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GAME 6 - Sunday, April 8th - Boxscore
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The National Herald - Monday, April 9th
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FOFC - Manager Update
As I drive to the ballpark early this morning, I'm thinking about the fact we are off to an amazing 6 and 1 right now. I felt like we would be able to compete, but I certainly didn't expect to start the season this well. It's been an interesting first week, we've won pitching duals and shootouts, and even in our 1 loss, we had people on base, we just didn't come up with any clutch hits. Now, I'm not naive enough to think it's going to be this easy all season. We've been home for our first two series, when we go on the road and play in the Yellowstone size parks the Centurions, Ghosts, and Ancients play in our power will be nulified to some extent, and when we go to some of the band boxes that the power teams play in our pitching will probably struggle. We've had quite a few players step up for us so far this season. I'd like to see a little more consistency with the bats. Blade, Tucker, Hays and Pflaggstettler are hitting well so far. Heck Persimmon has been so good I had to move him to the heart of the order, and he hasn't disappointed. Gonzalez is playing well enough right now to set up a platoon with Potpie. Bullock, who's doing fine, will still get plenty of playing time, because of the position, even if he wasn't playing well he'd still see ample playing time. Fouts started off great, but he's slipped enough for me to give Palmer some more at bats. Gunners is playing well in limited action - right now I think I'll stick with a platoon between Ton and Gunner, but I need to make a mental note to get Gazelle in a game soon. Gazelle is better against lefties, maybe I'll give him a start if we play a tough leftie soon. I'd like to work Treacy in as well, but Blade is playing too good right now to pull him from the lineup, and even when he wasn't hitting great he was still setting the table. As for pitching, I was real disappointed in Bo's recent outing. He was horrible, and he said as much to me, appologizing and promising to do better in his next outing. I have confidence in him, I know he can get the job done, it must have been just one of those nights. After his over-reaction to his first outing, and a crushed bathroom mirro, Kronside has been great, and Sammy has pitched lights out. The starters, except for Hunter, have been great and Rodney has shows real promise as a long reliever, though I won't right him off for the rotation. I haven't pitched Williams yet, I was saving him in case I needed to use a 5th starter, but it looks like the starters are ready to roll and I won't need a 5th this time around. As for tonight. I'm not sure what we'll be doing with the lineup, because I'm not sure who we will be facing. |
John Williams is willing to play any role coach thinks is best for the team, but John Williams is itching to get some game action!!!
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Question, i cant remember if this was in your original info you posted, and im being lazy right now, but whats the story with injuries, length, severity?
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Injuries will occur, they are built into each players card, the length/severity is random. Injuries can be day to day or as long as 15 games (I believe that's the max). We've had a few - "player is injured on the play - but he shakes it off and can contnue in the game" messages already. When an injury occurs I'll make sure it's discussed. I'm also trying to stay on top (at least in a limited bases to injuries on other teams). |
Persimmon:
"Wow, first time my name's been in the paper this year..." Browsing the game capsules.. "My hitting's about where I want it to be... but I HAVE to start fielding better. The power's coming though, I'm seeing the ball real well." "Hey Gunner, you want to hit the cage a bit... Need to work on driving the ball in the gap." |
GAME 7 - Monday, April 9th - Radio Broadcast
Top 1 There's a checked swing... But Suzuki gets a piece of it anyway It's a pop fly into right Pflaggstettler comes in on it... Easy out Suzuki couldn't get his bat out of the way One out Due up next is Isao Harimoto Harimoto cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock Harimoto was badly fooled by Mighty's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Isao was a little overanxious Two gone for Japanese League Nomura fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of third Palmer is over quickly Easy out That does it for Japanese League in the top of the 1st Bottom 1 Blade starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Bessho walks him The runner goes Nights loves to hit and run... Broken bat ground ball to first Oh trots to the bag Score It: 3 One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is still in the on-deck circle and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking for a bat in the dugout Tucker hits a high pop into short left field Nagashima and Matsubara sprint towards the outfield Here comes Yamamoto Matsubara puts his glove out... Makes a lucky catch in front of Yamamoto!! That's two away Off speed pitch on the way... And Pflaggstettler watches it go by for the third strike Takehiko Bessho holds the All Stars scoreless in the first Top 2 Oh swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mighty strikes out Saduharu Oh One down for Japanese League Koji Yamamoto is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Japanese League Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bullock fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Yamamoto Two down Mighty retires the first two Japanese League batters It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Nights takes off after it... Leaps... And Nagashima is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Jeff is very fine fielder! Mighty sets them down in order Here in the top of the 2nd Bottom 2 Potpie swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Nagashima and skips out to Yamamoto Potpie rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Potpie returns to first as Koji gets a nice throw in to Kawakami Here's the change up... Waiting on it... Palmer drives one over Harimoto's head... Harimoto backing up quickly... He's got his legs twisted... But he rights himself in time Harimoto recovers and makes the grab One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games NL Pre WWII and AL Post WWII have yet to score Late 20th leads AL Pre WWII 3 to 2 Left Outs clipping Dead Ball Era 4 to 0 NL Post WWII is edging Caribbean 1 to 0 Koufax and Cuellar currently dueling Negro League II leads Old Timers 1 to 0 Negro League I and Turn of Century are all knotted at 1 Duffy has hit his 1st homerun for Turn of Century And right here in FOFC No score Smashed to short Matsubara comes up with it Throws to second He's out Could be two . . . Not in time! Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Potpie, is out Two down Nomura asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Nomura and Bessho Stan Gunner hits a drive down the line If it stays fair it may be gone Koji Yamamoto is right at the foul pole He won't get it, it's a foul ball for Gunner Just to the left of the pole 318 feet from home plate . . . Gunner back in the box And here comes the next pitch Bounding ball to second Taken by Kawakami Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That's three outs, side retired Top 3 The pitch is just inside and Matsubara holds up Bullock points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! One up, one down for Japanese League Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! FOFC gets the second out of the inning High hard fastball, swung on... It's a grounder hammered at second... Blade is there... IT'S INTO RIGHT!!... It took a HIGH hop right over him! That's a single for Bessho Suzuki drives the ball to right for extra bases Bob Horner is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Japanese League... Not cut-off... Bessho scores! Trailing runner advances. Double for Suzuki Harimoto pops a curveball straight up Barrett Blade has it in his sights Blade makes the play That's all for Japanese League After 2 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, Japanese League ahead 1 to 0 Bottom 3 There's a shot off the bat of Al Mighty But it's right at Kawakami who makes the catch of the line drive Mighty throws his bat into the dirt in disgust FOFC with one away Bessho steps off the mound as he waits for Barrett Blade to come to the plate Good slider, inside part of the plate Blade gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Kawakami grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two up, two down for the All Stars It's a routine fly into left Yamamoto ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Yamamoto grabs it for the out 1-2-3, nothing across... Top 4 In the dirt That's ball four That's not the best way to start an inning. Oh sends a hot smash to the mound Mighty takes it on one hop Fires to Blade for one Back to first for the double play! And there's two away Sinking fastball... Yamamoto swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's it here in the top of the 4th It's 1-0 in favor of the visitors from Japanese League We'll be back in just a moment Bottom 4 Drilled on the ground to second Taken by Kawakami Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 So one up and one gone Pflaggstettler hits a three hopper towards Makato Matsubara Matsubara scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's the second out of the inning Struck him out on a fastball Potpie goes down swinging That's all for the All Stars in the 4th inning No runs, no hits and no errors... We go to the 5th... Japanese League ahead 1 to 0 Top 5 Nagashima 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! . . . Nagashima back in the box And here comes the next pitch Nagashima rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Palmer spears it! A shot hit right on the screws but right at the FOFC third baseman One up, one down Matsubara swings and misses Strike three Matsubara didn't have a good cut at that pitch That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Mighty Tetsuharu Kawakami will be next up... Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Kawakami hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Bounding ball to the mound Mighty grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 That's it for Japanese League Here at FOFC Stadium, After 4 and a half innings, Japanese League has one run, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors Japanese League has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 2 Bottom 5 It's a high fly into right Suzuki ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out With one down, up next is Billy Bullock To be followed by Stan Gunner Drilled on the ground to second Taken by Kawakami Over to Oh Got him! Score It: 4-3 Two up, two down for FOFC Swung on and hit sharply to second Kawakami plays it on one bounce Over to Oh... Out of there! That's all for the All Stars... After 5 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, Japanese League leads 1 to 0 Top 6 Right down the middle... strike three Suzuki must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch One out Due up next is Isao Harimoto Off-speed pitch... Harimoto swings at it... Hits a high fly to deep center Tucker bolting after it... This one might carry all the way Tucker jumps for it... It bounds off the fence It's a two-bagger for Isao Harimoto Nomura swings and lifts one toward left Gunner drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Two down in the 6th Time for a station break This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System your 4 Sports Network... OK, we're back and ready to go... Looks like Oh will be given a free pass here And he is... that's four wide ones Koji Yamamoto is the batter due up next It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Nights for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That'll do it in the top of the 6th No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base Japanese League on top 1 to 0 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Bottom 6 Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! That's one away Changeup down low... Blade makes contact and hits one out to center Isao Harimoto is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Bessho Two down Takehiko Bessho retires the first two batters in order Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Nights hits it into the hole on the right side Kawakami ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Nights is out by a step at first That ends the inning After 6 innings, Japanese League leads by 1 Top 7 Topped in front of home Bullock gets to it He throws He is SAFE! That's an infield hit for Nagashima! Matsubara fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Matsubara squares Matsubara lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Matsubara might beat it out... Fielded by D.Palmer the throw to first... close play... SAFE, Matsubara beat it out! Nagashima takes second Kawakami reaches out and pokes it on the ground to right Base hit for Kawakami Japanese League adds to their lead Japanese League on top 2 to 0 Bessho squares around He bunts it . . . Fielded by A.Mighty the throw to first... close play... Out Bessho gets the job done. One down, two to go... Al Mighty has to bear down now Japanese League is trying the squeeze! Here comes Matsubara Suzuki bunted it to the mound It's a good one Mighty rights himself after the delivery Races in He sweeps the ball to Bullock in one motion OUT! The squeeze play is unsuccessful That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard NL Pre WWII and AL Post WWII are tied at 5 Late 20th leads AL Pre WWII 4 to 3 Maddux battling Hoyt Left Outs is pounding Dead Ball Era 11 to 4 Jenkins enjoying the big Left Outs lead Caribbean is in front of NL Post WWII 6 to 3 Linares has hit his 2nd homerun for Caribbean Negro League II with the lead over Old Timers 3 to 0 Wilson has hit his 1st homerun for Negro League II Negro League I is in front of Turn of Century 7 to 4 Williams comfortably ahead for Negro League I Suzuki takes a short lead against the lefty Mighty Mighty looks Suzuki back He is unable to get his normal lead A high fastball... Harimoto swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Blade Barrett is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Harimoto was looking for the breaking ball That's it for Japanese League here in the top of the 7th They leave 2 runners stranded Japanese League has 2 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Bottom 7 Bouncer in the hole and past Saduharu Oh... Base hit into right field! That one had eyes on it Good piece of hitting by Tucker Pflaggstettler hits a deep fly ball into the alley Yamamoto chases it down The ball hits the base of the wall 399 feet from home plate Yamamoto smacks the wall and falls to the ground Koji is after it as Persimmon heads for second Pflaggstettler does not slow down... He is digging for third... Finally, Yamamoto has the ball... Here's the throw... SAFE, Pflaggstettler slides under the tag by Matsubara Textbook hook slide Pflaggstettler has himself a triple And there goes Bessho's shutout But Japanese League still leads by 1 Potpie lines one over second for a single He rounds the bag hard and starts for second Oh, look at that throw by Suzuki Potpie scrambles back to first and holds Through the drawn in infield! The ball is low and outside Did he go around? The umpire says no Ball four For Palmer, that's 1 walk today Bullock hits one off the end of his bat It is twisting towards short Matsubara fields it cleanly Zips it to second OUT! Over to first Double play! Bullock needs to get the lead out Two down And Gunner will sit down... strike three called That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 32786 Top 8 Nomura hits a screamer at Barrett Blade Blade takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Potpie scoops it on one hop Nomura is out! Nice play by Potpie Mighty retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 8th Fastball... Oh jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep left There goes Gunner after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Stan Gunner! We're all tied up at 2 with two away this inning Comebacker, right to Mighty Over to Potpie for the easy out And that will do it for Japanese League Bottom 8 Breeze brings Ton in to pinch hit for the pitcher Ton hits a fly ball to right Ichiro Suzuki camps under it He's got it One down, nobody on Game tied It's a high pop just behind the plate Nomura, Oh, and Nagashima all converge on the ball THEY COLLIDE!! And the ball drops untouched No error charged . . . Blade back in the box And here comes the next pitch Blade hits a pop into short left field Nagashima sprints out Yamamoto and Harimoto sprint towards the infield Isao Harimoto sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Nights will try the hit and run! He rips a grounder It's into left field Jeff Nights has a base hit The hit and run works to perfection! Blade takes third Fastball... just outside Tucker will take first on the walk That will load 'em up for Persimmon Pflaggstettler Smashed to short Matsubara comes up with it Throws home and nails him! On to first He's OUT, a home to first double play Score It: 6-2-3 And that retires the side Top 9 Breeze brings in Kronside to pitch Big bender, low and inside... Swung on... Line single to Gunner in left... Picking it up in a hurry is Gunner... Nagashima takes a wide turn... But stays at first base as the throw comes in Nagashima takes his lead Curveball low... Matsubara checks his swing There goes Nagashima on a delayed steal! Bullock displays his strong arm... Right on the money... Nagashima is out by a mile Sinking line drive Caught by Deacon Palmer With two gone, We're all tied up at 2 in the top of the 9th 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!! Ground ball to the mound Taken by Kronside Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That wraps up the inning for Japanese League So After 8 and a half innings FOFC has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Japanese League has 2 runs, 9 hits and no errors Japanese League has left 7 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 5 Bottom 9 Curve ball, falls off the table... Potpie lunges for it... Gets the bat on it... Hits a ground ball down the left field line Nagashima diving to his right... It's by him, heading into the corner Potpie rounds first... He will try for two Yamamoto makes a smooth pick-up Here's the throw... Not in time! Potpie has himself a double Palmer fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Palmer squares around He bunts the ball . . . Fielded by K.Nomura the throw to first... Out Palmer gets the job done. With one down Oh yells something out to Bessho Takehiko nods his head Lined hard to short It's over Matsubara's head for a single! Potpie scores from third! FOFC wins 3 to 2 Kronside gets credit for the win Bessho takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 3 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 7 - Monday, April 9th - Boxscore
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FOFC - TEAM UPDATE
We have 2 more games against the Japanese HOFers then we get 3 against the Late 20th Century Modern Stars and 2 against the Dead Ballers before going on the road for the first time (terrible schedule creator in this game). I'm not sure who the Japanese team will throw against us. I think Kaneda is next followed by Sugishita, but it appears Sugishita isn't getting used much. We'll have to see who they throw at us - nice work tonight guys. See you tomorrow. |
FOFC - LEAGUE UPDATE
After the game I go to the league website to view stats and records for other teams, I also take a moment to look at injury reports, and am surprised to not only see the numbers of injured people but who's injured. I expected the Newspaper would highlight this information better, maybe it did and I just missed it, but the list looks like this: Whitey Ford is out for 13 more days - Tendinitis DiMaggio is out for 13 as well - sprained ankle Schaulk is out for 8 - bruised hand Aaron is out for 14 - groin injury Seaver is out for 9 - sore shoulder Bancroft is listed as day to day (I think) Wagner will miss 11 games - groin injury Sugishita is out for 9 games - back spasms Pop Lloyd will miss 12 - hamstring Man that's some big names - thank God we've avoided the injury bug so far...where's some wood to knock on???? |
Wow, Bullock, I owe you one, helluva throw to make Nagashima look foolish!
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What? No Web Gems out there at Shortstop?
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Another great win all! Let's keep it going!
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The National Herald - Tuesday, April 10th
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FOFC - Manager Update
"There is a shot hit my Bullock and the winning run scores for the FOFC All Stars..." "Still watching the highlights of the game?" Dick Howser asks as he stands in the open door to my office. "Can't help it, I turn on the TV for background noise, and eveytime our game comes on, I have to watch it. I've been extremely impressed with our teams resourcefulness." I explain as I grab the remote and turn off the television. "Yeah, we've been good and lucky so far." "Agreed." "So what are we doing tonight?" he querries. "I'm not sure, you know who's pitching?" "I think it's Keneda." "Yeah, I'll have to look it over." "Who we throwing?" "It's Hunters turn again." "Hope he pitches better than last time out." Howser says matter of factly. "Me too." "What if he doesn't?" "You mean with regards to his spot in the rotation?" "Yep, how long will you stick with him in the 4 spot?" "If he pitches poorly tonight, I'll probably give him 1 more shot. I have too many other good pitchers who want to slip into the roation to not give them a try." Howers nods in agreement. "What about tomorrow? You going to go back to Babson or will you work in a 5th starter this time?" "I'm probably going to let Williams throw tomorrow." I answer. "That reminds me. Help me remember to tell Sal, so Williams doesn't throw to much today and he doesn't get him up for relief purposes tonight." Howser answers, "I think I saw Sal's car when I came in. I'll go look for him." He walks out of the office and shuts the door, while I start looking at scounting reports on Keneda, hoping I'm not wasting my time only to find out the Japanese HOFers are planning on using Starrfin or someone else. At least we won't have to face Sugishita this series...I think he's their best starter. |
It's about time I started hitting the ball...
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FOFC - Tuesday, April 10th - Radio Broadcast
Top 1 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 One away in the top of the 1st for Japanese League Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Wakamatsu swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Tsutomu as he was heading for the dugout Two gone for Japanese League It's a Texas Leaguer to center Here comes Tucker... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Nomura is on with a bloop single to center The Whiff! Hunter punches Oh out! Owen Hunter holds Japanese League scoreless in the first inning Bottom 1 Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Blade hits it into the hole on the right side Kawakami ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Blade is out by a step at first So one up and one gone Slow ground ball Nagashima is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two down Long fly to center Harimoto has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Tucker is retired on a fairly deep fly 1-2-3, nothing across... Top 2 It's a high fly ball into shallow right Pflaggstettler runs in... He calls for it... Blade yells "take it" And Pflaggstettler puts it away Nagashima is retired on a lazy fly to right FOFC gets the first out of the inning Ball four is the call Hunter can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Hunter Harimoto takes first base Harimoto sneaks away from the base Hunter steps off the rubber Looks Harimoto back to the bag Base hit to left for Kawakami Third base coach Bob Horner is motioning Harimoto to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Kawakami at first Kawakami stretches his lead Kawakami does not get a good lead Matsubara laces the fastball into right... Kawakami is running on the pitch Kawakami makes the turn at second... Harimoto scores easily... Pflaggstettler uncorks a throw to third... Too late, he is in standing Nomo squares around Nomo lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Nomo might beat it out... Fielded by O.Hunter the throw to first... close play... SAFE, Nomo beat it out! Kawakami holds at third Matsubara takes second STEEE... RIKE THREE! Hunter catches him looking Suzuki doesn't get it done Two down Tsutomu Wakamatsu is due up next He misses, wide... Ball four Hunter walks in a run! Kawakami crosses the plate Japanese League leads 2 to 0 And the bases remain jammed Nomura swings and lifts one toward right Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's it here in the top of the 2nd It's 2-0 in favor of the visitors from Japanese League We'll be back in just a moment Bottom 2 Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Nomura fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Pflaggstettler One up, one down for FOFC A sharp breaking curve... Potpie was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Wakamatsu turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Jeeberoni Potpie can touch them all Hays hits a fly ball to center Isao Harimoto camps under it He's got it Two out, nobody on Japanese League ahead 2 to 1 Ton really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Suzuki has a shot at it He leaps for it at the fence... OUT!!! Top 3 It's a high pop-up in back of second Blade is under it Waiting..Waiting... My, this one's a "major league" pop-up Blade snags it for the out And there's one away Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 4 for Owen Hunter today 4 on the year And there's two away Ground ball through the middle Blade ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! That ends the top of the 3rd No runs, no hits and no errors After 2 and a half innings, Japanese League leads by 1 Bottom 3 It's a smash over short Matsubara leaps Just over his outstretched glove Palmer makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Hunter squares to bunt It's dribbled down the third base line Nagashima bare hands it... Sidearm toss to first Just in time! Nice play Credit Owen Hunter with a sacrifice One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC It goes wide of the plate Nomura can't handle it Charge a wild pitch to Nomo Swing and a miss, strike three! Barrett Blade appeared to be looking for a fastball But Nomo fooled him with a hook Barrett looked a little silly on that swing That's the second out of the inning In the dirt That's ball four Tucker swings There's one into the alley That one is going to be trouble It's by Suzuki Tucker doesn't slow down He heads for third base... He'll make it easily Triple number 2 of the year for A. J. Tucker Swung on and hit to shallow center Tough chance for Harimoto He grabs it Nice play! Score It: 8 That does it for FOFC here in the bottom of the 3rd But they pick up 2 runs So After 3 innings, FOFC on top 3 to 2 Top 4 It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out That's one away There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker Tucker circles under it... He makes the play Nomo lifts a long fly ball... Heading into left... Hit pretty good, carrying very well... Ton heading back... IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN! 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 retires the side The HOF Players score 1 run in the inning After 3 and a half innings, The score is tied at 3 Bottom 4 Potpie pops one straight up And it will be Nagashima making the play With one down, up next is Harry Hays To be followed by K. A. Ton Curve ball... Hays swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! One more chance for FOFC this inning It's popped behind home plate Nomura throws down his mask He's running back At the screen... The wind blows it right into the screen . . . Ton back in the box And here comes the next pitch Curve, at the belt... Ton times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Tsutomu Wakamatsu retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Off-speed pitch... Palmer swings at it... Hits a high fly to deep center Harimoto bolting after it... This one might carry all the way Harimoto jumps for it... It bounds off the fence It's a two-bagger for Deacon Palmer Hunter takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Hunter's outta there After 4 innings FOFC ahead 4 to 3 Top 5 Fastball... low and away, ball four Hunter puts the tying run on base Not a good idea Base hit to left for Nomura Bob Horner puts up the stop sign... Wakamatsu will stay at second Grounded into the hole Tremendous diving grab by Nights! Throw to second for one They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That's two away The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Nagashima swung, that's strike three Nagashima isn't happy at all with that call That wraps up the inning for Japanese League So After 4 and a half innings FOFC has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors While Japanese League has 3 runs, 6 hits and no errors Japanese League has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 Bottom 5 Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Matsubara It's by him... Wakamatsu comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Blade to a single Blade inches slowly away from the bag Nomo's throws over have been effective Blade has a shorter lead now He must be getting tired diving back into the bag Nights maneuvers to hit behind the runner Grounded towards the middle It bounces off Matsubara's chest! No play on Nights, base hit Nights gets an infield hit Blade takes second Tucker looks to lay one down He bunts the ball . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by S.Oh the throw to first... Out Tucker gets the job done. One out The All Stars have a 1 run lead Pflaggstettler is waiting Persimmon need wait no more... he's outta here Just another victim of Nomo's breaking ball Two gone in the bottom of the 5th Japanese League is still in quite a jam Clutch situation for Jeeberoni Potpie He'll come up against the righthanded Nomo It's a high bouncer to second Kawakami waits for it to come down Snap throw to first...OUT! Jeeberoni leaves the FOFC faithful disappointed That does it for FOFC in the 5th They leave 2 on base 3 stranded so far today Top 6 Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Hunter punches him out! Slider, down and in... Kawakami manages to hit a shallow fly Pflaggstettler charging hard... dives... Great diving catch by Pflaggstettler! He slid several feet after making that stab Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Hunter Hard ground ball to the mound Outstanding play by Hunter! His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 The HOF Players go down in order, 1-2-3 After 5 and a half innings, FOFC ahead 4 to 3 Bottom 6 Hays chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Nomo Kawakami snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! One down for FOFC K. A. Ton is still in the on-deck circle and Deacon Palmer is looking for a bat in the dugout There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Tsutomu Wakamatsu is at the wall... He's jumping for it... He's got it!!! What a great play by Wakamatsu! Well he is known to have a good glove out there! Palmer takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Palmer can't believe it and says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Nomo That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 4-3, FOFC Top 7 Bobby Valentine will send up a pinch hitter for Hideo Nomo Yes, Kenichi Yazawa steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Hunter Fastball over the plate Yazawa swings and sends a shot to deep right-center Tucker and Pflaggstettler are converging toward the fence Tucker has a chance... He goes up for it... Man alive! He pulls it down! Fantastic play by A. J. Suzuki hits a deep fly ball into the alley K. A. Ton chases it down But the ball hits the base of the wall Ton hits the wall and falls to the ground Suzuki is into third with a triple Now they check on Ton He's okay That ball hit right at the base of the fence 399 feet from home plate Swung on and missed by Wakamatsu, he's down on strikes Grounded towards the bag Palmer comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 Hunter shuts down Japanese League here in the top of the 7th So FOFC still with the lead as we go to a commercial break It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Bottom 7 Bobby Valentine will be bringing in a relief pitcher Victor Starffin has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Treacy hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Grounded down the line Oh trots to the bag Score It: 3 One out Due up next is Jeff Nights Groundball to short Treacy is trying to advance to third base... A quick glance at the lead runner... The play is to first... And Nights is out Tucker works the walk... Passes the baton to Persimmon Pflaggstettler who will see if he can get Treacy in from third Swung on and hit to shallow left Tough chance for Wakamatsu HE DIVES HE'S GOT IT! TREMENDOUS DIVING CATCH! Starffin owes Wakamatsu a dinner! Score It: 7 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46242 Top 8 It's popped behind home plate Hays throws down his mask He's running back At the screen... The wind blows it... Right back to him Saduharu Oh is out One gone for Japanese League Shigeo Nagashima swings It's a line drive... Sizzles past Nights into left... Base hit for Nagashima... Ton is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Nagashima is on with a sharp single Knowles' pitch is a sinking fastball Harimoto tries to hold up Ball four Hays points down to third He did not go around Smashed to short Taken by Nights Throw to second for one On to first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That does it for Japanese League here in the top of the 8th No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base They are running out of time Bottom 8 Grounded towards third Nagashima scoops it LONG THROW... HE'S OUT! One up, one down Routine grounder to third Nagashima scoops it up Over to first for the out Two down Starffin retires two in a row The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Ton held up, and draws a walk Starffin isn't happy at all with that call Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three That's all for the All Stars After 8 full innings, they lead by 1 Top 9 Curve in the dirt... and Matsubara 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 Matsubara went around Strike three, swinging Japanese League with one away Kronside steps off the mound as he waits for Victor Starffin to come to the plate Hiromitsu Ochiai is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Victor Starffin Ground ball to the left side... Nights scoops it up Over to first for the putout That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Kronside Ichiro Suzuki will be next up... Suzuki swings very late He pops it foul Hays gives chase Here comes Palmer They are both at the rail... Hays makes the play And that will do it for Japanese League FOFC wins 4 to 3 Hunter gets credit for the win Kronside notches the save Nomo takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was A. J. Tucker He was 1 for 2 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 8 - Tuesday, April 10th - Boxscore
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FOFC - Manager Update
I was so drained following the game last night, I left the park without showering, got home, got cleaned up, put my head down and was asleep in a matter of minutes. In fact, my wife was talking to me but I don't remember what she was saying. When I awoke on Wednesday, I rolled out of bed, found the morning paper, fliped to the sports section and began reading the outcomes of the other games... |
The National Herald - Wednesday, April 11th
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FOFC - Manager Update
"You do realize you aren't going to play .875 ball the rest of the season," my wife says as she walks in to the kitchen. I start to respond but she's gone back into the den to get our oldest son dressed in time to catch the bus. I continue reading, until my 5 year old son, Brett, runs in to give me a kiss. "Love you dad." "You too son, have a good day at school." "Mom told me you won again! Way to go...Do, do, do, do...(my son has a stuttering problem when he gets excited)..do you think you'll win again tonight?" "I hope so." "You, you, you ...think, you, you, you....think you can win every game?" he asks with eyes as big as saucers. "Nope, sorry son, it's just not going to happen." Slightly deflated he say, "I think you might, you, you, you...." ...mother interrupts, "I just saw the bus go by, it's going to turn around and be here is just a couple of minutes, you better hurry." I get another quick kiss, and a "I'll see you tomorrow." I hear the bus pull up outside and stop, and a few minutes later I hear it rumble off. My wife returns to the kitchen, gives a peck on the cheek and says, "I'm really happy for your start, but you aren't going to play .875 ball all season." "Brett thinks I might win the rest of my games...that would give me a win percentage of 99%." I say with a sly smirk. She stares at me as if to say, it's too early for your stupid little jokes. "Ok, ok....I know. If we can win 2/3rds of the games we have a shot to win the division. All this start has done is to give us a few games cushion early." She nods, and says, "I'm going back to bed. When the twins get up give them mini-wheats for breakfast." |
FOFC - League Update
I had to sit though a Marketing meeting for some reason. I guess because they are planning on shooting some commercials and wanted to make sure I was aware that some of my players would be needed periodically for them. I honestly could care less, of course if they interfere with the teams batting or fielding practice - that will be another story. As I head back to my office, I pass Chuck Tanner who's sitting on a computer looking at the league web site: Dynasty Baseball League Website "So how do things look?" I ask startling Chuck. "We look great! 2nd best team pitching, hitting well, we look really good." "At 7 and 1 I'd hope we look good." "Yeah, but man do the Pre-Nationals look impressive offensively. You know their Total Percentage is almost 1000...On base is .390 and slugging is like .637 unbelieveable....and the Modern Stars - wow they have a team ERA around 3.00 and I thought we struck out a bunch of people - they have almost 20 more Ks then we do." "And we get them next..." I add. Sal passing by digs, "We'll their K's are going to go up against us." Tanner hops up quickly and says, "We aren't striking out that much, come back here and take a look, we're hitting pretty well as a team. Hang on...come here - I want to talk about this..." I laugh out loud, knowing that Sal was only kidding but Tanner in his ultimate optimizum can't let a dig go. NOTE: Thanks again to CW for providing a server. |
FOFC - Player Update
As soon as I sit down in my chair after the Marketing meeting and the conversation with Tanner, Dick Howser pokes his head into my office, ""Gazelle has arrived." I get up and look around for him, finally locating him in the training room of all places. Must be a sore buttocks (sorry coudn't resist the thought). "Gazelle, I know your probably pretty frustrated having not played. But Pflaggstettler is playing out of his mind right now, Tuckers been great all season and Gunner and Ton are preforming. I haven't given up on you, but your poor Spring sort of put you behind the 8 ball. I am planning to get you in against the next lefty we face - so keep your head up and be prepared." "I've been going stir-crazy shagging flies and taking BP. I just hope my timing hasn't gone all to hell. Y'now that timing that produced two hits in the spring... I'm ready whenever you put me in, Skip..." He responds with a smirk on his face. I walk off feeling good that Gazelle has adopted a positive attitude. It would be easy for him to be disgruntled already, and in fact he's quite the opposite. He even has a since of humor about the whole thing. I return to my office and being looking for Williams to arrive. |
FOFC - Player Update
Sitting in my office, I am working on the new lineup, watching the door closely for a couple of players. When Williams walks in, I jump up so I can catch him before he gets busy in other conversations or card games. "Hey Williams, can I speak to you for a minute? I know you've been itching to play, and I'm really sorry it's taken so long to work you in. I'm sure Sal has already told you, but it's your ball tonight. Go out and pitch like you did in early Spring." John Williams responds "Coach, you have no idea how badly im itching to get in their....Ive had an idea this start would be mine, and im ready.......im gonna turn some heads today.....thanks for the chance!!!" Coach Breeze smiling, "Just remember - stay within yourself - you aren't going to strike out 27 batters and you probably won't throw a no-hitter, just keep the ball down, change speeds and hit corners." "Coach, thats what i do best" Benton walks off knowing Williams is totally right 'that is what he does best" |
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GAME 9 - Wednesday, April 11th - Radio Broadcast
Top 1 Hot shot grounded to the mound Williams grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 And there's one away Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He grabs it for the out That is the second out here in the top of the 1st Nights comes in to kibitz with Williams While we have a moment, let me set the outfield distances for you It's 318 feet down the line in left 399 feet to left-center 408 feet to straight-away center field Then over in right-center it's 385 feet from home plate and 314 feet to the right field foul pole In the dirt That's ball four Drilled deep to right-center Tucker trying to track it down He's at the fence IT MIGHT BE . . . NO, IT'S CAUGHT! Score It: 8 After one-half inning It's Japanese League nothing, the All Stars coming up Bottom 1 Blade slices a grass cutter to Oh's right He dives for it... Can't get it... Kawakami is over as well... Just off his glove into right field Blade sneaks one through for a lead off single Kawakami was shading Blade toward second Drilled deep to center field Harimoto takes off after it He can't get to it Nights running hard out of the box Harimoto has the ball Nights digging for 2nd He's slides in, Safe! Blade takes third Base hit to left for Tucker Blade scores Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Apparently not afraid of Kaneda Tucker stretches out to his lead Curveball from Kaneda... There he goes for second! Nomura pegs it down He slipped on the throw But he got it off... The speedy Tucker slides in safely! 3 steals in 3 attempts on the year He is one of the best on the basepaths Bouncer in the hole and past Kawakami into right field An opposite field hit! FOFC adds to their lead FOFC on top 3 to 0 WATCH OUT! Kaneda has hit Potpie! Bounced towards the hole Smooth pickup by Matsubara Over to second for one Over to first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Pflaggstettler takes third The runner on first, Potpie, is out One away for FOFC here in the bottom of the 1st Harry Hays will be up next... he will be facing the lefty Kaneda... Runners on the corners Base hit to center for Hays Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Fouts will stay at second Gazelle drives the ball to center for extra bases Fouts scores Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Hays scores! Trailing runner advances. Double for Gazelle There is going to be a change in pitchers Masaichi Kaneda will hit the showers Tetsuya Yoneda will be coming on in relief We are in the bottom of the 1st here at FOFC Stadium FOFC ahead 6 to 0 Dribbler to short Gazelle breaks for home Matsubara grabs it Over to Oh Got him! Score It: 6-3 That's two away Fastball... Blade jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Harimoto after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Isao Harimoto! That's three outs, side retired Top 2 Slow ground ball Nights is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's the first out of the inning Japanese League is in 7th place in the standings 6.5 games out of first Swung on and popped up Nights is waiting... And that's an easy out Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Williams Sinking fastball... Matsubara swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Fouts... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's all for the HOF Players No runs, no hits and no errors... We go to the bottom of the 2nd... FOFC ahead 7 to 0 Bottom 2 It's hit to the left of third It's a base knock! The ball glanced off of Matsubara's glove Matsubara retrieved it, but not in time to get Nights Jeff is safe on first with a single No throw on the play Nights takes his lead from first... He's challenging Yoneda's pickoff move Slow curve... The speedy Nights heads for second The throw from Nomura... The slide... Nights is called out at second base Wasn't even close Hard line drive to second Kawakami makes a great catch! Score It: 4 Two gone for FOFC Fastball, down the middle... Pflaggstettler swings and skies one to left Yamamoto is at the fence... Looks up... Doesn't have a prayer... It's a homer for Pflaggstettler! Number 2 for him this season He also has 10 RBI's Let up pitch grounded through the middle... Kawakami ranges towards the bag at second... Makes a smooth pick up... Has to make the throw across his body... Can't get enough on it to beat Potpie SAFE!...Score it an infield single It's a rainbow shot toward center Harimoto reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch The All Stars go down in the bottom of the 2nd After 2 innings at FOFC Stadium here in FOFC, FOFC on top 8 to 0 Top 3 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!! Through the drawn in infield! Bobby Valentine will send up a pinch hitter for Tetsuya Yoneda Yes, Tsutomu Wakamatsu steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Williams It's in on the hands Inside... ball four Wakamatsu trots to first as Kawakami takes second There's a 58 footer! Hays can't come up with it... It's off his chest and the runners will advance... Wild pitch by Williams The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Suzuki swung, that's strike three Suzuki isn't happy at all with that call That's one away Base hit to center for Harimoto Kawakami scores Bob Horner will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Nomura drives one into right Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints over to make the play Two down Oh pulls it on the ground It's in the hole at first... And past Jeeberoni Potpie... base hit into right field! Here comes Harimoto rounding second... Third base coach Bob Horner waves him on Here he comes... Safe... runners at first and third A single for Saduharu Oh Pounded on the ground to first Potpie to Williams covering first Score It: 3-1 That's it for Japanese League FOFC has 8 runs, 9 hits and no errors While Japanese League has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors Japanese League has now left 3 runners stranded Bobby Valentine will be bringing in a relief pitcher Keishi Suzuki has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Bottom 3 Sinking line drive Caught by Shigeo Nagashima One away for FOFC here in the bottom of the 3rd Gazelle swings and sends a high fly to right It is hugging the line... Suzuki is over at the fence... It's going to be close... It's just foul! Gazelle just missed on that one . . . Gazelle back in the box And here comes the next pitch Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Suzuki punches him out! Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 6 runs FOFC has 9 hits on the evening Williams hits a three hopper towards Makato Matsubara Matsubara scoops it and fires it to first for the out And that will do it for FOFC Top 4 Hot shot grounded to the mound Taken by Williams His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 One up, one down Slider, down and away... Matsubara reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Fouts is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Gazelle is hustling after it... Matsubara with the big turn... The throw from Gazelle goes into second And Matsubara holds at first There's a fly ball into straight-away right Pflaggstettler one hands it... OUT! That's the second out of the inning Bobby Valentine brings on Hiromitsu Ochiai to hit for Keishi Suzuki Japanese League is way behind They need baserunners... Lots of them! A slider by Williams Ochiai gets good wood on it... Gazelle back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! So ends the top of the 4th For Japanese League No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 3 and a half innings, FOFC on top 8 to 2 Bobby Valentine will be bringing in a relief pitcher Victor Starffin has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Bottom 4 There's a fly ball to Ichiro Suzuki Suzuki circles under it... He makes the play One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Nights hits a deep fly Yamamoto retreats toward the fence He leaps... He's got it! Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Dribbler in front of home Nomura gets to it He throws He is SAFE! Tucker gets an infield hit Pflaggstettler sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Harimoto Harimoto gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium center That's all for the All Stars After 4 innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC ahead 8 to 2 Top 5 Good slider, inside part of the plate Suzuki gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's the first out of the inning Two more to go It's a Texas Leaguer to right Here comes Pflaggstettler... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Harimoto is on with a bloop single to right Changeup... Ties Nomura up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! FOFC gets the second out of the inning Williams' pitch is a sinking fastball Oh tries to hold up Ball four Hays points down to third He did not go around Soft liner to second Blade leaps He makes a great catch! Score It: 4 That does it for Japanese League in the top of the 5th The ground crew, headed up by John Deere, is coming out to smooth the infield dirt The fans get a kick out of them as they sometimes put down their rakes and do a little "dance" to the music Bottom 5 Grounded down the line Nagashima comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 One away... Oh is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Nagashima also... Now they return to their positions He rips a grounder to second Taken by Kawakami Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That's two up, two down Hard ground ball to short Matsubara grabs it Over to Oh Got him! Score It: 6-3 And that will do it for FOFC Top 6 The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Nagashima held up, and draws a walk Williams isn't happy at all with that call There's a hard grounder down at Nights He's in front of it... But he muffs it! Error on Jeff Nights as that ball just ate him up! It crawled right up his arms and clipped him in the chin Kawakami rips a solid shot to right Pflaggstettler ranges to his right... He is juggling it!... Finally finds the handle Whew! Runners can't advance One down... Williams has to continue to bear down Kenichi Yazawa is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Victor Starffin Yazawa rolls one toward Barrett Blade He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the first base umpire Kenichi Yazawa is turning red with rage As he glares at the umpire Better be careful Suzuki swings and lifts one toward center Tucker drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... We head to the bottom of the 6th here in FOFC... Still 8-2, FOFC Hideo Fujimoto will be coming on to pitch for Japanese League Hideo has appeared in 4 games this season with a record of 0-2 In 7 innings, he has an 10.80 ERA Victor Starffin has finished his work here this evening Bottom 6 Slider, inside... Swung on... Gazelle rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Fujimoto looks dejected on the mound Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 5 on the season for Fujimoto One out Due up next is Barrett Blade A hot shot on the ground to Kawakami He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Blade is out That's two away Matsubara comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Fujimoto Jeff Nights will be next up... Nights 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! . . . Nights back in the box And here comes the next pitch It's a routine fly into center Harimoto ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Harimoto grabs it for the out That's three outs here in the bottom of the 6th Now Japanese League will try to close the gap To at least try to make it respectable Top 7 In the dirt That's ball four Swing and a miss Strike three Nomura goes down on strikes And there's one away Curveball, down in the dirt... Good stop by Hays keeping it in front of him That's a walk for Oh Benton Breeze is talking to Chuck Tanner, the bench coach and Sal Maglie, the pitching coach That was a poor series of pitches by Williams They may be concerned he's starting to lose it It doesn't look like they are too worried, however Curve, up high... Yamamoto rips it to center... Williams hung that breaking ball However, Koji got under it just a bit Tucker started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" That's out number two All Stars' pitching coach, Sal Maglie, is out to talk with Williams Fastball jams him inside... Nagashima turns on it... Pulled down the line... Gazelle gives chase... He plays it nicely off the fence... Nagashima is rounding second... He'll try for three Nagashima's slide... In there with a triple! Shigeo clears the bases He now has 2 RBI's on the day Fastball, on the hands... Swung on and popped up Fouts is waiting... And that's an easy out And that retires the side It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Bottom 7 Hit right back to Fujimoto On to first and Tucker is gone One gone for FOFC It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Pflaggstettler checks his swing Nomura appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Persimmon Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 5 Fastball, busted in on the hands Potpie manages to get a piece of it Bouncing it over the mound Matsubara cuts it off in front of the bag Rifles a throw to Oh... And Potpie is called out on a close play That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46873 Top 8 Rodney comes in to pitch for the FOFC All Stars Baltimore chop Into right for a single! Bobby Valentine will send up a pinch hitter Hideji Kato steps out of the dugout! He will be up there against Rodney Fastball down low... Kato swings and hits one out to center A. J. Tucker is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Rodney Kawakami trots back to first With one down Potpie yells something out to Rodney James nods his head Base hit to center for Suzuki Third base coach Bob Horner doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Kawakami will stay at second Drilled on the ground to second Taken by Blade Throws to second He's out To first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 So that's it for Japanese League They fail to score against Rodney In the top of the 8th for Japanese League No runs, 2 hits, no errors and one man left on base Hideo Nomo will be coming on to pitch for Japanese League Hideo has appeared in 2 games this season with a record of 0-2 In 12 innings, he has an 8.25 ERA Hideo Fujimoto has finished his work here this evening Japanese League's defensive changes are... Kato will bat 9th and play CF Bottom 8 Fouts hits a fly ball to center Hideji Kato camps under it He's got it One down for FOFC Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle and Gerald Gazelle is looking for a bat in the dugout Swung on and hit sharply to short Matsubara plays it on one bounce Over to Oh... Out of there! Two away Nomo misses low on that one Gazelle draws the walk Number 1 today by Nomo Taking his lead is Gazelle Nomo is paying a lot of attention to Gazelle They want to hold Gazelle close He's excellent on the basepaths Now he throws over... It's close... SAFE Treacy pinch hitting for Rodney hits a routine grounder to second Kawakami comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 8 innings FOFC has 9 runs, 11 hits and one error While Japanese League has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 stranded Japanese League has failed to bring home 10 Top 9 Fozborg pitching for the FOFC All Stars Nomura sends a wicked smash in the hole Fouts can't cut it off Nights makes a great backhand stab Leaps and fires to Potpie Katsuya is out on a bang-bang play! Great play by Jeff Nights! One away in the top of the 9th for Japanese League Oh slaps a hard grounder past second Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Oh will hold with a clean single Dribbler to first Potpie will take it himself Score It: 3 FOFC ahead 9 to 4 with two away this inning Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three And that will do it for Japanese League FOFC wins 9 to 4 Williams gets credit for the win Kaneda takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Gerald Gazelle He was 2 for 3 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 9 - Wednesday, April 11th - Boxscore
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FOFC - Manager Update
You have got to love it when your 5th starter gets spotted an early lead, and Williams with an early lead can be tough, because he typically has pretty good control. I know he walked 6, which is way to many, but I think he felt giving into the strike zone in those instances were unnecessary, and he had kept them off the board pretty good until the last inning. I probably should have pulled him an inning earlier, but I felt he was going good enough to get 1 more inning, and he hadn't played all year, so I threw him a bone. I slept in this morning, only getting up in time to kiss my oldest before he got on the bus. I arrive at work, and since I didn't hang around to watch Sportscenter with the guys and I didn't really watch the out of town scoreboard in the outfield, I pick up the paper to see what happened around the league last night... |
The National Herald - Thursday, April 12th
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After reading the paper, I check the league website so see if it's updated Dynasty League Baseball And I'm pleased to see the information includes last nights games. |
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Hey Chas, Sure - the infos there. Each team name is a link to player stats, then every player name is a link to more specific information including lefty/righty breakdowns, obp, slugging %, and more. I believe the links at the top for league leaders will also create lists of names that are clickable and the team stats should be clickable to the same player stats page you can access from league records page. EDIT - looks like Blade beat me to it and boy was he more consise :D |
FOFC - Team Update
"Well things continue to roll right now, " Howser says. "Yeap, the big lead early sure was helpful." I reply "Gazelle played a hell of game." "I know, I'm going to keep playing him against lefties for now. I need to find him and tell him. I also need to track down some players and talk with them as well. I know we are 8 and 1, and I know that everyone should be happy with that, but these guys are all great players and I'm sure none of them want to be sitting on the bench - so I'm going to reassure them that they'll be getting their shots and not so worry about it." "Who you going to talk to?" Howser asks, "Treacy, I'm sure." "Yeah, Treacy. Probably need to catch up with Terp, that ones playing time has really dropped. If we weren't facing a lefty last night Terp probably would have started. Who else?" I pause as I think, "Ton can't be too happy, especially seeing Gazelle have a good night. With Tucker and Pflaggstettler killing the ball, Gazelle playing well against the lefty and Gunner hitting well enough to justify playing against RH pitchers, he's got to feel he's slipped down the depth chart." "Probably right," Howser chimes in. "You suggest anyone else?" I ask. "I think everyone else is rotating in enough for now." |
FOFC - Player Update
I left notes in the lockers of the players I wanted to speak too, and Treacy is the first to walk into my office. I'm studying the scouting reports - well actually I'm eating more than studying... "Treacy, I wanted to appologize for not getting you more playing time. It's just real hard to pull Blade out of games right now, the guy has over a .400 OBP and SLG percentage. He's scoring runs, stealing bases and I'm not telling you anything you don't already know - he's better defensively that you. I am going to get you some playing time soon though. I actually have a thought on how I can work you into some games." He responds, "You don't need to explain yourself to me. I'm here for the team ... whatever I can do to help. If you want me to pick up sunflower seed shells in the bullpen, I'm your man. Just know that I will be ready to play whenever you ask!" "I appreciate that attitude, and that attitude has a lot to do with why we've been successful to far. Thanks Treacy, and by the way. Field some balls at 3b today. Fouts and Palmer are struggling so I might give you a few at bats at the hot corner." He turns and walks out. |
FOFC - Player Update
Gazelle after seeing my note walks in. He has a huge :D on his face and seems to me moving a little quicker - I guess a 2 for 3 night with a homerun in your first action of the season will do that for you... "Great game son. I'm really proud of you, your attitude, patience and performance. Apparently the time off didn't affect your timing too badly. You played so well for the time being I'm going to let you start against all left handers." He answers, "Well, Skip, I wasn't mad at you for sittin'-- particularly the way I stank up the joint in spring. But I was determined to put a hurtin' on whichever pitcher I faced first. "I've never played angry before. Everything's always been so easy. But I think it helped me focus. I'm looking forward to getting back in there." I smile turn and walk off, without turning around I yell back, "I'm going to have to come up with a way to keep you pissed off...I can probably do that." |
FOFC - Player Update
I'm sitting at my desk studying scounting reports trying to determine the best way to attack the Late 20th Century's sluggers when Terp walks in. "Terp, I wanted to talk to you. I want to make sure you realize that you'll be getting plenty of playing time through the year, and not to be too concerned about your lack of play recently." "Hey coach! Im ok with it. I've been kinda in a funk lately, not sure why I haven't been able to swing the bat as well. Maybe it had something to do with that collision a couple games back." "Hopefully one of these days I'll get back out there and prove that my slump is just temporary...until then, no worries. :)" I nod, and say encouragingly, "Don't worry, you'll get back in again, and soon." |
FOFC - Player Update
I leave my office, looking for Ton, I got tired of waiting around for him to show. I find him in the underground batting cages, smashing balls into the back net. "Ton, can you turn off the pitching machine for a second?" He complies. "Ton, I know you want to have a lot more than 13 at bats, but I really have a hard time right now working you in. Pflaggstettler is playing out of his mind, and I need to ride him while he's hot. Tucker is getting on base regularly and is a great table setter with speed. That leaves 1 spot for Gunner, Gazelle, and you. I'm sure before the season is over you'll be playing regularly, just be patient."[/quote] Ton shrugs. "I can't very well complain about your lineup selections when the team's winning all its games. I'll wait." I nod and give him a few words of encouragement before I leave. As I'm heading back to my office I think to myself 'boy do we have a great group of guys'. |
GAME 10 - Thursday, April 12th - Radio Broadcast
Top 1 Biggio swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Babson strikes out Craig Biggio One away in the top of the 1st for Late 20th STRIKE THREE, CALLED! That's two away Murray starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Babson walks him Hot shot grounded to the mound Babson grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 After one-half inning It's Late 20th nothing, the All Stars coming up Bottom 1 Sinking fastball... Blade swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Boggs... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step So one up and one gone Sharp breaking curveball... Nights reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Ripken... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Murray at first! Nights is out easily Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away High heater from Johnson... Tucker cuts at it... Hits a bouncer right side... It goes by the diving Biggio and Murray It's into right for a single Tucker takes his turn and holds at first Tucker is taking his lead from first Tucker has to hold tight to the bag The pitch gets away from Johnson Piazza can't handle it Charge a wild pitch to Johnson Change up, on the inside corner... Pflaggstettler 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 Pflaggstettler is in at second standing with a double All Rice could do was keep him from getting a triple There's a routine pop by Potpie Ripken moves under it and makes the routine catch At the end of one inning,... FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Top 2 Sinking line drive Caught by Jeff Nights One gone for Late 20th Grounded down the line Potpie flips to Babson covering Score It: 3-1 That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Babson Gary Carter will be next up... Hard ground ball to first Potpie to Babson covering first Score It: 3-1 Babson shuts down Late 20th here in the top of the 2nd So FOFC still with the lead as we go to a commercial break Bottom 2 Excellent sinker pitch, outside... Bullock gets good wood on it anyway There's no doubt, that one is outta here!! Bullock circles the bases As Johnson asks for a new ball from the umpire Now FOFC ahead 2 to 0 The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Palmer held up, and draws a walk Johnson isn't happy at all with that call Swing and a miss Strike three Gazelle goes down on strikes One down for FOFC Brian Babson is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Swung on and missed... Babson is down on strikes That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard NL Pre WWII and Japanese League are deadlocked at 1 AL Pre WWII and Caribbean are all knotted at 1 NL Post WWII is edging Negro League II 1 to 0 Turn of Century is edging Dead Ball Era 2 to 1 Negro League I leads Left Outs 1 to 0 Palmer watches Johnson move... He's moving away from the bag Curve, inside corner... Palmer's on his way to second! He couldn't resist after getting a very nice lead The throw by Piazza... Hook slide... Out! Nice throw Top 3 Good slider, inside part of the plate Winfield gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! And there's one away Johnson swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Babson strikes out Randy Johnson With two gone, FOFC ahead 2 to 0 in the top of the 3rd Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Biggio was frozen on that fastball by Babson High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 2 and a half innings FOFC on top, 2-0 Bottom 3 Blade hits a screamer at Craig Biggio Biggio picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Murray off the bag Murray swipes with the glove Blade is out! Nice play by Murray FOFC with one away Johnson steps off the mound as he waits for Jeff Nights to come to the plate Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Nights hits it into the hole on the right side Biggio ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Nights is out by a step at first One more chance for FOFC this inning Tucker hits a deep fly ball into the alley Dave Winfield chases it down But the ball hits the base of the wall Winfield hits the wall and falls to the ground Tucker is into third with a triple Now they check on Winfield He's okay That ball hit right at the base of the fence 399 feet from home plate Lunging after the change-up Pflaggstettler hits a grounder through to right... Scoring from third is Tucker Credit Pflaggstettler with a single and an RBI Pflaggstettler takes his lead Fastball at the knees... The runner breaks for second! Piazza pumps... but no throw, he holds onto the ball He is SAFE! Johnson jams him with a fastball Swung on and topped out toward short Ripken is up with it... Over to Murray at first And Potpie beats it out! Pflaggstettler advances on the play Bullock hits a sharp grounder to Randy Johnson It rolls up his arm Johnson can't find the handle Bullock is safe on the error by Johnson Palmer swings... He hits it to deep left... Rice is at the fence... This one is going... going..... CAUGHT!!! Jim Rice makes a great catch at the fence! Unbelievable!!! The crowd is giving him quite the applause That retires the side... 2 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 3 innings, FOFC leads 4 to 0 Top 4 There's a towering fly ball hit by Boggs Pflaggstettler sprints over, and makes the catch One down for Late 20th Eddie Murray is still in the on-deck circle and Mike Piazza is looking for a bat in the dugout There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Murray No chance for either Nights or Gazelle That one had base hit written all over it It's a scorching liner to the short stop OUT! Nights didn't have to move! Murray stays put Two gone for Late 20th Bouncer up the middle and past Barrett Blade... Base hit into center field! Third base coach Jimmy Williams holds the runner, Murray Hot line drive to first It's into the outfield for a base hit! Murray scores from second! Rice takes third Carter swings awkwardly... strike three Babson took something off of that breaking ball He had Carter way out in front That's all for the Modern Stars in the 4th inning They get 1 run across Midway through the 4th inning, the All Stars still lead, 4-1 Bottom 4 Curve in the dirt... and Gazelle holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Piazza asks the first base ump's opinion He says Gazelle went around Strike three, swinging One up, one down for FOFC Grounded towards the sack Taken by Boggs His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 Two down Johnson retires two in a row Blade tries to hold up Piazza points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! That'll do it in the bottom of the 4th No runs, no hits and no errors FOFC ahead 4 to 1 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Top 5 Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bullock fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Winfield One out Due up next is Randy Johnson It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Nights is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! Two up, two down for Late 20th Swung on and hit sharply to second Blade plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! 1-2-3, nothing across... Bottom 5 Struck him out on a fastball Nights goes down swinging That's one away Tucker cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Piazza Tucker was badly fooled by Johnson's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! A. J. was a little overanxious Two down Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Pflaggstettler swings way over it He was fooled completely Piazza loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Persimmon as he was heading for the dugout So it is nothing across for the All Stars in the bottom of the 5th After 5 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Late 20th has one run, 3 hits and one error Top 6 Changeup down low... Boggs makes contact and hits one out to left Gerald Gazelle is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Babson One up, one down Bouncer in the hole and past Palmer into left field Base hit to the opposite field! That one had eyes on it Eddie Murray can handle a bat Hence his .343 average Swung on and missed Strike Three! Piazza couldn't lay off the high fast ball Number 7 on the day for Babson FOFC leads 4 to 1 with two away this inning Soft liner to short Nights makes a nice play on it Score It: 6 We head to the bottom of the 6th here in FOFC... Still 4-1, FOFC Bottom 6 Potpie takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Potpie can't believe it and says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Johnson One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games NL Pre WWII is on top of Japanese League 3 to 1 AL Pre WWII is on top of Caribbean 3 to 1 NL Post WWII leads Negro League II 1 to 0 Turn of Century is comfortably ahead of Dead Ball Era 11 to 5 Negro League I is in front of Left Outs 3 to 0 Topped in front of home Piazza grabs it Over to Murray Got him! Score It: 2-3 And there's two away Palmer hits one toward third Boggs fronts it... Oops, he bobbles it... Now he has the handle... Long throw to first Got Palmer by three steps! Man, that is one slow truck horse on the base paths! That ends the bottom of the 6th After 6 innings, the All Stars lead by 3 Top 7 Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! Carter rips one to right He hit it right on the nose... Pflaggstettler is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Persimmon Pflaggstettler Winfield pulls one into left field Hooking away from Gazelle Gerald is there This one would end the inning... He's got it for the out And that will do it for Late 20th It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Bottom 7 Change up... Gazelle hits a fly ball to right Carter is under it... He's got it Late 20th gets the first out of the inning Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Babson! Late 20th gets the second out of the inning Blade 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 Blade is retired Nice play by the Late 20th third baseman Three away here in the bottom of the 7th After 7 innings FOFC ahead 4 to 1 The official attendance has just been announced 48982 fans here at FOFC Stadium this evening Top 8 Bobby Cox will send up a pinch hitter for Randy Johnson Yes, Rickey Henderson steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Babson Henderson hits a fly ball to left Gerald Gazelle camps under it He's got it FOFC gets the first out here late in this contest Grounded back to the mound Babson comes up with it Tosses it to first and gets him FOFC gets the second out of the inning There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker Tucker circles under it... This one would end the inning... He makes the play That's all for Late 20th After 7 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC ahead 4 to 1 Bobby Cox will be bringing in a relief pitcher John Franco has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Bottom 8 There's a cue shot off the end of the bat by Nights Murray makes the routine catch of the soft liner So one up and one gone Curveball, breaking in on him DOWN HE GOES!... It missed him for ball four Tucker's slow getting up... Here comes Tay Pemup the trainer... He looks OK, just shaken up a bit... Tucker heads down to first Tucker sneaks away from the base Franco tosses another quick one to first... Even the speedy Tucker looks a bit tentative now... He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead Swung on and chopped to the left of third Boggs comes up with it Sidearms it to Murray And Persimmon beats the throw! It must be the shoes! Flyball to center it's caught Tucker has a chance to move up... Tucker is trying to advance to third base... Here's the play... He's SAFE! Pflaggstettler watches Franco carefully As he stretches out his lead Franco holds the runner Bullock swings and lifts one toward right Carter drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... The All Stars fail to capitalize So for FOFC in the bottom of the 8th, No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base nd 2 men left on base Top 9 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 While we wait for Mike Piazza to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard These scores are final... NL Pre WWII nipped Japanese League 4 to 3 AL Pre WWII gets an easy win over Caribbean 7 to 1 NL Post WWII downed Negro League II 2 to 0 Redding takes the loss, his record drops to 1-2 Bunning the winner, he's now 1-2 Turn of Century ripped Dead Ball Era 12 to 6 Negro League I toppled Left Outs 7 to 3 Stearnes has hit his 2nd homerun for Negro League I And in our contest FOFC ahead 4 to 1 OK, let's see if Late 20th can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 3 It's a smash over third Palmer leaps Just over his outstretched glove Piazza makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Rice raps a hard grass cutter toward short Nights takes two steps to his left Scoops it up Over to second for one Back to first for the deuce! And that will do it for Late 20th FOFC wins 4 to 1 Babson gets credit for the win Johnson takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 3 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 10 - Thursday, April 12th - Boxscore
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Modern Stars AB R H RBI AVG All Stars AB R H RBI AVG |
Pitchers are a scary lot. Especially middle relievers. When things are going bad, they're out there 3-4 times a week, in situations that no one cares about. But when things are going GOOD.. they have nothing to do. The team's going great, everyone's happy.. but bored pitchers are dangerous pitchers. Especially in the bullpen.
Prior to the next FOFC game, the bullpen pitchers (The All-Pines as they're called) grab the skipper's hat and cover the brim with a copious amount of Tiger Balm.. used to relax tight arm muscles, but can feel it's heat. When the Skipper puts on his hat next, he's in for a rude surprise... (Keep Up the Good Work :D) |
Doh...Blade is going downhill!
Good win, though! |
FOFC - Manager Update
I wake up completely groggy. I stumble around, get a cup of coffee and start searching for the paper, there is something I really want to find out this morning, only I can't put my finger on what it is. I search for quite a while as I sip my coffee, then it dawns on me that the paper is still at the road. I literally smack myself on the side of the head and head outside. I get about 4 steps out the front door and realize it's quite cold. I look down and see that I'm in a torn up teeshirt and my boxers, so I duck back inside, put on some close and a windbreaker and retrieve the paper. By this time, I've realized what I wanted to find out was the Late 20th's projected starters for the next couple of games. I think it's going to be Maddux and Martinez, but I don't follow them that closely, so I wanted to double check that. I open the paper and the first thing I read is the results from yesterday... |
The National Herald - Friday, April 13th
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NEGRO LEAGUE I AT LEFT OUTSNote: the website has been updated |
FOFC - Manager Update
I continue to read and discover that my assumptions on starting pitchers was correct, Maddux tonight and Martinez tomorrow. Of course the Late 20s could change that, they have other arms they can go to like Smoltz, Eckersly, and Glavine, but I'm guessing they stick with their guns. What to do about tonight's game? I need to check with Howser to see how Treacy did at third during infield practice, I missed that yesterday. I was on a conference call with the team owner. |
FOFC - Manager Update
I arrrive at the ballpark, head into my office. On my way, I stick my head into Howser's office and say, "Dick, come by my office in a minute, I got something to ask you." "I'll be by in 5 minues." "That'd be great, it'll give me time to dress out." I head to my office and start putting on my uniform. I'm almost completely dressed out when Howser walks in. "What's up Benton?" he asks. As I tie my shoes I say, "I asked Treacy to take balls at third last night, how'd he do?" Howser rolls his eyes, "Well he survived." "That good?" I ask as I begin looking around for my hat. "It wasn't pretty. I don't think he fielded anything cleanly. He's probably pretty black and blue this morning." "So playing him at third isn't a good idea?" "I wouldnt' recommend it unless we have the plague or something and he's all you got left." I look up from my search and give him a quizical look. "OK he's better than that, but as long as Palmer and Fouts are healthy, even if they aren't hitting you have to play one of them. If you put Treacy over their he could kill us defensively." I nod, "That's what I wanted to know. I'm sorry to hear that, that would have given me a spot where Treacy could have stolen some at bats." Still looking around, "Have you seen my hat?" "I saw one on the table outside your office, did you leave it there last night?" "I thought I left it on my desk," I say as I head that way. I look at the hat and sure enough it's mine. I put it on and say, "So who should we play at 3rd tonight?" "I don't know. It's pretty much a toss up." I start scratching my head, "I was thinking of giving Palmer another start, but Fouts can bat left against the right handed pitcher...." I stop talking. Howser looks at me funny. "You ok," he querries? I take my hat off, and smell the inside of it, I rub my head and feel a slighty greasy substance. "I think I know why my hat was out here.," I say as I quickly duck back into my office and head for my private bathroom. Howser walks behind me starting to laugh, guessing at what just transpired. As he walks through my office door, he looks back down into the lockerroom and sees several relief pitchers high-fiving and laughing. He walks into the bathroom and sees me attempting to wash my forehead off with soap. "Got something in your hat?" he asks with a huge smirk. "Guess some of the guys are bored." I laugh, "I guess so, now get out, My head is on fire and I'm going to have to get in a shower to get all this mess off." |
(tries to hide his laughter and fails completely)
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GAME 11 - Friday, April 13th - Radio Broadcast
note: to tired to clean up the texts tonight Henderson to start things off... Did he check his swing? YES! He walks Nice way to start an inning! Henderson takes his lead from first... He's challenging Nielsen's pickoff move Nielsen tosses another quick one to first... Even the speedy Henderson looks a bit tentative now... He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead Wade Boggs squares to bunt And lays it down right to Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie looks at second But passes up a possible force play He fires to first to retire Boggs But Henderson moves up There's one out in the top of the 1st Bullock walks half way to the mound Says something to Nielsen... Henderson on second He's probably making sure that Nielsen keeps him close The ball is low and outside Did he go around?... Yes! 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 It's in on the wrists Mark tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... Yes, Nielsen walks him Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Puckett looks at strike three Rob Nielsen holds Late 20th scoreless in the first inning A drive to left Henderson ranges over He gloves it Score It: 7 Greg Maddux has signaled for the trainer. He's appears to be rubbing his right forearm. Not sure what this is about... Whatever it is, Bobby Cox and the trainer are not comfortable with him continuing. Bobby Cox will be bringing in a relief pitcher John Smoltz has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Swung on and popped up Biggio is waiting... And that's an easy out Two down Tucker raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at first McGwire just got his glove up in time Great reflexes John Smoltz holds the All Stars scoreless in the first Struck him out on a fastball Ripken goes down swinging With one down, up next is Craig Biggio To be followed by Tony Gwynn Biggio cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock Biggio was badly fooled by Nielsen's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Craig was a little overanxious Two out, nobody on No score There's a checked swing... But Gwynn gets a piece of it anyway It's a pop fly into center Tucker comes in on it... Easy out Gwynn couldn't get his bat out of the way Nielsen sets the Modern Stars down in order Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Boggs It's by him... Henderson comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Pflaggstettler to a single Apparently not afraid of Smoltz Pflaggstettler stretches out to his lead Pflaggstettler gets a great jump... The pitch... There goes the runner! Piazza pumps... but no throw, he holds onto the ball He is SAFE! Smashed into center field It's a single for Potpie Pflaggstettler takes third Pounded on the ground to short Ripken comes up with it Over to second for one Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Japanese League slipping by NL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Kaneda and Hubbell currently dueling Caribbean is edging AL Pre WWII 1 to 0 Linares has hit his 4th homerun for Caribbean Negro League II slipping by NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Mathis and Marichal currently dueling Turn of Century and Dead Ball Era are deadlocked at 1 Negro League I and Left Outs are deadlocked at 1 Paige battling Jenkins And in our matchup FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Curveball... Up in the strike zone... Swung on and drilled into center Puckett racing back... The ball is hit over his head It hits off the 7 foot high fence And there's Bullock around first base Puckett with a strong throw... But off the bag Billy comes into second sliding with a double That's 2 doubles for Bullock on the year Looks like they want nothing to do with Palmer Deacon is dangerous in situations like this... He's being put on to set up the force... STRIKE THREE! He swung on a ball that was in the dirt Nielsen was overanxious up there That was almost a wild pitch That ends the bottom of the 2nd After 2 innings, the All Stars lead by 1 Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 21 on the season for Nielsen Late 20th with one away Nielsen steps off the mound as he waits for Rickey Henderson to come to the plate Right down the middle... strike three Henderson must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch Two up, two down Hard slider... And Boggs takes it right down the middle Strike three called That's it for Late 20th Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 and a half innings, FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors While Late 20th has no runs, no hits and no errors Late 20th has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 2 Blade swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Smoltz strikes out Barrett Blade One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC It's juiced to deep center There goes Puckett Racing hard... He dives... Just out of his reach! Nights coasts into second Struck him out on a terrible pitch That was right over the heart of the plate with no movement on it... and Tucker swung right over the top of it! Lucky Mr. Smoltz! One more chance for FOFC this inning They are issuing a free pass to Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler watches ball four He takes his base It's hit high and deep Gwynn turns and runs This one is deep! HE JUMPS . . . HE'S GOT IT!!! Score It: 9 The All Stars go down in the bottom of the 3rd After 3 innings at FOFC Stadium here in FOFC, FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Piazza slaps a hard grounder past second Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Piazza will hold with a clean single It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One out Due up next is Kirby Puckett Puckett checks his swing Bullock can't come up with it He blocked it with his body Piazza is on his way to second The throw... Too late Bullock is charged with a passed ball Puckett just gets a piece of it He 'drizzles' it to second Blade races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... And there's two away This one is fogged right through! Swung on late by Ripken Strike Three swinging! Nielsen gives him his Sunday Pitch to register strikeout number 8 this evening That retires the side... Cal Ripken fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Smoltz comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Ton As he swings right through it for strike three One up, one down here in the bottom of the 4th Bullock hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Boggs dives... It's through for a base hit! He almost got his glove on it... Bullock reaches on a sizzling single to left A nice try by the third baseman, Wade Boggs Palmer hits a screamer at Wade Boggs Boggs picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play That's all for the All Stars After 4 innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Biggio swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Nielsen strikes out Craig Biggio One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Japanese League leads NL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Nagashima has hit his 4th homerun for Japanese League AL Pre WWII with the lead over Caribbean 5 to 2 Negro League II is beating NL Post WWII 4 to 0 Turn of Century and Dead Ball Era are all knotted at 1 Negro League I slipping by Left Outs 3 to 1 Paige battling Jenkins Sinking fastball... Gwynn swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in a row It's a high fly into center Tucker ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out And that retires the side Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Piazza fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Nielsen One out The All Stars have a 1 run lead Ball four is the call Smoltz can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Smoltz Blade takes first base Blade sneaks away from the base Smoltz with his good move... Blade's called out!!... That was a close play Could have gone either way Jeff pops it up And Biggio makes the play That's it in the bottom of the 5th No runs, no hits and no errors After 5 innings in FOFC, FOFC leads 1 to 0 Pounded on the ground to first Potpie flips to Nielsen covering Score It: 3-1 One gone for Late 20th Boggs starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Nielsen walks him Base hit to left for Piazza Boggs is being held at second by Jimmy Williams Boggs will stay at second Base hit to right for McGwire Jimmy Williams plays it safe and stops him at third... Runners hold. Hard line drive to short Nights makes a nice play on it Score It: 6 Two gone for Late 20th Hard ground ball to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 And that's the final out of the inning FOFC has one run, 5 hits and no errors While Late 20th has no runs, 3 hits and no errors Late 20th has left 6 men on base today Smashed to first Smoltz takes the flip from McGwire Score It: 3-1 One down for FOFC in the bottom of the 6th FOFC ahead 1 to 0 There is going to be a pitching change John Smoltz will head to the dugout as Bruce Sutter will come on here in the bottom of the 6th Sutter has appeared in 6 games His record is 0-1 with a 5.79 ERA over 9 innings The pitch is just inside and Pflaggstettler holds up Piazza points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Persimmon trots down to first... ball four Pflaggstettler inches slowly away from the bag The runner unable to take a big lead Sutter keeps looking him back Potpie rolls one toward Craig Biggio 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 FOFC ahead 1 to 0 with two away this inning And now they're going to put Ton on Piazza is up and holding out his glove There's ball 3... and now ball 4 Billy Bullock is waiting on deck Lined to short Ripken makes a great catch! Score It: 6 That's it for FOFC FOFC has one run, 5 hits and no errors While Late 20th has no runs, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has now left 6 runners stranded It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Blade takes off after it... Leaps... And Biggio is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Barrett is very fine fielder! That's one away Ball four, Gwynn walks Nielsen has issued 4 bases on balls this evening And fans, it's about time for you to walk to the kitchen and grab a refreshment That's what I'm gonna do while we have a moment Now batting for Late 20th... Jim Rice... He'll pinch hit for Bruce Sutter Rice with a .300 average on the season STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Rob Nielsen here this evening That's the second out of the inning Ground ball to the mound Fielded nicely by Nielsen Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That's all for Late 20th After 6 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC on top 1 to 0 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Bobby Cox will be bringing in a relief pitcher Dennis Eckersley has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to right for a base hit No chance to get that one Nielsen fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Nielsen squares to bunt He bunts at it . . . Fielded by W.Boggs he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Force Play To 3rd Baseman Score It: 5-6 The runner on first, Palmer, is out One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is still in the on-deck circle and Jeff Nights is looking for a bat in the dugout Base hit to center for Blade Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Nielsen will stay at second Base hit to right for Nights Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Nielsen is out at home! Trailing runners advance. It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Biggio for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46043 Fastball... down and away... Nielsen just misses the corner... ball four That's 5 walks given up by Nielsen today Time is called by Late 20th Here comes Ozzie Smith out of the dugout He is heading toward first base Wade Boggs starts toward the dugout Bobby Cox wants more speed on the bases Smith a few feet off the bag at first Nielsen looks Smith back He is unable to get his normal lead And Piazza will sit down... strike three called FOFC gets the first out here late in this contest And McGwire is down on strikes... Nielsen keeps mowing them down That one gives him 12 this evening One more chance for Late 20th in the top of the 8th It is a high hard one... Puckett goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Puckett couldn't hold back Three down for Late 20th They are 1 run behind Let me point out that coming in to today's game Late 20th is 2 and 1 in one run games FOFC has a 5 and 0 record in these "duels" Late 20th's defensive changes are... Ripken will bat 6th and play 3B Smith will bat 2nd and play SS There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Rickey Henderson 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 Henderson! A hot shot on the ground to Biggio He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Potpie is out FOFC on top 1 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Japanese League is edging NL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Nagashima has hit his 4th homerun for Japanese League AL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead of Caribbean 10 to 4 Negro League II is pounding NL Post WWII 7 to 0 Turn of Century is edging Dead Ball Era 2 to 1 Negro League I with the lead over Left Outs 5 to 2 Eckersley loses him Ton heads down to first 2 walks today for Ton Eckersley loses him Bullock heads down to first Change up... Palmer was way out in front... Strike Three That retires the side The All Stars threaten but fail to score here in the bottom of the 8th No runs, no hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Ripken 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 Ripken is retired Nice play by the FOFC short stop So one up and one gone It's hit to the left of third It's a base knock! The ball glanced off of Nights' glove Nights retrieved it, but not in time to get Biggio Craig is safe on first with a single No throw on the play The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Gwynn 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... That's two away Bobby Cox will send up a pinch hitter Dave Winfield steps out of the dugout! He will be up there against Nielsen STRIKE THREE! Another one for Nielsen That is 14 for the WhiffMaster! And that will do it for Late 20th FOFC wins 1 to 0 Nielsen gets credit for the win He threw a shut-out at them Smoltz takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeff Nights He was 2 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 11 - Friday, April 11th - Boxscore
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Wow. 1-0, a rarety.. especially with 19 men LOB total
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It sucks that my hitting streak ended:( but another good win guys:)
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I wish I could get more than one hit in a game...
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The National Herald - Saturday, April 14
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GAME 12 - Saturday, April 14 - Radio Broadcast
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GAME 12 - Saturday, April 14 - Boxscore
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And we keep on finding ways to win... :)
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That's right. I am the MAN!
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I arrived at the park early today just to take some extra BP. I think my swing feels really good right now, but as I peak at the lineup card I notice I'm on the bench again. I really don't mind all that much since we are winning. I think I need to go buy some more seat cushions since the splinters on the bench can be a pain to remove from my ass.
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Alright...Blade is not allowed to stop practicing until he corrects his swing!!!
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Damn we are on a roll:) Even though I only went 1 for 4, I did my part by getting the web gem in the first inning. We are just plain dominating right now:)
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Wow, a ton of webgems to help me through the game. Thanks. :)
On the other hand, too many hits and too many walks for Mighty to be satisfied. May need to an off day stint on the side with the pitching coach to tune it up a bit, skip. |
The National Herald - Sunday, April 15th
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GAME 13 - Sunday, April 15th - Radio Broadcast
Checked swing by Collins Called ball four Bullock motions down to the third base umpire He gives the "safe" sign with no hesitation Eddie walks to lead it off Collins watches Hunter as he inches away from the base It's a pitchout! Bullock steps out... Collins takes off! Bullock pegs it down He slipped on the throw But he got it off... It's way over the head of shortstop, Nights... Treacy takes it, however, backing up the play... Collins has himself an easy stolen base Chance smacks a fly to right Pflaggstettler is waiting on it Pounds his mitt Persimmon takes it in One away in the top of the 1st for Dead Ball Era Jackson lines a wicked line drive to the left of first Gonzalez stabs his glove out He's got it in the webbing! David looks surprised to get that one Collins hurries back to second And there's two away Cobb hits one high to center Tucker is racing after it... He has a long way to go... Still running... Now he reaches out... GOT IT! Man, A. J. is a zebra for sure out there in center The runner races back to second Owen Hunter holds Dead Ball Era scoreless in the first inning Tucker starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, McGinnity walks him Tucker takes his lead from first... He's challenging McGinnity's pickoff move McGinnity looks the runner back He's off to the races! The peg down... It's too high Tucker is in under it easily Chance needs to work on his throwing technique He almost fell throwing that Nights chases the high fastball... Hammers a LONG towering drive... Hit to deep left center... HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE! A big blast by Nights! Swung on and popped up Wallace is waiting... And that's an easy out One out The All Stars have a 2 run lead Ball four is the call McGinnity can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at McGinnity Gonzalez takes first base It is a high hard one... Fouts goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Fouts couldn't hold back Two gone for FOFC It's popped up into foul territory Frank Chance is under it He grabs it for the out Score It: 2 That's all for the All Stars After 1 inning in FOFC this evening, FOFC on top 2 to 0 Baker rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Fouts Baker takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Gunner to get that ball in quickly Here's a big breaking curve, inside... Roush takes a cut at it... Hits a grounder to the mound Hunter comes up with the smooth pickup... He tosses it to second... That's one out The relay to first... Not in time Roush beats the throw by a step And there's one away Wallace rips a curveball down the third base line Fouts dives to his right Phenomenal play! Wallace looks up to the heavens in disbelief Roush hustles back to first One more chance for Dead Ball Era in the top of the 2nd Tinker swings a bit late on the heater... He still pops it pretty good towards right Unfortunately for Joe, Pflaggstettler is standing right there Easy out That's it for Dead Ball Era Here at FOFC Stadium, After 1 and a half innings, FOFC has 2 runs, one hit and no errors While Dead Ball Era has no runs, one hit and no errors Dead Ball Era has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 1 It's hit down the line Cobb ranges over quickly He's under it Easy out One down in the 2nd Today was picture day for the All Stars Fans had the opportunity to get pictures of some of their favorite ballplayers Benton Breeze tried to help out But his tongue in cheek comment of... line up in alphabetical order by height didn't help things any... But, picture day is a great idea and the FOFC fans loved it Treacy cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Chance Treacy was badly fooled by McGinnity's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Sean was a little overanxious Two out, nobody on FOFC on top 2 to 0 Hunter is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That's all for the All Stars After 2 full innings, they lead by 2 Joe pops it up And Treacy makes the play One gone for Dead Ball Era There's a checked swing... But Collins gets a piece of it anyway It's a pop fly into center Tucker comes in on it... Easy out Collins couldn't get his bat out of the way Two up, two down Chance pulls it hard over third... And it's snared by Fouts! Dan half fell and half dove To grab that ball before it hit the ground Dead Ball Era comes up empty here in the top of the 3rd No runs, no hits and no errors After 2 and a half innings, FOFC still out in front, 2-0 Grounded to the right side Tinker comes up with it Waves off McGinnity... Runs to the bag Out! One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is still in the on-deck circle and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking for a bat in the dugout Outside fastball... lashed at by Nights... Pop fly...Shallow center... Dropping quickly... Roush pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Nights... As Roush fields it on one bounce Apparently not afraid of McGinnity Nights stretches out to his lead McGinnity's move keeps Nights guessing He doesn't have a very good lead Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler Nights is being held at second by Dick Howser Nights will stay at second Half swing Chopper to the mound McGinnity grabs it Over to Tinker Got him! Score It: 1-3 FOFC ahead 2 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Turn of Century leads Negro League I 1 to 0 Joss battling Smith AL Post WWII is beating Caribbean 6 to 2 Jackson has hit his 2nd homerun for AL Post WWII Left Outs clipping AL Pre WWII 7 to 3 NL Post WWII is giving it to Old Timers 5 to 0 Mathews has hit his 2nd homerun for NL Post WWII Late 20th is beating Negro League II 4 to 0 Molitor has hit his 1st homerun for Late 20th Hard ground ball to short Taken by Wallace Over to Tinker Got him! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side... Dan Fouts fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Hit right back to Hunter On to first and Jackson is gone Dead Ball Era with one away Hunter steps off the mound as he waits for Ty Cobb to come to the plate Cobb drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play Two up, two down here in the top of the 4th Slow ground ball Gonzalez is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That ends the inning After 3 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 2 There's a deep fly ball to Ty Cobb Cobb circles under it... He hauls it in on the warning track With one down, up next is Billy Bullock To be followed by Sean Treacy Curve...Swung on by Bullock... Lined right back over the mound... Through into center field for a single Heres a fastball grounded sharply to Collins... This could be a doubleplay... The toss to Wallace covering for one... The relay is in the dirt... Not in time... Wallace was flipped on his back by Bullock's hard slide Nobody looks hurt Score it a force play That's two away Swing and a miss Strike three Hunter goes down on strikes And that retires the side Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Roush hits it into the hole on the right side Treacy ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Roush is out by a step at first One out Due up next is Bobby Wallace There's a cue shot off the end of the bat by Wallace Treacy makes the routine catch of the soft liner FOFC gets the second out of the inning The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Tinker held up, and draws a walk Hunter isn't happy at all with that call Hunter's pitch is a rising fastball McGinnity tries to hold up Ball four Bullock points down to first He did not go around Base hit to left for Collins Jim Thorpe is windmilling the runner home... The throw is coming home... Tinker is out! Grounded towards first Tinker grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG OUT! One away here in the bottom of the 5th FOFC leads 2 to 0 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard Negro League I leads Turn of Century 2 to 1 AL Post WWII clipping Caribbean 6 to 2 Left Outs with the lead over AL Pre WWII 9 to 6 Sutton comfortably ahead for Left Outs NL Post WWII is embarrassing Old Timers 10 to 2 Late 20th besting Negro League II 5 to 0 Molitor has hit his 1st homerun for Late 20th Grounded back to the mound McGinnity comes up with it Tosses it to first and gets him A slider by McGinnity Pflaggstettler gets good wood on it... Roush back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! The side is retired No runs, no hits and no errors Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz Chance hits a screamer at Owen Hunter Hunter picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Gonzalez off the bag Gonzalez swipes with the glove Chance is out! Nice play by Gonzalez Hunter gets the first out in the inning Long fly to center Tucker has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Jackson is retired on a fairly deep fly Two down in the 6th Time for a station break This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System your 4 Sports Network... OK, we're back and ready to go... Cobb swings hard... Nobody is going to get this one... Yes sir! Cobb will have himself a single And he extends his hitting streak to 11 games! 1 for 3 on the evening Cobb stretches his lead Cobb dances off first base... Hunter fires over to first... He caught Cobb leaning! He's out Gonzalez really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Cobb has a shot at it He leaps for it at the fence... OUT!!! One down for FOFC Dan Fouts is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Fouts swings, and lines it back up the middle It glances off McGinnity's glove and rolls away Dan Fouts has himself an infield hit Base hit to left for Gunner Fouts is rounding second... But he pulls up quickly as he sees the sign from Dick Howser Fouts will stay at second Hot shot grounded to short Taken by Wallace Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That ends the bottom of the 6th After 6 innings, the All Stars lead by 2 It's a blast into deep right-center Tucker is racing over Pflaggstettler is at the wall They both go up They collide The ball is free Baker races into third Home Run gets Dead Ball Era started Triple number 1 of the year for Home Run Baker Lunging after the change-up Roush hits a grounder through to right... Scoring from third is Baker Credit Roush with a single and an RBI Wallace squares around He bunts it . . . It's popped up... Caught by O.Hunter a poor bunt by Wallace That's one away Bounced past the mound Smooth pickup by Nights Throw to second for one Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 And that retires the side But not before Dead Ball Era gets 1 run to put an end to Owen Hunter's hopes of a shutout After 6 and a half innings, FOFC is still on top, 2-1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Swing and a miss! Bad looking cut by Treacy And here's why - Catchers interference! No argument by Chance Treacy heads to first The ump caught Chance red handed! Score It: E2 Treacy to first Taking his lead is Treacy Big lead at first... Fastball inside... Terp swings and misses Treacy is off for second on the pitch Chance is up and firing down... The slide at second... Treacy is out! Nice peg by Chance It's a smash over short Wallace leaps Just over his outstretched glove Terp makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Terp inches away from first base McGinnity looks Terp back... He's taking a shorter lead now Hard curve ball... Tucker sends a hot smash to first Tinker takes it on one hop Fires to Collins for one... Back to Tinker... A. J. beats the relay He can really fly down the line! Two down Chance asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Chance and McGinnity Tucker edges away from first base Tucker has been successful in 5 of 5 attempts so far this season Tucker unable to take a big lead McGinnity glances over his shoulder He's keeping him close He's off to the races! The peg down by Chance... Tucker out at second base It wasn't even close The throw beat Tucker by a mile Tris Speaker is going to bat for Joe McGinnity Dead Ball Era needs baserunners desperately Speaker knows how to get on base He has a .464 OBP He hits left handers at a .500 clip He steps out of the dugout and makes his way to the plate Swung on and a drive to right-center Pflaggstettler is after it, but he won't catch this one It one hops off the wall Pflaggstettler bobbles it a second That's enough for Speaker He's heading for third The throw is right on line... But Tris Speaker slides in safely! BOOM! A nice start here in the top of the 8th for Dead Ball Era It's scored a triple Triple number 2 of the year for Tris Speaker Hit in the air to center... Tucker waits for it to come down... He has it... Speaker is tagging up! Here he comes... Here comes the throw home... He's... SAFE! The game is tied! It's all even now at 2 Sacrifice fly and an RBI for Collins FOFC gets the first out of the inning There's a roller down at Fouts He's in front of it... It rolls right between the wickets! Error on Dan Fouts as he didn't get his glove down Maybe a bit too easy for him Swung on and missed... Jackson is down on strikes That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Negro League I is pounding Turn of Century 9 to 2 AL Post WWII clipping Caribbean 6 to 2 Left Outs with the lead over AL Pre WWII 9 to 6 NL Post WWII is crushing Old Timers 13 to 2 Banks has hit his 5th homerun for NL Post WWII Late 20th winning over Negro League II 6 to 0 And in our matchup We're all tied up at 2 Chance takes a short lead against the lefty Knowles Slow curve... Bullock has it... It's a delayed steal... There he goes Bullock comes up from his stance firing... High throw... Goes into centerfield... Over everyone's heads... Around second... Chance heads for third... And he will make it easily! There will be an error charged to Bullock It's popped up into foul territory Billy Bullock is under it He makes a nice play on it Score It: 2 That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era So After 7 and a half innings FOFC has 2 runs, 7 hits and 2 errors While Dead Ball Era has 2 runs, 6 hits and one error Dead Ball Era has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 5 John McGraw will be bringing in a relief pitcher Three Finger Brown has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Ground ball to the left side... Wallace scoops it up Over to first for the putout One down, nobody on Game tied Persimmon Pflaggstettler offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Pflaggstettler couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Bobby Wallace for the out Pflaggstettler never even left the batter's box Two away in today's tightly contested game Score still tied here with two down in the bottom of the 8th There's a towering fly ball hit by Gonzalez Roush sprints over, and makes the catch 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 2 runs apiece Quite a pitcher's duel, indeed! It is a slow change... Baker's not at all fooled He hits it squarely... It is heading out to right-center almost on a line... Very well hit ball by Home Run Tucker is running after it... He hopes to play it off the fence He picks it up on the second bounce He turns and gets it back into the infield Baker slides into second base but it was not necessary Two-bagger for the Dead Ball Era third baseman Roush rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Fouts Dan fields it cleanly Looks Baker back to second Now fires it over to first... Easy out With one down Gonzalez yells something out to Knowles Bo nods his head Wallace tries to hold up, but can't... Strike three! Kronside took something off of that back door breaking ball He had Wallace way out in front Two down That one is a grass cutter towards short Nights fronts it... OOPS! It takes a big hop! Jeff 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... Potpie one hops it into his glove Out! Potpie can't get out of the way and Joe 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 Dead Ball Era threatens but fails to score Here in the top of the 9th Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Chance fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Fouts Big bender... Swung on... Gunner pops it straight up Three players converging on it And it will be Wallace making the play That's two away Wallace comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Brown Billy Bullock will be next up... It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Wallace for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! And we go to extra innings! It's a little roller out front Bullock is on it...throws to first... Nice play One up, one down for Dead Ball Era STRIKE THREE, CALLED! Two down Jace Kronside retires the first two batters in order In the dirt That's ball four Base hit to left for Jackson Chance is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Jackson at first Routine grounder to short Taken by Nights His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's it in the top of the 10th After 9 and a half innings in FOFC, The score is tied at 2 Swung on... High fly ball into left Not hit well Jackson is under it... He's got it Easy chance for Joe That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Slider, down and away... Potpie reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Baker is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Jackson is hustling after it... Potpie with the big turn... The throw from Jackson goes into second And Potpie holds at first Tucker rips a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at first Tinker just got his glove up in time That's two away for the All Stars We have a real "nail-biter" here today Nights hits a slider to the third base side of short Wallace going hard to his right... Backhands the groundball... He stops, plants, and throws to second... And gets the forceout on the sliding Potpie Putting an end to FOFC's inning Dead Ball Era gets another chance We will go to the 11th in FOFC Strike three swinging... Now that is something you don't see very often Baker rarely ever strikes out But Kronside got him that time! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Negro League I ripped Turn of Century 9 to 3 AL Post WWII topped Caribbean 6 to 3 Left Outs edged out AL Pre WWII 9 to 8 Sutton the winner, he's now 1-1 Mays takes the loss, his record drops to 0-1 NL Post WWII humbled Old Timers 13 to 2 Late 20th easily defeated Negro League II 6 to 1 Molitor has hit his 1st homerun for Late 20th And in our contest The score is tied at 2 He hits a tough grounder to first Potpie flips to Kronside covering Score It: 3-1 Two down Jace Kronside retires the first two batters in a row It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Kronside retires the side in order Here in the top of the 11th High hard fastball, swung on... It's a grounder hammered at second... Collins is there... IT'S INTO RIGHT!!... It took a HIGH hop right over him! That's a single for Pflaggstettler (Guarding Lines Effect) Pflaggstettler edges away from the bag The runner can't seem to get a good lead The runner goes Blade loves to hit and run... A low curveball to Blade He swings a bit late but hits it right up the middle Pflaggstettler is going to try for third Roush is over, picks it up and fires to Baker One bounce... The slide by Pflaggstettler... SAFE! Quick throw to second to hold Blade at first Now Collins fires it to first... Blade just dives back safely! The hit and run works to perfection! Fastball... just outside Fouts will take first on the walk That will load 'em up for Stan Gunner John McGraw will be bringing in a relief pitcher Chief Bender has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go It's popped up into foul territory Frank Chance is under it He grabs it for the out Score It: 2 Bender gets out number one... The All Stars have something going Grounded through the infield into left field Base hit for Bullock Over the head of the outfielder! Pflaggstettler scores from third! Blade takes third Fouts takes second FOFC wins 3 to 2 Kronside gets credit for the win Brown takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeff Nights He was 2 for 5 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 13 - Sunday, April 15th - Boxscore
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Nice continued surge to start the season boys.
8-0 in one run ball games shows we're doing the little things right to come out on top. Course, 8 one run games in the first 13 games of the season means we should start trying to win by more or our beloved skipper might not make it to the All-Star break :D |
The National Herald - Monday, April 16th
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GAME 14 - Monday, April 16th - Radio Broadcast
Bouncer in the hole and past David Gonzalez... Base hit into right field! That one had eyes on it Good piece of hitting by Collins Good slider, inside part of the plate Sisler gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... To second for one Over to first... OUT! Smooth "DP" by FOFC One more chance for Dead Ball Era this inning Breaking ball, in on the hands Speaker swings at... Pounds the ball into the ground It's a one bouncer into the hole Nights ranging over stabs it Strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! Speaker is out by an eyelash What a play! John Williams holds Dead Ball Era scoreless in the first inning Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Tinker fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Blade One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Change up... Nights hits a fly ball to right Cobb is under it... He's got it Two up, two down Ed comes in there with a dipsy-do And it freezes Tucker He can't get the bat off his shoulder as he watches it just catch the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Walsh In the bottom of the 1st for FOFC No runs, no hits and no errors It's a Texas Leaguer to right Here comes Pflaggstettler... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Cobb is on with a bloop single to right Hit and run... Smashed to first Gonzalez takes it to the bag himself The hit and run moves the runner up. Score It: 3 That's the first out of the inning Dead Ball Era is in 4th place in the standings 4.0 games out of first Cobb slowly moves away from the base The runner can't seem to get a good lead Curveball, in and low Baker hits it to Gonzalez at first Takes it cleanly... Races to the bag... It's going to be close... And... Out is the call That could have gone either way Cobb is now perched over at third That's two away There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Palmer calls for it and makes the play As the ump signals a foul ball That's all for Dead Ball Era After 1 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, Scoreless game Pflaggstettler swings hard... But he was fooled on the pitch It hits him on the fists It's dribbling toward short Wallace charges in on it... Bare hands it... Sidearms it to first... Pflaggstettler beats it out by a whisker It was a bleeder... Pflaggstettler's speed got him a hit on that one He'll take it Pflaggstettler watches Walsh carefully As he stretches out his lead Fastball in the dirt Blocked nicely by Tinker And Pflaggstettler is off and running! Tinker pumps... but no throw, he holds onto the ball He is SAFE! Swung on and missed, strike three! That breaking ball really had a nasty bend on it It ended up in the left-handed batter's box! One out Due up next is K. A. Ton Ton slaps a routine grounder to Baker Home Run picks it up... Looks Pflaggstettler back to second Sidearms a throw to Sisler Ton is out No score with two away this inning High and tight He takes it for a walk Base hit to right for Palmer Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Tinker is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Terrible,)... Pflaggstettler scores! Williams hits a pop into short right field Out goes Sisler and Collins In comes Cobb Collins waves his hands in the air He makes the catch over his shoulder Pretty play by Collins The All Stars get 1 in the bottom of the 2nd After 2 innings, FOFC leads by 1 Tinker pops one straight up And it will be Bullock making the play One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Turn of Century slipping by Negro League I 4 to 2 Beckley has hit his 2nd homerun for Turn of Century Caribbean and AL Post WWII are deadlocked at 2 AL Pre WWII is edging Left Outs 1 to 0 Gomez battling Carlton NL Post WWII is edging Old Timers 1 to 0 Late 20th leads Negro League II 1 to 0 And here in FOFC FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Grounded towards the bag Williams takes the flip from Gonzalez Score It: 3-1 That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Williams Eddie Collins will be next up... LINE DRIVE Gonzalez grabs it for the out Score It: 3 Williams sets the Ghosts down in order A slider by Walsh Blade gets good wood on it... Jackson back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! And there's one away Nights hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Baker dives... It's through for a base hit! He almost got his glove on it... Nights reaches on a sizzling single to left A nice try by the third baseman, Home Run Baker Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Tinker Nights dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Nights made it back Two down Apparently not afraid of Walsh Nights stretches out to his lead From the lead looks like Nights may go... Throw to first, back in time... Close play... Now he's staying closer to the bag It is a high hard one... Pflaggstettler goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Pflaggstettler couldn't hold back And that will do it for FOFC Sisler swings hard... Nobody is going to get this one... Yes sir! Sisler will have himself a single And he extends his hitting streak to 13 games! 1 for 2 on the afternoon It's a rainbow shot toward right Pflaggstettler reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One gone in the top of the 4th Up next is Ty Cobb He's having a fine year so far There's a ground ball into the hole Palmer and Nights converge on it It's picked by Nights who fires to first SAFE is the call by the ump Close play!! Curve, up high... Jackson rips it to center... Williams hung that breaking ball However, Joe got under it just a bit Tucker started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Hot shot grounded to second Blade grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side... Home Run Baker fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Sinking fastball... Bullock swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wallace... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One down for FOFC K. A. Ton is still in the on-deck circle and David Gonzalez is looking for a bat in the dugout Ton hits a screamer at Home Run Baker Baker picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Sisler off the bag Sisler swipes with the glove Ton is out! Nice play by Sisler And there's two away Walsh loses him Gonzalez heads down to first 2 walks today for Gonzalez Swing and a miss Strike three Palmer goes down on strikes That's all for the All Stars in the 4th inning No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base... We go to the 5th... FOFC leads 1 to 0 It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Blade takes off after it... Leaps... And Wallace is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Barrett is very fine fielder! One away in the top of the 5th Fastball... Tinker jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep left There goes Ton after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by K. A. Ton! Two down John Williams retires the first two batters in a row Walsh slaps a hard grounder past short Ton is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Walsh will hold with a clean single Ground ball to short Nights comes up with it He tosses it to second... Gets the force That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era So After 4 and a half innings FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors While Dead Ball Era has no runs, 5 hits and no errors Dead Ball Era has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 Williams swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Walsh strikes out John Williams So one up and one gone Blade rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Baker spears it! A shot hit right on the screws but right at the Dead Ball Era third baseman Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 1 The All Stars have 3 hits on the afternoon Smashed to third Baker grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 That's all for the All Stars No runs, no hits and no errors... After five complete... FOFC leads 1 to 0 Over the outside corner Sisler hits the curve right to second... Blade takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Sisler is out by a couple of steps With one down, up next is Tris Speaker To be followed by Ty Cobb Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Williams punches him out! Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Williams Cobb slaps a hard grounder past second Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Cobb will hold with a clean single It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! We're in the middle of the 6th FOFC still leads 1-0 Swung on and missed by Tucker, he's down on strikes That is 3 on the day for Tucker One away for FOFC here in the bottom of the 6th Pflaggstettler gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Wallace into the outfield... Base hit for Pflaggstettler Bullock watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Billy, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Walsh just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate FOFC on top 1 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Turn of Century clipping Negro League I 6 to 2 Caribbean is edging AL Post WWII 4 to 3 Left Outs is edging AL Pre WWII 7 to 6 Carlton and Faber currently dueling NL Post WWII is edging Old Timers 1 to 0 Negro League II and Late 20th are deadlocked at 1 Pflaggstettler sneaks away from the base Big bender... Pflaggstettler is off to the races Tinker pumps... but no throw, he holds onto the ball He is SAFE! And now they're going to put Ton on Tinker is up and holding out his glove There's ball 3... and now ball 4 David Gonzalez is waiting on deck Grounded towards the bag Walsh takes the flip from Sisler Score It: 3-1 As we head into the 7th the Ghosts will try to get something going They trail by 1, 1-0 Baker swings He sends one to the deepest part of right-center That's going to get through to the fence Baker rounds second... The throw not nearly in time, a triple Home Run Baker now has 2 three-baggers this season Groundball to back to the mound Jim Thorpe won't risk sending the runner home... Wallace is retired on the groundout Tinker squares around He bunts it . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by J.Williams he's throwing for the lead runner... SAFE! Sac & Fielders Choice Baker scores from third! Tinker to first The Whiff! Williams punches Walsh out! He goes after the low slider At the knees... There's a fly ball into straight-away right Pflaggstettler slides under it... one hands it... Almost drops it, but hangs on That could have been a costly error by Pflaggstettler That retires the side... but not before the Ghosts score 1 run to tie it up After 6 and a half innings, FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors While Dead Ball Era has one run, 7 hits and no errors It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Palmer chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Walsh Wallace snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! One up, one down for FOFC Here's a curve... Not a good one! Gunner turns on it a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run! Number 3 for Stan on the year He also has 4 RBI's now It rides in on Blade and hits him on the hands Blade is in a lot of pain... We'll see if he can continue... He heads to first Blade inches away from the base Walsh holds the runner close to the bag Nights lines one into left Jackson is up with it Fires it to third Blade holds at second Nubber to second Taken by Collins Over to second for one Over to first Not in time! Score It: 4-6 Blade takes third The runner on first, Nights, is out That's the second out of the inning Ground ball to short Wallace 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 30753 Good slider, inside part of the plate Sisler gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! FOFC gets the first out of the inning Speaker hits one on the ground to the left side Tris, who moves well, is motoring to first Nights wings it quickly to Gonzalez... OUT by a step FOFC gets the second out of the inning It's a high fly into left Ton ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out That does it for Dead Ball Era in the top of the 8th Shallow fly ball Jackson charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Bullock stops at first That's a single Gazelle studies Walsh intently... Now he's walking away from the base Walsh looks Gazelle back He is unable to get his normal lead Ton hits a deep ball Jackson retreats toward the wall He leaps... He's got it! Nice grab by Joe Jackson With one down Sisler yells something out to Walsh Ed nods his head There's a grounder right at Ed Walsh This should be two The throw to second...in time To first Out of there, a double play! That's all for the All Stars After 8 innings in FOFC this afternoon, FOFC on top 2 to 1 Hard slider, paints the inside corner Jackson gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Gonzalez grabs it... Races to first... Beats Jackson for the out One gone for Dead Ball Era in the top of the 9th Hard inside slider... The swing... Baker hits a grounder into the hole Gonzalez makes an incredible stop... But he's in no position to make a throw Score that a single Baker is taking his lead from first Slider, down and in... Breaking on the pitch There goes Baker for second Hays fires it down... Right on the money... Baker is out by a mile Wallace swings and misses Strike three Wallace didn't have a good cut at that pitch And that will do it for Dead Ball Era FOFC wins 2 to 1 Williams gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Walsh takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Stan Gunner He was 1 for 1 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 14 - Monday, April 16h - Boxscore
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Our pitching staff is lights out right now. Good job guys.
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The National Herald - Tuesday, April 17th
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FOFC - MANAGER UPDATE
I wake up and pack my suitcase. We are heading on the road for our first road trip. It's only a short one, but it will be interesting to see how we perform away from our comfort zone. This schedule is ridiculous, starting out with a 14 game home stand. I think we pay for it in July, where we are away from home almost the entire month (will need to pack extra underwear for that trip). I head to the stadium and I'm one of the first ones there. I load my bags in the team bus and get on board. I start reading a book that I brought along for the trip. Half way through the second chapter, Sal flops down next to me. "Hey Skip," he starts off. "Lou Scribe pulled me aside last night after the game. He would like to do a piece on our teams fast start and great pitching." "OK," I respond. "You supposed to handle it?" "I already gave him some information, but he wants some comments from you." "So when am I supposed to speak with him?" "He says he'll grab you while we are on the road." "Odds are we'll stink it up while we are out here and all the works he's done so far will become irrelavent." I smirk. Sal laughs, then he gets up and heads to his seat. "Hey Sal," I get his attention once more, "You and your guys are doing a fantastic job." "Thanks, but it's easy to do when you have tallent to work with. What's the old saying, You're only as good as your tools." He smiles. |
GAME 15 - Tuesday, April 17th - Radio Broadcast
Swung on and chopped down the third base line Dandridge stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by Ray Dandridge One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is still in the on-deck circle and A. J. Tucker is looking for a bat in the dugout Swung on and Nights sends a high fly to right It is hugging the foul line... Torriente is over at the fence... It's going to be close... Torriente can't make the catch! Nights just missed on that one Foul by inches! . . . Nights back in the box And here comes the next pitch Jeff raps a high bouncer toward third Dandridge snatches it on the third hop Overhands one to first Easy out Two up, two down for FOFC Drilled on the ground to the mound Taken by Paige Over to Leonard Got him! Score It: 1-3 Paige sets them down in order Here in the top of the 1st Pounded on the ground to first Babson takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 One out Due up next is Willie Wells It's a high fly to deep center Tucker is on his horse It is carrying to the fence A. J. jumps... Leaping catch... No, it pops out of his glove Wells will get a two-base hit There's a high foul pop behind the plate Bullock goes back to the screen Nice catch Just before it goes into the seats That's the second out of the inning The pitch is low It bounces away from Bullock! He's got it But there's no throw. It's scored a passed ball. Hot shot grounded to second Taken by Blade Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for Negro League I By the way, Negro League I is 6 and 4 in their last ten games The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Pflaggstettler held up, and draws a walk Paige isn't happy at all with that call Change up... Potpie was not fooled... He connects! Charleston is off to the races... That ball is hit hard... Oscar is at the warning track... But that ball has the necessary distance! Home Run for Jeeberoni Potpie! Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Bullock is outta there And there's one away Grounded towards first Leonard grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG OUT! And there's two away There's a fly ball to Cristobal Torriente Torriente circles under it... He makes the play That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean and Negro League II have yet to score Cuellar battling Holland Old Timers and AL Pre WWII are scoreless Galvin and Mays currently dueling NL Pre WWII and Dead Ball Era are scoreless Rixey battling Johnson NL Post WWII leads Left Outs 1 to 0 AL Post WWII and Turn of Century are scoreless Late 20th is on top of Japanese League 2 to 0 Martinez and Kaneda currently dueling And in our matchup FOFC leads 2 to 0 Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Leonard! Babson retires the first batter to face him in the bottom of the 2nd Smashed to short Nights comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Babson Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bullock fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Dihigo 1-2-3, nothing across... Sinking fastball... Babson swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Dandridge... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC He hits a tough grounder to short Wells grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 Negro League I gets the second out of the inning Swung on and hit sharply to short Wells plays it on one bounce Over to Leonard... Out of there! That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 2-0, FOFC Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Dandridge was frozen on that fastball by Babson High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch One gone for Negro League I in the bottom of the 3rd Smashed to the mound Babson grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 Two down Babson retires two in a row Bell sends a wicked smash in the hole Fouts can't cut it off Nights makes a great backhand stab Leaps and fires to Potpie Cool Papa is out on a bang-bang play! Great play by Jeff Nights! That's all for the Ones After 3 innings in Negro League I this afternoon, FOFC on top 2 to 0 LINE DRIVE Dihigo reaches He grabs it for the out Score It: 4 One up, one down A jug-handled curve Pflaggstettler goes out and gets it It's a liner to center Bell will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Persimmon Pflaggstettler Swung on and lofted very high... and very deep... Torriente starts back, turns... He's at the fence... And hauls it in! Two gone for FOFC Bullock drives the ball to right for extra bases Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Pflaggstettler scores! Double for Bullock Looks like Fouts will be given a free pass here And he is... that's four wide ones Stan Gunner is the batter due up next Change up... Gunner was way out in front... Strike Three That does it for FOFC here in the top of the 4th But they pick up 1 run So After 3 and a half innings, FOFC on top 3 to 0 Curve in the dirt... and Wells holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Bullock asks the first base ump's opinion He says Wells went around Strike three, swinging With one gone Negro League I will have Oscar Charleston coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Extra base hit to center for Charleston A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up Base hit to left for Gibson Bill Madlock is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Swing and a miss Strike three Leonard goes down on strikes FOFC ahead 3 to 1 with two away this inning Grounded towards the middle Nights comes up with it He throws IT GETS AWAY! Score It: Single + E6 Gibson scores from first! Torriente to third Grounded down the line Taken by Fouts Over to first NOT IN TIME! Dihigo gets an infield hit Torriente scores from third! Dihigo moves away from first Babson fires a throw... Dihigo dives back... He's safe! The first base coach, Dave Parker, is telling him to watch Babson more carefully He was awfully close to being picked off! It's a rainbow shot toward left Gunner reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch So Negro League I is retired here in the bottom of the 4th They score 3 to even the score at 3 There's a ground ball into the hole Dandridge and Wells converge on it It's picked by Dandridge who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! One gone for FOFC He rips a grounder to short Wells comes up with it Over to Leonard Got him! Score It: 6-3 One more chance for FOFC this inning Over the outside corner Nights hits the curve right to third... Dandridge takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Nights is out by a couple of steps That's all for FOFC After 4 and a half innings in Negro League I this afternoon, The score is tied at 3 Good slider, inside part of the plate Paige gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One down for Negro League I Cool Papa Bell is still in the on-deck circle and Willie Wells is looking for a bat in the dugout Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Bell swings way over it He was fooled completely Bullock loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Cool Papa as he was heading for the dugout Two down Babson retires the first two Negro League I batters Wells takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Wells can't believe it and says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Babson Babson retires three in a row Here in the bottom of the 5th Tucker pulls one to the right side It's going to scoot on through the infield Torriente will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Tucker retreats to first after a wide turn Pflaggstettler hits a three hopper towards Willie Wells Wells scoops it and fires it to second... Out The throw to first... Out at first, it's a double play The score is knotted at 3 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Caribbean and Negro League II are tied at 1 AL Pre WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0 NL Pre WWII leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Left Outs leads NL Post WWII 3 to 2 Wynn battling Marichal Turn of Century slipping by AL Post WWII 4 to 2 Japanese League and Late 20th are tied at 3 Starffin and Martinez currently dueling Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Bullock connects on the curve... This one is really smoked... Charleston starts back... Now he just stops to look Bullock got all of this one.... See ya, It's a home run! Potpie scores in front of him Ground ball to the left side... Dandridge scoops it up Over to first for the putout That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 5 and a half innings FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and one error While Negro League I has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 stranded Negro League I has failed to bring home 2 It's a routine fly into right Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One up, one down here in the bottom of the 6th The pitch is just inside and Gibson holds up Bullock points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! Two up, two down Ball four is the call Babson can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Babson Leonard takes first base Torriente sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Tucker Tucker gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium center That ends the inning After 6 innings, FOFC leads by 2 Swung on and hit sharply to second Dihigo plays it on one hop Over to Leonard... Out of there! FOFC with one away Paige steps off the mound as he waits for Brian Babson to come to the plate Slow ground ball Dihigo is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's two away Wells comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Paige Barrett Blade will be next up... There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Oscar Charleston is at the wall... (Possible HR or Out Fielding ability: Great,) He's jumping for it... He can't get it! That's a homerun for Barrett Blade Changeup down low... Nights makes contact and hits one out to left Oscar Charleston is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Paige That ends the top of the 7th One run, one hit and no errors After 6 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Dihigo checks his swing Bullock appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Martin That's one away Dandridge 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! Two gone for Negro League I Time is running out for them We are going to have a pinch hitter Turkey Stearnes will bat for Satchel Paige It will be the lefthand hitting, Stearnes against the righty Babson Stearnes is hitting righties for a .297 average STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Brian Babson here this afternoon That is the third out for Negro League I here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 37673 Dave Barnhill will be coming on to pitch for Negro League I Dave has appeared in 5 games this season with a record of 0-1 In 6 innings, he has an 1.59 ERA Satchel Paige has finished his work here this afternoon Tucker starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Barnhill walks him Tucker inches away from the base Barnhill holds the runner Pflaggstettler laces a hard, low bouncer to the right side Dihigo steps in front of it Whoa! The ball squirted right under his legs! Must have hit a pebble Give Pflaggstettler a single on the play Swung on and sliced down the line Dihigo runs over He's near the dugout steps Reaches in... The ball bounces into the dugout . . . Potpie back in the box And here comes the next pitch Grounded towards the bag Dandridge grabs it Over to Leonard Got him! Score It: 5-3 One down for FOFC... Dandridge calls time as he comes to the mound to have a word with the pitcher I'm sure he wants Barnhill to bear down And not worry about the runners Swung on and rocked toward Ray Dandridge He leaps in the air... Just out of his reach! The runners are on the move The throw comes in to the plate... No, it's cut off Over to first, but Bullock dives back in safely He comes through with a hard shot and FOFC scores two as Joe Adcock gives Billy a hand dusting the dirt off his uniform Fouts swings and misses Strike three Fouts didn't have a good cut at that pitch One more chance for FOFC in the top of the 8th That's ball four Gunner trots down to first Bullock is already down on second Bounced past the mound Wells dives and grabs it! His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's it for FOFC FOFC has 8 runs, 9 hits and one error While Negro League I has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has now left 4 runners stranded Hard slider, paints the inside corner Bell gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Bell for the out With one down Potpie yells something out to Fozborg Sirr nods his head Wells is down That was way inside No call yet... Now the umpire motions Willie to first Fozborg comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Charleston As he swings right through it for strike three That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean leads Negro League II 2 to 1 AL Pre WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0 Mays and Bond currently dueling NL Pre WWII leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Rixey and Johnson currently dueling NL Post WWII is in front of Left Outs 7 to 4 Niekro comfortably ahead for NL Post WWII Turn of Century is on top of AL Post WWII 4 to 2 Japanese League is on top of Late 20th 6 to 4 Oh has hit his 3rd homerun for Japanese League And right here in Negro League I FOFC on top 8 to 3 Base hit to left for Gibson Bill Madlock is waving Wells to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Gibson at first Hard ground ball to second Blade grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 Blade rips the curve to left-center... Bell racing back to the fence... He reaches for the drive... Can't quite reach it!!... Blade makes it easily into second That's a double for Blade Nights rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Dandridge Ray fields it cleanly Looks Blade back to second Now fires it over to first... Easy out Negro League I gets the first out of the inning A line drive... But right at Martin Dihigo He doesn't have to move to catch the wicked liner Blade scurries back to second With two gone, FOFC ahead 8 to 3 in the top of the 9th Pflaggstettler swings... He hits it to deep left... Charleston is at the fence... This one is going... going..... CAUGHT!!! Oscar Charleston makes a great catch at the fence! Unbelievable!!! The crowd is giving him quite the applause That retires the side... Persimmon Pflaggstettler fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Checked swing by Torriente Called ball four Bullock motions down to the third base umpire He gives the "safe" sign with no hesitation Cristobal walks to lead it off Hit right back to Fozborg Turns and throws to second for one On to first and Dihigo is gone as well That's two away It's grounded past the mound Blade races to his right Nights to his left Nights scoops it up Throws on one bounce to Potpie... Ray beats it out! Dusty Baker will send up a pinch hitter for Dave Barnhill Yes, Jelly Gardner steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Fozborg Base hit to center for Gardner Dandridge is being held at second by Bill Madlock Dandridge will stay at second Base hit to left for Bell Bill Madlock puts up the stop sign... Runners hold. Base hit to right for Wells Dandridge scores Bill Madlock plays it safe and stops him at third... Runners hold. He rips a grounder to second Taken by Blade Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 And that will do it for Negro League I FOFC wins 8 to 4 Babson gets credit for the win Rodney notches the save Paige takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Billy Bullock He was 3 for 4 with a homerun He also knocked in 5 runs And that wraps things up So long from Negro League I. |
GAME 15 - Tuesday, April 17th - Boxscore
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Now THAT'S the kind of hiting I expect from myself...
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The National Herald - Wednesday, April 18th
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FOFC - Manager Update
I've already gotten so accustomed to my morning routine that I failed to notice the cover story on the Sports page today. I didn't notice it dealt with my team until I closed it after reading the synopsis of last nights games. I look at the picture on the cover. It's a great shot of Babson throwing a pitch with Maglie in the backgroun on the top step of the dug out watching. There are inset pictures of Mighty and Nielsen as well. |
The National Herald - Wednesday, April 18th
SPORTS Blistering by Lou Scribe The late Spring sunshine has been hot, and there are several red, sunburned faces around the Dynasty League lockerrooms to prove it. However, nothing is as hot as the FOFC All Stars and more specifically their pitching. The FOFC All Stars, proved durning the spring with a 12 and 8 record that they would be able to compete with the games greatest players ever, but there were still some reservations from the fans, players, and even the manager. "I feel like our pitching is good enough to let us compete, but Spring training is just that - training. The stats we accumulated are thrown out and we start from scratch. We'll have to see how we do when the lights come on." Manager Benton Breeze commented at his press conference following the last Spring game. So far (with the lights on) so good. How's a 14 and 1 record sound? Pretty good right? Well that's only part of the story, and it doesn't truly capture the teams dominating pitching. If I were to tell you that the FOFCers have a team batting average of .269, which places them in the middle of the pack, have 15 home runs which is also middle of the pack, and have managed to score only 62 runs, the only teams that have scored less are the 6 and 9 Caribbeans, the 4 and 9 Post- Americans, and the 3 and 11 Japanese teams, you would probably guess the All Stars are around a .500 team. Let's get a little more specific about the teams offense...Pflaggstettler is the only full time player hitting over .300, but he is way over that number currently sitting at .453. The Catcher platoon of Bullock and Hays are hitting a combine .333 with Bullock getting the most at bats so far and carrying an impressive .375 average. The rest of the regulars are under .300 and Gunner who isn't even a full-time starter leads the team in home runs with 3. To give you a bit of comparison, Jimmy Foxx leads the league in homeruns with 9 and it takes 5 to get on the short list leaderboard. Pflaggstettlers 12 RBI lead the team, but that won't put him on the list of league leaders either. Despite the rather vanilla offensive statistics the team has a 2.5 game lead in the National League. How is that possible you ask? ...it's the pitching stupid. "We've really done well pitching," says team pitching coach Sal Maglie. "Coming into the season we really preached to our guys to pitch to spots, but to challenge hitters. We knew free passes would kill us. In this league you can't be giving teams baserunners, and so far so good." The FOFCers have only issued 40 walks, second lowest in the league to the Old Timers. With the low number of walks and the great pitching the FOFCers are only allowing just over 1 baserunner an inning. The teams ERA is 2.43, almost an entire run better than the next closest team the Pre-Nationals who are at 3.35. The biggest reason the All Stars have a low ERA - try the top 3 pitchers in the rotation - Babson, Nielsen and Mighty. All 3 are in the top 7 lowest ERAs in all of baseball. The league leader is Cannonball Dick Redding at 1.44, but Mighty is second (1.57), Nielsen is 4th (1.85) and Babson is 7th (2.03). The two right handers at the end of the games Kronside and Sammy Knowles have combined to go 14 scoreless innings, striking out 14 and walking only 4. "We've been doing so good that pitchers like Rodney and Fozborg are getting very little work, and these guys are good enough to start for team in this league," Maglie points out. "Our 5th starter is 2 and 0 with a 3.21 ERA and he's goine 7 innings in both games. Not bad." All that is great, but it still doesn't give you the full affect of how dominating the FOFC pitchers have been. Let's try throwing out a few more numbers - 9 and 0 in 1 run games 1 and 0 in extra innings In the 15 games played - 7 times they have held opponents to 0 or 1 run. In 9 of the 15 games opponents have been held to 2 or less. Now is the pitching coach Maglie smiling - absolutlely. "We have a 2.43 ERA and that is awesome in any league, but we've done it against hitters with last names of Ruth, Gehrig, Gibson, Charleston, DiMaggio, Cobb, Speaker...I could go on and on and on. I'm extremely proud of my staff." What about the Manager Benton Breeze - "We've pitched well and gotten timely hitting, and I'm thrilled by our 14 and 1 start, but the numbers as impressive as they appear are hidding some very unsettling facts." Benton explains, "We are 9 and 0 in 1 runs games, that means we are 1 bad pitch, or misplayed ball away from losing those games. We've played 14 of our 15 games at home, and that is a huge advantage. Our park isn't as cavernous as the Dead Ballers, Old Timers or the Centurions, but it's designed to help our pitchers, and they've benefitted from that. We have also benefited from being healthy this season. Have you seen some of the names on the Injury Report. Wow." And of course we get his typical response for this time of year... "It's early and there is a bunch of baseball still to be played. I just hope we can continue to play this way." |
His Robness would like to mention he is 3rd on the strikeout list....with only 3 games pitched to everyone else's 4.
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GAME 16 - Wednesday, April 18th - Radio Broadcast
In the dirt And Blade holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Swung on and lofted very high... and deep... Charleston starts back, turns... He's at the fence... And he pulls it in! Williams gets the first out in the inning Base hit to center for Tucker Blade is racing towards third... The throw is going to third... Blade is safe at third! And Tucker advances to second on the throw Just inside with a fastball Williams is visibly upset... Gibson is quickly out to calm him down Dihigo comes over as well Blade on third, Tucker on second and Pflaggstettler on first They'll be loaded up for Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie swings and hits a high fly to right It is right along the line... Torriente is over at the fence... reaches... It's going to be close... Just out of the reach of Torriente Foul ball into the seats He would have had a chance in most other parks Only a smidgen of foul ground out there at Black Diamond Pk . . . Potpie back in the box And here comes the next pitch Potpie swings and lifts one toward left Charleston drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Williams needs one more out to get the Ones out of this jam Billy Bullock swings This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... GONE! A homerun into the seats in left Bullock gets a hearty slap on the back from bench coach Chuck Tanner as he ducks into the All Stars' dugout There's a fly ball to Turkey Stearnes Stearnes circles under it... This one would end the inning... He makes the play After one-half inning It's FOFC 4, Ones coming up Grounded back to the mound Nielsen comes up with it Tosses it to first and gets him One away, two to go in the bottom of the 1st Dihigo swings on a ball in on his fists It results in a pop up to short Nights is under it... A few steps to his right... One hands it for the out Dihigo looked bad on that pitch And there's two away It's a sinker, up in the strike zone Charleston hits it deep into the alley Pflaggstettler is back to the warning track... To the fence... He leaps in the air... Can't reach it!... It's in for extra bases... Almost a fine play by Persimmon Pflaggstettler Charleston is at second with a stand-up double Gibson rips one hard to center A. J. Tucker is on his horse as he retreats to the fence He is looking up... Will he have a chance??? And this ball is caught! At the end of one inning,... FOFC leads 4 to 0 Hard slider, paints the inside corner Fouts gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Leonard grabs it... Races to first... Beats Fouts for the out And there's one away It's hit down the line Charleston ranges over quickly He's under it Easy out Two up, two down Blade hits a fly ball to center Turkey Stearnes camps under it This should wrap up the inning... That's it That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 10 and 0 in their last ten games Leonard hits a screamer at Rob Nielsen Nielsen picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Leonard is out! Nice play by Potpie One away in the bottom of the 2nd for Negro League I Comebacker, right to Nielsen Over to Potpie for the easy out 'Come back, Little Sheba' That's the second out of the inning It's popped up into foul territory Billy Bullock is under it He makes a nice play on it Score It: 2 That wraps up the inning for Negro League I Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean and Negro League II have yet to score Old Timers is in front of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0 NL Pre WWII winning over Dead Ball Era 6 to 0 Left Outs winning over NL Post WWII 7 to 1 Cochrane has hit his 2nd homerun for Left Outs AL Post WWII leads Turn of Century 3 to 2 Late 20th slipping by Japanese League 2 to 0 And in our contest FOFC on top 4 to 0 Nights swings He raps a deep fly ball It's into the left field gap Stearnes can't get to it Now he fires it to second Not in time Jeff starts FOFC off right Tucker rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Dandridge Ray fields it cleanly Looks Nights back to second Now fires it over to first... Easy out Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Nights scores! Trailing runner advances. Potpie watches strike three glide by For that matter, he watched them all That won't get it done FOFC ahead 5 to 0 with two away this inning Fastball, belt high, away... Bullock goes after it... There's a fly ball to Charleston Charleston is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run That ends the top of the 3rd One run, 2 hits, no errors and one man left on base After 2 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 5 Sinking fastball... Dandridge swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Fouts... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One up, one down Cool Papa Bell will be batting for Smokey Joe Williams Dusty Baker would like to get the speedster on board He wrecks havoc on opposing pitchers with his base stealing capabilites Cool Papa has stolen 9 bases in 15 attempts His on base percentage is .427 There's a liner over short Solidly stroked by Bell... Would you look at that! Nights leaped two stories into the air and robbed Bell of a sure base hit Cool Papa is disgusted... but tips his hat to Nights just the same That ball had base hit written all over it Two out, nobody on FOFC leads 5 to 0 Low slider... Stearnes takes a big rip at it... Lofts a deep fly ball... It could be going... IT IS!!... HOME RUN FOR Negro League I! Base hit to center for Dihigo A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Charleston sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Tucker Tucker gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium center That ends the inning After 3 innings, FOFC leads by 4 Dusty Baker will be bringing in a relief pitcher Rube Foster has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Gunner swings He slices it down the left field line Charleston is on the warning track The ball is going,...going Just foul! Missed by a whisker . . . Gunner back in the box And here comes the next pitch Gunner slaps a hard grounder past second Torriente is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Gunner will hold with a clean single Swing and a miss Strike three Fouts goes down on strikes That's one away Fastball inside... Swung on by Nielsen... There's a ground ball between first and second Dihigo gloves it going away in short right He spins, firing to the pitcher covering SAFE!..By a step Dihigo gave it a great effort Pounded on the ground to short Dandridge comes up with it Over to second for one On to first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That does it for FOFC in the top of the 4th A slider by Nielsen Gibson gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! One down for Negro League I Buck Leonard is still in the on-deck circle and Willie Wells is looking for a bat in the dugout Big bender... Swung on... Leonard pops it straight up Three players converging on it And it will be Potpie making the play Two down Just off the plate Ball four Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Torriente is outta there That wraps up the inning for Negro League I So After 4 innings FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Negro League I has one run, 3 hits and no errors Negro League I has left 2 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 Nights rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Wells Nights takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Charleston to get that ball in quickly It's a rainbow shot toward right Torriente reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One away here in the top of the 5th FOFC on top 5 to 1 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard Caribbean and Negro League II are all knotted at 1 Mendez battling Wickware Old Timers with the lead over AL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Keefe comfortably ahead for Old Timers NL Pre WWII toppling Dead Ball Era 8 to 1 Grimes enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead Left Outs is comfortably ahead of NL Post WWII 7 to 1 Roberts enjoying the big Left Outs lead Turn of Century with the lead over AL Post WWII 6 to 3 Waddell comfortably ahead for Turn of Century Japanese League and Late 20th are deadlocked at 3 It is a high hard one... Pflaggstettler goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Pflaggstettler couldn't hold back One more chance for FOFC this inning Base hit to right for Potpie Dick Howser is waving Nights to third... The throw is going to third... Nights is safe at third! And Potpie advances to second on the throw Bullock hits a roller to Willie Wells Wells 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 Wells That's error number 1 of the game for Negro League I Gunner drives the ball to right for extra bases Potpie scores Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Gunner Ground ball to second Dihigo comes up with it Over to Leonard Got him! Score It: 4-3 And that's the final out of the inning FOFC has 7 runs, 9 hits and no errors While Negro League I has one run, 3 hits and one error FOFC has left 4 men on base today Hot shot grounded to first Potpie will take it himself Score It: 3 Dusty Baker brings on Mule Suttles to hit for Rube Foster The Ones are way behind They need baserunners... And a lot of them! Suttles hits it on the handle He slices a soft pop behind first base Blade roams over Still after it Drops in foul territory . . . Suttles back in the box And here comes the next pitch Hard inside slider... The swing... Suttles hits a grounder into the hole Potpie makes an incredible stop... But he's in no position to make a throw Score that a single It's hit high and deep This one is deep! THAT BALL'S SINGIN' WITH THE ANGELS NOW!!! Stearnes takes Nielsen downtown! That is Turkey Stearnes' 4th home run of the year. Dihigo hits a high pop into short left field Fouts sprints out Gunner and Tucker sprint towards the infield A. J. Tucker sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! It's ruled a double Big motion... Charleston is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Nielsen pulled the string on him Two away Slider, inside... Swung on... Gibson rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Nielsen looks dejected on the mound Swung on and hit sharply to second Blade plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! That's all for the Ones... After 5 innings here at Black Diamond Pk in Negro League I, FOFC ahead 7 to 5 Bill Foster will be coming on to pitch for Negro League I Bill has appeared in 7 games this season He has a record of 1-0 in 9 innings His ERA stands at 1.00 It's a high fly to deep center Stearnes is on his horse It is carrying to the fence Turkey jumps It's off the wall Palmer is around second But retreats to the bag as the throw comes in Blade looks to lay one down He bunts at it . . . Fielded by B.Leonard he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Fielders Choice To 1st Baseman Score It: 3-5 The runner on second, Palmer, is out One gone for FOFC Nights takes a cut at the sinker... Hits a hard grounder down to first... Leonard can't get his glove on it... It's into right for a single... Blade hustles around to third Tucker pokes it to left It drops in front of Charleston FOFC adds to their lead FOFC leads 8 to 5 Grounded towards the bag Wells grabs it Throw to second for one On to first Double Play! Score It: 5-4-3 That's it for FOFC Here at Black Diamond Pk, After 5 and a half innings, FOFC has 8 runs, 12 hits and no errors While Negro League I has 5 runs, 7 hits and one error FOFC has left 5 on base Negro League I has stranded 3 Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Nights It's by him... Gunner comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Wells to a single Hard slider... Torriente swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Pflaggstettler is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! A two run blast by Cristobal Outside fastball... lashed at by Dandridge... Pop fly...Shallow left... Dropping quickly... Gunner pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Dandridge... As Gunner fields it on one bounce Beautifully placed bunt toward Fouts He races in... Scoops it up, bare-handed... Only play is at first OUT! Dandridge advances easily Nice job bunting, as usual, by Foster Credit him with a sacrifice That is one down now for Negro League I in the bottom of the 6th Benton Breeze takes a trip to the mound... A few words are exchanged between Bullock and James Rodney Nights and Blade join them Probably going over the signs Dandridge is on second base... with a good eye They don't want to let the Ones gain any advantage Stearnes takes his cut at the slider... He hits a long drive... Pflaggstettler is racing towards the fence This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... IT'S GONE! A two-run home run for Stearnes Putting Negro League I out in front Negro League I leads 9 to 8 That's number 5 for Stearnes Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bullock fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Dihigo Right down the middle... strike three Charleston must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch The All Stars finally get out of the inning but not until Negro League I scores 4 runs The Ones now take over the lead by 1 It's Negro League I 9, FOFC 8 Potpie pounds a grounder toward Dandridge at short Ray moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Dandridge stayed with it Over to first and Potpie is retired Nice play by the Negro League I short stop One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean and Negro League II are deadlocked at 1 Old Timers with the lead over AL Pre WWII 3 to 0 NL Pre WWII is crushing Dead Ball Era 13 to 3 Ott has hit his 7th homerun for NL Pre WWII He's on a healthy pace this year Left Outs is giving it to NL Post WWII 8 to 3 Roberts enjoying the big Left Outs lead AL Post WWII and Turn of Century are all knotted at 7 Japanese League and Late 20th are deadlocked at 3 Bullock swings hard... A squibber off his fists It's dribbling towards short Dandridge charges in on it... Bare hands it... Flips it to first... Just in time to get Bullock Nice play by Ray Dandridge Another step and Bullock would be safe That's two down for Foster FOFC will need to do better than that They are running out of time Swung on and popped up Leonard is waiting... And that's an easy out Three down for FOFC They are 1 run behind Let me point out that coming in to today's game FOFC is 9 and 0 in one run games Negro League I has a 0 and 1 record in these "duels" It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Struck him out on a fastball Gibson goes down swinging Rodney retires the first batter to face him in the bottom of the 7th Curve ball... Leonard swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Two up, two down for Negro League I What a pitch... strike three Rodney put that one on the black, a perfect pitch That is the third out for Negro League I here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 47161 Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one STRIKE THREE CALLED! Negro League I gets the first out here late in this contest Base hit to center for Blade Fouts is rounding second... But he pulls up quickly as he sees the sign from Dick Howser Fouts will stay at second Nights reaches out and pokes it on the ground to center Base hit for Nights The game is tied! There is going to be a change in pitchers Bill Foster will hit the showers Dave Barnhill will be coming on in relief We are in the top of the 8th here at Black Diamond Pk The score is tied at 9 Base hit to right for Tucker Blade scores Nights is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Tucker at first Tucker watches Barnhill carefully As he stretches out to his lead Big sweeping curve... Tucker is running on the pitch Gibson fires it down... Dihigo slaps a high tag on Tucker... He's called SAFE WOW is Dihigo upset with that call! Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler Nights scores Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Tucker scores! Pflaggstettler moves away from first Barnhill's move keeps Pflaggstettler guessing He's not getting a very good lead Here's a curve... Not a good one! Potpie turns on it a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run! Number 3 for Jeeberoni on the year He also has 7 RBI's now A hot shot on the ground to Dandridge He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Bullock is out Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 5 It's a high fly into left Charleston ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out That retires the side... but not before 6 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 7 and a half innings, FOFC leads 14 to 9 Good slider, inside part of the plate Torriente gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One down for Negro League I Ray Dandridge is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League I Dandridge drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play Dave Barnhill is being called back to the dugout Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter Yep, out pops Jelly Gardner Dusty Baker will play the percentages as he sends the left hand hitting Gardner against the righty, Fozborg In fact, Jelly is batting a splendid .333 versus righties this season So the decision certainly is reasonable... We shall soon see how it works out Gardner starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Fozborg walks him Base hit to right for Stearnes Bill Madlock is waving Gardner to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Stearnes at first A high foul, back behind the plate Bullock is after it... At the screen... The ball lands just out of his reach . . . Dihigo back in the box And here comes the next pitch Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Dihigo is outta there The Ones are retired It's 14-9 as we come to the 9th Dusty Baker will be bringing in a relief pitcher Webster McDonald has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Fouts hits a fly ball to center Turkey Stearnes camps under it He's got it One up, one down here in the top of the 9th It's a BULLET, hit towards third Wells snares it for the out! Score It: 5 Slow ground ball Dandridge is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's all for FOFC After 8 and a half innings in Negro League I this evening, FOFC on top 14 to 9 A jug-handled curve Charleston goes out and gets it It's a liner to right Pflaggstettler will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Oscar Charleston Grounded towards the sack Potpie trots to the bag Score It: 3 While we wait for Buck Leonard to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard These scores are final... Negro League II squeezed by Caribbean 3 to 1 Old Timers cuffed AL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Faber takes the loss, his record drops to 1-1 Keefe the winner, he's now 1-3 NL Pre WWII humbled Dead Ball Era 17 to 4 Ott has hit his 7th homerun for NL Pre WWII They must be feeding him lots of beef Left Outs easily defeated NL Post WWII 8 to 3 Turn of Century downed AL Post WWII 9 to 7 Waddell the winner, he's now 2-2 Palmer takes the loss, his record drops to 2-2 Japanese League easily defeated Late 20th 10 to 5 Nomura has hit his 1st homerun for Japanese League And right here in Negro League I FOFC ahead 14 to 9 OK, let's see if Negro League I can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 5 Low fastball... Leonard swings... Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd Potpie snags it moving to his right Leads Knowles perfectly racing to the bag... And he easily beats Leonard for the out Charleston advances to third Two gone for Negro League I A high hopper to short Nights comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 And that will do it for Negro League I FOFC wins 14 to 9 Rodney gets credit for the win Foster takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Billy Bullock He was 1 for 5 with a homerun He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from Negro League I. |
GAME 16 - Wednesday, April 18th - Boxscore
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Obviously I was upset by the media not touting me enough. Those kind of distractions can be killer.
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FOFC - TEAM UPDATE
Heading back into the dugout I mumble in a joking manner, "Damn writers jinxing our pitchers." Howser got the joke and smirked, but Sal took me seriously, "At least we still won." "No thanks to your "Blistering" pitchers," chirps Bob Hazzle. "Well it's about time your players starting pulling their weight," Sal barks back. Howser cuts in before I can to calm things, "Now, now, we need to stop speaking to each other this way or we'll scare the children." After a pause he continues, "We won, that's all that matters. Sal that won't be the last time your pitchers have a bad outing, and Bob, get over the article. It was well written and timely. Problem with those types of articles is the streaks come to an end. We'll have to see if our ended tonight." I cut in and change the subject, "Any idea how Gazelle is doing?" "No, I don't think it's serious though. Probably a strained hamstring. Tay is checking him out, but we probably won't know anything for sure until tomorrow." |
Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE hitting home runs? :D
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Wild game, thank goodness we came back to win it.
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FOFC - Manager Update
I woke up feeling lousy the day after our back and forth battle with the Ones, so I turned off the alarm and slept most of the day. I got out of bed just in time to catch the team bus to the park. Once at the park, I retreated to the closet called the Visiting Manager's Office, where I dozed on and off. I felt so bad, I didn't even bother to pick up the paper and read the results of other games. I was finally awaken by Dick Hoswer saying, "Ben...you need to get up, it's time to exchange lineup cards." |
GAME 17 - Thursday, April 19th - Radio Broadcast
Sinking fastball... Blade swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wells... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's one away Hard line drive to second Dihigo leaps He grabs it for the out Score It: 4 Two up, two down Struck him out on a fastball Tucker goes down swinging Three up, three down here in the first Nice start for Hilton Smith FOFC is 10 and 0 in their last ten games He walked him, ball four The lead-off batter gets on here in the bottom of the 1st Bell is taking his lead from first Another throw... Mighty's five throws over have been effective Bell has a small lead now He must be getting tired from diving back in! Dihigo takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He's out on strikes One down for Negro League I Oscar Charleston is still in the on-deck circle and Josh Gibson is looking for a bat in the dugout It is a high hard one... Charleston goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Charleston couldn't hold back 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 LINE DRIVE Blade grabs it for the out Score It: 4 The side is retired No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz Pflaggstettler goes after Smith's fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Bell is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... He goes up after it... And brings it down in the webbing! Persimmon just missed a homer on that one Only a long out for the FOFC right fielder And there's one away Fastball, over the plate... Potpie turned that one around in a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... HOME RUN!!! That gives Potpie 4 this year And 8 RBI's Hays swings and hits a shot to deep left-center Bell and Suttles are converging on the ball Looks like Suttles has the best shot at it He dives for it... WOW! He's got it! Fantastic play by Suttles That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean is edging Negro League II 1 to 0 Old Timers is edging AL Pre WWII 1 to 0 Dead Ball Era leads NL Pre WWII 1 to 0 NL Post WWII leads Left Outs 3 to 2 Seaver and Jenkins currently dueling AL Post WWII and Turn of Century are scoreless Japanese League and Late 20th have yet to score Sugishita battling Clemens And here in Negro League I FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Deacon Palmer swings This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... GONE! A homerun into the seats in left Palmer gets a hearty slap on the back from bench coach Chuck Tanner as he ducks into the All Stars' dugout Curveball, hung up in the strike zone Gunner swings... HE GETS ALL OF THAT ONE!... IT IS LONG GONE IN A HURRY!! HOME RUN FOR Gunner WHAT A SHOT... That's one for the record books! It will also make all the replays of the week Mighty hits a screamer at Martin Dihigo Dihigo picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Leonard off the bag Leonard swipes with the glove Mighty is out! Nice play by Leonard That's all for FOFC in the top of the 2nd They pick up 3 runs After 1 and a half innings, it's 3-0 FOFC Change up... Leonard hits a fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it... He's got it STRIKE THREE, CALLED! Two up, two down for Negro League I Swung on and chopped down the third base line Palmer stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by Deacon Palmer That's all for the Ones... After 2 innings here at Black Diamond Pk in Negro League I, FOFC leads 3 to 0 There's a ground ball between first and second OH, Leonard snags it in short right field He throws it to the pitcher covering the bag OUT is the call What a play by Leonard With one down, up next is Kris Terp To be followed by A. J. Tucker There's a ground ball into the hole Dandridge and Wells converge on it It's picked by Wells who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! That's two away Tucker hits one on the ground to the left side A. J., who moves well, is motoring to first Dandridge wings it quickly to Leonard... OUT by a step That ends the top of the 3rd for FOFC Three batters up, three batters down There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker Tucker circles under it... He makes the play One up, one down for Negro League I Over the outside corner Smith hits the curve right to second... Blade takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Smith is out by a couple of steps Two down Bell is down That was way inside No call yet... Now the umpire motions Cool Papa to first Swung on and missed Strike Three! Dihigo couldn't lay off the high fast ball Number 4 on the day for Mighty That's all for the Ones After 3 innings in Negro League I this evening, FOFC on top 3 to 0 Fastball... Pflaggstettler jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Bell after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Cool Papa Bell! Negro League I gets the first out of the inning Sinking fastball... Potpie swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wells... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two gone for FOFC Belt high...Swung on by Hays... Hit's a soft liner towards the gap Shortstop's going back... Leaps... Can't get it It's just over his outstretched glove Nice try by Wells, but not good enough Base hit to center for Palmer Hays is rounding second... But he pulls up quickly as he sees the sign from Dick Howser Hays will stay at second Pounded on the ground to second Dihigo grabs it Over to Leonard Got him! Score It: 4-3 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 It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One away here in the bottom of the 4th FOFC ahead 3 to 0 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard Caribbean is edging Negro League II 1 to 0 Tiant Jr. and Mathis currently dueling Old Timers is on top of AL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Gehringer has hit his 3rd homerun for AL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era is in front of NL Pre WWII 4 to 1 NL Post WWII slipping by Left Outs 8 to 6 AL Post WWII is edging Turn of Century 4 to 3 Williams has hit his 4th homerun for AL Post WWII Late 20th is on top of Japanese League 2 to 0 Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! Two down Al Mighty retires the first two batters in order Leonard goes after the big breaker... Hit on the ground to Mighty's right... Terp isn't able to cut it off... It's bouncing into center field for a single There's a ground ball into the hole Palmer and Terp converge on it It's picked by Terp who fires to first SAFE is the call by the ump Close play!! There's a drive down the line Gunner turns and runs It's over his head Suttles running hard out of the box Gunner has the ball Suttles digging for 2nd He's slides in, Safe! Leonard scores from second! Wells takes third Dandridge rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Dandridge is around first, heading for two... Tucker 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 8 games! That is Dandridge's 1st hit today Wells scores from third! Suttles scores from second! Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Blade His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side... but not before the Ones score 3 runs to tie it up After 4 innings, Negro League I has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors Al pops it up And Dihigo makes the play One gone for FOFC Grounded towards the sack Taken by Dandridge Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 It's a BULLET, hit towards short Wells makes a great catch! Score It: 6 No runs for FOFC in the top of the 5th The score is tied at 3 We'll be right back Right down the middle... strike three Bell must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch So one up and one gone Dihigo swings at the change-up... Pounds it good!... It's going into deep left Gunner is racing back... He's at the fence... But he might as well wave that one goodbye It's gone! Quite a shot by Dihigo Traveling about 430 feet That's home run number 2 for him He also has 10 RBI's now Long fly to center Tucker has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Charleston is retired on a fairly deep fly Two down Due up next is Josh Gibson Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the Ones Groundball down the line That's into the outfield for extra bases! Gibson coasts into second He's got a double A slider by Mighty Leonard gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's it for Negro League I Here at Black Diamond Pk, After 5 innings, Negro League I has 4 runs, 6 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors Negro League I has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 2 Routine grounder to first Leonard scoops it up Over to first for the out One away in the top of the 6th for FOFC Fastball... low and away, ball four Smith puts the tying run on base Not a good idea Potpie chases the breaking ball... It's a grounder at third base... Dandridge takes it on the second bounce... Pumps once to first, then throws to second... They get the sliding Pflaggstettler... That's one out... And Dihigo holds onto the ball There's no play at first Negro League I ahead 4 to 3 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Caribbean is edging Negro League II 1 to 0 Tiant Jr. and Mathis currently dueling Old Timers is on top of AL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Welch battling Gomez Dead Ball Era is in front of NL Pre WWII 4 to 1 NL Post WWII clipping Left Outs 10 to 6 Banks has hit his 6th homerun for NL Post WWII Turn of Century is edging AL Post WWII 5 to 4 Late 20th leads Japanese League 2 to 1 Base hit to right for Hays Potpie is being held at second by Dick Howser Potpie will stay at second Hot shot grounded to second Dihigo grabs it Over to Leonard Got him! Score It: 4-3 We're in the middle of the 6th Negro League I still leads 4-3 Wells is down That was way inside No call yet... Now the umpire motions Willie to first Hit batsman... leadoff runner aboard Wells watches Mighty carefully As he stretches out to his lead Mighty tries to pick the runner... Wells scrambles back in time Slider, high and tight... Swung at... Suttles hits a ground ball into the hole Palmer and Terp converge on it Gloved by Palmer...Fires to first... Called safe by the ump... Close play... But it looked like he beat the throw!! Base hit to left for Dandridge Bill Madlock is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Stan Gunner throws the ball away for an error! Smith looks to lay one down Smith fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the squeeze on Time is called by the umpire! Mighty is a little upset He's been called for a balk! Sinker that stays up, belt high... Smith goes after it... Deep fly ball, way back... Pflaggstettler moving under on it He grabs it for the out No chance for a play on the runner Who scores for Negro League I Sharp breaking curveball... Bell reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Terp... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Potpie at first! Bell is out easily Two men gone, nobody on Negro League I leads by 4 Hard ground ball to short Taken by Terp Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 So ends the bottom of the 6th For Negro League I 3 runs, 2 hits and one error After 6 innings, Negro League I on top 7 to 3 Fastball... down and away... Smith just misses the corner... ball four That's 2 walks given up by Smith today Fouts rolls one toward Martin Dihigo He scoops it and fires to second... close play OUT The relay to first OUT there too, it's a twin-killing And there's two away Blade swings on a ball in on his fists It results in a pop up to second Dihigo is under it... A few steps to his right... One hands it for the out Blade looked bad on that pitch That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 6 and a half innings Negro League I has 7 runs, 8 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 6 hits and one error FOFC has left 4 stranded Negro League I has failed to bring home 4 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Charleston 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 Gibson drives one into right Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints over to make the play That's one away It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch Two away now for Negro League I They're ahead by 4 The Ones have 9 hits on the evening Charleston takes his lead The runner unable to take a big lead Knowles keeps looking him back Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Gunner And he pulls it in Three away here in the bottom of the 7th After 7 innings Negro League I on top 7 to 3 The official attendance has just been announced 45454 fans here at Black Diamond Pk this evening Baltimore chop Into right for a single! Base hit to right for Tucker Third base coach Dick Howser is motioning Terp to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Tucker at first Breaking ball, down low Pflaggstettler sends one toward short Wells will make the pick-up Over to second for one Back to first for the deuce! Terp scores on the play Negro League I conceded the run So now they lead by 3 Negro League I gets the second out of the inning The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Potpie held up, and draws a walk Smith isn't happy at all with that call Base hit to left for Hays Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Potpie will stay at second There is going to be a change in pitchers Hilton Smith will hit the showers Rube Foster will be coming on in relief We are in the top of the 8th here at Black Diamond Pk Negro League I ahead 7 to 4 David Gonzalez hits a high pop fly on the infield Willie Wells calls everyone off The ball drifts a bit... But Wells is there to make the play Three down for FOFC Now the Ones will be coming up for what they hope will be their last at bat of the evening They lead by 3, 7-4 Slow ground ball Potpie is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One up, one down Ball four is the call Kronside can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Kronside Dandridge takes first base Now batting for the Ones... Jelly Gardner... He'll pinch hit for Rube Foster Cool Papa Bell is on-deck Dandridge studies Kronside intently... Now he's walking away from the base Kronside's move keeps Dandridge guessing He's not getting a very good lead Here's a big breaking curve, inside... Gardner takes a cut at it... Hits a grounder to second Blade comes up with the smooth pickup... He tosses it to second... That's one out The relay to first... Not in time Gardner beats the throw by a step Negro League I ahead 7 to 4 with two away this inning Looped to right...and it will drop for a hit Hard slider... And Dihigo takes it right down the middle Strike three called So that's it for Negro League I They fail to score against Kronside In the bottom of the 8th for Negro League I No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base Dusty Baker will be bringing in a relief pitcher Webster McDonald has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Negro League I is making a defensive change Torriente will bat 7th and play left There's a deep fly ball to Cool Papa Bell Bell circles under it... And makes the catch With one down Leonard yells something out to McDonald Webster nods his head There's a towering fly ball hit by Fouts Charleston sprints over, and makes the catch Two out, nobody on Negro League I leads 7 to 4 It's a routine fly into left Torriente ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Torriente grabs it for the out And that will do it for FOFC Negro League I wins 7 to 4 Smith gets credit for the win McDonald notches the save Mighty takes the loss The hitting star for Negro League I was Ray Dandridge He was 2 for 3 He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Negro League I. |
GAME 17 - Thursday, April 19th - Boxscore
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FOFC - MANAGER UPDATE
Leaving the field after the game, I'm not feeling well, I'm disappointed in the loss and I'm real disappointed in the fact we've had 2 straight poor starts, so I grumble, "Damn writers, jinxing our pitchers." This time it's not so tounge in cheek. |
Doh...Blade is just not doing his job at all...
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I...I...I don't get it. What does it mean when the other team scores more than us? :(
On a bright note, I have a three game homer streak going. |
FOFC - Manager Update
I wake up still grumpy from the last couple days, so I head to the park and boycott the paper once again. |
Send Hunter to the mound!
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