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Old 01-19-2006, 09:33 AM   #401
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GAME 48 - Wednesday, May 22nd - Boxscore

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All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG A.Tucker CF 4 0 1 0 .320 J.Morgan 2B 4 0 1 0 .278 J.Nights SS 4 0 2 0 .318 P.Rose LF 4 0 0 0 .340 P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 1 1 1 .314 R.Clemente RF 4 0 1 1 .331 J.Potpie 1B 3 0 0 0 .273 H.Aaron CF 3 0 1 0 .301 D.Palmer 3B 4 0 2 0 .304 S.Musial 1B 4 0 1 0 .300 H.Hays C 4 0 0 0 .376 R.Campanella C 3 1 1 0 .194 S.Gunner LF 2 0 0 0 .283 E.Banks SS 4 1 2 1 .293 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Schmidt 3B 4 0 0 0 .137 B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .275 T.Seaver P 3 2 2 2 .174 S.Treacy 2B 3 0 0 0 .306 R.Nielsen P 2 0 0 0 .083 A-K.Ton LF 1 0 0 0 .172 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 1 6 1 Totals 33 4 9 4 A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Nielsen In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Kronside In 9th Inning All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 6 2 Post-Nationals.. 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Nielsen LOSS(6-2) 6 1/3 9 4 4 5 6 1 111 2.97 J.Kronside 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 20 1.24 Totals 8 9 4 4 5 8 1 Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA T.Seaver WIN(5-1) 9 6 1 1 3 7 1 118 3.91 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 7 1 ATTENDANCE- 30,857 DATE- Tuesday, May 22nd 1900 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad T- 2:26 LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 6 Post-Nationals:11 DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 Post-Nationals: 2 ERRORS- D.Palmer-2 DOUBLES- J.Nights(18th), J.Morgan(5th), S.Musial(8th), E.Banks(8th) HOME RUNS- P.Pflaggstettler(7th), T.Seaver(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Morgan WALKS- P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie, S.Gunner, P.Rose, R.Clemente, H.Aaron, R.Campanella, T.Seaver STRIKE OUTS- P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie, H.Hays-2, S.Gunner, R.Nielsen-2, P.Rose-2, R.Clemente-2, H.Aaron, R.Campanella, M.Schmidt-2 GIDP- J.Potpie, H.Hays
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Old 01-19-2006, 09:35 AM   #402
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FOFC Team Update

Sal Maglie says, "Here chick, chick, chick."
as he walks back to the clubhouse.

I start thinking about bringing a flask to the game.
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Old 01-19-2006, 01:11 PM   #403
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However, Persimmon seems to be out of his funk... So the day off did him well!

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Old 01-19-2006, 08:15 PM   #404
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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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Old 01-19-2006, 08:17 PM   #405
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GAME 49 - Thursday, May 23rd - Boxscore

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All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Estrellas AB R H RBI AVG A.Tucker CF 3 2 1 1 .320 A.Pacheco 2B 4 1 2 0 .340 S.Treacy 2B 5 0 1 0 .299 A.Ohms CF 4 0 1 1 .333 B-K.Terp 2B 0 0 0 0 .154 P.Coimbre LF 4 0 0 0 .275 J.Nights SS 5 0 0 0 .309 P.Cepeda 1B 4 0 1 0 .260 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 1 1 .272 T.Oliva RF 3 0 1 0 .272 H.Hays C 4 1 1 0 .371 M.Minoso 3B 3 0 0 0 .259 G.Gazelle RF 2 0 0 0 .297 A.Lopez C 4 0 0 0 .188 D.Fouts 3B 1 0 0 0 .234 D.Concepcion SS 3 0 1 0 .270 A-D.Palmer PR,3B 2 1 2 0 .316 M.Cuellar P 2 0 0 0 .167 K.Ton LF 3 0 2 0 .197 D-K.Hernandez PH 1 0 0 0 .225 C-S.Gunner LF 0 0 0 0 .283 M.Garcia P 0 0 0 0 .500 S.Fozborg P 3 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 4 8 2 Totals 32 1 6 1 A-Pinch Ran For Fouts In 4th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Treacy In 8th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ton In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Cuellar In 8th Inning INJURY: Dan Fouts INJURED in 4th inning All Stars....... 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0 Estrellas....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 2 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Fozborg WIN(2-0) 9 6 1 1 2 10 0 111 2.04 Totals 9 6 1 1 2 10 0 Estrellas IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA M.Cuellar LOSS(3-5) 8 8 4 2 5 8 0 130 3.95 M.Garcia 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 3.00 Totals 9 8 4 2 5 9 0 ATTENDANCE- 33,516 DATE- Wednesday, May 23rd 1900 TIME- Night T- 3:08 LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:10 Estrellas: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Estrellas: 2 ERRORS- P.Cepeda, D.Concepcion DOUBLES- J.Potpie(5th), A.Pacheco-2(15th) SACRIFICE HITS- G.Gazelle, S.Fozborg WALKS- A.Tucker-2, H.Hays, G.Gazelle, K.Ton, T.Oliva, M.Minoso HIT BY PITCH- J.Potpie, D.Fouts STRIKE OUTS- S.Treacy-2, J.Nights, H.Hays, G.Gazelle, D.Fouts, K.Ton, S.Fozborg-2, P.Coimbre-2, P.Cepeda, T.Oliva, M.Minoso-2, A.Lopez-2, D.Concepcion, M.Cuellar GIDP- J.Nights, H.Hays, K.Hernandez WILD PITCHES- S.Fozborg WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Sean Treacy robbed Alejandro Ohms of a base hit.
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Old 01-19-2006, 10:07 PM   #406
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Ah nice to finally get a win

I may just be an idiot, but shouldn't I have two RBIs and not one

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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
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Old 01-20-2006, 10:18 PM   #407
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Ah nice to finally get a win

I may just be an idiot, but shouldn't I have two RBIs and not one


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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Old 01-21-2006, 01:44 AM   #408
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Old 01-26-2006, 06:00 PM   #409
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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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Old 01-26-2006, 07:18 PM   #410
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Sounds good Breeze. Thanks for running this awesome dynasty.
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Old 02-15-2006, 07:50 AM   #411
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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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Old 08-27-2007, 09:33 PM   #412
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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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Old 08-27-2007, 09:40 PM   #413
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In case anyone is still interested...here are the current standings...

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American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# 2001 Negro League I NLO[4] 34 24 .586 ---- 97 2001 Old Timers OTH[4] 32 24 .571 1.0 2001 Late 20th L20[4] 29 28 .509 4.5 2001 AL Pre WWII A1H[4] 28 28 .500 5.0 2001 AL Post WWII A2H[4] 27 29 .482 6.0 2001 Dead Ball Era DBH[4] 27 30 .474 6.5 2002 Japanese League JLP[4] 15 42 .263 18.5 National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# 1000 FOFC FAS[4] 37 20 .649 ---- 93 2001 NL Post WWII N2H[4] 34 25 .576 4.0 2001 NL Pre WWII N1H[4] 32 25 .561 5.0 2001 Turn of Century TCH[4] 32 26 .552 5.5 2001 Left Outs LOH[4] 26 30 .464 10.5 2001 Caribbean CAP[4] 24 33 .421 13.0 2001 Negro League II NLT[4] 22 35 .386 15.0

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Old 08-27-2007, 09:44 PM   #414
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And our teams current stats...

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[1]Primary Player Statistics For 1000 FOFC All Stars Totals After 57 Games NAME BAVG GM AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HB SH DP SB CS E H.Hays[4] .351 31 114 14 40 2 1 4 17 5 18 1 1 3 0 0 1 A.Tucker[4] .316 56 231 44 73 5 6 1 23 20 37 0 3 1 14 1 3 D.Palmer[4] .314 40 137 14 43 6 1 2 8 15 27 1 1 2 0 1 6 P.Pflaggstettler[4] .311 52 190 32 59 10 3 8 37 30 30 0 2 10 5 0 1 J.Nights[4] .306 46 193 30 59 19 1 4 26 14 22 0 2 2 0 1 5 D.Gonzalez[4] .292 34 65 4 19 1 0 2 8 11 8 0 0 3 0 0 1 J.Potpie[4] .287 51 167 31 48 7 0 16 40 17 37 7 0 1 1 0 1 S.Treacy[4] .283 32 92 8 26 4 1 0 5 7 19 2 1 1 0 1 1 B.Bullock[4] .280 31 107 16 30 6 0 8 23 10 20 0 0 6 0 0 2 S.Gunner[4] .272 42 125 16 34 14 0 7 19 11 17 5 0 0 0 0 1 G.Gazelle[4] .262 24 42 10 11 2 1 3 9 13 12 0 1 2 1 0 1 D.Fouts[4] .227 33 88 10 20 5 0 6 12 6 20 1 1 3 0 0 5 K.Ton[4] .225 28 71 14 16 4 1 5 9 15 16 0 0 5 0 0 2 B.Blade[4] .203 42 123 13 25 4 2 1 6 12 19 4 1 4 0 0 0 K.Terp[4] .151 24 53 4 8 4 0 0 2 4 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 ALL PITCHERS[4] .089 57 123 3 11 2 0 0 3 5 54 0 18 1 0 0 5 ----------------- ---- --- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- TEAM TOTALS .272 1921 522 17 247 361 32 21 35 57 263 95 67 195 21 46 5 NAME ERA W L PCT G GS CG SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO J.Kronside[4] 1.52 5 1 .833 23 0 0 0 3 29.2 24 7 5 1 10 29 S.Fozborg[4] 1.96 2 0 1.000 19 1 1 0 1 41.1 39 11 9 3 17 31 R.Nielsen[4] 2.64 8 2 .800 13 13 4 4 0 95.1 71 28 28 8 35 92 A.Mighty[4] 2.67 3 4 .429 12 12 0 0 0 84.1 66 32 25 6 27 71 B.Babson[4] 2.82 6 5 .545 13 13 3 0 0 92.2 72 31 29 8 19 79 S.Knowles[4] 2.92 0 0 ---- 13 0 0 0 8 12.1 13 4 4 0 4 11 J.Williams[4] 3.91 5 1 .833 8 8 0 0 0 50.2 52 24 22 6 18 23 O.Hunter[4] 3.98 4 2 .667 10 10 0 0 0 61.0 57 30 27 5 26 39 J.Rodney[4] 5.32 1 2 .333 18 0 0 0 1 22.0 24 13 13 3 7 23 B.Knowles[4] 5.59 3 3 .500 20 0 0 0 2 19.1 25 13 12 0 7 15 ALL NON-PITCHERS[4] ---- 0 0 ---- 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 1 +0 ----------------- ---- -- -- ----- --- -- -- -- -- ----- --- --- --- -- --- --- TEAM TOTALS 3.08 20 57 8 15 443 174 170 37 .649 57 5 508.2 193 40 413

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Old 08-27-2007, 09:50 PM   #415
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I have box scores from the games that I played recently, if anyone is interested enough - I'll post them.

I really regret I didn't follow through better on this one...
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Old 08-27-2007, 09:50 PM   #416
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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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Old 08-28-2007, 03:08 AM   #417
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Old 08-28-2007, 11:24 AM   #418
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Old 08-28-2007, 08:28 PM   #419
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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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Old 08-28-2007, 08:29 PM   #420
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[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Caribbean Estrellas 5/26/1900 [1] All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Estrellas AB R H RBI AVG A.Tucker CF 3 1 0 0 .313 P.Mesa CF 4 0 0 0 .191 J.Nights SS 4 0 0 0 .307 A.Pacheco 2B 4 0 1 0 .328 P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 1 1 1 .312 P.Coimbre RF 3 0 0 0 .269 S.Gunner LF 4 0 1 1 .274 P.Cepeda LF 3 0 0 0 .276 B.Bullock C 4 1 1 1 .283 O.Linares 3B 3 0 1 0 .275 D.Gonzalez 1B 3 0 1 0 .293 M.Gonzalez C 3 0 0 0 .229 D.Palmer 3B 4 0 1 0 .309 H.Espino 1B 2 0 0 0 .323 B.Blade 2B 4 0 0 0 .217 D.Concepcion SS 3 0 0 0 .271 R.Nielsen P 4 0 1 0 .107 J.Mendez P 1 0 0 0 .259 A-R.Puente PH 1 0 0 0 .132 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 33 3 6 3 Totals 27 0 2 0 A-Pinch Hit For Mendez In 9th Inning All Stars....... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0 Estrellas....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1 [1]All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Nielsen WIN(7-2) 9 2 0 0 2 4 0 102 2.67 A1 [1]Totals 9 2 0 0 2 4 0 [1]Estrellas IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Mendez LOSS(3-5) 9 6 3 2 6 7 2 151 3.35 A1 [1]Totals 9 6 3 2 6 7 2 ATTENDANCE- 47,606 DATE- Saturday, May 26th 1900 TIME- Day T- 2:25 LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:10 Estrellas: 2 DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 2 Estrellas: 0 ERRORS- P.Cepeda DOUBLES- R.Nielsen HOME RUNS- P.Pflaggstettler(8th), B.Bullock(7th) STOLEN BASES- A.Tucker(12th) SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Gunner WALKS- A.Tucker-2, J.Nights, P.Pflaggstettler-2, D.Gonzalez, H.Espino, J.Mendez STRIKE OUTS- S.Gunner, B.Bullock, D.Gonzalez, D.Palmer, B.Blade, R.Nielsen-2, P.Mesa, A.Pacheco, M.Gonzalez, H.Espino GIDP- P.Coimbre, D.Concepcion WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Dave Concepcion robbed Billy Bullock of a base hit. Rob Nielsen held Caribbean scoreless on just 2 hits at Paradise Park where the FOFC All Stars beat the Caribbean Estrellas by the score of 3 to 0. Nielsen(7-2) was virtually untouchable. He surrendered only 2 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings reducing his ERA from 2.97 to 2.67. After the 3rd inning, neither team was able to score. Jose Mendez(3-5) was the loser. 'I thought it was my best performance in a long time,' said Nielsen. 'I had good command early in the game. I had my control and composure and everything went well.'
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Old 08-28-2007, 08:32 PM   #421
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[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2002 Japanese League HOF Players 5/30/1900 [1] All Stars AB R H RBI AVG HOF Players AB R H RBI AVG J.Nights SS 3 0 0 0 .302 I.Suzuki RF 4 1 1 0 .283 S.Treacy LF 3 0 0 0 .289 T.Wakamatsu LF 4 0 0 0 .261 P.Pflaggstettler CF 4 0 0 0 .312 K.Nomura C 3 1 1 0 .244 J.Potpie 1B 4 1 1 1 .282 S.Oh 1B 4 1 1 3 .235 S.Gunner RF 4 0 1 0 .272 S.Nagashima 3B 2 0 0 0 .230 D.Palmer 3B 3 0 0 0 .314 I.Harimoto CF 3 0 0 0 .194 H.Hays C 2 0 0 0 .351 T.Kawakami 2B 3 0 0 0 .250 B.Blade 2B 3 0 0 0 .203 M.Matsubara SS 3 0 0 0 .215 B.Babson P 2 0 0 0 .111 S.Sugishita P 2 0 0 0 .105 A-K.Yazawa PH 1 0 0 0 .143 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 28 1 2 1 Totals 29 3 3 3 A-Pinch Hit For Sugishita In 9th Inning All Stars....... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 0 HOF Players..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 3 0 [1]All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Babson LOSS(6-5) 8 2/3 3 3 3 2 6 1 104 2.82 A1 [1]Totals 8 2/3 3 3 3 2 6 1 [1]HOF Players IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Sugishita WIN(2-5) 9 2 1 1 4 7 1 113 4.14 A1 [1]Totals 9 2 1 1 4 7 1 ATTENDANCE- 42,456 DATE- Wednesday, May 30th 1900 TIME- Night T- 2:19 LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 4 HOF Players: 2 DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 0 HOF Players: 1 DOUBLES- S.Gunner(14th), K.Nomura(11th) HOME RUNS- J.Potpie(14th), S.Oh(15th) WALKS- J.Nights, S.Treacy, H.Hays, B.Babson, K.Nomura, S.Nagashima STRIKE OUTS- S.Treacy-3, P.Pflaggstettler, H.Hays, B.Blade, B.Babson, I.Suzuki, T.Wakamatsu, K.Nomura, S.Oh, S.Nagashima, I.Harimoto GIDP- P.Pflaggstettler WILD PITCHES- S.Sugishita Shigeru Sugishita allowed just 2 hits as the Japanese League HOF Players won in dramatic fashion over the FOFC All Stars by a score of 3 to 1 at Nintendo Field. Japanese League erupted with the game winning runs in the bottom of the 9th inning with 3 runs on 2 hits. After an out was recorded, Ichiro Suzuki started the rally when he stroked a one-base hit. One out later, Katsuya Nomura came up and he drew a walk. Saduharu Oh then lost the ball over the fence for three runs (his 15th of the season) resulting in a mighty exciting win for Japanese League and the 42,456 home town fans in attendance. Japanese League had only 3 hits for the game. The win was credited to Sugishita(2-5) who went the whole way allowing 1 run. Brian Babson(6-5) was hit with the loss. He surrendered just 3 hits and 2 walks in 8 and 2/3 innings. Coach said after the game, "Babson deserved better. If I hadn't been brain dead, and had called in Bo to pitch to Oh we probably win this one." 'What a game!,' Sugishita said afterward. 'When we won it I almost couldn't believe it!'
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Old 08-28-2007, 08:34 PM   #422
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[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2002 Japanese League HOF Players 5/31/1900 [1] All Stars AB R H RBI AVG HOF Players AB R H RBI AVG A.Tucker CF 5 0 0 0 .316 I.Suzuki RF 5 1 0 0 .277 J.Nights SS 4 2 2 0 .306 T.Wakamatsu CF 3 1 1 2 .263 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 1 1 2 .311 K.Nomura C 3 0 1 0 .245 J.Potpie 1B 4 2 2 4 .287 S.Oh 1B 4 0 1 0 .235 D.Fouts 3B 4 0 0 0 .227 K.Yamamoto LF 3 0 0 0 .101 K.Ton LF 5 1 3 1 .225 K.Suzuki P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Bullock C 2 1 0 1 .280 S.Nagashima 3B 2 1 0 0 .228 S.Treacy 2B 2 1 0 0 .283 M.Matsubara SS 4 0 1 0 .215 R.Nielsen P 3 0 1 0 .129 T.Kawakami 2B 4 0 0 0 .243 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Bessho P 1 0 0 0 .304 A-H.Ochiai PH 1 0 1 0 .150 V.Starffin P 0 0 0 0 .250 B-I.Harimoto PH,LF 2 0 1 1 .197 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- [1] Totals 33 8 9 8 Totals 32 3 6 3 A-Pinch Hit For Bessho In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Starffin In 8th Inning All Stars....... 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 - 8 9 0 HOF Players..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 6 0 [1]All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Nielsen WIN(8-2) 7 2/3 5 2 2 3 8 1 128 2.64 A1 D4 S.Knowles 1 1/3 1 1 1 1 1 0 17 2.92 D5 [1]Totals 9 6 3 3 4 9 1 [1]HOF Players IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET T.Bessho LOSS(2-8) 6 3 4 4 6 2 1 110 4.43 A1 C9 V.Starffin 2 4 3 3 0 0 1 46 5.13 D1 E1 K.Suzuki 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 24 4.62 E2 [1]Totals 9 9 8 8 7 3 2 ATTENDANCE- 21,904 DATE- Thursday, May 31st 1900 TIME- Day T- 3:33 LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 7 HOF Players: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 HOF Players: 0 DOUBLES- J.Nights(19th), K.Ton(4th), H.Ochiai(1st) TRIPLES- K.Ton(1st) HOME RUNS- J.Potpie-2(16th), T.Wakamatsu(4th) SACRIFICE HITS- R.Nielsen SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Bullock WALKS- J.Nights, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Potpie, D.Fouts, B.Bullock, S.Treacy-2, K.Nomura, K.Yamamoto, S.Nagashima-2 HIT BY PITCH- T.Wakamatsu STRIKE OUTS- D.Fouts, S.Treacy, R.Nielsen, I.Suzuki-2, S.Oh-2, K.Yamamoto, S.Nagashima, T.Kawakami-2, T.Bessho GIDP- M.Matsubara First baseman Jeeberoni Potpie launched 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the FOFC All Stars defeated the Japanese League HOF Players by the score of 8 to 3 at Nintendo Field. Potpie had a big day with his bat. He cleared the fences for a two-run home run in the 5th inning and blasted a two-run home run (his 16th of the season) in the 7th inning. FOFC had 9 hits for the afternoon while Japanese League had 6. The victory went to Rob Nielsen(8-2) who went 7 and 2/3 innings, allowing 2 runs. Takehiko Bessho(2-8) suffered the loss. He pitched 6 innings allowing 3 hits and 6 walks.
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Old 08-28-2007, 09:55 PM   #423
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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.....

Hal: I need a drink...
You said it partner....
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Event Codes: H [1]BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 6/1/1900 Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG J.Morgan 2B 6 1 1 0 .264 A.Tucker CF 7 0 1 1 .311 R.Clemente RF 7 0 3 0 .336 J.Nights SS 5 0 1 0 .303 W.Mays CF 5 1 1 1 .291 S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Aaron LF 4 1 1 3 .305 F-B.Bullock PH 1 0 0 0 .278 S.Musial 1B 6 0 1 0 .292 G-S.Gunner LF 0 0 0 0 .272 E.Banks SS 5 0 0 0 .276 P.Pflaggstettler RF 5 0 0 0 .303 R.Campanella C 5 0 0 0 .178 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- P.Rose 3B 4 1 2 0 .329 J.Potpie 1B 5 2 3 0 .297 S.Koufax P 1 0 0 0 .000 G.Gazelle LF,RF 6 2 2 4 .271 A-T.Perez PH 1 0 0 0 .273 H.Hays C 6 0 2 0 .350 P.Niekro P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Fouts 3B 6 0 1 0 .223 B-P.Reese PH 1 0 0 0 .167 S.Treacy 2B 2 0 0 0 .277 G.Perry P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-B.Blade 2B 2 0 0 0 .200 E-B.Williams PH 1 0 0 0 .208 A.Mighty P 2 0 0 0 .065 W.Spahn P 0 0 0 0 .200 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 H-E.Mathews PH 1 0 0 0 .250 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Bunning P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-K.Terp PH,SS 2 1 1 0 .164 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 47 4 9 4 Totals 49 5 11 5 A-Pinch Hit For Koufax In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Niekro In 9th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Treacy In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Perry In 10th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 12th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Bullock In 13th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Spahn In 13th Inning Post-Nationals.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 1 All Stars....... 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 11 2 Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Koufax 6 4 4 4 1 9 2 89 4.30 A1 C6 P.Niekro 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 40 4.99 C7 D7 G.Perry 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 19 4.94 D8 E3 W.Spahn 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 4.15 E4 F3 J.Bunning LOSS(3-7) 1 1/3 3 1 1 0 2 0 25 4.83 F4 Totals 13 1/3 11 5 5 3 15 2 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET A.Mighty 7 1/3 4 2 2 5 6 1 125 2.65 A1 D4 J.Kronside HOLD(1st) 1 1/3 3 2 2 1 0 0 32 2.03 D5 E3 S.Knowles BS(2nd) 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 2.84 E4 E5 S.Fozborg 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 47 1.83 E6 F7 J.Rodney WIN(2-2) 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 31 4.88 F8 Totals 14 9 4 4 9 10 1 ATTENDANCE- 46,535 DATE- Friday, June 1st 1900 TIME- Night T- 3:25 LEFT ON BASE- Post-Nationals:13 All Stars: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Nationals: 1 All Stars: 5 ERRORS- J.Morgan, D.Fouts, S.Treacy DOUBLES- K.Terp(5th) HOME RUNS- H.Aaron(15th), G.Gazelle-2(5th) SACRIFICE HITS- S.Koufax, A.Mighty, K.Terp WALKS- J.Morgan, W.Mays-2, H.Aaron-2, S.Musial, E.Banks, R.Campanella, P.Rose, P.Pflaggstettler, S.Treacy, B.Blade HIT BY PITCH- H.Aaron, P.Rose, J.Potpie STRIKE OUTS- J.Morgan, R.Clemente-2, W.Mays, S.Musial, E.Banks-2, P.Rose, B.Williams, E.Mathews, A.Tucker-4, J.Nights, P.Pflaggstettler-2, J.Potpie, G.Gazelle-2, H.Hays-2, S.Treacy, A.Mighty-2 GIDP- W.Mays, H.Aaron, S.Musial, E.Banks, R.Campanella, H.Hays Left fielder Gerald Gazelle smacked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI at FOFC Stadium as the FOFC All Stars beat the NL Post WWII club in 14 innings by the count of 5 to 4. The game was deadlocked at 4 after nine full innings. Finally, FOFC pulled the game out in the 14th inning. After an out was recorded, Kris Terp doubled. A. J. Tucker came next and he laced a base-hit resulting in a mighty exciting win for FOFC and the 46,535 home town fans in attendance. FOFC had a total of 11 hits for the game. The win was credited to James Rodney(2-2) who went 2 innings allowing no runs. Jim Bunning(3-7) was charged with the loss in relief. The FOFC ballclub's record now stands at a division leading 38-20. With the loss, NL Post WWII has a record of 5-5 lately, 34-26 overall. [2]
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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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Old 08-29-2007, 09:40 PM   #426
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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 6/2/1900 Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG J.Morgan 2B 5 3 1 0 .263 A.Tucker CF 5 0 0 0 .305 P.Rose LF 5 1 3 2 .346 B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- H.Aaron RF 5 2 3 1 .314 S.Treacy 2B 5 2 4 0 .303 S.Musial 1B 5 3 4 7 .310 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 2 1 2 .302 W.Mays CF 4 1 1 0 .291 J.Potpie 1B 2 0 0 0 .293 E.Mathews 3B 5 1 3 2 .261 S.Fozborg P 1 0 0 0 .000 E.Banks SS 5 0 1 1 .274 B-J.Nights SS 2 2 2 0 .310 J.Bench C 5 0 1 0 .228 S.Gunner LF 4 0 0 0 .264 J.Marichal P 5 2 1 0 .118 D.Palmer 3B 5 2 2 5 .317 P.Niekro P 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Bullock C 5 0 2 0 .283 K.Terp SS 3 0 0 0 .155 R.Nielsen P 0 0 0 0 .129 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-G.Gazelle PH,CF 1 0 0 0 .265 O.Hunter P 1 0 0 0 .063 A-D.Gonzalez 1B 2 0 1 1 .299 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 44 13 18 13 Totals 40 8 12 8 A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Hunter In 4th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Fozborg In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 8th Inning Post-Nationals.. 3 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 2 - 13 18 2 All Stars....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 - 8 12 2 [1]Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Marichal WIN(8-4) 8 2/3 12 8 8 2 10 2 179 4.27 A1 E6 P.Niekro 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.95 E7 Totals 9 12 8 8 2 10 2 [1]All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET O.Hunter LOSS(4-3) 3 2/3 10 8 8 3 4 3 99 4.87 A1 C6 S.Fozborg 2 2/3 5 3 1 0 3 0 43 1.91 C7 E3 R.Nielsen 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.63 E4 E5 J.Rodney 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 4.68 E6 E8 B.Knowles 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 16 6.20 E9 Totals 9 18 13 11 3 10 3 ATTENDANCE- 45,666 DATE- Saturday, June 2nd 1900 TIME- Day T- 2:00 LEFT ON BASE- Post-Nationals: 9 All Stars: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Nationals: 1 All Stars: 1 ERRORS- E.Mathews, J.Marichal, D.Palmer, K.Terp DOUBLES- P.Rose(6th), H.Aaron-2(8th), W.Mays(6th), J.Bench(7th), S.Treacy(5th), J.Nights(20th), B.Bullock(7th) HOME RUNS- S.Musial-2(14th), E.Mathews(16th), P.Pflaggstettler(9th), D.Palmer(3rd) STOLEN BASES- J.Morgan(20th) SACRIFICE HITS- P.Rose WALKS- J.Morgan, H.Aaron, W.Mays, P.Pflaggstettler, S.Gunner HIT BY PITCH- S.Musial, D.Gonzalez STRIKE OUTS- J.Morgan, W.Mays-3, E.Mathews, E.Banks-2, J.Bench-3, A.Tucker, P.Pflaggstettler-3, J.Potpie, S.Gunner, D.Palmer, B.Bullock, O.Hunter, D.Gonzalez GIDP- E.Banks, D.Palmer
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NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball Date: 6/3/1900 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 2001 NLO 35 25 R.Carew A2H .397 M.Ott N1H 18 M.Mantle A2H 53 2001 OTH 33 25 N.Lajoie TCH .393 M.Mantle A2H 17 H.Baker DBH 46 2001 L20 31 28 T.Cobb DBH .368 E.Banks N2H 17 N.Lajoie TCH 46 2001 A1H 29 29 J.Jackson DBH .362 OTHERS TIED W 16 J.Foxx LOH 44 2001 DBH 28 31 C.Bell NLO .360 OTHERS TIED W 43 2001 A2H 27 31 2002 JLP 16 43 WINS SAVES ERA P.Galvin OTH 9 R.Fingers A2H 11 T.Glavine L20 2.12 1000 FAS 38 21 R.Nielsen FAS 8 W.McDonal NLO 8 R.Clemens L20 2.49 2001 N2H 35 26 J.Maricha N2H 8 S.Knowles FAS 8 R.Nielsen FAS 2.63 2001 N1H 33 26 R.Clemens L20 8 J.Bunning N2H 7 A.Mighty FAS 2.65 2001 TCH 33 27 OTHERS TIED W 7 OTHERS TIED W 6 K.Inao JLP 2.66 2001 LOH 27 31 2001 CAP 25 34 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 2001 NLT 23 36 W.Wright NLT 21 C.Bell NLO 38 R.Clemens L20 114 R.Clement N2H 10 S.Poles NLT 27 R.Nielsen FAS 93 F.Chance DBH 8 B.Hamilto OTH 22 R.Johnson L20 93 C.Comiske OTH 8 J.Morgan N2H 20 S.Koufax N2H 89 OTHERS TIED W 7 H.Duffy TCH 19 B.Feller A2H 86 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS N1H 8 at TCH 2 N1H-Alexand(7-4, 3.75) at TCH-Joss(3-3, 4.92) A1H 12 at OTH 2 A1H-Mays(6-5, 4.79) at OTH-Welch(6-3, 4.03) L20 4 at A2H 0 L20-Johnson(6-7, 2.71) at A2H-Hunter(4-5, 5.66) CAP 6 at LOH 18 CAP-Tiant J(1-2, 4.04) at LOH-Jenkins(7-2, 4.58) N2H 13 at FAS 8 N2H-Spahn(2-3, 4.15) at FAS-Babson(6-5, 2.82) NLO 2 at DBH 3 NLO-Paige(6-4, 2.82) at DBH-Johnson(6-5, 3.35) JLP 3 at NLT 8 JLP-Kaneda(4-5, 4.09) at NLT-Brewer(3-6, 6.12) YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB S.Musial N2H FAS 5 3 4 7 0 0 2 0 F.Robinson LOH CAP 4 3 2 5 1 1 2 0 D.Palmer FAS N2H 5 2 2 5 0 1 1 0 B.Ruth A1H OTH 4 3 2 3 1 0 1 0 F.Frisch N1H TCH 4 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS R.Clemens L20 A2H 9.0 3 0 0 2 15 0 W J.Rodney FAS N2H 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 H.Wilhelm A2H L20 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 C.Redding NLT JLP 9.0 8 3 3 2 7 1 W R.Faber A1H OTH 9.0 7 2 2 5 4 1 W INJURY REPORT L.Day, Negro League I - 6 more games L.Santop, Negro League II - 15 more games R.Carew, AL Post WWII - 5 more games R.Fingers, AL Post WWII - 15 more games H.Newhouser, AL Post WWII - 3 more games W.McCovey, Left Outs - 2 more games T.Seaver, NL Post WWII - 12 more games K.Cuyler, NL Pre WWII - 12 more games G.Hartnett, NL Pre WWII - 11 more games J.Ward, Old Timers - 11 more games R.Waddell, Turn of Century - 12 more games

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NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball Date: 6/3/1900 NL PRE WWII AT TURN OF CENTURY Pre-Nationals... 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 - 8 8 0 Centurions...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 9 1 Win:Marquard(3-6) Loss:Rusie(6-2) Homeruns- F.Frisch(3rd), R.Hornsby(6th), J.Mize(6th) The NL Pre WWII club had an easy time of it at Yellowstone Park defeating the Turn of Century Centurions by a score of 8 to 2. NL Pre WWII wasted no time and took the lead in the first inning scoring 4 runners on 2 hits. That early scoring was all that Rube Marquard(3-6) needed. NL Pre WWII rapped out 8 hits for the night. Amos Rusie(6-2) was the loser. He allowed 4 hits and 4 walks in 5 innings. AL PRE WWII AT OLD TIMERS Pre-Americans... 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 3 4 - 12 12 0 Ancients........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 7 2 Win:Faber(4-4) Loss:Keefe(5-7) Homeruns- B.Ruth(16th), K.Kelly(2nd) Left fielder Al Simmons had 4 hits and 3 RBI and Red Faber tossed a complete game at Cow Pasture Field as the AL Pre WWII ballclub, running on all cylinders, ripped the Old Timers Ancients by a large 12 to 2 margin. Simmons had a big day against Old Timers. He lined a base-hit in the 1st inning, doubled bringing in a run in the 3rd inning, tripled in the 8th inning and lashed a single which was good for two runs in the 9th inning. AL Pre WWII totaled 12 on the night. Faber(4-4) lasted until the end allowing 2 runs for the win. The loss was charged to Tim Keefe(5-7). He was knocked around, surrendering 8 runs in 7 and 2/3 innings. This win by AL Pre WWII continues their recent hot streak. In their last ten games, they have a record of 8-2. For the season, they are 29-29. With the loss, the Old Timers ballclub's record is 33-25. LATE 20TH AT AL POST WWII Modern Stars.... 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 1 Post-Americans.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 Win:Clemens(8-3) Loss:Feller(5-7) Homeruns- D.Winfield(5th) Roger Clemens allowed 3 hits while blanking AL Post WWII at AL Post where the Late 20th Modern Stars beat the AL Post WWII team 4 to 0. Clemens(8-3) was indeed brilliant as he hand-cuffed the AL Post WWII offense. He gave up just 3 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings. Clemens recorded 15 strikeouts lowering his ERA from 2.73 to 2.49. Late 20th banged out 9 on the night. The losing pitcher was Bob Feller(5-7). Clemens was pleased with his performance. He noted, 'I had good command of all my pitches. Just as important, my location was right on.' CARIBBEAN AT LEFT OUTS Estrellas....... 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 - 6 16 1 Leftovers....... 2 5 2 6 0 0 3 0 - 18 19 0 Win:Carlton(3-4) Loss:Tiant Sr.(4-6) Homeruns- D.Concepcion(2nd), J.Foxx(14th), F.Robinson-2(6th) First baseman Frank Robinson rocketed 2 homeruns at Overshadow Pk as the Left Outs Leftovers embarrassed the Caribbean Estrellas by the lopsided score of 18 to 6. Robinson really 'lit it up' for Left Outs. He smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' in the 3rd inning and electrified the crowd with a Grand Slam home run (his 6th of the season) in the 4th inning. Left Outs bats were very productive in the 2nd inning with 5 runs on 5 hits and the 4th inning when they had 6 runs on 5 hits. For the game Left Outs out-hit Caribbean 19 to 16. Steve Carlton(3-4) got the win allowing 6 runs in 7 innings. Luis Tiant Sr.(4-6) was hit with the loss. NEGRO LEAGUE I AT DEAD BALL ERA Ones............ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 12 0 Ghosts.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 8 1 Win:Brown(2-3) Loss:Barnhill(3-4) Dead Ball Era Ghosts broke the deadlock in their last at bats, pulling out a 3 to 2 win over the Negro League I Ones and sending their hometown fans home smiling. The game was decided in the bottom of the 9th inning. Joe Jackson doubled. After another out, Bobby Wallace came up and he worked the squeeze play to perfection giving Dead Ball Era the win and sending the home town fans into a frenzy. Despite losing, Negro League I out-hit Dead Ball Era 12 to 8. The victory was credited to Three Finger Brown(2-3) who went 1 inning, allowing 1 run. Dave Barnhill(3-4) suffered the loss in relief. JAPANESE LEAGUE AT NEGRO LEAGUE II HOF Players..... 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0 Twos............ 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 - 8 12 0 Win:Redding(5-6) Loss:Nomo(1-8) Homeruns- K.Nomura(8th), W.Brown(7th) Cannonball Redding allowed Cito Gaston to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game and Willard Brown ripped a bases loaded blast as the Negro League II Twos topped the hapless Japanese League HOF Players by a score of 8 to 3 at Shadowball Stadium. Brown had a good evening at the plate. He brought the hometown folks to their feet with a Grand Slammer (his 7th of the season) in the 5th inning and laced a one-base hit in the 7th inning. Negro League II had a total of 12 hits for the game. Redding(5-6), allowing 3 runs for the game, picked up the victory. Hideo Nomo(1-8) ended up with the loss. He surrendered 7 hits and 1 walk in 6 innings. NL POST WWII AT FOFC Post-Nationals.. 3 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 2 - 13 18 2 All Stars....... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 - 8 12 2 Win:Marichal(8-4) Loss:Hunter(4-3) Homeruns- S.Musial-2(14th), E.Mathews(16th), P.Pflaggstettler(9th), D.Palmer(3rd) Juan Marichal dominated striking out 10 FOFC batters and Stan Musial slammed 2 homeruns and had 7 RBI at FOFC Stadium where the NL Post WWII ballclub beat the FOFC All Stars by the score of 13 to 8. Musial was a source of great heartache for the FOFC faithful all day. He just kept pounding out hits! He lofted a three-run 'big-fly' in the 1st inning, smashed a two-run homer (his 14th of the season) in the 4th inning, laced a single in the 6th inning and lined a one-base hit bringing in two baserunners in the 9th inning. The NL Post WWII offense poured it on, scoring in 7 of the 9 innings. Marichal(8-4) went 8 and 2/3 innings allowing 8 runs for the win. Owen Hunter(4-3) was tagged with the loss. He served up 3 gopher balls in 3 and 2/3 innings. Marichal, when asked about his 10 strikeout performance noted, 'The important thing is that we won, if I get 20 and we lose, what good does it do our team? But, on the other hand, since we won it feels great!'
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Old 08-30-2007, 07:28 AM   #428
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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

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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."

Maglie replies, "Thank God, I'm not you..." and he mumbles "I need a drink" as he walks off.
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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 6/3/1900 Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG J.Morgan 2B 3 1 2 1 .269 A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .300 R.Clemente RF 4 0 0 0 .330 J.Nights SS 4 0 0 0 .304 H.Aaron LF 4 1 1 0 .312 G.Gazelle LF 4 0 0 0 .245 S.Musial 1B 4 1 2 2 .315 D.Gonzalez 1B 3 0 0 0 .286 W.Mays CF 4 0 1 0 .290 H.Hays C 3 0 0 0 .341 E.Mathews 3B 4 1 1 1 .261 P.Pflaggstettler RF 3 0 0 0 .297 E.Banks SS 4 0 0 0 .269 D.Fouts 3B 2 0 0 0 .219 J.Bench C 4 0 0 0 .223 B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- W.Spahn P 3 1 1 1 .231 B-B.Bullock PH 1 0 1 0 .289 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Treacy 2B 3 0 2 0 .314 B.Babson P 0 0 0 0 .111 A-D.Palmer 3B 2 0 0 0 .313 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 5 8 5 Totals 29 0 3 0 A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Babson In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 8th Inning Post-Nationals.. 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 - 5 8 0 All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET W.Spahn WIN(3-3) 9 3 0 0 0 3 0 115 3.62 A1 Totals 9 3 0 0 0 3 0 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Babson LOSS(6-6) 5 7 5 5 1 6 4 90 3.13 A1 C4 B.Knowles 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 42 5.40 C5 D5 S.Knowles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.63 D6 Totals 9 8 5 5 1 9 4 ATTENDANCE- 46,712 DATE- Sunday, June 3rd 1900 TIME- Night T- 1:18 LEFT ON BASE- Post-Nationals: 3 All Stars: 3 DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Nationals: 0 All Stars: 1 DOUBLES- S.Musial(9th), W.Mays(7th) HOME RUNS- J.Morgan(12th), S.Musial(15th), E.Mathews(17th), W.Spahn(2nd) SACRIFICE HITS- B.Babson WALKS- J.Morgan STRIKE OUTS- R.Clemente, H.Aaron, W.Mays, E.Mathews, E.Banks, J.Bench-2, W.Spahn-2, A.Tucker, G.Gazelle, D.Gonzalez GIDP- R.Clemente PASSED BALLS- H.Hays WEB GEMS- Top 9th: A. J. Tucker robbed Johnny Bench of a Homerun!
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Old 08-30-2007, 08:23 PM   #433
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NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball Date: 6/4/1900 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 2001 OTH 34 25 R.Carew A2H .397 M.Ott N1H 18 M.Mantle A2H 53 2001 NLO 35 26 N.Lajoie TCH .391 M.Mantle A2H 17 N.Lajoie TCH 49 2001 L20 32 28 T.Cobb DBH .369 E.Banks N2H 17 H.Baker DBH 47 2001 A1H 29 30 W.Keeler TCH .364 E.Mathews N2H 17 T.Speaker DBH 45 2001 DBH 29 31 C.Bell NLO .360 OTHERS TIED W 16 OTHERS TIED W 44 2001 A2H 27 32 2002 JLP 16 44 WINS SAVES ERA P.Galvin OTH 10 R.Fingers A2H 11 T.Glavine L20 2.12 1000 FAS 38 22 R.Nielsen FAS 8 W.McDonal NLO 8 R.Clemens L20 2.49 2001 N2H 36 26 J.Maricha N2H 8 S.Knowles FAS 8 R.Nielsen FAS 2.63 2001 N1H 34 26 P.Alexand N1H 8 OTHERS TIED W 7 A.Mighty FAS 2.65 2001 TCH 33 28 R.Clemens L20 8 K.Inao JLP 2.66 2001 LOH 27 32 2001 CAP 26 34 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS 2001 NLT 24 36 W.Wright NLT 22 C.Bell NLO 38 R.Clemens L20 114 M.Gonzale CAP 8 S.Poles NLT 27 R.Nielsen FAS 93 F.Chance DBH 8 B.Hamilto OTH 23 R.Johnson L20 93 C.Comiske OTH 8 J.Morgan N2H 20 S.Koufax N2H 89 OTHERS TIED W 7 H.Duffy TCH 19 B.Feller A2H 86 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS N1H 8 at TCH 5 N1H-Hubbell(5-6, 5.30) at TCH-Mathews(6-4, 3.31) A1H 2 at OTH 7 A1H-Grove(5-5, 3.71) at OTH-Clarkso(4-5, 4.56) L20 6 at A2H 3 L20-Johnson(6-7, 2.71) at A2H-Ryan(4-5, 5.49) CAP 10 at LOH 9 CAP-Tiant S(4-6, 5.30) at LOH-Jenkins(7-2, 4.58) N2H 5 at FAS 0 N2H-Gibson(6-2, 5.61) at FAS-Nielsen(8-2, 2.63) NLO 2 at DBH 5 NLO-Rogan(7-3, 4.48) at DBH-Chesbro(6-4, 3.53) JLP 2 at NLT 6 YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB H.Heilmann LOH CAP 4 2 3 4 1 0 1 0 J.Robinson LOH CAP 5 2 3 4 0 0 1 0 J.Cronin A1H OTH 3 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 E.Delahanty OTH A1H 5 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 E.Murray L20 A2H 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS W.Spahn N2H FAS 9.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 W C.Brewer NLT JLP 9.0 6 2 2 2 10 1 W W.Johnson DBH NLO 9.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 W B.Knowles FAS N2H 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 A.Luque CAP LOH 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 W INJURY REPORT L.Day, Negro League I - 5 more games L.Santop, Negro League II - 14 more games R.Carew, AL Post WWII - 4 more games R.Fingers, AL Post WWII - 14 more games H.Newhouser, AL Post WWII - 2 more games W.McCovey, Left Outs - 1 more games T.Seaver, NL Post WWII - 11 more games K.Cuyler, NL Pre WWII - 11 more games G.Hartnett, NL Pre WWII - 10 more games J.Ward, Old Timers - 10 more games A.Joss, Turn of Century - 15 more games R.Waddell, Turn of Century - 11 more games Game Summaries NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball Date: 6/4/1900 NL PRE WWII AT TURN OF CENTURY Pre-Nationals... 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 - 8 17 1 Centurions...... 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 - 5 10 0 Win:Alexander(8-4) Loss:Joss(3-4) Save:Dean(7th) Left fielder Chuck Klein had 4 hits and 2 RBI as the NL Pre WWII club outscored the Turn of Century Centurions 8 to 5. NL Pre WWII jumped out to the early lead in the first inning plating an isolated run on 3 hits. For the game NL Pre WWII out-hit Turn of Century 17 to 10. The win was credited to Pete Alexander(8-4) who went 8 and 2/3 innings allowing 5 runs. Dizzy Dean recorded his 7th save. Addie Joss(3-4) ended up with the loss. AL PRE WWII AT OLD TIMERS Pre-Americans... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 2 Ancients........ 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 - 7 13 0 Win:Galvin(10-2) Loss:Mays(6-6) Homeruns- J.Cronin(3rd), E.Delahanty(8th) Left fielder Ed Delahanty left the yard and had 2 RBI and Pud Galvin pitched 9 strong innings at Cow Pasture Field as the Old Timers Ancients beat the AL Pre WWII team by the count of 7 to 2. Galvin(10-2) gave Old Timers a solid outing. He surrendered 6 hits and no walks in 9 innings. Old Timers rapped out 13 hits for the afternoon. The losing pitcher was Carl Mays(6-6). He allowed 12 hits and 4 walks in 7 innings. LATE 20TH AT AL POST WWII Modern Stars.... 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 - 6 10 0 Post-Americans.. 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 Win:Martinez(2-2) Loss:Hunter(4-6) Save:Gossage(7th) Homeruns- J.Rice(2nd), W.Boggs(2nd), E.Murray(8th), G.Brett(4th), T.Williams(11th) Pedro Martinez mowed down 13 AL Post WWII batters as the Late 20th Modern Stars defeated the AL Post WWII ballclub by the score of 6 to 3 at AL Post. Martinez(2-2) pitched a solid game. He allowed 7 hits and no walks in 6 innings and surrendered 2 'round-trippers'. Late 20th had a total of 10 hits for the game. Martinez was helped out by Goose Gossage who recorded his 7th save. Catfish Hunter(4-6) took the loss. He was touched for 3 homeruns in his 7 innings of work. Joe Torre was impressed with Martinez and his 13 strikeouts. 'It's tough to generate runs if you can't make contact with the ball.' CARIBBEAN AT LEFT OUTS Estrellas....... 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 - 10 13 0 Leftovers....... 2 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 - 9 11 2 Win:Luque(4-3) Loss:Drysdale(3-3) Save:Garcia(2nd) Homeruns- J.Robinson(3rd), H.Heilmann(10th) Minnie Minoso had 3 base hits and 3 RBI as the Caribbean Estrellas defeated the Left Outs Leftovers 10 to 9 at Overshadow Pk. Caribbean scored the deciding run in the 9th inning. After an out was recorded, Miguel Gonzalez slapped a base-hit. One out later, Hector Espino came up and he was walked intentionally. Pablo Mesa then drew a walk to load the bases. Roberto Avila followed and he drew a walk scoring the run. A wild and woolly affair, this game saw the lead change 5 times. The victory was credited to Adolfo Luque(4-3) who went 1 and 2/3 innings, allowing no runs. Mike Garcia gained credit for his 2nd save. Don Drysdale(3-3) was hit with the loss in relief. He pitched 2 and 2/3 innings and surrendered 1 hit and 3 walks. With this win, Caribbean has a 26-34 record. They have been 3-7 lately. With the loss, Left Outs has a record of 4-6 lately, 27-32 overall. NEGRO LEAGUE I AT DEAD BALL ERA Ones............ 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1 Ghosts.......... 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 - 5 8 0 Win:Johnson(7-5) Loss:Paige(6-5) Walter Johnson tossed a complete game and Bobby Wallace had 2 base hits and 2 RBI at Shibe Park where the Dead Ball Era Ghosts beat the Negro League I Ones 5 to 2. Dead Ball Era went ahead for good in the bottom of the 6th inning scoring a single run utilizing 2 base hits. Dead Ball Era totaled 8 on the night. Johnson(7-5) finished the game allowing 2 runs in the victory. Satchel Paige(6-5) was the losing pitcher. He surrendered 5 runs and 8 hits in 8 innings. JAPANESE LEAGUE AT NEGRO LEAGUE II HOF Players..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 6 0 Twos............ 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 - 6 8 3 Win:Brewer(4-6) Loss:Kaneda(4-6) Homeruns- S.Oh(16th) Chet Brewer whiffed 10 batters as the Negro League II Twos defeated the hapless Japanese League HOF Players by a score of 6 to 2 at Shadowball Stadium. Brewer(4-6) had a strong outing. He didn't allow much, just 6 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings. Negro League II had 8 hits for the night. Masaichi Kaneda(4-6) was the loser. He gave up 7 hits and 1 walk in 6 innings. Brewer was pleased with his performance. He noted, 'I had good zip on my pitches. Just as important, my location was right on. The fans really got into the game too - that always helps me. Now, if I can only do that again in my next outing.' NL POST WWII AT FOFC Post-Nationals.. 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 - 5 8 0 All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Win:Spahn(3-3) Loss:Babson(6-6) Homeruns- J.Morgan(12th), S.Musial(15th), E.Mathews(17th), W.Spahn(2nd) Warren Spahn blanked FOFC allowing just 3 hits as the NL Post WWII club beat the FOFC All Stars by a score of 5 to 0. Spahn(3-3) was tremendous on the mound for NL Post WWII. He didn't give up much, just 3 hits and no walks in 9 innings seeing his ERA drop from 4.15 to 3.62. NL Post WWII banged out 8 on the night. Brian Babson(6-6) absorbed the loss. He allowed 4 homeruns in 5 innings of work.

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Old 08-31-2007, 06:50 AM   #434
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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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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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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

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Old 08-31-2007, 09:13 PM   #440
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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 6/4/1900 Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG J.Morgan 2B 4 1 1 0 .268 A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .295 P.Rose 3B,LF 3 0 1 0 .346 J.Nights SS 4 0 0 0 .298 W.Mays CF 3 0 0 1 .285 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 1 2 0 .301 H.Aaron LF 4 0 0 0 .305 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-M.Schmidt 3B 0 0 0 0 .214 J.Potpie 1B 2 0 0 0 .290 S.Musial 1B 4 1 1 0 .313 S.Gunner LF 4 0 2 1 .271 R.Clemente RF 4 1 2 2 .333 B.Bullock C 3 0 0 0 .282 E.Banks SS 3 0 1 0 .270 E-K.Terp PH 0 0 0 0 .155 J.Bench C 3 0 1 0 .225 D.Palmer 3B 4 0 0 0 .304 B.Gibson P 3 0 0 0 .250 S.Treacy 2B 3 1 0 0 .305 C-B.Williams PH 1 0 0 0 .206 R.Nielsen P 2 0 0 0 .121 J.Bunning P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 1 1 .296 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-G.Gazelle RF 0 0 0 0 .245 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 3 7 3 Totals 31 2 5 2 A-Pinch Hit For Nielsen In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Aaron In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Gibson In 9th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Knowles In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Bullock In 9th Inning Post-Nationals.. 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 All Stars....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 0 Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Gibson WIN(7-2) 8 4 2 2 2 9 0 108 5.32 A1 D4 J.Bunning SAVE(8th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 4.71 D5 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 9 0 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Nielsen LOSS(8-3) 7 5 3 3 3 11 1 103 2.71 A1 D2 S.Knowles 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 4 0 21 2.40 D3 D8 J.Kronside 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1.99 D9 Totals 9 7 3 3 3 16 1 ATTENDANCE- 50,061 DATE- Monday, June 4th 1900 TIME- Night T- 1:39 LEFT ON BASE- Post-Nationals: 6 All Stars: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Nationals: 0 All Stars: 1 DOUBLES- S.Musial(10th), J.Bench(8th), S.Gunner(15th), D.Gonzalez(2nd) HOME RUNS- R.Clemente(11th) STOLEN BASES- J.Morgan(21st) CAUGHT STEALING- E.Banks SACRIFICE HITS- W.Mays, K.Terp WALKS- P.Rose, E.Banks, J.Bench, J.Potpie, S.Treacy HIT BY PITCH- J.Potpie STRIKE OUTS- J.Morgan, W.Mays-2, H.Aaron-2, S.Musial-3, R.Clemente, E.Banks-2, J.Bench-2, B.Gibson-2, B.Williams, A.Tucker, P.Pflaggstettler-2, J.Potpie, S.Gunner, B.Bullock-2, R.Nielsen-2 GIDP- H.Aaron WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Roberto Clemente robbed Jeff Nights of an extra base hit.
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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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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.

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We were actually a little luckie to win the one we did...
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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.

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Event Codes: H BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Negro League II Twos 6/5/1900 All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Twos AB R H RBI AVG A.Tucker CF 5 3 4 0 .305 S.Poles LF 4 0 0 0 .285 J.Nights SS 4 1 2 4 .302 W.Wright CF 4 0 3 0 .324 E-K.Terp SS 1 0 0 0 .153 W.Brown SS 3 0 0 0 .261 G.Gazelle LF 5 2 2 4 .259 J.Beckwith C 4 0 0 0 .257 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 0 0 .283 J.Wilson 1B 3 0 0 0 .262 H.Hays C 5 1 3 0 .352 P.Hill RF 4 1 1 1 .261 S.Treacy RF 3 1 1 1 .306 S.Bankhead 2B 3 0 0 0 .296 B-P.Pflaggstettler RF 1 0 0 0 .300 O.Marcelle 3B 3 0 1 0 .143 D.Fouts 3B 4 2 3 1 .240 V.Mathis P 0 0 0 0 .192 B.Blade 2B 5 0 1 0 .200 R.Brown P 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Mighty P 2 1 0 1 .061 A-B.O'Neil PH 1 0 0 0 .107 D.Radcliffe P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-D.Lundy PH 1 0 0 0 .241 B.Holland P 0 0 0 0 .214 D-D.Malarcher PH 1 0 0 0 .143 M.Manning P 0 0 0 0 .333 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 11 16 11 Totals 31 1 5 1 A-Pinch Hit For Brown In 3rd Inning B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Treacy In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Radcliffe In 6th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Holland In 7th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Nights In 8th Inning All Stars....... 2 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 11 16 0 Twos............ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET A.Mighty WIN(4-4) 9 5 1 1 2 8 1 137 2.50 A1 Totals 9 5 1 1 2 8 1 Twos IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET V.Mathis LOSS(2-4) 2 9 8 8 1 1 3 57 4.12 A1 B7 R.Brown 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 30 5.33 B8 C5 D.Radcliffe 3 3 1 1 1 4 0 41 4.03 C6 E1 B.Holland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4.91 E2 E4 M.Manning 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 32 5.95 E5 Totals 9 16 11 11 4 10 3 ATTENDANCE- 49,260 DATE- Tuesday, June 5th 1900 TIME- Night T- 2:58 LEFT ON BASE- All Stars:10 Twos: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Twos: 1 DOUBLES- S.Treacy(6th), W.Wright(13th) HOME RUNS- J.Nights(5th), G.Gazelle-2(7th), P.Hill(4th) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Nights, A.Mighty-2 SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Gazelle WALKS- A.Tucker, J.Potpie, S.Treacy, A.Mighty, W.Brown, J.Wilson HIT BY PITCH- D.Fouts STRIKE OUTS- J.Nights, G.Gazelle, J.Potpie, H.Hays, S.Treacy, P.Pflaggstettler, B.Blade-2, A.Mighty-2, S.Poles, W.Wright, J.Beckwith, J.Wilson, P.Hill, S.Bankhead-2, O.Marcelle GIDP- B.Blade
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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
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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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Old 09-04-2007, 07:39 PM   #446
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Negro League II Twos 6/6/1900 All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Twos AB R H RBI AVG J.Nights SS 4 2 3 2 .310 S.Poles LF 4 1 2 0 .289 A.Tucker CF 3 1 0 0 .301 W.Wright CF 4 2 1 1 .322 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 1 1 2 .299 W.Brown SS 3 1 0 0 .257 J.Potpie 1B 5 1 1 1 .281 J.Wilson 1B 4 2 1 0 .262 S.Gunner LF 4 1 1 2 .270 J.Beckwith C 4 1 1 2 .257 D.Palmer 3B 4 1 2 0 .309 P.Hill RF 5 1 2 3 .264 H.Hays C 4 1 1 2 .348 S.Bankhead 2B 4 0 1 1 .295 B.Blade 2B 1 0 0 0 .198 O.Marcelle 3B 4 0 0 0 .120 O.Hunter P 1 0 0 0 .059 F.Wickware P 0 0 0 0 .107 B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .292 M.Manning P 2 0 1 0 .400 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Radcliffe P 2 0 0 0 .000 C-K.Ton PH 1 1 1 0 .236 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-S.Treacy 2B 3 0 0 0 .297 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 9 10 9 Totals 36 8 9 7 A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Fozborg In 1st Inning B-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 9th Inning INJURY: Sirr Fozborg INJURED (for 15 more games) in 1st inning All Stars....... 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 - 9 10 2 Twos............ 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 8 9 1 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Fozborg 0 1/3 3 5 4 3 0 0 32 2.66 A1 A7 O.Hunter 4 2/3 5 2 2 0 0 1 64 4.80 A8 C7 J.Rodney WIN(3-2) 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 42 4.18 C8 D9 J.Kronside HOLD(2nd) 0 2/3 0 1 0 1 1 0 12 1.95 E1 E4 S.Knowles SAVE(9th) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 2.35 E5 Totals 9 9 8 6 6 2 1 Twos IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET F.Wickware 0 2/3 4 5 5 1 1 1 20 7.56 A1 A7 M.Manning 4 1/3 4 2 2 0 4 1 64 5.82 A8 C6 D.Radcliffe LOSS(2-3) 4 2 2 2 3 1 1 61 4.07 C7 Totals 9 10 9 9 4 6 3 ATTENDANCE- 33,997 DATE- Wednesday, June 6th 1900 TIME- Night T- 2:44 LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 4 Twos: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Twos: 1 ERRORS- D.Palmer, S.Treacy, W.Wright DOUBLES- J.Nights(21st), P.Pflaggstettler(11th) TRIPLES- S.Poles(7th), W.Wright(4th), P.Hill(4th) HOME RUNS- J.Nights(6th), S.Gunner(8th), H.Hays(5th), P.Hill(5th) STOLEN BASES- J.Nights(1st), S.Bankhead(4th) CAUGHT STEALING- S.Poles SACRIFICE HITS- S.Treacy WALKS- J.Nights, A.Tucker-2, P.Pflaggstettler, S.Poles, W.Wright, W.Brown-2, J.Wilson, J.Beckwith STRIKE OUTS- J.Potpie-2, S.Gunner, H.Hays, B.Blade, O.Hunter, J.Wilson, D.Radcliffe GIDP- H.Hays PASSED BALLS- H.Hays
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Old 09-05-2007, 10:52 AM   #447
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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.

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Old 09-05-2007, 01:39 PM   #448
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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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Old 09-05-2007, 02:14 PM   #449
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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.


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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Old 09-05-2007, 10:52 PM   #450
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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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