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Old 05-29-2013, 08:56 PM   #701
Breeze
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7/29 Radio Broadcast - Game 113

Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium
The players are on the field
and we're almost ready to go
As Jackie Robinson prepares to face Babson
let's check out the FOFC defense
At first base is Potpie
Fouts is down at the hot corner
Blade and Nights
are at second and short, respectively
From left to right... Ton,
Tucker and Gazelle
and now Hays is just
settling in behind the plate
The windup, the pitch
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Robinson gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
One down for Left Outs
Mickey Cochrane is still
in the on-deck circle
and Willie McCovey is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Walking up to the plate now is Cochrane
Willie McCovey waits on deck
Cochrane needs to get on...
He has a .357 on base percentage
Babson is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Babson gets the sign from Hays
Here's the windup and the 0-2 delivery
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Cochrane swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Hays loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Mickey as he was heading for the dugout
And there's two away

McCovey finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
The lefty, McCovey has a seasonal
average of .257
His success against righties, like Babson
is better, however, at .262
Set now is McCovey
Babson brings it to the plate
McCovey swings and hits
a high fly to right
It is right along the line...
Gazelle is over at the fence... reaches...
It's going to be close...
Just out of the reach of Gazelle
Foul ball into the seats
He would have had a chance
in most other parks
Only a smidgen of foul ground
out there at FOFC Stadium
. . . McCovey back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
It hits McCovey
He just stands there
Now he says a few words to Babson
Brian answers something back
The umpire steps in between
And motions McCovey to first

Here comes the "Silver Fox" to the plate
He's yelling something towards the mound!
There must be bad blood between them!
Snider waiting on the delivery
And the delivery by Babson
Snider swings a bit late on the heater...
He still pops it pretty good towards left
Unfortunately for Duke, Ton
is standing right there
Easy out
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
By the way, Left Outs is 3 and
7 in their last ten games

Left Outs has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
In the outfield from left to right
Goslin in left...
Snider in center...
And Robinson in right

The infield, third to first
Robinson will play the hot corner
Vaughan is at short
Over at second, Herman
and at first base McCovey
Carlton gets the nod as starter
The masked man behind the dish is Cochrane
FOFC second baseman, Barrett
Blade, will lead off
Blade has hit 3 home runs this year
Carlton likes the sign
Steve winds
Kicks... and delivers
It's a routine fly into center
Snider ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
FOFC with one away
Carlton steps off the mound as
he waits for Jeff Nights to
come to the plate

Nights gets set at the plate
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Nights waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Carlton's 2-2 pitch...
A hanging curve...
Nights laces it hard just to
the right of Robinson
He makes a stab at it...
Just misses it!
It's on into the outfield for a single
A wide turn by Jeff...
but he'll stay at first
as the ball comes in

And it brings up Gerald Gazelle
On deck is Jeeberoni Potpie
K. A. Ton in the hole
Gazelle has 9 doubles this year
Gazelle gets set for the pitch
Carlton kicks and fires
Big slow curve...
And it's in there, strike three
Two gone here in the bottom of the 1st
We want to welcome the FOFC
"Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Stepping in the batter's box, Potpie
Nights at first, two away
Potpie is batting .290 with
29 HR's this year
Carlton tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Carlton looks at the runner
The pitch
Hard ground ball to second
Taken by Herman
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 1 inning,
FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors
While Left Outs has no runs,
no hits and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
Left Outs has stranded 1

Left Outs will send Robinson,
Goose Goslin, and Arky Vaughan to face
Brian Babson this inning
Robinson has a .279 average against
righthanders this season
Babson adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Babson
The delivery
In the dirt
And Robinson holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Goslin is up now for Left Outs
Goslin checks for the sign
He has 7 triples this year
Goslin is ready
Babson's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Robinson dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
The runner goes
Goslin likes the hit and run...
Goslin misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
The throw by Hays...
Right on the money...
Robinson is out by a mile

Babson glares in at Goslin
Goose Goslin just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Goslin is hitting .289 against righties
Goslin waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Windup by Babson
And the pitch
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Goslin held up, and draws a walk
Babson isn't happy at all with that call

While Billy Herman heads
for the on deck circle
Arky Vaughan makes his way to the plate
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Righthander Babson's delivery
Base hit to right for Vaughan
Tony LaRussa is waving Goslin to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Vaughan at first

Planting his right foot
Herman is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Herman
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Herman looks to third for a sign
Babson squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Babson checks the runners
at first and third
Goslin bluffs a move toward home
Babson doesn't flinch
Here's the 2-2 offering
Dribbler to the mound
Babson dives and grabs it!
Over to second for one
To first
Not in time!
Score It: 1-6
Goslin scores from third!
The runner on first, Vaughan, is out
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Making his way up is Carlton
Carlton grips the bat handle
Carlton is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Babson
He's waiting for the pitch
Babson goes into his stretch...
Looks at Herman...
He fires one to Potpie...
Herman dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Babson comes home
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
That does it for Left Outs here
in the top of the 2nd
But they pick up 1 run
So After 1 and a half innings,
Left Outs leads 1 to 0

K. A. Ton stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Carlton is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Carlton looks in...
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Sinking fastball...
Ton swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Vaughan...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle
and Dan Fouts is looking for
a bat in the dugout

Harry Hays steps in now for the All Stars
The Leftovers lead in this one, 1-zip
Left-hander Steve Carlton
prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Hays
And the lefthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Hays lifts a long fly ball...
Heading into right...
Hit pretty good, carrying very well...
Robinson heading back...
IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN!

Next up for FOFC is Dan Fouts
Fouts is at .273 on the season
Carlton has the sign from Cochrane
Now the delivery, here is is...
Swung on...and hit way, way up
Under it is Cochrane...and he's got it
Left Outs gets the second
out of the inning

Tucker moseys up to the plate
Brian Babson is heading for
the on-deck circle
The score is tied at 1
Carlton is happy with the sign
Carlton brings it to the plate
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Babson departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Time is called...
Babson has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
He's ready
Carlton fires
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Babson looks at strike three
The All Stars are retired in
their half of the 2nd
They pick up 1 run to tie it up
We've played two here in FOFC
It's all even at 1

Robinson heads for the plate
leading off this inning for Left Outs
Against righthanders
Robinson is hitting .286
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The righthander Babson delivers
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Robinson gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Potpie grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Robinson for the out
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

"Black Mike" is up next
Mickey is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon
He struck out in his last plate appearance
Mickey steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Babson is behind in the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
There's a shot off the bat
of Mickey Cochrane
But it's right at Blade
who makes the catch of the line drive
Cochrane throws his bat into
the dirt in disgust
Two up, two down for Left Outs

And now here's Willie McCovey
Duke Snider on deck...
Two outs here in the top of the 3rd
Willie McCovey is hitting .262 this year
against righthanded pitchers
The umpire says let's go
McCovey is ready
Babson kicks, delivers
Inside slider...
McCovey hits it over the bag at first
Gazelle giving chase...
He plays it nicely in the
corner off the fence
McCovey doesn't slow down
rounding first...
Here's the throw from Gazelle...
But McCovey is into second with a double

Now here's Snider
Duke is hitting at .288 on the year
He has 98 hits in 340 at bats
This includes 14 doubles, 4 triples
32 home runs and 88 RBI's
Duke steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Here's the 1-1 pitch
Grounded towards the middle
Nights dives and grabs it!
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side...
Snider fails to come through in the clutch
For Left Outs, No runs, one hit, no
errors and one man left on base

Barrett Blade, Jeff Nights, and
Gerald Gazelle are due up
Blade is 0 for 1 today
Steve looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Now ready, here it is...
Slider, inside corner of the plate...
Swung on...
Slashed over the infield...
Single for Blade...
He takes a big turn and holds up

McCovey and Blade are cracking up
Joe Adcock must've told 'em a good joke
We'll have to ask what it
was after the game

Next up for the All Stars is Jeff Nights
Blade takes his lead
Carlton gets the sign, it's one he likes
Carlton rocks and fires
Nights maneuvers to hit behind the runner
Smashed to first
McCovey trots to the bag
The hit and run moves the runner up.
Score It: 3
One gone for FOFC

That'll bring up All Stars' right
fielder Gerald Gazelle...
All Stars with a runner in scoring
position at second
Gazelle is 0 for 1 today
Carlton steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The lefty Carlton delivers
Gazelle rips one hard to left
Goose Goslin is on his horse
as he retreats to the fence
He is looking up...
Will he have a chance???

And this ball is caught!
Two down
Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the All Stars

Jeeberoni Potpie is up next
FOFC's first baseman finds
1 on with 2 outs
Potpie goes through his routine
of settling in
Steve is getting his sign from Cochrane
Hopefully it isn't for the gopher ball
He has quite a tendency
to deliver those up
In 158 innings
Steve has allowed righties
to crush 17 dingers!
Here's the 1-1 offering
There's a routine pop by Potpie
Vaughan moves under it and
makes the routine catch
Potpie chokes in the clutch!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

AL Post WWII and Japanese League
are deadlocked at 2
Ryan and Kaneda currently dueling
Old Timers and Caribbean
are all knotted at 1
Keefe and Valenzuela currently dueling
Turn of Century leads Negro
League I 3 to 2
Dihigo has hit his 9th homerun
for Negro League I
Dead Ball Era slipping by
AL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Negro League II and NL Post
WWII are all knotted at 3
Late 20th slipping by NL Pre WWII 4 to 2
Johnson battling Hubbell
And in our contest The score
is knotted at 1

Frank Robinson up first for Left Outs
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Frank looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Tony LaRussa flashes a series of them...
Now Robinson taps the bat on home plate
Now set, Robinson waits for the pitch
Babson brings it to the plate
Robinson swings
He sends one into the deepest
part of the park
That's going to get through to the wall
Robinson rounds second...
The throw not nearly in time, a triple

The left fielder, Goose Goslin, is up next
Goslin is batting .291 with
22 HR's this year
Babson ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Now Brian delivers
Goslin flies out to left
Tony LaRussa is giving the green light...
Here's the play at the plate...
Robinson scores!

Nobody on base, one away
Vaughan steps into the batter's box
Vaughan is 1 for 1 today
Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Vaughan
Babson's righthanded delivery...
Long fly to left
Ton has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Vaughan is retired on a fairly deep fly
That's two away

Settling in at the plate is Herman
Billy is hitting at .253 on the year
He has 64 hits in 253 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Herman hit into a force
play his last time up
Babson adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Babson winds and delivers
The 3-2 pitch
Drilled on the ground to short
Nights comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for Left Outs
After 3 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
Left Outs on top 2 to 1

Ton is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Ton gets set
He's 0 for 1 so far
K. A. is ready for the delivery
The lefty winds and delivers
Ton swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Carlton strikes out K. A. Ton
And there's one away

Harry Hays, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Hays wiggles the bat above his head
Hays awaits the pitch
The pitch to Hays...
That's hit down the line
IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . .
WILL IT STAY FAIR???
NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!!
. . . Hays back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Hays rips a whistling liner down the line
Bingo! Robinson spears it!
A shot right at the Left
Outs third baseman
Piece of cake!
Two down
Carlton gets the first two batters
here in the bottom of the 4th

The third baseman, Dan Fouts
will be up next for FOFC
Fouts is 0 for 1 today
Dan fouled out last time around
Carlton peers in for the sign
Fouts is a formidable opponent
Steve has allowed 17 home runs
versus righties this year
And Dan is no ordinary hitter
Carlton throws the 2-2 pitch
Curve...Swung on by Fouts...
Lined right back over the mound...
Through into center field for a single

A. J. Tucker is up next
The All Stars' center fielder
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting
right-handed against the
lefty Steve Carlton
Tucker waits patiently
The pitch on the way, here it is...
That's ball four
Tucker will trot down to first
Fouts is now down on second

Two on, two outs...
Babson steps to the plate
Carlton looks down at Cochrane
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
Hot shot grounded to third
Taken by Robinson
Over to McCovey
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
That ends the inning
After 4 innings, Left Outs leads by 1

Steve Carlton, Jackie Robinson,
and Mickey Cochrane are due
up for the Leftovers
Left Outs leads, 2-1
Babson studies his sign
Now Brian delivers
Steve Carlton hits a high
pop fly on the infield
Jeeberoni Potpie calls everyone off
The ball drifts a bit...
But Potpie is there to make the play
That's one away

Robinson, the third baseman, moves
into the batter's box

Left Outs ahead 2 to 1
Robinson is 0 for 2 today
Jackie grounded out last time up
Robinson waits for the delivery
Babson leans back and fires
Change-up, Robinson is looking for it...
He smacks a deep fly to left-center...
Tucker is at the warning track...
HE STUMBLES!!!...
The ball rolls to the fence...
Robinson coasts into second...
Robinson will get a double
from the offical scorer

Cochrane saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Cochrane digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Babson
Cochrane readies himself for the pitch
Babson brings it home
A slider by Babson
Cochrane gets good wood on it...
Gazelle back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Babson
Brian nods "UH HUH"

That'll bring up Willie McCovey
Duke Snider will follow if
McCovey gets aboard
Hays is rubbing his thumb
He hurt it two or three days ago
And it still bothers him...
Some of Babson's pitches really
cause him to wince
But he wants to play through it
McCovey steps into the box
Willie is batting at .260
with 24 home runs
He is 1 for 1 so far today
Brian is ready
Babson looks back towards second...

The pitch
Just inside, BALL FOUR
And McCovey walks
That's 3 walks given up by Babson today

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Duke Snider
Snider scuffs up the lines around the box
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
A check on the runners... the pitch
Snider offers at the pitch,
but checks his swing
Oh, Duke couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive
to Blade for the out
Snider never even left the batter's box
That retires the side...
Duke Snider fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often

Here's Blade to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

AL Post WWII is edging Japanese
League 3 to 2
Fisk has hit his 7th homerun
for AL Post WWII
Caribbean is in front of Old Timers 6 to 3
Valenzuela comfortably ahead for Caribbean
Negro League I leads Turn
of Century 4 to 3
Day battling Mathewson
Dead Ball Era is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1
NL Post WWII is in front of
Negro League II 6 to 3
Late 20th with the lead over
NL Pre WWII 6 to 3
And in our contest Left Outs on top 2 to 1
Steve peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The lefthander winds and delivers
Curveball...
Up in the strike zone...
Swung on and drilled into center
Snider racing back...
The ball is hit over his head
It hits off the 7 foot high fence
And there's Blade around first base
Snider with a strong throw...
But off the bag
Barrett comes into second
sliding with a double
That's 18 doubles for Blade on the year

Up next for the All Stars
The shortstop, Jeff Nights
On-deck is Gerald Gazelle
To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
Jeff takes a couple of practice cuts
Cochrane flashes the sign to Carlton
The lefthander Carlton comes home with it
Flyball to right
it's caught
Blade might have a chance to move up...
Robinson makes the catch...
Blade is tagging up at second...
He'll move up to third as the
throw comes into second

Gazelle now at the plate
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
We'll see how they pitch to Gazelle
Carlton eyes Gazelle intently
The 0-2 pitch...
Carlton lets it fly...
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Gazelle swung, that's strike three
Gazelle isn't happy at all with that call
One more chance for FOFC in
the bottom of the 5th

The All Stars have Blade on third
Potpie steps in
Potpie is at .288 on the season
Carlton asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Here's his delivery
Potpie swings...
And hits nothing but air!
Strike three!
Boy, whatta aggitatin' curve ball!
We head to the 6th...
The score is still Left
Outs 2, All Stars 1
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7/29 Radio Broadcast Continued

Here's the right fielder Robinson
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Goose Goslin
And then Arky Vaughan
Robinson swinging from the right side
facing the righty Babson
Babson has the sign he wants
Here's the righthander's delivery
Robinson gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Nights into the outfield...
Base hit for Robinson

Goose Goslin will make his
way to home plate
He's the left fielder for Left Outs
Goose checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings
Now he steps into the box
Babson is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Brian rocks and fires
It's a scorching liner to
the second baseman
OUT!
Blade didn't have to move!
Robinson stays put
One out
Arky Vaughan is due up next

Robinson extends his lead towards second
The speedy Robinson gets a big lead
Here's a change-up inside...
And he's OFF!
Here's the peg down...
Hook slide...
Out!
Nice throw

Arky Vaughan will get a
crack at Babson next
Billy Herman would be up next...
But only if Vaughan can reach safely
Vaughan has hit 8 triples this year
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
The righthander delivers
Grounded towards the bag
Babson takes the flip from Potpie
Score It: 3-1
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
So After 5 and a half innings
Left Outs has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
6 hits and no errors
Left Outs has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 6

Ton steps up to the plate for FOFC
It's the bottom of the 6th at FOFC Stadium
The righthander, Ton has
an average of .273
His success against lefties, like Carlton
is better, however, at .311
And Steve studies the sign
from Cochrane...
Now he's got it
The pitch is on the way
Fastball... down and away...
Carlton just misses the
corner... ball four
That's 2 walks given up by Carlton today

Hays digs in at the plate
Ready now for Carlton to come set
Carlton steps on the rubber
Carlton looks at the runner
The pitch
Curveball, breaking away
Hays swings...
Hits a slow grounder to short
Vaughan is charging...
Picks up the ball barehanded
Then throws wildly over McCovey's head
It's into rightfield
There will be no play on Hays
He's into second easily on the error
Score It: E6
Ton takes third
Hays to second

Fouts gets set at the plate
2 men in scoring position
Carlton peers in for the sign
Fouts is a formidable opponent
Steve has allowed 17 home runs
versus righties this year
And Dan is no ordinary hitter
The 2-2 delivery by the lefthander
Fouts is waiting
Dan need wait no more... he's outta here
Just another victim of Carlton's
breaking ball
One out
Due up next is A. J. Tucker

Tucker leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
A. J. is hitting at .297 on the year
He has 141 hits in 475 at bats
This includes 17 doubles, 7 triples
6 home runs and 48 RBI's
A. J. steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Carlton's pitch
Now Steve delivers
Groundball down the line
That's into the outfield for extra bases!
Tucker coasts into second
He's got a double
Ton scores from third!
Hays scores from second!

Up now is Palmer
The All Stars have Tucker on second
Palmer is batting .334 with
6 HR's this year
Here's some stats on Carlton
up to this point in the game...
So far in 5 1/3 innings, Steve has
allowed 3 runs on 7 hits
He has given up 2 walks
while striking out 6
The southpaw delivers the 2-2 pitch
Base hit to left for Palmer
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Blade up
The All Stars have Palmer on first
Blade steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Blade is waiting on the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Blade sends a scorcher to third
Robinson takes it on one hop
Fires to Herman for one
Back to McCovey for the double play!
That's all for the All Stars
After 6 innings in FOFC this afternoon,
FOFC on top 4 to 2

It's the Leftovers' turn at bat
here in the top of the 7th
Billy Herman, Steve Carlton,
and Jackie Robinson
are due up to face righthander
James Rodney
Billy is batting .252 with
3 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
Set now is Herman
Now James delivers
Herman is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
One up, one down

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Willie Stargell will bat for Steve Carlton
It will be the lefthand hitting, Stargell
against the righty Rodney
Stargell is hitting righties
for a .346 average

Nobody on, one away for Left Outs
Up now is Stargell
Stargell has hit 7 home runs this year
Rodney studies his sign
The 0-2 pitch...
Rodney lets it fly...
Struck him out on a fastball
Stargell goes down swinging
FOFC on top 4 to 2 with
two away this inning

Now batting will be Robinson
The third baseman for Left Outs
Robinson is batting .275
with 5 HR's this year
Rodney adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Here's his delivery
Robinson hits a three hopper
towards Dan Fouts
Fouts scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That's it for Left Outs
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
6 and a half innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors
While Left Outs has 2 runs,
5 hits and one error
Left Outs has left 5 on base
FOFC has stranded 6

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Early Wynn will be coming on
to pitch for Left Outs
Early has appeared in 64 games this season
He has a record of 3-7
in 128 innings
His ERA stands at 4.86

The shortstop Nights
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
Before getting ready
Nights checks out the defensive alignment
All set, Nights is ready for the pitch
The pitch to Nights...
Nights swings and lines it
on the nose to left
Goslin picks it up on one bounce
Flips it in to second
Nights rounds first and holds
with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball
that he was just "sitting" on

Nights watches Wynn carefully
As he stretches out to his lead
Wynn looks Nights back...
He's taking a shorter lead now

The All Stars' right fielder is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with no outs
Gazelle has had trouble making contact
He has 2 strike outs this afternoon
He's in his crouch
Gazelle can really swing that wood
Wynn quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Cochrane
Nights dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says
Nights made it back
With one down, up next is Jeeberoni Potpie
To be followed by K. A. Ton

Here's Jeeberoni Potpie
Potpie gets set
He's 0 for 3 so far
Potpie awaits the delivery
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Nights dives back in!...
SAFE!
McCovey tosses it back to Wynn
Now here's the pitch
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Potpie looks at strike three
That's the second out of the inning

K. A. Ton will get a crack at Wynn next
Harry Hays would be up next...
But only if Ton can reach safely
Ton is taking his practice swings
K. A. is 0 for 2 this afternoon
He drew a walk last time at bat
Ton concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
Wynn will have to come in with this one
A 3-0 count...
Wynn delivers...
Fastball juuust outside
Ball four!
Ton tosses his bat away
and trots down to first
Wynn serves up four stright wide ones

The catcher, Hays, is ready to bat
FOFC on top 4 to 2 in the
bottom of the 7th
Harry steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Harry is 1 for 3 today with 1 home run
Hays waits patiently
Early checks the runners
Steps off the rubber...

Again he's into the stretch...
The pitch
Drilled on the ground to short
Vaughan grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46993

Here's the catcher Cochrane
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Willie McCovey
And then Duke Snider
Cochrane steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Mickey is 0 for 3 today
Knowles is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
And the lefthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Shallow fly ball
Tucker charging
HE DIVES...
HE'S GOT IT!
So one up and one gone

Knowles glares in at McCovey
as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
McCovey is 1 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Fouts is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
McCovey is set for the pitch
Knowles kicks and fires
McCovey swings at the change-up...
Pounds it good!...
It's going into deep right
Pflaggstettler is racing back...
He's at the fence...
But he might as well wave that one goodbye
It's gone!
Quite a shot by McCovey
Traveling about 420 feet
That's home run number 25 for him
He also has 69 RBI's now

The "Duke of Flatbush" will step in
Snider can't seem to get
settled at the plate
The left-hander Knowles is now ready
The lefthander delivers
Curve ball...
Snider swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two gone for Left Outs

FOFC on top 4 to 3, two outs
Robinson is up to see what he can do
Left-hander Bo Knowles prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Robinson
Bo winds... kicks... and delivers
Robinson swings and smacks
a line drive into left
Gazelle comes over and
plays it on one hop
A single for the Left Outs right fielder
Two out base knock
It is surprising how often they
lead to trouble...
We'll see...

Goose Goslin steps up to the plate
Robinson, with excellent
speed, is at first
Goose is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon
He's batting .291 on the season
Goslin is ready
Bo rocks and fires
It's popped up into foul territory
Harry Hays is under it
He makes a nice play on it
Score It: 2
That's all for Left Outs
in the top of the 8th
They pick up 1 run
After 7 and a half innings,
FOFC still leads, 4-3

Dan Fouts, A. J. Tucker, and
Persimmon Pflaggstettler are due up
Left Outs has the outfield
shaded towards right
Fouts is 1 for 3 today
Fouts waits for the delivery
Righthander Wynn's delivery
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Fouts!
With one down

McCovey yells something out to Wynn
Early nods his head

At the plate now for FOFC is Tucker
Tucker is 2 for 2 today
A. J. doubled last time around
A. J. is set for the pitch
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Slow ground ball
Robinson is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 1

Pflaggstettler pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Wynn
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is
hitting .308 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Pflaggstettler awaits the delivery
And the righthander starts to
work on Pflaggstettler
Here comes the pitch
Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler
holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Cochrane asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Pflaggstettler went around
Strike three, swinging
That's all for the All Stars
After 8 full innings,
they lead by 1

Here's Arky Vaughan leading off
Billy Herman is on deck
And Early Wynn is in the hole
Vaughan is 1 for 3 today
Arky grounded out last time up
Vaughan waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Knowles brings it to the plate
Vaughan rips the curve to left-center...
Gazelle racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
It's over his head!
Vaughan will lope into
second with a double

Herman finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Vaughan is on second, nobody out
Knowles tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Here's the 0-2 offering
Herman swings and misses, strike three!
Billy chased a curve ball in the dirt
One down for Left Outs
Early Wynn is still in the on-deck circle
and Jackie Robinson is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Sparky Anderson will send
up a pinch hitter
Yes, Harry Heilmann steps
out of the dugout
He will be up there against Knowles
Heilmann is batting .331 on the year
He has 18 round trippers and 65 RBI's

Harry Heilmann will be coming up
Sparky Anderson loves the pop in his bat
Heilmann has a .309 average against
righthanders this season
Knowles is ready quickly
Knowles' behind on the count
Here's the 2-0 offering
Grounded towards the sack
Fouts grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 5-3
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
AL Post WWII edged out Japanese
League 6 to 5
Caribbean cuffed Old Timers 9 to 6
Valenzuela the winner, he's now 6-7
Keefe takes the loss, his
record drops to 8-13
Negro League I nipped Turn
of Century 5 to 4
Dead Ball Era nipped AL Pre WWII 3 to 2
NL Post WWII nipped Negro League II 7 to 6
Banks has hit his 38th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Late 20th topped NL Pre WWII 7 to 4
Hubbell takes the loss, his
record drops to 10-13
Johnson the winner, he's now 10-12
And in our matchup FOFC ahead 4 to 3

Sparky Anderson has called for Hack Wilson
Hack will come up now to bat for Jackie
Robinson against Knowles
Wilson is batting .353 as a pinch hitter
He has 2 pinch home runs

Here's the 5'6", 190 pound
Ellwood City, Pa.-born Hack Wilson
sauntering to the plate
The outfield shades towards
left for Wilson
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Here comes the cripple pitch
Wilson hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
And that will do it for Left Outs
FOFC wins 4 to 3
Babson gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Carlton takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Harry Hays
He was 1 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Left Outs Leftovers At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/29/1900 Leftovers AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG J.Robinson 3B 4 0 1 0 .274 B.Blade 2B 4 0 2 0 .269 E-H.Wilson PH 1 0 0 0 .287 J.Nights SS 4 0 2 0 .282 M.Cochrane C 4 0 0 0 .266 G.Gazelle RF,LF 4 0 0 0 .265 W.McCovey 1B 2 1 2 1 .263 J.Potpie 1B 4 0 0 0 .287 D.Snider CF 4 0 0 0 .286 K.Ton LF 2 1 0 0 .273 F.Robinson RF 3 1 3 0 .265 B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Goslin LF 2 1 0 1 .290 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- A.Vaughan SS 4 0 2 0 .318 H.Hays C 4 2 1 1 .336 B.Herman 2B 4 0 0 1 .250 D.Fouts 3B 4 0 1 0 .272 S.Carlton P 2 0 0 0 .245 A.Tucker CF 3 1 2 2 .298 B-W.Stargell PH 1 0 0 0 .325 B.Babson P 2 0 0 0 .087 E.Wynn P 0 0 0 0 .100 A-D.Palmer PH 1 0 1 1 .337 D-H.Heilmann PH 1 0 0 0 .330 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-P.Pflaggstettler RF 1 0 0 0 .304 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 3 8 3 Totals 33 4 9 4 A-Pinch Hit For Babson In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Carlton In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Rodney In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Wynn In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Robinson In 9th Inning Leftovers....... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 8 1 All Stars....... 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 9 0 Leftovers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Carlton LOSS(6-8) 6 8 4 3 2 6 1 102 5.76 E.Wynn 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 31 4.79 Totals 8 9 4 3 3 10 1 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Babson WIN(9-10) 6 5 2 2 3 1 0 107 3.59 J.Rodney HOLD(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 3.26 B.Knowles HOLD(5th) 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 23 4.05 S.Knowles SAVE(21st) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 1.51 Totals 9 8 3 3 3 5 1 ATTENDANCE- 46,993 DATE- Sunday, July 29th 1900 TIME- Day T- 1:28 LEFT ON BASE- Leftovers: 7 All Stars: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Leftovers: 1 All Stars: 0 ERRORS- A.Vaughan DOUBLES- J.Robinson(18th), W.McCovey(13th), A.Vaughan(20th), B.Blade(18th), A.Tucker(18th) TRIPLES- F.Robinson(6th) HOME RUNS- W.McCovey(25th), H.Hays(11th) CAUGHT STEALING- F.Robinson-2 SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Goslin WALKS- W.McCovey, F.Robinson, G.Goslin, K.Ton-2, A.Tucker HIT BY PITCH- W.McCovey STRIKE OUTS- M.Cochrane, D.Snider, B.Herman-2, W.Stargell, G.Gazelle-3, J.Potpie-2, K.Ton, D.Fouts-2, B.Babson, P.Pflaggstettler GIDP- B.Blade
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LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# 2001 Negro League I NLO 67 48 .583 ---- 40 2001 AL Pre WWII A1H 66 48 .579 .5 2001 Old Timers OTH 62 53 .539 5.0 2001 Late 20th L20 59 55 .518 7.5 2001 Dead Ball Era DBH 58 58 .500 9.5 2001 AL Post WWII A2H 46 68 .404 20.5 2002 Japanese League JLP 29 86 .252 38.0 National WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# 1000 FOFC FAS 74 40 .649 ---- 40 2001 NL Post WWII N2H 74 41 .643 .5 2001 NL Pre WWII N1H 60 55 .522 14.5 2001 Turn of Century TCH 59 55 .518 15.0 2001 Caribbean CAP 54 60 .474 20.0 2001 Left Outs LOH 50 64 .439 24.0 2001 Negro League II NLT 44 71 .383 30.5

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7/29 Press Conference

Lou Scribe, “Benton, you’ve been able to scratch your way back into first place. How do you feel about your team’s play right now?”

“I feel like I’m going to have a heart attack. Three 1 run wins in a row will do that to a guy. But honestly, I’ve very proud of the guys. They have responded well to adversity, they worked hard and have really focused on the task at hand, and it’s enabled us to get back into first place?”

Dan Reader, “You’re in first place.”

“Yes Dan, we are, by a half a game,” I respond and quickly look for the next question.

Scribe, “What do you attribute the better play recently to?”

“Lou, honestly, it’s been pretty well rounded. We’ve gotten better starts from the guys, which always sets the tone, but we are getting timely hitting and just all-in-all playing better baseball.”

Hack Jobb, “Benton, why has this team been so streaky this season. You jump up by 5 then find yourself scrambling to hold the lead, then you’re back up by 5…”

“I wish I knew so I could cut out the bad stretches. I believe some of it is related to who we are playing and who the NL Posters are playing. There is a significant difference in talent from team to team, and based on where you are in your schedule, you could be benefiting from being in a soft spot or suffering from hitting a streak of good or hot teams. I just hope that we get on our own hot streak now that we’ve started playing better.”

Tom O’Carver, “Bo Knowles is coming back…any idea what that will do to your pen and rotation?”

“Bo will fall into his normal spot as the lefty late. As for the rotation, Nielsen, Babson, Williams are all doing great. I tried Foz in that fourth spot with Mighty filling Bo’s left handed arm in the pen, but that didn’t work too well. Foz really struggled after initially getting off to a good start. I’ll probably put Mighty back out there in the fourth spot, and I’m not sure if I’ll use Hunter or Foz when I actually need a fifth in the rotation.”

“Have you thought about moving Rodney into the rotation?” Jobb with a follow up…

“Oh sure, but why would I. He’s been lights out in his current role. He was awesome tonight, and has been all year. I think I like him right where he is.”

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7/30 Radio Broadcast - Game 114

It's just about time for baseball!
Welcome baseball fans from
around the country
The Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System
takes great pleasure in presenting you
this afternoon's contest between
visiting Left Outs and FOFC
John Williams will be on the
mound for the All Stars
He currently has a fine 11 and 2 record
This will be his 21st start...
1 have been completed
In his 129 innings, he has struck out 69
He will go up against Left
Outs' Ferguson Jenkins
Jenkins is at 9 and 8
with a 3.77 ERA
Jackie Robinson, Left Outs' second
baseman, will lead-off
He has earned this slot
with a fine .365 OBP
Billy Herman and Harry
Heilmann will follow
We'll be right back!
Williams winds and delivers
The 1-1 pitch
Robinson gets around on a fastball
He sends one deep to left
This could be big trouble...
There goes Gunner after it
He is really moving...
At the warning track...
Jumps...
WHAT A CATCH!
Holy Cow... Robinson is outta there!
My Word!... very nice...
Robinson can't believe it
So one up and one gone

Nobody on, one away for Left Outs
Up now is Herman
John gets the sign from Hays
Williams kicks and delivers
Fastball...
Herman jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Tucker after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by A. J. Tucker!
That's two away

Heilmann is up now for Left Outs
Heilmann has a .398 average
against lefthanders
He is .330 overall
Heilmann waits patiently
Here's his delivery
LINE DRIVE
Terp reaches
He makes a great catch!
Score It: 6
Three up, three down for Left Outs

While the Leftovers take the field
let me run through the All
Stars' batting order
Barrett Blade, A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni
Potpie will be the first three
to face off against Jenkins
The clean-up hitter for FOFC is
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He will be followed by Stan Gunner,
then Deacon Palmer
The bottom third of the line-up will have
Harry Hays batting seventh, Kris
Terp in the eighth spot,
and John Williams will bat ninth
Here's Blade to lead things off
Jenkins ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Jenkins rocks and fires
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Blade...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Vaughan made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach

Blade watches Jenkins as he
inches away from the base
Jenkins' move keeps Blade guessing
He doesn't have a very good lead
He's running with the pitch!
Foxx is up and firing down...
Throws a frozen rope to Vaughan...
The slide...
Out by a mile!

While Jeeberoni Potpie heads
for the on deck circle
A. J. Tucker makes his way to the plate
Tucker has a .289 average against
righthanders this season
Jenkins toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Foxx
Ferguson rocks and fires
Hard slider...
Tucker swings from his heels...
He connects!...
There it goes...
Wilson is up against the fence
But he has no chance for this shot
IT'S DOWNTOWN!!!
What a blast by A. J.

Potpie finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Potpie is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Potpie awaits the delivery
Jenkins winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Sinker grounded to the left side...
Herman moving behind the bag...
Gets his glove on it...
Here's a strong throw across
the diamond...
SAFE!!!
Score it a single for Potpie!

Walking up now to the plate
is Pflaggstettler
Left Outs is set up for two
Jenkins is slow to get ready

He has a 5.21 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The righthander Jenkins' delivery
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Foxx
Potpie dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says
Potpie made it back

Potpie takes a walking lead
Potpie breaks for second on the slider
Foxx takes the pitch...
The throw...
Wide of the bag...
Potpie slides in safely
with a stolen base!
Number 2 in 1900

Stan Gunner steps into the box
Gunner is batting .269 with
14 round trippers in 1900
Jenkins shakes off the sign by Foxx
We have Ferguson Jenkins and John Williams
matched up in this one as we play
in the bottom of the first
Jenkins brings it to the plate
Paaahhhhhpped it up.......
Robinson makes the easy catch!
Gunner chokes in the clutch!
That's all for the All Stars
in the bottom of the 1st
They get 1 run
After 1 inning, FOFC ahead 1 to 0

Foxx is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Williams kicks and fires
Swung on and popped up
Palmer is waiting...
And that's an easy out
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

The free swinging, power hitting
center fielder, Hack Wilson,
is coming up to bat
Wilson is batting .287 with
11 homers this year
Wilson is waiting on the pitch
Williams' into the windup... the delivery
He rips a grounder to short
Terp grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Williams
John nods "UH HUH"

Making his way up is Robinson
Frank takes a couple of practice cuts
John peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
It's coming down the pike
There's a high pop down
the left field line
It's going to go into foul territory
Palmer and Terp are chasing
it down the line
Palmer makes the catch
over his shoulder going away
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
Time to check out the rest of the scores

AL Post WWII is beating Japanese
League 4 to 0
Newhouser comfortably ahead
for AL Post WWII
Old Timers and Caribbean have yet to score
Turn of Century is on top of
Negro League I 2 to 0
AL Pre WWII slipping by
Dead Ball Era 2 to 0
Grove and McGinnity currently dueling
Negro League II slipping
by NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Holland and Spahn currently dueling
NL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 2 to 0
Klein has hit his 11th homerun
for NL Pre WWII

Deacon Palmer stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Palmer digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Jenkins
Palmer readies himself for the pitch
The righthander delivers
Hot line drive to short
Vaughan tries it
He snares it for the out!
Score It: 6
One up, one down

Hays, FOFC's catcher,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Kris Terp waits on deck
Hays is no push-over in the number 7 slot
He is batting .336 in 244 at bats
Kris Terp makes his way to
the on-deck circle
Jenkins is happy with the sign
Jenkins' righthanded delivery...
Outside fastball... lashed at by Hays...
Pop fly...Shallow right...
Dropping quickly...
Heilmann pulls up, doesn't
want it to get by him
Base hit for Hays...
As Heilmann fields it on one bounce

Kris Terp is up to face Ferguson Jenkins
Jenkins has the sign from Foxx
Now the delivery, here is is...
Terp drives the ball to center
for extra bases
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Hays scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Double for Terp

John Williams moves in to face Jenkins
1 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 2nd
Williams grips the bat handle
The bat is cocked
Here's the 3-1 offering
He rips a grounder to third
Herman comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 2
The All Stars have 5 hits on the afternoon

The All Stars' second baseman is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs
Before getting ready
Blade checks out the defensive alignment
Blade waiting on the delivery
Here's the 3-1 offering
Driven down the line
Goose Goslin is running hard
It's out of his reach
Blade rounds first
Goslin has the ball
Blade digging for 2nd
He's slides in, Safe!
Terp scores from third!

Tucker digs in at the plate
Ready now for Jenkins to come set
Tucker is at .299 on the season
Ferguson looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Vaughan trying to slip in behind Blade
Now he slips away
Here's the 0-1 offering
There's a jam shot off the hands of Tucker
It's a routine catch of the soft
liner by Jackie Robinson
That retires the side... but not before
2 runs cross the plate for FOFC
After 2 innings, FOFC leads 3 to 0

Goslin is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Goslin gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
With one down, up next is Arky Vaughan
To be followed by Ferguson Jenkins

Now here's Vaughan
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Vaughan at the plate
Vaughan is poised and ready for the pitch
Williams brings it to the plate
It's hit down the line
Gunner ranges over quickly
He's under it
Easy out
Two up, two down

Now batting will be Ferguson Jenkins
Time is called...
Jenkins has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
And John studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 1-2 pitch
Struck him out on a fastball
Jenkins goes down swinging
That wraps up the inning for Left Outs
By the way, Left Outs is 2 and
8 in their last ten games

As we get ready to start
the bottom of the 3rd
Potpie is talking to Foxx
Potpie is 1 for 1 today
Jeeberoni singled last time up
The umpire says let's go
Potpie is ready
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Hard liner up the middle
It takes a crazy bounce!
It deflects to Vaughan
Here's the play at first
Just in time!
That ball got a piece of Jenkins
What a fluky play!
Score It: 6-3
And there's one away

Coming up for FOFC is Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Nobody on base, one out
Jenkins studies his sign
Now ready, here it is...
Changeup down low...
Pflaggstettler makes contact
and hits one out to center
Hack Wilson is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Jenkins
Two down
Foxx asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Foxx and Jenkins

Jenkins looks down at Gunner
as he steps in
Stan is ready to go
Gunner is at .267 on the season
Now set, Gunner waits for the pitch
The pitch to Gunner...
Gunner rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Wilson is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Hack Wilson
That's all for the All Stars
No runs, no hits and no errors...
We've played three, here...
FOFC ahead 3 to 0

The Left Outs second baseman, Robinson,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Billy Herman
And then Harry Heilmann
Jackie is hitting at .273 on the year
He has 99 hits in 362 at bats
Left Outs' leadoff hitter...
Jackie has scored 58 runs on the season
Jackie steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Williams' pitch
The windup, and the 2 strike pitch
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Robinson swung, that's strike three
Robinson isn't happy at all with that call
So one up and one gone

Herman saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Herman is at .249 on the season
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The 2-0 delivery by the lefthander
Herman laces a hit into the outfield
A. J. Tucker picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Herman holds with a single

One away, Herman at first
Heilmann is coming to the plate
Harry looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Tony LaRussa flashes a series of them...
Now Heilmann taps the bat on home plate
Harry steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Williams' pitch
Williams brings it home
Hit right back to Williams
Turns and throws to second for one
On to first and Heilmann is gone as well
We head to the bottom of the 4th
here in FOFC...
Still 3-0, FOFC

Leading off the bottom of the
4th is Deacon Palmer
FOFC ahead 3 to 0
Jenkins looks down at Foxx for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Righthander Jenkins' delivery
Palmer rips the curve to left-center...
Turning at the sound of the bat
Wilson is racing back to the fence...
He reaches up for the drive...
It's over his head!
He plays the bounce off the fence
But he needn't hurry
Palmer will lope into second with a double

Hays gets set at the plate
Palmer is on second, nobody out
Jenkins wastes no time
He has the sign from Foxx
The pitch is on the way
Drilled on the ground to third
Herman comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 5-3
One out
Due up next is Kris Terp

All Stars' shortstop Terp
is up next
One out, man on second
Jenkins is ready quickly
The pitch is on the way
Waist high fastball...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Wilson after it...
Racing hard...
He dives...
Just misses it!
It bangs off the wall
Terp heading for second
He pulls up with a two bagger
The throw was cut off
Also give Kris an RBI on the play

One on, one out
Coming up next is Williams
Williams wiggles the bat above his head
Right-hander Jenkins prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Williams
And the delivery by Jenkins
And Williams will sit down...
strike three called
One more chance for FOFC this inning

Planting his right foot
Blade is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Blade
Against righthanders
Blade is hitting .253
Blade cocks his bat
Jenkins' 0-2 pitch...
Fastball, swung on and clubbed
to left-center
It's over Goslin's head
rolling to the fence
Blade motors into second
Terp scores...
Blade is trying for third...
Goslin picks up the ball,
throws to third...
Blade slides into third...
The throw bounces...
Good grab by Herman...
Blade does a hook slide around the tag
It'll be scored a triple

A. J. Tucker is up next
The All Stars' center fielder
finds 1 on with 2 outs
Tucker is batting .299 with
7 HR's this year
Jenkins looks down at Foxx for the sign

Now he's ready...
The righthander Jenkins delivers
The ball breaks low and outside
Tucker tries to hold up
The umpire signals strike three!
That retires the side
The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning
After 4 innings, FOFC on top 5 to 0

Jimmie Foxx leading off for Left Outs
The best way to quiet the crowd is to
get a few base runners on
Foxx is 0 for 1 today
Williams steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
He brings it home
Sinking fastball...
Foxx swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's one away

The center fielder, Hack Wilson
will be up next for Left Outs
We'll see how they pitch to Wilson
Williams has the sign from Hays
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Slow ground ball
Palmer is charging it
HE DROPS IT!
That's an error
That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC

Robinson is up next
One gone, top of the 5th
Goose Goslin moves out on deck
Frank steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Tony LaRussa relays the sign
from Sparky Anderson
Robinson fouled out last time up
and now is 0 for 1
Frank seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Williams goes into his stretch...
Looks at Wilson...
He fires one to Potpie...
Wilson dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Williams comes home
Robinson is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That's the second out of the inning

Two out, Wilson at first
Coming up is Goose Goslin
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Williams looks at the runner
The pitch
He hits a tough grounder to second
Blade comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium
After 4 and a half innings
FOFC leads 5 to 0
We'll be right back...

Leading off for the All Stars
is the first baseman Potpie
He'll be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
And then Stan Gunner
Potpie saunters to the plate
The righthander is 1 for 2 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Jenkins
Potpie is hitting .288 versus
righties this year
Of his 29 homeruns,
20 came while facing righties
Potpie, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Jenkins
Jenkins fires
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 128 on the season for Jenkins
One gone for FOFC

One out, nobody on base
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is the batter
Pflaggstettler has 18 doubles this year
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Jenkins kicks and fires
Pflaggstettler hits a screamer
at Billy Herman
Herman picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Robinson off the bag
Robinson swipes with the glove

Pflaggstettler is out!
Nice play by Robinson
Two down
Jenkins retires the first two FOFC batters

Up now for FOFC is Gunner
Two away, nobody on
Jenkins squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Windup by Jenkins
And the pitch
Fastball... and it hits
Gunner... or did it?
The umpire is saying it did
But Jenkins is yelling that
the ball bounced first
Doesn't matter what he says,
Gunner gets first

Gunner inches away from first base
Another throw...
Jenkins' five throws over
have been effective
Gunner has a small lead now
He must be getting tired
from diving back in!

Palmer is up next
Two out with Gunner at first
The righthander pitching to Palmer...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .285 average
against Ferguson
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Gunner dives back in!...

SAFE!
Robinson tosses it back to Jenkins
Now here's the pitch
There's a Texas Leaguer in
front of Hack Wilson
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 5 innings,
FOFC has 5 runs, 9 hits and one error
While Left Outs has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 3 on base
Left Outs has stranded 1
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7/30 Radio Broadcast Continued

Vaughan steps up to the
plate for Left Outs
It's the top of the 6th at FOFC Stadium
Williams is pitching a beauty
here this afternoon
He has hung a 'horse collar'
on the Left Outs offense so far
0 runs on the scoreboard for Left Outs...
And FOFC with a 5 run lead
The southpaw delivers the 3-2 pitch
Change up, Vaughan is fooled...
Manages to get a piece of it
Hits a grounder in the hole...
Terp fields it cleanly...
Double pumps...
And throws it very high
Potpie cannot reach it!
The ball bounces off the grandstand
Into right field
Vaughan races for second...
Here's the throw from Pflaggstettler...
The slide...
Not in time, Safe at second!
Base hit for Vaughan, and a
throwing error on Terp
That's error number 2 of the game for FOFC

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Enos Slaughter will bat
for Ferguson Jenkins
It will be the lefthand hitting, Slaughter
against the lefty Williams
Slaughter is hitting soutpaws
for a .667 average

Slaughter heads to the plate for Left Outs
The infield is at regular depth
Slaughter scuffs up the
lines around the box
Waiting for the pitch is Slaughter
It's a full count...
Williams winds and fires...
Base hit to center for Slaughter
Tony LaRussa is waving the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

That brings up Jackie Robinson,
the second baseman
Robinson has hit 5 home runs this year
Williams rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Now John delivers
Robinson lifts a medium foul ball
towards the first base dugout
Hays gives chase as does Potpie
They both dive but can't come up with it
Robinson gets a reprieve
. . . Robinson back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
There's a dunker in front of Stan Gunner
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
While we wait for Billy Herman
to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

AL Post WWII toppling Japanese
League 7 to 0
Caribbean besting Old Timers 5 to 0
Turn of Century and Negro League
I are all knotted at 4
AL Pre WWII is beating
Dead Ball Era 6 to 2
Negro League II winning over
NL Post WWII 6 to 0
Holland enjoying the big
Negro League II lead
NL Pre WWII besting Late 20th 7 to 2
Grimes enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead
And here in FOFC FOFC ahead 5 to 1
OK, let's see if Left Outs can
get back in this ballgame
Currently down by 4

Herman is up next
Left Outs has a runner
at first and one out
Watching Williams, Herman wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
All set, Herman is ready for the pitch
Williams goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Slaughter
Fires to Potpie...
Slaughter is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Williams comes home
Herman chases the sinker...
Lines a hit into right...
Slaughter's not slowing at all
Rounds second heading to third...
Pflaggstettler throws in to
Blade covering second...
Slaughter is in at third without a play

Harry Heilmann steps in
Heilmann is batting .328
with 18 HR's this year
Williams looks in
Here's the pitch
STRIKE THREE!
Heilmann goes down swinging.

Jimmie Foxx steps into the box
Williams stares in
The pitch
Time is called by the umpire!
Williams is a little upset
He's been called for a balk!

They are issuing a free pass to Foxx
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Ball four, Foxx takes his base

Wilson departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
Left Outs trails by 3 runs
We're in the top of the 6th
Against lefthanders
Wilson is hitting .303 this season
Hack is set for the pitch
The southpaw's 0-2 delivery
Wilson is way out in front of a change-up
Strike Three
Number 5 today for Williams
That ends the inning
After 5 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 3
Early Wynn will be coming on
to pitch for Left Outs
Early has appeared in 65 games this season
with a record of 3-7
In 130 innings, he has an 4.79 ERA
Ferguson Jenkins has finished his work
here this afternoon

Harry Hays is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Wynn likes the sign
Way ahead in the count
Wynn turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Fastball, swung on...
Driven to left-center, into the gap...
Goslin goes back, back...
He's not going to get it...
It goes over his head!...
He's got to chase it down...
Has it, wings a strong throw to Herman
But Hays slides in safely at third
Just barely...
A beautiful peg by Goslin

Nobody out, Hays at third
Terp steps up to the plate
With 2 RBI's in the game
Terp has 4 on the season
Terp is ready
Wynn will try to get Terp to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Terp flies out to right
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
Here's the play at the plate...
Foxx is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Poor,)...
Hays scores!

One away, nobody on base
Treacy stands ready at the plate
Right-hander Wynn prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Treacy
"Gus" fires it home...
Fly ball to center
Wilson is under it
He makes the grab

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Blade
Blade is taking his practice swings
Barrett is 3 for 3 this afternoon
He tripled last time at bat
Foxx flashes the sign to Wynn
Robinson comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Wynn
The delivery
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Foxx fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Blade
That's all for the All Stars...
After 6 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
FOFC ahead 6 to 2

Frank Robinson leads off the inning
Hays flashes the sign...
Kronside waves it off...
Now he's happy
Kronside goes into his windup
Here it comes
Kronside comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Robinson
As he swings right through
it for strike three
Kronside retires the first batter to
face him in the top of the 7th

Walking up to the plate now is Goslin
Arky Vaughan waits on deck
Goslin is hitting .288
against righthanders
Goslin is ready
The righthander delivers
Goslin swings and lifts one toward right
Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Kronside
Jace nods "UH HUH"

Vaughan is up now for Left Outs
Vaughan is at .319 on the season
Kronside tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The righthander Kronside delivers
Ground ball to short
Terp ranges into the hole
He backhands it
Plants his right foot
And fires it to first
SAFE!

Lou Boudreau is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Early Wynn

Here's Lou Boudreau
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the All Stars ballboy
Set now is Boudreau
And the delivery by Kronside
Boudreau drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Tony LaRussa is giving the green light...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score
Double for Boudreau

Slowly coming up is Robinson for Left Outs
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC ahead 6 to 3
Robinson is hitless today, 0 for 3
Jackie flied out in his last at bat
The bat is cocked
Kronside brings it to the plate
It's a shallow fly by Robinson
Gunner runs in, calls for it
He makes the catch with
a snap of his glove
Robinson is out
So Left Outs leaves a runner
down at second
FOFC leads by 3
We will be right back...

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Herb Pennock will be coming
on to pitch for Left Outs
Herb has appeared in 59 games this season
He has a record of 8-9
in 120 innings
His ERA stands at 6.30

A. J. Tucker, Jeeberoni Potpie,
and Persimmon Pflaggstettler
are the first three
All Stars batters due up
FOFC leads, 6-3
A. J. is hitting at .298 on the year
He has 143 hits in 480 at bats
This includes 18 doubles, 7 triples
7 home runs and 51 RBI's
Tucker readies himself for the pitch
Here's his delivery
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Herman
It's by him...
Goslin comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Tucker to a single

Tucker watches Pennock move...
He's moving away from the bag
Potpie takes the curve...
Now Tucker extends his lead...
Pennock is not paying enough attention
The pitch...
And Tucker breaks for second!
The peg down by Foxx...
Too high...
Tucker slides in safely under the throw

Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
Pennock gets the sign, it's one he likes
The lefthander Pennock delivers
Hit towards the middle
Vaughan grabs it
Over to Robinson
HE BEATS THE THROW!
Potpie has himself an infield hit
Tucker takes third

Pflaggstettler steps in to face Pennock
2 on, no outs here
in the last half of the 7th
Pflaggstettler can't seem to
get settled at the plate
The umpire says let's go
Pflaggstettler is ready
The lefthander delivers
Fastball... just inside
That'll be ball four and a walk
That loads them up for FOFC

The left fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next
Gunner adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Stan is 0 for 2 this afternoon
Gunner cocks his bat
There is no place for Pennock
to put Gunner
He will have to give him something to hit
Pennock brings it to the plate
Gunner bends backward at the waist
But he gets nipped on the
chest by a fastball
Didn't hurt...
Anyone but Left Outs, that is
FOFC baserunners all move up 90 feet
Now FOFC ahead 7 to 3 here
in the bottom of the 7th

And it brings up Deacon Palmer
On deck is Harry Hays
Kris Terp in the hole
Pennock looks down at Foxx for the sign
Now he's ready
Pennock fires
Base hit to left for Palmer
Potpie scores
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is cut off...
And that allows the run to score

Now up in the FOFC seventh
will be Harry Hays
Harry steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Hays is 2 for 3 today
He tripled last time up
Pennock asks for a new ball
Rubs it down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Pennock kicks and fires
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Goslin
And he has it
One down, two to go...
Herb Pennock has to bear down now

Kris Terp, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Terp is at .176 on the season
Left-hander Herb Pennock
prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Terp
Herb checks the runners...
Goes into the stretch

The pitch
A slider by Pennock
Terp gets good wood on it...
Wilson back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's the second out of the inning

K. A. Ton will come up next
This game is a laugher for FOFC
They're up by 6 runs
FOFC leads 9 to 3
Ton grips the bat handle
Ton awaits the delivery
Now Herb delivers
Grounder... in the hole
A diving stop by Billy Herman!
He's up with it... the throw
It gets away! It's a bad throw...
Ton will advance to second
Give Ton a hit...
He takes second on the error by Herman
Score It: Single + E5
Gunner scores from second!
Palmer scores from first!
Ton to third

That'll bring up Barrett Blade
A. J. Tucker will follow
if Blade gets aboard
Foxx is rubbing his thumb
He hurt it two or three days ago
And it still bothers him...
Some of Pennock's pitches really
cause him to wince
But he wants to play through it
Blade steps into the box
Barrett is hitting at .275 on the year
He has 85 hits in 309 at bats
Today, he is 3 for 4
Blade struck out his last time up
Blade gets set for the pitch
Herb rocks and fires
Bounced towards the hole
Fielded nicely by Herman
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 5-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 7 innings
FOFC has 11 runs, 14 hits and 2 errors
While Left Outs has 3 runs,
6 hits and one error
FOFC has left 5 stranded
Left Outs has failed to bring home 4

The Left Outs third baseman, Herman,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Harry Heilmann
And then Jimmie Foxx
Herman is 2 for 3 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Palmer is even with the bag at third
Blade and Terp are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Herman waiting on the delivery
The pitch is on the way
Changeup down low...
Herman makes contact and
hits one out to left
Stan Gunner is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Hunter
Left Outs with one away
Hunter steps off the mound as
he waits for Harry Heilmann to
come to the plate

Pounding the plate with his bat
Heilmann awaits the pitch
Heilmann gets set
He's 0 for 3 so far
Heilmann waits patiently
The righthander Hunter's delivery
Heilmann drives one into right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints
over to make the play
Two out, nobody on
FOFC on top 11 to 3

Jimmie Foxx is coming to the plate
Jimmie is batting .312 with
26 home runs on the season
He is 0 for 2 today
Hunter shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Hunter's 2 strike pitch...
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 69 on the season for Hunter
Hunter shuts down Left Outs here
in the top of the 8th
So FOFC still with the lead
as we go to a commercial break

The center fielder Tucker will
start things off for the All Stars
Tucker has hit 7 home runs this year
Pennock wastes no time
He has the sign from Foxx
Now Herb delivers
Fastball, lined to left...
Base hit for Tucker...
Goslin over...Grabs it on the big hop...
Fires it back in...
Holding Tucker at first

Tucker takes his lead
Tucker does not get a good lead

Potpie up
The All Stars have Tucker on first
Pennock studies his sign
Pennock's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Tucker dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Robinson tosses it back to Pennock
Now here's the pitch
Double play ball
Vaughan has it on one bounce
Robinson for one
Robinson for two
Vaughan to Robinson to Robinson
Two down

Persimmon Pflaggstettler is next
Pennock has the sign
He rocks and fires
Hit hard back through the box
And it takes a funny hop over to the mound
Pennock has got it and throws to first
In time!
That one caught a piece of the mound!
Score It: 1-3
And that will do it for FOFC

Here's Wilson to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard
These scores are final...
AL Post WWII topped Japanese League 7 to 4
Caribbean spanked Old Timers 5 to 0
Tiant Sr. the winner, he's now 10-9
Welch takes the loss, his
record drops to 9-7
Negro League I nipped Turn
of Century 5 to 4
Dead Ball Era nipped AL Pre WWII 7 to 6
Negro League II smacked
NL Post WWII 7 to 0
NL Pre WWII ripped Late 20th 9 to 3
Waner has hit his 11th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
And in our matchup FOFC on top 11 to 3
Hunter steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Hunter's righthanded delivery...
Hard slider, at the knees...
Wilson clubs a deep drive to center...
Tucker turns, and races back after it...
It goes off the wall!
Wilson is steaming toward third
Tucker has it, throws...
Not in time...
Wilson has his triple
Number 2 on the year for him

Left Outs first baseman, Frank
Robinson, will be up next
He will be followed by Goose Goslin
Wilson on third... no one out
FOFC leads Left Outs by 8 runs
Robinson has hit 13 home runs this year
Owen looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's the 3-1 offering
There's a "clothes line" drive toward left
Gunner quickly comes in for it...
Not going to get this one...
Now Stan flips it to Blade at second
Wilson scores easily...

One on, no outs
Coming up for Left Outs is Goslin
Goose is 0 for 3 this summer afternoon
He's batting .288 on the season
All set, Goslin is ready for the pitch
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Robinson dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Hunter
Now here's the pitch
Goslin pulls it on the ground
It's in the hole and past
Jeeberoni Potpie...
Base hit into right field!
Tony LaRussa puts up the
stop sign for Robinson
He'll hold at second

Vaughan finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Vaughan digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Hunter
Vaughan cocks his bat
The runners stretch out to their leads
Owen checks the runners
Here's the 0-2 offering
Vaughan rips a hanging curve
to deep right-center
He really walloped this one...
Tucker doesn't even have
time to wave goodbye
It is long gone!
The Left Outs shortstop really smoked it

Now batting for Left Outs...
Mickey Cochrane...
He'll pinch hit for Herb Pennock
Cochrane with a .266 average
on the season

Cochrane gets set at the plate
Cochrane has a .271 average against
righthanders this season
The right-hander Rodney is set
to deliver to Cochrane
Here's the righthander's delivery
Rodney misses low on that one
Cochrane draws the walk
Number 1 today by Rodney

That'll bring up second baseman
Jackie Robinson...
FOFC out in front by 4
We're in the top of the 9th
Robinson is at .271 on the season
Rodney steps on the rubber
The stretch... the delivery
There's a drooper in front of A. J. Tucker
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Rodney
James nods his head

Coming to the plate is Herman
One down and runner at first
Herman steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Billy is 2 for 4 today
Herman awaits the delivery
Rodney brings it to the plate
There's a quail shot in
front of A. J. Tucker
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
And there's two away

"Slug" is coming to the plate
Harry is batting .327 with 18
home runs on the season
He is 0 for 4 today
Harry is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch
Rodney goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Cochrane
He lobs one to Potpie...
Cochrane is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Rodney comes home
Ground ball to second
Blade grabs it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
And that will do it for Left Outs
FOFC wins 11 to 7
Williams gets credit for the win
Jenkins takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Barrett Blade
He was 3 for 5
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.
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Old 05-30-2013, 10:21 PM   #708
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Left Outs Leftovers At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/30/1900 Leftovers AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG J.Robinson 2B 5 0 0 0 .270 B.Blade 2B 5 0 3 2 .274 B.Herman 3B 5 0 2 0 .253 A.Tucker CF 5 2 3 1 .301 H.Heilmann RF 5 0 0 0 .326 J.Potpie 1B 5 1 2 0 .288 J.Foxx C 3 0 0 0 .311 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 1 0 0 .301 H.Wilson CF 4 1 1 0 .286 S.Gunner LF 2 1 0 1 .266 F.Robinson 1B 4 1 1 1 .265 D.Palmer 3B 4 2 2 2 .339 G.Goslin LF 4 1 1 0 .289 H.Hays C 4 2 2 0 .339 A.Vaughan SS 4 3 3 3 .323 K.Terp SS 3 2 2 3 .173 F.Jenkins P 1 0 0 0 .189 J.Williams P 2 0 0 0 .137 A-E.Slaughter PH 1 1 1 1 .391 B-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .265 E.Wynn P 0 0 0 0 .100 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-L.Boudreau PH 1 0 1 1 .291 D-K.Ton PH 1 0 1 0 .278 H.Pennock P 0 0 0 0 .200 O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071 E-M.Cochrane PH 0 0 0 0 .266 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 37 7 10 6 Totals 36 11 15 9 A-Pinch Hit For Jenkins In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Williams In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Wynn In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Kronside In 7th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Pennock In 9th Inning Leftovers....... 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 - 7 10 1 All Stars....... 1 2 0 2 0 1 5 0 - 11 15 2 Leftovers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA F.Jenkins LOSS(9-9) 5 9 5 5 0 4 1 88 5.27 E.Wynn 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 13 4.82 H.Pennock 2 5 5 3 1 0 0 41 6.42 Totals 8 15 11 9 1 5 1 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Williams WIN(12-2) 6 4 2 2 1 5 0 88 3.73 J.Kronside 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 22 2.76 O.Hunter 1 4 4 4 0 1 1 22 5.72 J.Rodney 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 3.21 Totals 9 10 7 7 2 7 1 ATTENDANCE- 26,495 DATE- Monday, July 30th 1900 TIME- Day T- 1:51 LEFT ON BASE- Leftovers: 5 All Stars: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Leftovers: 1 All Stars: 1 ERRORS- B.Herman, D.Palmer, K.Terp DOUBLES- L.Boudreau(5th), B.Blade(19th), D.Palmer(17th), K.Terp-2(7th) TRIPLES- H.Wilson(2nd), B.Blade(6th), H.Hays(3rd) HOME RUNS- A.Vaughan(12th), A.Tucker(7th) STOLEN BASES- A.Tucker(17th), J.Potpie(2nd) CAUGHT STEALING- B.Blade SACRIFICE FLIES- K.Terp WALKS- J.Foxx, M.Cochrane, P.Pflaggstettler HIT BY PITCH- S.Gunner-2 STRIKE OUTS- J.Robinson, H.Heilmann, J.Foxx, H.Wilson, F.Robinson-2, F.Jenkins, B.Blade, A.Tucker, J.Potpie, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Williams GIDP- H.Heilmann, J.Potpie BALKS- J.Williams
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Old 05-31-2013, 09:55 PM   #709
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7/31 Radio Broadcast - Game 115

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and Late 20th
So folks, pull up a chair
and spend part of your evening with us
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Rickey Henderson to lead
it off for Late 20th
The lefty Mighty delivers
There's a ground ball into the hole
Palmer and Nights converge on it
It's fielded by Palmer who fires to first
SAFE is the call by the ump
Close play!!

So with 1 on and no outs
Late 20th sends their left fielder,
Tony Gwynn, up to face Mighty
Hard-hitting Kirby Puckett is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Gwynn has a .275 average
against lefthanders
He is .322 overall
Mighty is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Mighty looks in...
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers
Gwynn drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign...
Double for Gwynn

Settling in at the plate is Puckett
Al gets the sign from Hays
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Broken bat ground ball to second
Henderson heads for home
Blade comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
One gone in the top of the 1st
Up next is Mike Piazza
He's having a fine year so far

Now batting will be Mike Piazza
The catcher is walking to the plate
Gwynn on third... one out
Late 20th up by 1
Piazza is batting .317 with
21 round trippers in 1900
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Al rocks and fires
Slow curve...
There's a deep drive ripped into the gap
That looks like an easy two-bagger
Stan Gunner picks it up on one bounce
just short of the warning track
Spins and throws...
Not nearly in time
Piazza cruises into second
without a play

McGwire, Late 20th's first baseman,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Cal Ripken waits on deck
Mighty has the sign from Hays
Mighty brings it to the plate
McGwire goes after Mighty's fastball...
He gets under it a little...
But it is going way back in left-center
Tucker is retreating after it quickly
He is right at the fence...
It's out of here!
Mark just hit home run number 11
of this 1900 season

Now here's Ripken
Ripken has 28 doubles this year
Cal waits...
He steps out as Mighty takes too long
Now he's back in the box
Here's the 3-1 offering
Ripken hits a screamer at Barrett Blade
Blade picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Potpie off the bag
Potpie swipes with the glove

Ripken is out!
Nice play by Potpie
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Mighty

Wade Boggs will step in
to face Mighty next
If he gets on, Craig Biggio will follow
Boggs is at .274 on the season
Mighty shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Mighty brings it to the plate
Curve ball...
Boggs swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
After one-half inning
It's Late 20th 4, All Stars coming up

Let's set the Late 20th defense
as Barrett Blade steps in
Piazza will be catching Martinez
He's a righthand hurler
Covering first will be McGwire
Playing second is Biggio
His double play partner at short is Ripken
Boggs is at thirdbase
Playing the outfield from left to right
Will be Gwynn, Henderson and Puckett
Now here is FOFC's leadoff hitter
The righty hitting second
baseman, Barrett Blade
Blade is batting .274 with
3 HR's this year
Martinez has the sign from Piazza
Martinez leans back and fires
The pitch is just inside
and Blade holds up
Piazza points down at the
first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Barrett trots down to first... ball four

Tucker walks up to the plate
Tucker has hit 7 home runs this year
Right-hander Martinez eyes
the lefty Tucker
Martinez goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Blade
He lobs one to McGwire...
Blade is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Martinez comes home
Swung on and hit back at Martinez
He picks it up, turns and fires to Ripken
Over to first...
Twin killing!
A Bang Bang play turned into
an easy 1-6-3 double play by Martinez
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for Jeeberoni
Potpie to get a new bat
Let's point out that FOFC is 7 and
3 in their last ten games

Potpie heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Potpie wiggles the bat above his head
Potpie is poised and ready for the pitch
Here's the pitch
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Piazza fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Potpie
That's all for the All Stars here
in the bottom of the 1st
No runs, no hits and no errors
So at this juncture...
Late 20th ahead 4 to 0

Here's the second baseman Biggio
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Pedro Martinez
And then Rickey Henderson
Craig takes a couple of practice cuts
Al is ready
Now ready, here it is...
Biggio is down
That was way inside
No call yet...
Now the umpire motions Craig to first

Pedro Martinez squares to bunt
And lays it down right to Deacon Palmer
Palmer looks at second
But passes up a possible force play
He fires to first to retire Martinez
But Biggio moves up
One down for Late 20th
Rickey Henderson is still
in the on-deck circle
and Tony Gwynn is looking
for a bat in the dugout

So that brings up the top of the order
Rickey Henderson will step in
Henderson digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mighty
Henderson waits for the delivery
Here's his delivery
Down and away
Henderson reaches for the fastball...
Line drive single to left...
Biggio to third and around it...
Gunner is up with the ball and throws home

But it's cut off by Palmer
Allowing the run to score

"Captain Video" is coming up next
Gwynn steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Gwynn is set
The pitch is on the way
Base hit to left for Gwynn
Henderson is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Gwynn at first

The third base coach,
Jimmy Williams, is talking to
the runner Henderson...
Kirby Puckett steps to the plate
Kirby is hitting at .313 on the year
He has 114 hits in 364 at bats
This includes 26 doubles, 7 triples
15 home runs and 45 RBI's
He's waiting on the pitch...

Still waiting...

Now he steps out of the box
We have a game of cat and mouse going on
OK, now we're ready to go
The southpaw's 2-1 delivery
Lined hard to second
Blade makes a great catch!
He fires it to Palmer
OUT!
Double Play!
Score It: 4-5
That's all for Late 20th
After 1 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
Late 20th ahead 5 to 0

Persimmon Pflaggstettler will step
into the box to start the inning
FOFC would like to get some
runners on board
Persimmon is batting .301
in 372 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Stan Gunner
Pflaggstettler cocks his bat
It's coming down the pike
Pflaggstettler starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Martinez walks him

Stan Gunner, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Gunner is batting .266 with
14 HR's this year
Martinez asks for a new ball...
Rubs it down to get the shine off it...
Now he steps on the rubber again
Now Pedro delivers
The Whiff!
Martinez punches Gunner out!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League II is edging
Japanese League 1 to 0
Mathis battling Inao
Negro League I is beating Caribbean 4 to 0
AL Post WWII leads Left Outs 1 to 0
Kaline has hit his 10th homerun
for AL Post WWII
AL Pre WWII is edging NL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Gehrig has hit his 30th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era is on top of
NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Cicotte battling Seaver
Old Timers is in front of
Turn of Century 3 to 0

Apparently not afraid of Martinez
Pflaggstettler stretches out to his lead
The runner unable to take a big lead
Martinez keeps looking him back

Now batting will be Deacon Palmer
The third baseman is walking to the plate
One on... one out
Late 20th leads FOFC by 5 runs
Palmer grips the bat handle
Martinez gets the sign, it's one he likes
The pitch to Palmer...
Palmer takes the pitch
STRIKE THREE, is the call
Palmer can't believe it
He says something to the ump
Chalk up a whiff for Martinez
That's the second out of the inning

With a runner at first and two outs
Hays walks to the plate
Hays is no push-over in the number 7 slot
He is batting .339 in 248 at bats
Jeff Nights makes his way to
the on-deck circle
Harry stands with bat ready
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Pflaggstettler dives back in!...

SAFE!
McGwire tosses it back to Martinez
Now here's the pitch
Base hit to right for Hays
Pflaggstettler is racing towards third...
The throw is going to third...
Kirby Puckett throws the ball
away for an error!

With Late 20th leading in
the bottom of the 2nd
Here's Nights now up for FOFC
On deck will be Al Mighty
Nights is at .282 on the season
Martinez rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Martinez rocks and fires
A curve is wide...
But swung on and missed!
Strike three!
That is 4 on the evening for Martinez
That's all for the All Stars...
After 2 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
Late 20th ahead 5 to 1

Mike Piazza, Mark McGwire, and
Cal Ripken are due up
Piazza has hit 21 home runs this year
Mighty is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
The lefthander delivers
The pitch is just inside
and Piazza holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!
So one up and one gone

McGwire gets set at the plate
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Mighty
The delivery
Fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it
He grabs it for the out
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Mighty
Al nods "UH HUH"

That'll bring up Cal Ripken
Wade Boggs will follow if
Ripken gets aboard
Hays is rubbing his thumb
He hurt it two or three days ago
And it still bothers him...
Some of Mighty's pitches really
cause him to wince
But he wants to play through it
Ripken steps into the box
Left-hander Al Mighty prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Ripken
The southpaw Mighty delivers the 3-2 pitch
Let up pitch, inside and low
Swung on...
High hopping ball towards left...
Into the hole...
Stopped there by Nights before
it gets through...
He starts to throw but stops
Ripken has the infield single

Boggs is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Mighty is ready quickly
Mighty goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Ripken
He lobs one to Potpie...
Ripken is back easily
We're ready again
Now Mighty comes home
There's a high pop down
the right field line
It's going to go into foul territory
Potpie and Blade are chasing
it down the line
Potpie makes the catch
over his shoulder going away
That's it for Late 20th
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
2 and a half innings,
Late 20th has 5 runs, 7 hits and one error
While FOFC has one run,
one hit and no errors
Late 20th has left 2 on base
FOFC has stranded 1

Kris Terp to lead it off for FOFC
in the bottom of the 3rd
Terp is really struggling
His batting average of .173
is embarrassing to him
He's trying everything to
break out of his slump
But, as Johnny Bench once said
"Slumps are like sleeping in a soft bed
Easy to get into and hard to get out of"
Late 20th ahead 5 to 1
Martinez looks down at Piazza
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
And the delivery by Martinez
Strike three swinging...
Now that is something you
don't see very often
Terp rarely ever strikes out
But Martinez got him that time!
One up, one down

While A. J. Tucker heads
for the on deck circle
Barrett Blade makes his way to the plate
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
Martinez is happy with the sign
Windup by Martinez
And the pitch
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Blade is outta there
Two gone for FOFC

Now batting will be A. J. Tucker
Tucker is one of the best hitters around
Martinez is slow to get ready

He has a 4.03 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Martinez will try to get
Tucker to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Strike Three!
Martinez has now struck out 7
and we are only in third inning!
We head to the 4th...
The score is still Late
20th 5, All Stars 1

Late 20th will send Biggio,
Pedro Martinez, and Rickey
Henderson to face
Sirr Fozborg this inning
Biggio taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Fozborg toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Hays
Now Sirr delivers
There's a ground ball
between first and second
OH, Potpie snags it in short right field
He throws it to the pitcher
covering the bag
OUT is the call
What a play by Potpie
Late 20th with one away
Fozborg steps off the mound as
he waits for Pedro Martinez to
come to the plate

Planting his right foot
Martinez is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Martinez
Martinez digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Fozborg
Martinez is waiting on the pitch
Fozborg's 2-1 pitch...
Sinking fastball...
Martinez swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Palmer...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's two away

Slowly coming up is Henderson
for Late 20th
He is finally in the batter's box
Late 20th on top 5 to 1
Henderson is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
And Sirr studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
Fozborg brings it home
Slow curve coming in
It hits Henderson in the side
Henderson is grinning out at Fozborg...
who is laughing back
They're both cracking up
'Cause the pitch was so slow
It couldn't hurt a flea

Henderson inches away from first base
Fozborg looks the runner back

The left fielder, Tony Gwynn, is up next
We'll see how they pitch to Gwynn
Fozborg steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Here's the 0-2 pitch
Gwynn drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play
That's it here in the top of the 4th
It's 5-1 in favor of
the visitors from Late 20th
We'll be back in just a moment

The All Stars will send
Potpie, Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
and Stan Gunner up
to the plate this inning
Jeeberoni is an outstanding
hitting first baseman
This is attested to by the fact that
he's not only 6th in the league
in homers with 29
but his 77 RBI's has him rated
8th in that department as well!
After getting set, Potpie
waits on the pitch
Martinez brings it to the plate
Strike Three!
Martinez has now struck out 8
and we are only in fourth!
That's one away

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler looks down toward the
third base coach, Dick Howser
Pflaggstettler is ready
Way ahead in the count
Martinez turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Pflaggstettler!
Two down
Martinez retires the first
two FOFC batters

Walking slowly up for FOFC is Gunner

The outfield is playing him deep
And shaded to the right
They are showing respect for his power
The Late 20th outfield is playing
Gunner almost straight away
Unusual for the power hitter
But with Martinez on the mound
it is understandable
Pedro looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The pitch on the way, here it is...
It's a routine fly into right
Puckett ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Puckett grabs it for the out
That's all for the All Stars
After 4 innings in FOFC this evening,
Late 20th ahead 5 to 1

Kirby Puckett up first for Late 20th
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
So far this season
Puckett is hitting .319
when facing righthanded pitching
The umpire says let's go
Puckett is ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Puckett
No chance for either Nights or Gunner
That one had base hit written all over it

Piazza departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Mike is taking his sweet
time getting ready

The umpire says a few words to Mike...
Now we're set to go
He's in his crouch
Piazza can really swing that wood
Fozborg looks at the runner
The pitch
This one is hit deep
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
Hit high and very deep...
Tucker was positioned well
and has a shot at it
He is on the warning track...
At the fence...
He jumps...
OUT!!!
Puckett will need to hurry
to get back to first
and does... just in time
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

McGwire is up next
One gone, top of the 5th
Cal Ripken moves out on deck
McGwire saunters to the plate
The righthander is 1 for 2 on the day
He'll be going against the
righty hurler, Fozborg
McGwire is hitting .246 versus
righties this year
Of his 11 homeruns,
6 came while facing righties
McGwire waits
Fozborg fires
McGwire slaps a slow bouncer
in front of second
Blade races in
He reaches down
Scoops it up and fires to first
Out!
Puckett advances on the play
Two down

That brings up Cal Ripken, the shortstop
Ripken is taking his practice swings
Cal is 1 for 2 this evening
Cal steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Fozborg's pitch
Nights trying to slip in behind Puckett
Now he slips away
Here's the 2 strike offering
Ripken hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Negro League II is on top of
Japanese League 2 to 0
Negro League I toppling Caribbean 7 to 0
Left Outs with the lead over
AL Post WWII 4 to 1
McCovey has hit his 26th
homerun for Left Outs
NL Pre WWII and AL Pre WWII
are deadlocked at 2
Dead Ball Era leads NL Post WWII 4 to 3
Aaron has hit his 40th homerun
for NL Post WWII
Old Timers clipping Turn of Century 5 to 1
And in our contest Late 20th leads 5 to 1

The third baseman Palmer
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Harry Hays
And then Jeff Nights
Against righthanders
Palmer is hitting .300
Deacon steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Martinez's pitch
The righthander Martinez delivers
He hits a tough grounder to short
Taken by Ripken
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

Walking up to the plate now is Hays
Jeff Nights waits on deck
Hays a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Martinez
Harry is ready for the delivery
He brings it home
Slider, outside...
Hays reaches for it...
Gets some wood on it
It's rolling towards Ripken...
He scoops it up smoothly
Firing to McGwire in one motion...
Close play...
SAFE!... by a whisker
McGwire is arguing the call
But to no avail
That's a single for Hays

And it brings up Jeff Nights
On deck is Sirr Fozborg
Barrett Blade in the hole
Nights is batting .281 with
13 homers this year
All set, Nights is ready for the pitch
Martinez checks Hays on first
Now the 2-2 pitch
Base hit to left for Nights
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Hays will stay at second

Gonzalez digs in at the plate
Ready now for Martinez to come set
1st and 2nd, one man down
The right-hander Martinez is
set to deliver to Gonzalez
Martinez's righthanded delivery...
Curve, up high...
Gonzalez rips it to left...
Martinez hung that breaking ball
However, David got under it just a bit
Gwynn started back on it
Now he's coming in...
He's under it and makes the easy catch
"Can of Corn"

Next up for the All Stars is Barrett Blade
Blade has hit 3 home runs this year
Martinez looks in for the sign from Piazza
Martinez's been mowing the
All Stars down today
Already with 9 strike outs
and we're only in the bottom of the 5th
We've got a full count...
Martinez winds and fires...
Strike Three!
Martinez has now struck out 10
and we are only in fifth inning!
That's it for FOFC
Late 20th has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has now left 3 runners stranded

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7/31 Radio Broadcast Continued

Wade Boggs leads it off
Wade steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Boggs is 0 for 2 today
He fouled out last time up
Owen Hunter steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Hunter winds and delivers
The 0-2 pitch
It's a routine fly into left
Gunner ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One out
Due up next is Craig Biggio

Facing Hunter now is Biggio
Pedro Martinez heads to the on deck circle
Rickey Henderson waits in the hole
Biggio can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Biggio waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The pitch is on the way
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Biggio gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Two out, nobody on
Late 20th ahead 5 to 1

Two away, nobody on
Martinez comes to the plate for Late 20th
Looking to Jimmy Williams for a sign
Martinez awaits the delivery
Hunter brings it to the plate
Fastball, a beauty...
Steee Rike THREE!
And that will do it for Late 20th

Here's A. J. Tucker to lead it off
Martinez is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
Here's the 1-1 offering
Hard ground ball to second
Biggio comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
So one up and one gone

One away, nobody on...
bottom of the 6th
The first base coach exhorting
Potpie to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Martinez is looking in for the sign...
He has struck out 10 this evening
He has the sign...
Martinez winds and delivers
Curve, at the belt...
Potpie times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Tony Gwynn retreats toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Piazza flashes the sign...
Martinez shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
Here's the righthander's delivery
Fastball, at the letters...
Pflaggstettler crunches it...
There's a high belt...
Driven deep into left-centerfield...
Gwynn running to the fence...
It's outta here
HOME RUN 18 for Pflaggstettler this year!

Gunner finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Gunner is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Martinez has the sign he wants
Martinez kicks and fires
Hard slider...
And Gunner takes it right down the middle
Strike three called

Up next for the All Stars
The hometown third baseman, Deacon Palmer
Palmer swinging from the right side
facing the righty Martinez
Right-hander Martinez eyes
the righty Palmer
Martinez brings it to the plate
And Palmer is down on strikes...
Martinez keeps mowing them down
That one gives him 12 this evening
That retires the side
The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning
After 6 innings, Late 20th leads 5 to 3

Henderson saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Henderson steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Rickey is 2 for 2 today
Hunter is ready quickly
Now Owen delivers
Henderson hits one on the
ground to the left side
Rickey, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Nights wings it quickly to Potpie...
OUT by a step
One down for Late 20th
Tony Gwynn is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Late 20th

Gwynn gets set at the plate
Gwynn gets set
He's 2 for 3 so far
Hunter steps on the rubber
Here's the 2 strike offering
Comebacker, right to Hunter
Over to Potpie for the easy out
Two down

Puckett coming up for Late 20th
Nobody on, two away
The outfield shades towards
left for Puckett
Hunter has the sign from Hays
The righthander Hunter's delivery
Puckett swings and smacks
a line drive into left
Gunner comes over and
plays it on one hop
A single for the Late 20th right fielder
Two out base knock
It is surprising how often they
lead to trouble...
We'll see...

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Mike Piazza
Owen peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The pitch to Piazza...
Hit on the ground to short
Nights grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
So After 6 and a half innings
Late 20th has 5 runs, 9 hits and one error
While FOFC has 3 runs,
5 hits and no errors
Late 20th has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Late 20th is making a defensive change
Carter will bat 4th and catch

Bottom of the lineup coming up for FOFC
Harry Hays will step in to face Martinez
to start the bottom of the 7th
Jeff Nights, then Owen Hunter will follow
FOFC needs some base runners, and soon
Harry is 2 for 2 this summer evening
He singled in his last plate appearance
Hays waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
He brings it home
Hanging curve...
Swung on...
Hays turned that one around
in a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run
Gwynn didn't even move

Next up is Jeff Nights, the FOFC shortstop
On-deck is Owen Hunter...
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
Nights has 28 doubles this year
Carter flashes the sign...
Martinez waves it off...
Now he's happy
Now the delivery, here is is...
Nights pops one straight up
And it will be Carter making the play
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League II leads Japanese
League 2 to 1
Negro League I toppling Caribbean 10 to 3
Left Outs clipping AL Post WWII 5 to 1
NL Pre WWII and AL Pre WWII are tied at 3
NL Post WWII and Dead Ball
Era are tied at 4
Old Timers is beating Turn
of Century 5 to 1
Galvin comfortably ahead for Old Timers
And right here in FOFC Late
20th leads 5 to 4

Coming up for FOFC is K. A. Ton
Nobody on base, one out
Ton is at .278 on the season
Pedro Martinez still on the mound
for the Modern Stars...
Martinez has gone the distance so far
He's given up 6 hits in 6 1/3 innings
Here's the 3-1 pitch
Fastball... low and away, ball four
Martinez puts the tying run on base
Not a good idea

Bobby Cox is visiting the mound...
He decides to stick with Pedro Martinez
One on, one out
Blade walks to the batter's box
Before getting ready
Blade checks out the defensive alignment
Blade awaits the delivery
Martinez brings it to the plate
Blade grounds one to third
Boggs juggles it
Over to first
Barrett beats it out!
Boggs will get an error on the play
That's error number 2 of
the game for Late 20th

Tucker is up now for FOFC
Tucker looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Martinez eyes Tucker intently
Pedro checks the runners
Here's the 3-2 offering
Grounder topped to short
Ripken comes up with it
Throw to second for one
On to first
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
Ton takes third
The runner on first, Blade, is out
Two gone for FOFC
Time is running out for them

Potpie finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Jeeberoni comes to the plate batting .289
with 30 home runs

He is 1 for 3 so far today
Potpie tells the umpire he's ready
Here's his delivery
A sharp breaking curve...
Potpie was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Gwynn turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Jeeberoni Potpie can touch them all

Well, as Jerry Coleman would say...
John Smoltz has just finished
"throwing up in the bullpen"
He'll come on here in the
bottom of the 7th
Smoltz has 34 previous appearances
His record stands at 4 and 4
He has 1 save
He sports a 5.16 ERA
Pedro Martinez is walking
slowly off the mound

Pflaggstettler departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Pflaggstettler is hitting
.305 against righties
Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Smoltz brings it to the plate
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Pflaggstettler takes his lead
Smoltz looks Pflaggstettler back...
He's taking a shorter lead now

The All Stars' left fielder is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs
Gunner is taking his practice swings
Stan is 0 for 3 this evening
Gunner waits for the pitch
Here's the 2-2 offering
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Henderson reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47407

McGwire saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Mark is hitting at .243 on the year
He has 45 hits in 185 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 3
McGwire grounded out his last time up
Mark is set for the pitch
Knowles brings it home
Fastball... and it hits
McGwire... or did it?
No, it didn't!!!
It's ball four...
McGwire will take first base on a walk

Cal Ripken will make his
way toward the plate
He glances down at McGwire
McGwire runs like he has
cement in his shoes
Knowles won't have to worry
about him going
Cal steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Jimmy Williams relays the
sign from Bobby Cox
Ripken grounded out last time up
and now is 1 for 3
Cal seems to be relaxed and
ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Sammy rocks and fires
Fastball, a dandy...
Steee Rike THREE swinging!
Cal looked like Casey on that pitch
Went for the HIGH CHEESE!
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Knowles
Sammy nods his head

McGwire at first, one out
Wade Boggs is ready at the plate
Boggs is batting .272 with
5 round trippers in 1900
Knowles adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
The pitch is on the way
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Boggs is outta there
That's out number two
Benton Breeze moving around
Hollers something down at Knowles
Sammy nods "UH HUH"

Craig Biggio will step in
to face Knowles next
If he gets on, John Smoltz will follow
Biggio digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Knowles
Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Now Sammy delivers
Fastball...
Swung on...
Biggio connects...
It is way back there...
Gazelle doesn't even move
That ball is history!
Even Gazelle admired that one
Home run number 3 for Biggio
The score is tied at 7 in
the top of the 8th

Up steps John Smoltz,
the fine hitting pitcher for Late 20th
He is no gimmee by any means for Knowles
Smoltz a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Knowles
Smoltz cocks his bat
It's coming down the pike
Curve in the dirt... and Smoltz holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Hays asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Smoltz went around
Strike three, swinging
The Modern Stars refuse
to go down quietly...
They tie it here with 2 runs
We go to the FOFC half of the 8th...
It's all tied up...
All Stars 7, Modern Stars 7

Leading off for the All Stars
is the third baseman Palmer
He'll be followed by Harry Hays
And then Jeff Nights
Palmer looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
0 for 3 on the day for Deacon
Palmer waits for the delivery
Here's the pitch
Base hit to center for Palmer
Rickey Henderson is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a double!
No... he decides to hold up

Harry Hays makes his way to home plate
Hays has hit 12 home runs this year
Smoltz likes the sign
The righthander delivers
Strike three swinging!
And a quick peg to first by Carter
Palmer dives back in...
SAFE!
The first base ump says
Palmer made it back
That's one away

Jeff Nights, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Nights is 1 for 3 today
Right-hander Smoltz prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Nights
The pitch is on the way
Swung on and popped up back of first
Biggio is running after it...
McGwire is backpedaling...
Watch out!...
They almost collided!
And the ball drops free just
beyond the dugout
A lack of communication
cost Late 20th there
. . . Nights back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Nights is outta there
That's two away for the All Stars
We have a real "nail-biter" here today

Stepping in the batter's box, Gazelle
Palmer at first, two away
So far this season
Gazelle is hitting .215
when facing righthanded pitching
John looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Smoltz's 1-2 pitch...
It is a high hard one...
Gazelle goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Gazelle couldn't hold back
We head to the 9th...
The scored is tied, 7-all

Rickey Henderson, Tony Gwynn, and
Kirby Puckett are due up
Rickey is hitting at .255 on the year
He has 82 hits in 321 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 26 stolen bases
Knowles studies his sign
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Henderson tries to hold up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
One away for Late 20th here
in the top of the 9th

One away, nobody on base
Gwynn stands ready at the plate
Right-hander Knowles prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Gwynn
The righthander Knowles delivers
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Gwynn gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's the second out of the inning

Kirby Puckett up
The score is tied
Puckett swinging from the right side
facing the righty Knowles
Puckett is waiting on the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
Puckett cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Hays
Puckett was badly fooled by Knowles'
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
Kirby was a little overanxious
The Modern Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 8 and a half innings,

The score is tied at 7

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7/31 Radio Broadcast Continued

Barrett Blade is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Blade is 0 for 3 today
Barrett reached base on
an error last time up
Smoltz adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Smoltz kicks and fires
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Ripken plays it on one bounce
Over to McGwire...
Out of there!
One out
A. J. Tucker is due up next

One out, nobody on base
A. J. Tucker is the batter
Late 20th has the outfield
shaded towards right
Tucker is 0 for 4 today
He's ready for the delivery
Righthander Smoltz's delivery
Tucker rips one to right
He hit it right on the nose...
Puckett is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Kirby Puckett
Two up, two down for the All Stars

Up now for FOFC is Potpie
Two away, nobody on
Jeeberoni Potpie will step
in to face Smoltz
He is 2 for 4 on the evening
with 2 home runs!
That impressive display of power has
been good for 4 RBI's
Smoltz looks down at Carter
He shakes him off once...
Again...
John has got to be a little concerned
with Potpie up there as the
FOFC first baseman has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Smoltz's righthanded delivery...
Pop-up
Carter throws away the mask
He makes the catch
And we go to extra innings!

Carter steps up to the plate for Late 20th
It's the top of the 10th
here at FOFC Stadium
The score is tied at 7
Carter looks down toward
the third base coach
Gary steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Knowles' pitch
And the delivery by Knowles
Routine grounder to first
Potpie scoops it up
Over to first for the out
And there's one away

McGwire pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Knowles
McGwire adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Mark is 1 for 3 this evening
Knowles has the sign from Hays
Knowles goes into his windup
And here's the 1-1 offering
A hot shot on the ground to Nights
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and McGwire is out
Two up, two down for Late 20th

Making his way up is Ripken
Cal is batting .286 with 12
home runs on the season
He is 1 for 4 today
Knowles is walking around the mound
While we wait, let me mention
He is 1st in saves this year
He has 21...

Now Sammy is ready...
Knowles rocks and fires
Ripken starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Knowles walks him

We are going to have a pinch
runner for Cal Ripken
Bobby Cox will bring in Ozzie
Smith for Cal Ripken
He's a threat to steal

Smith takes a three step lead
Smith gets a great jump...
The pitch...
There goes the runner!
Hays up quickly and throwing...
SAFE...
The throw was too late

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Wade Boggs
Wade Boggs steps into the box
Boggs is hitting .272 with 5 homeruns
Wade also has 23 doubles and 3 triples
And has driven in a total of 48 runs
Boggs waits patiently
Knowles fires
There's a high pop in front of the plate
Looks like the ball is drifting foul
Hays calls for it and makes the play
As the ump signals a foul ball
That's all for Late 20th
After 9 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
We're all tied up at 7
Late 20th's defensive changes are...
Smith will bat 6th and play SS

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
leads off for FOFC
Sammy Knowles and Deacon
Palmer will follow
We've got a dandy here today
at FOFC Stadium
Smoltz is rubbing the ball up
Pitchers develop very calloused hands
over the course of a season
They want to get the ball
as rough as they can
John winds and delivers...
The 0-2 pitch...
Pflaggstettler swings and misses
Strike three!
Smoltz overpowered him again
He went down on three pitches
That's 2 whiffs today
for the FOFC right fielder
One gone for FOFC

Walking slowly up for FOFC is Fouts

The outfield is playing him deep
And shaded to the right
They are showing respect for his power
Right-hander Smoltz eyes the lefty Fouts
The 2-2 offering...
Dan Fouts swings
He hits a long drive
This one may be out of here...
Back, back, back...
It's CAUGHT!
Puckett robs the All Stars
with a great catch at the fence
The score is tied at 7 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well
These scores are final...
Negro League II ripped Japanese
League 7 to 1
Inao takes the loss, his
record drops to 5-12
Mathis the winner, he's now 6-8
Negro League I humiliated
Caribbean 13 to 3
Left Outs toppled AL Post WWII 6 to 2
NL Pre WWII easily defeated
AL Pre WWII 8 to 3
Faber takes the loss, his
record drops to 5-9
Vance the winner, he's now 9-4
Dead Ball Era edged out
NL Post WWII 8 to 7
Old Timers is the winner over
Turn of Century 5 to 1

Deacon Palmer coming up
It's a tie game in the bottom of the 10th
Stepping out, Palmer looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Palmer looks very intent...
He stares down at Smoltz...
Cocks his bat
Smoltz quick pitches him
Palmer raps a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at third
Boggs just got his glove up in time
Great reflexes
That retires the side
For FOFC, No runs, no hits and no errors
Late 20th will try to push one across
in the top of the 11th

Here's Craig Biggio leading off
John Smoltz is on deck
And Rickey Henderson is in the hole
Biggio has hit 3 home runs this year
Kronside wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Kronside brings it to the plate
Struck him out on a fastball
Biggio goes down swinging
One down, nobody on
Game tied

Now batting for Late 20th...
Ryne Sandberg...
He'll pinch hit for John Smoltz
Sandberg with a .267 average
on the season

Nobody on base, one away
Sandberg steps into the batter's box
Sandberg goes through his
routine of settling in
Sandberg awaits the delivery
Here comes the pitch
Fly ball to left
Gazelle is under it
He makes the grab
Two gone for Late 20th

The center fielder, Rickey Henderson
will be up next for Late 20th
Henderson needs to get on...
He has a .365 on base percentage
Hays flashes the sign to Kronside
Jace comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Henderson swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Kronside strikes out Rickey Henderson
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
By the way, Late 20th is 4 and
6 in their last ten games
Dennis Eckersley will be coming
on to pitch for Late 20th
Dennis has appeared in
18 games this season
with a record of 2-1
In 31 innings, he has an 4.99 ERA
John Smoltz has finished his work
here this evening

The catcher Hays will
start things off for the All Stars
Harry Hays will step in to face Eckersley
He is 3 for 4 on the evening
with 1 home run!
He is batting a lusty .345
Harry takes off his cap...
He brushes some hair off his forehead
He taps his bat on the plate
He's ready to go
Here's the offering
Hays pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Gwynn will retrieve it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Hays retreats to first
after a wide turn
(Guarding Lines Effect)

Nights squares as Eckersley
delivers the pitch
Mark McGwire charges and picks up the bunt
He fires to first in time
Credit a sacrifice to Nights
With one gone
FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Up now is Gazelle
The All Stars have Hays on second
Gazelle is 0 for 1 today
Gerald struck out last time around
Gazelle concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
The home town crowd is yelling out to Hays
telling him to watch out
as Biggio sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Eckersley delivers the 2-0 offering
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Smith for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
One more chance for FOFC in
the bottom of the 11th

Blade now at the plate
A. J. Tucker waits on deck
Winning run is in scoring position
Eckersley needs to get Blade out
He would like to strike him out
Eckersley tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
And the cripple pitch...
A slider by Eckersley
Blade gets good wood on it...
Puckett back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That retires the side...
Blade fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

Late 20th will send Gwynn,
Kirby Puckett, and Gary Carter to face
Jace Kronside this inning
Jace gets the sign from Hays
And here is the 1-2 delivery
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Gwynn!
One down for Late 20th
Kirby Puckett is still in
the on-deck circle
and Gary Carter is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Puckett walks to the plate
Puckett is 2 for 5 today
For the season, Kirby has 15 homers
26 doubles, and 7 triples
He has scored 45 runs
while driving in 45
Kronside steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Here's the 2-2 pitch
Puckett hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Fouts dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the third
baseman, Dan Fouts!
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Negro League II gets an easy win
over Japanese League 7 to 1
Negro League I pulverized
Caribbean 13 to 3
Left Outs is the winner over
AL Post WWII 6 to 2
NL Pre WWII easily defeated
AL Pre WWII 8 to 3
Hartnett has hit his 19th
homerun for NL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era edged out
NL Post WWII 8 to 7
Old Timers toppled Turn of Century 5 to 1
And in our contest The score
is knotted at 7

Here's the Late 20th clean-up
hitter, Gary Carter
Kronside squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Kronside kicks and fires
Swung on and hit on the nose to left
Gazelle picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Carter is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

McGwire is up next
Two out with Carter at first
McGwire scuffs up the lines around the box
McGwire, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the
pitch from Kronside
Kronside goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Carter
He lobs one to Potpie...
Carter is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Kronside comes home
High foul pop
Behind home plate
Hays is back
Near the screen
And it pops out of his mitt!
McGwire will get another swing.
Score It: E2
Carter holds at first

Late 20th first baseman, Mark
McGwire, is up next
Mark takes a couple of practice cuts
McGwire waits
The All Stars fans are standing
They want the strikeout
from "Mister Closer"
Jace winds and delivers
the 0-2 pitch
Swung on and missed
Strike Three!
McGwire couldn't lay off
the high fast ball
Number 4 on the day for Kronside
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
So After 11 and a half innings
FOFC has 7 runs, 10 hits and one error
While Late 20th has 7 runs,
11 hits and 2 errors
Late 20th has left 7 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 6

Here's the center fielder Tucker
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler
We're in the bottom of the 12th
Eckersley tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Eckersley is into his windup
Here's the pitch
There's a ground ball into the hole
Boggs and Smith converge on it
It's picked by Boggs who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
One down, nobody on
Game tied

Jeeberoni Potpie is entering
the batter's box
Benton Breeze has his big bopper,
Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
waiting in the on-deck circle
Eckersley looks down at Carter
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Dennis has got to be a little concerned
with Potpie up there as the
FOFC first baseman has already hit
2 balls out of the park this evening
Eckersley brings it to the plate
Potpie pounds a grounder
toward Boggs at third
Wade moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Boggs stayed with it
Over to first and Potpie is retired
Nice play by the Late 20th third baseman
Two down
Eckersley retires two in a row

Persimmon Pflaggstettler
will face Eckersley
Righty against righty
Pflaggstettler is batting .303
with 18 HR's this year
Eckersley steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The pitch is on the way
It's a smash over second
Biggio leaps
Just over his outstretched glove
Pflaggstettler makes a wide turn at first
He will hold at first
The ball comes in quickly

Pflaggstettler watches Eckersley carefully
As he stretches out to his lead
Pflaggstettler gets a great jump...
The pitch...
There goes the runner!
The throw by Carter...
SAFE...
Pflaggstettler is in there
with a pop-up slide!
The throw a bit too late

Carter heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Fouts.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
Dan Fouts steps into the box
The game is riding on this pitch...
Here we go!
Eckersley adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Carter
And the delivery by Eckersley
Base hit to center for Fouts
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Pflaggstettler scores!
FOFC wins 8 to 7
Kronside gets credit for the win
Eckersley takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 2 for 6 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.
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Old 05-31-2013, 10:01 PM   #712
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Late 20th Modern Stars At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/31/1900 Modern Stars AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG R.Henderson CF 5 1 2 1 .254 B.Blade 2B 5 0 0 0 .270 T.Gwynn LF 6 1 2 0 .323 A.Tucker CF 6 1 0 0 .297 K.Puckett RF 6 0 2 1 .314 J.Potpie 1B 6 2 2 4 .289 M.Piazza C 4 1 1 1 .316 P.Pflaggstettler RF 5 3 3 1 .305 C-G.Carter C 2 0 1 0 .258 S.Gunner LF 4 0 0 0 .261 M.McGwire 1B 5 2 1 2 .241 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Ripken SS 4 0 1 0 .286 G-D.Fouts PH,3B 2 0 1 1 .275 F-O.Smith PR,SS 0 0 0 0 .270 D.Palmer 3B 5 0 1 0 .337 W.Boggs 3B 5 0 0 0 .271 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Biggio 2B 4 2 1 2 .235 H.Hays C 5 1 4 1 .348 P.Martinez P 2 0 0 0 .033 J.Nights SS 4 0 1 0 .282 J.Smoltz P 1 0 0 0 .188 A.Mighty P 0 0 0 0 .102 H-R.Sandberg PH 1 0 0 0 .266 A-K.Terp PH 1 0 0 0 .171 D.Eckersley P 0 0 0 0 .500 S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .300 O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071 D-K.Ton PH 0 1 0 0 .278 E-G.Gazelle LF 2 0 0 0 .262 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 45 7 11 7 Totals 46 8 12 7 A-Pinch Hit For Mighty In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 5th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Piazza In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 7th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ton In 8th Inning F-Pinch Ran For Ripken In 10th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 10th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Smoltz In 11th Inning Modern Stars.... 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 7 11 2 All Stars....... 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 - 8 12 1 Modern Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA P.Martinez 6 2/3 7 7 3 3 12 4 117 4.13 J.Smoltz 3 1/3 2 0 0 0 4 0 51 4.94 D.Eckersley LOSS(2-2) 1 2/3 3 1 1 0 0 0 33 5.01 Totals 11 2/3 12 8 4 3 16 4 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA A.Mighty 3 7 5 5 0 2 1 52 4.13 S.Fozborg 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 3.86 O.Hunter 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 27 5.62 S.Knowles BS(3rd) 3 1 2 2 2 5 1 46 1.81 J.Kronside WIN(8-2) 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 27 2.67 Totals 12 11 7 7 2 12 2 ATTENDANCE- 47,407 DATE- Tuesday, July 31st 1900 TIME- Night T- 2:30 LEFT ON BASE- Modern Stars: 7 All Stars: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Modern Stars: 1 All Stars: 1 ERRORS- K.Puckett, W.Boggs, H.Hays DOUBLES- T.Gwynn(33rd), M.Piazza(15th) HOME RUNS- M.McGwire(11th), C.Biggio(3rd), J.Potpie-2(31st), P.Pflaggstettler(18th), H.Hays(12th) STOLEN BASES- O.Smith(9th), P.Pflaggstettler(9th) SACRIFICE HITS- P.Martinez, J.Nights WALKS- M.McGwire, C.Ripken, B.Blade, P.Pflaggstettler, K.Ton HIT BY PITCH- R.Henderson, C.Biggio STRIKE OUTS- R.Henderson-2, T.Gwynn, K.Puckett, M.Piazza, M.McGwire, C.Ripken, W.Boggs-2, C.Biggio, P.Martinez, J.Smoltz, B.Blade-2, A.Tucker, J.Potpie-2, P.Pflaggstettler-2, S.Gunner-2, D.Palmer-2, H.Hays, J.Nights-2, K.Terp, G.Gazelle GIDP- A.Tucker
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WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Nice win boys!

On a side note, still crazy to see names like Biggio, Sandberg, Henderson, Gwynn, Puckett, Carter and McGwire. It's like a who's who of some of my favorite hitters growing up.
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WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Nice win boys!

On a side note, still crazy to see names like Biggio, Sandberg, Henderson, Gwynn, Puckett, Carter and McGwire. It's like a who's who of some of my favorite hitters growing up.

Yeah, that's what makes this so much fun for me to. If I do this again next year the Late 20s stars will look a bit different. I'll rework them to put some of the recent HOF inductees on that team...

Blyleven
Larkin
Santo
and anyone else I'm forgetting...

Then I'll add players to split this into a modern stars...

Jeter
Jones
Bonds (pre-PED)
Griffey

and the Late 20s...

Not sure what other positions I'll need to fill after the split, but I'll figure it out...
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Old 06-01-2013, 11:42 AM   #715
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8/1 Radio Broadcast - Game 116

I see by the clock that we're
ready to go here in FOFC
Henderson steps in to start
things off for Late 20th
Let's set the FOFC defense for you
Battery mates are Nielsen and Hays
Covering the corners at first and third
Will be Potpie and Fouts
The keystone combo has Blade at second
And Nights playing short
In the outfield
From left to right
Its Ton, Tucker and Gazelle
Now Henderson steps into the batter's box
This game's about to begin
Henderson finishes his stretching
Let's play some ball...
Nielsen goes into his windup
Here it comes
Sharp breaking curveball...
Henderson reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Fouts...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Potpie at first!
Henderson is out easily
One gone in the top of the 1st
Up next is Tony Gwynn
He's having a fine year so far

Gwynn leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Nielsen wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The pitch to Gwynn...
Gwynn pulls one to the right side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Gazelle will retrieve it
without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Gwynn retreats to first
after a wide turn

Puckett gets set at the plate
FOFC is set up for two
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Now Rob delivers
The runner goes with the pitch!
It's the hit and run!
Grounded down the line
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
The hit and run moves the runner up.
Score It: 3
That's the second out of the inning

Here's Mike Piazza
Mike takes a couple of practice cuts
Mike stands with bat ready
The lefthander Nielsen delivers
Curve over the plate...
Piazza connects!
Ton is off to the races...
That ball is hit hard...
K. A. is at the warning track...
And makes the catch!
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning,
for Late 20th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
FOFC is coming to bat

As we go to the bottom of the first
let's set the defensive alignment
for Late 20th
Glavine and Piazza are the battery mates
McGwire will man first base
Boggs is at the hot corner
Ripken and Biggio form the
keystone combination
From left to right it is
Gwynn, Henderson and Puckett
Now Barrett Blade steps in
Blade is at .270 on the season
Glavine shakes off the sign by Piazza
We have Tom Glavine and Rob Nielsen
matched up in this one as we play
in the bottom of the first
Glavine brings it to the plate
HIT HIM!!
Blade jogs down to first
Barrett took one for the team to get on

Tucker up
The All Stars have Blade on first
Tucker has 18 doubles this year
Tucker gets set for the pitch
Biggio comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Glavine
The delivery
FOFC tries the hit and run!
Tucker goes after the outside slider
Hammers it into the ground...
Biggio gloves it...
Throws quickly to first...
Tucker is out easily on the hard grounder
Blade is safely down at second
The hit and run moves the runner up.
That's one away

Next up for the All Stars
is Gerald Gazelle
One out, man on second
Glavine steps on the rubber
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Gazelle swings and lifts one toward left
Gwynn drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
Two gone for FOFC

Jeeberoni Potpie will get
a crack at Glavine next
Dan Fouts would be up next...
But only if Potpie can reach safely
Potpie has a .292 average
against lefthanders
He is .289 overall
Left-hander Tom Glavine prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Potpie
Way ahead in the count
Glavine turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Potpie takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Potpie's outta there
So it is nothing across for the All
Stars in the bottom of the 1st
After 1 inning
FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors
While Late 20th has no runs,
one hit and no errors

McGwire saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Nielsen gets the sign, it's one he likes
Now to the belt, here it is...
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
McGwire swung, that's strike three
McGwire isn't happy at all with that call
With one down, up next is Cal Ripken
To be followed by Wade Boggs

Facing Nielsen now is Ripken
Wade Boggs heads to the on deck circle
Craig Biggio waits in the hole
Nielsen steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Rob rocks and fires
Sinking fastball...
Ripken swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's two away

Boggs now at the plate
Craig Biggio waits on deck
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
Now Rob delivers
There's a high pop down
the left field line
It's going to go into foul territory
Fouts and Nights are chasing
it down the line
Jeff dives, but can't make the play
Foul ball
. . . Boggs back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Boggs pounds it on the ground
toward the pitcher Nielsen
Nielsen swipes at it...
He only succeeds at knocking
it in front of him
That will be an error on Rob Nielsen

Biggio is up next
Two out with Boggs at first
Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Nielsen quick pitches the 0-2 offering
Nielsen comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Biggio
As Craig swings right through
it for strike three
Nielsen punches him out
That's all for the Modern Stars
No runs, no hits, one error and
one man left on base...
We go to the bottom of the 2nd...
We're scoreless

Fouts saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Dan will be facing the lefty Glavine
from the right side of the plate
Of his 16 home runs, 6 are
against southpaws
Glavine studies his sign
Now ready, here it is...
Fouts pulls this one down the line
Gwynn is at the warning track
The ball is hooking...
Just foul!
. . . Fouts back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Biggio plays it on one bounce
Over to McGwire...
Out of there!
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle
and K. A. Ton is looking for
a bat in the dugout

Walking up to the plate now is Hays
K. A. Ton waits on deck
Harry is batting .348 in
253 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by K. A. Ton
1 down, Hays behind in the count, 0-2
The lefty Glavine delivers
What a pitch... strike three
Glavine put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
Two gone here in the bottom of the 2nd
We want to welcome the FOFC
"Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Up now for FOFC is Ton
Two away, nobody on
Ton has managed a .326 average
against lefthanders this year
Glavine is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Here's the 2-2 pitch
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to center for a base hit
No chance to get that one

At the plate now for FOFC is Nights
Nights is at .282 on the season
Piazza flashes the sign...
Glavine shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Nights looks at strike three
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings,
FOFC has no runs, one hit and one error
While Late 20th has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
Late 20th has stranded 2

Tom Glavine stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Glavine is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Hays flashes the sign to Nielsen
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Hard slider...
And Glavine takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
One gone for Late 20th

And it brings up Rickey Henderson
On deck is Tony Gwynn
Kirby Puckett in the hole
Henderson swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Nielsen
He should get a good one to hit
The count at 3 and 1
Rickey brings the bat back...
The lefthander delivers
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Henderson held up, and draws a walk
Nielsen isn't happy at all with that call

Now up for Late 20th, Gwynn
A real speedster Henderson is on first
They'll need to keep an eagle-eye on him
Gwynn gets set
He's 1 for 1 so far
He's ready for the delivery
Nielsen rocks and fires
Gwynn hits a blooper just
beyond the infield
It looks like that one will drop
Jeff Nights dives toward
the outfield grass
AND SNAGS THE BALL BEFORE
IT HITS THE GROUND
Scoreless game with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Japanese League clipping
Negro League II 4 to 0
Negro League I is edging Caribbean 1 to 0
Williams battling Cuellar
Left Outs and AL Post WWII are tied at 3
Pennock battling Feller
NL Pre WWII is on top of
AL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Dead Ball Era slipping by
NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Old Timers is edging Turn
of Century 2 to 1

Taking his lead is Henderson
Henderson takes his lead...
Nielsen fires it to first...
OUT!
Henderson was leaning the wrong way
Nielsen caught him napping

Rob Nielsen is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Nielsen looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Glavine eyes Nielsen intently
Here is the 0-2 pitch
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Nielsen swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Piazza loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Rob as he was heading for the dugout
So one up and one gone

Blade is up next
One gone, bottom of the 3rd
A. J. Tucker moves out on deck
Tom Glavine steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Now the delivery, here is is...
Blade sends a routine ground ball to first
McGwire takes it on one hop
Flips it to Glavine
Easy out
That's two away for the All Stars
I had a chance to grab a
snack before the game
Had to hurry, though...
Wasn't hungry enough to eat 8 slices
so I had them cut the pizza into 6...

Now here's Tucker
Tucker is 0 for 1 today
Glavine toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Piazza
He brings it home
Tucker cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Piazza
Tucker was badly fooled by Glavine's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
A. J. was a little overanxious
That's three outs, side retired

Here's the right fielder Puckett
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Mike Piazza
And then Mark McGwire
Puckett needs to get on...
He has a .362 on base percentage
Puckett awaits the delivery
With a 0-1 count, the pitch
A hot shot on the ground to Blade
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Puckett is out
And there's one away

One away, nobody on base
Piazza stands ready at the plate
Nielsen shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers
It's fouled into short right field
Gazelle is coming in
Potpie is going back
Both are converging on the stands
Jeeberoni leans over the rail
Just beyond his reach
. . . Piazza back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
There's a towering fly ball hit by Piazza
Gazelle sprints over, and makes the catch
Two down

McGwire digs in at the plate
Ready now for Nielsen to come set
McGwire is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Nielsen brings it to the plate
It's hit down the line
Gazelle ranges over quickly
He's under it
Easy out
1-2-3, nothing across...

The big guys are due up for FOFC
Gazelle will lead it off
He will be followed by Jeeberoni
Potpie and Dan Fouts
Gazelle is 0 for 1 today
Gerald flied out last time up
Tom peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Gazelle swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Glavine strikes out Gerald Gazelle
One up, one down for FOFC

The first baseman, Potpie, is ready to bat
No score in the bottom of the 4th
Potpie has hit 31 home runs this year
Glavine has the sign from Piazza
Glavine winds and delivers
The 0-2 pitch
Potpie slaps a hard grounder past short
Gwynn is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Potpie will hold with a clean single

Now batting will be the third
baseman, Dan Fouts
Fouts wiggles the bat above his head
Fouts looks very intent...
He stares down at Glavine...
Cocks his bat
Glavine checks Potpie on first
Now the 2-0 pitch
Swung on...and hit way, way up
Under it is Piazza...and he's got it
Two down
Piazza asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Piazza and Glavine

The All Stars' catcher is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs
Hays scuffs up the lines around the box
Glavine steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Glavine brings it to the plate
Base hit to left for Hays
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Potpie will stay at second

It will be Ton to face Glavine
Ton is one of the most feared sluggers
Tom is ready
Glavine kicks and fires
Ton drives the ball to
left for extra bases
Potpie scores
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Hays scores!
Double for Ton

Piazza heads out to the mound . . .
They want to talk strategy.
They might be discussing walking Nights.
Now the ump comes out to break it up . . .
And we're ready to go . . .
They are going to put Nights on
Piazza holds out his glove
That's ball four

Nielsen finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Glavine squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
He rips a grounder to second
Taken by Biggio
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 4 innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and one error
While Late 20th has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 4 stranded
Late 20th has failed to bring home 2

Cal Ripken to lead things
off for Late 20th
FOFC with a 2 run lead
The visitors will try to quiet the crowd
A few base runners would do the trick
Cal looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Jimmy Williams flashes a series of them...
Now Ripken taps the bat on home plate
The count one ball,
one strike on Ripken
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Drilled on the ground to short
Nights comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
So one up and one gone

Making his way up is Boggs
Boggs is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
It's coming down the pike
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Boggs gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Japanese League is in front
of Negro League II 4 to 1
Negro League I is in front
of Caribbean 4 to 1
AL Post WWII slipping by Left Outs 8 to 6
NL Pre WWII is in front
of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0
Dead Ball Era is giving it
to NL Post WWII 5 to 0
Bender enjoying the big Dead Ball Era lead
Old Timers is edging Turn
of Century 2 to 1
And here in FOFC FOFC leads 2 to 0

Biggio makes his way to home plate
Late 20th down by 2 runs
We're in the top of the 5th
Rob looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch
Swung on and missed by Biggio,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Biggio
That wraps up the inning for Late 20th
By the way, Late 20th is 4 and
6 in their last ten games

We're back at the top of
the All Stars' order
Barrett Blade coming up
Barrett is hitting at .269 on the year
He has 85 hits in 316 at bats
This includes 19 doubles, 6 triples
3 home runs and 24 RBI's
He's ready
The lefthander Glavine comes home with it
There's a drive to left by Blade
Gwynn picks the ball up on one bounce
Fires it to second
Blade turns back and settles for a single
Terrific play by Gwynn

Blade stretches his lead
Glavine is paying a lot
of attention to Blade
They want to hold Blade close
He's excellent on the basepaths
Now he throws over...
Blade dives back in...
SAFE!

Tucker walks up to the plate
Tucker gets the sign from third
He is 0 for 2
A. J. is set for the pitch
The stretch... the 0-2 delivery
It is a high hard one...
Tucker goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Tucker couldn't hold back
With one gone
FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Gerald Gazelle is entering
the batter's box
Benton Breeze has his big bopper,
Jeeberoni Potpie,
waiting in the on-deck circle
And Tom studies the sign from Piazza...
Now he's got it
The southpaw Glavine delivers
the 2 strike pitch
Base hit to left for Gazelle
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Blade will stay at second

Men at first and second
Jeeberoni Potpie, a dangerous
man at the plate...
10th this year in the league
in slugging average

He's cruising along at a .573 pace
Potpie taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Set now is Potpie
Glavine fires
Screaming liner towards short
Ripken makes a great catch!
Score It: 6
Two down
Due up next is Dan Fouts
Let's see what happens now

FOFC third baseman, Dan Fouts, is up next
Fouts steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Dan is 0 for 2 today
Fouts waits patiently
The pitch is on the way
A slider by Glavine
Fouts gets good wood on it...
Gwynn back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That retires the side...
Dan Fouts fails to come
Through in the clutch
That's something you won't see very often
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8/1 Radio Broadcast Continued

Tom Glavine will start the top
of the 6th for Late 20th
Late 20th needs some runs
Now, FOFC on top 2 to 0
Glavine looks down toward
the third base coach
Tom is ready for the delivery
And the delivery by Nielsen
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Glavine gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Potpie grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Glavine for the out
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Rickey Henderson is coming to the plate
Henderson has a .264 average
against lefties
Nielsen likes the sign
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Slow ground ball
Fouts is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two up, two down for Late 20th
Nielsen is moving along
with the efficiency
of a well oiled machine

Gwynn is up now for Late 20th
Tony is 1 for 2 this summer evening
He popped out in his last plate appearance
Nielsen is slow to get ready

He has a 3.06 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Nielsen goes into his windup
Here it comes
Gwynn swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen strikes out Tony Gwynn
That's three outs, side retired

The All Stars will send
Hays, K. A. Ton, and Jeff Nights up
to the plate this inning
Harry steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Hays is 1 for 2 today
He singled last time up
Hays awaits the delivery
Glavine's 1-0 pitch...
Swung on...
Smashed on the ground...
It's over the bag!
Puckett is chasing it into the
corner in right field
It'll be extra bases!
Harry Hays motoring into second base
But Kirby Puckett plays it perfectly
Spins and throws
It's wide of the bag
Hays slides in with a double
That was a nasty curve he chased

K. A. Ton, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Ton is batting .289 with 11 HR's this year
Tom Glavine still on the mound
for the Modern Stars...
Glavine has gone the distance so far
He's given up 7 hits in 5 innings
Glavine will try to get Ton to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Ton swings late and slices one to right
It's curving toward the foul line...
Puckett won't get there in time
It's a fair ball as it
hits right on the line!
It takes two bounces...
Now a fan reaches over the railing
and gloves it!
Well, that stops that play right there!
Ton will get a ground rule double on it...
And the fan will be escorted out
of the ball park...
You can't do that folks
That ball was still in play
Hays scores on the play

One on, nobody out
Nights strides up to the plate
Jeff, a right-handed hitter, will
face the lefty Glavine
Of his 13 home runs, 4 are
against southpaws
Nights is set for the pitch
The home town crowd is yelling out to Ton
telling him to watch out
as Biggio sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Glavine delivers the 1-2 offering
Nights hits a three hopper
towards Cal Ripken
Ripken scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
One out
The All Stars have a 3 run lead


Nielsen strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
Nielsen goes through his
routine of settling in
Rob steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Glavine's pitch
And here's the pay-off pitch...
Swung on and chopped toward second
Biggio races in
He bare hands it!
Underhands one to first...
One hopper!
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by McGwire
A backhand pickup by the
Late 20th firstsacker!
Ton over to third easily
Joe Adcock is arguing that he
took his foot off the bag
but the play is going to stand
FOFC ahead 3 to 0 with
two away this inning

Two gone, Ton at third
Batting now is Barrett Blade
Blade is 1 for 2 today
Glavine has the sign from Piazza
The southpaw Glavine's delivery
on the 2-0 pitch
Bounced towards the hole
Nice play by Boggs
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 5-3
And that will do it for FOFC

Puckett leading off
Late 20th would like to get
some runners on base
Nielsen has the sign he wants
Here's the 0-1 offering
There is a shot right up the middle
Hit right on the nose by Puckett
It bounces right into the
waiting glove of Tucker
Puckett has himself a single

Nobody out, Puckett at first
Now up is Piazza
Piazza is at .314 on the season
Nielsen ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
The stretch... the delivery
It is a high hard one...
Piazza goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up out of the strike zone
but Piazza couldn't hold back
One away
While we wait for the next batter
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McGwire coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Puckett on first, with one away
McGwire adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Mark is 0 for 2 this evening
McGwire gets ready for Nielsen's pitch
His bat is cocked
Nielsen goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Puckett
He lobs one to Potpie...
Puckett is back easily
We're ready again
Now Nielsen comes home
McGwire raps a sizzling ground ball
It zips through the hole
Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up
Throws a strike to Nights
No chance to get Puckett at third

Ripken heads to the plate for Late 20th
The infield is at regular depth
Men on 1st and 3rd
Nielsen has the sign from Hays
Nielsen checks the runners
Here's the 3-1 offering
Ripken drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Puckett scores
Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign...
Double for Ripken

Wade Boggs is up next
Late 20th's third baseman
finds 2 on with 1 out
Boggs wiggles the bat above his head
Waiting for the pitch is Boggs
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Boggs flies out to left
Jimmy Williams won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runner holds.

Defensive manager has decided to
pitch around Craig Biggio
Craig Biggio next
The All Stars up by two runs
We're in the top of the 7th
Nielsen adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Curveball, Biggio lets it go by
The umpire signals STRIKE THREE!
Biggio looks imploringly at him
No words, but a very long look
Now he walks slowly back to the dugout
That's it for Late 20th
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
6 and a half innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 8 hits and one error
While Late 20th has one run,
4 hits and no errors
Late 20th has left 4 on base
FOFC has stranded 7

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

A. J. Tucker, Gerald Gazelle, and
Jeeberoni Potpie are due up
Tucker, a switch-hitter, up there
right-handed against the
southpaw Tom Glavine
The umpire says let's go
Tucker is ready
The lefthander Glavine delivers
Tucker hits a screamer at Cal Ripken
Ripken picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls McGwire off the bag
McGwire swipes with the glove

Tucker is out!
Nice play by McGwire
One down for FOFC
Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Gazelle saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Gazelle has a .305 average
against lefthanders
He is .263 overall
Glavine likes the sign
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Excellent sinker pitch, outside...
Gazelle gets good wood on it anyway
There's no doubt, that one is outta here!!
Gazelle circles the bases
As Glavine asks for a new
ball from the umpire
Now FOFC leads 4 to 1

Batting for FOFC will be Potpie
Potpie is 1 for 3 today
Glavine is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Glavine gets the sign from Piazza
It's coming down the pike
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Potpie gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Biggio grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 3

Dan Fouts, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Fouts is batting .270 with
16 homers this year
Tom Glavine on the mound for
the Modern Stars...
He has pitched deep into this game
Glavine has given up 9 hits and 4 runs
The southpaw Glavine's delivery
on the 2-2 pitch
Glavine comes in there with a dipsy-do
And Fouts just freezes as
he watches it curve over
the outside corner...
STRIKE THREE!
8 this evening...
58 on the season for Tom Glavine
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Japanese League jumping all over
Negro League II 10 to 1
Ochiai has hit his 2nd homerun
for Japanese League
Negro League I is giving
it to Caribbean 6 to 1
AL Post WWII clipping Left Outs 10 to 6
Jackson has hit his 22nd homerun
for AL Post WWII
NL Pre WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 3 to 2
Dead Ball Era is giving it
to NL Post WWII 5 to 0
Old Timers with the lead over
Turn of Century 4 to 1
Radbourn comfortably ahead for Old Timers

Bobby Cox will send up a pinch hitter
Paul Molitor steps out of the dugout!
He will be up there against Nielsen

Molitor steps up to the
plate for Late 20th
It's the top of the 8th at FOFC Stadium
Molitor digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen
Nielsen is ready quickly
Nielsen brings it home
Fastball, up at the letters...
Molitor swings...
Skies on to deep right
Pflaggstettler racing back...
Back...
At the wall...
HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT!
The ump is signaling no out
Molitor motors easily into second
As Pflaggstettler throws the ball in
That'll be a two base error on him
That should have been an easy catch
Score It: E9
Molitor to second

So that brings up the top of the order
Rickey Henderson will step in
Henderson is taking his practice swings
Rickey is 0 for 2 this evening
He grounded out last time at bat
After getting set, Henderson
waits on the pitch
And the delivery by Nielsen
WATCH OUT!
Nielsen has hit Henderson!
Now Henderson gets up
and brushes himself off
He's not thrilled with being drilled!
The ump tells Henderson to take his base

Gwynn finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Gwynn is 1 for 3 today
Tony struck out last time up
Nielsen is having a fine year so far
His 16 victories make him
1st in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
Rob checks the runners...
Steps off the mound...

Again he's into the stretch...

The pitch
STRIKE THREE... Change of pace
Gwynn is way out in front swinging
Number 8 so far today for Nielsen
One down for Late 20th...
Fouts calls time as he comes to the mound
to have a word with the pitcher

I'm sure he wants Nielsen to bear down
And not worry about the runners

Here comes Puckett to the plate
Look in the Late 20th dugout
The players have their caps turned around!
They want Puckett to get on
They're looking to close
the 3 run gap on FOFC
1st and 2nd, one man down
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
Rob checks the runners
Here's the 2 strike offering
Dribbler to first
Potpie takes it to the bag himself
Score It: 3
Two down
Due up next is Mike Piazza
Let's see what happens now

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Mike Piazza
Piazza departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way slowly to the plate
He's not known for his speed anyway!
Looking for his first hit today
Piazza is 0 for 3
Piazza is ready
Nielsen needs a strikeout
He checks the runners...

The pitch
Low and inside... ball four
Piazza gets a free ticket to first
That loads them up for Mark McGwire

"Big Mac" is coming to the plate
McGwire is one of the most feared sluggers
Rob gets the sign from Hays
Nielsen checks all the baserunners...
Now he comes home with it
Swung on
Foul tip...
Strike three as Hays holds on to it
Mark didn't come through this time
Three down in the 8th for Late 20th
They trail by 3
It's always a bad sign when you are down
by as many runs as you have
outs to score them in
Bruce Sutter will be coming
on to pitch for Late 20th
Bruce has appeared in 46 games this season
with a record of 1-3
In 80 innings, he has an 3.38 ERA
Tom Glavine has finished his work
here this evening
Late 20th's defensive changes are...
Molitor will bat 9th and play 1B

Harry Hays, Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
and Jeff Nights are the first three
All Stars batters due up
FOFC leads, 4-1
Hays steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Harry is 2 for 3 today
Hays gets set for the pitch
Bruce winds
Kicks... and delivers
A slider by Sutter
Hays gets good wood on it...
Puckett back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
One out
The All Stars have a 3 run lead


The right fielder, Persimmon
Pflaggstettler, is up next
Sutter looks down at Piazza for the sign
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Fly ball to center
Henderson is under it
He makes the grab
That's two away
Ripken comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Sutter
Jeff Nights will be next up...

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
Rob Nielsen waits on deck
Nights has hit 13 home runs this year
Sutter studies his sign
Sutter goes into his windup
And here's the 1-1 offering
Nights hits a deep fly ball into the alley
Rickey Henderson chases it down
But the ball hits the base of the wall
Henderson hits the wall and
falls to the ground
Nights is into third with a triple
Now they check on Henderson
He's okay
That ball hit right at the
base of the fence
399 feet from home plate

David Gonzalez will get a
crack at Sutter next
Barrett Blade would be up next...
But only if Gonzalez can reach safely
Gonzalez is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Gonzalez is poised and ready for the pitch
The righthander Sutter delivers
There's a high pop down
the left field line
It's going to go into foul territory
Boggs and Ripken are chasing
it down the line
Cal dives, but can't make the play
Foul ball
. . . Gonzalez back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
He rips a grounder to second
Taken by Biggio
Over to Molitor
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That retires the side
FOFC comes up empty-handed
Here in the bottom of the 8th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base

Late 20th will send Ripken,
Wade Boggs, and Craig Biggio to face
James Rodney this inning
Rodney takes the first sign
Rodney winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Ripken hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Fouts dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the third
baseman, Dan Fouts!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games
These scores are final...
Japanese League smacked Negro
League II 10 to 3
Bessho the winner, he's now 6-17
Brewer takes the loss, his
record drops to 7-12
Negro League I cuffed Caribbean 6 to 3
Gibson has hit his 18th homerun
for Negro League I
AL Post WWII clubbed Left Outs 13 to 6
NL Pre WWII nipped AL Pre WWII 3 to 2
Mays takes the loss, his
record drops to 10-8
Marquard the winner, he's now 5-10
Dead Ball Era easily defeated
NL Post WWII 5 to 0
Old Timers squeezed by Turn
of Century 7 to 5
And in our matchup FOFC on top 4 to 1

Wade Boggs plants his left foot
The lefthanded third baseman
for Late 20th appears set
Bo is ready
Now Bo delivers
Struck him out on a fastball
Boggs goes down swinging
Two down

Biggio coming up for Late 20th
Nobody on, two away
Hays flashes the sign to Knowles
The windup, the pitch
Strike three swinging!
Biggio goes down on strikes for
the 4th time this evening!

And that will do it for Late 20th
FOFC wins 4 to 1
Nielsen gets credit for the win
Glavine takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was K. A. Ton
He was 3 for 3
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Late 20th Modern Stars At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/1/1900 Modern Stars AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG R.Henderson CF 2 0 0 0 .252 B.Blade 2B 3 0 1 0 .270 T.Gwynn LF 4 0 1 0 .322 A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .295 K.Puckett RF 4 1 1 0 .314 G.Gazelle RF,LF 4 1 2 1 .267 M.Piazza C 3 0 0 0 .313 J.Potpie 1B 4 1 1 0 .289 M.McGwire 1B 4 0 1 0 .241 D.Fouts 3B 4 0 0 0 .269 B.Sutter P 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Hays C 4 2 2 0 .350 C.Ripken SS 4 0 1 1 .285 K.Ton LF 3 0 3 3 .294 W.Boggs 3B 4 0 0 0 .268 A-P.Pflaggstettler RF 1 0 0 0 .304 C.Biggio 2B 4 0 0 0 .231 J.Nights SS 3 0 1 0 .282 T.Glavine P 2 0 0 0 .206 R.Nielsen P 3 0 0 0 .098 B-P.Molitor PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .269 C-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .297 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 1 4 1 Totals 34 4 10 4 A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Ton In 7th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Glavine In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Nielsen In 8th Inning Modern Stars.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 4 0 All Stars....... 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 - 4 10 2 Modern Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA T.Glavine LOSS(9-7) 7 9 4 4 1 8 1 108 3.23 B.Sutter 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 3.33 Totals 8 10 4 4 1 8 1 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Nielsen WIN(17-5) 8 4 1 1 2 9 0 108 3.07 J.Rodney 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.19 B.Knowles 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 3.98 Totals 9 4 1 1 2 11 0 ATTENDANCE- 46,491 DATE- Wednesday, August 1st 1900 TIME- Night T- 1:32 LEFT ON BASE- Modern Stars: 7 All Stars: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Modern Stars: 0 All Stars: 0 ERRORS- P.Pflaggstettler, R.Nielsen DOUBLES- C.Ripken(29th), H.Hays(5th), K.Ton-2(10th) TRIPLES- J.Nights(2nd) HOME RUNS- G.Gazelle(22nd) WALKS- R.Henderson, M.Piazza, J.Nights HIT BY PITCH- R.Henderson, B.Blade STRIKE OUTS- T.Gwynn-2, M.Piazza, M.McGwire-2, W.Boggs, C.Biggio-4, T.Glavine, A.Tucker-2, G.Gazelle, J.Potpie, D.Fouts, H.Hays, J.Nights, R.Nielsen WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Gerald Gazelle robbed Mark McGwire of an extra base hit.

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8/2 Radio Broadcast - Game 117

Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium
The players are on the field
and we're almost ready to go
As Nellie Fox prepares to face Babson
let's check out the FOFC defense
At first base is Potpie
Palmer is down at the hot corner
Blade and Nights
are at second and short, respectively
From left to right... Ton, Tucker
and Pflaggstettler
and now Hays is just
settling in behind the plate
The righthander Babson's delivery
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One away in the top of the
1st for AL Post WWII

Coming up for AL Post WWII is Robin Yount
Nobody on base, one out
Yount goes through his routine
of settling in
Yount tells the umpire he's ready
Now Brian delivers
Long drive
Way back... back
It's heading towards the fence
K. A. Ton has a chance
It pops out of his mitt!
Ton is charged with the error
Ton has committed 1 error
in this evening's game

The "Mick" steps in to face Brian Babson
Mantle, a switch-hitter, facing
the right-handed Babson
Mickey steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Babson's righthanded delivery...
Here's a curve...
Not a good one!
Mantle turns on it a BIG WAY...
Forget it, that one is long
gone... a home run!
Number 35 for Mickey on the year
He also has 90 RBI's now

Killebrew saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Babson is into his wind-up
And the 3-2 pitch is on its way...
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Killebrew hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into left for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

Jackson is up now for AL Post WWII
Reggie Jackson is hitting .255 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Jackson is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Here's the righthander's delivery
Belted right back at Blade
He snares it just before
it hits the ground
Two down

AL Post WWII sends the left fielder,
Carl Yastrzemski, up to the plate
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Yastrzemski at the plate
The umpire says let's go
Babson brings it to the plate
Smashed to first
Potpie will take it himself
Score It: 3
And we go to the home-half
of the first inning
It's AL Post WWII 2, All Stars coming up

The second baseman Blade
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
Blade can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Blade readies himself for the pitch
Ryan brings it to the plate
Slow ground ball
Fox is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One up, one down for FOFC

Now here's Tucker
A. J. is hitting at .295 on the year
He has 145 hits in 492 at bats
This includes 18 doubles, 7 triples
7 home runs and 51 RBI's
Ryan adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Berra
The righthander delivers
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Tucker gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Fox grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's the second out of the inning

The first baseman, Jeeberoni
Potpie, is up next
Ryan squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Ryan brings it to the plate
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Ryan punches him out!
That'll do it in the bottom of the 1st
No runs, no hits and no errors
AL Post WWII ahead 2 to 0
And now we'll pause for station
identification
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AL Post WWII will send Brett,
Yogi Berra, and Nolan Ryan to face
Brian Babson this inning
Hays flashes the sign to Babson
Babson rocks and fires
Topped in front of home
Taken by Hays
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 2-3
With one down, up next is Yogi Berra
To be followed by Nolan Ryan

Nobody on, one away for AL Post WWII
Up now is Berra
Berra has hit 13 home runs this year
Brian peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
He brings it home
Berra rips a fastball down the line
This one may have the distance...
But will it be fair?
It is heading right at the foul pole...
It is....


A foul ball!
. . . Berra back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Slider pounded into the
ground towards first
It's by the diving Potpie...
Blade chasing it down...
There will be no play
It's a base hit

Ryan squares around
He bunts it . . .
It's popped up...
Caught by D.Palmer
a poor bunt by Ryan
That's two away

With a runner at first and two outs
Fox walks to the plate
AL Post WWII leads 2 to 0
Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Fox
Babson's 3-1 pitch...
Bouncer to first
Potpie to Babson covering first
Score It: 3-1
That wraps up the inning for AL Post WWII
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Old Timers with the lead
over Caribbean 3 to 0
NL Post WWII is edging Negro
League I 1 to 0
Negro League II with the lead
over AL Pre WWII 7 to 4
Cronin has hit his 11th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII slipping by
Dead Ball Era 2 to 0
Japanese League is edging
Turn of Century 1 to 0
Sugishita and Joss currently dueling
Left Outs slipping by Late 20th 2 to 0

The right fielder Pflaggstettler will
start things off for the All Stars
Ryan steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Ryan brings it home
Pflaggstettler pulls one to the left side
It's going to scoot on through the infield
Yastrzemski will retrieve
it without difficulty
He tosses it back in to second
as Pflaggstettler retreats to
first after a wide turn

Pflaggstettler watches Ryan as
he inches away from the base
Big bender...
Pflaggstettler is off to the races
Berra pumps...
but no throw, he holds onto the ball
He is SAFE!

K. A. Ton steps into the box
Ton is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
K. A. certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Ryan earn his salary
Ryan is ready quickly
Nolan looks over his shoulder
at Pflaggstettler
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Sinker, low and away...
Ton reaches out for it...
Connects...
Lifting a high fly...
Yastrzemski giving chase...
Still going, at the warning track...
He runs out of room
HOME RUN!
That ball just kept carrying
FOFC puts two runs on the board
And the game is tied!

Hays leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Ryan is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
The pitch is on the way
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Berra fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Hays
One gone for FOFC

One away, nobody on base
Palmer stands ready at the plate
Palmer steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Palmer is ready
The righthander Ryan's delivery
Palmer hits a pop into short left field
Brett sprints out
Yastrzemski and Mantle sprint
towards the infield
Carl Yastrzemski sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
The official scorer rules a single

Nights is up next
FOFC has a runner at first and one out
Nights scuffs up the lines around the box
Ryan shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
The righthander Ryan delivers
Nights lifts a flyball towards
Mickey Mantle
Mantle seems to be having trouble
picking up the ball
Mantle stumbles... he sticks
his glove up...
The ball drops out of the
pocket for an error

Brian Babson gets a round of applause
Nights is on second, Palmer on third
The fans want some runs
Ryan tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Ryan checks the runners
Dribbler to second
Palmer breaks for home
Taken by Fox
Over to Killebrew
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
That's two away now
However, the All Stars take
the lead on the play
FOFC ahead 3 to 2

FOFC second baseman, Barrett
Blade, is up next
2 men away, Nights on third
Right-hander Ryan prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Blade
Ryan fires
Grounded to short
Yount comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That will do it for FOFC
but not before they ring up 3 runs
to overtake the Post-Americans by 1
The score now stands at 3-2, All Stars

Yount is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Yount looks to third for a sign
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Yount tries to hold up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
The ump says he went around
STRIKE THREE!
And there's one away

Pounding the plate with his bat
Mantle awaits the pitch
Mantle is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Mantle gets ready for Babson's pitch
His bat is cocked
And the delivery by Babson
Mantle swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Babson strikes out Mickey Mantle
Two down
Babson gets the first two batters
here in the top of the 3rd

Walking up to the plate now is Killebrew
Reggie Jackson waits on deck
Killebrew is 1 for 1 today
Harmon singled last time around
Harmon is ready for the delivery
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Killebrew hits a screamer at Jeff Nights
Nights takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Potpie scoops it on one hop

Killebrew is out!
Nice play by Potpie
That's all she wrote
A three up, three down inning
So After 2 and a half innings
FOFC on top, 3-2

A. J. Tucker stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Tucker is 0 for 1 today
Ryan is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Ryan winds and delivers
The 2 strike pitch
Struck him out on a fastball
Tucker goes down swinging
One down for FOFC
Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie
The first baseman is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 1
FOFC ahead 3 to 2
Ryan has the sign from Berra
Fox comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Ryan
The delivery
Fastball, way high
Ball four
Ryan walks him
Nolan is certainly not known
for his control

Pflaggstettler walks to the plate
Pflaggstettler is hitting
.306 with 18 homeruns
Persimmon also has 18 doubles
and 8 triples
And has driven in a total of 62 runs
Ryan is slow to get ready

He has a 5.62 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Ryan brings it to the plate
Pflaggstettler slices one into
the right-field corner
Tailing near the foul pole
Jackson can't get to it
It's in there for extra bases
Pflaggstettler is heading for second...
Now he churns toward third...
And he'll make it easily!
Potpie scores from first

One away, Pflaggstettler at third
Now up for FOFC, Ton
Runner on 3rd, 1 man out
Ryan looks down at Berra for the sign

Now he's ready...
The pitch is on the way
Hit to third... and right at Brett
He juggled that ball a bit, but held on
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 2
The All Stars have 4 hits on the evening

Harry Hays is up next
FOFC's catcher finds 1 on with 2 outs
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
Hays waits on Ryan
Way ahead in the count
Ryan turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Big slow curve...
And it's in there... Hays
looks at strike three
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
By the way, FOFC is 8 and 2
in their last ten games

Reggie Jackson will start the top
of the 4th for AL Post WWII
AL Post WWII needs some runs
Now, FOFC leads 4 to 2
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
Babson leans back and fires
Jackson lines one just to
the right of Potpie
It's past him into right field!
Pflaggstettler hustles over
and fires it back into second
So Jackson is on with a
line single to right

Carl Yastrzemski, the left fielder,
strides to the plate
Yastrzemski steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Carl is 0 for 1 today
Jackson kicks the dirt at first
Babson is saying a few words to Blade...
So far in 1900,
Brian has a 9 and 10 record
with 3 complete games
OK, now he looks in for the sign
Babson goes into his stretch...
Looks at Jackson...
He fires one to Potpie...
Jackson dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Babson comes home
Grounded towards the middle
Nice play by Nights
Throws to second
He's out
To first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
Two gone for AL Post WWII

Batting for AL Post WWII will be Brett
Brett is 0 for 1 today
Babson steps on the rubber
And the righthander is into his windup
Here's the pitch...
Line shot over Potpie
Deep down the line
Pflaggstettler is racing back...
Reaches up
It's off his glove
The ball is bouncing off the fence
George is rounding second
The throw...
Safe!
Triple number 5 on the year
for George Brett

The bad-ball hitting catcher,
Yogi Berra, is now batting
Berra is hitting .262 against righties
Yogi steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Babson's pitch
Brett is dancing off third
Babson is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Change up, a beauty...
Heeee struck him out!
That's it for AL Post WWII
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
3 and a half innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 4 hits and one error
While AL Post WWII has 2 runs,
5 hits and one error
AL Post WWII has left 3 on base
FOFC has stranded 2

Here's the third baseman Palmer
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Jeff Nights
And then Brian Babson
Palmer is 1 for 1 today
Deacon singled last time up
Ryan has the sign from Berra
Ryan's windup... the delivery
The pitch is just inside
and Palmer holds up
Berra points down at the first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!
One out
The All Stars have a 2 run lead


The shortstop, Jeff Nights
will be up next for FOFC
Nights has hit 13 home runs this year
Ryan eyes Nights intently
And the cripple pitch...
Slider, down and in...
Nights manages to hit a shallow fly
Yastrzemski charging hard... dives...
Great diving catch by Yastrzemski!
He slid several feet after
making that stab
Two men gone, nobody on
FOFC leads by 2

Babson finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Brian takes a couple of practice cuts
Ryan wastes no time
He has the sign from Berra
It's coming down the pike
Babson takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Babson is out on strikes
Easy inning for Ryan
So after four complete...
FOFC leads 4 to 2

AL Post WWII will send up Nolan Ryan,
Nellie Fox and Robin Yount
to face Babson
They'll try to get something going
here in the top of the 5th
Babson steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The kick and the pitch
Ryan swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Babson strikes out Nolan Ryan
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Old Timers and Caribbean
are all knotted at 4
Keefe battling Tiant Jr.
NL Post WWII bombing Negro League I 9 to 1
Negro League II is destroying
AL Pre WWII 13 to 4
NL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead
of Dead Ball Era 9 to 3
Japanese League with the lead
over Turn of Century 4 to 1
Late 20th leads Left Outs 3 to 2

Now batting will be Nellie Fox
Against righthanders
Fox is hitting .242
He's ready for the delivery
Now ready, here it is...
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Blade takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Fox is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Barrett is very fine fielder!
Two down
Brian Babson retires
the first two batters in order

Yount coming up for AL Post WWII
Nobody on, two away
Yount adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Robin is 0 for 2 this evening
Yount is waiting on the pitch
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Yount swings...
Hard groundball, left of third
It's by Palmer and skips out to Ton
Yount rounds first
The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off
and fires it in quickly to second
Yount returns to first
as K. A. gets a nice throw in to Blade

Mantle gets set at the plate
Yount will be running if it's hit
Babson looks down at Hays for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Yount dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
Base hit to center for Mantle
Yount is racing towards third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Mantle at first

Killebrew is ready to face Babson
Killebrew is 1 for 2 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Palmer is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson waves it off...
Now he's happy
Here's the 2 strike offering
Slow curve...
And he chased it! STRIKE THREE!
Killebrew just couldn't hold up
That pitch was a real tantalizer
But Killebrew fails in
the clutch this time
We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium
After 4 and a half innings
FOFC ahead 4 to 2
We'll be right back...

Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC
Barrett is hitting at .269 on the year
He has 86 hits in 320 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 2
Blade grounded out his last time up
Blade waits patiently
Here's the pitch
HIT HIM!!
Blade jogs down to first
Barrett took one for the team to get on

Taking his lead is Blade
Ryan looks Blade back
He is unable to get his normal lead

First base coach Joe Adcock wants
a word with Blade...
Now we're all set to go...
A. J. Tucker steps in
Blade takes his lead at first
Tucker checks for the sign again
Ryan rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Ryan goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Blade
Fires to Killebrew...
Blade is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Ryan comes home
The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Smashed to first
Killebrew takes it to the bag himself
The hit and run moves the runner up.
Score It: 3
That's one away

Planting his right foot
Potpie is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Potpie
Jeeberoni is batting .288
in 396 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Persimmon
Pflaggstettler
Ryan adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Berra
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Potpie takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Potpie's outta there

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Pflaggstettler
Persimmon is hitting at .308 on the year
He has 117 hits in 380 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 10 stolen bases
Pflaggstettler awaits the delivery
We've got a full count...
Ryan winds and fires...
That one is a grass cutter towards third
Brett fronts it...
OOPS! It takes a big hop!
George manages to come up with it
on the heel of his glove
Rolls the ball into his free hand
On to first
It is off target...
Killebrew one hops it into his glove
Out!
Killebrew can't get out of the way
and Persimmon runs right into him
Nice play as that ball was thrown
on the rightfield side of the bag
Lucky the collision didn't hurt anyone
That retires the side
FOFC comes up empty-handed
Here in the bottom of the 5th
No runs, no hits, no errors
and one man left on base

To lead off this inning is Reggie Jackson
AL Post WWII needs a pair to tie this game
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Jackson is 1 for 2 today
Jackson waits for the delivery
The pitch to Jackson...
Jackson swings very late
He pops it foul
Hays gives chase
Here comes Palmer
They are both at the rail...
Just next to the screen
Neither can make the play
. . . Jackson back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Smashed to the mound
Babson grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 1-3
One down for AL Post WWII
Carl Yastrzemski is still
in the on-deck circle
and George Brett is looking
for a bat in the dugout

And it brings up Carl Yastrzemski
On deck is George Brett
Yogi Berra in the hole
Yastrzemski is 0 for 2 today
The right-hander Babson is set
to deliver to Yastrzemski
Brian winds and delivers...
The 0-2 pitch...
Fastball, paints the outside corner
Swung on by Yastrzemski
Grounded hard at Nights...
Scooped up, fired to first...
OVER THE HEAD OF Potpie...
Bounces into the dugout
Yastrzemski scampers into second
That'll be a two base error
Score It: E6
Yastrzemski to second

Brett heads to the plate for AL Post WWII
The infield is at regular depth
George steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Brett is 1 for 2 today
He tripled last time up
The count even at 1-1
Here's his delivery
Curveball, in and low
Brett hits it to Potpie at first
Takes it cleanly...
Races to the bag...
It's going to be close...
And...
Out is the call
That could have gone either way
Yastrzemski is now perched over at third
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Babson

Now batting #8, Yogi Berra...
#8
Brian Babson is reaching
for the resin bag...
He pops it up and gives it a squeeze...

Babson is having a fine year for FOFC
His 9 wins is 13th in the league
Yastrzemski is dancing off third
Babson is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Grounded into the hole
Smooth pickup by Blade
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That's all for AL Post WWII
After 5 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
FOFC ahead 4 to 2
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8/2 Radio Broadcast Continued

Ton saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
The righthander pitching to Ton...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .269 average
against Nolan
The windup, the pitch
Ton hits a pop into short right field
Fox sprints out
Jackson and Mantle sprint
towards the infield
Reggie Jackson sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
The official scorer rules a single

Next up for FOFC is Harry Hays
With Harry's hitting ability
I'd be looking for him to swing away
What do you think?...
Harry seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Nolan rocks and fires
It's the hit and run play by FOFC...
Hays misses the pitch!
The steal attempt...
Berra is up and firing...
OUT!
The ball was there waiting for Ton

Hays is up next
One gone, bottom of the 6th
Deacon Palmer moves out on deck
Nolan Ryan still on the mound
for the Post-Americans...
Ryan has gone the distance so far
He's given up 5 hits in 5 1/3 innings
Righthander Ryan's delivery
Baltimore chop
Into left for a single!

Hays at first, one out
Deacon Palmer is ready at the plate
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Palmer
He's 1 for 2 today
The righty shakes off the sign...
Now Nolan shakes off another one...
Nolan has a 95 MPH fastball
but has control problems
We've got a full count...
Ryan winds and fires...
Fastball... just outside
And Palmer will take first on the walk
Walk number 2 issued by Ryan this evening

Nights, the shortstop, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC leads 4 to 2
Nights is 0 for 2 today
Ryan is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Ryan gets the sign from Berra
Here's the 3-1 offering
Base hit to left for Nights
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runners hold.

Facing Ryan now is Gonzalez
Barrett Blade heads to the on deck circle
A. J. Tucker waits in the hole
Against righthanders
Gonzalez is hitting .299
Ryan finds himself in quite a jam
He has to be careful with Gonzalez
But he needs to throw strikes
Ryan adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Berra
Here's the 2 strike pitch
It is a high hard one...
Gonzalez goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up and
out of the strike zone...
Gonzalez couldn't hold back
Two down
Barrett Blade is due up next

Barrett Blade will get
a crack at Ryan next
A. J. Tucker would be up next...
But only if Blade can reach safely
Ryan has the sign from Berra
Ryan brings it home
The ball bounces in the dirt
Berra blocks it nicely
That's ball four
Blade makes his way to first
Bases remain loaded but it
could have been worse
Only one run scores...
Ryan's walked 3 today

A. J. Tucker, the All Stars'
center fielder is up next
FOFC has 3 men on with 2 outs
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Tucker at the plate
Berra flashes the sign...
Ryan shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Ryan brings it to the plate
Tucker hits a pop into short right field
Out goes Killebrew and Fox
In comes Jackson
Fox waves his hands in the air
And makes the catch over his shoulder
Pretty play by Fox
Tucker chokes in the clutch!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 6 innings
FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and 2 errors
While AL Post WWII has 2 runs,
7 hits and one error
FOFC has left 5 stranded
AL Post WWII has failed to bring home 6

Rod Carew is swinging a bat
He'll come up to hit for Nolan Ryan

Rod Carew up first for AL Post WWII
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Time is called...
The umpire asks for some new balls
from the All Stars ballboy
He's ready
Sirr has to bear down now...
The wind-up, the 3-1 delivery...
Carew swings hard
It's off the handle
The ball and half the bat
are heading for short
Nights makes the right choice
Scoops up the ball
Tosses to first
Rod is too quick!

AL Post WWII second baseman, Nellie
Fox, will be up next
He will be followed by Robin Yount
One on... no one out
FOFC leads AL Post WWII by 3 runs
0 for 3 today
Fox looks for a sign from third
Don Zimmer with the hand signals
Nellie stands with bat ready
The righthander Fozborg delivers
Fox raps a hard grass cutter toward second
Blade takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up
Over to second for one
Back to first for the deuce!
Two out, nobody on
FOFC on top 5 to 2

Nobody on, two away
Yount steps in for AL Post WWII
Yount is 1 for 3 today
Robin singled last time around
Now set, Yount waits for the pitch
Fozborg's 1-2 pitch...
Yount lays down a bunt!
Palmer has it and throws to first
Just in time!

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Whitey Ford will be coming on
to pitch for AL Post WWII
Whitey has appeared in
58 games this season
with a record of 4-4
In 98 innings, he has an 5.14 ERA
Nolan Ryan has finished his work
here this evening

Ahead by 3 runs here in
the bottom of the 7th
FOFC hopes to add to their lead
The heart of their line-up is coming up
Potpie is at .287 on the season
Ford steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Now Whitey delivers
Potpie takes a cut at the slider...
There's a line drive...
Going over the head of Reggie Jackson
My word! Look at that ball go!!

That's a home run!!

And that left the yard in a hurry
Ford can't believe it
Homer number 32 for Jeeberoni
Potpie this year
To go with his 82 RBI's

FOFC right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
will be up next
He will be followed by Gerald Gazelle
Bases empty... no one out
FOFC up by 4
Pflaggstettler is 2 for 3 today
For the season, Persimmon has 18 homers
18 doubles, and 9 triples
He has scored 69 runs
while driving in 63
The umpire says let's go
Pflaggstettler is ready
The pitch is on the way
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Brett plays it on one hop
Over to Killebrew...
Out of there!
One down for FOFC
Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle
FOFC leading in the game
Ford looks down at Berra for the sign
Now he's ready
Ford's windup... the delivery
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Gazelle
No chance for either Yount or Yastrzemski
That one had base hit written all over it

Coming to the plate is Hays
Gazelle's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Ford
Hays looks into the dugout
Now he steps back in...
1 for 3 on the day for Harry
Harry is ready for the delivery
Ford kicks and fires
WATCH OUT!
Hays IS BEANED!
He'll go down to first
And Gazelle will move to second

Palmer gets set at the plate
Palmer adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Deacon is 1 for 2 this evening
Palmer waits for the delivery
Way ahead in the count
Ford turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Base hit to left for Palmer
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Gazelle scores!

Nights is up now for FOFC
Jeff is hitting at .282 on the year
He has 122 hits in 432 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 3
Nights singled his last time up
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
A quick check of the runners...
And the pitch
Curve ball is wide
Nights lets it go
Ball four!
So Ford's full count pitch misses
FOFC loads the bases

Settling in at the plate is Fozborg
Nights on first, Palmer on second
Hays on third
Ford looks down at Berra for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Ford checks all the baserunners...
Now he comes home with it
Fastball, down and in...
Swung on...
It's a dribbler toward third...
Brett up with it...
Throws to the plate...
In plenty of time for the force play...
The throw to first...
Fozborg is safe at first...
They are unable to turn the double play
But AL Post WWII did get the lead runner
The bases are still loaded for
Barrett Blade up next
That's the second out of the inning

Slowly coming up is Blade for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC on top 7 to 2
Ford tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch
Blade drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Nights and Palmer will score
Dick Howser will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Berra is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Good,)...
Fozborg scores!
Trailing runner advances.
Double for Blade

A. J. Tucker, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Tucker steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
A. J. is 0 for 4 today
After getting set, Tucker
waits on the pitch
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Tucker laces a hit into the outfield
Carl Yastrzemski picks it up
He fires it to the infield
Tucker holds at first

Next up is Jeeberoni Potpie,
the FOFC first baseman...
FOFC out in front by 9
It's the bottom of the 7th
Potpie is 1 for 3 on the day
He looks around at the
AL Post WWII infield
Killebrew is kicking the dirt at first
Brett is even with the bag at third
Fox and Yount are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Ford is happy with the sign
He brings it home
There's a drive to right by Potpie
Jackson fields it on the short hop
He fires it to second
Potpie turns back and settles for a single
Tucker is now perched over at third
Terrific play by Jackson

Now up in the FOFC seventh will
be Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle
Whitey gets the sign from Berra
And the delivery by Ford
Fastball, at the letters...
Pflaggstettler crunches it...
There's a high belt...
Driven deep into left-centerfield...
Mantle running to the fence...
It's outta here
HOME RUN 19 for Pflaggstettler this year!

Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle
Harry Hays waits on deck
Ford wastes no time
He has the sign from Berra
The southpaw Ford's delivery
on the 0-1 pitch
Gazelle gets a fastball...
Takes his cut at it...
Drills a long drive
Going way back... back...
It's headed out of here
It's GONE!!... Home Run for Gazelle
Gazelle and the All Stars are
beating up on AL Post WWII this evening

Hays now at the plate
Deacon Palmer waits on deck
Hays is at .350 on the season
Whitey Ford on in relief of Nolan Ryan
Ford brings it to the plate
Fastball...
Swung on...
Lined to left... Single for Hays
HE TRIPS OVER THE BAG AT FIRST!!
The throw to first...
He manages to scramble back safely...
Hays' not getting up
Joe Adcock, the first base coach
is calling for help
Here comes the trainer, Tay Pemup...
They are looking at his ankle...

Now he's on his feet, walking a bit
Looks like he'll be OK, at least for now
Give him a single on the play

Joe Torre is motioning to the
Post-Americans bullpen
He's waving his right arm
We're going to see the right
handed Hoyt Wilhelm
He'll be the 3rd pitcher for
AL Post WWII this evening
So far in 1900, Wilhelm has 55 appearances
In 92 innings this year
Hoyt has a 4-4 record, with 5 saves
His ERA stands at 6.38
Wilhelm's just about finished warming up

And now here's Deacon Palmer
Jeff Nights on deck...
Two outs here in the bottom of the 7th
Palmer is batting seventh
in the order today
He is hitting a fine .340 for FOFC
He also has has contributed with 40 runs
17 doubles, 2 triples and 6 home runs
Palmer awaits the pitch
Wilhelm will try to get
Palmer to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Grounded towards the bag
Brett grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46241

Mantle leading off
AL Post WWII would like to
get some runners on base
The outfield is shading
Mantle towards right
He's hoping to pop this one, I'm sure
Mantle tells the umpire he's ready
The pitch to Mantle...
Groundball off the change-up...
Past Potpie at first...
It's rolling into the outfield grass...
Mantle gets a base hit

Killebrew moseys up to the plate
Reggie Jackson is heading
for the on-deck circle
Killebrew is batting .220
with 21 homers this year
Fozborg wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Fozborg checks Mantle on first
Now the 3-1 pitch
That's ball four
Killebrew trots down to first
Mantle is already down on second

Reggie Jackson is ready for AL Post WWII
Nobody out, Killebrew at first,
Mantle at second
Jackson can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Reggie steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Fozborg's pitch
Sirr rocks and fires
Drilled deep to right field
This one is deep!
IT MIGHT BE, IT MAY BE,
IT IS!!!
He really got into that one!
That is Reggie Jackson's 23rd
home run of the year.

That'll bring up left fielder
Carl Yastrzemski...
FOFC way out in front
FOFC leads 15 to 5

FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Yastrzemski is 0 for 3 today
Sirr looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Fozborg's into his windup... the pitch
Yastrzemski lines one just
to the right of Potpie
It's past him into right field!
Pflaggstettler hustles over
and fires it back into second
So Yastrzemski is on with
a line single to right

One on, no outs
Coming up for AL Post WWII is Brett
Fozborg ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Here's his delivery
It's a scorching liner to
the second baseman
OUT!
Blade didn't have to move!
Yastrzemski stays put
One gone for AL Post WWII

Berra finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Yogi comes to the plate batting .266
with 13 home runs

He is 1 for 3 so far today
Sirr is ready
Righthander Fozborg's delivery
Berra drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Don Zimmer won't risk sending
the runner home...
Double for Berra

Joe Torre has called for Larry Doby
Larry will come up now to bat for
Hoyt Wilhelm against Rodney
Doby is batting .263 as a pinch hitter
He has 1 pinch home run

Larry Doby moves in to face Rodney
2 on, 1 out here in the top of the 8th
Doby is batting .242 with
7 round trippers in 1900
Larry is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch
Rodney needs a strikeout
He checks the runners...

The pitch
Long fly ball to center field
Tucker turns and runs
He grabs it
Nice play!
Yastrzemski is tagging up
He'll make it easily
Score It: 8
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Rodney

That'll bring up Post-Americans'
second baseman Nellie Fox...
AL Post WWII with a man in scoring
position at second
Fox is taking his practice swings
Nellie is 0 for 4 this evening
Hays flashes the sign to Rodney
Rodney looks back towards second...

The pitch
He rips a grounder to first
Potpie to Rodney covering first
Score It: 3-1
FOFC heads to the bottom of the 8th
with a 9 run lead
While they have scored 15 runs...
the visitors from AL Post
WWII have countered
with only 6
It looks like FOFC may add
to their impressive 7 game winning streak
Jim Palmer will be coming on
to pitch for AL Post WWII
Jim has appeared in 37 games this season
He has a record of 7-7
in 91 innings
His ERA stands at 6.35

Leading off for the All Stars
is the shortstop Nights
He'll be followed by Dan Fouts
And then Barrett Blade
Nights is batting .282 with
13 HR's this year
Right-hander Palmer prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Nights
Palmer brings it to the plate
Sinking fastball...
Nights swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Yount...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Caribbean clipping Old Timers 8 to 4
NL Post WWII toppling Negro
League I 9 to 2
Negro League II is pounding
AL Pre WWII 13 to 6
Cronin has hit his 11th homerun
for AL Pre WWII
NL Pre WWII is in front of
Dead Ball Era 9 to 6
Japanese League leads Turn
of Century 4 to 3
Nomura has hit his 18th homerun
for Japanese League
Left Outs is edging Late 20th 5 to 4
And here in FOFC FOFC on top 15 to 6

One out, nobody on base
Dan Fouts is the batter
Fouts is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Dan certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Palmer earn his salary
Fouts waits
The kick and the pitch
Curve ball...
Fouts swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 9 runs
FOFC has 16 hits on the evening

So that brings up the top of the order
Barrett Blade will step in
Blade has hit 6 triples this year
Blade, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Palmer
Now Jim delivers
There's a fly ball to Reggie Jackson
Jackson circles under it...
He makes the play
So that will be all for FOFC
here in the last of the 8th
The All Stars will be adding to their
7 game win streak
if Rodney can close this game out
We now head into the 9th

AL Post WWII will send Yount,
Mickey Mantle, and Harmon
Killebrew to face
James Rodney this inning
Robin Yount is hitting .300 this year
against righthanded pitchers
He's ready
It's coming down the pike
Slider, outside...
Yount reaches for it...
Gets some wood on it
It's rolling towards Fouts...
He scoops it up smoothly
Firing to Potpie in one motion...
Close play...
SAFE!... by a whisker
Potpie is arguing the call
But to no avail
That's a single for Yount

The "Commerce Comet" is
striding to the plate
Mickey looks down at third base for a sign
Yount leads from first...
Chris Chambliss yells some encouragement
Mantle awaits the delivery
The righthander Rodney's delivery
Mantle drives one into center
A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play

Harmon Killebrew is up next
for AL Post WWII
One out, top of the 9th
FOFC leads 15 to 6
Reggie Jackson is on deck
Killebrew gets set
He's 1 for 3 so far
Rodney looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Rodney goes into his stretch...
Looks at Yount...
He fires one to Potpie...
Yount dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Rodney comes home
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Now batting will be Jackson
The right fielder for AL Post WWII
Yount will be running if it's hit
Rodney is ready quickly
Rodney goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Yount
He lobs one to Potpie...
Yount is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Rodney comes home
There goes Yount...
And it's ball four...
Yount pulls up and walks into second

Yaz steps in...
Yastrzemski has hit 6 home runs this year
Rodney has the sign from Hays
A check on the runners... the pitch
Yastrzemski swings very late
He pops it foul
Hays gives chase
Here comes Fouts
They are both at the rail...
Just next to the screen
Neither can make the play
. . . Yastrzemski back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Fly ball into left-center field
Tucker coming over...
Wait, now Gazelle is over...
He waves off Tucker and makes the catch
So a put out for left fielder
Gerald Gazelle
And that will do it for AL Post WWII
FOFC wins 15 to 6
Babson gets credit for the win
Ryan takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 3 for 5 with a homerun
He also knocked in 4 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.
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Old 06-02-2013, 09:54 PM   #720
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8/2 Boxscore

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BOXSCORE: 2001 AL Post WWII Post-Americans At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/2/1900 Post-Americans AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG N.Fox 2B 5 0 0 0 .242 B.Blade 2B 4 1 1 4 .270 R.Yount SS 5 1 2 0 .281 A.Tucker CF 5 1 1 1 .294 M.Mantle CF 5 2 3 2 .295 J.Potpie 1B 4 3 2 1 .291 H.Killebrew 1B 4 1 1 0 .220 P.Pflaggstettler RF 5 2 3 4 .308 R.Jackson RF 4 1 2 3 .263 K.Ton LF 3 1 2 2 .302 C.Yastrzemski LF 5 1 1 0 .259 B-G.Gazelle LF 2 2 2 1 .275 G.Brett 3B 4 0 1 0 .263 H.Hays C 4 1 2 0 .352 Y.Berra C 4 0 2 0 .268 D.Palmer 3B 4 2 2 1 .339 N.Ryan P 2 0 0 0 .143 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-R.Carew PH 1 0 1 0 .325 J.Nights SS 4 1 1 0 .282 W.Ford P 0 0 0 0 .167 B.Babson P 2 0 0 1 .083 H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .294 E-L.Doby PH 0 0 0 1 .242 S.Fozborg P 1 1 0 0 .000 J.Palmer P 0 0 0 0 .091 D-D.Fouts 3B 1 0 0 0 .267 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 39 6 13 6 Totals 40 15 16 15 A-Pinch Hit For Babson In 6th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ton In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Ryan In 7th Inning D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Fozborg In 8th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 8th Inning Post-Americans.. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 6 13 1 All Stars....... 0 3 1 0 0 1 10 0 - 15 16 2 Post-Americans IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA N.Ryan LOSS(7-10) 6 7 5 4 3 8 1 109 5.61 W.Ford 0 2/3 9 10 10 1 0 3 35 6.02 H.Wilhelm 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.36 J.Palmer 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 6.28 Totals 8 16 15 14 4 9 4 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Babson WIN(10-10) 6 7 2 1 0 5 1 98 3.52 S.Fozborg HOLD(6th) 1 1/3 5 4 4 1 0 1 41 4.18 J.Rodney 1 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 24 3.11 Totals 9 13 6 5 2 5 2 ATTENDANCE- 46,241 DATE- Thursday, August 2nd 1900 TIME- Night T- 2:47 LEFT ON BASE- Post-Americans: 9 All Stars: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Americans: 0 All Stars: 2 ERRORS- M.Mantle, K.Ton, J.Nights DOUBLES- Y.Berra(18th), B.Blade(20th) TRIPLES- G.Brett(5th), P.Pflaggstettler(9th) HOME RUNS- M.Mantle(35th), R.Jackson(23rd), J.Potpie(32nd), P.Pflaggstettler(19th), K.Ton(12th), G.Gazelle(23rd) STOLEN BASES- P.Pflaggstettler(10th) CAUGHT STEALING- K.Ton SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Doby WALKS- H.Killebrew, R.Jackson, B.Blade, J.Potpie, D.Palmer, J.Nights HIT BY PITCH- B.Blade, H.Hays STRIKE OUTS- R.Yount, M.Mantle, H.Killebrew, Y.Berra, N.Ryan, A.Tucker, J.Potpie-2, H.Hays-2, D.Palmer, B.Babson, D.Gonzalez, D.Fouts GIDP- N.Fox, C.Yastrzemski
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8/3 Radio Broadcast - Game 118

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Al Mighty with his 6 and 7 record
Will be facing Luis Aparicio

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Hays out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
Al is ready to zip it homeward
Here it comes
Swung on and popped up
Nights is waiting...
And that's an easy out

Nobody on, one away for AL Post WWII
Up now is Carew
Carew goes through his routine
of settling in
Mighty is ready quickly
Here's Mighty's windup
And the lefthander comes home with it
Carew sends a routine ground ball to first
Potpie takes it on one hop
Flips it to Mighty
Easy out
One more chance for AL Post WWII
in the top of the 1st

The "Mick" steps in to face Al Mighty
Mantle is hitting .295 with 35 homeruns
Mickey also has 13 doubles and 4 triples
And has driven in a total of 90 runs
Mantle tells the umpire he's ready
Here's the windup... and the pitch
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Mantle
No chance for either Nights or Ton
That one had base hit written all over it

Killebrew leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Against lefthanders
Killebrew is hitting .226 this season
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
on the 3-0 pitch
Mighty's pitch is a rising fastball
Killebrew tries to hold up
Ball four
Hays points down to first
He did not go around

Kaline now at the plate
Carlton Fisk waits on deck
Left-hander Al Mighty prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Kaline
Now ready, here it is...
Kaline takes inside, for a ball...
Kaline will trot down to first...
He walks to load the bases
Mantle and Killebrew move up
Carlton Fisk is up next for AL Post WWII

Carlton Fisk will get a
crack at Mighty next
Carl Yastrzemski would be up next...
But only if Fisk can reach safely
Fisk is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Fisk is set for the pitch
The southpaw delivers
Grounded to second
Taken by Blade
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That's out number three
Fisk leaves the bases loaded
So for AL Post WWII, No runs, one hit,
no errors and 3 men left on base

AL Post WWII has taken the field
In the home-half of the first inning

Let's take a moment
To line up the visitors' defense...
In leftfield for AL Post WWII this
evening is Yastrzemski...
with Mantle in center and Kaline in right
Around the diamond, from third to first
It's Robinson, Aparicio,
Carew and Killebrew...

The battery consists of Newhouser
on the mound
and Fisk behind the plate...

First batter for the All Stars
will be Barrett Blade
Blade grips the bat handle
Blade gets set for the pitch
The kick and the pitch
Fastball...
Blade jumps all over it...
It's juiced to deep center
There goes Mantle after it
Racing hard...
He dives...
And he's got it!!!
Beautiful play by Mickey Mantle!

A. J. Tucker, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
Tucker, a switch-hitter, facing
the left-handed Newhouser
Tucker is waiting on the pitch
Newhouser is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Tucker fights one off his fists
It's lined weakly to the left of third
Robinson is over quickly
Easy out
Two down
Hal Newhouser retires
the first two batters in order

Now batting will be Gazelle
The right fielder for FOFC
The righthander, Gazelle has
an average of .275
His success against lefties,
like Newhouser
is better, however, at .324
Newhouser studies his sign
Newhouser fires
Curveball, breaking in on him
DOWN HE GOES!...
It missed him for ball four
Gazelle's slow getting up...
Here comes Tay Pemup the trainer...
He looks OK, just shaken up a bit...
Gazelle heads down to first

Gazelle edges away from the bag
Gazelle holding close to the bag
Newhouser watching him closely

Jeeberoni Potpie is up next
FOFC's first baseman finds
1 on with 2 outs
The right-handed Potpie will
be facing the southpaw
10 of his 32 home runs come via this route
Newhouser is happy with the sign
The lefthander Newhouser
comes home with it
Long fly ball to left field
This one is deep!
IT MIGHT BE, IT MAY BE,
IT IS!!!
That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 33rd
home run of the year.

Ton gets set at the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Ton
Waiting for the pitch is Ton
And now the pitch...
Ton lines one over short for a single
He rounds the bag hard and
starts for second
Oh, look at that throw by Carl Yastrzemski
Ton scrambles back to first and holds

And now here's Dan Fouts
Harry Hays on deck...
Two outs here in the bottom of the 1st
Dan takes a couple of practice cuts
He's ready
The lefty Newhouser delivers
Fouts laces a hit into the outfield
Al Kaline picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Fouts holds with a single

Walking up to the plate now is Hays
FOFC leading in the game
Hays is batting .352 with
12 homers this year
He's ready
Newhouser rocks and fires
Hays reaches out and pokes it
on the ground to center
Base hit for Hays
FOFC adds to their lead
FOFC leads 3 to 0

Now here's Nights
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
Newhouser has the sign he wants
He's into the stretch
Checks Hays at first
Quick throw!
He has to dive back in!...
SAFE!... Close play
Killebrew tosses it back to Newhouser
Now here's the pitch
Nights pops a fastball straight up
Who will take it?...
And it will be Aparicio making the play
That retires the side
FOFC with a 3 run lead
It's FOFC 3
and AL Post WWII still looking
to score their first run

Yastrzemski saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Carl is batting .259 in
135 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Brooks Robinson
And Al studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
Mighty's into the windup... the delivery
Yastrzemski rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Tucker is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by A. J. Tucker
One down for AL Post WWII
Brooks Robinson is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for AL Post WWII

Robinson moseys up to the plate
Hal Newhouser is heading
for the on-deck circle
Robinson has a .333 average
against lefthanders
He is .329 overall
Mighty steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Now Al delivers
Robinson gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Nights into the outfield...
Base hit for Robinson

Newhouser squares as Mighty
delivers the pitch
Al Mighty charges and picks up the bunt
He fires to first
Just in time to nail Newhouser,
the sacrifice works
Two gone for AL Post WWII

The shortstop, Luis Aparicio
will be up next for AL Post WWII
Hays flashes the sign...
Mighty waves it off...
Now he's happy
Mighty brings it to the plate
Pounded on the ground to the mound
Taken by Mighty
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
That's all for AL Post WWII
After 1 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
FOFC on top 3 to 0

The pitcher Mighty
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then A. J. Tucker
Newhouser gets the sign, it's one he likes
The lefthander Newhouser delivers
Swung on and chopped down
the third base line
Robinson stabs at it
He's got it!
Over to first...
GOT HIM!
What a nice play by Brooks Robinson
One up, one down for FOFC

Blade is up next
One gone, bottom of the 2nd
A. J. Tucker moves out on deck
Fisk flashes the sign to Newhouser
The 2-1 delivery by the lefthander
Swung on and popped up
Aparicio is waiting...
And that's an easy out
Two down
Fisk asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Fisk and Newhouser

Tucker heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
A. J. will be facing the
left-handed Newhouser
from the right side of the plate
The switch hitting center
fielder is 0 for 1
Tucker lined out his last time at bat
Tucker gets ready for Newhouser's pitch
His bat is cocked
It's coming down the pike
Tucker swings
He sends one to the deepest
part of right-center
That's going to get through to the fence
Tucker rounds second...
The throw not nearly in time, a triple
A. J. Tucker now has 8 three-baggers
this season

Gazelle is up now for FOFC
Gazelle has 9 doubles this year
Newhouser looks down at Fisk for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers the 3-0 pitch
He misses outside
Ball four

Facing Newhouser now is Potpie
K. A. Ton heads to the on deck circle
Dan Fouts waits in the hole
Potpie is at .293 on the season
Hal is ready
The southpaw Newhouser delivers
the 1-0 pitch
Hard ground ball to third
Robinson grabs it
Tosses to second
He's out
Score It: 5-4
The runner on first, Gazelle, is out
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors
While AL Post WWII has no runs,
2 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 on base
AL Post WWII has stranded 4

As we head into the 3rd
the Post-Americans will send up Rod Carew
They need 3 runs to catch FOFC
as they trail 3 to 0
Looking for his first hit today
Carew is 0 for 1
Carew is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Mighty
He's waiting for the pitch
Al rocks and fires
Carew lofts a fly to deep right
Gazelle trots slowly under it...
He makes the catch
One down for AL Post WWII
Mickey Mantle is still in
the on-deck circle
and Harmon Killebrew is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Mantle finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Mantle has managed a .408 average
against lefthanders this year
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Mighty brings it to the plate
The pitch is just inside
and Mantle holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He gives the "safe" sign
Mickey trots down to first... ball four

Settling in at the plate is Killebrew
The FOFC outfield is playing Killebrew
almost straight away
Unusual for the power hitter
But with Mighty on the mound
it is understandable
Mighty is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Mighty looks in...
Now he's ready
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Low and away...Swung on...
Lined into left...
Ton coming on fast...
He can't get it...
has to take it on one hop...
Throws it in to second
Score that a single for Killebrew
That pitch looked like a fastball
But it sure had a lot of movement on it

Walking up now to the plate is Kaline
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
After checking the runners
Here comes the pitch
Grounded into the hole
Fielded nicely by Nights
Over to second for one
Over to first
Not in time!
Score It: 6-4
Mantle takes third
The runner on first, Killebrew, is out
Two down
Due up next is Carlton Fisk
Let's see what happens now

Slowly coming up is Fisk for AL Post WWII
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC ahead 3 to 0
The outfield shades towards left for Fisk
Fisk awaits the delivery
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Fastball... just inside
That'll be ball four and a walk
That loads them up for AL Post WWII

That'll bring up Carl Yastrzemski
FOFC leads by a 3-run margin
We're in the top of the 3rd
Before getting ready
Yastrzemski checks out the
defensive alignment
Mighty has the sign from Hays
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
Hit on the ground to short
Nights comes up with it
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That ends the inning
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 3

Ton up now to lead off
Newhouser is slow to get ready

He has a 4.76 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Newhouser is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Bounced towards the hole
Fielded nicely by Carew
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
And there's one away

Coming up for FOFC is Dan Fouts
Nobody on base, one out
Fouts looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Fouts is ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Fouts rips a hard grounder
to the left of third
And on by the diving Robinson
Fouts takes a big turn at
first...but holds up
Nice hustle by Yastrzemski to
get that ball in quickly

Hays saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Hays is taking his practice swings
Harry is 1 for 1 this evening
Hays readies himself for the pitch
The stretch... the 2-1 delivery
Hays raps a hard grass cutter toward short
Aparicio takes two steps to his left
Scoops it up
Over to second for one
Back to first for the deuce!
The side is retired
No runs, one hit and no errors
Time for a break, just in
time, by the way as
I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog
As Humphrey Bogart once said
A hotdog at the ballpark is better than
steak at the Ritz

Brooks Robinson stops at
the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Robinson has a .385 average
against lefties
Mighty likes the sign
Mighty kicks, delivers
There's a ground ball into the hole
Fouts and Nights converge on it
It's picked by Fouts who fires to first
OUT is the call
Close play!!
With one down, up next is Hal Newhouser
To be followed by Luis Aparicio

And it brings up Hal Newhouser
On deck is Luis Aparicio
Rod Carew in the hole
Al Mighty steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Mighty brings it to the plate
LINE DRIVE
Blade snares it for the out!
Score It: 4
Two up, two down

Luis Aparicio will step in
to face Mighty next
If he gets on, Rod Carew will follow
Aparicio steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Luis is 0 for 2 today
Aparicio cocks his bat
The pitch is on the way
A high fastball...
Aparicio swings late...
He hits a routine pop just left of Hays
Harry is under it...
And takes it in for the easy out
Aparicio was looking for the breaking ball
That's out number three
A perfect inning for Mighty here
in the top of the 4th

Here's Nights to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

Old Timers clipping Caribbean 6 to 2
Negro League I is giving it
to NL Post WWII 9 to 4
Stearnes has hit his 17th homerun
for Negro League I
Negro League II and AL Pre
WWII have yet to score
NL Pre WWII leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Hornsby has hit his 15th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Turn of Century is edging
Japanese League 1 to 0
Late 20th is pounding Left Outs 7 to 0
And here in FOFC FOFC ahead 3 to 0
Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National
Nights is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Jeff certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Newhouser earn his salary
Nights waits patiently
Here's the 0-2 offering
There's a ground ball up the middle
It gets by the pitcher
It's headed into center field
OH, Rod Carew gets to the ball...
But there won't be a throw
Base hit for Nights

Mighty looks to lay one down
He bunts it . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by H.Newhouser
the throw to first...
Out
Mighty gets the job done.
One out
The All Stars have a 3 run lead


One away, one on
As Blade walks from the on deck circle
Newhouser adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Fisk
The home town crowd is yelling
out to Nights
telling him to watch out
as Carew sneaks in behind him
He shortens up his lead...
Now Newhouser delivers the 3-2 offering
It's in on the wrists
Barrett tried to hold up
Now it appears he will be awarded first...
Yes, Newhouser walks him

Now batting will be A. J. Tucker
The center fielder is walking to the plate
Two on... one out
FOFC up by 3
Tucker can't seem to get
settled at the plate
A. J. is ready for the delivery
Newhouser brings it home
Base hit to left for Tucker
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Nights scores!
Trailing runners advance.

Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle
The right fielder is walking to the plate
Blade on third, Tucker
on second... one out
FOFC up by 4
Gazelle is batting .275 with
23 HR's this year
Hal looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
The southpaw's 0-2 delivery
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Gazelle swung, that's strike three
Gazelle isn't happy at all with that call
That's out number two
Post-Americans' pitching coach,
Mel Stottlemyer,
is out to talk with Newhouser
Looks like he wants to go
over something with him

Planting his right foot
Potpie is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Potpie
A single could plate two runs
Hal is set to go... a quick
look toward Fisk again
Now he steps back to get
a squeeze of the resin bag
FOFC's clean-up hitter is waiting
Newhouser has allowed 9 taters
to righties this year
And 6 when facing lefties
Here's his delivery
Swung on...
And Potpie got a little piece of it
But Fisk held on to the tip, strike three
That's three outs, side retired
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Old 06-03-2013, 08:39 PM   #722
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8/3 Radio Broadcast Continued

Here's the second baseman Carew
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Mickey Mantle
And then Harmon Killebrew
Carew is 0 for 2 today
Mighty steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Al is ready to zip it homeward
Here it comes
Carew chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Mighty
Nights snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!

While Harmon Killebrew heads
for the on deck circle
Mickey Mantle makes his way to the plate
Al Mighty has shut AL Post
WWII out, so far
He has a 3-hitter going here
in the top of the 5th
Here's the 3-1 offering
Mantle lifts a long fly ball...
Heading into left...
Hit pretty good, carrying very well...
Ton heading back...
IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN!

Killebrew walks to the plate
Killebrew is 1 for 1 today
He is currently batting .221
Ton, Tucker and Gazelle
are playing him deep
The bat is cocked
Here's the 3-0 pitch
Curveball, high in the strike zone...
Killebrew goes after it...
There's a high fly... going deep
K. A. Ton leaps at the fence...
He can't get it...
It's gone

A home run for Harmon Killebrew

Kaline is ready to face Mighty
Kaline is 0 for 1 today
Mighty adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Mighty kicks and fires
A jug-handled curve
Kaline goes out and gets it
It's a liner to left
Ton will have to hurry...
Here he comes...
No sir... he has to play
it on the short hop
Single for Al Kaline

One on, one out
Fisk walks to the batter's box
Fisk gets set
He's 0 for 1 so far
Fisk waits on Mighty
Mighty looks at the runner
The pitch
Here's a big breaking curve, inside...
Fisk takes a cut at it...
Hits a grounder to third
Fouts comes up with the smooth pickup...
He tosses it to second...
That's one out
The relay to first...
Not in time
Fisk beats the throw by a step
Two down

Two out, Fisk at first
Coming up is Carl Yastrzemski
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Yastrzemski at the plate
The count is nothing and 2
Yastrzemski has to protect the plate
Mighty goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Fisk
Fires to Potpie...
Fisk is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Mighty comes home
The Whiff!
Mighty punches Yastrzemski out!
That wraps up the inning for AL Post WWII
By the way, AL Post WWII is 5 and
5 in their last ten games

Ton is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
K. A. is hitting at .305 on the year
He has 43 hits in 141 at bats
This includes 10 doubles, 2 triples
12 home runs and 37 RBI's
Ton awaits the delivery
The lefthander delivers
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
One out
Due up next is Dan Fouts

One out, nobody on base
Dan Fouts is the batter
Fouts is one of the most feared sluggers
The left-hander Newhouser is now ready
"Prince Hal" fires it homeward...
Ball four is the call
Newhouser can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Newhouser
Fouts takes first base

FOFC catcher, Harry Hays, is up next
Hays steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Hays looks very intent...
He stares down at Newhouser...
Cocks his bat
Newhouser goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Fouts
He lobs one to Killebrew...
Fouts is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Newhouser comes home
Line drive
Caught by Robinson
Over to first
DOUBLE PLAY!
So it is nothing across for the All
Stars in the bottom of the 5th
After 5 innings
FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors
While AL Post WWII has 2 runs,
6 hits and no errors

Robinson comes to the plate leading off
FOFC ahead 4 to 2
Mighty has a 6-hitter going
through 5 innings
Mighty's 1-1 pitch...
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Old Timers is beating Caribbean 6 to 2
Negro League I is crushing
NL Post WWII 14 to 4
Negro League II is edging
AL Pre WWII 1 to 0
NL Pre WWII slipping by
Dead Ball Era 2 to 0
Turn of Century winning over
Japanese League 6 to 0
Late 20th jumping all over
Left Outs 10 to 1

George Kell is going to
bat for Hal Newhouser
AL Post WWII needs baserunners desperately
Kell knows how to get on base
He has a .368 OBP
He hits left handers at a .400 clip
He steps out of the dugout
and makes his way to the plate

Walking up to the plate now is Kell
Luis Aparicio waits on deck
George looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Don Zimmer flashes a series of them...
Now Kell taps the bat on home plate
Kell awaits the pitch
Now Al delivers
Looped to left...and it
will drop for a hit

So that brings up the top of the order
Luis Aparicio will step in
Aparicio swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Mighty
Mighty adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
The pitch to Aparicio...
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Ton one hands it...
OUT!
Two gone for AL Post WWII

Carew is up now for AL Post WWII
Carew is 0 for 3 today
Al peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Mighty checks Kell on first...
The 2-1 delivery
Ripped to third, but right
at Fouts...easy out
And that retires the side
Whitey Ford will be coming on
to pitch for AL Post WWII
Whitey has appeared in
59 games this season
with a record of 4-4
with 3 saves
He's been man-handled by the
opposition this year
His ERA stands at 6.02

Nights saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Ford wastes no time
He has the sign from Fisk
The lefthander Ford delivers
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Nights checks his swing
Fisk appeals to the first base umpire
Take a seat, Jeff
So one up and one gone

One away, nobody on base
Pflaggstettler stands ready at the plate
Persimmon takes a couple of practice cuts
He's ready for the delivery
Ford brings it to the plate
Extra base hit to center
for Pflaggstettler
Mickey Mantle is trying to get to it
This might be stretched into a triple!
No... he decides to hold up

The All Stars' second baseman is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out
Blade has 20 doubles this year
Blade waits for the delivery
Ford brings it to the plate
Flyball to left
it's caught
Pflaggstettler has a chance to move up...
Pflaggstettler is trying to
advance to third base...
Here's the play...
He's OUT!

Starting the top of the 7th for
AL Post WWII is Mantle
Fozborg shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Sirr rocks and fires
In the dirt
And Mantle holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

The tying run comes to the plate,
in the person of Harmon Killebrew
Post-Americans with 1 runner on base
All Stars have the lead, 4-2
Harmon is batting .223 in
430 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Al Kaline
Harmon stands with bat ready
Fozborg goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Mantle
Fires to Potpie...
Mantle is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Fozborg comes home
Grounded into the hole
Nice play by Nights
Throw to second for one
Could be two . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Fozborg

Kaline coming up for AL Post WWII
Nobody on, two away
Kaline can't seem to get
settled at the plate
The right-hander Fozborg is
set to deliver to Kaline
Fozborg rocks and fires
Swung on and hit sharply to third
Fouts plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
That's all for AL Post WWII
After 6 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
FOFC on top 4 to 2

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Here's the center fielder Tucker
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
A. J. steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Tucker is 2 for 3 today
He singled last time up
Tucker is set for the 3-1 pitch
Here's the southpaw's delivery
There's a towering fly ball hit by Tucker
Mantle sprints over, and makes the catch
With one gone
FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle
The left fielder is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
FOFC up by 2
Fisk flashes the sign...
Ford shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Ford brings it to the plate
Swung on and missed by Gazelle,
he's down on strikes
That is 2 on the day for Gazelle
That's two away
Aparicio comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Ford
Jeeberoni Potpie will be next up...

Jeeberoni Potpie will step
in to face Ford next
If he gets on, Sirr Fozborg will follow
Ford is ready quickly
The pitch is on the way
There's a fly ball to Mickey Mantle
Mantle circles under it...
He makes the play
That's the third out of the inning
Three up, three down
It's 4-2, FOFC

Fisk steps up to the plate
for AL Post WWII
It's the top of the 8th
here at FOFC Stadium
FOFC leads 4 to 2
Fisk has a .324 average against
righthanders this season
Fozborg adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
With a 1-2 count
Fozborg kicks and fires
Fisk swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Fozborg strikes out Carlton Fisk
And there's one away

AL Post WWII sends the left fielder,
Carl Yastrzemski, up to the plate
Yastrzemski is taking his practice swings
Carl is 0 for 3 this evening
He struck out last time at bat
Yastrzemski waiting on the delivery
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Yastrzemski hits a grounder into the hole
Jeeberoni Potpie somehow
reaches the ball...
But he's in no position to make a throw
Base hit for Yastrzemski

Yastrzemski at first, one out
Brooks Robinson is ready at the plate
Brooks is hitting at .329 on the year
He has 25 hits in 76 at bats
Today, he is 1 for 3
Robinson grounded out his last time up
All set, Robinson is ready for the pitch
Fozborg goes into his stretch...
Looks at Yastrzemski...
He fires one to Potpie...
Yastrzemski dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Fozborg comes home
Brooks Robinson hits a
drive to left-center
A. J. Tucker is at the warning track
Reaches up...
Jumps...
And snares it for the out
I'm impressed!
Two down

Joe Torre will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, George Brett steps out of the dugout
He will be up there against Fozborg
Brett is batting .263 on the year
He has 17 round trippers and 59 RBI's

Now batting will be George Brett
Brett is batting .263 with
17 HR's this year
Fozborg studies his sign
Fozborg brings it home
Fastball, at the knees...
Brett takes a rip at it...
It's a grounder hit right at Blade...
Moving towards second...
He grabs it...
And just steps on the bag
For the easy forceout
That's it for AL Post WWII
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and no errors
While AL Post WWII has 2 runs,
8 hits and no errors
AL Post WWII has left 10 on base
FOFC has stranded 6
Jim Palmer will be coming on
to pitch for AL Post WWII
Jim has appeared in 38 games this season
He has a record of 7-7
in 92 innings
His ERA stands at 6.28

Here's Gunner to get us started
in the bottom of the 8th
Stepping out, Gunner looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Gunner is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Palmer
He's waiting for the pitch
The righthander Palmer delivers
Gunner really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Kaline has a shot at it
He leaps for it at the fence...
OUT!!!
One up, one down

Nobody on base, one away
Fouts steps into the batter's box
Fouts adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Dan is 2 for 2 this evening
Fouts waits
Palmer kicks and delivers
Fouts starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Palmer walks him

Hays coming to bat
Walking slowly from the on deck circle
Fouts on first, with one away
Jim looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Now the delivery, here is is...
Hays swings and lifts one toward left
Yastrzemski drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 2
The All Stars have 9 hits on the evening

Stepping in the batter's box, Nights
Fouts at first, two away
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Nights waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the righthander's delivery
Curve ball...
Low and away...
Nights reaches for it...
Pops it straight up
Two players have a chance for it
And it will be Carew making the play
So that will be all for FOFC
here in the last of the 8th
The All Stars will be adding to their
8 game win streak
if Fozborg can close this game out
We now head into the 9th

Here's Luis Aparicio leading off
Rod Carew is on deck
And Mickey Mantle is in the hole
Kronside ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
Here's the 3-2 pitch
There's a ground ball into the hole
Fouts and Nights converge on it
It's fielded by Fouts who fires to first
SAFE is the call by the ump
Close play!!

Carew steps in
Aparicio's trying to rattle Jace Kronside
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
Carew goes through his routine
of settling in
Rod is ready for the delivery
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Aparicio dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Kronside
Now here's the pitch
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Carew is outta there
That's one away

The "Commerce Comet" is
striding to the plate
Right-hander Kronside eyes
the lefty Mantle
Kronside checks Aparicio on first
Now the 0-1 pitch
Grounded into the hole
Nice play by Blade
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
And that will do it for AL Post WWII
FOFC wins 4 to 2
Mighty gets credit for the win
Kronside notches the save
Newhouser takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 1 for 4 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.
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Old 06-03-2013, 08:41 PM   #723
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8/3 Boxscore

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BOXSCORE: 2001 AL Post WWII Post-Americans At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/3/1900 Post-Americans AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG L.Aparicio SS 5 0 1 0 .238 B.Blade 2B 3 0 0 0 .268 R.Carew 2B 5 0 0 0 .321 A.Tucker CF 4 0 2 1 .295 M.Mantle CF 3 1 2 1 .298 G.Gazelle RF,LF 2 1 0 0 .272 H.Killebrew 1B 3 1 2 1 .223 J.Potpie 1B 4 1 1 2 .290 A.Kaline RF 3 0 1 0 .272 K.Ton LF 3 1 1 0 .303 C.Fisk C 3 0 0 0 .267 S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Yastrzemski LF 4 0 1 0 .259 D-S.Gunner PH 1 0 0 0 .260 B.Robinson 3B 4 0 1 0 .325 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Newhouser P 1 0 0 0 .063 D.Fouts 3B 2 0 2 0 .275 A-G.Kell PH 1 0 1 0 .368 H.Hays C 4 0 1 1 .351 W.Ford P 0 0 0 0 .167 J.Nights SS 4 1 1 0 .281 C-G.Brett PH 1 0 0 0 .262 A.Mighty P 1 0 0 0 .100 J.Palmer P 0 0 0 0 .091 B-P.Pflaggstettler PH 1 0 1 0 .310 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 2 9 2 Totals 29 4 9 4 A-Pinch Hit For Newhouser In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Mighty In 6th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Ford In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 8th Inning Post-Americans.. 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 0 All Stars....... 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 Post-Americans IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA H.Newhouser LOSS(6-8) 5 8 4 4 4 3 1 92 4.73 W.Ford 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 22 5.90 J.Palmer 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 6.22 Totals 8 9 4 4 5 5 1 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA A.Mighty WIN(7-7) 6 7 2 2 4 1 2 117 4.08 S.Fozborg HOLD(7th) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 26 4.09 J.Kronside SAVE(13th) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 2.63 Totals 9 9 2 2 5 3 2 ATTENDANCE- 47,688 DATE- Friday, August 3rd 1900 TIME- Night T- 1:58 LEFT ON BASE- Post-Americans:10 All Stars: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Americans: 3 All Stars: 2 DOUBLES- P.Pflaggstettler(19th) TRIPLES- A.Tucker(8th) HOME RUNS- M.Mantle(36th), H.Killebrew(22nd), J.Potpie(33rd) SACRIFICE HITS- H.Newhouser, A.Mighty WALKS- M.Mantle-2, H.Killebrew, A.Kaline, C.Fisk, B.Blade, G.Gazelle-2, D.Fouts-2 STRIKE OUTS- R.Carew, C.Fisk, C.Yastrzemski, G.Gazelle-2, J.Potpie, K.Ton, J.Nights GIDP- M.Mantle, H.Killebrew, H.Hays WEB GEMS- Top 8th: A. J. Tucker robbed Brooks Robinson of an extra base hit. Top 8th: Barrett Blade robbed George Brett of a base hit. In a close game the red-hot FOFC All Stars got by the AL Post WWII team by the score of 4 to 2.
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Manager Update

The team is continuing to play well...after congratulating the guys and making sure they know that I'm proud of the efforts, I head into my office, and I turn on the TV...

TSPC Television – SportsZone

I catch the show already in progress, but ironically they are talking about us...

"...in Baseball things have taken a pretty serious turn of events. The FOFC team is back to playing great ball."

"Yes they are..." The second host, who I don't recognize chimes in, "They have now won 9 in a row and they have reopened a lead on the NL Post War team by 4.5 games."

"This division has been a real see-saw all season, the FOFCers up by 5, then the lead cut to 1, back to 5, back to 1, up by 3, then trailing to now finding themselves clearly back in the drivers seat."

"But that could come to a quick change as the NL Post War team has a series with these red hot FOFCers starting tomorrow".

"We have brought in...."

CLICK

I turn off the TV...I want to revel in my good feelings not get stressed about our next series starting tomorrow...

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After getting the guys through the morning workout, I quick step it to the office knowing the 11:00 show on the DLB Channel was coming on and they would, after hitting the major highlights from last night lead with a breakdown of our series with the Post Nationals…I am interested now to hear what they have to say.

DLB Channel

“Welcome to the DLB Channel, I’m David Belcher your host and with me today are some great baseball heroes, Lou Burdette, Dom DiMaggio, and Dan Quisenberry. We’ll start by breaking down last nights action, and there is no better place to start than with the red hot FOFCers…these guys lost first place not that long ago, and since they’ve ripped off 9 straight wins. That’s one way to prove…

I walk back into the club house, throw together a quick sandwich and get a bottle of water before heading back into the office to pick up on the show.


…and the poor Japanese All Stars, just can’t catch a break dropping another one to the Turn of the Century team…this time getting shut out 6 to 0. We’ll be back to talk about league news and the upcoming games,”

I sit through a commercial about low rate car insurance, some analgesic balm I’ve never heard of, and some ambulance chasing lawyer before the show comes back up…

“With the season coming down the home stretch, and both leagues currently being led by 4.5 games, this week could be very important, but even more important in the National League where the top two teams will be squaring off. I’ve got my panel of Burdette, DiMaggio, and Quisenberry to help me break this down, and fellas, I have to say, for early August, this series could be about a crucial as it gets.”

Dom starts things off, “Remember it may be only early August, but the league doesn’t play 162 games, and with most teams sitting around 120 games, then we are only talking about another 30 to 35 to go. You really don’t want fall 6 or more back with 30 to go. That’s pretty hard to make up.”
David says, “You think so?”

“Well, think about it. If you’re down 6 games and you go 20 and 10 over the last 30, the team you’re chasing only needs to play .500 ball and they still win the division, and playing .667 ball isn’t easy.”

“But the NL Posters have shown the ability to do just that,” Burdette chimes in to defend his contemporaries.

“Oh, they certainly have, and I wouldn’t diminish their abilities in any way, I’m only pointing out how serious the series is for the Post Nationals,” Dom qualifies.

David, steering the conversation asks, “Dan, what do you see as the key to this series?”

“It’s got to be the pitching. Both teams can hit, but they have to be able to pitch out of problems to get the wins and it will be interesting to see who’s able to accomplish that.”

“What do you think will happen?” Dan follows up.

“We’ll these two teams have played 8 times this year with the NL Post team winning 7 of them. I’d say that indicates the Posters are sitting in a prime spot to make up some ground. However, the posters have a problem right now. Gaylord Perry got hurt a few games back, and the Post team is short on arms to begin with. This lack of bullpen depth is really going to impact that team’s ability to match up late and to uses fresh arms. I think this will potentially cost the NL Post team a game or two in this series.”

“Remember when the FOFCers were playing poorly and dropping games, Bo Knowles was hurt, and that really limited Benton’s ability to use his standard bullpen rotations. They dropped several games late and they scrapped it around for about 3 weeks while they waiting on Bo to heal. This is what the NL Posters are dealing with now,” Dom explains.

Burdette adds, “The Posters are going to need their starters to get deep into games, but I don’t think that will be a problem. It’s not like they aren’t throwing great arms at the FOFCers. The series will start with Seaver going for the Posters, and he’s got to be a serious candidate for the pitcher of the year award. Then after talking with the guys on the team, it looks like they could go any number of ways with the second starter but it will probably be Gibson or Marichal. The third game looks like maybe Koufax. So I think the Posters feel good about the arms they are using, and I’m confident they’ll get to the 7 inning to ease the burden on the pen arms.”

Quisenberry counters, “You’re right some impressive arms, but I’ll bet Benton is pretty pleased the way his rotation is lining up for this series. He’ll start with Williams, then he’ll have Nielsen, who is probably the leader in the clubhouse when it comes to Pitcher of the Year voting, and he’ll bring Babson out third. These guys aren’t slouches.”

“No they aren’t,” agrees Dom, “but they do tend to give up home runs and you don’t want to do that against the NL Posters. The Posters have 3 guys with 40 Homeruns already…Aaron, Matthews, and Banks, and they have several more that might still get to that number. This team kills mistakes and the FOFC pitchers make quite a few typically. In fact, it is this power that has really lead to that 7-1 split in the first 8 games between these two teams, and honestly, I think it is going to be that power that allows the Posters to close in on the FOFC players and it will make this stretch run very entertaining.”
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8/4 Radio Broadcast - Game 119

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And what a game we have for
you tonight! This series has
been circled on the calenders
for weeks now and we're
finally going to see it play out
on the field.

Tonight's match up features
13 and 1 Tom Seaver against
12 and 2 Jimmy Williams, you know
it doesn't get much better than this.

And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and NL Post WWII
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Joe Morgan to lead it off for NL Post WWII
Williams goes into his windup
And here's the 3-2 offering
What a pitch... strike three
Williams put that one on the
black, a perfect pitch
One away
Roberto Clemente, a fine
hitter, is due up next
Willie Mays will follow

One out, nobody on base
Roberto Clemente is the batter
Watching Williams, Clemente
wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Clemente is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Williams
He's waiting for the pitch
The lefthander delivers
Fastball, belt high...
Swung on...
Clemente drills a drive down the line
Stan Gunner racing towards the line...
Dives for it, but can't make the play
He does knock it down...
He recovers quickly, tossing the ball in
Nights has it
as Clemente coasts into second
base with a double
Almost a great snag by Gunner

Facing Williams now is Mays
Hank Aaron heads to the on deck circle
Stan Musial waits in the hole
Mays is batting .307 with
29 homers this year
Williams steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
We've got a full count...
Williams winds and fires...
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Nights for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
NL Post WWII with one more
chance to take the lead
One on, two out, score tied
NL Post WWII is 4 and 6 in
their last ten games

NL Post WWII left fielder,
Hank Aaron, is up next
A base hit should score Clemente
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
He brings it home
Aaron hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That ends the inning
NL Post WWII threatens but does not score
here in the top of the 1st

NL Post WWII has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
In the outfield from left to right
Aaron in left...
Mays in center...
And Clemente in right

The infield, third to first
Mathews will play the hot corner
Banks is at short
Over at second, Morgan
and at first base Musial
Seaver gets the nod as starter
The masked man behind the
dish is Campanella
FOFC second baseman, Barrett
Blade, will lead off
So far this season
Blade is hitting .247
when facing righthanded pitching
Blade waits
Here's the righthander's delivery
Blade hits a screamer at Ernie Banks
Banks picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Musial off the bag
Musial swipes with the glove

Blade is out!
Nice play by Musial
One down for FOFC
A. J. Tucker is still in
the on-deck circle
and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking
for a bat in the dugout

A. J. Tucker is up to face Tom Seaver
He told me in the pregame show
That he was seeing the ball
very good in practice
The right-hander Seaver is
set to deliver to Tucker
The windup, the pitch
Sinking fastball...
Tucker swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Banks...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
Two down
Seaver retires two in a row

Potpie digs in at the plate
Ready now for Seaver to come set
Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers
Seaver steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
Seaver brings it to the plate
Ground ball through the middle
Morgan ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
1-2-3, nothing across...

NL Post WWII will send Musial,
Roy Campanella, and Ernie Banks to face
John Williams this inning
Musial grips the bat handle
John is ready
Now John delivers
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Hays fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Musial
One out
Due up next is Roy Campanella

"Campy" is coming to the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Campanella
Campanella waits for the delivery
And the delivery by Williams
Curve, at the belt...
Campanella times his swing...
Hammers a long fly ball...
Stan Gunner retreats toward the fence
He leaps...

It's gone, put that one on the board
A home run!!

The slim Ernie Banks is now batting
"Mr. Cub" holds his bat high
wiggles it nervously as he gets ready
foor the pitch
Ernie, of course, carries a
big load for NL Post WWII
He is not only 2nd in the league
in home runs with 40
But, also, 2nd in RBI's with 93
and 4th in slugging with a .613 mark
No pitcher likes to see him at the plate
John peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Williams kicks and fires
He hits a tough grounder to the mound
Williams comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
NL Post WWII leads 1 to 0 with
two away this inning

Two away, nobody on
Mathews comes to the plate
for NL Post WWII
Williams steps off the mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a good squeeze...

Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
Williams throws the 3-2 pitch
It's wide... he missed with a slider
Mathews will stroll down to first
He continues to get on
base with regularity
He has a .405 OBP this year

Seaver is up now for NL Post WWII
Williams has the sign from Hays
The lefthander Williams delivers
Grounded into the hole
Fielded nicely by Nights
THE LONG THROW . . .
HE GOT HIM!!!
Score It: 6-3
NL Post WWII gets 1 in the top of the 2nd
One run, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 1 and a half innings,
NL Post WWII leads by 1

The All Stars will send
Pflaggstettler, Stan Gunner,
and Deacon Palmer up
to the plate this inning
Campanella flashes the sign...
Seaver waves it off...
Now he's happy
Seaver fires
Pflaggstettler raps a hard shot...
CAUGHT!
That ball was lined right at third
Mathews just got his glove up in time
Great reflexes
One down for FOFC
Stan Gunner is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Nobody on base, one away
Gunner steps into the batter's box
The lefty hitting Gunner, will
face the righty Seaver
14 of his 14 home runs
are against righties
Gunner is set
Way ahead in the count
Seaver turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Screaming liner towards second
Tough chance for Morgan
He makes a great catch!
Score It: 4
Two down
Campanella asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Campanella and Seaver

That brings up Deacon Palmer,
the third baseman
Palmer is at .339 on the season
Seaver is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Seaver rocks and fires
Palmer is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That ends the inning
After 2 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 1

Morgan is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Morgan has a .263 average
against lefthanders
He is .264 overall
Morgan is ready
The southpaw Williams' delivery
Joe raps a high bouncer toward third
Palmer snatches it on the third hop
Overhands one to first
Easy out
One away
Roberto Clemente, a fine
hitter, is due up next
Willie Mays will follow

Clemente finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Roberto is batting at .330
with 17 home runs
He is 1 for 1 so far today
Clemente is waiting on the pitch
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Williams
The delivery
Clemente drives one into right
Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints
over to make the play
Two up, two down

Mays departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
The right-handed Mays will
be facing the southpaw
11 of his 29 home runs come via this route
He's ready for the delivery
Here's the southpaw's delivery
It's a quail shot headed
towards the outfield
Nights takes off after it...
Leaps...
And Mays is OUT!
Very impressive range shown on that play!
Jeff is very fine fielder!
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
Time to check out the rest of the scores

NL Pre WWII is in front
of Caribbean 4 to 1
Grimes comfortably ahead for NL Pre WWII
AL Pre WWII is edging Negro
League I 1 to 0
AL Post WWII is edging
Dead Ball Era 1 to 0
Hunter battling Plank
Japanese League and Left
Outs are scoreless
Negro League II and Turn of
Century are scoreless
Late 20th is edging Old Timers 2 to 1
Carter has hit his 8th homerun
for Late 20th
And here in FOFC NL Post WWII ahead 1 to 0

Hays will come up to lead off
the bottom of the 3rd
Seaver eyes Hays intently
Seaver brings it to the plate
Slow ground ball
Banks is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
NL Post WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Now batting will be Jeff Nights
The shortstop is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
NL Post WWII leads FOFC by 1 run
Right-hander Seaver eyes the righty Nights
Seaver quick pitches him
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Nights held up, and draws a walk
Seaver isn't happy at all with that call

John Williams shows bunt
And lays it down right to Stan Musial
Musial looks at second
But passes up a sure force play
He fires to first to retire Williams
But Nights moves up
FOFC was in luck that time...
Credit John Williams with a sacrifice
That's the second out of the inning

The All Stars' second baseman is up next
FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs
A base hit should score Nights
Seaver looks down at Campanella
for the sign
Now he's ready
Tom rocks and fires
Fastball... just outside
And Blade will take first on the walk

Tucker pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Seaver
Against righthanders
Tucker is hitting .281
Tucker waiting on the delivery
Now Tom delivers
Base hit to right for Tucker
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Nights is out at home!

Hank Aaron to lead it off for NL Post WWII
Aaron has hit 41 home runs this year
Williams rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
And now the pitch...
Aaron swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Williams strikes out Hank Aaron
And there's one away

NL Post WWII firstsacker, Stan
Musial will be up next
The Post-Nationals, like all teams,
like to see a lot of offensive production
out of their firstbasemen
Certainly, Musial has not disappointed
Musial is one of the best hitters around
Left-hander John Williams
prepares for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Musial
The southpaw delivers
Fastball, busted in on the hands
Musial manages to get a piece of it
Bouncing it over the mound
Nights cuts it off in front of the bag
Rifles a throw to Potpie...
And Musial is called out on a close play
Two men gone, nobody on
NL Post WWII leads by 1

Walking up to the plate now is Campanella
Ernie Banks waits on deck
Campanella steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Roy is 1 for 1 today
Campanella awaits the delivery
Williams winds and delivers
There is a shot right up the middle
Hit right on the nose by Campanella
It bounces right into the
waiting glove of Tucker
Campanella has himself a single

Here's the 6'1", 180 pound Ernie Banks
coming up to bat
Banks is 0 for 1 today
Ernie grounded out last time around
He should get a good one to knock
The count 3 and 1
Ernie gets the bat back...
It's coming down the pike
Ground ball to short
Nights comes up with it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That's it here in the top of the 4th
It's 1-0 in favor of
the visitors from NL Post WWII
We'll be back in just a moment

The first baseman Potpie will
start things off for the All Stars
Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers
Seaver adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Campanella
The righthander Seaver delivers
Ball four is the call
Seaver can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Seaver
Potpie takes first base

One on, no outs
Coming up for FOFC is Pflaggstettler
Persimmon takes a couple of practice cuts
Seaver looks down at Campanella
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Seaver looks at the runner
The pitch
Double play ball
Banks has it on one bounce
Morgan for one
Musial for two
Banks to Morgan to Musial
Two out, nobody on
NL Post WWII leads 1 to 0

Nobody on, two away
Gunner steps in for FOFC
Gunner swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Seaver
Now set, Gunner waits for the pitch
Seaver's righthanded delivery...
Gunner hits a fly ball to center
Willie Mays camps under it
This should wrap up the inning...
That's it
We head to the 5th...
The score is still NL Post
WWII 1, All Stars 0

Mathews saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Mathews is a tough man up
there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Eddie certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Williams earn his salary
Mathews looks very intent...
He stares down at Williams...
Cocks his bat
It's a full count...
Williams winds and fires...
Knee high fastball...
Mathews hits a deep fly...
Pflaggstettler retreating to the fence...
He times his leap...
He's got it!
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

NL Pre WWII with the lead
over Caribbean 7 to 4
Gonzalez has hit his 23rd
homerun for Caribbean
AL Pre WWII leads Negro League I 1 to 0
Faber and Day currently dueling
AL Post WWII leads Dead Ball Era 2 to 1
Left Outs leads Japanese League 1 to 0
Turn of Century with the lead
over Negro League II 4 to 1
Young comfortably ahead
for Turn of Century
Late 20th leads Old Timers 2 to 1

Now batting will be Tom Seaver
The pitcher is walking to the plate
Bases empty... one out
NL Post WWII up by 1
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Seaver looks to third for a sign
Seaver tells the umpire he's ready
Williams brings it home
Seaver hits a three hopper
towards Jeff Nights
Nights scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
Two gone for NL Post WWII

Now here's Morgan
Morgan has a .261 average against lefties
Morgan waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Williams is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Morgan gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium
After 4 and a half innings NL
Post WWII leads 1 to 0
We'll be right back...
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Palmer will come up to lead
off the bottom of the 5th
FOFC's fans are looking for
some runs from their team
Palmer looks down toward
the third base coach
Palmer, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Seaver
"Tom Terrific" fires it home...
Ripped to third, but right
at Mathews...easy out
That's one away

Harry Hays, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Hays is 0 for 1 today
Tom Seaver steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The righthander delivers
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Banks plays it on one hop
Over to Musial...
Out of there!
That's two away
Banks comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Seaver
Jeff Nights will be next up...

Up next for the All Stars
Jeff Nights, the shortstop...
If he gets on, John Williams
would bat next
Nights has hit 13 home runs this year
Seaver looks down at Campanella
for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Sharp breaking curveball...
Nights reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Banks...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Musial at first!
Nights is out easily
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 5 innings,
NL Post WWII has one run,
3 hits and no errors
While FOFC has no runs,
one hit and no errors
FOFC has left 2 on base
NL Post WWII has stranded 3

Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, and
Hank Aaron are due up
Clemente is 1 for 2 today
Roberto flied out last time up
Williams is happy with the sign
And the cripple pitch...
Sharp slider, catches the outside corner
Clemente swings at it...
Hammers a hard grounder right at third
Picked up smoothly...
Throw to first...
IT'S OFF THE BAG!!...
Potpie grabs it, turns back to the bag
NOT IN TIME!
Clemente is SAFE!
That'll be an error on that play
Score It: E5
Clemente to first

Next up for NL Post WWII is Willie Mays
Williams ready quickly,
looks in for the sign
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Clemente dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
Mays gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to third
Palmer is waving everybody off
Mays is retired
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have
Hank Aaron coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Hank Aaron steps into the box
Aaron has hit 41 home runs this year
Williams is having a fine year so far
His 12 victories make him
6th in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Aaron fouls one straight up the chute
Hays makes the catch, but wait...
The first base umpire rules
Williams has balked
Clemente takes second

Hank Aaron steps into the box
Hank is batting .318 in
421 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Stan Musial
The umpire says let's go
Aaron is ready
Here's his delivery
Hard slider...
And Aaron takes it right down the middle
Strike three called
Two down

They are going to put Musial on
Musial watches ball four
He takes his base

Campanella is up next
NL Post WWII on top 1 to 0
Musial on first, Clemente
is down at second
Two outs in the top of the 6th
Infield playing back
Campanella is at .224 on the season
Hays flashes the sign to Williams
A check on the runners... the pitch
Hit in the air to left
Camped under it is Gunner
And he has it
That retires the side...
Campanella fails to come
through in the clutch
For NL Post WWII, No runs, no hits,
one error and 2 men left on base

Here's John Williams leading off
Barrett Blade is on deck
And A. J. Tucker is in the hole
Williams steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
He's ready
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Another hook for strike three!
Williams just stood there looking
FOFC with one away
Seaver steps off the mound as
he waits for Barrett Blade to
come to the plate

And it brings up Barrett Blade
On deck is A. J. Tucker
Jeeberoni Potpie in the hole
Blade has 20 doubles this year
Seaver has the sign he wants
The pitch is on the way
Blade rips a hard grounder
to the left of third
And on by the diving Banks
Blade takes a big turn at
first...but holds up
Nice hustle by Aaron to get
that ball in quickly

Taking his lead is Blade
Blade is not working very
hard to get a lead

Tucker moves into the batter's box
The All Stars have the tying run at first
NL Post WWII is set up for two
Seaver adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Seaver brings it to the plate
Tucker drives the ball to
center for extra bases
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Double for Tucker

Potpie steps into the batter's box
02 at second, Blade at third
A dangerous RBI man at the plate...
Potpie readies himself
Potpie taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Jeeberoni seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Seaver needs a strikeout
He checks the runners...

The pitch
Hit in the air to center...
Mays waits for it to come down...
He has it... Blade is tagging up!
Here he comes...
Here comes the throw home...
He's...
SAFE! The game is tied!
It's all even now at 1
Sacrifice fly and an RBI for Potpie
That's two away

And Pflaggstettler will be
trotting down to first
They've put him on intentionally
Stan Gunner is the batter due up next

Stan Gunner plants his left foot
The lefthanded left fielder
for FOFC appears set
The score is tied at 1
Seaver looks down at Campanella
for the sign

Now he's ready...
The pitch to Gunner...
Hot shot grounded to second
Taken by Morgan
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
The All Stars bounce back in
their half of the 6th
They pick up 1 run to tie it up
We head to the 7th...
It's all tied up...
All Stars 1, Post-Nationals 1

Ernie Banks, batting seventh will
lead off for NL Post WWII
He will be followed by Eddie
Mathews and Tom Seaver
Banks is batting .285 with
40 HR's this year
Williams squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Now ready, here it is...
Banks hits a screamer at Deacon Palmer
Palmer takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Potpie scoops it on one hop

Banks is out!
Nice play by Potpie
So one up and one gone

Mathews gets set at the plate
Mathews is at .303 on the season
John Williams has fanned 4 and walked 2
He's allowed 3 hits today
He's pitching a fine game
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 2-1 pitch
A hard drive down the line
Stan Gunner is running hard
It's in there for extra bases!
Mathews rounds first
Gunner has the ball
Mathews motors into second
Two-bagger!

Tony Perez will hit for Tom Seaver
Perez is batting .263 with 2 home runs
He also has 7 RBI's on the year
He's batting .313 against southpaws

One away, one on
As Perez walks from the on deck circle
Perez swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Williams
Perez, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the
pitch from Williams
Williams looks back towards second...

The pitch
Perez rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Palmer
Deacon fields it cleanly
Looks Mathews back to second
Now fires it over to first...
Easy out
Williams gets another one
We're in the top of the 7th and Williams
has allowed only 4 hits

That'll bring up Post-Nationals'
second baseman Joe Morgan...
NL Post WWII with a man in scoring
position at second
Morgan is taking his practice swings
Joe is 0 for 3 this afternoon
He grounded out last time at bat
Morgan awaits the pitch
The southpaw Williams delivers
the 2-1 pitch
Joe Morgan swings
He smashes it on a line...
BINGO!!!...
Stabbed by Blade to rob Morgan
of a sure base hit
That's all for NL Post WWII
After 6 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
We're all tied up at 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Warren Spahn will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Warren has appeared in
46 games this season
with a record of 7-7
with 4 saves
He's been man-handled by the
opposition this year
His ERA stands at 5.50

Leading off now for FOFC is Palmer
We'll see how they pitch to Palmer
Spahn has the sign from Campanella
Here's the 3-1 offering
Deacon Palmer offers at the curveball,
but checks his swing
Oh, Palmer couldn't get the
bat out of the way
It's a soft line drive to
Ernie Banks for the out
Palmer never even left the batter's box
That's one away

Harry Hays, the catcher,
strides to the plate
Spahn toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Campanella
The southpaw's 1-2 delivery
Hays sends a routine ground ball to first
Musial takes it on one hop
Flips it to Spahn
Easy out
That's two away

Nights finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Looking for his first hit today
Nights is 0 for 1
Spahn steps on the rubber
He brings it home
Grounded towards the sack
Spahn takes the flip from Musial
Score It: 3-1
That'll do it for FOFC
So we're still tied
After 7 innings
FOFC has one run, 3 hits and one error
While NL Post WWII has one run,
4 hits and no errors

Roberto Clemente leads
off for NL Post WWII
Willie Mays and Hank Aaron will follow
We've got a dandy here today
at FOFC Stadium
We're in the top of the 8th
Kronside is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Clemente swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Kronside strikes out Roberto Clemente
One down for NL Post WWII
Willie Mays is still in the on-deck circle
and Hank Aaron is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Mays walks up to the plate
Mays goes through his routine
of settling in
Mays cocks his bat
The righthander Kronside's delivery
Mays swings hard...
Nobody is going to get this one...
Yes sir! Mays will have himself a single
And he extends his hitting streak
to 12 games!
1 for 4 on the afternoon

Jace Kronside watches Mays
As he moves away from the bag
Mays is going on the pitch!
It's a fastball at the knees...
Hays takes it
He double clutches...
But then fires a missile...
Mays sliding to the outside...
Avoids the tag...
He's safe
Good throw by Hays

Hank Aaron steps into the box
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Aaron looks to third for a sign
Aaron is ready
Jace rocks and fires
A high foul, straight back
Hays doesn't know where the ball is
Kronside is pointing him to it
Now Hays sees it... near the screen
Nope, he can't make the catch...
The ball is on the screen
. . . Aaron back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Big motion...
Aaron is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Kronside pulled the string on him
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

NL Pre WWII is edging Caribbean 7 to 6
Gonzalez has hit his 23rd
homerun for Caribbean
Negro League I clipping AL Pre WWII 5 to 1
Foster comfortably ahead
for Negro League I
Dead Ball Era is on top of
AL Post WWII 4 to 2
Plank and Wilhelm currently dueling
Left Outs is edging Japanese League 2 to 1
Sutton battling Fujimoto
Negro League II slipping by
Turn of Century 7 to 5
Late 20th is pounding Old Timers 9 to 2
And in our matchup The score is tied at 1

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Stan Musial
Stan Musial will get a crack
at Kronside next
Roy Campanella would be up next...
But only if Musial can reach safely
Stan steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Musial is 0 for 2 today
He was intentionally walked last time up
Set now is Musial
Kronside brings it to the plate
Curve in the dirt... and Musial holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
Musial will take first on the walk
Number 2 today for Musial

Campanella, NL Post WWII's catcher,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Ernie Banks waits on deck
Campanella a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Kronside
Campanella waits on Kronside
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
Low and inside... ball four
Campanella gets a free ticket to first
That loads them up for Ernie Banks

So with 3 on and 2 outs
NL Post WWII sends their shortstop,
Ernie Banks, up to face Kronside
Hard-hitting Eddie Mathews is walking
towards the on-deck circle
Banks is taking his practice swings
Ernie is 0 for 3 this afternoon
He grounded out last time at bat
Batter Banks in the hole, 0-2
Kronside wipes his forehead
and adjusts his cap
He's one strike away
from pitching out of a real jam
Kronside is in a tough spot
The pitch is on the way
It is a high hard one...
Banks goes on a fishin' trip
Strike three swinging!
That one sailed up and
out of the strike zone...
Banks couldn't hold back
And that's the final out of the inning
FOFC has one run, 3 hits and one error
While NL Post WWII has one run,
5 hits and no errors
NL Post WWII has left 9 men on base today

Dan Fouts will face Warren
Spahn to lead things off
The crowd is coming to life
Dan is batting .275 in
178 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Barrett Blade
Dan steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Spahn's pitch
Spahn winds and delivers
Fouts hits a deep ball
Aaron retreats toward the wall
He leaps...
He's got it!
One up, one down here in
the bottom of the 8th

Spahn glares in at Blade as he steps in
Barrett just glares back
Blade steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Barrett is 1 for 2 today
Spahn wastes no time
He has the sign from Campanella
The pitch is on the way
He rips a grounder to first
Musial to Spahn covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's the second out of the inning

Up now for FOFC is Tucker
Two away, nobody on
Tucker is taking his practice swings
A. J. is 2 for 3 this afternoon
Spahn is slow to get ready

He has a 5.43 ERA this year
Now he's ready
It's coming down the pike
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Tucker swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Campanella loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
A. J. as he was heading for the dugout
That does it for FOFC here
in their half of the eighth
As we head into the ninth
this game is all tied up at 1 runs apiece
Quite a pitcher's duel, indeed!

Mathews saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Kronside shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Kronside's righthanded delivery...
Mathews chases the change up
Hits a slow grounder right past Kronside
Nights snares it behind the bag...
Plants...
Throws to first...
Beats him by a step for the out!
One up, one down for NL Post WWII

Pounding the plate with his bat
Spahn awaits the pitch
Spahn grips the bat handle
Spahn tells the umpire he's ready

This is a situation where the injury to
Perry is a problem. The Post Nationals
can't afford to go deeper into their pen
so they are going to let Spahn hit for
himself. This late in a tied game and
I'm sure they would prefer to pinch hit
for the lefty.

Here's the righthander's delivery
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Hays fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Spahn
Two up, two down

Kronside looks down at Morgan
as he steps in
Joe is ready to go
Morgan gets set
He's 0 for 4 so far
Morgan waits for the pitch
Kronside goes into his windup
And here's the 2-0 offering
Morgan hits a fly ball to center
A. J. Tucker camps under it
This should wrap up the inning...
That's it
That's all for NL Post WWII
After 8 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
The score is knotted at 1

Here's Potpie to lead off
the bottom of the 9th
He's the go ahead run
Jeeberoni is hitting at .290 on the year
He has 117 hits in 404 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Potpie hit a sac fly his last time up
Potpie readies himself for the pitch
The lefthander Spahn comes home with it
Long fly ball to left-center
This one is deep!
IT'S GOING, GOING,
GONE!!!
That was a LONG home run!
The fans are going wild here in FOFC!!!
Jeeberoni Potpie has just won the game
And his teammates gather at home plate
They greet him as he crosses the plate!!!
That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 34th
home run of the year.
FOFC wins 2 to 1
Kronside gets credit for the win
Spahn takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 1 for 2 with a homerun
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.
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Old 06-04-2013, 09:34 PM   #728
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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/4/1900 Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG J.Morgan 2B 5 0 0 0 .261 B.Blade 2B 3 1 1 0 .268 R.Clemente RF 4 0 1 0 .327 A.Tucker CF 4 0 2 0 .297 W.Mays CF 4 0 1 0 .306 J.Potpie 1B 2 1 1 2 .291 H.Aaron LF 4 0 0 0 .317 P.Pflaggstettler RF 2 0 0 0 .308 S.Musial 1B 2 0 0 0 .340 S.Gunner LF 3 0 0 0 .256 R.Campanella C 3 1 2 1 .220 D.Palmer 3B 3 0 0 0 .335 E.Banks SS 4 0 0 0 .284 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Mathews 3B 3 0 1 0 .304 H.Hays C 3 0 0 0 .347 T.Seaver P 2 0 0 0 .085 J.Nights SS 2 0 0 0 .280 A-T.Perez PH 1 0 0 0 .250 J.Williams P 1 0 0 0 .135 W.Spahn P 1 0 0 0 .154 B-D.Fouts 3B 1 0 0 0 .274 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 1 5 1 Totals 24 2 4 2 A-Pinch Hit For Seaver In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Williams In 8th Inning Post-Nationals.. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 4 1 Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA T.Seaver 6 3 1 1 4 2 0 91 3.19 A1 W.Spahn LOSS(7-8) 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 27 5.48 Totals 8 4 2 2 4 3 1 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Williams 7 4 1 1 2 4 1 104 3.61 J.Kronside WIN(9-2) 2 1 0 0 2 4 0 32 2.56 Totals 9 5 1 1 4 8 1 ATTENDANCE- 48,148 DATE- Saturday, August 4th 1900 TIME- Day T- 1:41 LEFT ON BASE- Post-Nationals: 9 All Stars: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Nationals: 1 All Stars: 0 ERRORS- D.Palmer DOUBLES- R.Clemente(29th), E.Mathews(12th), A.Tucker(19th) HOME RUNS- R.Campanella(5th), J.Potpie(34th) STOLEN BASES- W.Mays(2nd) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Williams SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Potpie WALKS- S.Musial-2, R.Campanella, E.Mathews, B.Blade, J.Potpie, P.Pflaggstettler, J.Nights STRIKE OUTS- J.Morgan, R.Clemente, H.Aaron-3, S.Musial, E.Banks, W.Spahn, A.Tucker, D.Palmer, J.Williams GIDP- P.Pflaggstettler BALKS- J.Williams
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NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball Date: 8/5/1900 NEGRO LEAGUE I AT AL PRE WWII Ones............ 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 - 5 6 0 Pre-Americans... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 Win:Day(8-3) Loss:Faber(5-10) Homeruns- R.Dandridge(2nd), O.Charleston(25th) Left fielder Oscar Charleston connected with a 'big fly' and had 2 RBI as the Negro League I Ones beat the reeling AL Pre WWII club by a score of 5 to 1. AL Pre WWII was unable to recover after Negro League I went ahead in the top of the 6th inning scoring 2 runs using 2 hits. Buck Leonard led off and he drew a walk. Cool Papa Bell came to the plate and laid down a sacrifice bunt. Ray Dandridge then smashed a two-run homer (his 2nd of the season). Negro League I had just 6 hits for the night. The victory went to Leon Day(8-3) who went 5 innings, allowing 1 run. Red Faber(5-10) was the losing pitcher. He allowed 5 runs and 6 hits in 9 innings. OLD TIMERS AT LATE 20TH Ancients........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 12 1 Modern Stars.... 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 - 9 11 0 Win:Maddux(13-8) Loss:Bond(5-4) Homeruns- G.Carter-2(9th), M.McGwire(15th) Right fielder Gary Carter smacked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Late 20th Modern Stars defeated the Old Timers Ancients by the score of 9 to 2 at Free Agent Field. Carter helped send the fans home happy. He delivered a solo blast in the 3rd inning and lofted a three-run bomb (his 9th of the season) in the 7th inning. Late 20th had 11 hits for the night. Greg Maddux(13-8) went 7 innings allowing 2 runs for the win. The loss was charged to Tommy Bond(5-4). He was not very effective, surrendering 7 runs in 6 and 2/3 innings. NL PRE WWII AT CARIBBEAN Pre-Nationals... 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 9 0 Estrellas....... 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 - 6 11 0 Win:Grimes(10-5) Loss:Mendez(10-11) Homeruns- M.Minoso(5th), M.Gonzalez(23rd) Burleigh Grimes completed the game without help from the bullpen and Paul Waner had 2 base hits as the NL Pre WWII team defeated the Caribbean Estrellas by a score of 7 to 6 at Paradise Park. NL Pre WWII took the lead off Jose Mendez in the first inning as they scored 4 runs on 5 base hits. The Caribbean offense proved no trouble in the bottom of the 9th. Grimes(10-5) finished the game allowing 6 runs in the victory. Mendez(10-11) took the loss. It was another victory for NL Pre WWII at Paradise Park. Now their winning streak stands at 6 games. 'It seems we can't lose these days', Leo Durochure volunteered after the game. Then after a moment to reflect he lamented, 'Oh great! Now I've gone and jinxed us!' AL POST WWII AT DEAD BALL ERA Post-Americans.. 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 0 Ghosts.......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 - 4 6 0 Win:Plank(7-11) Loss:Wilhelm(4-5) Save:Cicotte(1st) Homeruns- B.Wallace(3rd) Bobby Wallace left the yard at Shibe Park where the Dead Ball Era Ghosts beat the AL Post WWII ballclub by the score of 4 to 2. Dead Ball Era scored the decisive runs in a big 8th inning with 3 runs on 4 hits. Wallace started the inning off right when he lined a single. Chance got a good lead and stole second. Ray Schalk struck out, unable to help the rally. Zack Wheat followed and he hit a single scoring a run. One out later, George Sisler came up and he delivered a single. Dead Ball Era continued their aggressive style with another stolen base. Tris Speaker came next and he laced a one-base hit driving home another two teammates. Dead Ball Era won despite being out-hit by AL Post WWII 10 hits to 6. Eddie Plank(7-11) was the winner allowing 2 runs in 8 innings. Plank was helped out by Eddie Cicotte who recorded his 1st save. Hoyt Wilhelm(4-5) was hit with the loss in relief. JAPANESE LEAGUE AT LEFT OUTS HOF Players..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 6 0 Leftovers....... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 - 3 8 0 Win:Pennock(9-10) Loss:Fujimoto(1-8) Homeruns- S.Oh(41st), G.Goslin(23rd), W.McCovey(28th), W.Stargell(8th) Goose Goslin touched them all as the Left Outs Leftovers pulled out a win over the league door-mat Japanese League HOF Players by a score of 3 to 2 at Overshadow Pk. The game was decided in the bottom of the 9th inning. After two outs Goslin smashed a solo-shot out of the park (his 23rd of the season) making Left Outs the victor and beginning a joyous home town celebration. Left Outs finished with 8 hits in the victory. The winning pitcher was Herb Pennock(9-10) who allowed 1 run in 1 inning. Hideo Fujimoto(1-8) ended up with the loss in relief. He gave up 2 runs and 2 hits in 1 and 2/3 innings. NEGRO LEAGUE II AT TURN OF CENTURY Twos............ 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 - 7 7 1 Centurions...... 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 - 5 8 0 Win:Radcliffe(4-5) Loss:Young(11-11) Save:Dismukes(14th) Homeruns- W.Brown(13th), J.Wilson(27th), S.Bankhead(5th) In a good matchup it was the Negro League II Twos 7, the Turn of Century Centurions 5 at Yellowstone Park. Negro League II had the game winning rally in the top of the 8th inning scoring 2 runs utilizing 3 base hits. Spotswood Poles got things going when he stroked a base-hit. After an out was recorded, Willard Brown stepped up to the plate and he doubled plating a run. After another out, John Beckwith came up and he was walked intentionally. Louis Santop was up next and he smacked a single scoring the final run of the inning. Negro League II rapped out 7 hits for the night. Double-Duty Radcliffe(4-5) got credit for the victory, pitching 2 innings and allowing no runs. Dizzy Dismukes got the save, his 14th. Cy Young(11-11) was given the loss. He allowed 3 homeruns in 7 and 2/3 innings of work. Negro League II now has a record of 49-72. With the loss, the Turn of Century ballclub's record is 61-59. NL POST WWII AT FOFC Post-Nationals.. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 4 1 Win:Kronside(9-2) Loss:Spahn(7-8) Homeruns- R.Campanella(5th), J.Potpie(34th) red-hot FOFC All Stars broke the deadlock in their last at bats, pulling out a 2 to 1 win over the NL Post WWII ballclub and sending their hometown fans home smiling. The deciding run was scored by FOFC in the 9th. Jeeberoni Potpie ripping a solo home run (his 34th of the season) giving FOFC the win and sending the home town fans into a frenzy. FOFC had only 4 hits for the game. Jace Kronside(9-2) got the win allowing no runs in 2 innings. Warren Spahn(7-8) was tagged with the loss in relief. He allowed 1 hit and no walks in 2 innings. FOFC continued their winning ways, seemingly unable to lose during this stretch.
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…”before we wrap up the show for today, let’s take one more moment to break down the big series between the FOFCers and the NL Post War Stars, “ states David Belcher.

Hack Jobb, “After the dramatic win last night the FOFCers are sitting on a 5.5 game lead, and the entire tone of this series changes. Not only did the FOFCers open the lead, but they rollout their ace Rob Nielsen tonight. The NL Post War guys have to feel some pressure with this situation. They desperately need to win tonight. No word has come out of the Posters camp to announce tonight’s starting pitcher. I’m guessing they will counter with Gibson, but it could be Marichal.“

"You have to believe, even though they were going against Williams with a 12-2 record they the Post Warriors felt Seaver gave them a decided advantage in the opening game of the series,” Gil Hodges states, “Now they are scrambling and it will be interesting to see how they handle this.”

“The game tonight is about as must see as a summer game can be,” Belcher sums up. “Tune in, it could be very exciting tonight.”
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8/5 Radio Broadcast - Game 120

Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium
The players are on the field
and we're almost ready to go
As Joe Morgan prepares to face Nielsen
let's check out the FOFC defense
At first base is Potpie
Palmer is down at the hot corner
Blade and Nights
are at second and short, respectively
From left to right... Ton, Tucker
and Pflaggstettler
and now Bullock is just
settling in behind the plate
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Struck him out on a fastball
Morgan goes down swinging
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have Roberto
Clemente coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

One away, nobody on...
top of the 1st
The first base coach exhorting
Clemente to get on base...

One of those perennial war cries
Clemente has managed a .319 average
against lefthanders this year
Clemente is poised and ready for the pitch
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Curveball...
Up in the strike zone...
Swung on and drilled into center
Tucker racing back...
The ball is hit over his head
It hits off the 7 foot high fence
And there's Clemente around first base
Tucker with a strong throw...
But off the bag
Roberto comes into second
sliding with a double
That's 30 doubles for Clemente on the year

Mays is up now for NL Post WWII
Bullock flashes the sign...
Nielsen waves it off...
Now he's happy
It's coming down the pike
Mays jack-knifes out of the way
But it's in there!
Mays was really fooled
on that strike three
NL Post WWII with one more
chance to take the lead
One on, two out, score tied
NL Post WWII is 4 and 6 in
their last ten games

So with 1 on and 2 outs
the Post-Nationals send
their left fielder,
Hank Aaron, up to face Nielsen
Good-hitting Stan Musial is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Hank, of course, carries a big
load for NL Post WWII
He is not only 3rd in the league
in home runs with 41
But, also, 1st in RBI's with 101
and 3rd in slugging with a .652 mark
No pitcher likes to see him at the plate
Nielsen steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Grounded towards the bag
Nielsen takes the flip from Potpie
Score It: 3-1
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning,
for NL Post WWII
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
FOFC is coming to bat

Barrett Blade is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Blade is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Barrett certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Marichal earn his salary
Blade is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
The righthander Marichal delivers
Baltimore chop
Into left for a single!

Here's A. J. Tucker
A. J. checks with the third base coach
Takes a few practice swings...

Now he steps into the box
Tucker awaits the delivery
And the cripple pitch...
The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Tucker just gets a piece of it
He 'drizzles' it to second
Morgan races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
One out
Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie

Jeeberoni Potpie is up next
FOFC's first baseman finds 1 on with 1 out
Marichal looks down at Campanella
for the sign

Now he's ready...
Righthander Marichal's delivery
Base hit to center for Potpie
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Blade scores!

While K. A. Ton heads for
the on deck circle
Persimmon Pflaggstettler makes
his way to the plate
Pflaggstettler is batting .308 with
19 round trippers in 1900
Pflaggstettler is set
The righthander Marichal's delivery
Slider, down at the knees...
Pflaggstettler swings and
lifts one deep to left
This one has a chance...
Aaron is at the warning track...
Bye, Bye Baby!!...
Number 20 on the year for Persimmon
Pflaggstettler

One out, nobody on base
K. A. Ton is the batter
K. A. is hitting at .303 on the year
He has 43 hits in 142 at bats
This includes 10 doubles, 2 triples
12 home runs and 37 RBI's
Ton tells the umpire he's ready
He brings it home
Slider, down and away...
Ton reaches for the pitch...
It's a grounder to the third base side...
Mathews is there
IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!...
Aaron is hustling after it...
Ton with the big turn...
The throw from Aaron goes into second
And Ton holds at first

Deacon Palmer, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
Palmer grips the bat handle
Palmer is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Marichal
He's waiting for the pitch
The pitch on the way, here it is...
The Whiff!
Marichal punches Palmer out!
Two gone here in the bottom of the 1st
We want to welcome the FOFC
"Sportsman Club"
to the game today
We hope you enjoy your
trip to the ballpark

Billy Bullock will face Marichal
Righty against righty
Bullock looks down toward the third
base coach, Dick Howser
Right-hander Marichal eyes
the righty Bullock
Marichal goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Ton
He lobs one to Musial...
Ton is back easily
We're ready again
Now Marichal comes home
Bounding ball to short
Banks grabs it
Over to Musial
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That retires the side
FOFC with a 3 run lead
It's FOFC 3
and NL Post WWII still looking
to score their first run

NL Post WWII will send Musial,
Roy Campanella, and Ernie Banks to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Musial
Now Rob delivers
There's a deep fly ball to
Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler circles under it...
He hauls it in on the warning track
That's the first out of the inning
Two more to go

"Campy" is coming to the plate
Nielsen ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Now to the belt, here it is...
Big bender, low and inside...
Swung on...
Line single to Tucker in center...
Picking it up in a hurry is Tucker...
Campanella takes a wide turn...
But stays at first base
as the throw comes in

Banks comes to the plate
One out, Campanella at first
Banks is batting .284 with
40 HR's this year
Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen
The stretch... the delivery
Banks pulls a slider over third...
And it's snared by Palmer!
Palmer half fell and half dove
To grab that ball before it hit the ground
Two down
Bullock asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Bullock and Nielsen

Eddie Mathews will get a
crack at Nielsen next
Juan Marichal would be up next...
But only if Mathews can reach safely
Mathews has a lot of patience up there
His 57 walks in 339 at bats
is proof positive
In other words, he can get on for you
He can also do it with the stick
Eddie seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Nielsen's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Campanella dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen
Now here's the pitch
Swung on and lofted very high...
and deep...
Pflaggstettler starts back, turns...
He's at the fence...
And he pulls it in!
That's all for the Post-Nationals
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
We go to the bottom of the 2nd...
FOFC on top 3 to 0

Jeff Nights stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
So far this season
Nights is hitting .273
when facing righthanded pitching
The count is nothing and 2
Nights has to protect the plate
The pitch to Nights...
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 138 on the season for Marichal
That's one away

Nielsen is up next
One gone, bottom of the 2nd
Barrett Blade moves out on deck
Nielsen is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Marichal is happy with the sign
Marichal brings it to the plate
Nubbed just up the first base line...
Campanella is out quickly, and
makes the play to first
Easy out... Boy, oh boy
That's the second out of the inning

That will bring up second
baseman, Barrett Blade
Blade is batting .271 with
3 HR's this year
Juan is ready
Here's the 1-1 pitch
Blade hits one on the ground
to the left side
Barrett, who moves well,
is motoring to first
Banks wings it quickly to Musial...
OUT by a step
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Caribbean is on top of NL Pre WWII 2 to 0
Negro League I and AL Pre
WWII are scoreless
AL Post WWII and Dead Ball
Era are scoreless
Left Outs is embarrassing
Japanese League 9 to 1
Foxx has hit his 27th homerun
for Left Outs
Turn of Century is on top of
Negro League II 3 to 1
Late 20th is edging Old Timers 2 to 1

As we head into the 3rd
NL Post WWII will send up Juan Marichal
They need 3 runs to catch FOFC
as they trail by a 3 to 0 count
Marichal wiggles the bat above his head
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
The pitch is on the way
Fly ball to left
Ton is under it
He makes the grab

And it brings up Joe Morgan
On deck is Roberto Clemente
Willie Mays in the hole
Morgan is hitting .255 against southpaws
0 for 1 so far this game
He struck out in his last at bat
Morgan awaits the delivery
Nielsen kicks and delivers
Morgan swings at the change-up...
Pounds it good!...
It's going into deep center
Tucker is racing back...
He's at the fence...
But he might as well wave that one goodbye
It's gone!
Quite a shot by Morgan
Traveling about 465 feet
That's home run number 19 for him
He also has 42 RBI's now

Clemente departs the on-deck circle
He makes his way quickly to the plate
Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The southpaw delivers
He lays off the pitch
Ball four, he walks

Now here's Mays
Nielsen looks down at Bullock
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander
Mays swings hard...
Nobody is going to get this one...
Yes sir! Mays will have himself a single
And he extends his hitting streak
to 13 games!
1 for 2 on the afternoon
Clemente takes second

Aaron, NL Post WWII's left fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Stan Musial waits on deck
Nielsen gets the sign from Bullock
He is 4th in the league in strike outs
He has 181 on the season
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
on the 2-2 pitch
Aaron is way out in front of a change-up
Strike Three
Number 3 today for Nielsen

Walking up to the plate now is Musial
Roy Campanella waits on deck
The left-hander Nielsen is now ready
A quick check of the runners...
And the pitch
There's a routine pop by Musial
Barrett Blade moves under the ball
And makes the routine catch
That's all for NL Post WWII
After 2 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
FOFC leads 3 to 1

Here's the center fielder Tucker
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Tucker has hit 7 home runs this year
The right-hander Marichal is
set to deliver to Tucker
Juan rocks and fires
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Marichal punches him out!
One gone for FOFC in the bottom of the 3rd

Planting his right foot
Potpie is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Potpie
Potpie taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Marichal is ready quickly
The righthander delivers
Potpie swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Marichal strikes out Jeeberoni Potpie
Two down
Juan Marichal retires
the first two batters in a row

Up now for FOFC is Pflaggstettler
Two away, nobody on
Pflaggstettler is 1 for 1 today
Marichal has the sign from Campanella
Here's the 2-0 offering
Sharp breaking curveball...
Pflaggstettler reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Banks...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Musial at first!
Pflaggstettler is out easily
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 innings,
FOFC has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While NL Post WWII has one run,
4 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
NL Post WWII has stranded 4

Roy Campanella, Ernie Banks, and
Eddie Mathews are due up
Nielsen adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bullock
The pitch is on the way
Fly ball to right
Pflaggstettler is under it
He makes the grab
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have Ernie
Banks coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

Banks finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares
for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Banks
Here's the pitch
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
FOFC on top 3 to 1 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

Caribbean is comfortably ahead
of NL Pre WWII 6 to 0
Tiant Sr. enjoying the big Caribbean lead
Negro League I is edging
AL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Dead Ball Era is in front
of AL Post WWII 3 to 0
Johnson comfortably ahead
for Dead Ball Era
Left Outs is embarrassing
Japanese League 9 to 1
Jenkins enjoying the big Left Outs lead
Negro League II is edging
Turn of Century 4 to 3
Brewer battling Waddell
Old Timers is in front of Late 20th 5 to 2
Kelly has hit his 13th homerun
for Old Timers

Next up is Eddie Mathews, the NL
Post WWII third baseman...
If he gets on, Juan Marichal
would bat next
Mathews steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Eddie is 0 for 1 today
Mathews waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Mathews swings and lifts one toward right
Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
1-2-3, nothing across...

K. A. Ton will start the bottom
of the 4th for FOFC
Benton Breeze looking for
some insurance runs
Now, FOFC leads by only 2
Ton has hit 12 home runs this year
Marichal is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Hot shot grounded to first
Musial flips to Marichal covering
Score It: 3-1
One up, one down

One away, nobody on base
Palmer stands ready at the plate
Palmer is at .334 on the season
He is hitting .296 against righties
Juan peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Marichal fires
Let up pitch, inside and low
Swung on...
High hopping ball towards left...
Into the hole...
Stopped there by Banks before
it gets through...
He starts to throw but stops
Palmer has the infield single

Slowly coming up is Bullock for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC ahead 3 to 1
NL Post WWII is set up for two
Juan Marichal is reaching
for the resin bag...
He pops it up and gives it a squeeze...

Marichal is having a fine
year for NL Post WWII
His 16 wins is 3rd in the league
Here's the righthander's delivery
Bullock launches one deep to left
Aaron turns and starts
to chase after it...
Now he only looks up
This is back, back, back, back...
Way out of FOFC Stadium!
A towering blast by Billy Bullock
Two runs will score for FOFC

Nights steps in...
He pounds the bat on the plate
Now he is ready
Nights goes through his routine
of settling in
Juan Marichal steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
We've got a full count...
Marichal winds and fires...
The pitch is just inside
and Nights holds up
Campanella points down at
the first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!
Two down

The All Stars will send
Rob Nielsen up to the plate
Marichal has the sign from Campanella
Marichal brings it home
Nielsen is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
And that retires the side

The NL Post WWII pitcher, Marichal,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Joe Morgan
And then Roberto Clemente
Marichal can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Juan steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch
Nielsen will try to get Marichal
to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Fastball... down and away...
NO! It's called a strike
And Marichal is outta there
NL Post WWII with one away
Nielsen steps off the mound as
he waits for Joe Morgan to
come to the plate

Joe Morgan is next
FOFC leads 5 to 1
Bullock flashes the sign
Nielsen has it
Here's the 0-1 delivery
IT HITS Morgan!

Clemente heads to the plate
for NL Post WWII
The infield is at regular depth
Roberto takes a couple of practice cuts
After getting set, Clemente
waits on the pitch
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Clemente rolls one toward Barrett Blade
He scoops it and fires to first...
Close play
OUT, says the first base umpire
The first base coach throws his hands up
in disbelief
Two gone for NL Post WWII

Here's speedy 5'10 1/2", 170 pound
Willie Mays coming to the plate
Looking to Bill Russle for a sign
The bat is cocked
Nights trying to slip in behind Morgan
Now he slips away
Here's the 3-1 offering
Fastball... just outside
And Mays will take first on the walk

Hank Aaron is next
Aaron digs in
Aaron cocks the bat
Here comes the pitch
Fastball
OUCH! It hit Aaron!

Here's Stan Musial
Musial asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Nielsen has the sign
Here's the 1-2 pitch
Swung on and hit to shallow left
Ton has got a long run
He's got it
Fine running catch!
Score It: 7
And that retires the side

Blade steps up to the plate for FOFC
It's the bottom of the 5th
here at FOFC Stadium
FOFC ahead 5 to 1
Blade is taking his practice swings
Barrett is 1 for 2 this afternoon
He grounded out last time at bat
Blade waits patiently
Here's his delivery
Struck him out on a fastball
Blade goes down swinging
One down for FOFC
A. J. Tucker is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

Here's A. J. Tucker
Marichal wastes no time
He has the sign from Campanella
Marichal kicks and fires
Low fastball, at the knees
Tucker goes after it...
Lines a single to right...
A. J. rounds first... TRIPS ON THE BAG!!
The throw is into second
The relay to first...
Not in time... Tucker manages
to crawl to the bag
He's really hurting
Here comes Tay Pemup...

They are calling for Ben
Dover, the team doc
This could be real serious

Let's take a short commercial break
while they work on him...

Welcome back folks...
Tucker is on his feet...
Benton Breeze wants him to come out
A. J. wants to stay in
And...
It looks like he'll stay in

Jeeberoni Potpie is now up
One away, Tucker at first
Potpie is 1 for 2 today
Marichal has the sign he wants
Now ready, here it is...
Back door breaking ball...
And it's in there...
Potpie looks at strike three
And there's two away

Coming to the plate is Pflaggstettler
Tucker's the runner on first
He's doing his best to unnerve Marichal
Persimmon is hitting at .309 on the year
He has 120 hits in 388 at bats
His speed has propelled him
to 10 stolen bases
Pflaggstettler in the hole, 0-2
Now Juan delivers
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Hank Aaron is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Great,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Aaron!

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8/5 Radio Broadcast Continued

Campanella saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Campanella is batting .230
with 5 HR's this year
Nielsen wastes no time
He has the sign from Bullock
Here is the 3-2 pitch
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Ernie Banks will make his
way to home plate
He's the shortstop for NL Post WWII
Banks is batting .283 on the year
He is hitting with great power
He checks down at third for the sign
Ernie will be hitting away
You can be sure of that
Tommy Lasorda won't ignore his
.605 slugging average!
Banks awaits the pitch
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Bouncer in the hole
It's past Blade into right field
An opposite field hit!
Campanella is tearing around second
Coach Bill Russle is waving
him on to third
He'll make it easily

Eddie Mathews steps into the box
Nielsen has a 6-hitter going
through 5 innings
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Nielsen
The delivery
The pitch gets away from
the catcher, Bullock
Campanella will score
Banks takes second on the passed ball

Eddie Mathews steps into the box
Mathews is taking his practice swings
Eddie is 0 for 2 this afternoon
Nielsen looks in for the sign
He has to be careful with Mathews
who has 39 homeruns this year
Nielsen has allowed 18 round trippers
already this season
The lefthander delivers
Mathews just gets a piece of it
He 'nubs' it to second
Blade races in quickly...
Barehands it...
Over to first
Just in time!
The runner moves up easily...
FOFC gets the first out of the inning

Tommy Lasorda will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, Mike Schmidt steps out of the dugout
He will be up there against Nielsen
Schmidt is batting .235 on the year
He has 11 homers and 23 RBI's in 1900

Settling in at the plate is Schmidt
Schmidt digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen
Nielsen peers in for the sign
Schmidt is a formidable opponent
Rob has allowed 10 home runs
versus righties this year
And Mike is no ordinary hitter
And the delivery by Nielsen
Schmidt is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
That's two away

Morgan walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Roberto Clemente moves into
the on deck circle
NL Post WWII needs some runs
Morgan is 1 for 2 today
Nielsen is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Nielsen looks in...
Now he's ready
The count is full
And the pay-off pitch...
Nielsen misses just outside
No more than the width of a razor blade
But it's... Ball Four
3 walks given up by Nielsen today

Roberto Clemente steps into the box
Clemente is hitting .328 with 17 homeruns
Roberto also has 30 doubles and 8 triples
And has driven in a total of 60 runs
Nielsen eyes Clemente intently
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
It's low
and it gets away from Bullock!
It's rolling to the backstop
Now Bullock has it
too late, the damage is done.
It's scored a wild pitch.
Banks scores from third!
Morgan takes second

Roberto Clemente steps into the box
Against lefthanders
Clemente is hitting .321 this season
Clemente readies himself for the pitch
Rob looks over his shoulder at Morgan
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Screaming liner towards third
Palmer reaches
It's into the outfield for a base hit!
Morgan scores from second!

Mays moseys up to the plate
Hank Aaron is heading for
the on-deck circle
Mays is 1 for 2 today
Nielsen rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Nielsen checks Clemente on first
Now the 1-1 pitch
Mays cracks a drive to deep left-center
He really smacked this baby...
This ball is going out of here in a hurry
Bye, bye baseball!
Man alive... what a blast by the
NL Post WWII center fielder

Two away, nobody on
Aaron comes to the plate for NL Post WWII
Hank will be facing the
left-handed Nielsen
from the right side of the plate
He has a .315 average overall
But southpaws are his nemesis...
He has only a .244 average
against lefty hurlers
Aaron waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it
It's a routine fly into right
Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up
This should wrap-up the inning...
It's in the bank
That'll do it in the top of the 6th
5 runs, 4 hits and no errors
NL Post WWII leads 6 to 5
And now we'll pause for station
identification
This is your Strat-O-Matic
Broadcast System...
Phil Niekro will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Phil has appeared in 50 games this season
He has a record of 5-3
in 76 innings
His ERA stands at 4.03

Ton leading off
Phil is ready
Here's the 3-1 offering
There's a ground ball into the hole
Mathews and Banks converge on it
It's fielded by Mathews who fires to first
SAFE is the call by the ump
Close play!!

FOFC third baseman, Deacon
Palmer, is up next
Right-hander Niekro prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging Palmer
Niekro brings it to the plate
Swung on and missed...
Palmer is down on strikes
And there's one away

Bullock is up now for FOFC
Bullock grips the bat handle
Bullock waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
We've got a full count...
Niekro winds and fires...
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
Willie Mays is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Great,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Mays!

All Stars' shortstop Nights
is up next
Niekro gets the sign, it's one he likes
The stretch... the 2 strike delivery
Hard ground ball to short
Banks comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That's all for the All Stars
After 6 innings in FOFC this afternoon,
NL Post WWII leads 6 to 5

Stan Musial, Roy Campanella, and
Ernie Banks are due up
Stan steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Musial is 0 for 3 today
He flied out last time up
Musial waits on Nielsen
He brings it home
Musial swings
He sends one into the deepest
part of the park
That's going to get through to the wall
Musial rounds second...
The throw not nearly in time, a triple

Next up for NL Post WWII is Roy Campanella
The outfield shades towards
left for Campanella
After getting set, Campanella
waits on the pitch
And the delivery by Rodney
The ball breaks low and outside
Campanella tries to hold up
The umpire tells him to take his base

Coming up is Banks for NL Post WWII
Runners on first and third...
A dangerous homerun hitter at the plate
4th in the league in home runs
this year with 40
Banks waiting for the pitch
Banks has hit 40 home runs this year
James gets the sign from Hays
Here's the righthander's delivery
He quick pitches Banks...
and it's in there
Strike three
One down, two to go...
James Rodney has to bear down now

Here's the man with the perfect swing,
Eddie Mathews, coming up to the plate
Rodney has the sign from Hays
Rodney brings it home
There's a long drive...
Its' way back there...
A. J. Tucker is at the wall...
(Possible HR or Out
Fielding ability: Great,)
He's jumping for it...
He's got it!!!
What a great play by Tucker!

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Billy Williams will bat for Phil Niekro
It will be the lefthand hitting, Williams
against the righty Rodney
Williams is hitting righties
for a .181 average

Billy Williams steps into the box
Billy wants desperately to
break out of his slump
All set, Williams is ready for the pitch
The stretch... the delivery
It's in the dirt and bounces away
Campanella heads to second
And he'll make it on the wild pitch

Billy Williams steps into the box
Williams has a .181 average against
righthanders this season
Williams is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Rodney
He's waiting for the pitch
Rodney fires
Williams goes after the fastball...
It's a base hit by Nights...
Campanella only moves down to third
and that's where he'll hold
as the ball was hit very sharply
making it impossible for him to score

Up next is Joe Morgan
Joe is an ex-Boston College basketball
and ice hockey star
Morgan is 1 for 2 today, with 1 home run
Set now is Morgan
It's coming down the pike
Morgan drives the ball to
right for extra bases
Campanella scores
Bill Russle will send the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII...
Not cut-off...
Hays is trying to block the plate
(Ability to block: Great,)...
Williams is out at home!
Double for Morgan

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!
Tommy Lasorda will relieve Phil Niekro
to start off the bottom of the 7th
Jim Bunning comes in as
the 3rd pitcher today
Bunning is 4 and 13 in 1900
He has pitched 75 innings and has
a 5.06 ERA, striking out 48
while allowing 39 walks

Hays saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Bunning is ready quickly
The righthander Bunning delivers
Sharp breaking curveball...
Hays reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Banks...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Musial at first!
Hays is out easily
While we wait for Barrett
Blade to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

Caribbean jumping all over
NL Pre WWII 14 to 2
Gonzalez has hit his 24th
homerun for Caribbean
AL Pre WWII is edging Negro
League I 3 to 2
Dead Ball Era is pounding
AL Post WWII 8 to 1
Left Outs is running roughshod
over Japanese League 15 to 3
Foxx has hit his 28th homerun
for Left Outs
Negro League II leads Turn
of Century 4 to 3
Wilson has hit his 28th homerun
for Negro League II
Old Timers besting Late 20th 7 to 2
And in our matchup NL Post
WWII ahead 8 to 5
OK, let's see if FOFC can get
back in this ballgame
Currently down by 3

FOFC sends the second baseman,
Barrett Blade, up to the plate
Campanella flashes the sign...
Bunning waves it off...
Now he's happy
Bunning will try to get
Blade to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
Blade swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Bunning strikes out Barrett Blade
That's the second out of the inning

Bunning glares in at Tucker
A. J. Tucker just calmly stares right back
Infield at regular depth
Tucker is 1 for 3 today
A. J. singled last time around
Tucker waits
Righthander Bunning's delivery
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Morgan plays it on one hop
Over to Musial...
Out of there!
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 50003

Here's Roberto Clemente leading off
Willie Mays is on deck
And Hank Aaron is in the hole
Clemente a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Rodney
Clemente awaits the delivery
Rodney brings it to the plate
It's a high fly into left
Ton ranges to his right
Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out

Mays saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Mays is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Willie certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Rodney earn his salary
Rodney is slow to get ready

He has a 3.18 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Mays swings and hits a shot
to deep left-center
Tucker and Ton are converging on the ball
Looks like Tucker has the best shot at it
He dives for it...
WOW! He's got it!
Fantastic play by Tucker
Two down

Walking up to the plate now is Aaron
Stan Musial waits on deck
Rodney squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Rodney kicks and fires
Swung on and popped up
Nights is waiting...
And that's an easy out
Rodney sets the Post-Nationals
down in order

It's the bottom of the 8th
Jeeberoni Potpie, FOFC's first
baseman, will lead it off
Persimmon Pflaggstettler is on deck
FOFC will try to cut into
NL Post WWII's lead
The Post-Nationals lead by 3
So far this season
Potpie is hitting .285
when facing righthanded pitching
Potpie readies himself for the pitch
Bunning rocks and fires
Slider, outside...
Potpie reaches for it...
Gets some wood on it
It's rolling towards Banks...
He scoops it up smoothly
Firing to Musial in one motion...
Close play...
SAFE!... by a whisker
Musial is arguing the call
But to no avail
That's a single for Potpie

Pounding the plate with his bat
Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch
Pflaggstettler looks for a sign from third
Dick Howser delivers it to Persimmon
Persimmon is 1 for 3 today
flied out his last at bat
Bunning adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Campanella
Now Jim delivers
Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Potpie will stay at second

K. A. Ton will face Bunning
Righty against righty
K. A. is batting .310 with 12
home runs on the season
He is 2 for 3 today
Jim looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Potpie on second, Pflaggstettler on first
They're dancing off the bags
Here's the 3-2 offering
Base hit to left for Ton
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runners hold.

Deacon Palmer coming up
Palmer asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
Palmer is ready for the pitch
Here's the 1-2 delivery
Grounded towards the bag
Musial boots the ball!
Score It: E3
Potpie scores from third!
Pflaggstettler takes third
Ton takes second
Palmer to first

Stan Gunner now up
Gunner has hit 14 home runs this year
The bases are loaded
Bunning nods, he's ready
Here comes the pitch
Base hit to center for Gunner
Pflaggstettler scores
Dick Howser won't risk sending
the runner home...
Runners hold.

Nights gets set at the plate
Nights is one of the best hitters around
Bunning looks down at Campanella
for the sign

Now he's ready...
Bunning checks the runners
Dribbler to short
Banks comes up with it
Throws home for the out!
Score It: 6-2
The runner on third, Ton, is out
Palmer takes third
Gunner takes second
One down...
Bunning has to continue to bear down

Hays walks up to the plate
Hays wiggles the bat above his head
Harry steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Bunning's pitch
Now Jim delivers
He hits a tough grounder to short
Taken by Banks
Fires and nails Palmer going home!
On to first
He's OUT, a home to first double play
Score It: 6-2-3
That ends the inning
After 8 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 1

Musial steps up to the plate
for NL Post WWII
It's the top of the 9th at FOFC Stadium
Hays flashes the sign...
Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Fozborg winds and delivers
Musial pounds a grounder
toward Nights at short
Jeff moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Nights stayed with it
Over to first and Musial is retired
Nice play by the FOFC short stop
One out
Roy Campanella is due up next

Campanella, the catcher, moves
into the batter's box

NL Post WWII leads 8 to 7
Campanella is at .242 on the season
Fozborg tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The righthander delivers
There's a liner over short...
Solidly stroked by Campanella
No chance for either Nights or Ton
That one had base hit written all over it
(Ballpark Double Effect)

Banks is up next
NL Post WWII has a runner
at first and one out
Banks adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Ernie is 1 for 4 this afternoon
Banks is waiting on the pitch
Here's the 2 strike pitch
The Whiff!
Fozborg punches Banks out!
FOFC gets the second out of the inning

Eddie Mathews, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Mathews is 0 for 3 today
Eddie waits...
He steps out as Fozborg takes too long
Now he's back in the box
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Campanella dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg
Now here's the pitch
Base hit to right for Mathews
Third base coach Bill Russle
doesn't want to gamble
Nothing ventured, nothing gained...
Campanella will stay at second

The pitcher, Jim Bunning
will be up next for NL Post WWII
Bunning can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Bunning waits for the delivery
Sirr checks the runners...
Goes into the stretch

The pitch
Base hit to center for Bunning
Bill Russle is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII...
Not cut-off...
Campanella is out at home!

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8/20 Radio Broadcast Continued

Last of the 9th, final chance for FOFC
Time for the All Stars to go to work...
They trail the Post-Nationals by 1
Benton Breeze will send up second
baseman Barrett Blade,
then A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni Potpie
to face Post-Nationals' Jim Bunning
Blade is taking his practice swings
Barrett is 1 for 4 this afternoon
He struck out last time at bat
The count is full, 3-2
The payoff pitch...
The pitch to Blade...
It's a wicked breaking ball
Out of the strike zone
Blade checks his swing
Campanella appeals to the
first base umpire
He held up, ball four
Never a good time for a lead-off walk
But especially not late in the game

Tucker is the batter
Blade's the runner on first
He's doing a little jig off first
to rattle the pitcher
Blade with his lead at first
The third base coach, Dick
Howser, gives the signs
Campanella flashes the sign to Bunning
The pitch is on the way
He goes after the low slider
At the knees...
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Aaron slides under it... one hands it...
Not the prettiest play, but Tucker is out
NL Post WWII gets the first
out of the inning...
Bunning needs two more outs to stop FOFC

Tommy Lasorda is walking to the mound
Jim Bunning will head for the showers
They've signaled for the righthander
Bob Gibson will be coming on
in relief for NL Post WWII
Gibson will be the 4th pitcher used
by NL Post WWII this afternoon
Jim Bunning hands the ball
over to Tommy Lasorda
Now he walks off the field...
Gibson is almost finished warming up...
Here are some scores from
around the league...
These scores are final...
Caribbean beat up on NL Pre WWII 14 to 5
Tiant Sr. the winner, he's now 11-9
Rixey takes the loss, his
record drops to 7-11
AL Pre WWII nipped Negro League I 5 to 4
Dead Ball Era jumped all over
AL Post WWII 9 to 1
Johnson the winner, he's now 16-8
Feller takes the loss, his
record drops to 10-17
Left Outs humbled Japanese League 16 to 4
Negro League II edged out
Turn of Century 5 to 4
Old Timers clubbed Late 20th 9 to 2
And in our matchup NL Post
WWII leads 8 to 7
We're back again
Gibson has a 8-5 record so far this year
And an ERA of 5.30 in 26 appearances

One away, Blade at first
Potpie is coming to the plate
Potpie is 2 for 4 today
He is currently batting .293
Aaron, Mays and Clemente
are playing him deep
The umpire says let's go
Potpie is ready
Gibson looks at the runner
The pitch
Fastball right down the middle
Potpie slams a grounder...
Into the gap between first and second
Musial runs it down on the outfield grass
Looks towards second...
Can't get Blade...
He throws to Gibson covering first...
THE THROW GETS AWAY!!!...
Both runners advance a base on the error
That's error number 2 of the
game for NL Post WWII

Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves
in to face Gibson
2 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 9th
Pflaggstettler is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
Before the game Gibson said he
really enjoyed watching Pflaggstettler hit
He did admit, however, pitching
to Persimmon quickly dimmed his enthusiasm
Here's the 3-1 offering
Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler
Blade scores
Dick Howser is giving the green light...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Potpie is out at home!
Trailing runner advances.

Ton digs in at the plate
Ready now for Gibson to come set
Ton is hitting .287 against righties
Ton waits for the pitch
The crowd is on their feet!
They are anxious for the pitch
Bob looks over his shoulder
at Pflaggstettler
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Pounded on the ground to second
Taken by Morgan
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 4-3
And we go to extra innings!

Morgan is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Joe steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Joe is 2 for 3 today with 1 home run
Morgan waits anxiously for the delivery
It's a full count...
Fozborg winds and fires...
Ball four is the call
Fozborg can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Fozborg
Morgan takes first base

Clemente is stepping in to face Fozborg
Potpie is way in on the grass at first
Palmer is in at third
They are guarding against the bunt
Expect a bunt here despite
Clemente's average
They need a run
We're all tied up at 8
Waiting for the pitch is Clemente
Sirr will have to come in
with this 3-0 delivery
It's on its way...
Fastball...missed inside
Ball four!
Clemente hands his bat to the batboy
and hustles down to first
Fozborg lost him on four pitches

Mays pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Knowles
Mays scuffs up the lines around the box
Mays waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Knowles checks the runners
Mays rips a solid shot to center
Tucker ranges to his right...
He is juggling it!...
Finally finds the handle
Whew!
Runners can't advance
That's one away

With one out, and two men on
Aaron strides purposefully to the plate
Against righthanders
Aaron is hitting .342
Hank is set for the pitch
The righthander Knowles' delivery
A slider by Knowles
Aaron gets good wood on it...
Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Knowles

Facing Knowles now is Musial
Roy Campanella heads to the on deck circle
Ernie Banks waits in the hole
Stan is 1 for 5 this summer afternoon
He grounded out in his last
plate appearance
Now set, Musial waits for the pitch
Knowles' 3-0 pitch...
Low and inside... ball four
Musial gets a free ticket to first
That loads them up for Roy Campanella

Campanella finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Roy is batting at .254 with 5 home runs
He is 3 for 4 so far today
NL Post WWII has loaded the bases
Knowles shakes off the sign from Hays
And another...
Still another...
Looks like Knowles doesn't want
to pitch to Campanella
Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting
Now he's finally ready
Knowles brings it to the plate
Campanella swings and lifts
one toward center
Tucker drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That retires the side...
Campanella fails to come
through in the clutch
For NL Post WWII, No runs, no hits,
no errors and 3 men left on base

We've got ourselves a honey of a ballgame
All tied up in the bottom of the 10th
Deacon Palmer will see if
he can get on base
to start things off for the All Stars
Palmer is 1 for 4 on the day
He looks around at the
NL Post WWII infield
Musial is kicking the dirt at first
Mathews is even with the bag at third
Morgan and Banks are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Palmer tells the umpire he's ready
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Struck him out on a fastball
Palmer goes down swinging
With one down

Musial yells something out to Gibson
Bob nods his head

Making his way up is Gazelle
Gibson looks down at Campanella
for the sign
Now he's ready
Gibson's righthanded delivery...
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 107 on the season for Gibson
That's two away for the All Stars
We have a real "nail-biter" here today

Jeff Nights will get a
crack at Gibson next
Harry Hays would be up next...
But only if Nights can reach safely
Nights is one of the best hitters around
Gibson is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Gibson gets the sign from Campanella
Gibson brings it to the plate
Sinking fastball...
Nights swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Banks...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That retires the side
For FOFC, No runs, no hits and no errors
NL Post WWII will try to push one across
in the top of the 11th

Bottom of the order for NL
Post WWII coming to bat
The shortstop, Ernie Banks will lead off
Knowles likes the sign
The 2-2 offering...
Srike three!
Well that is 4 on the afternoon for Banks
He earns himself a silver sombrero!
With one down, up next is Eddie Mathews
To be followed by Bob Gibson

Mathews settles in at the plate
Mathews steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Mathews is set for the pitch
Sammy comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Mathews!
That's the second out of the inning
While we wait for Bob Gibson
to get a new bat
Let's point out that NL Post WWII is
4 and 6 in their last ten games

Tommy Lasorda will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, Orlando Cepeda steps
out of the dugout
He will be up there against Knowles
Cepeda is batting .279 on the year
He has 5 round trippers and 16 RBI's

Orlando Cepeda will step in
to face Knowles next
If he gets on, Joe Morgan will follow
Orlando Cepeda is hitting .284 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Knowles adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
The All Stars fans are standing
They want the strikeout
from "Mister Closer"
Sammy winds and delivers
the 0-2 pitch
Grounded down the line
Palmer grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
That's it for NL Post WWII
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
10 and a half innings,
FOFC has 8 runs, 14 hits and no errors
While NL Post WWII has 8 runs,
14 hits and 2 errors
NL Post WWII has left 13 on base
FOFC has stranded 6
Warren Spahn will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Warren has appeared in
47 games this season
He has a record of 7-8
in 130 innings
His ERA stands at 5.48

The All Stars will send
Hays, Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker up
to the plate this inning
Harry is hitting at .344 on the year
He has 93 hits in 270 at bats
This includes 5 doubles, 3 triples
12 home runs and 34 RBI's
He's ready for the delivery
The lefthander Spahn comes home with it
Letterhigh, hard slider...
Swung on...
It's a line drive belted toward Mathews
It's by him...
Aaron comes in...
Plays it off his chest
Recovers quickly, throwing into second
Good defensive recovery
Keeping Hays to a single

Blade looks to lay one down
He bunts the ball . . .
They throw trying to get
the lead runner...
Fielded by W.Spahn
he's throwing for the lead runner...
OUT!
Force Play To Pitcher
Score It: 1-6
The runner on first, Hays, is out
One away here in the bottom of the 11th
The score is tied at 8
While we have time, let's
check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
Caribbean man-handled NL Pre WWII 14 to 5
Tiant Sr. the winner, he's now 11-9
Rixey takes the loss, his
record drops to 7-11
AL Pre WWII edged out Negro
League I 5 to 4
Hoyt the winner, he's now 8-5
Foster takes the loss, his
record drops to 3-3
Dead Ball Era jumped all over
AL Post WWII 9 to 1
Johnson the winner, he's now 16-8
Feller takes the loss, his
record drops to 10-17
Left Outs humbled Japanese League 16 to 4
Foxx has hit his 28th homerun
for Left Outs
Negro League II edged out
Turn of Century 5 to 4
Wright has hit his 14th homerun
for Negro League II
Old Timers smacked Late 20th 9 to 2
Martinez takes the loss, his
record drops to 6-7
Radbourn the winner, he's now 10-8

Blade represents what could
be the winning run
And A. J. Tucker is coming up
The All Stars need only to
get 1 run in, to end this game right now
Tucker swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Spahn
Tucker is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Blade is dancing off first
The southpaw's 1-2 delivery
Base hit to left for Tucker
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Blade will stay at second

Jeeberoni Potpie is next
1st and 2nd, one man down
Spahn stares in
He rocks and fires
Routine grounder to the mound
Taken by Spahn
Throws to second
He's out
Could be two . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 1-6-3
And that retires the side

Joe Morgan stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Morgan is looking for another hit
He has 2 hits so far today
He is hitting .264 on the year
Joe steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Knowles' pitch
Here's his delivery
Morgan hits a pop into short right field
Blade sprints out
Pflaggstettler and Tucker sprint
towards the infield
Persimmon Pflaggstettler sticks
his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
The official scorer rules a single

Morgan takes a walking lead
Morgan has stolen 34 of 43 bases this year
Knowles tosses another quick
one to first...
Even the speedy Morgan looks
a bit tentative now...
He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead

Roberto Clemente is up
next to face Knowles
A tough situation to bunt as
FOFC has the corners playing way in
Time is called...
Clemente has asked the ump
to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Roberto is eagerly awaiting Knowles' pitch
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Morgan dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Knowles
Now here's the pitch
Knowles just misses outside
Ball four to Clemente

Willie Mays, the NL Post
WWII center fielder,
steps into the batter's box
The score is tied at 8
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
Mays is taking his practice swings
Willie is 2 for 5 this afternoon
Mays, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Knowles
Sammy checks the runners
Here's the 0-2 offering
STRIKE THREE!
He swung on a ball that was in the dirt
Mays was overanxious up there
That was almost a wild pitch
So we have one out now for NL Post WWII
2 runners on board
as Hank Aaron rubs his bat with
the pine tar one last time

Hank Aaron will be coming up
Tommy Lasorda loves the pop in his bat
Knowles has the sign from Hays
Knowles stretches, checks his runners
The pitch...
Curve, up high...
Aaron rips it to left...
Knowles hung that breaking ball
However, Hank got under it just a bit
Gazelle started back on it
Now he's coming in...
He's under it and makes the easy catch
"Can of Corn"
Two down
Due up next is Stan Musial
Let's see what happens now

Stan Musial, the first baseman,
strides to the plate
Musial is 1 for 5 today, with 1 walk
Now set, Musial waits for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
There's a routine pop by Musial
Barrett Blade moves under the ball
And makes the routine catch
Musial chokes in the clutch!
That ends the inning for NL Post WWII
FOFC has 8 runs, 16 hits and no errors
While NL Post WWII has 8 runs,
15 hits and 2 errors
NL Post WWII has now stranded
15 baserunners

Pflaggstettler, the right fielder, up
leading off the bottom of the 12th
Campanella flashes the sign...
Spahn waves it off...
Now he's happy
The lefthander Spahn delivers
Spahn misses low on that one
Pflaggstettler draws the walk
Number 1 today by Spahn

Terp squares to bunt
It's dribbled down the third base line
Mathews bare hands it...
Sidearm toss to first
Just in time!
Nice play
Credit Kris Terp with a sacrifice
And there's one away

Palmer finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Campanella flashes the sign...
Spahn shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Spahn brings it to the plate
Base hit to left for Palmer
Dick Howser is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Aggressive baserunning by FOFC...
Not cut-off...
Hank Aaron throws the ball
away for an error!
FOFC wins 9 to 8
Knowles gets credit for the win
Spahn takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Persimmon Pflaggstettler
He was 3 for 5 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.
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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/5/1900 Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG J.Morgan 2B 4 2 3 2 .266 B.Blade 2B 5 2 1 0 .267 R.Clemente RF 4 1 2 1 .329 A.Tucker CF 6 0 2 0 .297 W.Mays CF 6 1 2 2 .306 J.Potpie 1B 6 2 3 1 .294 H.Aaron LF 6 0 0 0 .312 P.Pflaggstettler RF 5 3 3 3 .312 S.Musial 1B 6 1 1 0 .337 K.Ton LF 5 0 3 0 .313 R.Campanella C 5 2 3 0 .250 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Banks SS 6 1 1 0 .283 G-K.Terp PH 0 0 0 0 .171 E.Mathews 3B 5 0 1 1 .302 D.Palmer 3B 6 1 2 2 .335 J.Marichal P 2 0 0 0 .094 B.Bullock C 3 1 1 2 .258 A-M.Schmidt PH 1 0 0 0 .233 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- P.Niekro P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-S.Gunner PH 1 0 1 1 .259 C-B.Williams PH 1 0 1 0 .201 S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Bunning P 1 0 1 0 .250 E-G.Gazelle LF 1 0 0 0 .271 B.Gibson P 0 0 0 0 .222 J.Nights SS 5 0 0 0 .277 F-O.Cepeda PH 1 0 0 0 .278 R.Nielsen P 2 0 0 0 .095 W.Spahn P 0 0 0 0 .154 B-H.Hays C 3 0 1 0 .347 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 48 8 15 6 Totals 48 9 17 9 A-Pinch Hit For Marichal In 6th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Nielsen In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Niekro In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 8th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Fozborg In 10th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Gibson In 11th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Knowles In 12th Inning Post-Nationals.. 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 8 15 2 All Stars....... 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 - 9 17 0 Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Marichal 5 7 5 5 0 8 2 70 4.93 A1 P.Niekro HOLD(11th) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 3.97 J.Bunning HOLD(1st) 2 1/3 4 3 3 1 1 0 48 5.26 B.Gibson BS(1st) 1 2/3 2 0 0 0 2 0 20 5.25 W.Spahn LOSS(7-9) 1 1/3 3 1 1 1 0 0 26 5.50 Totals 11 1/3 17 9 9 2 12 2 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Nielsen 6 9 7 7 3 6 2 131 3.31 J.Rodney 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 31 3.15 S.Fozborg 1 3 0 0 2 1 0 29 4.05 S.Knowles WIN(1-2) 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 41 1.70 Totals 12 15 8 8 8 11 2 ATTENDANCE- 50,003 DATE- Sunday, August 5th 1900 TIME- Day T- 3:18 LEFT ON BASE- Post-Nationals:15 All Stars: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Nationals: 2 All Stars: 0 ERRORS- S.Musial-2 DOUBLES- J.Morgan(20th), R.Clemente(30th), D.Palmer(18th) TRIPLES- S.Musial(7th) HOME RUNS- J.Morgan(19th), W.Mays(30th), P.Pflaggstettler(20th), B.Bullock(17th) SACRIFICE HITS- K.Terp SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Mathews WALKS- J.Morgan-2, R.Clemente-3, W.Mays, S.Musial, R.Campanella, B.Blade, P.Pflaggstettler HIT BY PITCH- J.Morgan, H.Aaron STRIKE OUTS- J.Morgan, W.Mays-2, H.Aaron, E.Banks-4, E.Mathews, J.Marichal, M.Schmidt, B.Blade-2, A.Tucker, J.Potpie-2, D.Palmer-3, G.Gazelle, J.Nights-2, R.Nielsen GIDP- J.Potpie, H.Hays WILD PITCHES- J.Rodney, R.Nielsen PASSED BALLS- B.Bullock WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Hank Aaron robbed Persimmon Pflaggstettler of a Homerun! Bot 6th: Willie Mays robbed Billy Bullock of a Homerun! Top 7th: A. J. Tucker robbed Eddie Mathews of a Homerun! Top 7th: Harry Hays blocked the plate, saving a run!
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..."impressive come back win by the FOFCers. They were cruising early, ran into problems but overcame them to open the lead in the division to 6.5 games."

"This was baseball at its best. I don't think I've ever seen a game, in all my years in the sport, when there were 3 plays where homeruns were robbed. These guys gave there all in this one, and the NL Posters have to feel pretty down right about now. They had a chance to even the series and it slipped away. Once again the small pen really hurt this team. I'll bet next year they look to add another arm or two to that pen," Lou Scribe reports...

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8/6 Radio Broadcast - Game 121

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Brian Babson with his 10 and 10 record
Will be facing Red Schoendienst

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Hays out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
Now Brian delivers
He rips a grounder to the mound
Babson grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 1-3
With one gone
NL Post WWII will have Roberto
Clemente coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

The right fielder, Roberto
Clemente, is up next
Babson has the sign from Hays
Brian rocks and fires
Low and outside
Ball four

Hank Aaron moves in to face Babson
1 on, 1 out here in the top of the 1st
Hank Aaron is hitting .312 for the year
with 41 homers
He is having a great year
Babson is happy with the sign
It's coming down the pike
The runner goes
Aaron likes the hit and run...
Fastball, down the middle...
Swung on...
Aaron strokes a deep shot...
Gunner and Tucker dashing to the fence...
They don't have a chance
HOME RUN!
Aaron picks up a couple of RBI's
as Clemente scores ahead of him
Hays wanted Babson to throw that pitch
down at the knees, not up at the letters
That was a costly mistake for FOFC

So that brings up Willie Mays
the NL Post WWII center fielder
Willie is hitting at .306 on the year
NL Post WWII's cleanup hitter
has knocked in 83 runs
He has a fine .585 slugging average
Mays waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Babson winds and delivers
Change up...
Mays hits a fly ball to right
Gazelle is under it...
He's got it
That's two away

Mathews is ready to face Babson
Mathews is hitting .295
against righthanders
Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Mathews
Babson's 0-1 pitch...
Swung on and hit sharply to second
Blade plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
That's three outs here in
the top of the first
At the end of one half inning,
for NL Post WWII
2 runs, one hit and no errors
FOFC is coming to bat

Blade, FOFC's second baseman,
leads off for the All Stars
NL Post WWII drew first blood
They scored 2 runs
in the top half of the first
Blade has hit 3 home runs this year
Koufax steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Slow ground ball
Schoendienst is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
NL Post WWII gets the first
out of the inning

Tucker finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
A. J. will be facing the lefty Koufax
from the right side of the plate
Of his 7 home runs, 5 are
against southpaws
Tucker is waiting on the pitch
Now Sandy delivers
Ground ball through the middle
Schoendienst ranges behind second
Nice pick up...
Twists and fires it
OUT!
Two up, two down for FOFC

Gerald Gazelle, will be up next
Jeeberoni Potpie hopes to
get a chance as well
Bases empty... one more
chance for FOFC here
NL Post WWII leads FOFC by 2 runs
Gazelle is at .271 on the season
The left-hander Koufax is now ready
Here's the 0-1 offering
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Gazelle rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Koufax looks dejected on the mound

Potpie is up now for FOFC
Koufax tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Now Sandy delivers
A hot shot on the ground to Schoendienst
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Potpie is out
That's all for the All Stars...
As we head to the top of
the second inning...
NL Post WWII ahead 2 to 1

Ernie Banks, Johnny Bench, and
Orlando Cepeda are due up
Ernie is 4th in the league in home runs
with a 40 so far in 1900
He's ready
Windup by Babson
And the pitch
Banks hits a deep fly to left-center
Tucker is at the warning track
He stumbles a little...
Rights himself
It bounces off the fence...
Two-base hit for Banks

Bench digs in at the plate
Ready now for Babson to come set
Babson steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The pitch to Bench...
Change up, on the inside corner...
Bench was looking for it...
He hammers the pitch...
It's a deep fly to left-center
It's into the alley...
That will score a run
Bench is in at second standing
with a double
All Gunner could do was keep him
from getting a triple

Cepeda steps in...
He pounds the bat on the plate
Now he is ready
Cepeda is batting .278 with
5 HR's this year
Babson is slow to get ready

He has a 3.66 ERA this year
Now he's ready
The pitch is on the way
Groundball to short
Bench will hold at second base
Cepeda is retired on the groundout

Koufax is up next
One gone, top of the 2nd
Red Schoendienst moves out on deck
Hays flashes the sign to Babson
And the delivery by Babson
There's the heater...
Strike three swinging!
Koufax will take his seat
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Babson

Schoendienst leaves the on-deck circle
And heads to the batter's box
Red is hitting at .267 on the year
He has 24 hits in 90 at bats
NL Post WWII's leadoff hitter...
Red has scored 15 runs on the season
Babson has the sign from Hays
Babson brings it to the plate
There's a foul into the chest
protector of Hays
. . . Schoendienst back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
It's in on the wrists
Red tried to hold up
Now it appears he will be awarded first...
Yes, Babson walks him

Roberto Clemente, the NL Post
WWII right fielder,
steps into the batter's box
NL Post WWII leads 3 to 1
He has a chance here to drive
home at least one
The outfield shades towards
left for Clemente
Clemente awaits the delivery
The righthander Babson's delivery
Hit on the ground to first
Potpie flips to Babson covering
Score It: 3-1
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
By the way, NL Post WWII is 3 and
7 in their last ten games

Stan Gunner is up to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for FOFC
to get things going
Gunner is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
The umpire says let's go
Gunner is ready
With a 2 strike count... here's the pitch
Curve ball...
Gunner swings and misses by a mile
The bottom dropped out of that one!
A wicked pitch!
So one up and one gone

All Stars' catcher Hays
is up next
Harry is hitting at .347 on the year
He has 94 hits in 271 at bats
This includes 5 doubles, 3 triples
12 home runs and 34 RBI's
Hays tells the umpire he's ready
The southpaw's 1-1 delivery
Hays gets wood on the hard slider
It's a bouncer hit past the mound...
And PAST Banks into the outfield...
Base hit for Hays

Hays at first, one away
Fouts is ready for the pitch
Koufax gets the sign from Bench
He is 3rd in the league in strike outs
He has 183 on the season
The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander
The Whiff!
Koufax punches Fouts out!
Two down

Nights, FOFC's shortstop,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Brian Babson waits on deck
Nights is at .277 on the season
Koufax squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Koufax goes into his stretch...
Looks over at Hays
Fires to Cepeda...
Hays is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Koufax comes home
Ground ball to short
Banks grabs it
Over to Cepeda
Got him!
Score It: 6-3
That ends the inning
After 2 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 2

As we get ready to start
the top of the 3rd
Aaron is talking to Hays
Aaron is batting .314 with
42 round trippers in 1900
Babson wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Babson brings it home
Big breaking ball...
Aaron swings and lifts one deep to left
This one has a chance...
Gunner is at the warning track...
He waits...
Stan you can tell that one Goodbye!
Number 43 on the year for Hank Aaron

A big bopper coming to the plate...
Batting clean-up, Willie Mays
Mays digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Babson
Brian is ready
Babson rocks and fires
Curve, a beauty...
Strike three looking!
Babson punches him out!
That's one away

Mathews settles in at the plate
Against righthanders
Mathews is hitting .294
Mathews gets ready for Babson's pitch
His bat is cocked
Now the delivery, here is is...
Strike three called
A curve that broke over
Number 3 for Brian Babson today
150 on the year
Two men gone, nobody on
NL Post WWII leads by 3

Banks coming up for NL Post WWII
Nobody on, two away
The right-hander Babson is
set to deliver to Banks
And the cripple pitch...
Inside slider, on the fists...
Swung on...
It's a high bounding ball...
Through the infield into center by Banks
That's 2 hits for Banks this game

Walking up to the plate now is Bench
NL Post WWII leading in the game
Bench is looking for another hit
He has 1 hit so far today
He is hitting .242 on the year
Bench is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Babson
He's waiting for the pitch
Babson's into the stretch...

Looks over at first
Quick throw!
Banks dives back in!...

SAFE!...

Potpie tosses it back to Babson
Now here's the pitch
There's a Texas Leaguer in
front of Stan Gunner
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
That retires the side
The Post-Nationals score
1 run in the inning
After 2 and a half innings, NL
Post WWII on top 4 to 1

Babson, the All Stars pitcher,
will step in to start things off
He is no breather for opposing pitchers
Babson swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Koufax
Koufax is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Koufax gets the sign from Bench
The lefthander Koufax delivers
Curveball in the dirt
Swung on and missed...Strike three
Bench fumbles it,
but quickly recovers to tag Babson
One up, one down for FOFC

Planting his right foot
Blade is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Blade
Barrett is batting at .266
with 3 home runs
He is 0 for 1 so far today
Blade, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Koufax
Koufax fires
Blade hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Mathews dives...
It's through for a base hit!
He almost got his glove on it...
Blade reaches on a sizzling single to left
A nice try by the third baseman,
Eddie Mathews

A. J. Tucker is the next batter
in the bottom of the 3rd
FOFC continues to trail NL Post WWII
Tucker has a .333 average
against lefthanders
He is .297 overall
Tucker waits patiently
The southpaw Koufax's delivery
on the 3-1 pitch
Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Tucker didn't like it

Gerald Gazelle is entering
the batter's box
Benton Breeze has his big bopper,
Jeeberoni Potpie,
waiting in the on-deck circle
Gazelle is 1 for 1 today
Koufax is on the third-base
side of the rubber...
Koufax will try to get Gazelle
to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
There's the heater...
Strike three swinging!
Gazelle will take his seat
That's out number two
Post-Nationals' pitching
coach, Johnny Podres,
is out to talk with Koufax
Looks like he wants to go
over something with him

Jeeberoni Potpie, the All Stars'
first baseman is up next
FOFC has 2 men on with 2 outs
Potpie is taking his practice swings
Jeeberoni is 0 for 1 this afternoon
The bat is cocked
Checks the runners
Here's his delivery
And a quick throw to first by Koufax
But Tucker is back easily...
Now to the plate... low, ball four...
That loads 'em up

FOFC left fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next
Gunner is 0 for 1 today
Koufax looks down at Bench for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
The lefthander Koufax comes home with it
Bouncer to second
Taken by Schoendienst
Over to Cepeda
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
And that's the final out of the inning
NL Post WWII has 4 runs,
5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 3 men on base today

Brian Babson, out there
on the mound for FOFC
prepares to face Orlando Cepeda
to get the 4th inning underway
here in FOFC Stadium
Cepeda goes through his routine
of settling in
Cepeda is poised and ready for the pitch
Here's the righthander's delivery
There's a liner over short
Solidly stroked by Cepeda...
Would you look at that!
Nights leaped two stories into the air
and robbed Cepeda of a sure base hit
Orlando is disgusted...
but tips his hat to Nights just the same
That ball had base hit written all over it
With one down, up next is Sandy Koufax
To be followed by Red Schoendienst

And it brings up Sandy Koufax
On deck is Red Schoendienst
Roberto Clemente in the hole
Looking to Bill Russle for a sign
Koufax waits
Brian comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
And Koufax will sit down...
strike three called
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Babson
Red Schoendienst will be next up...

Schoendienst is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Schoendienst has a .267 average against
righthanders this season
Babson eyes Schoendienst intently
Here's the righthander's
windup and delivery
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Blade for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That's all for NL Post WWII
After 3 and a half innings
in FOFC this afternoon,
NL Post WWII leads 4 to 1

Here's Harry Hays leading off
Dan Fouts is on deck
And Jeff Nights is in the hole
Hays steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
He's ready for the delivery
The 2-2 offering...
Changeup down low...
Hays makes contact and hits
one out to center
Willie Mays is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Koufax
One up, one down here in
the bottom of the 4th

Dan Fouts makes his way to home plate
Fouts wiggles the bat above his head
All set, Fouts is ready for the pitch
Now to the belt, here it is...
Sharp breaking curveball...
Fouts reaches for it...
Hits a two bouncer right to Banks...
Grabs it easily...
Fires a bullet to Cepeda at first!
Fouts is out easily
Two down
Sandy Koufax retires
the first two batters in order

Up now for FOFC is Nights
Two away, nobody on
Nights is 0 for 1 today,
with no strike outs
Sandy Koufax steps off the
mound toward second
Gives the resin bag a toss
Now he toes the rubber...
He's ready to go
The pitch is on the way
Ground ball to the left side...
Banks scoops it up
Over to first for the putout
That's it for FOFC
Here at FOFC Stadium, After 4 innings,
NL Post WWII has 4 runs,
5 hits and no errors
While FOFC has one run,
3 hits and no errors
FOFC has left 1 on base
NL Post WWII has stranded 3

Clemente is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Clemente is 0 for 1 today
Hays flashes the sign...
Babson shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Babson kicks and delivers
Clemente swings hard...
But he was fooled on the pitch
Nubs it off the fists
It's dribbling toward third
Fouts charges in on it...
Bare hands it...
Sidearms it to first...
Clemente beats it out by a whisker
It was a bleeder...
Clemente's speed got him a hit on that one
Looks good in tommorrow's box score
He'll take it

Here's the 6', 180 lbs. "Hammerin' Hank"
coming up to bat
Hank Aaron will step in to face Babson
He is 2 for 2 on the afternoon
with 2 home runs!
That impressive display of power has
been good for 3 RBI's
Babson looks down at Hays
He shakes him off once...
Again...
Brian has got to be a little concerned
with Aaron up there as the
NL Post WWII left fielder has already hit
2 balls out of the park this afternoon
Babson goes into his stretch...
Looks at Clemente...
He fires one to Potpie...
Clemente dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Potpie lobs it back
Now Babson comes home
Aaron hits a roller to Dan Fouts
Fouts comes up with it and throws
It's in the dirt
Potpie can't come up with it
That'll be a throwing error on Fouts
That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC

Willie Mays is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Willie is 0 for 2 this summer afternoon
He's batting .305 on the season
Mays waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the 3-2 offering
Ripped to third, but right
at Fouts...easy out
So we have one out now for NL Post WWII
2 runners on board
as Eddie Mathews rubs his bat with
the pine tar one last time

Walking up to the plate now is Mathews
Ernie Banks waits on deck
Mathews is batting .301 with
39 homers this year
Eddie steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Babson's pitch
After checking the runners
Here comes the pitch
Stroked to first
Clean single for Mathews
NL Post WWII adds to their lead
NL Post WWII leads 5 to 1

Now here's Banks
Babson gets the sign, it's one he likes
Babson checks the runners
Hit on the ground to short
Taken by Nights
Throw to second for one
To first
Double Play!
Score It: 6-4-3
NL Post WWII gets 1 in the top of the 5th
One run, 2 hits, one error
and one man left on base
After 4 and a half innings,
NL Post WWII leads by 4

Sean Treacy will step into the
box to start the inning
FOFC would like to get some
runners on board
Koufax adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Bench
Here's the windup... and the pitch
Treacy hits a three hopper
towards Red Schoendienst
Schoendienst scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
One down for FOFC
Barrett Blade is still in
the on-deck circle
and A. J. Tucker is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Walking up now to the plate is Blade
Blade is 1 for 2 today,
with no strike outs
Koufax is ready quickly
Koufax goes into his windup
Here it comes
Curveball, inside corner, low...
Swung on...
And lined to left for a base hit
No chance to get that one

Tucker steps in
Blade's trying to rattle Sandy Koufax
by taking a big lead off first
He can drive a pitcher to drink
NL Post WWII is set up for two
Koufax looks down at Bench for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers
Fastball down low...
Tucker swings and hits one out to center
Willie Mays is drifting over...
Now he's under it...
Easy out for Koufax
Blade trots back to first
NL Post WWII ahead 5 to 1 with
two away this inning

Gazelle saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little...
Taps the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Gazelle is 1 for 2 today,
with 1 strike outs
Sandy Koufax still on the mound
for the Post-Nationals...
Koufax has gone the distance so far
He's given up 4 hits in 4 2/3 innings
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Blade dives back in!...

SAFE!
Cepeda tosses it back to Koufax
Now here's the pitch
Fastball, at the letters...
Gazelle crunches it...
There's a high belt...
Driven deep into left-centerfield...
Mays running to the fence...
It's outta here
HOME RUN 25 for Gazelle this year!

Potpie saunters to the plate
Does some stretching...
Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes
Now he steps into the batter's box
Koufax asks for a new ball...
Gives it a good rubbing down...

Now he steps on the rubber
It's a full count...
Koufax winds and fires...
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Potpie watches it go by
for the third strike
That's all for the All Stars
in the 5th inning
They get 2 runs across
At the end of five...
It's Post-Nationals 5, FOFC 3
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Bench saunters to the plate...
He stretches out a little
Then kicks the dirt from his spikes...

Now he steps into the batter's box
Bench's bat has been very quiet
so far this season
In 398 at bats, he is only batting .241
He's also strikeout prone
Fozborg adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Fozborg throws the 3-2 pitch
Slow ground ball
Nights is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Fozborg gets the first out in the inning

"The Baby Bull" is making
his way to the plate
Sirr Fozborg on in relief
for the All Stars
We're in the top of the 6th
Fozborg is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Swung on and drilled into right
Gazelle going back...
The ball is over his head
And there's Cepeda around first base
heading for second
Gazelle chases down the ball, throws...
It's on the money...
The slide...
SAFE!...
Cepeda has himself a double
That's 11 doubles for Cepeda on the year
That made it 314 feet to
the right field corner
It bounced off the 10 foot high fence
just left of the foul pole

Sandy Koufax steps into the box
Koufax a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Fozborg
Fozborg wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
The righthander Fozborg delivers
There's a ball in front of the plate...
Hays gets in front to block it...
But it's off his mitt to his left
Cepeda is off for third base...
Hays picks up the ball and from his knees
Whips it to Fouts...
Cepeda slides...
SAFE!!
Score it a wild pitch on Sirr Fozborg

Sandy Koufax steps into the box
Before getting ready
Koufax checks out the defensive alignment
After getting set, Koufax
waits on the pitch
Cepeda is dancing off third
Fozborg is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Fastball off Hays' mitt
Rolls all the way to the backstop
Hays is after it... but the run will score
No throw...
Looked like Hays was crossed-up
on the pitch
Score it a passed ball on Hays

Sandy Koufax steps into the box
We'll see how they pitch to Koufax
Sandy is ready for the delivery
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Koufax is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
Two gone for NL Post WWII

Walking up to the plate
now is Schoendienst
Roberto Clemente waits on deck
Red is 0 for 2 this summer afternoon
He lined out in his last plate appearance
Fozborg adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Fozborg brings it to the plate
Schoendienst swings...
Hits the fastball on the ground...
Down the line at first...
Potpie trying to backhand it...
Can't get a glove on it
It's into right field for a hit

Roberto Clemente, the right fielder,
strides to the plate
Fozborg steps on the rubber
Fozborg's righthanded delivery...
There's a fly ball into straight-away left
Gunner one hands it...
Clemente is retired... and
so is NL Post WWII
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
So After 5 and a half innings
NL Post WWII has 6 runs,
9 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 3 runs,
5 hits and one error
NL Post WWII has left 5 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 4

Palmer will come up to lead
off the bottom of the 6th
FOFC's fans are looking for
some runs from their team
Palmer goes through his routine
of settling in
The left-hander Koufax is now ready
The pitch is on the way
A hot shot on the ground to Banks
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Palmer is out
One up, one down

Nobody on base, one away
Hays steps into the batter's box
Bench flashes the sign to Koufax
And the delivery by Koufax
Slow ground ball
Banks is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
One more chance for FOFC this inning

Dan Fouts, third baseman for the All Stars
is up next
Fouts steps out of the box...
Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign
Sandy gets the sign from Bench
Now ready, here it is...
Fouts rips the curve to left-center...
Aaron racing back to the fence...
He leaps up for the drive...
Can't quite get it!!...
Fouts around first...
Aaron quickly runs it down
Fires a strong throw...
Off the mark..
Fouts makes it easily into second
That's a double for Fouts

Nights is up now for FOFC
Nights adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
Jeff is 0 for 2 this afternoon
Jeff steadies his bat
And waits patiently for Koufax's pitch
Koufax brings it to the plate
That's a major league pop up!
Banks grabs it for the out
Score It: 6
That's all for the All Stars...
After 6 innings here at
FOFC Stadium in FOFC,
NL Post WWII on top 6 to 3

The big guns are due up for NL Post WWII
Aaron will lead it off
He will be followed by Willie
Mays and Eddie Mathews
Hank Aaron will be up next...
He is 2 for 3 on the afternoon
Aaron has also smacked out 2 home runs!
This impressive display of power
has been good for 3 RBI's
Rodney looks down at Hays
He shakes him off once...
Again...
James has got to be a little concerned
with Aaron up there as the
NL Post WWII left fielder has already hit
2 balls out of the park this afternoon
The righthander delivers
Sinking fastball...
Aaron swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
NL Post WWII with one away
Rodney steps off the mound as
he waits for Willie Mays to
come to the plate

Willie Mays will face Rodney
Righty against righty
Looking to Bill Russle for a sign
Mays concentrates
He holds the bat down on the end
The righthander Rodney delivers
Long fly to center
Tucker has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Mays is retired on a fairly deep fly
One more chance for NL Post WWII
in the top of the 7th

Walking slowly up for NL
Post WWII is Mathews

The outfield is playing him deep
And shaded to the right
They are showing respect for his power
Mathews swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Rodney
Mathews waiting on the delivery
Rodney rocks and fires
Sinker, down at the knees...
Swung on...
Mathews hits a Baltimore chop...
Past the infield into center for a single!
That was a difficult ball to handle

The Dallas-born power hitting,
Ernie Banks, is approaching the plate
Rodney likes the sign
Rodney brings it to the plate
It's a dying quail headed
towards the outfield
OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating
Nights for the out
Outstanding range shown on that play!
That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII
Time to check out the rest of the scores

NL Pre WWII and Caribbean
are all knotted at 3
Frisch has hit his 7th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Negro League I is embarrassing
AL Pre WWII 8 to 0
Paige enjoying the big Negro League I lead
Dead Ball Era toppling AL Post WWII 7 to 0
Japanese League slipping
by Left Outs 3 to 1
Sugishita battling Wynn
Turn of Century besting Negro
League II 5 to 0
Old Timers is edging Late 20th 4 to 3
Brouthers has hit his 7th
homerun for Old Timers
And right here in FOFC NL
Post WWII on top 6 to 3

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Here's the left fielder Ton
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then A. J. Tucker
Ton has 10 doubles this year
Ton waits
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Ton starts... but lays off
the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Koufax walks him

One on, no outs
Coming up for FOFC is Blade
Blade taps the plate
Looks to Dick Howser for the sign
Blade is set for the pitch
Now Sandy delivers
Blade is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position

Settling in at the plate is Tucker
So far this year Tucker is batting .296
He has 19 doubles, 8 triples
7 homeruns with 53 RBI's
and 17 stolen bases
Koufax looks down at Bench for the sign
Now he's ready
The lefthander Koufax delivers
Tucker golfs a shot into shallow center
Mays is coming hard...
He dives...
Beautiful catch!
Ton retreats quickly to first
A. J. kicks the dirt in disbelief
Two down
Due up next is Gerald Gazelle
Having quite a year so far
He brings a lot of power to the All Stars

Gazelle is up next
Two out with Ton at first
Gazelle is 2 for 3 today,
with 1 strike outs
Koufax asks for a new ball
Rubs it down...

Now he steps on the rubber
Here's the 2-1 offering
Gazelle sits on the change up
He lofts a fly ball towards Aaron
Aaron gliding under it...
Appears to lose sight of it
Has it again...
And makes the catch in medium left
Koufax gets the last out here
in the home half of the 7th
The All Stars strand 1
NL Post WWII still leads 6-3

Bench leading off
Bench is batting seventh
in the order today
He is hitting only .241 so far this year
At 1 for 3 in this game
He grounded out in his last at bat
Johnny steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Rodney's pitch
Here's the windup and the
2 strike delivery
Fastball, STRIKE THREE!
Bench was frozen on that
fastball by Rodney
High and on the outside corner
He was looking for an off-speed pitch

While Sandy Koufax heads
for the on deck circle
Orlando Cepeda makes his way to the plate
The outfield's shaded towards
left for Cepeda
He's 1 for 3 today
Waiting for the pitch is Cepeda
Rodney's into his windup... the pitch
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Cepeda!
Two up, two down here in
the top of the 8th

Tommy Lasorda will send up a pinch hitter
Yes, Billy Williams steps
out of the dugout
He will be up there against Rodney
Williams is batting .201 on the year
He has 4 round trippers and 21 RBI's

Here's Billy Williams
Billy Williams is hitting .186 this year
against righthanded pitchers
The umpire says let's go
Williams is ready
Righthander Rodney's delivery
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 72 on the season for Rodney
That's it for NL Post WWII
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
7 and a half innings,
NL Post WWII has 6 runs,
10 hits and no errors
While FOFC has 3 runs,
6 hits and one error
NL Post WWII has left 6 on base
FOFC has stranded 6
Phil Niekro will be coming on
to pitch for NL Post WWII
Phil has appeared in 51 games this season
He has a record of 5-3
with 2 saves
His ERA stands at 3.97
NL Post WWII is making a defensive change
Schmidt will bat 5th and play third

Potpie is walking to the plate
Now he steps into the batter's box
Bench flashes the sign...
Niekro waves it off...
Now he's happy
It's coming down the pike
Potpie hits a fly ball to right
Roberto Clemente camps under it
He's got it
With one down

Cepeda yells something out to Niekro
Phil nods his head

One out, nobody on base
NL Post WWII leads 6 to 3 in the eighth
Here comes Deacon Palmer to face Niekro
Palmer is batting .334 with
6 round trippers in 1900
Niekro studies his sign
The pitch to Palmer...
Palmer swings and hits one down the line
It's in for extra bases
The ball is kicking around in the corner
Palmer is heading for second
The ball comes in...
The slide...
The tag...
SAFE!...
A sharply hit double for Deacon Palmer

Hays gets set at the plate
We'll see how they pitch to Hays
Niekro adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Phil looks over his shoulder at Palmer
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
A hot shot on the ground to Banks
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Hays is out
Palmer stays put
That's the second out of the inning

David Gonzalez moves in to face Niekro
1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 8th
Niekro rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Here's the 2-2 pitch
Hard ground ball into left field
David Gonzalez has a base hit
Palmer takes third

Jeff Nights will get a
crack at Niekro next
K. A. Ton would be up next...
But only if Nights can reach safely
Nights has hit 13 home runs this year
Bench flashes the sign...
Niekro shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Niekro brings it home
He rips a grounder to second
Schoendienst comes up with it
Over to Cepeda
Got him!
Score It: 4-3
The All Stars are retired
It's 6-3 as we come to the 9th

The NL Post WWII second baseman,
Schoendienst,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Roberto Clemente
And then Hank Aaron
Schoendienst is hitting
.273 against righties
Schoendienst waits for the pitch
Into the windup... here's the pitch
Schoendienst hits a pop into
short right field
Blade sprints out
Gazelle and Tucker sprint
towards the infield
Gerald Gazelle sticks his glove out and
IT POPS OUT!
The official scorer rules a single

Clemente, the right fielder, moves
into the batter's box

NL Post WWII on top 6 to 3
1 for 3 today
Clemente looks for a sign from third
Bill Russle with the hand signals
Clemente, batting righthanded
is in his crouch
Ready to face the righthanded Kronside
Here's the righthander's delivery
Soft liner to third
Palmer snares it for the out!
Score It: 5
One down for NL Post WWII
Hank Aaron is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for NL Post WWII

So with 1 on and 1 out
the Post-Nationals send
their left fielder,
Hank Aaron, up to face Kronside
Good-hitting Willie Mays is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Hank looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Bill Russle flashes a series of them...
Now Aaron taps the bat on home plate
Aaron is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Schoendienst is dancing off first
Here's his delivery
Aaron takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
He's out on strikes
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard
These scores are final...
NL Pre WWII spanked Caribbean 8 to 3
Negro League I humbled AL Pre WWII 8 to 0
Mays takes the loss, his
record drops to 10-9
Paige the winner, he's now 13-9
Dead Ball Era ripped AL Post WWII 7 to 1
Japanese League cuffed Left Outs 4 to 1
Carlton takes the loss, his
record drops to 6-9
Sugishita the winner, he's now 3-12
Turn of Century spanked Negro
League II 5 to 0
Old Timers edged out Late 20th 6 to 5
Sutter takes the loss, his
record drops to 1-4
Keefe the winner, he's now 9-14

Schoendienst extends his
lead towards second
Inside slider... Mays ducks down...
And there goes Schoendienst!
Hays has the pitch
And here's the overhand throw...
Late throw by Hays...
No chance to get Schoendienst
sliding in safely

Willie Mays steps into the box
A base hit should score Schoendienst
Before the game Kronside said he
really enjoyed watching Mays hit
He did admit, however, pitching
to Willie quickly dimmed his enthusiasm
Kronside looks back towards second...

The pitch
High and away
Ball four

Mike Schmidt is up next
He'll be hitting with 2 men on board
Schmidt is batting .233 with
11 homers this year
The bat is cocked
Kronside brings it to the plate
STRIKE THREE!
He swung on a ball that was in the dirt
Schmidt was overanxious up there
That was almost a wild pitch
That's it here in the top of the 9th
It's 6-3 in favor of
the visitors from NL Post WWII
We'll be back in just a moment

The left fielder Ton
will lead off for the All Stars
He'll be followed by Barrett Blade
And then A. J. Tucker
NL Post WWII leads 6 to 3
Niekro toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Bench
He brings it home
Curve in the dirt... and Ton holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the man in blue says no
Bench appeals to first
Appeal fails
Ton will take first on the walk
That's 2 walks today for Ton

Next up is Barrett Blade,
the FOFC second baseman
On-deck is A. J. Tucker...
He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle
Ton takes his lead
Niekro steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Niekro goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Ton
He lobs one to Cepeda...
Ton is back easily
We're ready again
Now Niekro comes home
Blade hits a three hopper
towards Mike Schmidt
Schmidt scoops it and fires
it to second...
Out
The throw to first...
Out at first, it's a double play
And there's two away

Niekro looks down at Tucker as he steps in
A. J. is ready to go
Tucker grips the bat handle
Now set, Tucker waits for the pitch
Niekro's 2 strike pitch...
Tucker cuts on a curve that
misses in the dirt
That ball is trapped nicely by Bench
Tucker was badly fooled by Niekro's
big breaking curve
STRIKE THREE!
A. J. was a little overanxious
And that will do it for FOFC
NL Post WWII wins 6 to 3
Koufax gets credit for the win
Niekro notches the save
Babson takes the loss
The hitting star for NL Post WWII
was Hank Aaron
He was 2 for 5 with 2 homeruns!
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.
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Old 06-06-2013, 09:58 PM   #739
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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/6/1900 Post-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 2 0 .280 B.Blade 2B 5 1 2 0 .269 R.Clemente RF 4 2 1 0 .328 A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .295 H.Aaron LF 5 2 2 3 .313 G.Gazelle RF 4 2 2 3 .276 W.Mays CF 4 0 0 0 .304 J.Potpie 1B 3 0 0 0 .292 E.Mathews 3B 4 0 2 1 .305 S.Gunner LF 2 0 0 0 .257 E-M.Schmidt 3B 1 0 0 0 .231 B-D.Palmer PH,3B 2 0 1 0 .336 E.Banks SS 4 1 2 0 .284 H.Hays C 4 0 1 0 .345 J.Bench C 4 0 1 1 .240 D.Fouts 3B 3 0 1 0 .275 O.Cepeda 1B 4 1 1 0 .278 J.Rodney P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Koufax P 3 0 0 0 .068 F-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 1 0 .301 D-B.Williams PH 1 0 0 0 .200 J.Kronside P 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Niekro P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Nights SS 4 0 0 0 .275 B.Babson P 1 0 0 0 .082 A-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .263 S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-K.Ton LF 0 0 0 0 .313 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 38 6 11 5 Totals 34 3 8 3 A-Pinch Hit For Babson In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Gunner In 6th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Fozborg In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Koufax In 8th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Mathews In 8th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Rodney In 8th Inning Post-Nationals.. 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 6 11 0 All Stars....... 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 1 Post-Nationals IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Koufax WIN(12-3) 7 6 3 3 3 6 2 119 3.48 P.Niekro SAVE(3rd) 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 26 3.87 Totals 9 8 3 3 4 7 2 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Babson LOSS(10-11) 5 7 5 5 2 4 2 93 3.68 S.Fozborg 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 25 4.10 J.Rodney 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 25 3.06 J.Kronside 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 25 2.52 Totals 9 11 6 6 3 10 2 ATTENDANCE- 49,419 DATE- Monday, August 6th 1900 TIME- Day T- 2:30 LEFT ON BASE- Post-Nationals: 8 All Stars: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Post-Nationals: 1 All Stars: 1 ERRORS- D.Fouts DOUBLES- E.Banks(24th), J.Bench(17th), O.Cepeda(11th), D.Palmer(19th), D.Fouts(9th) HOME RUNS- H.Aaron-2(43rd), G.Gazelle-2(25th) STOLEN BASES- R.Schoendienst(1st) WALKS- R.Schoendienst, R.Clemente, W.Mays, A.Tucker, J.Potpie, K.Ton-2 STRIKE OUTS- H.Aaron, W.Mays, E.Mathews, M.Schmidt, J.Bench, O.Cepeda, S.Koufax-3, B.Williams, B.Blade, A.Tucker, G.Gazelle, J.Potpie, S.Gunner, D.Fouts, B.Babson GIDP- E.Banks, B.Blade WILD PITCHES- S.Fozborg PASSED BALLS- H.Hays
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8/6 Post Game Press Conference

I walk in and sit down, and before I can say anything Lou fires off a question...

Lou, "Your win streak ends at 11, but you have to be feeling good about the team right now?"

"Lou, I'm feeling good right now. Win streaks are good for confidence, it's always nice when you win a series against a team as good as the NL Posters, and a 5 and a half game lead sure beats a 1 game lead or a 1 game back situation. But let's be honest. We are a long way from the finish line, and things can change quickly. For instance. while we opened a lead, we also turn around and play the Negro League 1 team, and the NL Posters get to match up with the Japanese All-Stars. There is a huge difference in the level of competition there. If they sweep and we get swept, then our lead is gone and it is back to nail biting time."

"You couldn't pull this one out," Dan Reader...states or asks...I'm not sure.

"Um, nope, we didn't. We had some opportunities, but we just didn't get the timely hit or make the clutch pitch we needed to."

Hack Jobb, "Benton, what do you think needs to happen down the stretch to hold off the NL Post War team?"

"We have to keep pitching well first and foremost. The guys really turned it around recently and they have been giving us quality starts. If that continues well have a chance to win each time out. The hitting has been solid most of the year, and hopefully that will keep up."

Jobb follows up, "How good do you think you need to play?"

"I'm not sure I follow." I express...

Jobb clarifying, "Do you thing .500 ball will be enough to get to the series?"

"Oh, now I see...you know, I'm not sure. I haven't really thought about it. We have about 28 games left. If we go 14 - 14, then the Posters would have to win 20 and only drop 8...yeah, .500 might be enough, but I'd prefer that we not settle for .500 ball."

Tom McCarver, "Benton, why start the left handed hitting Gunner against a strong lefty starter like Koufax, when you had KA Ton and Persimmon on the bench."

"Actually, we were scheduled to give Pflaggsettler a day off, and Ton was going to start, but he wasn't feeling well at the beginning of the game, so we stuck Gunner in. We could have gone with Tracey, but Gunner is much better defensively, and I wanted to give Babson all the support in the field I could. We ended up sticking Ton in once he started to perk up."
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8/7 Radio Broadcast - Game 122

It's just about time for baseball!
Welcome baseball fans from
around the country
The Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System
takes great pleasure in presenting you
this evening's contest between visiting
FOFC and Negro League I
Hilton Smith will be on the
mound for the Ones
He currently has a fine 15 and 5 record
This will be his 24th start...
7 have been completed
In his 177 innings, he has struck out 79
He will go up against FOFC's Al Mighty
Mighty is at 7 and 7
with a 3.62 ERA
Barrett Blade, FOFC's second
baseman, will lead-off
He has earned this slot
with a fine .361 OBP
A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni
Potpie will follow
We'll be right back!
Here's the 2-1 offering
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Dandridge is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
That's one away

Pounding the plate with his bat
Tucker awaits the pitch
Tucker goes through his routine
of settling in
Tucker waits
Now the delivery, here is is...
Shallow fly ball
Torriente charging
HE DIVES...
HE CAN'T GET IT!
Tucker stops at first
That's a single

Apparently not afraid of Smith
Tucker stretches out to his lead
Excellent lead...
The slider from Smith...
Tucker takes off on the pitch!...
Fastball at the belt...
The peg down...
Dihigo slaps a high tag on Tucker...
He's called SAFE
WOW is Dihigo upset with that call!

Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
One out, man on second
Smith eyes Potpie intently
Hilton looks over his shoulder at Tucker
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Curveball, in and low
Potpie hits it to Leonard at first
Takes it cleanly...
Races to the bag...
It's going to be close...
And...
Out is the call
That could have gone either way
Tucker is now perched over at third
That's two away

Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler scuffs up the
lines around the box
Right-hander Smith prepares for the pitch
to the right-handed swinging
Pflaggstettler
The pitch is on the way
Bounced past the mound
Taken by Wells
Over to first
NOT IN TIME!
That's an infield hit for Pflaggstettler!
Tucker scores from third!

With two out
Batting for FOFC now is Hays
FOFC on top 1 to 0
Smith is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Smith's righthanded delivery...
Base hit to right for Hays
Third base coach Dick Howser is motioning
Pflaggstettler to third...
The throw is cut off...
That holds Hays at first

Gunner is up now for FOFC
Gunner is at .257 on the season
Right-hander Smith eyes the lefty Gunner
Hilton is obviously concerned
Into the stretch...
He looks over at Pflaggstettler,
now at Hays

Now the pitch
Screaming liner towards second
Dihigo leaps
He makes a great catch!
Score It: 4
That's it for FOFC here
in the top of the 1st
They leave two runners stranded
FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors
While Negro League I has no runs,
no hits and no errors

FOFC has taken the field
In the home-half of the first inning

Let's take a moment
To line up the visitors' defense...
In leftfield for FOFC this
evening is Gunner...
with Tucker in center and
Pflaggstettler in right
Around the diamond, from third to first
It's Palmer, Nights, Blade and Potpie...

The battery consists of
Mighty on the mound
and Hays behind the plate...

First batter for the Ones
will be Cool Papa Bell
Bell, a switch-hitter, batting
right-handed against the lefty Al Mighty
Bell waits for the delivery
The southpaw Mighty's delivery
on the 1-2 pitch
Bell hits a three hopper
towards Barrett Blade
Blade scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That's one away

Planting his right foot
Dandridge is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Dandridge
Ray tucks in his shirt, jiggles his butt
Now checks with the coach at third
Dandridge tells the umpire he's ready
Here's his delivery
Swung on and sliced down the line
Blade runs over
He's near the dugout steps
Reaches in...
The ball bounces into the dugout
. . . Dandridge back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Dandridge rips a hard drive
off a hanging curve
That will be in there for extra bases
Dandridge is around first,
heading for two...
Pflaggstettler is up with it
and fires it in quickly
Ray pulls up sharply at second...
A stand-up double for the Negro
League I third baseman
Ray also ups his hitting
streak to 11 games!
That is Dandridge's 1st hit today

Charleston strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
Charleston is at .283 on the season
Mighty has the sign from Hays
Mighty brings it home
Routine fly to center
Tucker starts in
Now he starts backpedaling...
Faster...
Just does catch up to it!
Dandridge scampers back to second
Two down

And the batter is Josh Gibson
Buck Leonard is on-deck
The FOFC outfield is playing Gibson
almost straight away
Unusual for the power hitter
But with Mighty on the mound
it is understandable
Gibson readies himself for the pitch
The pitch is on the way
Big motion...
Gibson is way out in front
STRIKE THREE!
Mighty pulled the string on him
Al Mighty holds the Ones
scoreless in the first

Deacon Palmer stops at the on deck circle
Takes a couple more practice swings
Now heads for the plate
Palmer taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Smith steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
Smith kicks and fires
There's a fly ball to Cristobal Torriente
Torriente circles under it...
He makes the play
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

NL Post WWII and Japanese League
have yet to score
Gibson and Kaneda currently dueling
Dead Ball Era is edging Negro
League II 1 to 0
Walsh and Holland currently dueling
AL Post WWII with the lead over
Turn of Century 4 to 1
Newhouser comfortably ahead
for AL Post WWII
Old Timers leads Left Outs 2 to 1
Welch battling Lemon
AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII
have yet to score
Caribbean is edging Late 20th 1 to 0
Tiant Jr. battling Glavine
And in our contest FOFC ahead 1 to 0

The shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next
Smith looks down at Gibson for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Hilton rocks and fires
Slow ground ball
Wells is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Two up, two down

Walking up to the plate now is Mighty
Barrett Blade waits on deck
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Mighty at the plate
Mighty gets set for the pitch
Smith goes into his windup
And here's the 1-2 offering
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Mighty gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Dihigo grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
1-2-3, nothing across...

Leading off for the Ones
is the first baseman Leonard
He'll be followed by Willie Wells
And then Cristobal Torriente
Leonard is batting .285 with
20 round trippers in 1900
Set now is Leonard
The southpaw Mighty delivers the 3-2 pitch
Hit hard to the right of Nights...
And it's caught in the air
by a diving Palmer!
One gone for Negro League I

Wells is up next
One gone, bottom of the 2nd
Cristobal Torriente moves out on deck
Mighty tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Now Al delivers
The pitch is just inside
and Wells holds up
Hays points down at the first base umpire
He went around
That is strike three!
Two down
Al Mighty retires
the first two batters in order

Negro League I right fielder, Cristobal
Torriente, is up next
Torriente a lefty in the batter's box
facing the lefthanded Mighty
A battle of lefties...
Torriente gets ready for Mighty's pitch
His bat is cocked
The pitch to Torriente...
A hot shot on the ground to Nights
He's got it cleanly on one hop...
Over to first and Torriente is out
We head to the 3rd...
The score is still FOFC 1, Ones 0

The FOFC second baseman, Blade,
will lead off
He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker
And then Jeeberoni Potpie
Blade can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Barrett seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Smith winds and delivers
The 0-2 pitch
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Blade watches it go by
for the third strike
One up, one down

A. J. Tucker, the center fielder,
strides to the plate
A. J. has 1 of All Stars' 3 hits
The Ones' pitching has been tough
Smith looks down at Gibson for the sign
Now he's ready
With a 0-2 count... here's the pitch
It's a Texas Leaguer to center
Here comes Bell...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Tucker is on with a bloop single to center

Tucker at first, one out
Jeeberoni Potpie is ready at the plate
Potpie is hitting .288
against righthanders
He's ready for the delivery
And the delivery by Smith
Potpie chases the high fastball...
Hammers a LONG towering drive...
Hit to deep left center...
HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE!
A big blast by Potpie!

Walking up now to the plate
is Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler is batting .314
with 20 HR's this year
Gibson flashes the sign to Smith
Windup by Smith
And the pitch
Sinking fastball...
Pflaggstettler swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Dandridge...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's the second out of the inning

Slowly coming up is Hays for FOFC
He is finally in the batter's box
FOFC on top 3 to 0
Harry is hitting at .348 on the year
He has 96 hits in 276 at bats
This includes 5 doubles, 3 triples
12 home runs and 34 RBI's
The bat is cocked
Smith's into the windup... the delivery
Hays hits a screamer at Willie Wells
Wells takes it with the backhand...
The throw is short...
Leonard scoops it on one hop

Hays is out!
Nice play by Leonard
That retires the side
FOFC with a 3 run lead
It's FOFC 3
and Negro League I still looking
to score their first run

Here's the second baseman Dihigo
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Hilton Smith
And then Cool Papa Bell
Dihigo is at .288 on the season
Mighty squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
Mighty brings it to the plate
Dihigo swings...
He rips a ground ball towards Palmer
It's by him!
It's twisting into the left field corner
Dihigo rounds first...
He will return quickly to first
as Gunner gets a nice throw in to Blade

Hilton Smith is being called
back to the dugout
Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter
Yep, here comes Mule Suttles
Dusty Baker will play the
percentages as he sends
the right hand hitting Suttles
against the southpaw, Mighty
In fact, Mule is batting a splendid .303
versus lefties this season
So the decision certainly is reasonable...
We shall soon see how it works out

Suttles is up to see what he can do
Negro League I trails by 3 runs
We're in the bottom of the 3rd
Suttles steps out of the box...
Looks towards Bill Madlock for a sign
Suttles is waiting on the pitch
Mighty's 1-1 pitch...
It's a rainbow shot toward center
Tucker reaches up
Makes the catch!
Didn't have to move an inch
One down for Negro League I
Cool Papa Bell is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Negro League I

One on, one out
Bell walks to the batter's box
Bell, a switch-hitter, facing
the left-handed Mighty
Now set, Bell waits for the pitch
Mighty checks Dihigo on first
Now the 2 strike pitch
Swung on and missed...
Bell is down on strikes
Two gone for Negro League I

Dandridge digs in at the plate
Ready now for Mighty to come set
Dandridge is 1 for 1 today
Ray doubled last time around
Waiting for the pitch is Dandridge
The lefthander delivers
Dandridge hits a deep fly
ball into the alley
Tucker chases it down
The ball hits the base of the wall
399 feet from home plate
Tucker smacks the wall and
falls to the ground
A. J. is after it as Ray heads for second
Dandridge does not slow down...
He is digging for third...
Finally, Tucker has the ball...
Here's the throw...
SAFE, Dandridge slides under
the tag by Nights
Textbook hook slide
Dandridge has himself a triple
And there goes Mighty's shutout
But FOFC still leads by 2

Oscar Charleston plants his left foot
The lefthanded left fielder for
Negro League I appears set
Home plate is covered with dirt
The ump cleans it off
The umpire says let's go
Dandridge is dancing off third
Mighty is ignoring him
Here's the pitch
Charleston looks at ball four
That pitch wasn't even close...
Must have got away from Mighty
Now there are runners at the corners

Josh Gibson will get a
crack at Mighty next
Buck Leonard would be up next...
But only if Gibson can reach safely
2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd
Mighty is slow to get ready

He has a 4.07 ERA this year
Now he's ready
Mighty checks the runners
A slider by Mighty
Gibson gets good wood on it...
Tucker back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League I
By the way, Negro League I is 8
and 2 in their last ten games
Dusty Baker relieves starter Hilton
Smith to start the inning
Rube Foster will come on
for Negro League I...
Foster currently sports a 3-5 record
with a 5.38 ERA in 47 previous outings
He has pitched a total of 84 innings

Stan Gunner up first for FOFC
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Gunner is at .256 on the season
Foster toes the rubber again
He gets his sign from Gibson
It's coming down the pike
Hard inside slider...
The swing...
Gunner hits a grounder into the hole
Dihigo makes an incredible stop...
But he's in no position to make a throw
Score that a single

Next up is Deacon Palmer,
the FOFC third baseman
Palmer has 19 doubles this year
Rube is ready
Foster rocks and fires
Changeup...
Ties Palmer up in knots
An awkward swinging strike three!
One away in the top of the 4th for FOFC

While Al Mighty heads for
the on deck circle
Jeff Nights makes his way to the plate
Before getting ready
Nights checks out the defensive alignment
He's ready
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Gunner dives back in!...

SAFE!
Leonard tosses it back to Foster
Now here's the pitch
Nights hits a hot line drive at Dandridge
Ray reaches up and makes a fine catch
Gunner dives back quickly to first
Nice hit, but right at Dandridge
And there's two away

Two out, Gunner at first
Coming up is Al Mighty
Gunner will be running if it's hit
Foster rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
The stretch... the 1-2 delivery
Grounded to first
Leonard to Foster covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's all for FOFC
After 3 and a half innings in Negro
League I this evening,
FOFC on top 3 to 1

Here's Leonard to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

NL Post WWII leads Japanese League 1 to 0
Dead Ball Era is on top of
Negro League II 2 to 0
Baker has hit his 12th homerun
for Dead Ball Era
AL Post WWII is in front of
Turn of Century 4 to 1
Old Timers and Left Outs
are all knotted at 3
AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII
have yet to score
Caribbean leads Late 20th 1 to 0
Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign

Now he's ready...
Mighty brings it to the plate
Struck him out on a fastball
Leonard goes down swinging
And there's one away

Settling in at the plate is Wells
Wells is 0 for 1 today
Mighty steps on the rubber
Mighty quick pitches him
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
That's two away
Nights comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Mighty
Cristobal Torriente will be next up...

Up next for the Ones
Cristobal Torriente, the right fielder...
If he gets on, Martin Dihigo
would bat next
Torriente is at .270 on the season
Mighty gets the sign, it's one he likes
Here's the 0-1 pitch
There's a high pop fly to the outfield
A. J. Tucker moves to his left
He makes the catch
Wait, he bobbles it!
Tucker grabs it with his
bare hand for the out
The Ones go down in order...
After 4 full innings,
it's 3-1 All Stars

For FOFC here in the top of the 5th,
it will be the top of the order
Barrett Blade will lead things off
A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni
Potpie will follow...
Blade is 0 for 2 on the day
He looks around at the Negro
League I infield
Leonard is kicking the dirt at first
Dandridge is even with the bag at third
Dihigo and Wells are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Foster looks down at Gibson for the sign
Shakes him off once... twice...

Now he has the pitch he wants
Now Rube delivers
There's a routine pop by Blade
Wells moves under it and makes the catch
FOFC with one away
Foster steps off the mound as
he waits for A. J. Tucker to
come to the plate

One away, nobody on base
Tucker stands ready at the plate
A. J. Tucker is hitting .286 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Tucker awaits the delivery
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Tucker swings
It's a quail shot into shallow left field
Wells is running with his
back to the infield
He reaches up...
What a grab!
Two down
Gibson asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Gibson and Foster

Jeeberoni Potpie will step
in to face Foster next
If he gets on, Persimmon Pflaggstettler
will follow
Jeeberoni steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Jeeberoni is 1 for 2 today with 1 home run
2 down, Foster ahead in the count...
One ball, two strikes
Foster fires
Potpie rips a high drive into left
Charleston races to the wall
Reaches up
And pulls it down for the out
Foster sets the All Stars down in order

The Ones will send
Dihigo, Rube Foster, and Cool Papa Bell up
to the plate this inning
Dihigo steps out...
Takes a few more practice swings...
Now he's ready
Dihigo cocks his bat
The lefthander Mighty delivers
Dihigo swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Mighty strikes out Martin Dihigo
One out
Due up next is Rube Foster

Up next for the Ones
The hometown pitcher, Rube Foster
Foster digs in from the right side
of the plate against the southpaw Mighty
Mighty steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he's ready
And the cripple pitch...
Foster starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Mighty walks him

Bell finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Mighty studies his sign
We've got a full count...
Mighty winds and fires...
Base hit to left for Bell
Third base coach Bill Madlock
doesn't want to gamble
Nothing ventured, nothing gained...
Foster will stay at second

Negro League I sends the third baseman,
Ray Dandridge, up to the plate
Dandridge is looking for another hit
He has 2 hits so far today
He is hitting .339 on the year
The left-hander Mighty is now ready
Mighty will try to get Dandridge
to go fishing
as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate
There's a ground ball into the hole
Palmer goes left
Nights sprints to his right
It's picked by Nights who fires to first
NOT IN TIME!

Charleston leaves the on-deck circle...
He's going back to get a new bat...
Now he jogs to the plate
Charleston is 0 for 1 today
Mighty ready quickly, looks
in for the sign
Now ready, here it is...
Bounced towards the hole
Nice play by Potpie
Over to second for one
They might turn it . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 3-1
That does it for Negro League
I in the bottom of the 5th
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8/7 Radio Broadcast Continued

Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler
leading off
Harry Hays is on deck
And Stan Gunner is in the hole
Time is called...
Pflaggstettler has asked the
ump to clean the plate
We'll be ready in a second...
OK, now we are ready again
Pflaggstettler is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
He brings it home
Routine grounder to short
Wells scoops it up
Over to first for the out
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle
and Stan Gunner is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Hays, FOFC's catcher,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Stan Gunner waits on deck
Hays a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Foster
Gibson flashes the sign...
Foster waves it off...
Now he's happy
The righthander delivers
Swing and a miss
Struck him out
Number 43 on the season for Foster
That's the second out of the inning

Up now for FOFC is Gunner
Two away, nobody on
Gunner is hitting .259 against righties
Gunner waits for the pitch
Dihigo comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Foster
The delivery
Swung on and hit on the nose to right
Torriente picks it up on one bounce
Flips it to second...
Gunner is on with a sharply hit single
He hit a curve ball...
and he was just waiting on it

Deacon Palmer will face Foster
Righty against righty
Deacon steps out to check for his sign
Now he steps back in
Dick Howser relays the sign
from Benton Breeze
Palmer struck out last time up
and now is 0 for 2
Palmer is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Gunner is dancing off first
Righthander Foster's delivery
Palmer hits a sharp grounder
to Willie Wells
It rolls up his arm
Wells can't find the handle
Palmer is safe on the error by Wells

Jeff Nights is up next
FOFC's shortstop finds 2 on with 2 outs
Against righthanders
Nights is hitting .266
Foster likes the sign
Rube checks the runners
Steps off the rubber...

Again he's into the stretch...
The pitch
Bouncer to short
Wells comes up with it
Over to second for the force
Score It: 6-4
The runner on first, Palmer, is out
That retires the side...
Nights fails to come through in the clutch
For FOFC, No runs, one hit, one
error and 2 men left on base

Gibson steps to the plate
It's the bottom of the 6th
here at Black Diamond Pk
FOFC ahead 3 to 1
Josh comes to the plate batting .285
with 20 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
Gibson looks very intent...
He stares down at Mighty...
Cocks his bat
Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery
Long drive
Way back... back
It's heading towards the fence
A. J. Tucker has a chance
He grabs it on the run!
With one down, up next is Buck Leonard
To be followed by Willie Wells

Buck Leonard now up
Leonard stares out at the mound
Mighty nods, he's ready
He delivers
WATCH OUT!
Mighty has hit Leonard!

Wells comes to the plate
One out, Leonard at first
Wells has 21 doubles this year
Mighty takes the first sign
Mighty rocks and fires
A slider by Mighty
Wells gets good wood on it...
Gunner back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Mighty

Next up for the Ones is
Cristobal Torriente
Torriente has hit 11 home runs this year
Mighty wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Here's the 2 strike offering
Cristobal Torriente hits
a drive to left-center
Stan Gunner is at the warning track
Reaches up...
Jumps...
And snares it for the out
I'm impressed!
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League I
Time to check out the rest of the scores

NL Post WWII leads Japanese League 1 to 0
Dead Ball Era slipping by
Negro League II 2 to 0
Turn of Century is edging
AL Post WWII 5 to 4
Mathewson battling Newhouser
Left Outs slipping by Old Timers 5 to 3
NL Pre WWII leads AL Pre WWII 2 to 1
Hubbell and Hoyt currently dueling
Caribbean clipping Late 20th 7 to 3

Dan Fouts, Barrett Blade,
and A. J. Tucker are due
up for the All Stars
FOFC leads, 3-1
Fouts is at .275 on the season
He's ready
The pitch is on the way
In the dirt
And Fouts holds up
He draws the walk
Nice way to start out the inning

Barrett Blade will face Foster
Righty against righty
Blade looks down at Dick
Howser to get the sign
The third base coach glances
over at Benton Breeze
Now he relays the signal to Blade
Blade tells the umpire he's ready
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Fouts dives back in!...
SAFE!
Leonard tosses it back to Foster
Now here's the pitch
WATCH OUT!
Blade IS BEANED!
He'll go down to first
And Fouts will move to second

Tucker looks to lay one down
He bunts the ball . . .
A quick glance at the lead runner...
Fielded by R.Dandridge
the throw to first...
Out
Tucker gets the job done.
One down, two to go...
Rube Foster has to bear down now

Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
2nd and 3rd, 1 man down
Foster is asking for a new ball...
And now gets one...
He's set now
Foster brings it home
It's inside and bounds off
the catcher's mitt
That'll be a passed ball

Dusty Baker is visiting the mound...
He decides to let Foster pitch to Potpie
Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box
Potpie is at .293 on the season
Foster adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gibson
The pitch is on the way
Sinker that stays up, belt high...
Potpie goes after it...
Deep fly ball, way back...
Torriente moving under on it
He grabs it for the out
No chance for a play on the runner
Who scores for FOFC
Two gone for FOFC

Pflaggstettler pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Foster
Pflaggstettler is taking
his practice swings
Persimmon is 1 for 3 this evening
He's ready
It's coming down the pike
Fly ball to left
Charleston is under it
He makes the grab
That's it in the top of the 7th
After 6 and a half innings
in Negro League I,
FOFC on top 5 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

The Ones will send
Dihigo, Rube Foster, and Cool Papa Bell up
to the plate this inning
Kronside wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Way ahead in the count
Kronside turns the 0-2 pitch loose
Dihigo hits it sharply on the ground...
into the hole at third
Fouts dives for it...
He's up with it...
a strong throw to first...
GOT HIM!!!
A sparkling play by the third
baseman, Dan Fouts!
One down for Negro League I
Rube Foster is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Negro League I

The announcer introduces Turkey Stearnes
He'll pinch hit for Rube Foster
Benton Breeze trots out
to talk to Kronside
Lefties hit Jace at a .231 clip
On the other hand...
Stearnes has a .275 average
against right handers

Making his way up is Stearnes
Kronside steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
The pitch to Stearnes...
It's a sinker, up in the strike zone
Stearnes hits it deep into the alley
Tucker is back to the warning track...
To the fence...
He leaps in the air...
Just out of his reach!...
It's in for extra bases...
A. J. picks it up quickly
Spins, throws...
Not a strong throw but they have no chance
Stearnes is at second with
a stand-up double
Almost a fine play by A. J. Tucker
Well give him an "A" for effort

Bell finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Bell goes through his routine
of settling in
He cocks his bat
Bell has choked up, just
trying to make contact
He has 2 strikes on him
Kronside brings it to the plate
Bell tries to hold up,
but can't...
Strike three!
Kronside took something off
of that back door breaking ball
He had Bell way out in front

With FOFC leading in the bottom of the 7th
Here's Dandridge now up for Negro League I
On deck will be Oscar Charleston
Kronside has the sign he wants
The righthander delivers
Fastball
Ball four

Oscar Charleston is up next
The Ones' left fielder
finds 2 on with 2 outs
FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right
Charleston is 0 for 2 today
The count is nothing and 2
Charleston has to protect the plate
Righthander Kronside's delivery
A sinking fastball...
Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE
That is the third out for
Negro League I here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47107
Bill Foster will be coming on
to pitch for Negro League I
Bill has appeared in 37 games this season
with a record of 3-3
In 57 innings, he has an 2.06 ERA
Rube Foster has finished his work
here this evening
Negro League I's defensive changes are...
Stearnes will bat 9th and play LF

Hays is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Hays is batting .345 with
12 HR's this year
Foster likes the sign
The southpaw Foster delivers the 2-2 pitch
Struck him out on a fastball
Hays goes down swinging
That's one away

Stan Gunner steps in against Foster
Left-hander against left-hander
Gunner is at .263 on the season
Foster looks down at Gibson
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Here's his delivery
There's a fly ball to Turkey Stearnes
Stearnes circles under it...
He makes the play
FOFC on top 5 to 1 with two away
Let's check some other scores as well

NL Post WWII and Japanese League
are deadlocked at 1
Gibson and Kaneda currently dueling
Dead Ball Era slipping by
Negro League II 2 to 0
Walsh and Manning currently dueling
Turn of Century slipping
by AL Post WWII 6 to 4
Old Timers is giving it
to Left Outs 10 to 5
NL Pre WWII is on top of
AL Pre WWII 3 to 1
Hornsby has hit his 18th homerun
for NL Pre WWII
Caribbean clipping Late 20th 7 to 3

Kronside coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Foster looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Gibson
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Foster
Now he is ready...
The lefthander Foster comes home with it
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Kronside swings way over it
He was fooled completely
Gibson loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Jace as he was heading for the dugout
That's it for FOFC
Here at Black Diamond Pk, After
7 and a half innings,
FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While Negro League I has one
run, 6 hits and one error
FOFC has left 5 on base
Negro League I has stranded 8

Power hitting Josh Gibson will lead off
Negro League I's clean-up hitter
will see what he can do
against FOFC's Jace Kronside
Gibson is at .284 on the season
Hays flashes the sign to Kronside
Kronside's 0-2 pitch...
Gibson is gone on strikes
Left with the bat still in
the cocked position
So one up and one gone

Leonard is up now for Negro League I
Buck is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He was hit by a pitch in his
last plate appearance
Leonard waits for the delivery
Kronside kicks and fires
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Leonard watches it go
by for the third strike
Leonard stood there like a bump on a log
2 strike outs for Leonard today
Two gone for Negro League I
Time is running out for them

Two out, nobody on
Up now is Wells
Wells wiggles the bat above his head
Wells is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Kronside
He's waiting for the pitch
Jace rocks and fires
Wells hits a high pop into
short left field
Fouts and Nights sprint
towards the outfield
Here comes Gunner
Nights puts his glove out...
Makes a super catch in front of Gunner!!
So ends the bottom of the 8th
For Negro League I
No runs, no hits and no errors
After 8 innings, FOFC on top 5 to 1

FOFC will send Nights,
Dan Fouts, and Barrett Blade to face
Bill Foster this inning
The left-hander Foster is now ready
Bill will have to come in
with this 3-0 delivery
It's on its way...
Curve in the dirt
That's ball four
Foster can't get the 3-0
pitch over the plate

Nights takes a walking lead
Foster steps away from the mound
Now Nights moves back to first

At the plate is Fouts
Late in the game
FOFC up by 4
Nights takes his lead
Foster shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Nights dives back in!...

SAFE!
Leonard tosses it back to Foster
Now here's the pitch
Fouts hits a screamer at Willie Wells
Wells picks it up and fires to second
Out there...
And the throw to first
A tailor made double play
Two down

Walking up to the plate now is Blade
A. J. Tucker waits on deck
We'll see how they pitch to Blade
Blade, a righthand hitter
Waits patiently for the pitch from Foster
The Ones' hurler winds and delivers
Blade swings...
Hard groundball, left of third
It's by Dandridge and skips
out to Stearnes
Blade rounds first
The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off
and fires it in quickly to second
Blade returns to first
as Turkey gets a nice throw in to Dihigo

Blade watches Foster carefully
As he stretches out his lead
The runner can't seem to get a good lead

Tucker now at the plate
Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck
Tucker is 2 for 3 today, with 0 home runs
Gibson flashes the sign...
Foster waves it off...
Now he's happy
The southpaw's 0-1 delivery
There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Torriente one hands it...
Tucker is retired... and so is FOFC
The All Stars are gone in
the 9th... they get
No runs, one hit, no errors and
one man left on base...
We head to the bottom of the 9th...
FOFC on top 5 to 1

Cristobal Torriente is up
to lead off the inning
The crowd is chanting for Negro
League I to get things going
Torriente is 0 for 3 today
For the season, Cristobal has 11 homers
15 doubles, and 5 triples
He has scored 41 runs
while driving in 38
Set now is Torriente
The 2-2 offering...
Fastball, swung on and missed
Take a seat Mr. Torriente!
So one up and one gone

Martin Dihigo is next
Dihigo asks the ump for time
Now he's back in
O.K. Dihigo is ready
He winds and deals
Fastball
OUCH! It hit Dihigo!

Coming to the plate is Stearnes
One down and runner at first
Stearnes gets set
He's 1 for 1 so far
Stearnes waits for the pitch
Now Jace delivers
Drilled deep to left field
This one is deep!
THAT BALL'S SINGIN' WITH THE ANGELS NOW!!!
That is Turkey Stearnes' 18th
home run of the year.

The Ones are down to their last 2 outs
It will be up to Cool Papa Bell
Hays flashes the sign...
Kronside shakes it off,
he wants another...

Now he's happy
The righthander Kronside's delivery
Cool Papa Bell swings at a breaking ball
There it goes, way back
towards right-center
Tucker looks up
Kiss that one good bye!!
Back-to-back home runs for Negro League I!
FOFC on top 5 to 4...
That one had some distance

Now batting for Negro League I...
Jelly Gardner...
He'll pinch hit for Ray Dandridge
Gardner with a .375 average on the season

And it brings up Jelly Gardner
On deck is Bill Foster
Josh Gibson in the hole
Gardner looks down toward
the third base coach
Right-hander Knowles prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Gardner
Knowles' into the windup... the delivery
The batter checks his swing
Here's the appeal
Gardner held up, and draws a walk
Knowles isn't happy at all with that call

Dusty Baker will send up a pinch hitter
Biz Mackey steps out of the dugout!
He will be up there against Knowles

Here's Biz Mackey...
Negro League I has rallied back
They've scored 3 runs
and now trail FOFC by only 1
It's now 5-4, FOFC
in the bottom of the 9th
Mackey is at .300 on the season
He is hitting .278 against righties
Biz is ready for the delivery
The stretch... the delivery
Hit towards the middle
Nice play by Blade
Throws to second
He's out
Could be two . . .
Double Play!
Score It: 4-6-3
And that will do it for Negro League I
FOFC wins 5 to 4
Mighty gets credit for the win
Knowles notches the save
Smith takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeeberoni Potpie
He was 1 for 3 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Negro League I.
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Negro League I Ones 8/7/1900 All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ones AB R H RBI AVG B.Blade 2B 4 1 1 0 .269 C.Bell CF 5 1 2 1 .355 A.Tucker CF 4 2 2 0 .297 R.Dandridge 3B 3 0 3 1 .341 J.Potpie 1B 3 1 1 3 .293 D-J.Gardner PH 0 0 0 0 .375 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 0 1 1 .311 O.Charleston LF 3 0 0 0 .280 H.Hays C 4 0 1 0 .344 B.Foster P 0 0 0 0 .200 S.Gunner LF 4 0 2 0 .261 E-B.Mackey PH 1 0 0 0 .295 D.Palmer 3B 3 0 0 0 .333 J.Gibson C 4 0 0 0 .284 J.Kronside P 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Leonard 1B 3 0 0 0 .283 S.Knowles P 0 0 0 0 ---- W.Wells SS 4 0 0 0 .311 J.Nights SS 3 0 0 0 .273 C.Torriente RF 4 0 0 0 .267 A.Mighty P 2 0 0 0 .096 M.Dihigo 2B 3 2 1 0 .289 B-D.Fouts PH,3B 1 1 0 0 .273 H.Smith P 0 0 0 0 .283 A-M.Suttles PH 1 0 0 0 .229 R.Foster P 0 0 0 0 .200 C-T.Stearnes PH,LF 2 1 2 2 .289 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 5 8 4 Totals 33 4 8 4 A-Pinch Hit For Smith In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Mighty In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Foster In 7th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Dandridge In 9th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Foster In 9th Inning All Stars....... 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 8 0 Ones............ 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 8 1 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA A.Mighty WIN(8-7) 6 5 1 1 2 5 0 85 3.99 J.Kronside 2 1/3 3 3 3 1 5 2 43 2.81 S.Knowles SAVE(22nd) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1.68 Totals 9 8 4 4 4 10 2 Ones IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA H.Smith LOSS(15-6) 3 5 3 3 0 1 1 50 3.71 R.Foster 4 2 2 1 1 2 0 57 5.24 B.Foster 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 26 1.99 Totals 9 8 5 4 2 5 1 ATTENDANCE- 47,107 DATE- Tuesday, August 7th 1900 TIME- Night T- 2:42 LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 6 Ones: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 2 Ones: 1 ERRORS- W.Wells DOUBLES- R.Dandridge(14th), T.Stearnes(20th) TRIPLES- R.Dandridge(5th) HOME RUNS- J.Potpie(35th), C.Bell(5th), T.Stearnes(18th) STOLEN BASES- A.Tucker(18th) SACRIFICE HITS- A.Tucker SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Potpie WALKS- J.Nights, D.Fouts, R.Dandridge, J.Gardner, O.Charleston, R.Foster HIT BY PITCH- B.Blade, B.Leonard, M.Dihigo STRIKE OUTS- B.Blade, H.Hays-2, D.Palmer, J.Kronside, C.Bell-2, O.Charleston, J.Gibson-2, B.Leonard-2, W.Wells, C.Torriente, M.Dihigo GIDP- D.Fouts, O.Charleston, B.Mackey PASSED BALLS- J.Gibson
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8/8 Radio Broadcast - Game 123

Are you ready for some baseball?...

All right then, let's get
the show on the road
Leon Day with his 8 and 3 record
Will be facing Barrett Blade

Here we go, well almost...
Here comes Gibson out to the mound...
Looks like they are checking their signs

Now we are ready to start
Day winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Blade rips one to right
He hit it right on the nose...
Torriente is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by Cristobal Torriente
One down for FOFC
A. J. Tucker is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

The center fielder, A. J.
Tucker, is up next
Tucker digs in from the left side
of the plate against the righty Day
Set now is Tucker
Here's his delivery
Swung on and popped up
Wells is waiting...
And that's an easy out
That's two away
Wells comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Day
Jeeberoni Potpie will be next up...

Potpie now at the plate
Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck
Potpie needs to get on...
He has a .370 on base percentage
After getting set, Potpie
waits on the pitch
Day brings it to the plate
It's a routine fly into left
Charleston ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Charleston grabs it for the out
That does it for FOFC in
the top of the 1st

FOFC has taken the field
here in the bottom of the first...
Here's the way they look, defensively
In the outfield from left to right
Ton in left...
Tucker in center...
And Pflaggstettler in right

The infield, third to first
Palmer will play the hot corner
Nights is at short
Over at second, Blade
and at first base Potpie
Williams gets the nod as starter
Donning the "tools of ignorance" is Hays
Negro League I center fielder, Turkey
Stearnes, will lead off
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Stearnes at the plate
Stearnes waits for the delivery
Williams' 3-2 pitch...
Stearnes slaps a hard grounder past second
Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up
He tosses it back to second
Stearnes will hold with a clean single

Ray Dandridge shows bunt
And lays it down right to Harry Hays
Hays looks at second
But passes up a sure force play
He fires to first to retire Dandridge
But Stearnes moves up
Negro League I was in luck that time...
Credit Ray Dandridge with a sacrifice
And there's one away

Oscar Charleston plants his left foot
The lefthanded left fielder for
Negro League I appears set
Charleston can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Charleston waits for the pitch
The southpaw delivers
Flyball to center
it's caught
Stearnes has a chance to move up...
Stearnes is trying to advance
to third base...
Here's the play...
He's OUT!

The FOFC right fielder, Pflaggstettler,
will lead off
He'll be followed by K. A. Ton
And then Harry Hays
Pflaggstettler is batting .311
with 20 HR's this year
Day has the sign from Gibson
Day's righthanded delivery...
Slow ground ball
Wells is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
Negro League I gets the first
out of the inning

K. A. Ton will face Day
Righty against righty
Ton is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
K. A. certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Day earn his salary
Ton is waiting on the pitch
Day brings it to the plate
Ton hits a fly ball to left
Oscar Charleston camps under it
He's got it
Two down

FOFC sends the catcher,
Harry Hays, up to the plate
Before getting ready
Hays checks out the defensive alignment
Hays is set
Righthander Day's delivery
Sinking fastball...
Hays swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Wells...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3
After 1 and a half innings,

Scoreless game

It's the Ones' turn at bat here
in the bottom of the 2nd
Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard,
and Willie Wells
the first three scheduled batters
to face the lefty John Williams
Here's Gibson, now...
Gibson has managed a .261 average
against lefthanders this year
John is ready
Williams goes into his windup
Here it comes
Gibson rips one to center
He hit it right on the nose...
Tucker is off to the races...
He is coming fast...
He dives...

OUT!
Nice play by A. J. Tucker
One down for Negro League I
Buck Leonard is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Negro League I

Negro League I first baseman,
Buck Leonard, is up next
The left-hander Williams is now ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Leonard takes the pitch...
That one is low for a ball... WAIT
The umpire says that one caught the knees
Leonard is out on strikes
Two up, two down for the Ones

Nobody on, two away
Wells steps in for Negro League I
Wells steps out of the box...
Looks towards Bill Madlock for a sign
Wells is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Williams
He's waiting for the pitch
He brings it home
He decked him!
This draws a reaction from the crowd
The umpire signals him to first
It nipped him on the arm on the way down

The Ones' right fielder is up next
Negro League I has 1 on board with 2 outs
Williams wastes no time
He has the sign from Hays
Williams rocks and fires
Smashed to short
Nights grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
That wraps up the inning
for Negro League I
Time to check out the rest of the scores

NL Post WWII and Japanese
League are scoreless
Dead Ball Era and Negro League
II are scoreless
Turn of Century and AL Post
WWII are all knotted at 1
Killebrew has hit his 23rd
homerun for AL Post WWII
Old Timers is edging Left Outs 3 to 2
Anson has hit his 5th homerun
for Old Timers
AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII are scoreless
Late 20th leads Caribbean 1 to 0
And in our contest Scoreless game

FOFC will send Palmer,
Jeff Nights, and John Williams to face
Leon Day this inning
Deacon is hitting at .333 on the year
He has 107 hits in 321 at bats
This includes 19 doubles, 2 triples
6 home runs and 44 RBI's
Deacon is ready for the delivery
Leon is ready to zip it homeward
Here it comes
Palmer hits a screamer at Leon Day
Day picks it up and fires to first
The throw pulls Leonard off the bag
Leonard swipes with the glove

Palmer is out!
Nice play by Leonard
One up, one down

Nobody on base, one away
Nights steps into the batter's box
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Nights looks to third for a sign
Nights is set for the pitch
Day will have to come in
with this 3-0 pitch
Here it comes...
Curve in the dirt
That's ball four
Day can't get the 3-0 pitch over the plate

One on, one out
Williams walks to the batter's box
Williams digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Day
Williams waits patiently for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The pitch is on the way
Bounced past the mound
Smooth pickup by Wells
Over to Leonard
Got him!
Score It: 6-3

Barrett Blade is up next
FOFC's second baseman finds
1 on with 2 outs
Blade is batting .268 with
3 homers this year
Blade gets set for the pitch
The righthander Day's delivery
Blade hits a grounder towards first base
Leonard fields it and tosses
to Leonard at first base
Out, no wait, he's safe
Leonard dropped the throw
Charge the error to Leonard
That's error number 1 of the
game for Negro League I

It will be Tucker to face Day
Tucker has hit 8 triples this year
Day gets the sign, it's one he likes
Day checks the runners
The Whiff!
Swung on the HIGH CHEESE!
So ends the top of the 3rd
For FOFC
No runs, no hits, one error
and 2 men left on base
After 2 and a half innings,
We're scoreless

Dihigo is making his way to home plate
He's digging out his "spot"
in the batter's box
He's taking several practice swings

Bending from side to side

Finally, he's ready
Martin will be facing the
left-handed Williams
from the right side of the plate
He has a .289 average overall
But Martin murders southpaws
with a .383 average
Dihigo readies himself for the pitch
The lefthander Williams delivers
Dihigo hits a three hopper
towards Barrett Blade
Blade scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
That's one away

Up steps Leon Day,
the fine hitting pitcher
for Negro League I
He is no gimmee by any means for Williams
Day goes through his routine
of settling in
Day gets ready for Williams' pitch
His bat is cocked
The southpaw Williams' delivery
on the 3-2 pitch
Ground ball to third
Palmer comes up with it
Over to first
He just beat it out

Day a few feet off the bag at first
Williams steps away from the mound...
Now Day moves back to first
He's not getting far from the bag

Ones' center fielder Stearnes
is up next
Turkey is batting .291 with
18 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 1 today
He readies his bat
Stearnes will cut down on his swing
as he has 2 strikes on him
He's into the stretch
Looks over at first
Quick throw!...
Day dives back in!...
SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
There's a high pop in front of the plate
Looks like the ball is drifting foul
Potpie calls for it
and makes the play!
As the ump signals a foul ball
Two gone for Negro League I

Here's Ray Dandridge
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Williams looks at the runner
The pitch
Dandridge gets under this one
It's popped high in the air to short
Nights is waving everybody off
Dandridge is retired
That's all for the Ones
After 3 innings in Negro
League I this evening,
No score

Leon Day, out there on the
mound for Negro League I
prepares to face Jeeberoni Potpie
to get the 4th inning underway
here in Black Diamond Pk
Potpie is 0 for 1 today
The righthander pitching to Potpie...
A righthanded batter
Righties have a .199 average against Leon
Now Leon delivers
Potpie dribbles a roller to Leon Day
Day comes up with it and throws
It's in the dirt
Leonard can't come up with it
That'll be a throwing error on Day
That's error number 2 of the
game for Negro League I

Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the right
fielder, strides to the plate
Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle
Day is ready quickly
Leon comes home quickly
with the 0-2 offering
Curve ball...
Low and away...
Pflaggstettler reaches for it...
Pops it straight up
Two players have a chance for it
And it will be Gibson making the play
With one gone
FOFC will have K. A. Ton coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

One away, Potpie at first
Ton is coming to the plate
Negro League I is set up for two
Day peers in for the sign
Leon has allowed only 4 home runs
versus righties this year
And this is in over 107 innings
But K. A. is no ordinary hitter
Day goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Potpie
He lobs one to Leonard...
Potpie is back easily
We're ready again
Now Day comes home
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Ton gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Dihigo grabs it...
To second for one
Over to first...
OUT!
Smooth "DP" by Negro League I
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
So After 3 and a half innings
Negro League I has no runs,
2 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has no runs,
no hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 stranded
Negro League I has failed to bring home 2

Here's Charleston to lead off the inning
Before he does...
lets take a look at the scoreboard

NL Post WWII and Japanese League
have yet to score
Dead Ball Era with the lead over
Negro League II 3 to 0
Chesbro comfortably ahead
for Dead Ball Era
Turn of Century and AL Post
WWII are deadlocked at 1
Left Outs is giving it
to Old Timers 8 to 3
AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII
are deadlocked at 3
Caribbean leads Late 20th 2 to 1
And here in Negro League I Scoreless game
Remember, Negro League I
is 1st in the American
Charleston is 0 for 1 today
Oscar flied out last time around
Charleston waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
And the cripple pitch...
There's a drive to right by Charleston
Pflaggstettler scoops it up
Fires it to second
Charleston turns back and
settles for a single
Terrific play by Pflaggstettler

Here's Josh Gibson
Gibson is batting .283 with
20 HR's this year
Williams looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw delivers the 3-2 pitch
Williams' fastball is ripped toward first
Potpie can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Charleston was off and running
with the crack of the bat
He is on his way to third...
They'll have a chance to get him...
Here's the throw...
SAFE!
A nice shot by Gibson
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the
corners for Buck Leonard

Ones with runners on the corners
Leonard at bat
Leonard is one of the best hitters around
Williams is taking his time out there
Buck could write a letter
while he's waiting
Now Williams' finished fiddling around
He is in quite a jam
He gets the sign from Hays
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Change up, a gem...
Heeee struck him out!

Making his way up is Wells
He looks to third first
Now he steps in
The corners are playing in
Wells has a .310 average against lefties
Williams has the sign he wants
He's into the stretch
Checks Gibson at first
Quick throw!
He has to dive back in!...
SAFE!... Close play
Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
Low and outside
Ball four

Cristobal Torriente moves
in to face Williams
3 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 4th
Torriente is 0 for 1 today
There is no place for Williams
to put Torriente
He will have to give him something to hit
Williams studies his sign
The pitch to Torriente...
Torriente takes ball four
Wait a second
The umpire signals STRIKE THREE!
A late call
Torriente is beside himself!
He better calm down
If not..
He'll have to watch from the clubhouse
Williams needs one more out
to get out of this jam

Dihigo finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Dihigo is 0 for 1 on the day
He looks around at the FOFC infield
Potpie is kicking the dirt at first
Palmer is even with the bag at third
Blade and Nights are ready
with hands on knees
at second and short
Dihigo awaits the delivery
Now John delivers
Dihigo swings and lifts one toward right
Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly...
He is under it now...
And makes the easy catch...
That's all for the Ones in the 4th inning
No runs, 2 hits, no errors and
3 men left on base...
We go to the 5th...
Scoreless game

Hays saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Hays is at .343 on the season
Day adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Gibson
The pitch is on the way
Hays sends a routine ground ball to first
Leonard takes it on one hop
Flips it to Day
Easy out
One away...
Leonard is coming over to the mound...
He wants to chat with the pitcher...
Here comes Dandridge also...
Now they return to their positions

Nobody on, one away for FOFC
Up now is Palmer
Palmer wiggles the bat above his head
Waiting for the pitch is Palmer
Leon rocks and fires
Smashed to short
Wells grabs it
Over to first
In time!
Score It: 6-3
Two down
Day retires two in a row

Nights walks to the plate
Looking to Dick Howser for a sign
Nights looks very intent...
He stares down at Day...
Cocks his bat
Dihigo comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Day
The delivery
Nights swings
It's a drooper into shallow left field
Wells is running with his
back to the infield
He reaches up...
What a grab!
That's it for FOFC
Here at Black Diamond Pk, After
4 and a half innings,
Negro League I has no runs,
4 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has no runs,
no hits and no errors
FOFC has left 2 on base
Negro League I has stranded 5

Here's Day to lead off the inning
Before he does, lets check out how
the Ones have been playing lately
Negro League I is 7 and 3
in their last ten games
Day scuffs up the lines around the box
Leon is set for the pitch
Now the delivery, here is is...
A sharp breaking curve...
Day was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Ton turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Leon Day can touch them all

Walking up to the plate now is Stearnes
Ray Dandridge waits on deck
Stearnes digs in on the left side
of the plate facing the lefty Williams
Stearnes tells the umpire he's ready
Here's the pitch
Stearnes starts... but lays
off the pitch upstairs
Ball four, Williams walks him

Dandridge squares as Williams
delivers the pitch
Deacon Palmer charges and
picks up the bunt
He fires to first
Just in time to nail Dandridge,
the sacrifice works
One out
The Ones have a 1 run lead


Charleston strides to the plate
Runner at second, and one out
Williams has the sign from Hays
It's coming down the pike
Fastball, up at the letters...
Charleston swings...
Skies on to deep right
Pflaggstettler racing back...
Back...
At the wall...
HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT!
The ump is signaling no out
Charleston motors easily into second
As Pflaggstettler throws the ball in
That'll be a two base error on him
That should have been an easy catch
Score It: E9
Stearnes scores from second!
Charleston to second

One on, one out
Coming up next is Gibson
Gibson swinging from the right side
of the plate against the lefty Williams
Now set, Gibson waits for the pitch
Williams kicks and fires
A slider by Williams
Gibson gets good wood on it...
Ton back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Williams

Buck Leonard is coming to the plate
Leonard is 0 for 2 today
John Williams is having a good year
He is 6th in wins with 12

Now Williams is looking for a sign
Williams brings it to the plate
There's a "clothes line" drive toward left
Ton quickly comes in for it...
Not going to get this one...
Now K. A. flips it to Blade at second
Charleston scores easily...
Leonard comes through in the clutch!

Wells pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Williams
Willie takes a couple of practice cuts
Williams is slow to get ready

He has a 3.56 ERA this year
Now he's ready
He's into the stretch
Takes a look over to first
Quick throw!
Leonard dives back in!...

SAFE!
Potpie tosses it back to Williams
Now here's the pitch
There's a fly ball into
straight-away right
Pflaggstettler one hands it...
OUT!
That retires the side
Negro League I with a 3 run lead
It's Negro League I 3
and FOFC still looking
to score their first run
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8/8 Radio Broadcast Continued

It's the All Stars' turn at bat
here in the top of the 6th
John Williams, Barrett Blade,
and A. J. Tucker
are due up to face righthander Leon Day
John looks at the sign from
the coach at third
Dick Howser flashes a series of them...
Now Williams taps the bat on home plate
Williams waiting on the delivery
The righthander delivers
What a pitch... strike three
Day put that one on the black,
a perfect pitch
While we wait for Barrett
Blade to get a new bat
Let's check the scoreboard

NL Post WWII is edging Japanese
League 1 to 0
Dead Ball Era with the lead over
Negro League II 3 to 0
AL Post WWII leads Turn of Century 2 to 1
Hunter and Joss currently dueling
Left Outs is embarrassing
Old Timers 13 to 5
NL Pre WWII leads AL Pre WWII 6 to 5
Alexander and Faber currently dueling
Late 20th slipping by Caribbean 4 to 2
Linares has hit his 18th
homerun for Caribbean
And in our matchup Negro
League I leads 3 to 0
OK, let's see if FOFC can get
back in this ballgame
Currently down by 3

Up next for the visiting All Stars
Barrett Blade, their second baseman
Barrett is 0 for 2 this summer evening
He reached base on an error in
his last plate appearance
Time is called...
Don't know what for...

Now we appear ready
The windup, the pitch
Blade swings very late
He pops it foul
Gibson gives chase
Here comes Dandridge
They are both at the rail...
Gibson makes the play
And there's two away

Tucker is ready to face Day
A. J. will be facing the right-handed Day
from the left side of the plate
The switch hitter is 0 for 2 today
He struck out in his last at bat
He's ready for the delivery
Day brings it to the plate
Comebacker, right to Day
Over to Leonard for the easy out
We're in the middle of the 6th
Negro League I still leads 3-0

Cristobal Torriente, Martin Dihigo, and
Leon Day are due up
Cristobal is batting .265
in 324 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Martin Dihigo
Williams is having a fine year so far
His 12 victories make him
6th in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
The lefty Williams delivers
Torriente swings hard
It's off the handle
The ball and half the bat
are heading for second
Blade makes the right choice
Scoops up the ball
Tosses to first
Cristobal is too quick!

Martin Dihigo is up next to face Williams
A tough situation to bunt as
FOFC has the corners playing way in
Dihigo looks down at Bill
Madlock to get the sign
The third base coach glances
over at Dusty Baker
Now he relays the signal to Dihigo
Williams is rubbing the ball up
Now the umpire wants to take a look
No problems found...
Now Williams gets the sign from Hays
The lefthander delivers
Base hit to center for Dihigo
Bill Madlock puts up the stop sign...
Torriente will stay at second

Day squares
He bunts it . . .
Fielded by D.Palmer
the throw to first...
Out
Day gets the job done.
One down for Negro League I
Turkey Stearnes is still
in the on-deck circle
and Ray Dandridge is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Next up for the Ones is Turkey Stearnes
Stearnes looks down toward
the third base coach
Stearnes waits patiently
Now ready, here it is...
Slider, inside...
Swung on...
Stearnes rocks this one...
He got all of it...
It's going... Going...
GONE!
Man, he really crunched it!
Williams looks dejected on the mound

Slowly coming up is Dandridge
for Negro League I
He is finally in the batter's box
Negro League I ahead 6 to 0
Dandridge is trying to get
comfortable in the box
Digging that back foot in
All set, Dandridge is ready for the pitch
The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one bounce
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
Two men gone, nobody on
Negro League I leads by 6

Up now for Negro League I is Charleston
Two away, nobody on
Williams tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
The pay-off pitch...
Charleston really smacks this one
He was waiting on the change
It's a gapper...
But hit high...
Pflaggstettler was positioned
well and has a shot at it
Still going back...
At the warning track...
It's high off the wall
Charleston flies around first
Could get three...
Pflaggstettler plays the carom perfectly
Spins and throws back to Potpie...
Charleston with the wide turn at second
has to scramble back
Here's the throw to second...
NO DICE!
He slides in under the tag
Charleston has himself two-bagger

Gibson moseys up to the plate
Buck Leonard is heading for
the on-deck circle
Gibson has a .262 average
against lefthanders
He is .284 overall
Gibson waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
John looks over his shoulder at Charleston
Fakes a throw...
Now he is ready
The pitch
Base hit to center for Gibson
Bill Madlock is waving the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Charleston scores!

Buck Leonard steps into the box
Leonard swinging from the left side
facing the southpaw Williams
Williams shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
Williams brings it to the plate
It's in the dirt and bounces away
Gibson heads to second
And he'll make it on the wild pitch

Buck Leonard steps into the box
Hays flashes the sign...
Williams waves it off...
Now he's happy
The lefty Williams delivers
There's a bouncer down to Nights
He fronts it...
And muffs it!
Error on Jeff Nights
He was just eaten up by that ball!

Willie Wells will get a crack
at Williams next
Cristobal Torriente would be up next...
But only if Wells can reach safely
Wells is batting .310 with
10 HR's this year
Williams likes the sign
The pitch to Wells...
Hit on the ground to short
Taken by Nights
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That ends the inning for Negro League I
Negro League I has 7 runs,
11 hits and 2 errors
While FOFC has no runs,
no hits and 2 errors
They have now stranded 7 baserunners

It's the All Stars' turn at bat
here in the top of the 7th
Jeeberoni Potpie, Persimmon Pflaggstettler,
and K. A. Ton
are due up to face righthander Leon Day
Potpie is batting .291 with
35 round trippers in 1900
Day is pitching a beauty here this evening
He has hung a 'horse collar'
on the FOFC hitters so far
no hits allowed so far
And Negro League I with a 7 run lead
Day brings it to the plate
Smash to second
Martin Dihigo boots the ball
He's charged with an error
That's 3 miscues for Negro
League I this evening

Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the right
fielder, strides to the plate
Pflaggstettler is at .310 on the season
Day gets ready...

We don't want to jinx him
But he hasn't allowed a hit yet
Day checks Potpie on first...
The 2 strike delivery
Persimmon Pflaggstettler hits
this one on the nose
It is going high and deep...
Stearnes is giving chase...
But this one is going, going...
GONE!
And for Day, a particularly bad way
to lose a no-hitter!
That is Persimmon Pflaggstettler's
21st home run of the year.

Now here's Ton
Ton adjusts his glove...
Steps into the box...
K. A. is 0 for 2 this evening
Ton is set
Day is into his windup
Here's the pitch
Ton laces a hit into the outfield
Oscar Charleston picks it up
Fires it to the infield
Ton holds with a single

Hays walks from the on deck circle
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Deacon Palmer moves into
the on deck circle
FOFC needs some runs
Hays is 0 for 2 today, with 0 home runs
Gibson flashes the sign to Day
Now Leon delivers
Swung on and missed by Hays,
he's down on strikes
One down for FOFC
Deacon Palmer is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

And the batter is Deacon Palmer
Jeff Nights is on-deck
Palmer is batting .331 with
6 HR's this year
And Leon studies the sign from Gibson...
Now he's got it
Day brings it to the plate
Palmer hits a screamer at Ray Dandridge
Dandridge picks it up and fires to second
Out there...
And the throw to first
A tailor made double play
That retires the side
The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning
After 6 and a half innings, Negro
League I ahead 7 to 2

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Cristobal Torriente up first
for Negro League I
He is a threat to steal if he gets on
Torriente has hit 11 home runs this year
Williams adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from Hays
Here's the windup... and the pitch
There's a check swing by Torriente
It's a high pop in foul territory
It looks playable
Harry Hays makes the catch
against the stands
One gone for Negro League I

Martin Dihigo will face Hunter
Righty against righty
Dihigo is hitting .248 against righties
Owen Hunter on in relief of John Williams
And the delivery by Hunter
Right down the middle... strike three
Dihigo must have been looking
for something else
He just froze on that pitch
One more chance for Negro
League I this inning

The pitcher, Day, is ready to bat
Negro League I ahead 7 to 2
in the bottom of the 7th
We'll see how they pitch to Day
Owen is ready
Here comes the cripple pitch
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Day...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Nights made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach

Day watches Hunter carefully
As he stretches out his lead
Day breaks for second on the slider
Here's the peg...
SAFE...
Day is in there with a pop-up slide!
The throw a bit too late

Turkey Stearnes steps into the box
Hunter is happy with the sign
Hunter fires
Hard ground ball to short
Nights comes up with it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That is the third out for
Negro League I here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 46056

Here's the shortstop Nights
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Owen Hunter
And then Barrett Blade
Nights is trying to get comfortable
in the box
Digging that back foot in
Nights readies himself for the pitch
Leon winds and delivers...
The 0-2 pitch...
There's a high pop in front of the plate
Looks like the ball is drifting foul
Gibson calls for it
and makes the play
As the ump signals a foul ball
FOFC with one away
Day steps off the mound as
he waits for Owen Hunter to
come to the plate

Treacy is up now for FOFC
Sean takes a couple of practice cuts
Treacy gets set for the pitch
The righthander Day's delivery
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Treacy gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Leonard grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Treacy for the out
Two down
Gibson asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Gibson and Day

Next up is Barrett Blade, the
FOFC second baseman...
If he gets on, A. J. Tucker would bat next
Barrett is hitting at .267 on the year
He has 92 hits in 345 at bats
FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored
51 runs this year
Leon gets the sign from Gibson
It's coming down the pike
Grounded towards the bag
Leonard to Day covering first
Score It: 3-1
That's it for FOFC
Here at Black Diamond Pk, After
7 and a half innings,
Negro League I has 7 runs,
12 hits and 3 errors
While FOFC has 2 runs, 2 hits and 2 errors
FOFC has left 2 on base
Negro League I has stranded 9

Here's Ray Dandridge leading off
Oscar Charleston is on deck
And Josh Gibson is in the hole
Dandridge grips the bat handle
Dandridge waits for the delivery
We've got a full count...
Fozborg winds and fires...
Sinking fastball...
Dandridge swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
So one up and one gone

Coming up for Negro League
I is Oscar Charleston
Nobody on base, one out
We're in the bottom of the 8th
Fozborg eyes Charleston intently
The righthander Fozborg delivers
Charleston pounds a grounder
toward Palmer at third
Deacon moves in front of it...
Whoops... a bad bounce
But Palmer stayed with it
Over to first and Charleston is retired
Nice play by the FOFC third baseman
That's the second out of the inning

The 6'1", 215 pound Josh Gibson is up next
Gibson is known for his awesome power
Fozborg has the sign from Hays
Here's the righthander's delivery
Fozborg comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for Gibson
As he swings right through
it for strike three
That's all for the Ones
No runs, no hits and no errors...
At the end of eight full innings...
Negro League I leads 7 to 2

The FOFC center fielder, Tucker,
will lead off
He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie
And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler
Tucker is batting .295 with
7 HR's this year
Day studies his sign
Day's righthanded delivery...
Slow ground ball
Dihigo is charging it
He fires it to first
He's OUT
So one up and one gone

Potpie heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Potpie a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Day
He's ready
Leon rocks and fires
Jeeberoni Potpie swings
It's a line drive...
Sizzles past Wells into left...
Base hit for Potpie...
Charleston is over to cut it off...
Now he tosses it in to the infield
Potpie is on with a sharp single

Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate
Pflaggstettler digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Day
Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate
Day needs to come in with this one
Grounded towards the middle
Wells grabs it
Over to first
NOT IN TIME!
Pflaggstettler has himself an infield hit
Potpie takes second

One away, Pflaggstettler at
first, Potpie at second
Ton steps into the batter's box
Ton is 1 for 3 today, with 0 home runs
Leon looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Day brings it home
Hot shot grounded into right field
Base hit for Ton
Potpie scores from second!
Pflaggstettler takes third

There is going to be a change in pitchers
Leon Day will hit the showers
Rube Foster will be coming on in relief
We are in the top of the 9th
here at Black Diamond Pk
Negro League I leads 7 to 3

So with 2 on and 1 out
the All Stars send their catcher,
Harry Hays, up to face Foster
Good-hitting Deacon Palmer is waiting
in the on-deck circle
Hays is 0 for 3 today
For the season, Harry has 12 homers
5 doubles, and 3 triples
He has scored 37 runs
while driving in 34
The umpire says let's go
Hays is ready
Here's the 1-2 pitch
Hays drives the ball to center
for extra bases
Pflaggstettler scores
Dick Howser puts up the stop sign...
Double for Hays

While Jeff Nights heads for
the on deck circle
Deacon Palmer makes his way to the plate
Palmer is at .330 on the season
Palmer waiting on the delivery
Righthander Foster's delivery
Base hit to left for Palmer
Ton scores
Dick Howser wisely holds
the runner at third...
Runner holds.

Webster McDonald is still warming
up in the bullpen
He has been up throwing softly before
Now he is all business
With the go-ahead run at the plate
it looks like Dusty Baker is
about to make a change
Yes, here he comes...
So that will be all for Rube Foster
He will be heading for the showers
McDonald is on his way to the
mound for Negro League I
They still have a 2 run lead
but FOFC is obviously threatening
here in the top of the 9th
It will be McDonald's job
to put out the fire

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
Sirr Fozborg waits on deck
Men on 1st and 3rd
McDonald adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
A check on the runners... the pitch
Dribbler to third
Taken by Dandridge
Throws to second
He's out
Over to first
Not in time!
Score It: 5-4
Hays scores from third!
The runner on first, Palmer, is out
Negro League I on top 7 to 6
with two away this inning

Batting for FOFC will be Gonzalez
Webster peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
Here's the 3-1 offering
There's a duck snort in front
of Cristobal Torriente
He dives, but he traps it
Wait, the second base umpire
overrules the call
He calls the batter out
And that will do it for FOFC
Negro League I wins 7 to 6
Day gets credit for the win
McDonald notches the save
Williams takes the loss
The hitting star for Negro League I
was Turkey Stearnes
He was 2 for 4 with a homerun
He also knocked in 3 runs
And that wraps things up
So long from Negro League I.
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Old 06-08-2013, 02:20 PM   #746
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Negro League I Ones 8/8/1900 All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Ones AB R H RBI AVG B.Blade 2B 4 0 0 0 .266 T.Stearnes CF 4 2 2 3 .291 A.Tucker CF 4 0 0 0 .294 R.Dandridge 3B 3 0 0 0 .337 J.Potpie 1B 4 2 1 0 .292 O.Charleston LF 5 2 2 0 .282 P.Pflaggstettler RF 4 2 2 2 .313 J.Gibson C 5 0 2 1 .285 K.Ton LF 4 1 2 1 .318 B.Leonard 1B 4 0 1 1 .283 H.Hays C 4 1 1 1 .343 W.Wells SS 2 0 0 0 .309 D.Palmer 3B 4 0 1 1 .332 C.Torriente RF 4 1 1 0 .267 J.Nights SS 3 0 0 1 .271 M.Dihigo 2B 4 1 1 0 .288 J.Williams P 2 0 0 0 .130 L.Day P 3 1 3 1 .216 O.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 .071 R.Foster P 0 0 0 0 .200 A-S.Treacy PH 1 0 0 0 .261 W.McDonald P 0 0 0 0 .333 S.Fozborg P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-D.Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 .298 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 6 7 6 Totals 34 7 12 6 A-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Fozborg In 9th Inning All Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 - 6 7 2 Ones............ 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 - 7 12 3 All Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Williams LOSS(12-3) 6 1/3 11 7 5 2 3 2 128 3.76 O.Hunter 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 5.59 S.Fozborg 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 4.06 Totals 8 12 7 5 2 5 2 Ones IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA L.Day WIN(9-3) 8 1/3 5 5 4 1 3 1 108 3.78 R.Foster 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 7 5.34 W.McDonald SAVE(22nd) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.84 Totals 9 7 6 5 1 3 1 ATTENDANCE- 46,056 DATE- Wednesday, August 8th 1900 TIME- Night T- 3:25 LEFT ON BASE- All Stars: 3 Ones: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- All Stars: 1 Ones: 2 ERRORS- P.Pflaggstettler, J.Nights, B.Leonard, M.Dihigo, L.Day DOUBLES- H.Hays(6th), O.Charleston(11th) HOME RUNS- P.Pflaggstettler(21st), T.Stearnes(19th), L.Day(1st) STOLEN BASES- L.Day SACRIFICE HITS- R.Dandridge-2, L.Day WALKS- J.Nights, T.Stearnes, W.Wells HIT BY PITCH- W.Wells STRIKE OUTS- A.Tucker, H.Hays, J.Williams, J.Gibson, B.Leonard-2, C.Torriente, M.Dihigo GIDP- K.Ton, D.Palmer WILD PITCHES- J.Williams
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All,

I'm going out of town on business for a couple of days, so this won't be updated each day like it was (as I won't have access to my PC). When I return I'll start posting again and I'll get the thread caught up to where the day of the month matches up again.

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8/9 Radio Broadcast - Game 124

Welcome to FOFC Stadium!
And in a moment we'll be ready
for the game between
FOFC and Turn of Century
The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!"
We're ready to go here in FOFC
Jim O'Rourke to lead it off
for Turn of Century
Nielsen rocks and fires
O'Rourke swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Nielsen strikes out Jim O'Rourke
One down for Turn of Century
Jesse Burkett is still in
the on-deck circle
and Joe Kelley is looking
for a bat in the dugout

One out, nobody on base
Jesse Burkett is the batter
Burkett is at .319 on the season
Jesse stands with bat ready
Nielsen brings it to the plate
There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker
Tucker circles under it...
He makes the play
That's the second out of the inning

Kelley is up now for Turn of Century
Nielsen squeezes the resin bag...
Peers in
The southpaw delivers
Sinking fastball...
Kelley swings...
Raps a hard ground ball
right at Nights...
He snares it easily, throws to first...
Out by a step
That's three outs, side retired

As Barrett Blade steps in to lead off
FOFC's half of the first
Let me set up the defense
for Turn of Century
Young's battery mate is O'Rourke
Around the horn from first to third
Kelley at first, Lajoie at second,
Collins the third sacker
Wagner will be playing short
Crawford, Flick and Burkett
will patrol the outfield
from left to right

Blade, FOFC's second baseman, steps in
Blade is a tough man up there at the plate
He's hard to get past in the lineup
Barrett certainly knows how to get on base
He'll make Young earn his salary
The umpire says let's go
Blade is ready
The righthander Young's delivery
It's a duck snort headed
towards the outfield
Lajoie is after it...
Running hard...
He snares it for the out
Excellent range shown on that play!
So one up and one gone

Tucker heads to the plate for FOFC
The infield is at regular depth
Watching Young, Tucker wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
Tucker waits
Young's 0-2 pitch...
There is a shot right up the middle
Hit right on the nose by Tucker
It bounces right into the
waiting glove of Flick
Tucker has himself a single

Tucker watches Young carefully
As he stretches out to his lead
Young continues to hold the runner close

Pflaggstettler up
The All Stars have Tucker on first
Pflaggstettler looks down toward the
third base coach, Dick Howser
Cy peers in for the sign...

Shakes off the first one...
Likes the second one
The pitch to Pflaggstettler...
There goes Tucker...
And it's ball four...
Tucker pulls up and walks into second

Potpie now at the plate
Harry Hays waits on deck
Jeeberoni takes a couple of practice cuts
Cy is ready
Now to the belt, here it is...
Young is really bringing it
AND HE BRINGS IT RIGHT INTO Potpie's EAR!
HOLY MANOLI!
Potpie is on the ground but
is moving slightly
Now he's up... and is helped down to first
That loads 'em up for Harry Hays

That will bring up catcher, Harry Hays
Hays a righty in the batter's box
facing the righthanded Young
Young studies his sign
Young checks the runners
Base hit to left for Hays
Tucker scores
Dick Howser is windmilling
the runner home...
The throw is coming home...
Pflaggstettler scores!

Hays at first, Potpie at second, one out
Gunner is now at bat
Stan is batting .261 in
218 at bats in 1900
He will be followed by Deacon Palmer
Gunner looks very intent...
He stares down at Young...
Cocks his bat
Cy checks the runners
Steps off the mound
Again he's into the stretch
The pitch
Driven down the line
Burkett trying to track it down
HE MAKES A BEAUTIFUL CATCH!
Excellent play by Burkett!
Score It: 9
FOFC ahead 2 to 0 with
two away this inning

So FOFC has something going here
in the bottom of the 1st
2 on with 2 runs in
Righthanded Deacon Palmer
stepping to the plate
Against righthanders
Palmer is hitting .294
Young tosses the resin bag aside
He steps on the rubber...
Here's the righthander's delivery
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the right side
Backing just a bit is Burkett
And he pulls it in
The side is retired
2 runs, 2 hits, no errors
and 2 men left on base
Time for a break, just in
time, by the way as
I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog
As Humphrey Bogart once said
A hotdog at the ballpark is better than
steak at the Ritz

Lajoie saunters to the plate
He does some stretching...
Knocks the dirt from his spikes...
Now he steps into the batter's box
Before getting ready
Lajoie checks out the defensive alignment
Nielsen adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
Nielsen fires
It's a routine fly into right
Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up
He grabs it for the out
One down for Turn of Century
Honus Wagner is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to the
plate for Turn of Century

While Sam Crawford heads
for the on deck circle
Honus Wagner makes his way to the plate
Nielsen is having a fine year so far
His 17 victories make him
2nd in the league in that category
Now he's about ready
The lefthander delivers
Swung on and hit sharply to short
Nights plays it on one hop
Over to Potpie...
Out of there!
That's two away

Big Sam is making his way to the plate
Crawford is hitting .291 with 5 homeruns
Sam also has 8 doubles and 2 triples
And has driven in a total of 29 runs
He's ready for the delivery
Here's the 1-2 pitch
A sharp breaking curve...
Crawford was waiting for it
He hits it squarely... and well
Pflaggstettler turns to chase it down...
This one is going, going...
GONE!
Sam Crawford can touch them all

Jimmy Collins, the third baseman,
strides to the plate
The outfield shades towards
left for Collins
Jimmy is ready for the delivery
Here's the 3-1 offering
Jimmy Collins hits a high
pop fly on the infield
Jeff Nights calls everyone off
The ball drifts a bit...
But Nights is there to make the play
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
By the way, Turn of Century is 5
and 5 in their last ten games

Here's the shortstop Nights
To lead off the inning
He'll be followed by Rob Nielsen
And then Barrett Blade
Jeff Nights is hitting .263 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Nights is set in the batter's box
He's staring intently out at Young
He's waiting for the pitch
Here's the windup and the 3-1 delivery
Nights rips the curve to left-center...
Flick racing back to the fence...
He reaches for the drive...
It's over his head!
Nights will lope into second with a double

Nielsen looks to lay one down
He bunts at it . . .
Fielded by J.Collins
the throw to first...
close play...
Out
Nielsen gets the job done.
One away in the bottom of the 2nd for FOFC

The All Stars have Nights on third
Blade steps in
Blade swinging from the right side
facing the righty Young
Right-hander Young eyes the righty Blade
The pitch is on the way
High
Blade works out a walk

The center fielder, A. J. Tucker
will be up next for FOFC
So far this year Tucker is batting .296
He has 19 doubles, 8 triples
7 homeruns with 53 RBI's
and 18 stolen bases
O'Rourke flashes the sign...
Young waves it off...
Now he's happy
Young brings it to the plate
Grounded towards the bag
Kelley grabs it
Throws home for the out!
Score It: 3-2
The runner on third, Nights, is out
Blade takes second
That's the second out of the inning
Time to check the scoreboard

Negro League I is edging Late 20th 1 to 0
Rogan and Maddux currently dueling
Left Outs besting Negro League II 5 to 0
AL Pre WWII is on top of
Japanese League 2 to 0
Gomez and Bessho currently dueling
Dead Ball Era slipping by
NL Post WWII 2 to 0
Plank battling Marichal
NL Pre WWII leads Caribbean 1 to 0
Old Timers is in front of
AL Post WWII 3 to 0
Radbourn comfortably ahead for Old Timers
And right here in FOFC FOFC ahead 2 to 1

Pflaggstettler is up near the batter's box
He is going through his obligatory ritual
Finally, he steps in
Pflaggstettler is batting .313 with
21 round trippers in 1900
Young steps on the rubber...
Looks in for the sign
And the delivery by Young
A slider by Young
Pflaggstettler gets good wood on it...
Crawford back-pedals quickly...
Up with his glove...
Out!
That's all for the All Stars
After 2 full innings,
they lead by 1

Turn of Century will send Flick,
Cy Young, and Jim O'Rourke to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
Flick wiggles the bat above his head
Nielsen shakes off two signs
Now he's ready
The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it
STRIKE THREE, CALLED!
One out
Cy Young is due up next

Young finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Looking to Dode Criss for a sign
Nielsen likes the sign
The lefty Nielsen delivers
Pounded on the ground to third
Palmer grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 5-3
Two down
Hays asks for a new ball
He calls time and trots out to the mound
A conference going on between
Hays and Nielsen

Jim O'Rourke will get a
crack at Nielsen next
Jesse Burkett would be up next...
But only if O'Rourke can reach safely
FOFC leads 2 to 1
Nielsen gets the sign from Hays
He is 4th in the league in strike outs
He has 187 on the season
Blade comes in a couple steps
Yells something to Nielsen
The delivery
High and away
Ball four

Burkett moseys up to the plate
Joe Kelley is heading for
the on-deck circle
Burkett can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Burkett is waiting
His bat is wiggling slightly
Here's the 2-0 offering
There's a routine pop by Burkett
Jeeberoni Potpie moves under the ball
He makes the routine catch
That ends the inning
After 2 and a half innings,
FOFC leads by 1

Jeeberoni Potpie, Harry Hays, and
Stan Gunner are due up
Potpie is at .292 on the season
Cy looks for the sign he wants...
Shakes off the first one
But he likes the next
Here's his delivery
Curve in the dirt... and Potpie holds up
Looked like he went around from here
But the plate umpire says no
O'Rourke asks the first base ump's opinion
He says Potpie went around
Strike three, swinging
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle
and Stan Gunner is looking
for a bat in the dugout

Hays pounds the plate
Now he stares out at Young
Stepping out, Hays looks into the dugout
Steps back in
Young ready quickly, looks in for the sign
Young winds and delivers
Hot shot grounded to short
Wagner grabs it
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
Two up, two down for the All Stars

The left fielder, Gunner, is ready to bat
FOFC on top 2 to 1 in the
bottom of the 3rd
Gunner is batting .260 with
14 homers this year
Young looks down at O'Rourke
for the sign...
Shakes him off once... twice
Now he has the pitch he wants
Cy Young, with 31 appearances
before today's game
looks down for the sign from O'Rourke
Young has great control
He's looking for win number 12
He's into the windup
Routine grounder to second
Lajoie scoops it up
Over to first for the out
And that retires the side

The big guys are due up
for Turn of Century
Kelley will lead it off
He will be followed by Nap
Lajoie and Honus Wagner
Joe is hitting at .314 on the year
He has 120 hits in 382 at bats
Today, he is 0 for 1
Kelley grounded out his last time up
Joe steadies his bat
Waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch
He brings it home
Ripped to third, but right
at Palmer...easy out
One away
While we wait for the next batter
Let's see what's happening in other games

Negro League I is edging Late 20th 1 to 0
Rogan battling Maddux
Left Outs winning over Negro
League II 6 to 0
AL Pre WWII bombing Japanese League 8 to 0
Gehrig has hit his 33rd homerun
for AL Pre WWII
Dead Ball Era is beating
NL Post WWII 4 to 0
Caribbean is giving it to
NL Pre WWII 6 to 1
Martinez enjoying the big Caribbean lead
Old Timers is in front of
AL Post WWII 4 to 1

Up next is Nap Lajoie
the ex-Providence hack driver
Nap is hitting at .382 on the year
He has 163 hits in 427 at bats
This includes 25 doubles, 7 triples
15 home runs and 84 RBI's
Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign
Now he's ready
The southpaw Nielsen delivers
the 2 strike pitch
And Lajoie will sit down...
strike three called
Two down
Nielsen retires the first two
Turn of Century batters

"The Flying Dutchman" will be up next
Wagner is 0 for 1 today
Hays flashes the sign...
Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Here is the 3-1 pitch
Grounded towards the hole
Nice play by Blade
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 4-3
That's it for Turn of Century
Here at FOFC Stadium, After
3 and a half innings,
FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has one
run, one hit and no errors
Turn of Century has left 1 on base
FOFC has stranded 4

Bottom of the All Stars' order coming up
The third baseman, Deacon
Palmer will lead off
Looking for his first hit today
Palmer is 0 for 1
Deacon seems to be relaxed
and ready for the pitch
He steadies his bat now
Young kicks and fires
Palmer swings and misses
Strike three
Palmer didn't have a good
cut at that pitch
One gone for FOFC

Nights gets set at the plate
Young wastes no time
He has the sign from O'Rourke
The righthander delivers
Off-speed pitch...
Nights swings at it...
Hits a high fly to deep center
Flick bolting after it...
This one might carry all the way
Flick jumps for it...
It bounds off the fence
It's a two-bagger for Jeff Nights

Walking up now to the plate is Nielsen
The outfield's shaded towards right
With Nielsen at the plate
The count is nothing and 2
Nielsen has to protect the plate
Now the delivery, here is is...
Off speed pitch on the way...
And Nielsen watches it go
by for the third strike
Two away now for FOFC
They're ahead by 1
The All Stars have 4 hits on the evening

Blade, the second baseman, moves
into the batter's box

FOFC leads 2 to 1
Young steps on the rubber
Young rocks and fires
He hits a tough grounder to short
Taken by Wagner
His throw to first
GOT HIM!
Score It: 6-3
That ends the bottom of the 4th
No runs, one hit, no errors
and one man left on base
After 4 innings, FOFC leads by 1

Sam Crawford to lead things
off for Turn of Century
FOFC with a 1 run lead
The visitors will try to quiet the crowd
A few base runners would do the trick
Crawford taps home plate
Looks into the dugout
Now he's ready
Waiting for the pitch is Crawford
Nielsen brings it home
Crawford hits a three hopper
towards Barrett Blade
Blade scoops it and fires
it to first for the out
With one down, up next is Jimmy Collins
To be followed by Elmer Flick

Coming up for Turn of Century
is Jimmy Collins
Nobody on base, one out
Collins is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen is ready quickly
The pitch is on the way
Ground ball to third
Palmer comes up with it
Over to first
He just beat it out

Elmer Flick is up next
Turn of Century's center fielder
finds 1 on with 1 out
Flick is 0 for 1 today
Nielsen has the sign from Hays
The pitch on the way, here it is...
Flick pulls it on the ground
It's in the hole and past
Jeeberoni Potpie...
Base hit into right field!
Dode Criss puts up the stop
sign for Collins
He'll hold at second

Collins takes his lead...
He appears to be challenging Nielsen
Nielsen watching Collins...
Turns and fires to Blade...
Did he get back?...
Yes says the umpire
That was close

Young lays it down the first base line
Potpie charges in
Scoops it up
Turns and fires to first
Just got him!
Nice bunt
Credit Cy Young with a sacrifice
Two down

O'Rourke digs in at the plate
Ready now for Nielsen to come set
FOFC leads 2 to 1
Nielsen rubs down the ball...
Now he's asking for a new one
After he rubs this one down
He looks in for the sign
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Swung on and missed...
O'Rourke is down on strikes
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
So After 4 and a half innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has one
run, 3 hits and no errors
Turn of Century has left 3 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 5

A. J. Tucker will start the bottom
of the 5th for FOFC
Benton Breeze looking for
some insurance runs
Now, FOFC leads by only 1
Tucker is hitting .284
against righthanders
Cy Young still on the mound
for the Centurions...
Young has gone the distance so far
He's given up 4 hits in 4 innings
Young's righthanded delivery...
Long fly to right
Burkett has a long run...
He's there and hauls it in
Tucker is retired on a fairly deep fly
With one gone
FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler
coming up
A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it

And it brings up Persimmon Pflaggstettler
On deck is Jeeberoni Potpie
Harry Hays in the hole
Pflaggstettler is 0 for
1 today, with 1 walk
Persimmon flied out in his last at bat
One strike on the batter,
Pflaggstettler...
Righthander Young's delivery
It's a Texas Leaguer to left
Here comes Crawford...
He is really motoring...
He reaches down...
But catches it on one hop!
Pflaggstettler is on with
a bloop single to left

Potpie is up next
FOFC has a runner at first and one out
Potpie digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Young
Young is on the first-base
side of the rubber...
Young goes into his stretch...
Looks at Pflaggstettler...
He fires one to Kelley...
Pflaggstettler dives back in
That's his best move to first...
Kelley lobs it back
Now Young comes home
Potpie sends a scorcher to third
Collins takes it on one hop
Fires to Lajoie for one
Back to Kelley for the double play!
And that retires the side
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8/9 Radio Broadcast - Continued

Turn of Century will send Burkett,
Joe Kelley, and Nap Lajoie to face
Rob Nielsen this inning
Burkett is batting .318
with 7 HR's this year
And Rob studies the sign from Hays...
Now he's got it
Nielsen is into his rocking motion
Now his left arm comes around
That's hit down the line
IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . .
WILL IT STAY FAIR???
NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!!
. . . Burkett back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
He hits a tough grounder to the mound
Taken by Nielsen
Over to Potpie
Got him!
Score It: 1-3
And there's one away

Now here's Kelley
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Kelley looks to third for a sign
Kelley waits for the pitch
His bat is coiled
Here's the southpaw's delivery
Fastball... down and away...
Nielsen just misses the
corner... ball four
That's 2 walks given up by Nielsen today

Kelley studies Nielsen intently...
Now he's walking away from the base
Kelley is running on the pitch
A slider away...
Hays takes the pitch...
The throw...
Great throw!
Kelley will be a dead duck
That's why Hays is one of the best

And the batter is Nap Lajoie
Honus Wagner is on-deck
Lajoie grips the bat handle
Lajoie is waiting on the pitch
The All Stars' hurler winds and delivers
Good slider, inside part of the plate
Lajoie gets the bat on it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Blade grabs it...
Throws to first...
OUT!
That's all for Turn of Century
After 5 and a half innings
in FOFC this evening,
FOFC on top 2 to 1

O'Rourke fires the ball down to Wagner
He starts it around the infield
To Lajoie, Kelley
And then to Collins walking
it over to Young
Hays steps in to face the righthander
Here we go in the bottom of the 6th
Hays has a .303 average against
righthanders this season
Harry is set for the pitch
Young's into the windup... the delivery
Hays hits a deep fly to left-center
Flick is at the warning track
He stumbles a little...
Rights himself
He's got it... nice recovery by Flick
One out
Due up next is Stan Gunner

One away, nobody on base
Gunner stands ready at the plate
Stan, a lefty batter, will
square off against Young
Of his 14 home runs, 14
are against righties
Gunner gets set for the pitch
It's coming down the pike
It's a high fly to deep center
Flick is on his horse
It is carrying to the fence
Elmer jumps
It's off the wall
Gunner is around second
But retreats to the bag
as the throw comes in

Making his way up is Palmer
Young has the sign he wants
Now ready, here it is...
Flyball to right
it's caught
Gunner might have a chance to move up...
Burkett makes the catch...
Gunner is tagging up at second...
He makes it to third easily

Walking up to the plate now is Nights
Rob Nielsen waits on deck
Nights is hitting .267 against righties
Young adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from O'Rourke
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Nights swings...
Curveball, popped straight up
Drifting towards short
Wagner is there
Jeff is out
Nights leaves Gunner stranded
The home town folks quiet down
Nights chokes in the clutch!
That wraps up the inning for FOFC
Time to check out the rest of the scores

Late 20th is edging Negro League I 2 to 1
Sandberg has hit his 11th
homerun for Late 20th
Left Outs is comfortably ahead
of Negro League II 6 to 0
AL Pre WWII is running roughshod
over Japanese League 10 to 0
Dead Ball Era with the lead
over NL Post WWII 5 to 2
Caribbean is giving it to
NL Pre WWII 6 to 1
Old Timers is comfortably ahead
of AL Post WWII 8 to 2
And in our contest FOFC on top 2 to 1

Wagner leading off
Turn of Century would like to
get some runners on base
Honus comes to the plate batting .311
with 10 home runs

He is 0 for 2 so far today
Wagner is set for the 1-1 pitch
The southpaw Nielsen's delivery
Wagner swings and hits a loud foul
Potpie drifts over to the
first base stands
Reaches in...
It's out of play
. . . Wagner back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Slider, down at the knees...
Cut on by Wagner...
He smashes a hard shot...
It's through into left field...
Nights made a great effort
But the ball was just out of his reach

Wagner inches away from first base
Wagner is unable to take the lead he wants

Crawford, Turn of Century's left fielder,
is coming to the plate
He is finished with his pre-bat warmup
Jimmy Collins waits on deck
Crawford is 1 for 2 today
Rob Nielsen is having a good year
He is 2nd in wins with 17

Now Nielsen is looking for a sign
And the delivery by Nielsen
Grounded towards the bag
Potpie trots to the bag
Score It: 3
And there's one away

Wagner extends out slowly toward third
Wagner can steal third as easily as second
He's a speedster and has fine technique
Nielsen holds the runner

Next up is Jimmy Collins
Wagner is the runner on second
He represents the tying run
Collins is at .258 on the season
Nielsen steps off the rubber...
Adjusts his cap...
Now he slides his foot back into position
He's ready
Nielsen brings it to the plate
Swung on...and it's in the
air to the left side
Backing up just a bit is Gunner
And he pulls it in
Two gone for Turn of Century

Defensive manager has decided
to pitch around Elmer Flick
Flick finishes his practice swings
Now he strides to the batter's box
Flick is 1 for 2 today
Nielsen, allowing only 4 hits today,
and pitching well otherwise,
will certainly do no harm to his
5th place standing in ERA in the league
The southpaw delivers
Fastball, belt high, away...
Flick goes after it...
There's a fly ball to Pflaggstettler
Pflaggstettler is gliding under it...
He flags it down on the run
That does it in the top of the 7th
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After 6 and a half innings,
FOFC on top 2 to 1

It's time for the 7th inning stretch!

Kris Terp, Barrett Blade,
and A. J. Tucker are the first three
All Stars batters due up
FOFC leads, 2-1
Terp has 7 doubles this year
Set now is Terp
Young brings it to the plate
There's a checked swing...
But Terp gets a piece of it anyway
It's a pop fly into center
Flick comes in on it...
Easy out
Terp couldn't get his bat out of the way
One away
While we wait for the next batter
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Young glares in at Blade as he steps in
Now he's ready to go
Barrett steps out of the batter's
box to get the sign
Blade is 0 for 2 today
He grounded out last time up
Blade is set for the 2-2 pitch
Young winds
Kicks the left leg high...
Blade swings and misses
STRIKE THREE!
Young strikes out Barrett Blade
That's two away
Wagner comes over from his shortstop
position to say a few words to Young
A. J. Tucker will be next up...

Here's A. J. Tucker
Tucker is at .295 on the season
Young adjusts his belt...
Looks in for the sign from O'Rourke
The righthander winds and delivers
Ball four is the call
Young can't believe the call
And barks at the home plate umpire
The ump points out at Young
Tucker takes first base

Taking his lead is Tucker
Another throw...
Young's five throws over
have been effective
Tucker has a small lead now
He must be getting tired
from diving back in!

Pflaggstettler is up now for FOFC
Watching Young, Pflaggstettler
wiggles the bat
He's ready for the pitch
After getting set, Pflaggstettler
waits on the pitch
Young checks Tucker on first...
The 1-1 delivery
There's a shallow flyball struck
by Pflaggstettler
Elmer Flick runs in, calls for the ball
He makes the catch
Pflaggstettler is out
That is the third out for FOFC here
in the last of the seventh
The attendance has just been
announced at 47738

We are going to have a pinch hitter
Hughie Jennings will bat for Cy Young
It will be the righthand hitting, Jennings
against the righty Kronside
Jennings is hitting righties
for a .321 average

Here is Hughie Jennings to start
it off for Turn of Century
Jennings can't seem to get
settled at the plate
Hughie is ready for the delivery
The righthander Kronside delivers
Jennings swings and hits one down the line
It'll be in there for extra bases
The ball is kicking around in the corner
Jennings is heading for second
The ball comes in...
A whistling two-bagger for Hughie Jennings

That'll bring up Centurions'
catcher Jim O'Rourke...
Turn of Century with a man in
scoring position at second
Jim takes a couple of practice cuts
The bat is cocked
Here's the 2 strike offering
Kronside comes with his best heat...
And this time it's too much for O'Rourke
As he swings right through
it for strike three
With one down

Potpie yells something out to Kronside
Jace nods his head

Jennings takes his lead...
He appears to be challenging Kronside
Jennings is running on the pitch
A slider away...
Hays is up, firing...
SAFE, Jennings gets under the
tag attempt by Fouts

Jesse Burkett steps into the box
Burkett is at .317 on the season
Kronside has the sign from Hays
Here's the righthander's delivery
There's a high pop up
drifting into foul ground
it may get out of play
Nights races over
He's over by the stands
Can he get to it???
NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!!
. . . Burkett back in the box
And here comes the next pitch
Sinker that stays up, belt high...
Burkett goes after it...
Deep fly ball, way back...
Tucker moving under on it
He grabs it for the out
No chance for a play on the runner
Who scores for Turn of Century
Two out, nobody on
The score is knotted at 2

Planting his right foot
Kelley is set in the box...

The infield shifts slightly to the left
for the right hand hitting Kelley
Kelley grips the bat handle
He should get a good one to hit
The count at 3 and 1
Joe brings the bat back...
Jace rocks and fires
Kronside loses him
Kelley heads down to first
2 walks today for Kelley

Kelley watches Kronside as he
inches away from the base
Kronside's throws over have been effective
Kelley has a shorter lead now
He must be getting tired
diving back into the bag

Nap Lajoie moves in to face Kronside
1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th
Lajoie wiggles the bat above his head
Lajoie waits on Kronside
Kronside's 3-1 pitch...
Fastball, high and tight
Ball Four
Chin music...
Lajoie didn't like it

Honus Wagner, the shortstop,
strides to the plate
Two men on, two men out
Kronside looks at the ball...
Steps off the rubber
Throws it in to Hays
He wants a new ball
The ump looks at it...

Tosses it aside... throws
a new one to Kronside
Now he is ready...
Kronside checks the runners
Wagner drives one into left
Gerald Gazelle sprints over
to make the play
That retires the side... but not before
the Centurions score 1 run to tie it up
After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has
2 runs, 6 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has 2 runs,
5 hits and no errors
Kid Nichols will be coming on to
pitch for Turn of Century
Kid has appeared in 46 games this season
with a record of 6-3
In 83 innings, he has an 4.43 ERA
Cy Young has finished his work
here this evening
Turn of Century's defensive changes are...
Jennings will bat 9th and play SS

The first baseman Potpie will
start things off for the All Stars
Potpie digs in on the right side
of the plate facing the righty Nichols
He's ready
The pitch is on the way
Breaking ball...
It darts down and out
as Potpie swings way over it
He was fooled completely
O'Rourke loses it momentarily,
but now finds the handle and tags
Jeeberoni as he was heading for the dugout
One down for FOFC
Harry Hays is in the on-deck circle
ready to make his way to
the plate for FOFC

So that brings up Harry Hays
the FOFC catcher
With 2 RBI's in the game
Hays has 37 on the season
Hays is set for the pitch
Here's the 2 strike pitch
Hays rips one on the ground
It's a 'daisy cutter' to Collins
Jimmy fields it cleanly
Over to first quickly...
Easy out
That's two away

Gazelle coming up for FOFC
Nobody on, two away
Nichols steps on the rubber
Here's his delivery
Shallow fly ball
Flick charging
HE DIVES...
HE CAN'T GET IT!
Gazelle stops at first
That's a single

Gazelle is taking his lead from first
Curve down at the knees...
Gazelle is heading for second
O'Rourke takes the pitch... fires...
Low throw...
Gazelle slides...
OUT!...
Jennings dug that ball out of the dirt
and applied the tag...
Close play

First up for Turn of Century
in the top of the 9th
is Crawford against Kronside
The Turn of Century left fielder will be
followed by Jimmy Collins and Elmer Flick
The score is knotted at 2
Crawford swinging from the left side
of the plate against the righty Kronside
Crawford is set
Kronside brings it to the plate
Hard slider, paints the inside corner
Crawford gets a piece of it...
Slams a sharp grounder to the right side
Potpie grabs it...
Races to first...
Beats Crawford for the out
One gone for Turn of Century

Nobody on base, one away
Collins steps into the batter's box
Jimmy is batting .257 with
5 home runs on the season
He is 1 for 3 today
Collins cocks his bat
Righthander Kronside's delivery
Ripped to third, but right
at Fouts...easy out
Two down
Jace Kronside retires
the first two batters in a row

Elmer Flick will get a crack
at Kronside next
Hughie Jennings would be up next...
But only if Flick can reach safely
Elmer Flick is hitting .313 this year
against righthanded pitchers
Kronside is asking for a new ball...
The ump throws him a new one...
Kronside looks in...
Now he's ready
Kronside's righthanded delivery...
It's a routine fly into center
Tucker ranges over and reaches up
This should do it...
And Tucker grabs it for the out
That wraps up the inning
for Turn of Century
So After 8 and a half innings
FOFC has 2 runs, 7 hits and no errors
While Turn of Century has 2 runs,
5 hits and no errors
Turn of Century has left 6 stranded
FOFC has failed to bring home 7

Bottom of the All Stars' order coming up
The third baseman, Dan Fouts will lead off
Stepping in and then stepping out again
Fouts looks to third for a sign
Right-hander Nichols prepares
for the pitch
to the left-handed swinging Fouts
It's a 3-2 count
Here comes the pay-off pitch...
Fastball, down and in...
Fouts laces a hit into the outfield...
Flick picks it up
Fires it quickly into the infield
Fouts holds with a single
Good start to the inning for FOFC

Up next for the All Stars
The hometown shortstop, Jeff Nights
O'Rourke flashes the sign...
Nichols shakes it off, he wants another...

Now he's happy
Nichols goes into his stretch
Looks over at the fidgety Fouts
He lobs one to Kelley...
Fouts is back easily...

We're ready again
Now Nichols comes home
The runner is off with the pitch
Hit and run!
Nichols' fastball is ripped toward short
Jennings can't get to it!
It is into the outfield...
Fouts was off and running with
the crack of the bat
He is on his way to third...
They'll have a chance to get him...
Here's the throw...
SAFE!
A nice shot by Nights
and a nice piece of baserunning as well
So there are runners on the
corners for Jace Kronside
Great call by manager Benton Breeze!
And Nights was able to carry it out

Next up for the All Stars
is David Gonzalez
Nichols adjusts his cap...
Now he's set
It's coming down the pike
Drilled deep to center field
Elmer Flick giving chase
He's got it
Fouts is tagging up
He'll make it easily
Score It: 8
That's one away
FOFC wins 3 to 2
Kronside gets credit for the win
Nichols takes the loss
The hitting star for FOFC
was Jeff Nights
He was 3 for 4
And that wraps things up
So long from FOFC.
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