homer last time up Stan waits... He steps out as Knowles takes too long Now he's back in the box The southpaw Knowles delivers the 3-1 pitch It is a slow change... Musial's not at all fooled He hits it squarely... It's heading out to right-center almost on a line... Very well hit ball by Stan Pflaggstettler is running after it... He hopes to play it off the fence He picks it up on the second bounce He turns and gets it back into the infield Musial slides into second base but it was not necessary Two-bagger for the NL Post WWII first baseman Willie Mays will be coming up Tommy Lasorda loves the pop in his bat A base hit should score Musial Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants It's coming down the pike Struck him out on a terrible pitch That was right over the heart of the plate with no movement on it... and Mays swung right over the top of it! Lucky Mr. Knowles! That retires the side NL Post WWII threatens but fails to score Here in the top of the 8th Persimmon Pflaggstettler stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate So far this year Pflaggstettler is batting .299 He has 10 doubles, 3 triples 9 homeruns with 39 RBI's and 5 stolen bases Pflaggstettler readies himself for the pitch The southpaw Spahn's delivery on the 3-2 pitch Change up... Pflaggstettler hits a fly ball to right Clemente is under it... He's got it Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Bullock Bullock is batting .283 with 8 HR's this year Spahn is ready quickly And the delivery by Spahn Swung on and hit on the nose to left Aaron picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Bullock is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it Walking up to the plate now is Treacy Deacon Palmer waits on deck Treacy looks down toward the third base coach Treacy cocks his bat And the cripple pitch... There's a fly ball into straight-away left Aaron one hands it... OUT! That's two away Palmer scuffs up the lines in the box Now he is ready Palmer has hit 3 home runs this year Warren looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Spahn goes into his stretch... Looks at Bullock... He fires one to Musial... Bullock dives back in That's his best move to first... Musial lobs it back Now Spahn comes home Palmer hits a slider to the third base side of short Banks going hard to his right... Backhands the groundball... He stops, plants, and throws to second... And gets the forceout on the sliding Bullock Putting an end to FOFC's inning That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 8 innings NL Post WWII has 5 runs, 8 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 stranded NL Post WWII has failed to bring home 3 Mathews 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 Eddie comes to the plate batting .263 with 17 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today He's ready The pitch is on the way Mathews sends a routine ground ball to first Gonzalez takes it on one hop Flips it to Knowles Easy out One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Negro League II is the winner over Japanese League 6 to 2 Late 20th topped AL Post WWII 6 to 3 Hunter takes the loss, his record drops to 4-6 Martinez the winner, he's now 2-2 Dead Ball Era cuffed Negro League I 5 to 2 Caribbean nipped Left Outs 10 to 9 Drysdale takes the loss, his record drops to 3-3 Luque the winner, he's now 4-3 Old Timers easily defeated AL Pre WWII 7 to 2 NL Pre WWII topped Turn of Century 8 to 5 And here in FOFC NL Post WWII ahead 5 to 0 The Dallas-born power hitting, Ernie Banks, is approaching the plate Time is called... Banks has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again He's ready The pitch to Banks... Banks 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 Banks is retired Nice play by the FOFC third baseman That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Knowles Johnny Bench will be next up... Johnny Bench will face Knowles Righty against righty Johnny has 2 strike outs today Not unusual for him, though He has a nasty habit of doing that Bench is set for the pitch Here comes the cripple pitch 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! A. J. Tucker will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Tucker is 0 for 3 today A. J. popped out last time around Bench flashes the sign to Spahn Spahn rocks and fires Slider, down and in... Tucker manages to hit a shallow fly Mays charging hard... dives... Great diving catch by Mays! He slid several feet after making that stab One away, nobody on... bottom of the 9th The first base coach exhorting Nights to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Nights looking for his first base knock here this evening... He is 0 for 3 Nights awaits the pitch The southpaw delivers the 0-1 pitch Slow ground ball Banks is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two up, two down for the All Stars While David Gonzalez heads for the on deck circle Gerald Gazelle makes his way to the plate Gerald steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Gazelle is 0 for 3 today He popped out last time up Set now is Gazelle The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander And Gazelle will sit down... strike three called And that will do it for FOFC NL Post WWII wins 5 to 0 Spahn gets credit for the win He threw a shut-out at them Babson takes the loss The hitting star for NL Post WWII was Stan Musial He was 2 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. 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As the players are heading into the dug out...Howser looks over at Maglie and says "Oh boy...Benton's really going to be grumpy now."
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08-31-2007, 06:50 AM
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Maglie walks into the clubhouse with Howser right behind. I peak my head out of my office, I look around and see that no players are with in ear shot so I say, "Hey, Sal, think you can teach our pitchers to keep the ball in the park." Then I shut my door and go back to sulking.
Sal turns around and looks at Howser... who is cracking up. Finally after composing himself he says, "I guess you are me." |
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08-31-2007, 01:12 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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You want wins? Then sit Gonzalez' sorry ass down and let Jeeberoni Potpie do what he does best. Hit HOMERS!
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08-31-2007, 01:33 PM
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Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
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hey Jeebs...thanks for checking back in.
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08-31-2007, 02:01 PM
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General Manager
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Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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Thanks for starting this back up!
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08-31-2007, 09:09 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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As I walk to the the dugout I pass Howser and Sal who are obviously discussing something...I ignore them and go on my way...
"I hope we win tonight, so he'll lighten up. He's going to give himself a heartattack with this stress he's carrying around." Howser Comments. "Well at least we have our stopper going tonight...Neilsen's been tough in these situations... |
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08-31-2007, 09:11 PM
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GAME 61 - June 4 - Radio Broadcast
I see by the clock that we're ready to go here in FOFC Morgan steps in to start things off for NL Post WWII Let's set the FOFC defense for you Battery mates are Nielsen and Bullock Covering the corners at first and third Will be Potpie and Palmer The keystone combo has Treacy at second And Nights playing short In the outfield From left to right Its Gunner, Tucker and Pflaggstettler Now Morgan steps into the batter's box This game's about to begin Morgan finishes his stretching Let's play some ball... The lefthander delivers Morgan swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Nielsen strikes out Joe Morgan So one up and one gone Coming up for NL Post WWII is Pete Rose Nobody on base, one out Rob Nielsen steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Nielsen is into his windup Here's the pitch Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Rose takes a walking lead Rose has stolen 2 of 3 bases this year Nielsen flicks one underhand to first... Rose scrambles back in time Mays is up next One gone, top of the 1st Hank Aaron moves out on deck Willie will be facing the left-handed Nielsen from the right side of the plate He has a .290 average overall But southpaws are his nemesis... He has only a .243 average against lefty hurlers Waiting for the pitch is Mays Nielsen goes into his stretch... Looks at Rose... He fires one to Potpie... Rose dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Nielsen comes home Swung on and missed by Mays, he's down on strikes 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 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 Aaron grips the bat handle Aaron awaits the delivery Here's the 1-2 offering Aaron swings on a ball in on his fists It results in a pop up to short Nights is under it... A few steps to his right... One hands it for the out Aaron looked bad on that pitch 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 NL Post WWII has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively The ball hawks from left to right Aaron in left... Mays in center... And Clemente in right The infield, third to first Rose will play the hot corner Banks is at short Over at second, Morgan and at first base Musial Gibson gets the nod as starter Behind the dish is Bench FOFC center fielder, A. J. Tucker, will lead off Gibson is making his 13th start this year for the All Stars Gibson brings it home Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Tucker hits it into the hole on the right side Morgan ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Tucker is out by a step at first And there's one away Here's Jeff Nights Nights wiggles the bat above his head He's ready for the delivery Gibson brings it to the plate Nights rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Mays is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Willie Mays Persimmon Pflaggstettler is coming to the plate Pflaggstettler digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Gibson Gibson wastes no time He has the sign from Bench Gibson kicks and fires It's a smash over short Banks leaps Just over his outstretched glove Pflaggstettler makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Potpie heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Potpie is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Gibson adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bench Bob rocks and fires That's ball four Potpie will trot down to first Pflaggstettler is now down on second Stan Gunner will make his way to home plate He's the left fielder for FOFC Before getting ready Gunner checks out the defensive alignment Bob is ready Now Bob delivers Gunner drives the ball to center for extra bases Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Double for Gunner Bullock is up now for FOFC Bullock has a .274 average against righthanders this season Bullock is poised and ready for the pitch Morgan comes in a couple steps Yells something to Gibson The delivery Swung on and missed... Bullock is down on strikes At the end of one inning,... FOFC on top 1 to 0 Musial will come up to lead off the top of the 2nd Musial has 9 doubles this year Now set, Musial waits for the pitch The count is full And the pay-off pitch... There's a line drive in the gap by Musial That looks like an easy two-bagger A. J. Tucker races to the ball and fires it in Musial has himself a double Now here's Clemente Nielsen has the sign from Bullock The southpaw Nielsen's delivery It's hit high and deep Stan Gunner giving chase This one is deep! IT MIGHT BE . . . IT IS! A HOMERUN! That is Roberto Clemente's 11th home run of the year. NL Post WWII shortstop, Ernie Banks, will be up next He will be followed by Johnny Bench Bases empty... no one out NL Post WWII up by 1 Banks swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Nielsen The count two balls, two strikes on Banks The pitch is on the way Banks tries to hold up Bullock points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! With one down, up next is Johnny Bench To be followed by Bob Gibson That brings up Johnny Bench, the catcher The outfield shades towards left for Bench Nielsen studies his sign Nielsen fires He misses outside Ball four Walking up to the plate now is Gibson Joe Morgan waits on deck Gibson goes through his routine of settling in Gibson waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Nielsen checks Bench on first... The 2 strike delivery Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE! And Gibson is punched out Two down Making his way up is Morgan Morgan digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Nielsen Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen The pitch to Morgan... Drilled on the ground to second Treacy comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side... 2 runs cross the plate for NL Post WWII After 1 and a half innings, NL Post WWII on top 2 to 1 Palmer saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Palmer a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Gibson Palmer gets set for the pitch Now Bob delivers There's a fly ball to Willie Mays Mays circles under it... He makes the play One up, one down for FOFC At the plate now for FOFC is Treacy Gibson is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Gibson gets the sign from Bench Now ready, here it is... Swung on...and hit way, way up Under it is Bench...and he's got it Two down Gibson retires two in a row Nielsen moseys up to the plate A. J. Tucker is heading for the on-deck circle Nielsen looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Rob seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now The kick and the pitch Nielsen swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Gibson strikes out Rob Nielsen That does it for FOFC in the bottom of the 2nd Rose saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Rose has a .250 average against lefties Rose waiting on the delivery And the cripple pitch... Rose lets it go by He takes ball four Facing Nielsen now is Mays Hank Aaron heads to the on deck circle Stan Musial waits in the hole Mays has a .237 average against lefthanders He is .288 overall Mays is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Rose is dancing off first The lefthander Nielsen delivers Mays rolls one toward Sean Treacy He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the first base umpire The first base coach throws his hands up in disbelief That's one away So with 1 on and 1 out NL Post WWII sends their left fielder, Hank Aaron, up to face Nielsen Hard-hitting Stan Musial is walking towards the on-deck circle We'll see how they pitch to Aaron The umpire says let's go Aaron is ready Nielsen brings it to the plate Aaron watches strike three glide by For that matter, he watched them all That won't get it done That's the second out of the inning Musial walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat Musial is 1 for 1 today Stan doubled last time around Musial awaits the pitch The lefty Nielsen delivers Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three That retires the side... Musial fails to come through in the clutch For NL Post WWII, No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base A. J. Tucker is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Gibson steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Righthander Gibson's delivery STRIKE THREE, CALLED! One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC One away, nobody on... bottom of the 3rd The first base coach exhorting Nights to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Gibson is ready quickly The pitch on the way, here it is... It's a routine fly into center Mays ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Two out, nobody on NL Post WWII ahead 2 to 1 Pflaggstettler digs in at the plate Ready now for Gibson to come set Pflaggstettler scuffs up the lines around the box Pflaggstettler waits for the delivery He brings it home Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Pflaggstettler swings way over it He was fooled completely Bench loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Persimmon as he was heading for the dugout That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 3 innings NL Post WWII on top, 2-1 Here's Clemente to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard AL Post WWII is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 Negro League I leads Dead Ball Era 3 to 2 Left Outs leads Caribbean 10 to 9 Pennock and Molina currently dueling AL Pre WWII and Old Timers are scoreless NL Pre WWII is destroying Turn of Century 9 to 0 Hubbell and NL Pre WWII are on cruise control Nielsen takes the first sign The lefthander delivers It's popped up into foul territory Billy Bullock is under it He grabs it for the out Score It: 2 With one gone NL Post WWII will have Ernie Banks coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it The Dallas-born power hitting, Ernie Banks, is approaching the plate Looking to Bill Russle for a sign Bullock flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy Rob winds... kicks... and delivers It's right down the pipeline... STRIKE THREE swinging! Nielsen's got yet another strike out As a matter of fact... That is number 100 on the year! Two men gone, nobody on NL Post WWII leads by 1 The catcher, Johnny Bench, is up next Nielsen gets the sign, it's one he likes Here's the 3-1 offering It's a high fly to deep center Tucker is on his horse It is carrying to the fence A. J. jumps It's off the wall Bench is around second But retreats to the bag as the throw comes in That'll bring up Post-Nationals' pitcher Bob Gibson... NL Post WWII with a man in scoring position at second Gibson digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen The bat is cocked The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander Gibson takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Gibson's outta there That's all for NL Post WWII After 3 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, NL Post WWII leads 2 to 1 Jeeberoni Potpie will start things off Potpie asks the ump for time Now he's back in Potpie cocks the bat The pitch Fastball OUCH! It hit Potpie! Now Potpie gets up and brushes himself off He's not a big fan of "chin music" and he's letting Gibson know about it! The ump tells Potpie to take his base Gunner, FOFC's left fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Billy Bullock waits on deck Gunner is 1 for 1 on the day He looks around at the NL Post WWII infield Musial is kicking the dirt at first Rose is even with the bag at third Morgan and Banks are ready with hands on knees at second and short Set now is Gunner Here's his delivery Swung on and missed... Gunner is down on strikes One away in the bottom of the 4th for FOFC The All Stars will send Billy Bullock up to the plate Gibson has the sign from Bench Gibson's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Potpie dives back in!... SAFE!... Musial tosses it back to Gibson Now here's the pitch Bullock hits a high pop into short left field Rose and Banks sprint towards the outfield Here comes Aaron Banks puts his glove out... Makes a lucky catch in front of Aaron!! Slowly coming up is Palmer for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box NL Post WWII on top 2 to 1 Potpie will be running if it's hit Gibson steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Gibson looks at the runner The pitch There's a fly ball into straight-away left Aaron one hands it... Palmer is retired... and so is FOFC That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 4 innings NL Post WWII has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 stranded NL Post WWII has failed to bring home 4 Morgan is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Morgan has hit 12 home runs this year Bullock flashes the sign... Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Nielsen is into his rocking motion Now his left arm comes around It's a Texas Leaguer to left Here comes Gunner... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Morgan is on with a bloop single to left Morgan is taking his lead from first Fastball running in on the batter... And Morgan is running! Bullock comes up from his stance firing... Morgan slides headfirst... Down goes Treacy in a heap with Morgan... And Morgan is SAFE!... That was a good hard clean slide Morgan moves away from second base Morgan held closely by Nielsen Pete Rose steps into the box Rose is at .354 on the season Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... It's coming down the pike Grounded into the hole Great pickup by Treacy His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 Mays squares to bunt He bunts the ball . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by R.Nielsen he's throwing for the lead runner... SAFE! Sac & Fielders Choice Morgan scores from third! Mays to first And it brings up Hank Aaron On deck is Stan Musial Roberto Clemente in the hole Aaron is 0 for 2 today Rob Nielsen has struck out 8 and walked 2 He's rubbing up the ball as he looks over at Benton Breeze Nielsen goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Mays He lobs one to Potpie... Mays is back easily... We're ready again Now Nielsen comes home Aaron sends a scorcher to short Nights takes it on one hop Fires to Treacy for one Back to Potpie for the double play! That's it in the top of the 5th After 4 and a half innings in FOFC, NL Post WWII leads 3 to 1 To lead off this inning is Sean Treacy FOFC needs a pair to tie this game Time is called... Treacy has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again He's ready And the delivery by Gibson Punched just up the first base line... Bench is out quickly and makes the play to first NL Post WWII gets the first out of the inning FOFC pitcher, Rob Nielsen, is up next Rob takes a couple of practice cuts Rob is ready for the delivery Gibson's 2 strike pitch... Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Nielsen! Two up, two down for FOFC Up now for FOFC is Tucker Two away, nobody on Gibson adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bench And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Tucker skies one very high The ball drifts a bit Bench calls for it Puts it away! We head to the 6th... The score is still NL Post WWII 3, All Stars 1 NL Post WWII will send Musial, Roberto Clemente, and Ernie Banks to face Rob Nielsen this inning Nielsen adjusts his cap... Now he's set Nielsen's into the windup... the delivery Musial cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock Musial was badly fooled by Nielsen's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Stan was a little overanxious One down for NL Post WWII Roberto Clemente is still in the on-deck circle and Ernie Banks is looking for a bat in the dugout Roberto Clemente, the right fielder, strides to the plate Clemente is batting .332 with 11 HR's this year Nielsen steps on the rubber Nielsen will try to get Clemente to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Rob Nielsen here this evening Two up, two down Two out, nobody on Up now is Banks Banks is 0 for 2 today Ernie struck out last time up Nielsen is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... And Nielsen grooves the 3-0 delivery The pitch is just inside and Banks holds up Bullock points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Ernie trots down to first... ball four Johnny Bench will get a crack at Nielsen next Bob Gibson would be up next... But only if Bench can reach safely NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 1 Nielsen is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... The stretch... the 1-2 delivery Swing and a miss Strike three Bench goes down on strikes So that's it for NL Post WWII They fail to score against Nielsen In the top of the 6th for NL Post WWII No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base Here's Nights to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard AL Post WWII leads Late 20th 2 to 1 Negro League I and Dead Ball Era are tied at 3 Rogan battling McGinnity Caribbean and Left Outs are all knotted at 10 Oliva has hit his 6th homerun for Caribbean AL Pre WWII and Old Timers are scoreless NL Pre WWII is crushing Turn of Century 14 to 1 Ott has hit his 19th homerun for NL Pre WWII Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National Nights is batting .301 with 4 round trippers in 1900 Nights gets ready for Gibson's pitch His bat is cocked Gibson winds and delivers The 2 strike pitch Good slider, inside part of the plate Nights gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Morgan grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One out Due up next is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Nobody on base, one away Pflaggstettler steps into the batter's box Persimmon is batting .299 with 9 home runs on the season He is 1 for 2 today Pflaggstettler is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Gibson He's waiting for the pitch The windup, the pitch Pflaggstettler swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Rose and skips out to Aaron Pflaggstettler rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Pflaggstettler returns to first as Hank gets a nice throw in to Morgan Potpie up The All Stars have Pflaggstettler on first Potpie is batting .293 with 16 homers this year Potpie looks very intent... He stares down at Gibson... Cocks his bat Now to the belt, here it is... Changeup... Ties Potpie up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! Two down Due up next is Stan Gunner Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the All Stars Stan Gunner, will be up next Billy Bullock hopes to get a chance as well One on... two away NL Post WWII leads FOFC by 2 runs Stan is batting .267 with 7 home runs on the season He is 1 for 2 today After getting set, Gunner waits on the pitch The righthander delivers Grounded towards the sack Musial takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 We head to the 7th... The score is still NL Post WWII 3, All Stars 1 NL Post WWII will send Gibson, Joe Morgan, and Pete Rose to face Rob Nielsen this inning Gibson looks down toward the third base coach Gibson waits Nielsen rocks and fires Hard slider, paints the inside corner Gibson gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Gibson for the out One gone for NL Post WWII The second baseman, Joe Morgan is up for the Post-Nationals We are in the top of the 7th NL Post WWII on top 3 to 1 The left-hander Nielsen is now ready Nielsen brings it to the plate Morgan skies one very high The ball drifts a bit Bullock calls for it Puts it away! "Charlie Hustle" is now coming to the plate Rose grips the bat handle Nielsen has the sign from Bullock The southpaw Nielsen's delivery It's popped behind home plate Bullock throws down his mask He's running back At the screen... The wind blows it... Right back to him Pete Rose is out That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII So After 6 and a half innings NL Post WWII has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors NL Post WWII has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Bullock leading off FOFC would like to get some runners on base Against righthanders Bullock is hitting .268 Bob gets the sign from Bench Gibson brings it home Bullock takes a vicious cut Unfortunately, for FOFC, all he hit was air Billy goes down swinging...again... 2 whiffs on the evening for the free swinging FOFC catcher One up, one down Palmer pounds the plate Now he stares out at Gibson Deacon is batting .308 with 3 home runs on the season He is 0 for 2 today Palmer is set Here's the 2-0 offering Palmer fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of short Banks is over quickly Easy out That's two away Treacy scuffs up the lines in the box Now he is ready Treacy is 0 for 2 today, with no strike outs Gibson adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bench The pitch is on the way Curve ball, just misses the corner That'll be ball four and a walk Gibson has issued 2 bases on balls this evening While A. J. Tucker heads for the on deck circle David Gonzalez makes his way to the plate Gibson looks down at Bench for the sign Now he's ready... Gibson goes into his stretch... Looks over at Treacy Fires to Musial... Treacy is back easily... We're ready again Now Gibson comes home Gonzalez drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Treacy scores! Double for Gonzalez The All Stars' center fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs Tucker is hitting .275 against righthanders Tucker waits on Gibson Banks trying to slip in behind Gonzalez Now he slips away Here's the 3-2 offering Tucker smacks a fly to right Clemente is waiting on it Pounds his mitt Roberto takes it in That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 50061 Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Stan Musial are due up Willie is batting .286 with 13 home runs on the season He is 0 for 2 today Mays is set for the 1-2 pitch Now Sammy delivers Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Mays is outta there One away here in the top of the 8th NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 2 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard Late 20th and AL Post WWII are deadlocked at 2 Dead Ball Era with the lead over Negro League I 6 to 3 Caribbean is edging Left Outs 11 to 10 Oliva has hit his 6th homerun for Caribbean AL Pre WWII and Old Timers have yet to score Grove battling Welch NL Pre WWII is destroying Turn of Century 16 to 3 Hank Aaron, the left fielder, strides to the plate Aaron is batting .307 with 15 round trippers in 1900 Sammy Knowles steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Sammy comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Aaron checks his swing Bullock appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Hank Two gone for NL Post WWII 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 Knowles looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Bullock He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Knowles Now he is ready... Here's the righthander's delivery Sammy comes in there with a dipsy-do And it freezes Musial He can't get the bat off his shoulder as he watches it just catch the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII By the way, NL Post WWII is 6 and 4 in their last ten games NL Post WWII is making a defensive change Rose will bat 2nd and play left Schmidt will bat 4th and play third Jeff Nights is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Gibson studies his sign Gibson's windup... the delivery It's a sinker, up in the strike zone Nights hits it deep into the alley Clemente is back to the warning track... To the fence... He leaps in the air... HAS IT!... Fine play by Roberto Clemente One down for FOFC Persimmon Pflaggstettler is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Gibson glares in at Pflaggstettler Persimmon Pflaggstettler just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Pflaggstettler swinging from the right side facing the righty Gibson Pflaggstettler is ready Gibson's righthanded delivery... Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bench fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Pflaggstettler Potpie coming up NL Post WWII out in front by 1 run We're in the bottom of the 8th Jeeberoni is hitting at .291 on the year He has 51 hits in 175 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Potpie struck out his last time up Potpie concentrates He holds the bat down on the end The righthander winds and delivers Slow ground ball Schmidt is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's all for the All Stars After 8 innings in FOFC this evening, NL Post WWII leads 3 to 2 Clemente saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Clemente looks down toward the third base coach The righthander pitching to Clemente... A righthanded batter Righties have a .259 average against Sammy Here's the 2-0 pitch A hanging curve... Clemente laces it hard just to the right of Nights He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Roberto... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Clemente takes a walking lead Clemente has stolen 2 of 3 bases this year Clemente holding close to the bag Knowles watching him closely Banks walks up to the plate Clemente takes his lead Knowles is on the first-base side of the rubber... Knowles checks Clemente on first Now the 1-1 pitch Banks takes a cut at the sinker... Hits a hard grounder down to first... Potpie can't get his glove on it... It's into right for a single... Clemente hustles around to third Bench leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Knowles tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The pitch to Bench... Knowles bores one right down the pike Strike three swinging! Superb fastball that time Now batting for NL Post WWII... Billy Williams... He'll pinch hit for Bob Gibson Williams with a .208 average on the season There he goes! Banks is off on the pitch! Bullock is throwing to second He's trying to get Banks... Bill Russle will send the runner home... Clemente scores! Banks heading for second... Here's the peg... Late throw by Bullock... No chance to get Banks sliding in safely He's running with the pitch! Inside slider... Williams ducks down... And there goes Banks! Bullock is throwing to second He's trying to get Banks... Bill Russle plays it safe and stops him at third... Bullock handles the pitch... Comes up firing with a lot of mustard on the throw Great job by Bullock!... The slide... OUT AT SECOND!... Banks couldn't outrun that "gun" Bullock uses for an arm He has one of the better arms in the league Billy Williams steps into the box We're in the top of the 9th The right-hander Kronside is set to deliver to Williams Kronside brings it to the plate The ball breaks low and outside Williams tries to hold up The umpire signals strike three! That's all for NL Post WWII After 8 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 2 Jim Bunning will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Jim has appeared in 23 games this season He has a record of 3-7 with 7 saves His ERA stands at 4.83 Here's the left fielder Gunner To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Billy Bullock And then Deacon Palmer Gunner adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Stan is 1 for 3 this evening Gunner waits And the delivery by Bunning Swung on and hit on the nose to center Mays 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 Terp shows bunt It's a beauty! Right down the 3rd base line... Schmidt charges... he fires to first He gets the batter, but the runner Gunner goes to 2nd... A sacrifice for Terp And there's one away Settling in at the plate is Palmer Bunning squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Bunning rocks and fires It's a shallow fly by Palmer Rose runs in, calls for it He makes the catch with a snap of his glove Palmer is out Two gone for FOFC Time is running out for them Treacy gets set at the plate Treacy is at .308 on the season Bunning steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Bunning brings it to the plate Treacy hits a three hopper towards Joe Morgan Morgan scoops it and fires it to first for the out And that will do it for FOFC NL Post WWII wins 3 to 2 Gibson gets credit for the win Bunning notches the save Nielsen takes the loss The hitting star for NL Post WWII was Roberto Clemente He was 2 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. Note: if there is a confusing section in the above text, like a repeated portion...during the game the Post-nationals elected to do a double steal. I thought I had hit the wrong button and didn't want to penalize them by having them run a play the were not going to run on their own. So I undid the play, but when I rolled (clicked) for the batter to swing they ran the double steal again...hence the duplicate information Last edited by Breeze : 08-31-2007 at 09:16 PM. |
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08-31-2007, 09:18 PM
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Post Game...
I don't talk to anyone...but I do say as I walk out of the office..."At least I know I won't be reading the paper in the mornnig." |
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09-01-2007, 09:56 PM
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#442 |
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Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
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We get on the plane to head out for our next opponent and all I can think is...thank God we don't have to play another game against the Post-Nationals tonight.
and We were actually a little luckie to win the one we did... |
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09-01-2007, 09:58 PM
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#443 |
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL
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GAME 62 - June 5 - Radio Broadcast
Welcome to Shadowball Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between Negro League II and FOFC The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in Negro League II A. J. Tucker to lead it off for FOFC Now Verdell delivers Tucker swings hard It's off the handle The ball and half the bat are heading for short Brown makes the right choice Scoops up the ball Tosses to first A. J. is too quick! Tucker inches away from first base Mathis' move keeps Tucker guessing He doesn't have a very good lead Nights fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Beautifully placed bunt toward Marcelle He races in... Scoops it up, bare-handed... Only play is at first OUT! Tucker advances easily Nice job bunting, as usual, by Nights Credit him with a sacrifice With one gone FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it So that brings up Gerald Gazelle the FOFC left fielder Before getting ready Gazelle checks out the defensive alignment Mathis peers in for the sign Verdell has allowed only 2 home runs versus righties this year And this is in over 90 innings But Gerald is no ordinary hitter The pitch is on the way Hanging curve... Swung on... Gazelle turned that one around in a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run Poles didn't even move Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie The first baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 2 Jeeberoni is 9th in the league in home runs with a 16 so far in 1900 Potpie waits patiently The pitch to Potpie... Potpie sends one way high in the air It is drifting toward the first base dugout Beckwith is over... Ouch!... That ball got a fan right in the breadbasket He even lost the souvenir After stopping it with his abdomen It bounced to a kid a couple seats away . . . Potpie back in the box And here comes the next pitch Jeeberoni Potpie offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Potpie couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Oliver Marcelle for the out Potpie never even left the batter's box Two down Beckwith asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Beckwith and Mathis Now here's Hays Mathis is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now Mathis kicks and fires Big bender, low and inside... Swung on... Line single to Hill in right... Picking it up in a hurry is Hill... Hays takes a wide turn... But stays at first base as the throw comes in Mathis looks down at Treacy as he steps in Sean is ready to go Hays will be running if it's hit Mathis tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... It's coming down the pike That's ball four Treacy will trot down to first Hays is now down on second So FOFC has something going here in the top of the 1st 2 on with 2 runs in Righthanded Dan Fouts stepping to the plate Mathis is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Mathis looks in... Now he's ready Now Verdell delivers Here's a slow curve... Fouts slashes a shallow fly towards Poles He's charging hard... dives... Makes the catch! After one-half inning It's FOFC 2, Twos coming to bat 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 Gazelle in left... Tucker in center... And Treacy in right The infield, third to first Fouts will play the hot corner Nights is at short Over at second, Blade and at first base Potpie Taking the mound is Mighty and his battery mate is Hays Negro League II left fielder, Spotswood Poles, will lead off Poles has 15 doubles this year Mighty has the sign he wants The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch Fastball, busted in on the hands Poles 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 Poles is called out on a close play Negro League II with one away Mighty steps off the mound as he waits for Wild Bill Wright to come to the plate The center fielder, Wild Bill Wright will be up next for Negro League II We'll see how they pitch to Wright Wright waits for the pitch Mighty brings it to the plate Wright rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Wright is around first, heading for two... Tucker is up with it and fires it in quickly Wild Bill pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the Negro League II center fielder Wild Bill also ups his hitting streak to 23 games! That is Wright's 1st hit today And it brings up Willard Brown On deck is John Beckwith Jud Wilson in the hole Brown looks down toward the third base coach, Willie Randolph Brown waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Mighty rocks and fires Groundball to in front of home Wright is trying to advance to third base... A quick glance at the lead runner... The play is to first... And Brown is out Beckwith walks to the plate Mighty likes the sign Here's the 0-1 offering Beckwith swings and lifts one toward left Gazelle drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Al Mighty holds the Twos scoreless in the first Barrett Blade stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Blade is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in All set, Blade is ready for the pitch Now the delivery, here is is... Blade dribbles one out in front of home plate Beckwith pounces on it Up with it Quickly to first... He's out! Mighty steps in... He pounds the bat on the plate Now he is ready Mathis is happy with the sign The fans want the "K" Verdell winds and comes in with the 0-2 pitch Another hook for strike three! Mighty just stood there looking Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 2 Tucker now at the plate Jeff Nights waits on deck Tucker goes through his routine of settling in Mathis has the sign from Beckwith Here's the southpaw's delivery Curve...Swung on by Tucker... Lined right back over the mound... Through into center field for a single Tucker moves away from first base... He has 14 stolen bases on the season Mathis steps off the rubber Looks Tucker back to the bag So with 1 on and 2 outs FOFC sends their shortstop, Jeff Nights, up to face Mathis Hard-hitting Gerald Gazelle is walking towards the on-deck circle Nights is at .298 on the season Mathis ready quickly, looks in for the sign The southpaw Mathis' delivery Drilled deep to left field This one is deep! BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK, GONE!!! That is Jeff Nights' 5th home run of the year. Gerald Gazelle will step in to face Mathis next If he gets on, Jeeberoni Potpie will follow The outfield shades towards left for Gazelle Left-hander Verdell Mathis prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Gazelle Here's the windup and the 3-0 delivery Swung on and hit into deep left Poles is going back Back... Back... Back... FOFC goes deep twice... back-to-back! FOFC leads 5 to 0 Planting his right foot Potpie is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Potpie Looking for his first hit today Potpie is 0 for 1 Potpie awaits the delivery Verdell winds Kicks... and delivers Potpie pulls one into left field Hooking away from Poles Spotswood is there He's got it for the out That's it for FOFC Here at Shadowball Stadium, After 1 and a half innings, FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Negro League II has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 2 on base Negro League II has stranded 1 Jud Wilson will step into the box to start the inning Negro League II would like to get some runners on board Wilson digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Mighty Hays flashes the sign to Mighty Here's Mighty's windup And the lefthander comes home with it Good slider, inside part of the plate Wilson gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! So one up and one gone Mighty glares in at Hill Pete Hill just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth The left-hander Mighty is now ready Mighty winds and delivers The 1-2 pitch Long fly ball to right field This one is deep! YOU CAN KISS THAT BALL GOOD-BYE! That is Pete Hill's 4th home run of the year. Sam Bankhead is up next for Negro League II One out, bottom of the 2nd FOFC on top 5 to 1 Oliver Marcelle is on deck Al peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Mighty brings it to the plate Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 78 on the season for Mighty Two down Marcelle digs in at the plate Ready now for Mighty to come set Hays flashes the sign... Mighty waves it off... Now he's happy The southpaw Mighty's delivery on the 3-1 pitch Marcelle sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Mighty Easy out That wraps up the inning for Negro League II Time to check out the rest of the scores Turn of Century is in front of Caribbean 4 to 1 Negro League I leads AL Post WWII 1 to 0 Late 20th slipping by Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 AL Pre WWII and Left Outs are all knotted at 1 Lyons battling Roberts NL Post WWII is edging NL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Koufax and Rixey currently dueling Old Timers leads Japanese League 1 to 0 The FOFC catcher, Hays, will lead off He'll be followed by Sean Treacy And then Dan Fouts Hays is batting .347 with 4 HR's this year Mathis shakes off two signs Now he's ready Mathis leans back and fires Hays slaps a hard grounder past short Poles is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Hays will hold with a clean single While Dan Fouts heads for the on deck circle Sean Treacy makes his way to the plate Hays takes his lead Mathis adjusts his cap... Now he's set He brings it home The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Change-up, letterhigh... Treacy lofts a high fly to deep center Wright is after it... It is carrying deep... Wright jumps...can't get it... It's off the wall Hays will score easily... Treacy racing for second Here's the throw... It's too late for a play Treacy ends up with a double Treacy comes through nicely for FOFC! Slowly coming up is Fouts for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC leads 6 to 1 Treacy is on second, nobody out Mathis looks down at Beckwith for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Mathis brings it home Base hit to left for Fouts Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Beckwith is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Poor,)... Treacy scores! There'll be a pitching change Verdell Mathis is walking slowly to the dugout Ray Brown will come on here in the top of the 3rd Brown has pitched 24 innings in 14 games He has a 0-2 record to go along with a 4.81 ERA Blade moseys up to the plate Al Mighty is heading for the on-deck circle Blade is checking with the third base coach He's 0 for 1 today Blade is poised and ready for the pitch Ray rocks and fires It is a high hard one... Blade goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Blade couldn't hold back That's one away Mighty looks to lay one down He bunts at it . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by O.Marcelle he's throwing for the lead runner... SAFE! Sac & Fielders Choice Fouts takes second Mighty to first Pounding the plate with his bat Tucker awaits the pitch Tucker steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Ray gets the sign from Beckwith Brown checks the runners Base hit to right for Tucker Dick Howser plays it safe and stops him at third... Runners hold. Walking up now to the plate is Nights Nights is batting .301 with 5 homers this year He's ready The bases are jammed Brown checks the runners Nights swings It is popped down the line Wilson is giving chase The ball is drifting foul... Jud dives... Great try, but no cigar . . . Nights back in the box And here comes the next pitch LINE DRIVE Base hit! Wilson couldn't get to it Fouts scores from third! Mighty scores from second! Tucker takes third Gerald Gazelle is up next FOFC's left fielder finds 2 on with 1 out Gerald Gazelle will step in to face Brown He is 2 for 2 on the evening with 2 home runs! That impressive display of power has been good for 3 RBI's Brown looks down at Beckwith He shakes him off once... Again... Ray has got to be a little concerned with Gazelle up there as the FOFC left fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Brown checks the runners Here's the 1-1 offering Long fly ball to right-center Wright turns and runs He's at the fence HE JUMPS . . . HE'S GOT IT!!! Score It: 8 Making his way up is Potpie Potpie is 9th in the league in homeruns with 16 Poles is deep in left Wright is deep in center and Hill is similarly stationed in right Jeeberoni steadies his bat Waits patiently for Brown's pitch Now ready, here it is... The ball is low and outside Did he go around? The umpire says no Ball four For Potpie, that's 1 walk today That will bring Hays up again as FOFC has "batted around" They have scored 5 runs already this inning Two men still on Harry singled to start this inning Hays swinging from the right side facing the righty Brown The righthander pitching to Hays... A righthanded batter Righties have a .269 average against Ray The pitch on the way, here it is... Big slow curve... and it's in there Strike three That's all for FOFC After 2 and a half innings in Negro League II this evening, FOFC on top 10 to 1 Now batting for the Twos... Buck O'Neil... He'll pinch hit for Ray Brown Spotswood Poles is on-deck Buck O'Neil leading off here in the bottom of the 3rd The Twos will try to chip away At FOFC's 9 run lead O'Neil can't seem to get settled at the plate Mighty steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go And the delivery by Mighty Long fly to right Treacy has a long run... He's there and hauls it in O'Neil is retired on a fairly deep fly One down for Negro League II Spotswood Poles is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League II Now batting will be the left fielder, Spotswood Poles Against lefthanders Poles is hitting .357 this season Poles is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mighty He's waiting for the pitch Mighty brings it to the plate Slow ground ball Potpie is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's the second out of the inning Two out, nobody on Up now is Wright Wild Bill is hitting at .319 on the year He has 76 hits in 238 at bats Today, he is 1 for 1 Wright doubled his last time up Wright looks very intent... He stares down at Mighty... Cocks his bat Mighty's 3-2 pitch... STRIKE THREE, CALLED! That ends the inning After 3 innings, FOFC leads by 9 Double-Duty Radcliffe will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Double-Duty has appeared in 28 games this season with a record of 2-2 In 42 innings, he has an 4.10 ERA Ray Brown has finished his work here this evening Here's Sean Treacy leading off Dan Fouts is on deck And Barrett Blade is in the hole Treacy is hitting .322 against righthanders Sean is set for the pitch The pitch is on the way And Treacy will sit down... strike three called One out Due up next is Dan Fouts Dan Fouts steps in Fouts taps the bat on home O.K. Fouts is ready He delivers IT HITS Fouts! Blade is up now for FOFC Negro League II is set up for two Radcliffe eyes Blade intently Radcliffe brings it to the plate Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Beckwith Fouts dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Fouts made it back FOFC ahead 10 to 1 with two away this inning FOFC pitcher, Al Mighty, is up next Fouts will be running if it's hit Beckwith flashes the sign... Radcliffe shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Radcliffe looks at the runner The pitch It's in on the hands Inside... ball four Mighty trots to first as Fouts takes second A. J. Tucker will get a crack at Radcliffe next Jeff Nights would be up next... But only if Tucker can reach safely Two men on, two men out Radcliffe adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Beckwith Double-Duty checks the runners Here's the 3-1 offering Tucker laces a hit into the outfield Pete Hill picks it up He fires it to the infield Tucker holds with a single Facing Radcliffe now is Nights Gerald Gazelle heads to the on deck circle Jeeberoni Potpie waits in the hole Nights is 2 for 2 today Jeff singled last time up Nights, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Radcliffe Bankhead comes in a couple steps Yells something to Radcliffe The delivery Fastball... Just outside No, it's called STRIKE THREE! Nights is beside himself! Here comes Benton Breeze This ought to be a good one! BUT, that's it for FOFC! That retires the side FOFC fails to score with the bases loaded Brown 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 Brown is at .264 on the season Willard is ready for the delivery Here comes the cripple pitch Swung on... And there's a high fly ball into center Tucker is under it, waits... He's got it One down for Negro League II John Beckwith is still in the on-deck circle and Jud Wilson is looking for a bat in the dugout The defense is shading towards left The pull hitting 230 pound, John Beckwith, is coming up to bat The "Black Bomber" uses a 38 inch bat!! John is batting .261 with 11 home runs on the season He is 0 for 1 today Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Al winds... kicks... and delivers Dribbler in front of home Taken by Hays Over to first In time! Score It: 2-3 Two gone here in the bottom of the 4th We want to welcome the Negro League II "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark That'll bring up first baseman Jud Wilson... FOFC way out in front FOFC on top 10 to 1 Wilson has a .313 average against lefthanders He is .264 overall Wilson is set Mighty's into his windup... the pitch Jud pops it up And Nights makes the play 1-2-3, nothing across... Gazelle saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gerald Gazelle will be up next... He is 2 for 2 on the evening Gazelle has also smacked out 2 home runs! This impressive display of power has been good for 4 RBI's Gazelle waits Here's his delivery Gazelle hits a screamer at Willard Brown Brown picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Wilson off the bag Wilson swipes with the glove Gazelle is out! Nice play by Wilson With one down, up next is Jeeberoni Potpie To be followed by Harry Hays The first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie, is up next Radcliffe looks down at Beckwith for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The righthander winds and delivers Struck him out on a fastball Potpie goes down swinging And there's two away Up now for FOFC is Hays Two away, nobody on Hays is 2 for 3 today Harry struck out last time around Radcliffe wastes no time He has the sign from Beckwith Radcliffe's righthanded delivery... Sinking fastball... Hays swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Marcelle... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games The Twos will send Hill, Sam Bankhead, and Oliver Marcelle up to the plate this inning Hill is batting .265 with 4 HR's this year Al looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Mighty goes into his windup Kicks his right leg high... There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker Tucker 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 Turn of Century is in front of Caribbean 4 to 1 Negro League I is in front of AL Post WWII 3 to 0 Late 20th slipping by Dead Ball Era 3 to 1 AL Pre WWII with the lead over Left Outs 8 to 5 Cronin has hit his 4th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Post WWII is beating NL Pre WWII 5 to 1 Koufax comfortably ahead for NL Post WWII Old Timers slipping by Japanese League 3 to 1 Clarkson and Sugishita currently dueling And in our contest FOFC ahead 10 to 1 That brings up Sam Bankhead, the second baseman Bankhead digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mighty Bankhead waits for the delivery Mighty fires Bankhead tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! Two up, two down for Negro League II Settling in at the plate is Marcelle Watching Mighty, Marcelle wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Marcelle waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The lefthander Mighty delivers Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Marcelle We head to the 6th... The score is still FOFC 10, Twos 1 It's the All Stars' turn at bat here in the top of the 6th Sean Treacy, Dan Fouts, and Barrett Blade are due up to face righthander Double-Duty Radcliffe Sean steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Treacy is 1 for 2 today He struck out last time up Sean steadies his bat And waits patiently for Radcliffe's pitch Into the windup... here's the pitch Treacy lifts a flyball towards Spotswood Poles Poles seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Poles stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Poles And there's one away Next up is Dan Fouts, the FOFC third baseman... FOFC way out in front FOFC leads 10 to 1 Dan is batting at .224 with 6 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Fouts waiting on the delivery Now Double-Duty delivers Base hit to right for Fouts Pete Hill is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Blade saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Negro League II is set up for two Right-hander Radcliffe eyes the righty Blade Radcliffe kicks and fires Bouncer in the hole It's past Bankhead into right field An opposite field hit! Fouts is tearing around second Coach Dick Howser is waving him on to third He'll make it easily Mighty squares He bunts the ball . . . Fielded by D.Radcliffe the throw to first... Out Mighty gets the job done. Two down The Negro League II crowd is getting restless A. J. Tucker plants his left foot The lefthanded center fielder for FOFC appears set Tucker swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Radcliffe Radcliffe wastes no time He has the sign from Beckwith Radcliffe looks back towards second... The pitch Great change up... Tucker out in front... Gets a piece of it... It's a shallow fly towards Poles Poles charges, dives for it... He has it... Fine catch by the left fielder That retires the side... After 5 and a half innings at Shadowball Stadium here in Negro League II, FOFC has 11 runs, 14 hits and no errors While Negro League II has one run, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has left 8 men on base Negro League II has stranded only 1 The announcer introduces Dick Lundy He'll pinch hit for Double-Duty Radcliffe Benton Breeze trots out to talk to Mighty Righties hit Al at a .207 clip On the other hand... Lundy has a .222 average against left handers Dick Lundy leading off here in the bottom of the 6th The Twos will try to chip away At FOFC's 10 run lead Mighty rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Now Al delivers There's a towering fly ball hit by Lundy Gazelle sprints over, and makes the catch So that brings up Spotswood Poles the Negro League II left fielder Poles looks for a sign from third Willie Randolph delivers it to Spotswood Spotswood is 0 for 2 today grounded out his last at bat Spotswood steadies his bat And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch The southpaw's 0-2 delivery Poles swings and lifts one toward center Tucker drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Two down Wild Bill Wright, the center fielder, strides to the plate Mighty gets the sign from Hays He is 11th in the league in strike outs He has 81 on the season The lefthander delivers Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on... It's a high bounding ball... Through the infield into center by Wright That's 2 hits for Wright this game Brown is the batter Wright's the runner on first He's doing a little jig off first to rattle the pitcher Brown digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mighty Left-hander Al Mighty prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Brown It's coming down the pike Curve in the dirt... and Brown holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate ump says no Hays loses on his appeal to first Brown will take first on the walk Beckwith is up now for Negro League II Beckwith is 0 for 2 today, with no walks Mighty steps on the rubber The pitch is on the way It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Nights "hauls buggy" after it... He dives... Got it! Most infielders could not have made that play! That's it for Negro League II FOFC has 11 runs, 14 hits and no errors While Negro League II has one run, 3 hits and no errors Negro League II has now left 3 runners stranded Mopping up for Negro League II will be Bill Holland... FOFC has just about put this game out of reach... They lead by 10 Jeff Nights leads off for FOFC Gerald Gazelle and Jeeberoni Potpie will follow Today's game is something of a yawner FOFC came to play... The Negro League II players should've stayed in bed Nights is 2 for 3 today, with 1 home run Holland asks for a new ball Rubs it down... Now he steps on the rubber Holland's into the windup... the delivery Routine grounder to third Marcelle scoops it up Over to first for the out One up, one down for FOFC Gazelle finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Gazelle a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Holland Gazelle cocks his bat And the righthander starts to work on Gazelle Here comes the pitch Comebacker, right to Holland Over to Wilson for the easy out Two down Beckwith asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Beckwith and Holland And now here's Jeeberoni Potpie Harry Hays on deck... Two outs here in the top of the 7th Beckwith flashes the sign... Holland waves it off... Now he's happy Holland goes into his windup And here's the 1-0 offering Ground ball through the middle Brown ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! That's all for FOFC After 6 and a half innings in Negro League II this evening, FOFC on top 11 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Leading off now for Negro League II is Wilson Al Mighty is shooting for victory number 4 Here's the 3-0 offering Mighty misses low on that one Wilson draws the walk Number 2 today by Mighty Hill gets set at the plate Wilson takes his lead Mighty is ready quickly Mighty goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Wilson He lobs one to Potpie... Wilson is back easily... We're ready again Now Mighty comes home The Whiff! Mighty punches Hill out! One down for Negro League II Sam Bankhead is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League II Bankhead walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Oliver Marcelle moves into the on deck circle Negro League II needs some runs Stepping in and then stepping out again Bankhead looks to third for a sign Bankhead is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mighty He's waiting for the pitch The stretch... the 1-2 delivery Bankhead hits a hot line drive at Nights Jeff reaches up and makes a fine catch Wilson dives back quickly to first Nice hit, but right at Nights One more chance for Negro League II this inning Oliver Marcelle steps up to the plate Marcelle asks the ump for time Now he's back in Mighty wants another ball Now he's ready Here's the pitch Smashed on the ground into left field It's a single for Marcelle Wilson takes second Cito Gaston will send up a pinch hitter for Bill Holland Yes, Dave Malarcher steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Mighty Two on, two outs... Malarcher steps to the plate Malarcher looks down toward the third base coach, Willie Randolph Dave stands with bat ready The lefty Mighty delivers Grounded to short Nights grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 That's it for Negro League II Here at Shadowball Stadium, After 7 innings, FOFC has 11 runs, 14 hits and no errors While Negro League II has one run, 4 hits and no errors Negro League II has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 8 Max Manning will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Max has appeared in 28 games this season with a record of 6-5 In 54 innings, he has an 6.17 ERA Bill Holland has finished his work here this evening FOFC will send Hays, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and Dan Fouts to face Max Manning this inning Hays is at .346 on the season Manning gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign Now to the belt, here it is... Shallow fly ball Poles charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Hays stops at first That's a single Walking up to the plate now is Pflaggstettler Dan Fouts waits on deck Pflaggstettler has 10 doubles this year After getting set, Pflaggstettler waits on the pitch Manning checks Hays on first... The 1-2 delivery Hard slider... And Pflaggstettler takes it right down the middle Strike three called And there's one away Hays at first, one out Dan Fouts is ready at the plate Max Manning on in relief for the Twos We're in the top of the 8th The pitch to Fouts... Base hit to left for Fouts Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Hays will stay at second Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman, steps into the batter's box FOFC ahead 11 to 1 He has a chance here to drive home at least one 1st and 2nd, one man down Manning adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Beckwith He brings it home Grounded to short Taken by Brown Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 After 8 complete here at Shadowball Stadium FOFC has 11 big ones on the Strat-O-Matic scoreboard Negro League II with only one more chance to make up their huge 10 run deficit... Looks pretty grim... Poles is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Poles is taking his practice swings Spotswood is 0 for 3 this evening Mighty rubbing the ball... has a chance to improve his record to 4-4 with a win Mighty's 2 strike pitch... It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Poles checks his swing Hays appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Spotswood FOFC gets the first out of the inning Coming up for Negro League II is Wild Bill Wright Nobody on base, one out Wright can't seem to get settled at the plate Wright awaits the pitch Mighty brings it to the plate A high foul ball... Drifting towards the third-base dugout Hays is after it Fouts chasing it as well Who will get it? It lands between them!!! There's a good reason to institute the "team error" . . . Wright back in the box And here comes the next pitch Outside fastball... lashed at by Wright... Pop fly...Shallow left... Dropping quickly... Gazelle pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Wright... As Gazelle fields it on one bounce Brown is the batter The speedy Wright is on first He probably won't be taking any chances, though The Twos trail by 10 runs Brown is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk Brown readies himself for the pitch Wright takes a walking lead The stretch... the delivery Brown lines a shot through the hole WAIT! Blade makes an unbelievable stop!... Flips it to Potpie and doubles up Wright Phenomenal reflexes by Blade Caught it with his back turned! That wraps up the inning for Negro League II So After 8 innings FOFC has 11 runs, 16 hits and no errors While Negro League II has one run, 5 hits and no errors Negro League II has left 3 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 9 Al Mighty stepping in He will be the first batter for FOFC We are in the top of the 9th FOFC on top 11 to 1 The right-hander Manning is set to deliver to Mighty The righthander delivers Mighty takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Mighty can't believe it and says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Manning That's one away Walking up to the plate now is Tucker FOFC leading in the game A. J. is hitting at .305 on the year He has 78 hits in 256 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored 47 runs this year Tucker is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly And the delivery by Manning He misses outside Ball four One away, Tucker at first Terp is coming to the plate Kris takes a couple of practice cuts Manning 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 Manning goes into his stretch... Looks at Tucker... He fires one to Wilson... Tucker dives back in That's his best move to first... Wilson lobs it back Now Manning comes home A slider by Manning Terp gets good wood on it... Wright back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Gerald Gazelle will be coming up Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat A base hit should score Tucker Manning looks down at Beckwith He shakes him off once... Again... Max has got to be a little concerned with Gazelle up there as the FOFC left fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Manning brings it to the plate Hard slider... And Gazelle takes it right down the middle Strike three called We have a knee slapper going here FOFC with 11 runs on the board, Negro League II out of this one with only 1 Here is John Beckwith to start it off for Negro League II Beckwith has hit 11 home runs this year Mighty has the sign from Hays Mighty goes into his windup Here it comes Beckwith takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Beckwith is out on strikes One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Turn of Century squeezed by Caribbean 6 to 4 Negro League I downed AL Post WWII 3 to 1 Late 20th squeezed by Dead Ball Era 3 to 1 AL Pre WWII clubbed Left Outs 15 to 8 Roberts takes the loss, his record drops to 3-9 Lyons the winner, he's now 7-1 NL Post WWII ripped NL Pre WWII 7 to 1 Japanese League downed Old Timers 8 to 6 And in our matchup FOFC on top 11 to 1 Now batting will be Jud Wilson The first baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC leads Negro League II by 10 runs We'll see how they pitch to Wilson Jud steadies his bat Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch Here's the 3-2 offering And Wilson will sit down... strike three called Two down There are some long faces over in the Twos' dugout at the moment Up now for Negro League II is Hill Two away, nobody on Hill is 1 for 3 today, with no walks Mighty with a big 10-run lead to work with... Here's his delivery Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT And that will do it for Negro League II FOFC wins 11 to 1 Mighty gets credit for the win Mathis takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Gerald Gazelle He was 2 for 5 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from Negro League II. Last edited by Breeze : 09-01-2007 at 10:21 PM. |
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GAME 63 - June 6 - Radio Broadcast
Welcome to Shadowball Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between Negro League II and FOFC The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in Negro League II Jeff Nights to lead it off for FOFC Now ready, here it is... Base hit to center for Nights Wild Bill Wright is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Nights inches away from the base From the lead looks like Nights may go... Throw to first, back in time... Close play... Now he's staying closer to the bag The center fielder, A. J. Tucker, is up next Not sure, Tucker steps out He's checking the signs again to be sure Dick Howser re-delivers them A. J. seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Wickware brings it home It's in on the hands Inside... ball four Tucker trots to first as Nights takes second Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up No score... The ballgame is just under way Pflaggstettler is at .300 on the season He is hitting .317 against righties Pflaggstettler, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Wickware The righthander Wickware delivers Pflaggstettler tees off on a Frank Wickware fastball This one's deep... Wright going back in center Off the fence! Pflaggstettler's digging for two... Wright misplays the carom! Wright's miscue allows Pflaggstettler to reach third Score it a double... and an error on Wild Bill Wright That clears the bases Now Pflaggstettler has 2 RBI's in 1900 One aboard, nobody out Up next is Potpie Potpie has hit 16 home runs this year Frank gets the sign from Beckwith Righthander Wickware's delivery Potpie rolls one toward Willard Brown He scoops it and fires to first...close play OUT, says the first base umpire Joe Adcock throws his hands up in disbelief Negro League II gets the first out of the inning Walking up to the plate now is Gunner FOFC leading in the game FOFC ahead 3 to 0 Right-hander Wickware eyes the lefty Gunner Here's the 2 strike offering Gunner swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Wickware strikes out Stan Gunner Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 3 Deacon Palmer is coming to the plate Palmer is batting .304 with 3 round trippers in 1900 Wickware wastes no time He takes the first sign Here's the righthander's delivery Palmer slaps a hard grounder past short Poles is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Palmer will hold with a clean single Palmer takes a three step lead Wickware's move keeps Palmer guessing He doesn't have a very good lead Hays is ready to bat On first is Palmer He's not known for his speed Hitching up his pants... Hays gazes out to the mound And Frank studies the sign from Beckwith... Now he's got it Wickware brings it to the plate Hays connects on the Wickware fastball... This one is really smoked... Poles starts back... Now he just stops to look Hays got all of this one.... Goodbye baseball! Palmer scores in front of him There is going to be a pitching change Frank Wickware will head to the dugout as Max Manning will come on here in the top of the 1st Manning has appeared in 29 games His record is 6-5 with a 5.95 ERA over 56 innings FOFC second baseman, Barrett Blade, is up next Manning steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way Blade cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Beckwith Blade was badly fooled by Manning's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Barrett was a little overanxious After one-half inning It's FOFC 5, Twos coming up Poles saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Poles scuffs up the lines around the box Fozborg steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Now Sirr delivers Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to right for a base hit No chance to get that one Wright gets set at the plate Time is called... Wright has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Fozborg wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Fozborg's 3-1 pitch... Drilled down the right-field line It is... a FAIR BALL by about a foot in the corner Base hit for Wright! Persimmon Pflaggstettler is chasing after it... Wright will have at least two, maybe three... It's a... Triple for Wild Bill Wright Poles scores from first Brown settles in at the plate Fozborg eyes Brown intently Now the delivery, here is is... It's just misses outside Brown checks his swing Hays appeals to the first base umpire It will be ball four It will be Wilson to face Fozborg The outfield's shaded towards right With Wilson at the plate Fozborg adjusts his cap... Now he's set The pitch to Wilson... Curve in the dirt... and Wilson holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Hays asks the third base ump's opinion He motions it's a walk... Wilson will take first Bases are tenanted The catcher, John Beckwith will be up next for Negro League II Fozborg is on the first-base side of the rubber... Fozborg brings it to the plate A curve... Just outside, ball four! He tried a breaking ball with three balls on Beckwith Didn't work That forces in a run Pete Hill steps into the box Watching Fozborg, Hill wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch After getting set, Hill waits on the pitch He brings it home It gets past Hays! It's scored a passed ball. The pitch didn't look that bad Fozborg must have crossed him up! Pete Hill steps into the box Fozborg is happy with the sign Fozborg checks the runners Slow roller to second Wilson breaks for home Taken by Blade Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 With one down, up next is Sam Bankhead To be followed by Oliver Marcelle Now batting will be Sam Bankhead Bankhead asks the ump for time Now he's back in Bankhead is ready for the pitch Here comes the pitch Grounded into the hole Beckwith is coming home Potpie comes up with it Over to first NOT IN TIME! Bankhead gets an infield hit Beckwith scores from third! Bankhead looks like he might be going . . . There he goes! Here's the peg . . . HE'S IN THERE! Oliver Marcelle steps into the box Marcelle digs into the box Marcelle is waiting for the pitch The pitch Flyball to left it's caught Bankhead has a chance to move up... Bankhead is trying to advance to third base... Here's the play... He's OUT! It's the All Stars' turn at bat here in the top of the 2nd Sean Treacy, Jeff Nights, and A. J. Tucker are due up to face righthander Max Manning Manning steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Manning's righthanded delivery... Treacy hits a screamer at Willard Brown Brown picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Wilson off the bag Wilson swipes with the glove Treacy is out! Nice play by Wilson One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Facing Manning now is Nights A. J. Tucker heads to the on deck circle Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits in the hole Jeff is hitting at .305 on the year He has 65 hits in 213 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter... Jeff has scored 34 runs on the season All set, Nights is ready for the pitch Max rocks and fires Nights rips the curve to left-center... Turning at the sound of the bat Wright 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 Nights will lope into second with a double (Ballpark Double Effect) A. J. Tucker, the center fielder, strides to the plate Tapping the plate is Tucker He has 14 steals this year 13th in the league! If he gets on Manning will have to watch him closely Tucker is waiting on the pitch Manning looks back towards second... The pitch Curveball, in and low Tucker hits it to Wilson 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 Nights is now perched over at third That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Persimmon Pflaggstettler to get a new bat Let's point out that FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games That will bring up right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Manning Pflaggstettler readies himself for the pitch The pitch is on the way Hit right back to Manning On to first and Pflaggstettler is gone That's all for FOFC After 1 and a half innings in Negro League II this evening, The score is tied at 5 Manning leading off Manning steps out of the box... Looks towards Willie Randolph for a sign The umpire says let's go Hunter goes into his windup And here's the 3-1 offering Swung on and topped toward short Nights comes in Backhands it Over to first Not in time! Infield single by Max Manning watches Hunter carefully As he stretches out his lead Hunter snaps a throw to Potpie... Diving back just in time... Manning is called safe Making his way up is Poles Manning takes his lead Hunter tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The righthander Hunter's delivery A slider by Hunter Poles gets good wood on it... Gunner back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! One down for Negro League II Wild Bill Wright is still in the on-deck circle and Willard Brown is looking for a bat in the dugout Wright now at the plate Willard Brown waits on deck Hunter studies his sign He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Manning dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Hunter Now here's the pitch Wright rips a line shot to the second baseman OUT! Treacy didn't have to move! One blink and that would have been past him! Manning stays put Two down Brown heads to the plate for Negro League II The infield is at regular depth Brown is hitting .287 against righties Brown is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Manning is dancing off first Now to the belt, here it is... Ripped to third, but right at Palmer...easy out That'll do it in the bottom of the 2nd No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base The score is tied at 5 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Here's the first baseman Potpie To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Stan Gunner And then Deacon Palmer Beckwith flashes the sign... Manning waves it off... Now he's happy Manning kicks and fires It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Potpie checks his swing Beckwith appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Jeeberoni One up, one down Gunner digs in at the plate Ready now for Manning to come set Beckwith flashes the sign... Manning shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Max winds his right arm Lets it go Good slider, inside part of the plate Gunner gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Bankhead grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's two away Brown comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Manning Deacon Palmer will be next up... Up now for FOFC is Palmer Two away, nobody on Palmer is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Set now is Palmer The pitch on the way, here it is... Palmer lifts a flyball towards Pete Hill Hill seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Hill stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Hill That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Turn of Century leads Caribbean 1 to 0 Negro League I is running roughshod over AL Post WWII 10 to 0 Late 20th leads Dead Ball Era 2 to 1 Glavine battling Walsh AL Pre WWII and Left Outs have yet to score NL Pre WWII is in front of NL Post WWII 3 to 0 Japanese League and Old Timers are scoreless The Twos will send Wilson, John Beckwith, and Pete Hill up to the plate this inning So far this season Wilson is hitting .241 when facing righthanded pitching The bat is cocked Hunter winds Kicks the left leg high... Comebacker, right to Hunter Over to Potpie for the easy out One gone for Negro League II Coming up for Negro League II is John Beckwith Nobody on base, one out We're all tied up at 5 Hunter looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Hunter brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Beckwith swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's two away Walking up to the plate now is Hill Sam Bankhead waits on deck Pete is hitting at .260 on the year He has 58 hits in 223 at bats This includes 14 doubles, 3 triples 4 home runs and 29 RBI's Hays flashes the sign to Hunter With a 0-1 count... here's the pitch Hard slider... Hill swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Gunner is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Pete The Twos will send Sam Bankhead up to the plate The outfield shades towards left for Bankhead Bankhead is set for the pitch And the delivery by Hunter Bankhead hits a pop into short right field Out goes Potpie and Treacy In comes Pflaggstettler Treacy waves his hands in the air And makes the catch over his shoulder Pretty play by Treacy Negro League II gets 1 in the bottom of the 3rd One run, one hit and no errors After 3 innings, Negro League II leads by 1 Max Manning, out there on the mound for Negro League II prepares to face Harry Hays to get the 4th inning underway here in Shadowball Stadium Hays is 1 for 1 today Harry hit a two-run homer last time around Max peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Manning is into his rocking motion Now his right arm comes around Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 28 on the season for Manning So one up and one gone Now here's Hunter Max looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next It's coming down the pike Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Manning punches him out! That's two up, two down Slowly coming up is Treacy for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box Negro League II leads 6 to 5 Treacy is 0 for 1 today Manning adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Beckwith Now Max delivers Fastball, busted in on the hands Treacy manages to get a piece of it Bouncing it over the mound Brown cuts it off in front of the bag Rifles a throw to Wilson... And Treacy is called out on a close play That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 3 and a half innings Negro League II on top, 6-5 Oliver Marcelle stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Marcelle grips the bat handle Hunter adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Here's the 0-2 pitch There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker Tucker circles under it... He makes the play One up, one down for Negro League II Manning finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box We'll see how they pitch to Manning Manning waits Hunter brings it to the plate Pounded on the ground to third Taken by Palmer Over to first In time! 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 Hunter Poles, Negro League II's left fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Wild Bill Wright waits on deck Poles is 1 for 2 today Owen Hunter on in relief of Sirr Fozborg Treacy comes in a couple steps Yells something to Hunter The delivery Fastball up at the shoulders... Poles still goes after it... Rips one down the right field line Chasing after it is Pflaggstettler... He won't get it!... Poles is digging for third... Pflaggstettler has it, makes the hurried throw Palmer takes it on the short hop The slide... SAFE! at third Wild Bill Wright moves in to face Hunter 1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 4th 2 men away, Poles on third Hunter wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The count is full And the pay-off pitch... Grounded to short Taken by Nights Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 The side is retired No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz We're back at the top of the order for FOFC Jeff Nights coming to bat Nights wiggles the bat above his head Manning has the sign from Beckwith It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Nights chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Manning Brown snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! One away... Wilson is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Marcelle also... Now they return to their positions One out, nobody on base A. J. Tucker is the batter Against righthanders Tucker is hitting .278 Tucker is set And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Tucker hits a screamer at Willard Brown Brown takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Wilson scoops it on one hop Tucker is out! Nice play by Wilson Two down Manning retires two in a row Pflaggstettler walks to the plate The outfield's shaded towards left for Pflaggstettler He's 1 for 2 today Pflaggstettler is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Manning He's waiting for the pitch Here's his delivery Pflaggstettler hits a fly ball to center Wild Bill Wright camps under it He's got it That's it for FOFC Here at Shadowball Stadium, After 4 and a half innings, Negro League II has 6 runs, 6 hits and one error While FOFC has 5 runs, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base Negro League II has stranded 2 The big guys are due up for Negro League II Brown will lead it off He will be followed by Jud Wilson and John Beckwith Owen is ready Here comes the cripple pitch There's a checked swing... But Brown gets a piece of it anyway It's a pop fly into left Gunner comes in on it... Easy out Brown couldn't get his bat out of the way One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Turn of Century leads Caribbean 1 to 0 Negro League I is embarrassing AL Post WWII 13 to 1 Dead Ball Era is beating Late 20th 6 to 2 Left Outs slipping by AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Carlton battling Gomez NL Pre WWII is in front of NL Post WWII 3 to 0 Japanese League and Old Timers have yet to score And here in Negro League II Negro League II on top 6 to 5 Settling in at the plate is Wilson Jud is 0 for 1 this summer evening He grounded out in his last plate appearance Wilson awaits the delivery Hunter fires A jug-handled curve Wilson goes out and gets it It's a liner to right Pflaggstettler will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Jud Wilson Wilson inches away from first base Hunter's move keeps Wilson guessing He's not getting a very good lead Beckwith is up next One gone, bottom of the 5th Pete Hill moves out on deck Beckwith looks down toward the third base coach, Willie Randolph The umpire says let's go Beckwith is ready Now ready, here it is... Beckwith swings a bit late on the heater... He still pops it pretty good towards right Unfortunately for John, Pflaggstettler is standing right there Easy out Two away now for Negro League II They're ahead by 1 The Twos have 7 hits on the evening Stepping in the batter's box, Hill Wilson at first, two away Pete steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Pete is 1 for 2 today with 1 home run Hill waiting on the delivery Hunter goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Wilson He lobs one to Potpie... Wilson is back easily We're ready again Now Hunter comes home Hill hits it deep towards the gap Pflaggstettler is back to the warning track... To the fence... He leaps against the wall... He can't get it! Hill is at third, with a triple Wilson scores from first Sam Bankhead is up next The Twos' second baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Bankhead steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Sam is 1 for 2 today Right-hander Hunter prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Bankhead Way ahead in the count Hunter turns the 0-2 pitch loose Ripped to third, but right at Palmer...easy out Jeeberoni Potpie will start things off Potpie is hitting .296 against righthanders Potpie waits for the delivery Manning rocks and fires Let up pitch, inside and low Swung on... High hopping ball towards left... Into the hole... Stopped there by Brown before it gets through... He starts to throw but stops Potpie has the infield single Nobody out, Potpie at first Now up is Gunner Stepping in and then stepping out again Gunner looks to third for a sign He's ready Manning goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Potpie He lobs one to Wilson... Potpie is back easily... We're ready again Now Manning comes home Gunner goes down after the fastball... Puts the lumber to it... Wright turns and races for the fence... Wow, this one is really stroked... It's going, going, GONE! A deep blast to right-center The score is tied at 7 Next up is Deacon Palmer, the FOFC third baseman On-deck is Harry Hays... He'll be followed by Owen Hunter Palmer adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Deacon is 1 for 2 this evening Palmer gets ready for Manning's pitch His bat is cocked Manning winds and delivers Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on... It's a high bounding ball... Through the infield into left by Palmer That's 2 hits for Palmer this game Cito Gaston will go to his bullpen It'll be Double-Duty Radcliffe here in the top of the 6th The score is knotted at 7 Radcliffe has a 2 and 2 record in 29 appearances with a 4.03 ERA He'll be facing Harry Hays after a few warm-up tosses Hays is the next hitter Palmer is on first Negro League II won't watch him too closely Harry is batting .354 with 5 home runs on the season He is 1 for 2 today Hays is poised and ready for the pitch Here's the 3-2 offering The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! Hays hits a screamer at Sam Bankhead Bankhead picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play Two gone for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Gonzalez Sean Treacy waits on deck Radcliffe has the sign from Beckwith The windup, the pitch He rips a grounder to the mound Radcliffe grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Oliver Marcelle leads it off Marcelle is 0 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 Treacy and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Marcelle, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Rodney And the delivery by Rodney A slider by Rodney Marcelle gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's one away One away, nobody on base Radcliffe stands ready at the plate Rodney looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The righthander delivers Hard slider, paints the inside corner Radcliffe gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Radcliffe for the out That's the second out of the inning Poles leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Poles is batting .290 with 3 round trippers in 1900 Spotswood is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch Here's the 3-1 pitch Rodney misses low on that one Poles draws the walk Number 1 today by Rodney Poles takes a walking lead Curve, inside corner... Poles' on his way to second! He couldn't resist after getting a very nice lead Here's the peg... Poles with the hook slide... The tag... He's out on a very questionable call Sean Treacy leads off for FOFC Jeff Nights and A. J. Tucker will follow FOFC will be looking to score one to take the lead We are late in the game Sean is 0 for 2 this summer evening He's batting .300 on the season Treacy is set for the 1-2 pitch Radcliffe leans back and fires Treacy skies one very high The ball drifts a bit Wilson calls for it Puts it away! One gone for FOFC Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Nights Nights is at .307 on the season Radcliffe shakes off two signs Now he's ready Now Double-Duty delivers Fastball Ball four Nights stretches his lead Slider, taken by Tucker Nights is on his way! He couldn't resist After getting a very nice lead Beckwith comes up from his stance firing... SAFE... As Bankhead is unable to handle the throw cleanly A. J. Tucker steps into the box One out, man on second Right-hander Radcliffe eyes the lefty Tucker Righthander Radcliffe's delivery Lifted down the right field line Coming hard is Bankhead But Wilson waves him away and makes the grab Two away in today's tightly contested game Score still tied here with two down in the top of the 7th Beckwith heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Pflaggstettler. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are going to put Pflaggstettler on Pflaggstettler takes ball four Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman, strides to the plate Potpie is 1 for 3 today He is currently batting .284 Poles, Wright and Hill are playing him deep Set now is Potpie Checks the runners Here's his delivery Potpie drives one into left Spotswood Poles sprints over to make the play That's it for FOFC Here at Shadowball Stadium, After 6 and a half innings, Negro League II has 7 runs, 8 hits and one error While FOFC has 7 runs, 8 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 on base Negro League II has stranded 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Here's the center fielder Wright To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Willard Brown And then Jud Wilson Wright has 13 doubles this year Rodney way behind in the count, 3-0 Wright stands ready... The pitch is on the way Ball four, Wright walks Rodney has issued 2 bases on balls this evening And fans, it's about time for you to walk to the kitchen and grab a refreshment That's what I'm gonna do while we have a moment Up next for the Twos The hometown shortstop, Willard Brown Brown has hit 7 home runs this year Rodney 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 James delivers Brown just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Treacy races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... 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! Wright represents the go-ahead run And up comes Jud Wilson Negro League II needs only that 1 run to break the tie Wilson digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Rodney Wilson waits for the pitch His bat is coiled He brings it home Routine fly to center Tucker starts in Now he starts backpedaling... Faster... Just does catch up to it! Wright scampers back to second And there's two away Now up in the Negro League II seventh will be John Beckwith Beckwith is 0 for 2 today John flied out last time up Beckwith is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Rodney He's waiting for the pitch Rodney brings it to the plate It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield WOW! A retreating Nights snags it for the out Great range shown on that play! That is the third out for Negro League II here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 33997 Stan Gunner stepping in He will be the first batter for FOFC We are in the top of the 8th The score is tied at 7 Gunner is hitting .265 against righthanders Stan is ready for the delivery The righthander Radcliffe's delivery There's a checked swing... But Gunner gets a piece of it anyway It's a pop fly into left Poles comes in on it... Easy out Gunner couldn't get his bat out of the way One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean is edging Turn of Century 3 to 2 Negro League I is destroying AL Post WWII 17 to 2 Smith and Negro League I are on cruise control Dead Ball Era besting Late 20th 7 to 2 Cobb has hit his 2nd homerun for Dead Ball Era Left Outs clipping AL Pre WWII 5 to 1 Heilmann has hit his 11th homerun for Left Outs NL Post WWII leads NL Pre WWII 4 to 3 Ott has hit his 20th homerun for NL Pre WWII Japanese League and Old Timers are scoreless And it brings up Deacon Palmer On deck is Harry Hays James Rodney in the hole Palmer has hit 3 home runs this year Radcliffe steps on the rubber Radcliffe brings it to the plate Slow ground ball Brown is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's two away Next up is Harry Hays, the FOFC catcher... If he gets on, James Rodney would bat next Hays has 1 home run today And 5 home runs this year The question is?... Can he belt another? FOFC definitely could use it Radcliffe shakes off the sign from Beckwith And another... Still another... Looks like Radcliffe doesn't want to pitch to Hays Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting Now he's finally ready It's a full count... Radcliffe winds and fires... Pop-up Beckwith drifts behind the plate He makes the catch That'll do it for FOFC So we're still tied After 7 and a half innings Negro League II has 7 runs, 8 hits and one error While FOFC has 7 runs, 8 hits and no errors Hill is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Rodney looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... The righthander winds and delivers Over the outside corner Hill hits the curve right to second... Treacy takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Hill is out by a couple of steps With one down Potpie yells something out to Rodney James nods his head Planting his right foot Bankhead is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Bankhead Rodney 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 Rodney Now he is ready... Rodney throws the 3-1 pitch Shallow fly ball Pflaggstettler charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! Two up, two down for Negro League II Up now for Negro League II is Marcelle Two away, nobody on Marcelle digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Rodney Marcelle tells the umpire he's ready Rodney brings it to the plate Marcelle hits one toward third Palmer fronts it... Oops, he bobbles it... Now he has the handle... Long throw to first Marcelle is safe by a step! Man, speed on the bases helped there! And the bobble costs Palmer an error Double-Duty Radcliffe, will be up next Spotswood Poles hopes to get a chance as well One on... two away Late in the game, we're all tied We're all tied up at 7 Hays flashes the sign to Rodney Rodney goes into his stretch... Looks at Marcelle... He fires one to Potpie... Marcelle dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Rodney comes home Swung on and missed by Radcliffe, he's down on strikes We head to the 9th... The scored is tied, 7-all K. A. Ton leads off for FOFC Sean Treacy and Jeff Nights will follow We've got a dandy here today at Shadowball Stadium Ton is batting .225 with 5 HR's this year Double-Duty looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Radcliffe kicks and fires It's a Texas Leaguer to center Here comes Wright... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Ton is on with a bloop single to center Sean Treacy shows bunt And lays it down right to Oliver Marcelle Marcelle looks at second But passes up a sure force play He fires to first to retire Treacy But Ton moves up FOFC was in luck that time... Credit Sean Treacy with a sacrifice And there's one away The shortstop, Nights, is ready to bat The score is knotted at 7 in the top of the 9th Nights is 2 for 3 today Radcliffe ready quickly, looks in for the sign The pitch to Nights... Curve, at the belt... Nights times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Spotswood Poles retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Now batting will be A. J. Tucker The center fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 2 Tucker is at .301 on the season Radcliffe tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Radcliffe is into his wind-up And the pay-off pitch The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Tucker held up, and draws a walk Radcliffe isn't happy at all with that call Tucker studies Radcliffe intently... Now he's walking away from the base Radcliffe tosses another quick one to first... Even the speedy Tucker looks a bit tentative now... He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead Pflaggstettler coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Tucker on first, with one away Pflaggstettler is batting .300 with 9 homers this year All set, Pflaggstettler is ready for the pitch Radcliffe brings it to the plate Pflaggstettler swings and hits a shot to deep left-center Wright and Poles are converging on the ball Looks like Wright has the best shot at it He dives for it... WOW! He's got it! Fantastic play by Wright Tucker scurries back to first He was already around second! Two down Two outs, with a man at first Potpie is the next batter We'll see how they pitch to Potpie He's waiting on the pitch Still waiting... Now he steps out of the box... We have a game of cat and mouse going on OK, now we're ready to go as Potpie steps back in Radcliffe's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Tucker dives back in!... SAFE!... Wilson tosses it back to Radcliffe Now here's the pitch The Whiff! Radcliffe punches Potpie out! That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 8 and a half innings FOFC has 9 runs, 10 hits and one error While Negro League II has 7 runs, 8 hits and one error FOFC has left 4 stranded Negro League II has failed to bring home 5 Spotswood Poles, Wild Bill Wright, and Willard Brown are due up Poles can't seem to get settled at the plate Kronside likes the sign The initial offering to Poles is on its way... There's a shot off the bat of Spotswood Poles But it's right at Treacy who makes the catch of the line drive Poles throws his bat into the dirt in disgust Negro League II with one away Kronside steps off the mound as he waits for Wild Bill Wright to come to the plate Nobody on base, one away Wright steps into the batter's box Kronside is slow to get ready He has a 1.97 ERA this year Now he's ready With a 1-2 count... here's the pitch Slow ground ball Treacy is charging it HE DROPS IT! That's an error That's error number 2 of the game for FOFC Brown waltzes up to the batter's box Negro League II trails by 2 runs We're in the bottom of the 9th FOFC is set up for two The right-hander Kronside is set to deliver to Brown Jace will have to come in with this 3-0 delivery It's on its way... Fastball juuust outside Ball four! Brown tosses his bat away and trots down to first Kronside serves up four stright wide ones With one out, and two men on Wilson strides purposefully to the plate Wilson swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Kronside Jace gets the sign from Hays Kronside checks the runners The HIGH CHEESE......... STRIKE THREE SWINGING! One more chance for Negro League II this inning John Beckwith will get a crack at Knowles next Pete Hill would be up next... But only if Beckwith can reach safely Knowles has the sign from Hays Sammy checks the runners Steps off the rubber... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Base hit to left for Beckwith Willie Randolph will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Pete Hill is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Hill is 2 for 4 today For the season, Pete has 5 homers 14 doubles, and 4 triples He has scored 26 runs while driving in 31 Hill awaits the delivery Knowles kicks and fires Grounded towards the bag Potpie to Knowles covering first Score It: 3-1 And that will do it for Negro League II FOFC wins 9 to 8 Rodney gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Radcliffe takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeff Nights He was 3 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Negro League II. |
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09-05-2007, 10:52 AM
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We were able to scratch out a much needed win against the Twos...unfortunately, in the process we lost Fozborg for a while. I haven't gotten the news back from the doctors, but I'm sure he'll go on the 15 day DL at least. That's going to hurt. Not counting last nights start, he was pitching very well. I probably should have left him in relief where he was doing well. I just felt he had earned a turn in the rotation, and because we haven't been playing well, I thought a shake up might light a fire or two... I need to consider calling someone up to help eat the innings. Especially with the way we've been pitching lately. I wonder if we have anyone down on the farm that could help us for a while until Foz is back in shape.... This would be a good time if anyone reading would like a part time spot on the roster...speak now. I'm going to see if the game will allow me to add a player after the season starts. Last edited by Breeze : 09-05-2007 at 10:55 AM. |
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Hey Skip,
Not to be too Rob Nielsen about it-- but that's twice in a row that I've been player of the game with two dingers and been sat the next day. It's kind of hard to build up a rythm that way. |
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ok so you must be Gazelle...seriously...it's been so long I have a hard time remembering Son, you are playing great...and you are a dynamite player against left handed pitchers. Obviously, judging from your last few games. I also love your speed and defense, but against righties you haven't be quite as productive. Plus you tell me who I should sit down in order to play you against a right handed pitcher.... Pflaggsettler kills righties, Gunner is a left handed hitting outfielder who has been clutch against the right handed starters and Tuckers has been a great table setter for us... But you're right... you've played well enough to deserve more at bats. I'll try to think of ways to get you in the lineup more often... OOC - Gazelle is a 5L meaning he is exceptionally good against LHP, so he typically goes in for the LH hitting Gunner in lineups where a lefty pitches. Pflaggsettler is actually better against RHP (exceptionaly better), but because most LHP aren't as good against RH hitters he still does well when a Lefty pitches (but you'll notice I occasionally sit him in these situations to give Ton or someone else some at bats). Thanks for checking in... |
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Just before the game...I find Gazelle, pat him on the back and say..."it's a lefty tonight. I've not only got you in the lineup, but in the prime spot. Do your thing boy, do your thing..."
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