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GAME 31 - Saturday, May 5th - Radio Broadcast
It's a high pop-up in back of second Blade is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out One up, one down for Negro League II Wright hits a screamer at Barrett Blade Blade takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Potpie scoops it on one hop Wright is out! Nice play by Potpie Two down Fly ball to center Tucker is under it He makes the grab So that's it for Negro League II They fail to score against Mighty In the top of the 1st for Negro League II No runs, no hits and no errors Hot shot grounded to the mound Redding grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 So one up and one gone Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Nights! Curveball, breaking in on him DOWN HE GOES!... It missed him for ball four Pflaggstettler's slow getting up... Here comes Tay Pemup the trainer... He looks OK, just shaken up a bit... Pflaggstettler heads down to first Base hit to center for Potpie Third base coach Dick Howser is motioning Pflaggstettler to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Potpie at first Drilled on the ground to second Bankhead grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 Cannonball Redding holds the All Stars scoreless in the first Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Beckwith hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Mighty just misses outside Ball four to Santop Flyball to right it's caught Beckwith might have a chance to move up... Beckwith will hold at second base Low and inside... ball four Bankhead gets a free ticket to first That loads them up for Pete Hill Hill pops a slider straight up Shouldn't be any trouble... And it will be Blade making the play Two gone for Negro League II Lined hard to center Tough chance for Tucker He can't catch up to it! It's a single for Redding Beckwith scores from third! Santop scores from second! Bankhead takes third Base hit to center for Poles Bankhead scores Willie Randolph puts up the stop sign... Redding will stay at second Wright pokes out a soft fly into center Tucker will have to come a long way He's really moving... A. J. dives... He slides.... and has...Wait!! The umpire waits to see if he holds on... He's out! What a great play by A. J. Tucker! My, oh my Mighty would have to agree Negro League II is finally retired in the top of the 2nd... After a 3 run outburst, they lead FOFC by 3 Palmer goes after the low slider... Lofts a shallow fly towards Hill He's racing in for it... Catches it at his knees HE KICKS IT LOOSE!!! He's chasing it down Palmer walks into second on the error Hill should've had that one Score It: E9 Palmer to second Grounded through the infield into center field Base hit for Hays Palmer takes third Screaming liner towards third Tough chance for Beckwith He makes a nice play on it Now he races to the bag . . . He's OUT! He fires it to Wilson TRIPLE PLAY!!!! Score It: 5-3 That's all for the All Stars After 2 innings in FOFC this afternoon, Negro League II leads 3 to 0 Mighty comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Brown As he swings right through it for strike three One down for Negro League II John Beckwith is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League II It's juiced to deep center There goes Tucker Racing hard... He dives... Just out of his reach! Beckwith coasts into second Swung on and hit right at short Jeff Nights up with it... Looks Beckwith back to second Then fires it to Potpie for the out One more chance for Negro League II in the top of the 3rd Grounded towards the bag Mighty takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 That's all for Negro League II After 2 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, Negro League II ahead 3 to 0 Mighty takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Mighty is out on strikes FOFC with one away Redding steps off the mound as he waits for A. J. Tucker to come to the plate Drilled on the ground to the mound Nice play by Redding Over to Wilson Got him! Score It: 1-3 Two up, two down Nights hits a deep fly to left-center Wright is at the warning track He stumbles a little... Rights himself It bounces off the fence... Two-base hit for Nights Popped up behind home plate Santop is under it And he drops the ball! That's an error for sure. Pflaggstettler gets a second life Score It: E2 Nights holds at second A slider by Redding Pflaggstettler gets good wood on it... Wright back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's all for the All Stars No runs, one hit, one error and one man left on base... We've played three, here... Negro League II ahead 3 to 0 There's a ground ball into the hole Palmer and Nights converge on it It's picked by Nights who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! One up, one down here in the top of the 4th Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two men gone, nobody on Negro League II leads by 3 Swung on and hit sharply to third Palmer plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! 1-2-3, nothing across... Potpie tries to hold up, but can't He pops one into short left Poles is coming in hard... Brown is racing with his back to the infield And neither is going to get it! Potpie is on with the "excuse me" single! Gunner swings a bit late on the heater... He still pops it pretty good towards left Unfortunately for Stan, Poles is standing right there Easy out One out Due up next is Deacon Palmer It is a high hard one... Palmer goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Palmer couldn't hold back Negro League II on top 3 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well AL Pre WWII slipping by Caribbean 3 to 1 NL Post WWII and Negro League I are deadlocked at 1 Old Timers and AL Post WWII are tied at 2 Welch battling Hunter Dead Ball Era clipping Late 20th 4 to 0 Chesbro comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era NL Pre WWII is in front of Left Outs 6 to 3 Japanese League is beating Turn of Century 4 to 0 Nomura has hit his 5th homerun for Japanese League The pitch gets away from Redding Santop can't handle it Charge a wild pitch to Redding Base hit to right for Hays Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Potpie scores! Base hit to left for Blade Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Hays will stay at second Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Mighty is outta there That's it for the All Stars in the 4th inning They get 1 run across We go to the 5th... The score, 3-1 Twos Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on... It's a high bounding ball... Through the infield into left by Poles That's 2 hits for Poles this game Wright fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Poles watches Mighty as he inches away from the base Inside slider... Wright ducks down... And there goes Poles! The throw... Poles with the hook slide He's out on a very questionable call Sinking fastball... Wright swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Brown hits a deep fly ball into the alley A. J. Tucker chases it down But the ball hits the base of the wall Tucker hits the wall and falls to the ground Brown is into third with a triple Now they check on Tucker He's okay That ball hit right at the base of the fence 399 feet from home plate Beckwith swings and lifts one toward left Gunner drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That'll do it in the top of the 5th No runs, 2 hits, no errors and one man left on base Negro League II ahead 3 to 1 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Line shot and it catches the mound! Nice bounce right to second Bankhead takes his time and throws Tucker out A sure hit turned into an easy out! Score It: 4-3 And there's one away Nights hits a three hopper towards Willard Brown Brown scoops it and fires it to first for the out Two down Redding retires the first two FOFC batters Pflaggstettler fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of third Beckwith is over quickly Easy out That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 5 innings Negro League II has 3 runs, 6 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has one run, 6 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 stranded Negro League II has failed to bring home 4 Comebacker, right to Mighty Over to Potpie for the easy out Mighty gets the first out in the inning It's a high fly into right Pflaggstettler ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out And there's two away A low bouncer to Blade It bounces off his chest... But he keeps it in front of him Over to first... Bankhead is out! Shows the importance of good positioning That's out number three A perfect inning for Mighty here in the top of the 6th Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Santop fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Potpie One down for FOFC Stan Gunner is still in the on-deck circle and Deacon Palmer is looking for a bat in the dugout The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Gunner held up, and draws a walk Redding isn't happy at all with that call Bounced past the mound Bankhead can't come up with it BASE HIT! Gunner takes third Base hit to right for Hays Gunner scores Third base coach Dick Howser doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Palmer will stay at second It's popped up into foul territory John Beckwith is under it He puts it away Score It: 5 Two down... The All Stars are chipping away at the Negro League II lead They've scored 1 run in the inning Negro League II leads 3 to 2 Mighty drives one into left Spotswood Poles sprints over to make the play That's it for FOFC Negro League II has 3 runs, 6 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 8 hits and no errors FOFC has now left 7 runners stranded Hard slider, paints the inside corner Hill gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Hill for the out That's one away The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Redding swung, that's strike three Redding isn't happy at all with that call One more chance for Negro League II this inning Base hit to left for Poles Stan Gunner is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Poles inches slowly away from the bag Poles has to hold tight to the bag It is a high hard one... Wright goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Wright couldn't hold back That does it in the top of the 7th Now a brief message from our hosts This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System We are pleased you joined us for today's ballgame Now back to baseball where After 6 and a half innings, Negro League II leads 3 to 2 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Tucker rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Wright is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Wild Bill Wright With one down, up next is Jeff Nights To be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler Nights rips the curve to left-center... Turning at the sound of the bat Poles is racing back to the fence... He reaches up for the drive... It's over his head! He plays the bounce off the fence But he needn't hurry Nights will lope into second with a double Change up, on the inside corner... Pflaggstettler was looking for it... He hits a deep fly to left-center It's into the alley... That will score a run Pflaggstettler is in at second with a double The Whiff on the "high cheese"! FOFC with one more chance to take the lead One on, two out, score tied FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Gunner swings and misses, strike three! Stan chased a curve ball in the dirt That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45916 Brown sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Mighty Easy out Mighty retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 8th Good slider, inside part of the plate Beckwith gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two down Al Mighty retires the first two batters in order Mighty loses him Santop heads down to first 2 walks today for Santop We are going to have a pinch runner for Louis Santop Cito Gaston will bring in Jimmie Crutchfield for Louis Santop He's a threat to steal Crutchfield glares menancingly out at Mighty Crutchfield is one of the best base stealers in the league Quite an intimidator Mighty looks Crutchfield back... He's taking a shorter lead now Wilson drives the ball to right for extra bases Willie Randolph will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Negro League II... Not cut-off... Crutchfield is out at home! Double for Wilson Negro League II's defensive changes are... Radcliffe will bat 5th and play C Palmer pounds a grounder toward Brown at short Willard moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Brown stayed with it Over to first and Palmer is retired Nice play by the Negro League II short stop One away in the bottom of the 8th for FOFC Grounder... in the hole A diving stop by John Beckwith! He's up with it... the throw It gets away! It's a bad throw... Hays will advance to second Give Hays a hit... He takes second on the error by Beckwith Base hit to left for Blade Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Hays is out at home! Trailing runner advances. Gonzales is in to pinch hit and They're not going to pitch to Gonzalez They'll give him an intentional pass Oh! Redding nearly threw ball four to the backstop Blade bluffed a move toward third Base hit to right for Tucker Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Nights raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined straight to third Beckwith just got his glove up in time And that's the final out of the inning FOFC has 4 runs, 13 hits and no errors While Negro League II has 3 runs, 8 hits and 3 errors FOFC has left 9 men on base today Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One up, one down Hill rips one on a line to right-center NO one is going to catch this one Tucker will play it off the fence Hill is around second He's digging for three Man, Pete is "runnin' like a bunny with his tail on fire!" The throw... Not in time! Son of a gun... that was some hustle! Cito Gaston will send up a pinch hitter for Cannonball Redding Yes, Buck O'Neil steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Kronside Sharp breaking curve down and out O'Neil lashes at it... Hammers a fly to the alley in right-center That will score Hill... O'Neil trots into second with a double as Pflaggstettler wings it back in Time is called by Negro League II Here comes Bingo Demoss out of the dugout He is heading toward second base Buck O'Neil starts toward the dugout Cito Gaston wants more speed on the bases Kronside comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Poles As Spotswood swings right through Kronside punches him out That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard These scores are final... Caribbean gets an easy win over AL Pre WWII 9 to 3 Negro League I nipped NL Post WWII 5 to 4 Clemente has hit his 10th homerun for NL Post WWII AL Post WWII topped Old Timers 8 to 5 Hunter the winner, he's now 3-2 Welch takes the loss, his record drops to 4-2 Dead Ball Era ripped Late 20th 7 to 1 NL Pre WWII nipped Left Outs 10 to 9 Ott has hit his 13th homerun for NL Pre WWII He's really lighting it up this season Japanese League easily defeated Turn of Century 5 to 0 And in our matchup We're all tied up at 4 Grounded towards the bag Palmer grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That retires the side... but not before the Twos score 1 run to tie it up After 8 and a half innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 13 hits and no errors While Negro League II has 4 runs, 10 hits and 3 errors Double-Duty Radcliffe will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Double-Duty has appeared in 16 games this season He has a record of 1-0 in 26 innings His ERA stands at 3.46 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 Willard Brown for the out Pflaggstettler never even left the batter's box One up, one down for FOFC There's a fly ball to Spotswood Poles Poles circles under it... He makes the play Two down Due up next is Stan Gunner Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the All Stars Slider pounded into the ground towards first It's by the diving Wilson... Bankhead chasing it down... There will be no play It's a base hit Palmer watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Deacon, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Radcliffe just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate And we go to extra innings! Brown hits a fly ball to left Stan Gunner camps under it He's got it Beckwith lines one over short for a single He rounds the bag hard and starts for second Oh, look at that throw by Stan Gunner Beckwith scrambles back to first and holds He goes after the low slider At the knees... There's a fly ball into straight-away left Gunner slides... Radcliffe is out! Nice catch by Stan Gunner! Two away in today's tightly contested game Score still tied here with two down in the top of the 10th Beckwith watches Kronside carefully As he stretches out his lead Kronside is paying a lot of attention to Beckwith Now he throws over... Diving back just in time... Beckwith is called safe The Whiff! Kronside punches Wilson out! That wraps up the inning for Negro League II By the way, Negro League II is 2 and 8 in their last ten games Pounded on the ground to short Brown grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 With one down Wilson yells something out to Radcliffe Double-Duty nods his head Over the outside corner Blade hits the curve right to third... Beckwith takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Blade is out by a couple of steps That's two away Defensive manager has decided to pitch around K. A. Ton Swung on... High fly ball into left Not hit well Poles is under it... He's got it Easy chance for Spotswood That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 10 innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 14 hits and no errors While Negro League II has 4 runs, 11 hits and 3 errors FOFC has left 10 on base Negro League II has stranded 8 There's a check swing by Bankhead It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Harry Hays makes the catch against the stands One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Caribbean gets an easy win over AL Pre WWII 9 to 3 Valenzuela the winner, he's now 3-3 Faber takes the loss, his record drops to 1-2 Negro League I edged out NL Post WWII 5 to 4 AL Post WWII cuffed Old Timers 8 to 5 Dead Ball Era ripped Late 20th 7 to 1 NL Pre WWII nipped Left Outs 10 to 9 Japanese League easily defeated Turn of Century 5 to 0 Nomura has hit his 5th homerun for Japanese League And right here in FOFC We're all tied up at 4 Change up... Hill hits a fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it... He's got it That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Fozborg Double-Duty Radcliffe will be next up... Routine grounder to second Blade scoops it up Over to first for the out That's all for Negro League II in the top of the 11th... After 10 and a half innings, the score is tied, 4-all Fly ball to right Hill is under it He makes the grab Negro League II gets the first out of the inning Hard slider, at the knees... Nights takes a big swing at it... Misses for strike three... Donnie Moore has been working with Radcliffe on that pitch It has a nasty break to it now That's two away for the All Stars We have a real "nail-biter" here today Curveball... Pflaggstettler swings at it... Hits a high fly to deep center Wright bolting after it... It is carrying all the way to the fence Wright jumps for it... IT CAROMS OFF THE fence!! Pflaggstettler heading for second... Here's the strong throw It's on the money... Bankhead blocks it in front of him... Pflaggstettler is safe! That will be scored a double Base hit to left for Potpie Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Pflaggstettler scores! FOFC wins 5 to 4 Fozborg gets credit for the win Radcliffe takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Harry Hays He was 4 for 5 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 31 - Saturday, May 5th - Bosxscore
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GAME 32 - Sunday, May 6th - Radio Broadcast
Curveball, breaking to the outside... Lazy ground ball to the right side It'll be a very tough play for Potpie He picks it up, throws to Hunter covering first Not in time as Burkett beats the throw Base hit to right for Keeler Burkett is racing towards third... The throw is going to third... Burkett is safe at third! And Keeler advances to second on the throw Base hit to center for Kelley Burkett scores Dode Criss will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Kelley inches slowly away from the bag Hunter continues to hold the runner close Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Ton And he pulls it in With one down, up next is Honus Wagner To be followed by Jake Beckley Low inside fastball, at the knees... Cut on... Wagner rips a single to right field... Pflaggstettler takes it on one bounce... With his afterburners on, Kelley heads into third ahead of the throw Wagner inches away from the base Big bender... Wagner is off to the races Bullock is up, firing... SAFE... The throw was too late Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three That's the second out of the inning Swung on and missed... Duffy is down on strikes That's three outs, side retired Long fly to center Duffy has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Tucker is retired on a fairly deep fly That's one away The pitch is just inside and Nights holds up Bresnahan points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Jeff trots down to first... ball four Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Bresnahan Nights dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Nights made it back And there's two away Bounced past the mound Smooth pickup by Lajoie Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That's it for FOFC in the bottom of the 1st Turn of Century still leads by 2 It's Turn of Century with 2, FOFC zip Ripped to third, but right at Palmer...easy out One out Due up next is Amos Rusie Rusie rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Tucker is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by A. J. Tucker Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Hunter Curve ball... Burkett swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! The Centurions go down in order, 1-2-3 After 1 and a half innings, Turn of Century ahead 2 to 0 Palmer hits one toward short Wagner 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! With one gone FOFC will have Billy Bullock coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Bullock swings and hits a shot to deep left-center Duffy and Burkett are converging on the ball Looks like Duffy has the best shot at it He dives for it... WOW! He's got it! Fantastic play by Duffy Two down Rusie retires two in a row Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bresnahan fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Ton Rusie disposes of FOFC quickly in the bottom of the 2nd... they go down 1-2-3 After 2 innings, it's 2-0 Turn of Century Change up... Keeler hits a fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it... He's got it One up, one down Kelley raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Palmer just got his glove up in time Great reflexes Two down Owen Hunter retires the first two batters in a row It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Lajoie checks his swing Bullock appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Nap That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century By the way, Turn of Century is 5 and 5 in their last ten games A low bouncer to Lajoie It bounces off his chest... But he keeps it in front of him Over to first... Blade is out! Shows the importance of good positioning Rusie gets the first out in the inning Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Hunter swings way over it He was fooled completely Bresnahan loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Owen as he was heading for the dugout Two down Amos Rusie retires the first two batters in order Struck him out on a fastball Tucker goes down swinging So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Rusie In the bottom of the 3rd for FOFC No runs, no hits and no errors It's a smash over short Nights leaps Just over his outstretched glove Wagner makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Wagner glares menancingly out at Hunter Wagner is one of the best base stealers in the league Quite an intimidator Slow curve... The speedy Wagner heads for second Up and firing is Bullock... The ball is waiting for Wagner But he hook slides around the tag He's in there with a stolen base! Owen comes in there with a dipsy-do And it freezes Beckley He can't get the bat off his shoulder and just watches it curve over the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! FOFC gets the first out of the inning Stretching out to his lead from second The speedster, Wagner, could score easily on a hit to the outfield Hunter spins and fakes a throw to second Wagner dives back into the bag Flyball to right it's caught Wagner might have a chance to move up... Pflaggstettler makes the catch... Wagner is tagging up at second... He makes it to third easily Drilled on the ground to the mound Taken by Hunter His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 That's all for Turn of Century After 3 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, Turn of Century on top 2 to 0 Change-up, Nights is looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Duffy is at the warning track... Waits... Off the fence! It's a double for Jeff Nights Pounded on the ground to third Kelley grabs it Over to Beckley Got him! Score It: 5-3 One away in the bottom of the 4th Groundball down the line That's into the outfield for extra bases! Potpie coasts into second He's got a double Nights scores from second! Grounded towards the bag Kelley comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That's two away That one is a grass cutter towards short Wagner fronts it... OOPS! It takes a big hop! Honus 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... Beckley one hops it into his glove Out! Beckley can't get out of the way and Billy 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 The All Stars score 1 run in the inning After 4 innings, Turn of Century on top 2 to 1 There's a ground ball into the hole Palmer and Nights converge on it It's picked by Nights who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! So one up and one gone There's a shot off the bat of Jesse Burkett But it's right at Blade who makes the catch of the line drive Burkett throws his bat into the dirt in disgust That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Hunter Wee Willie Keeler will be next up... Slider pounded into the ground towards first It's by the diving Potpie... Blade chasing it down... There will be no play It's a base hit Keeler studies Hunter intently... Now he's walking away from the base Hunter's move keeps Keeler guessing He doesn't have a very good lead There's a shot off the bat of Joe Kelley But it's right at Nights who makes the catch Kelley throws his bat in disgust That does it for Turn of Century in the top of the 5th Big bender... Swung on... Ton pops it straight up Three players converging on it And it will be Wagner making the play One away... Beckley is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Kelley also... Now they return to their positions Blade fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of third Kelley is over quickly Easy out One more chance for FOFC this inning Hunter swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Rusie strikes out Owen Hunter That's all for the All Stars After 5 innings in FOFC this afternoon, Turn of Century ahead 2 to 1 Fastball... Lajoie jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Tucker after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by A. J. Tucker! One down for Turn of Century Honus Wagner is still in the on-deck circle and Jake Beckley is looking for a bat in the dugout STRIKE THREE, CALLED! Two up, two down for Turn of Century Good slider, inside part of the plate Beckley gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Hunter sets the Centurions down in order Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one The All Stars try the hit and run! Rusie's fastball is ripped toward short Wagner can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Tucker was off and running with the crack of the bat He is on his way to third... They'll have a chance to get him... Here's the throw... SAFE! A nice shot by Nights and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Persimmon Pflaggstettler Turn of Century had to cover for the steal attempt But... Nights was able to place one "where they weren't"! He misses outside Ball four Potpie reaches out and pokes it on the ground to right Base hit for Potpie The game is tied! The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Palmer swung, that's strike three Palmer isn't happy at all with that call Rusie gets out number one... The All Stars have something going Fastball down low... Bullock hits a grounder to short Wagner takes it on the big hop Flips it to Lajoie Relay to first... A lightning double play! And that ends the threat by FOFC as Bullock grounds in to an inning ending twin-killing with the bases loaded The All Stars go down in the bottom of the 6th After 6 innings at FOFC Stadium here in FOFC, We're all tied up at 2 Duffy 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 Duffy is retired Nice play by the FOFC short stop Turn of Century with one away Hunter steps off the mound as he waits for Roger Bresnahan to come to the plate 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! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Left Outs slipping by Japanese League 3 to 1 Negro League I is on top of Late 20th 6 to 4 NL Pre WWII is edging Negro League II 5 to 4 AL Post WWII is on top of Caribbean 2 to 0 Feller battling Valenzuela AL Pre WWII and NL Post WWII are deadlocked at 1 Old Timers is edging Dead Ball Era 7 to 6 Clarkson and Johnson currently dueling Sharp breaking curveball... Rusie reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Palmer... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Potpie at first! Rusie is out easily That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century So After 6 and a half innings FOFC has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Ton tries to hold up Bresnahan points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Punched just up the first base line... Bresnahan is out quickly and makes the play to first Two gone for FOFC Defensive manager has decided to pitch around David Gonzalez Fastball... down and away... Rusie just misses the corner... ball four That's 3 walks given up by Rusie today Rusie just misses outside Ball four to Tucker Nights pops it straight up Two players are under it... Who will take it?... And it will be Wagner making the play That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45666 Burkett hits a three hopper towards Barrett Blade Blade scoops it and fires it to first for the out One away in the top of the 8th for Turn of Century Keeler hits a screamer at Barrett Blade Blade picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Keeler is out! Nice play by Potpie We're all tied up at 2 with two away this inning Ball four is the call Rodney can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Rodney Kelley takes first base Kelley watches Rodney move... He's moving away from the bag Curve down at the knees... Kelley is heading for second Quickly out of his stance Bullock fires... Kelley slides to the outside and avoids the tag He's safe Base hit to left for Lajoie Dode Criss will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Turn of Century... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... K. A. Ton throws the ball away for an error! Grounded towards the bag Palmer comes up with it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 5-3 And that retires the side Pflaggstettler hits one on the ground to the left side Persimmon, who moves well, is motoring to first Kelley wings it quickly to Beckley... OUT by a step One out Jeeberoni Potpie is due up next The pitch is just inside and Potpie holds up Bresnahan points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! Two away It's a pop-up in back of short Wagner is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out That's out number three A perfect inning for Rusie here in the bottom of the 8th Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He makes the grab That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Duffy hits it into the hole on the right side Blade ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Duffy is out by a step at first Two up, two down There is a shot right up the middle Hit right on the nose by Bresnahan It bounces right into the waiting glove of Tucker Bresnahan has himself a single Hot shot grounded to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 The Centurions are gone in the 9th... they get No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... We head to the bottom of the 9th... Turn of Century ahead 3 to 2 Turn of Century is making a defensive change Collins will bat 3rd and play third It's hit high and deep Burkett trying to track it down He's on the warning track HE JUMPS . . . HE'S GOT IT!!! Score It: 7 One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Left Outs toppled Japanese League 6 to 2 Negro League I squeezed by Late 20th 6 to 4 Smith the winner, he's now 4-1 Johnson takes the loss, his record drops to 2-6 Negro League II toppled NL Pre WWII 9 to 5 Manning the winner, he's now 4-2 Marquard takes the loss, his record drops to 1-5 AL Post WWII downed Caribbean 2 to 0 NL Post WWII edged out AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Perez has hit his 1st homerun for NL Post WWII Old Timers nipped Dead Ball Era 7 to 6 Ton swings and lifts one toward center Duffy drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Two gone here in the bottom of the 9th We want to welcome the FOFC "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Sinking fastball... Gunner swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Collins... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step And that will do it for FOFC Turn of Century wins 3 to 2 Rusie gets credit for the win Rodney takes the loss The hitting star for Turn of Century was Joe Kelley He was 1 for 3 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 32 - Sunday, May 6th - Boxscore
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FOFC - Manager Update
I'm starting to get back into my normal routine following the long trip to Japan. I'm a horrible traveller and the jet lag or whatever it is has finally gone away. I'm up early and looking for my paper. After a couple of existing games that were extremely positive, to the point I decided to watch the highlights rather than read about it - I'm now looking for the paper to see what the other teams in the league did last night... |
The National Herald - Monday, May 7th
SPORTS Code:
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN |
FOFC - Dynasty Update
Guys, I realize I haven't updated the website in a while. I'll try to get that done tomorrow morning. Sorry. :( |
Breeze, if it isnt too much trouble, can you post the starting pitchers, and such info before the game...eg
GAME 32 - Sunday, May 6th - Radio Broadcast TURN OF CENTURY AT FOFC TCH- Joss(1-2, 4.69) at FAS-Babson(5-1, 2.21) |
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A reasonable request. I'll try to remember. No promises though. |
GAME 33 - Monday, May 7th - Radio Broadcast
The starting pitchers for tonights contest are: Addie Joss (1-2 4.69) and Jimmy Williams (3-0 2.77) And the lineups for tonights game are: For the visitors H.Duffy CF W.Keeler LF J.Burkett RF N.Lajoie 2B H.Wagner SS J.Beckley 1B J.Collins 3B R.Bresnahan C A.Joss P For your hometown All-Stars A.Tucker CF J.Nights SS P.Pflaggstettler RF J.Potpie 1B S.Gunner LF H.Hays C D.Fouts 3B S.Treacy 2B J.Williams P Now Williams looks like he's ready. Hayes throws down to second and we are ready for the first pitch. He bunts the ball! Potpie fields it and fires to first And he is . . . SAFE!!! A bunt base hit. The runner goes Keeler loves to hit and run... Keeler misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Here's the peg down... Duffy stops halfway... He's trapped now... Trying to get back to first... They have him in a rundown... Treacy finally runs him down Mark that down as an unsuccessful steal It's bunted down the third base line Fouts streaks in Scoops it over to first in one swift motion OUT! Great play! Another hook for strike three! Burkett just stood there looking After one-half inning It's Turn of Century nothing, the All Stars coming up Tucker rips one to right He hit it right on the nose... Burkett is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Jesse Burkett Turn of Century gets the first out of the inning At the knees, looks like a sinker... Swung on and topped toward third... Collins charging... Has to backhand it... He zips a throw to Beckley... NOT IN TIME!! Score it an infield single for Nights Drilled deep to center field Duffy trying to track it down It's in there for extra bases! Pflaggstettler running hard out of the box Duffy has the ball Pflaggstettler digging for 2nd He's slides in, Safe! Nights takes third Low and inside... ball four Potpie gets a free ticket to first That loads them up for Stan Gunner The pitch is low It gets away from the catcher, Bresnahan All runners advance on the passed ball Nights scores... Now FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Gunner is nipped on his leg That will load the bases Now the force is at any base Base hit to center for Hays Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Potpie is out at home! Trailing runners advance. And Fouts will be trotting to first They've put him on intentionally That sets up a force at any base and brings up Sean Treacy next A high hopper to second Lajoie comes up with it Over to Beckley Got him! Score It: 4-3 Son of a gun! Treacy leaves the bases full of All Stars! It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out So one up and one gone Wagner rips the curve to left-center... Turning at the sound of the bat Gunner is racing back to the fence... He reaches up for the drive... It's over his head! He plays the bounce off the fence But he needn't hurry Wagner will lope into second with a double Changeup down low... Beckley takes a rip and hits one out to right Persimmon Pflaggstettler comes in a step... Now he's under it... Easy out for Williams Wagner trots back to second Two away He hits a tough grounder to short Nights comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's it for Turn of Century Here at FOFC Stadium, After 1 and a half innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has no runs, 2 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 1 on base FOFC has stranded 3 Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Keeler And he pulls it in One away here in the bottom of the 2nd FOFC ahead 2 to 0 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard Japanese League is edging Left Outs 4 to 3 Nagashima has hit his 7th homerun for Japanese League Negro League I is on top of Late 20th 2 to 0 Negro League II is beating NL Pre WWII 5 to 1 Beckwith has hit his 5th homerun for Negro League II Caribbean is in front of AL Post WWII 3 to 0 NL Post WWII is on top of AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Gibson and Mays currently dueling Old Timers leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Swung on and laced hard into center Duffy will have to play it on one bounce A single for Tucker to extend his hitting streak to 8 games! Tucker's 1 for 2 in today's ballgame There goes Tucker... And it's ball four... Tucker pulls up and walks into second Base hit to right for Pflaggstettler Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... All runners are safe! Half swing Chopper to second Nights heads for home Taken by Lajoie His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 4 The All Stars have 5 hits on the evening There's a "clothes line" drive toward right Burkett quickly comes in for it... Not going to get this one... Now Jesse flips it to Lajoie at second Pflaggstettler scores easily... Grounded down the line Collins comes up with it Over to Beckley Got him! Score It: 5-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker Tucker circles under it... He makes the play Williams retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 3rd Slow ground ball Treacy is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT And there's two away A foul over by the first base dugout Potpie gives a half-hearted chase No chance on this one A nice souvenir for a little boy in the fourth row . . . Duffy back in the box And here comes the next pitch Duffy raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Fouts just got his glove up in time Great reflexes The Centurions go down in order, 1-2-3 After 2 and a half innings, FOFC ahead 5 to 0 There's a hard bouncer to Collins' left He's over... Makes the pick-up... Over to Beckley... Fouts is out! A sparkling glove hand pick-up by Jimmy Collins! Swung on, liner towards second... Lajoie leaps... He can't come up with it! No chance for either Lajoie or Burkett That one had base hit written all over it There's a ground ball between first and second Lajoie snags it on the outfield grass He throws it to the pitcher covering first He throws it away! They'll give Williams a hit, and Nap Lajoie an error That's error number 1 of the game for Turn of Century Tucker hits a roller to Honus Wagner Wagner comes up with it and throws It's in the dirt Beckley can't come up with it That'll be a throwing error on Wagner That's error number 2 of the game for Turn of Century It's down and inside Swung on and pulled hard This should get through... NO! It's caught in the air by a diving Wagner! Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 6 runs FOFC has 8 hits on the evening Pflaggstettler drives the ball to left for extra bases Williams scores Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Pflaggstettler There'll be a pitching change Addie Joss is walking slowly to the dugout Smokey Joe Wood will come on here in the bottom of the 3rd Wood has pitched 13 innings in 5 games He has a 0-0 record to go along with a 4.85 ERA Smashed to short Wagner comes up with it Over to Beckley Got him! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the All Stars After 3 innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC leads 8 to 0 Keeler gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Nights into the outfield... Base hit for Keeler Burkett swings hard... Nobody is going to get this one... Yes sir! Burkett will have himself a single And he extends his hitting streak to 18 games! 1 for 2 on the evening Keeler takes third Slow ground ball to short Nights comes up with it Throws to second He's out Could be two . . . Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Keeler scores from third! The runner on first, Burkett, is out One down for Turn of Century Honus Wagner is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Turn of Century Wagner swings... Bounced to the right side of first... It's by Potpie and through... For a single... Pflaggstettler charging fast... Fields it smoothly...throws to third... Cut off by Nights... Lajoie slides safely into third (Ballpark Double Effect) Drilled down the right-field line It is... a FAIR BALL by about a foot in the corner Base hit for Beckley! Persimmon Pflaggstettler is chasing after it... Beckley will have at least two, maybe three... It's a... Triple for Jake Beckley Jake clears the bases He now has 2 RBI's on the day Lunging after the change-up Collins hits a grounder through to left... Scoring from third is Beckley Credit Collins with a single and an RBI High and away Ball four Wood squares to bunt He bunts it . . . Fielded by H.Hays the throw to first... Out Wood gets the job done. FOFC leads 8 to 4 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Left Outs and Japanese League are deadlocked at 4 Negro League I is edging Late 20th 2 to 1 Negro League II clipping NL Pre WWII 5 to 1 Mathis comfortably ahead for Negro League II Caribbean slipping by AL Post WWII 3 to 1 Tiant Sr. battling Newhouser NL Post WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Old Timers slipping by Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 Duffy works the walk... Passes the baton to Wee Willie Keeler who will see if he can get Collins in from third Smashed to second Treacy grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That ends the inning After 3 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 4 Comebacker, right to Wood Over to Beckley for the easy out One away in the bottom of the 4th for FOFC Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Hays swings way over it He was fooled completely Bresnahan loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Harry as he was heading for the dugout Two down Inside fastball, he turns on it... Fouts rocks one deep... This is really hit It's going... going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! That one traveled an easy 415 feet High hard fastball, swung on... It's a grounder hammered at second... Lajoie is there... IT'S INTO RIGHT!!... It took a HIGH hop right over him! That's a single for Treacy Pounded on the ground to short Wagner comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 4 innings FOFC has 9 runs, 11 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 4 runs, 7 hits and 2 errors FOFC has left 5 stranded Turn of Century has failed to bring home 4 Burkett raps a line drive in the gap Tucker is running back Pflaggstettler is backpedaling They can't get to it The ball is rolling to the wall Burkett is heading for third A standup triple Triple number 1 of the year for Jesse Burkett There's a check swing by Lajoie It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Harry Hays makes the catch against the stands And there's one away Wagner rolls one toward Jeff Nights He scoops it and fires to first...close play OUT, says the first base umpire Ray Chapman throws his hands up in disbelief With two gone, FOFC leads 9 to 5 in the top of the 5th Swung on and hit sharply to second Treacy plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! And that will do it for Turn of Century The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Tucker swung, that's strike three Tucker isn't happy at all with that call One out Due up next is Jeff Nights There's a ground ball into the hole Collins and Wagner converge on it It's picked by Wagner who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! That's two away Sinking fastball... Pflaggstettler swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Collins... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 9-5, FOFC Collins 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 Curve in the dirt... and Bresnahan holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Bresnahan will take first on the walk Number 2 today for Bresnahan Wood squares He bunts the ball . . . Fielded by D.Fouts the throw to first... Out Wood gets the job done. One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Japanese League leads Left Outs 5 to 4 Late 20th and Negro League I are tied at 4 Negro League II is comfortably ahead of NL Pre WWII 7 to 1 Caribbean is on top of AL Post WWII 4 to 2 Fisk has hit his 3rd homerun for AL Post WWII AL Pre WWII slipping by NL Post WWII 4 to 2 Old Timers winning over Dead Ball Era 8 to 2 Radbourn enjoying the big Old Timers lead And in our contest FOFC on top 9 to 5 Fastball Ball four Hard ground ball to the mound Taken by Williams Over to second for one Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 1-6-3 We head to the bottom of the 6th here in FOFC... Still 9-5, FOFC Potpie laces a hit into the outfield Hugh Duffy picks it up Fires it to the infield Potpie holds with a single It's the hit and run play by FOFC... Wood's fastball is ripped toward short Wagner can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Potpie was off and running with the crack of the bat He is on his way to third... They'll have a chance to get him... Here's the throw... SAFE! A nice shot by Gunner and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Harry Hays Gunner makes Benton Breeze look like a genius! Change up, a gem... Heeee struck him out! One down... Wood has to continue to bear down Curve in the dirt... and Fouts holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Bresnahan asks the third base ump's opinion OUT! Two down Due up next is Sean Treacy Let's see what happens now Treacy swings and lifts one toward left Keeler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's all for the All Stars After 6 full innings, they lead by 4 Swung on and squibbed to the right of the the mound Williams pounces after it Bare hands it Fires underhand in one motion to Potpie Just nips him! Nice play by John One gone for Turn of Century in the top of the 7th Lajoie pounds a grounder toward Treacy at second Sean moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Treacy stayed with it Over to first and Lajoie is retired Nice play by the FOFC second baseman Two gone for Turn of Century Time is running out for them Williams misses low on that one Wagner draws the walk Number 5 today by Williams Bounding ball to short Nights grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's all for Turn of Century After 6 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC on top 9 to 5 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Lajoie takes off after it... Leaps... And Terp is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Nap is very fine fielder! That's one away A. J. Tucker swings He really stings this one It rifles past Lajoie into right... Base hit for Tucker... Burkett is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Tucker is on with a sharp single Nights swings He slices it down the right field line Burkett is on the warning track The ball is going,...going Just foul! Missed by a whisker . . . Nights back in the box And here comes the next pitch Nights sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Keeler Keeler gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium left FOFC ahead 9 to 5 with two away this inning Tucker glares menancingly out at Wood Tucker is one of the best base stealers in the league Quite an intimidator Tucker is off to the races He can run... Bresnahan up from his crouch, firing down... Tucker is safe! As Lajoie tries to apply a tag On a VERY late throw... Tucker had a big jump Steal 11 in 12 attempts now for Tucker Looks like they want nothing to do with Pflaggstettler Persimmon is dangerous in situations like this... He's being put on to set up the force... A slider by Wood Potpie gets good wood on it... Keeler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 41392 Ground ball to third Fouts comes up with it Over to first He just beat it out Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Bresnahan is outta there One down for Turn of Century Smokey Joe Wood is still in the on-deck circle and Hugh Duffy is looking for a bat in the dugout Flick drives the ball to center for extra bases Dode Criss plays it safe and stops him at third... Double for Flick Swung on and missed... Duffy is down on strikes Two away for Turn of Century They trail FOFC by 4 They have only 4 outs to score 4 runs Never a good sign when those two numbers are equal Screaming liner towards short Terp leaps He makes a nice play on it Score It: 6 That's it for Turn of Century FOFC has 9 runs, 14 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 5 runs, 11 hits and 2 errors Turn of Century has now left 9 runners stranded Vic Willis will be coming on to pitch for Turn of Century Vic has appeared in 11 games this season He has a record of 4-2 in 14 innings His ERA stands at 2.51 Fly ball to center Duffy is under it He makes the grab Turn of Century gets the first out here late in this contest There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Hays No chance for either Wagner or Keeler That one had base hit written all over it 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 That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Sean Treacy to get a new bat Let's point out that FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games IT HITS Treacy! Now Treacy gets up and brushes himself off He's not thrilled with being drilled! The ump tells Treacy to take his base Knee high blazing fastball... Terp takes a wicked cut at it... Rips a hard single into right... Hays' coming around to score... Burkett's throw to third Won't be in time Treacy slides in safely Base hit to right for Tucker Treacy scores Third base coach Dick Howser thinks he can make it... Here comes Terp... The throw is cut off... That holds Tucker at first The Whiff! Swung on the HIGH CHEESE! That's three outs here in the bottom of the 8th Now Turn of Century will try to close the gap To at least try to make it respectable Outside fastball... lashed at by Burkett... Pop fly...Shallow right... Dropping quickly... Pflaggstettler pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Burkett... As Pflaggstettler fields it on one bounce Hit to third... and right at Fouts He juggled that ball a bit, but held on Lajoie is out With one down, up next is Honus Wagner To be followed by Jake Beckley Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Gunner And he pulls it in Two gone for Turn of Century Grounded towards the bag Potpie trots to the bag Score It: 3 And that will do it for Turn of Century FOFC wins 11 to 5 Williams gets credit for the win Joss takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 3 for 4 He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 33 - Monday, May 7th - Boxscore
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FOFC Manager Update
"Where is the paper," I ask after looking around for it for what I thought was long enough? "It's on the floor in the den," my wife answers exasperatedly. "You couldn't find your head if it wasn't attached." I ignore her comment, but also realize she's probably right. Still frustrated by the biting remark and my lack of focus in looking I ask, "Why is it on the floor in the den?" "Because your 5 year old son has started reading the comics." I want to complain, but Brett's reading is a good thing so I bite my tongue and start reading... |
The National Herald - Tuesday, May 8th
SPORTS Code:
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN |
Didnt have my best stuff, but it's been a while....a win's a win...nice job boys
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Love the doubles... but when's that 30+ HR power stroke going to kick in? :)
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GAME 34 - TUESDAY, MAY 8TH - RADIO BROADCAST
Welcome to the FOFC All-Star Radio Network. Tonights pitching match up features a couple of the very best. Brian Babson at 5 and 1 with a 2.21 ERA and Christy Matthewson, 4 and 2 with a 3.32 ERA. The Centurions will go with this line up tonight: J.Burkett LF W.Keeler RF J.Kelley 3B N.Lajoie 2B H.Wagner SS J.Beckley 1B H.Duffy CF R.Bresnahan C C.Mathewson P The All-Stars counter with the following. A.Tucker CF S.Gunner LF P.Pflaggstettler RF J.Potpie 1B D.Palmer 3B B.Bullock C K.Terp SS S.Treacy 2B B.Babson P Burkett who is having a great early portion of the season steps in, Babson winds and delivers. It's a ball outside and we are under way. Baltimore chop Into center for a single! It's the hit and run play by Turn of Century... Keeler hits a roller to Deacon Palmer Palmer comes up with it and throws It's in the dirt Potpie can't come up with it That'll be a throwing error on Palmer That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC Kelley squares around Kelley lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Kelley might beat it out... Fielded by D.Palmer the throw to first... close play... SAFE, Kelley beat it out! Burkett takes third Keeler takes second Fastball, down the middle... Lajoie rips it through the left side It's a single... Keeler rounds third hard, turns for home Gunner throws on the money to Bullock Keeler hits the brakes And scrambles back to third One run scores Wagner drives the ball to center for extra bases Kelley and Keeler will score Dode Criss will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Turn of Century... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... Wagner is out trying for third! Double for Wagner Beckley lines one just to the right of Potpie It's past him into right field! Pflaggstettler hustles over and fires it back into second So Beckley is on with a line single to right Breaking ball... Duffy swings at... Pounds the ball into the ground It's a one bouncer into the hole Treacy ranging over, stabs it Does a somersault! Comes up throwing... Strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! Duffy is out by an eyelash A major league play! Beckley takes second easily, of course FOFC gets the second out of the inning Hot shot grounded to second Taken by Treacy Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 After one-half inning It's Turn of Century 4, All Stars coming to bat There's a high pop fly to the outfield Hugh Duffy moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Duffy grabs it with his bare hand for the out And there's one away Gunner hits a deep ball Keeler retreats toward the wall He leaps... He's got it! Two down Mathewson retires the first two FOFC batters Low fastball... Pflaggstettler swings... Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd Beckley snags it moving to his right Leads Mathewson perfectly racing to the bag... And he easily beats Pflaggstettler for the out The All Stars go down in the bottom of the 1st After 1 inning at FOFC Stadium here in FOFC, Turn of Century on top 4 to 0 Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Mathewson! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Left Outs and Japanese League are scoreless Late 20th is beating Negro League I 4 to 0 Sandberg has hit his 4th homerun for Late 20th Negro League II leads NL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Wickware battling Rixey Caribbean and AL Post WWII have yet to score NL Post WWII slipping by AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Dead Ball Era and Old Timers are all knotted at 2 It's a routine fly into left Gunner ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Wee Willie Keeler to get a new bat Let's point out that Turn of Century is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Swung on and hit on the nose to right Pflaggstettler picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Keeler is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it Keeler edges away from first base Keeler has been successful in 8 of 14 attempts so far this season Excellent lead... The slider from Babson... Keeler takes off on the pitch!... Fastball at the belt... Here's the throw... The slide... Keeler is in easily before the tag! That's number 9 in 1900 Screaming liner towards short Terp tries it He makes a great catch! Score It: 6 That retires the side... Kelley fails to come through in the clutch For Turn of Century, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base There's a routine pop by Potpie Wagner moves under it and makes the catch One away in the bottom of the 2nd for FOFC It rides in on Palmer and hits him on the hands Palmer is in a lot of pain... We'll see if he can continue... He heads to first Here's the change up... Waiting on it... Bullock drives one over Duffy's head... Duffy backing up quickly... He's got his legs twisted... But he rights himself in time Duffy recovers and makes the grab That's the second out of the inning There's a high pop fly to the outfield Hugh Duffy moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Duffy grabs it with his bare hand for the out That's all for the All Stars in the 2nd inning No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base... We head to the 3rd... Turn of Century on top 4 to 0 Groundball off the change-up... Past Potpie at first... It's rolling into the outfield grass... Lajoie gets a base hit Slow ground ball to the mound Babson boots the ball! Score It: E1 Lajoie takes second Wagner to first Beckley rips a solid shot to center Tucker ranges to his right... He is juggling it!... Finally finds the handle Whew! Runners can't advance One down, two to go... Brian Babson has to bear down now The HIGH CHEESE......... STRIKE THREE SWINGING! Two gone in the top of the 3rd FOFC is still in quite a jam Clutch situation for Roger Bresnahan He'll come up against the righthanded Babson It's right down the pike! Strike three looking! Babson crossed Bresnahan up that time That's it for Turn of Century Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 and a half innings, Turn of Century has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and 2 errors Turn of Century has left 4 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Treacy swings... Hits the fastball on the ground... Down the line at first... Beckley trying to backhand it... Can't get a glove on it It's into right field for a hit Babson squares around Babson lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Babson might beat it out... Fielded by J.Kelley the throw to first... Out Babson gets the job done. Turn of Century gets the first out of the inning There's the heater... Strike three swinging! Tucker will take his seat Looped to second That's Lajoie's ball He grabs it for the out Score It: 4 We head to the 4th... The score is still Turn of Century 4, All Stars 0 And Mathewson will sit down... strike three called One away here in the top of the 4th Turn of Century on top 4 to 0 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard Japanese League with the lead over Left Outs 5 to 2 Late 20th is on top of Negro League I 4 to 2 NL Pre WWII is edging Negro League II 3 to 2 Jackson has hit his 1st homerun for NL Pre WWII Caribbean and AL Post WWII are scoreless Valenzuela and Ryan currently dueling NL Post WWII leads AL Pre WWII 3 to 2 Dead Ball Era and Old Timers are tied at 2 Burkett hits a screamer at Kris Terp Terp takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Potpie scoops it on one hop Burkett is out! Nice play by Potpie Two down Brian Babson retires the first two batters in a row Keeler raps a line drive in the gap Tucker is running back Pflaggstettler is backpedaling They can't get to it The ball is rolling to the wall Keeler is heading for third A standup triple Triple number 3 of the year for Wee Willie Keeler Grounded to short Taken by Terp His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century So After 3 and a half innings Turn of Century has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and 2 errors Turn of Century has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 Smashed to short Wagner grabs it Over to Beckley Got him! Score It: 6-3 With one gone FOFC will have Jeeberoni Potpie coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it It's a high fly into center Duffy ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out Two down Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Palmer hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Ground ball to short Wagner comes up with it He tosses it to second... Gets the force That's all for the All Stars... After 4 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, Turn of Century ahead 4 to 0 Routine grounder to third Palmer scoops it up Over to first for the out One out Due up next is Honus Wagner Soft liner to short Terp jumps He grabs it for the out Score It: 6 One more chance for Turn of Century this inning Sinking fastball... Beckley swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Terp... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Three up, three down A perfect inning for Brian Babson in the top of the 5th Struck him out on a fastball Terp goes down swinging So one up and one gone Pounded on the ground to short Taken by Wagner Over to Beckley Got him! Score It: 6-3 Two up, two down for FOFC Ton tries to hold up Bresnahan points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! That's all for the All Stars No runs, no hits and no errors... After five complete... Turn of Century on top 4 to 0 Baltimore chop Into right for a single! Duffy a few feet off the bag at first Fozborg looks the runner back Grounded to second Could be two . . . To second for one, the relay . . . Not in time. Wait a minute, The umpire is pointing . . . He's calling interference! That's a double play! Score It: 4-6-3 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... There's a high foul pop behind the plate Bullock goes back to the screen Nice play Just before it goes into the seats That'll do it in the top of the 6th No runs, one hit and no errors Turn of Century ahead 4 to 0 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Ground ball to the left side... Wagner scoops it up Over to first for the putout That's one away There's a line drive in the gap by Gunner That looks like an easy two-bagger Hugh Duffy races to the ball and fires it in Gunner has himself a double Pflaggstettler rips a fastball... He hits it high in the air... Burkett may have a chance at this one... He is at the fence This ball is.....going..... going..... CAUGHT! Burkett caught it up against the fence! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Japanese League is pounding Left Outs 9 to 2 Kaneda enjoying the big Japanese League lead Late 20th slipping by Negro League I 4 to 2 NL Pre WWII is on top of Negro League II 6 to 4 Caribbean is on top of AL Post WWII 5 to 3 NL Post WWII slipping by AL Pre WWII 4 to 2 Koufax and Gomez currently dueling Dead Ball Era with the lead over Old Timers 5 to 2 Great change up... Potpie out in front... Gets a piece of it... It's a shallow fly towards Duffy Duffy charges, dives for it... He has it... Fine catch by the center fielder We head to the 7th... The score is still Turn of Century 4, All Stars 0 Burkett swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Palmer and skips out to Gunner Burkett rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Burkett returns to first as Stan gets a nice throw in to Treacy Keeler maneuvers to hit behind the runner Keeler rips a line shot to the second baseman OUT! Treacy didn't have to move! One blink and that would have been past him! Burkett stays put One gone for Turn of Century Kelley takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He's out on strikes Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Fozborg A low curveball to Lajoie He swings a bit late but hits it right up the middle Burkett is going to try for third Tucker is over, picks it up and fires to Palmer One bounce... The slide by Burkett... SAFE! Quick throw to second to hold Lajoie at first Now Treacy fires it to first... Lajoie just dives back safely! And Wagner will sit down... strike three called That does it in the top of the 7th Now a brief message from our hosts This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System We are pleased you joined us for today's ballgame Now back to baseball where After 6 and a half innings, Turn of Century ahead 4 to 0 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Mathewson misses low on that one Palmer draws the walk Number 1 today by Mathewson Base hit to left for Bullock Palmer is rounding second... But he pulls up quickly as he sees the sign from Dick Howser Palmer will stay at second Curve, up high... Terp rips it to right... Mathewson hung that breaking ball However, Kris got under it just a bit Keeler started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" One down for FOFC Sean Treacy is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC A slider by Mathewson Treacy gets good wood on it... Duffy back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's two away Long fly ball to right field Keeler takes off after it He's at the fence HE JUMPS . . . HE'S GOT IT!!! Score It: 9 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 37759 Sinking line drive Caught by Sean Treacy With one down, up next is Hugh Duffy To be followed by Roger Bresnahan Duffy pounds a grounder toward Palmer at third Deacon moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Palmer stayed with it Over to first and Duffy is retired Nice play by the FOFC third baseman Two gone for Turn of Century Hit hard to the right of Terp... And it's caught in the air by a diving Palmer! No runs for Turn of Century in the top of the 8th Turn of Century on top 4 to 0 We'll be right back Pounded on the ground to second Lajoie comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 Turn of Century gets the first out here late in this contest Good slider, inside part of the plate Gunner gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Lajoie grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's two quick outs for Christy Mathewson FOFC will need to do better than that They are running out of time There's a hard bouncer to Kelley's left He's over... Makes the pick-up... Over to Beckley... Pflaggstettler is out! A sparkling glove hand pick-up by Joe Kelley! The All Stars are retired It's 4-0 as we come to the 9th The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Mathewson swung, that's strike three Mathewson isn't happy at all with that call With one down Potpie yells something out to Kronside Jace nods his head Hard slider... And Burkett takes it right down the middle Strike three called Turn of Century leads 4 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well These scores are final... Japanese League smacked Left Outs 9 to 2 Kaneda the winner, he's now 2-3 Roberts takes the loss, his record drops to 3-5 Late 20th cuffed Negro League I 5 to 2 Day takes the loss, his record drops to 2-2 Johnson the winner, he's now 3-6 NL Pre WWII squeezed by Negro League II 8 to 6 Mize has hit his 4th homerun for NL Pre WWII AL Post WWII edged out Caribbean 6 to 5 NL Post WWII is the winner over AL Pre WWII 6 to 2 Dead Ball Era is the winner over Old Timers 8 to 4 Pop-up Bullock drifts behind the plate He makes the catch And that sets Turn of Century down in order in the top of the 9th FOFC will be coming in for their turn at bat The score remains Turn of Century 4, FOFC 0 Fly ball to center Duffy is under it He makes the grab One up, one down Off speed pitch on the way... And Palmer watches it go by for the third strike And there's two away There's a towering fly ball hit by Bullock Duffy sprints over, and makes the catch And that will do it for FOFC Turn of Century wins 4 to 0 Mathewson gets credit for the win He threw a shut-out at them Babson takes the loss The hitting star for Turn of Century was Honus Wagner He was 1 for 4 He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 34 - TUESDAY, MAY 8TH - Boxscore
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FOFC Manager Update
It's been a great start to the season. Alot better than I had hoped in my wildest dreams. I mean for crying out loud - we are 27 and 7. However, our team got, what I think was their first taste of the truly dominating pitchers in this league. I was incredibly impressed by Matty last night. I'd seen him work his stuff in the past, but he was almost unhittable last night. In fact, Babson, who had a bad first inning settled down and pitched extremely well after that, but Matty's stuff was so good you forget how good Babson pitched from the 2nd through the 5th. I think the team was getting a little big for their britches. Maybe this game will sober them some. Hopefully so. We have quite a few road games still left on the schedule and those wins will be much tougher to come by. Let's see what the paper says about last nights game... |
The National Herald - Wednesday, May 9th
SPORTS Code:
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN |
GAME 35 - Wednesday, May 9th - Radio Broadcast
Hello again and welcome to the FOFC All- Star Radio Network. Tonights match up on the field and on the mound is a doozie. We have the Negro League Ones who are in first place facing off against your home town All-Stars, who obviously are first in the National League. The pitchers for tonights games... Satchel Paige at 4 and 1 and Rob Nielsen, who is fresh off of his no hitter. The lineups for tonight look like this: T.Stearnes CF M.Dihigo 2B J.Gibson C O.Charleston LF W.Wells 3B C.Torriente RF M.Suttles 1B P.Lloyd SS S.Paige P Cool Papa Bell was given the night off, though I'd expect to see him pinch hit or pinch run later in the game. For the Home towners... A.Tucker CF J.Nights SS P.Pflaggstettler RF J.Potpie 1B S.Gunner LF H.Hays C D.Fouts 3B S.Treacy 2B R.Nielsen P Look like we are ready to go. The ump tells Stearns to step in and we are off. Sinking fastball... Stearnes swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Long fly to right Pflaggstettler has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Dihigo is retired on a fairly deep fly That's the second out of the inning Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Gibson 1-2-3, nothing across... Hard slider, at the knees... Tucker clubs a deep drive to center... Stearnes turns, and races back after it... It goes off the wall! Tucker is steaming toward third Stearnes has it, throws... Not in time... Tucker has his triple Number 5 on the year for him Nights flies out to right Dick Howser will send the runner home... Here's the play at the plate... Tucker scores! There's a fly ball to Oscar Charleston Charleston circles under it... He makes the play That's two away Sinking fastball... Potpie swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wells... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That does it in the bottom of the 1st Now a brief message from our hosts This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System We are pleased you joined us for today's ballgame Now back to baseball where After 1 inning, FOFC leads 1 to 0 Swung on... And there's a high fly ball into left Gunner is under it, waits... He's got it One out Due up next is Willie Wells Wells sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Nielsen Easy out Two up, two down Torriente taps one on the ground Dan Fouts charges in He boots it! He can't make the throw It'll be an error on Fouts Fouts has committed 1 error this evening Rob Nielsen watches Torriente As he moves away from the bag There's a quick move to first by Nielsen... Nice move by Rob The tag is down... Just a bit too late! Base hit to left for Suttles Bill Madlock is waving Torriente to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Suttles at first He quick pitches Lloyd... and it's in there Strike three That's all for the Ones No runs, one hit, one error and 2 men left on base... We go to the bottom of the 2nd... FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Gunner 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 Gunner retreats to first after a wide turn There's a ground ball into the hole Wells and Lloyd converge on it It's picked by Wells who fires to first SAFE is the call by the ump Close play!! Through the drawn in infield! Grounded towards the bag Suttles comes up with it Over to second for one To first Not in time! Score It: 3-6 Gunner takes third The runner on first, Hays, is out Negro League I gets the first out of the inning He is way out in front STRIKE THREE swinging Paige had him fishing as he pulled the string on that pitch One more chance for FOFC in the bottom of the 2nd Nielsen 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 Nielsen looked bad on that pitch That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings, FOFC has one run, 3 hits and one error While Negro League I has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 2 on base Negro League I has stranded 2 It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Paige checks his swing Hays appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Satchel One gone for Negro League I It's a high fly into center Tucker ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in order Fastball, swung on... Driven to left-center, into the gap... Tucker goes back, back... He's not going to get it... It goes over his head!... He's got to chase it down... Has it, wings a strong throw to Fouts But Dihigo slides in safely at third Just barely... A beautiful peg by Tucker Bounding ball to short Nights comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 We head to the bottom of the 3rd here in FOFC... Still 1-0, FOFC A. J. Tucker offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Tucker couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Mule Suttles for the out Tucker never even left the batter's box One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League II is on top of AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Wright has hit his 3rd homerun for Negro League II NL Post WWII and AL Post WWII have yet to score Left Outs slipping by Dead Ball Era 3 to 1 Sutton battling McGinnity Japanese League with the lead over NL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Sugishita comfortably ahead for Japanese League Old Timers is edging Caribbean 1 to 0 Turn of Century is edging Late 20th 3 to 2 Young battling Smoltz And in our contest FOFC leads 1 to 0 Nights gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Lloyd into the outfield... Base hit for Nights That's hit down the line Oscar Charleston giving chase It's out of his reach Pflaggstettler rounds first Charleston has the ball Pflaggstettler coasts into second He's got a double Nights takes third And Potpie will sit down... strike three called Two down Due up next is Stan Gunner Let's see what happens now There's a foul into the chest protector of Gibson . . . Gunner back in the box And here comes the next pitch Gunner swings and lifts one toward left Charleston drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That retires the side FOFC comes up empty-handed Here in the bottom of the 3rd No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base It's dinked out front Hays is on it...throws to first... Nice play With one down, up next is Willie Wells To be followed by Cristobal Torriente Wells tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! Two up, two down for Negro League I Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 61 on the season for Nielsen That's all for Negro League I After 3 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Hays hits a fly ball to center Turkey Stearnes camps under it He's got it One down for FOFC Dan Fouts is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Satchel comes in there with a dipsy-do And it freezes Fouts He can't get the bat off his shoulder as he watches it just catch the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! Right down the middle... strike three Treacy must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch Paige retires three in a row Here in the bottom of the 4th Suttles swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Nielsen strikes out Mule Suttles That's one away Fastball... low and away, ball four Nielsen puts the tying run on base Not a good idea Lloyd takes a short lead against the lefty Nielsen Lloyd takes a walking lead off first... And Nielsen fires it behind him... Close play... SAFE! Paige fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Paige laces a hit into the outfield Stan Gunner picks it up Fires it to the infield Paige holds with a single Base hit to right for Stearnes Bill Madlock is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Lloyd scores! A slider by Nielsen Dihigo gets good wood on it... Gunner back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two down Hot shot grounded to short Taken by Nights His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for Negro League I By the way, Negro League I is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Curve ball... Nielsen swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! One gone in the bottom of the 5th Up next is A. J. Tucker He's having a fine year so far Tucker swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Paige strikes out A. J. Tucker Two down Paige retires two in a row It's a routine fly into right Torriente ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out That's all for the All Stars After 5 innings in FOFC this evening, We're all tied up at 1 Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Charleston swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Oscar as he was heading for the dugout One up, one down Grounded towards third Fouts scoops it LONG THROW... HE'S 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 Nielsen Torriente cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Torriente was badly fooled by Nielsen's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Cristobal was a little overanxious That wraps up the inning for Negro League I So After 5 and a half innings FOFC has one run, 5 hits and one error While Negro League I has one run, 4 hits and no errors Negro League I has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 Oh Oh, hanging curve... Swung on... There's a hard line drive in the gap That looks like an easy two-bagger Turkey Stearnes dives... knocks it down... Picks it up... Pflaggstettler digging hard for second... The ball is fired in to Dihigo Not in time... Persimmon slides in under the tag... Pflaggstettler has himself a double Paige has to get that curve down FOFC will eat that pitch up if he doesn't Al Downing, the Negro League I pitching coach has been working with him on that pitch Curve, down low... Swung on and missed Strike three right by Potpie Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it! And there's one away Grounded into the hole Nice play by Dihigo Over to Suttles Got him! Score It: 4-3 One more chance for FOFC this inning He rips a grounder to short Lloyd grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's all for FOFC in the bottom of the 6th... After 6 innings, the score is tied, 1-all A hanging curve... Suttles laces it hard just to the right of Fouts He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Mule... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Hit and run... There's a routine pop by Lloyd Sean Treacy moves under the ball He makes the routine catch One down for Negro League I Satchel Paige is still in the on-deck circle and Turkey Stearnes is looking for a bat in the dugout Paige looks to lay one down He bunts the ball . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by D.Fouts the throw to first... Out Paige gets the job done. We're all tied up at 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Negro League II is in front of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Beckwith has hit his 7th homerun for Negro League II NL Post WWII and AL Post WWII have yet to score Left Outs is running roughshod over Dead Ball Era 14 to 2 Japanese League leads NL Pre WWII 3 to 2 Nomura has hit his 6th homerun for Japanese League Old Timers with the lead over Caribbean 5 to 2 McCarthy has hit his 1st homerun for Old Timers Late 20th is edging Turn of Century 6 to 5 Base hit to right for Stearnes Bill Madlock is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Negro League I... Not cut-off... Suttles is out at home! It's time for the 7th inning stretch! It's hit high and deep This one is deep! YOU CAN KISS THAT BALL GOOD-BYE! That is Dan Fouts' 3rd home run of the year. There's a shot off the bat of Sean Treacy But it's right at Dihigo who makes the catch of the line drive Treacy throws his bat into the dirt in disgust One away While we wait for the next batter Let's take a ten second station break This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System Your four sports network! Nielsen hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at short Lloyd dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the short stop, Pop Lloyd! Tucker rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Suttles spears it! A shot hit right on the screws but right at the Negro League I first baseman That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 44911 Struck him out on a fastball Dihigo goes down swinging One up, one down for Negro League I STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Rob Nielsen here this evening With two gone, FOFC leads 2 to 1 in the top of the 8th It rides in on Charleston and hits him on the hands Charleston is in a lot of pain... We'll see if he can continue... He heads to first Charleston extends his lead towards second Charleston is unable to take the lead he wants Nielsen's fastball is ripped toward first Potpie can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Charleston was off and running with the crack of the bat He is on his way to third... They'll have a chance to get him... Here's the throw... SAFE! A nice shot by Wells and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Cristobal Torriente Grounded towards the bag Taken by Fouts Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That's all she wrote for this inning FOFC has 2 runs, 7 hits and one error While Negro League I has one run, 7 hits and no errors Negro League I has left 8 baserunners stranded today Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Nights! With one gone FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Pflaggstettler drives one into left Oscar Charleston sprints over to make the play Two down Paige retires the first two FOFC batters Slow ground ball Lloyd is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's three up, three down Satchel Paige has been pitching a very strong game this evening He misses outside Ball four Lloyd squares around He bunts it . . . It's popped up... Caught by H.Hays a poor bunt by Lloyd One away here in the top of the 9th FOFC ahead 2 to 1 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard These scores are final... Negro League II edged out AL Pre WWII 3 to 2 Holland the winner, he's now 1-1 Ruffing takes the loss, his record drops to 0-1 AL Post WWII downed NL Post WWII 5 to 3 Left Outs humbled Dead Ball Era 14 to 6 Sutton the winner, he's now 3-3 McGinnity takes the loss, his record drops to 3-2 NL Pre WWII jumped all over Japanese League 11 to 3 Grimes the winner, he's now 6-0 Fujimoto takes the loss, his record drops to 1-5 Old Timers downed Caribbean 5 to 3 Galvin the winner, he's now 6-1 Cuellar takes the loss, his record drops to 2-3 Late 20th edged out Turn of Century 6 to 5 We are going to have a pinch runner for Buck Leonard Dusty Baker will bring in Jelly Gardner for Buck Leonard He's a threat to steal Gardner takes his lead The runner can't seem to get a good lead Bell swings on a ball in on his fists It results in a pop up to second Blade is under it... A few steps to his right... One hands it for the out Bell looked bad on that pitch Two down, Ones at bat in the 9th inning... Negro League I trails the All Stars by 1 The Ones are down to their final out Turkey Stearnes is due up Hays takes a trip out to the mound He wants to discuss something with Knowles Now Hays trots back Stearnes is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position And that will do it for Negro League I FOFC wins 2 to 1 Nielsen gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Paige takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Dan Fouts He was 1 for 3 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 35 - Wednesday, May 9th - Boxscore
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Helluva pitcher's duel. But, the One True Pitcher reigned supreme in the end, as always.
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We are good!
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The National Herald - Thursday, May 10th
SPORTS Code:
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FOFC Dynasty Update
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GAME 36 – Thursday, May 10 th – Radio Broadcast
We have another great pitching match up tonight. Al Mighty at 3 and 1 up against Bob Rogan at 3 and 3. The Ones will use this lineup tonight against the tough leftie.. Ones C.Bell CF M.Dihigo 2B J.Gibson C O.Charleston LF M.Suttles 1B W.Wells 3B C.Torriente RF P.Lloyd SS B.Rogan P The All-Stars counter with: J.Nights SS S.Gunner CF P.Pflaggstettler RF J.Potpie 1B D.Palmer 3B K.Ton LF H.Hays C B.Blade 2B A.Mighty P Here’s the first pitch from Mighty – and It's a high fly into left Ton ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out One gone in the top of the 1st Up next is Martin Dihigo He's having a fine year so far Curve in the dirt... and Dihigo 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 Dihigo went around Strike three, swinging That's the second out of the inning Curve ball... Gibson swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Al Mighty holds Negro League I scoreless in the first inning Hot shot grounded to the mound Taken by Rogan Over to Suttles Got him! Score It: 1-3 Negro League I gets the first out of the inning There's a base hit towards Cool Papa Bell Stan Gunner decides to go for two Much to the surprise of Bell Here's the throw to second SAFE, Gunner just beats the tag That's 8 doubles on the year for Gunner Groundball to back to the mound Gunner is trying to advance to third base... A quick glance at the lead runner... The play is to first... And Pflaggstettler is out Potpie swings and misses Strike three Potpie didn't have a good cut at that pitch And that will do it for FOFC Charleston swings... Hits the fastball on the ground... Down the line at first... Potpie trying to backhand it... Can't get a glove on it It's into right field for a hit Suttles takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He's out on strikes That's one away Hays reaches in the dirt It's off his glove He tosses away his mask Bounces out of his crouch Rifles it to second... Too late Score that a wild pitch for Mighty Bounced past the mound Nights grabs it Over to Potpie HE BEATS THE THROW! Wells gets an infield hit Charleston takes third Belted right back at Blade Barrett makes the one-handed grab Two gone for Negro League I Lloyd swings and lifts one toward left Ton drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That retires the side... Lloyd fails to come through in the clutch For Negro League I, No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Over the outside corner Palmer hits the curve right to third... Wells takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Palmer is out by a couple of steps So one up and one gone There's a ground ball into the hole Wells and Lloyd converge on it It's picked by Wells who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! Two down Bullet Joe Rogan retires the first two batters in a row The pitch is just inside and Hays holds up Gibson points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! That's all for the All Stars in the 2nd inning No runs, no hits and no errors... We head to the 3rd... No score What a pitch... strike three Mighty put that one on the black, a perfect pitch One gone for Negro League I Cool Papa Bell swings It's a line drive... Sizzles past Nights into left... Base hit for Bell... Ton is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Bell is on with a sharp single Dihigo maneuvers to hit behind the runner Grounded towards the sack Potpie takes it to the bag himself The hit and run moves the runner up. Score It: 3 And there's two away Gibson 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 Gibson looked bad on that pitch So ends the top of the 3rd For Negro League I No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 2 and a half innings, Scoreless game It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Blade checks his swing Gibson appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Barrett One down for FOFC Al Mighty is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Bullet Joe comes in there with a dipsy-do And it freezes Mighty He can't get the bat off his shoulder as he watches it just catch the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! Two up, two down for the All Stars It's a routine fly into center Bell ranges over and reaches up This should wrap-up the inning... It's in the bank That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores AL Pre WWII slipping by Negro League II 4 to 2 Brown has hit his 3rd homerun for Negro League II NL Post WWII leads AL Post WWII 2 to 1 Seaver battling Palmer Dead Ball Era is edging Left Outs 1 to 0 NL Pre WWII is on top of Japanese League 2 to 0 Caribbean is on top of Old Timers 2 to 0 Mendez battling Welch Late 20th is edging Turn of Century 1 to 0 It's a sinker, up in the strike zone Charleston hits it deep into the alley Gunner 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 Stan Gunner Charleston is at second with a stand-up double Suttles watches strike three glide by For that matter, he watched them all That won't get it done With one down, up next is Willie Wells To be followed by Cristobal Torriente It's a shallow fly by Wells Ton runs in, calls for it He makes the catch with a snap of his glove Wells is out There's a ball in front of the plate... Hays gets in front to block it... But it's off his mitt to his left Charleston is off for third base... Hays picks up the ball and from his knees Whips it to Palmer... Charleston slides... SAFE!! Score it a wild pitch on Al Mighty High heat from Mighty... Torriente pounces on it... Pounds a hard, long drive towards right Pflaggstettler giving chase... It's outta here!!! Home run number 2 for Torriente Topped in front of home Taken by Hays Over to first In time! Score It: 2-3 That'll do it in the top of the 4th 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors Negro League I leads 2 to 0 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Gunner cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Gibson Gunner was badly fooled by Rogan's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Stan was a little overanxious With one gone FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Persimmon raps a high bouncer toward third Wells snatches it on the third hop Overhands one to first Easy out That's two away Lloyd comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Rogan Jeeberoni Potpie will be next up... Potpie laces a hit into the outfield Cool Papa Bell picks it up Fires it to the infield Potpie holds with a single Routine grounder to short Lloyd comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the All Stars... After 4 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, Negro League I ahead 2 to 0 There's a cue shot off the end of the bat by Rogan Blade makes the routine catch of the soft liner One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games AL Pre WWII slipping by Negro League II 4 to 2 Brown has hit his 3rd homerun for Negro League II NL Post WWII is beating AL Post WWII 7 to 3 Dead Ball Era is on top of Left Outs 3 to 1 Chesbro and Jenkins currently dueling NL Pre WWII is giving it to Japanese League 6 to 1 Marquard enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead Caribbean with the lead over Old Timers 3 to 0 Turn of Century and Late 20th are tied at 1 There's a fly ball to K. A. Ton Ton circles under it... He makes the play Two down Mighty retires the first two Negro League I batters Baltimore chop Into left for a single! Dihigo inches away from the base Mighty looks Dihigo back He is unable to get his normal lead Hot shot grounded to the mound Fielded nicely by Mighty Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 We head to the bottom of the 5th here in FOFC Still 2-0, Negro League I Rogan misses low on that one Ton draws the walk Number 1 today by Rogan Hays raps a sizzling ground ball It zips through the hole Torriente is over to pick it up Throws a strike to Lloyd No chance to get Ton at third Through the drawn in infield! Blade drives the ball to left for extra bases Ton scores Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Double for Blade Swung on and missed... Mighty is down on strikes One down... Jeff Nights is due up next Let's see what happens now Fastball Ball four Hard slider... Swung on... Stan Gunner doesn't get it... Hits a towering pop up Suttles getting under it Infield Fly rule is called Gunner is automatically called out The ball is easily hauled in The runners hold their bases Rogan needs one more out to get out of the inning He rips a grounder to short Lloyd comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 8 and 2 in their last ten games 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 Blade makes the catch over his shoulder going away One out Due up next is Mule Suttles Mule Suttles swings He really stings this one It rifles past Blade into right... Base hit for Suttles... Pflaggstettler is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Suttles is on with a sharp single It's in the dirt and bounces away Suttles heads to second And he'll make it on the wild pitch It's in on the wrists Willie tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... Yes, Mighty walks him Torriente rolls one toward Barrett Blade He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the first base umpire Cristobal Torriente is turning red with rage As he glares at the umpire Better be careful One more chance for Negro League I in the top of the 6th It looks as though they'll put him on... Yes, Hays is calling for the free pass And there's ball four That fills the bases for Negro League I Swung on Foul tip... Strike three as Hays holds on to it Bullet Joe didn't come through this time That's it for Negro League I Here at FOFC Stadium, After 5 and a half innings, Negro League I has 2 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors Negro League I has left 7 on base FOFC has stranded 5 Jeeberoni Potpie swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... CAUGHT! That one looked like it was gone FOFC with one away Rogan steps off the mound as he waits for Deacon Palmer to come to the plate Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Palmer hits a Baltimore chop... The ball finally comes down into Wells' waiting glove... Willie rifles it to first OUT!!! Good thing for Negro League I that Palmer is a slow runner Two down Gibson asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Gibson and Rogan It's a high fly to deep center Bell is on his horse It is carrying to the fence Cool Papa jumps... Leaping catch... No, it pops out of his glove Ton will get a two-base hit Hot shot grounded to third Wells grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That ends the inning After 6 innings, Negro League I leads by 1 Bell 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 One gone in the top of the 7th Up next is Martin Dihigo He's having a fine year so far Off speed pitch on the way... And Dihigo watches it go by for the third strike Dihigo stood there like a bump on a log 2 strike outs for Dihigo today Two down Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Gibson 1-2-3, nothing across... It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Blade hits one on the ground to the left side Barrett, who moves well, is motoring to first Lloyd wings it quickly to Suttles... OUT by a step One out Al Mighty is due up next Fastball... Swung on and missed! Strike three and Terp is outta here Terp has been working with Bob Hazzle, the hitting instructor for FOFC But it didn't help this at bat He continues to struggle at the plate He is now hitting only .175 Negro League I ahead 2 to 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well AL Pre WWII slipping by Negro League II 4 to 2 NL Post WWII is giving it to AL Post WWII 12 to 7 Left Outs leads Dead Ball Era 4 to 3 NL Pre WWII is beating Japanese League 6 to 2 Caribbean is in front of Old Timers 3 to 0 Late 20th is in front of Turn of Century 5 to 2 It's a routine fly into right Torriente ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 37773 Charleston hits a screamer at Barrett Blade Blade picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Charleston is out! Nice play by Potpie One away in the top of the 8th Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Suttles was frozen on that fastball by Rodney High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch Two men gone, nobody on Negro League I leads by 1 Fastball... and it hits Wells... or did it? The umpire is saying it did But Rodney is yelling that the ball bounced first Doesn't matter what he says, Wells gets first Wells extends his lead towards second Holding the ball, Rodney watches Wells... Now he fires to Potpie... It's close... SAFE He hits a tough grounder to second Taken by Blade Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for Negro League I So After 7 and a half innings Negro League I has 2 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 5 hits and no errors Negro League I has left 8 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 Negro League I is making a defensive change Leonard will bat 5th and play first Gunner hits a screamer at Willie Wells Wells takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Leonard scoops it on one hop Gunner is out! Nice play by Leonard And there's one away Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Pflaggstettler hits it into the hole on the right side Dihigo ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Pflaggstettler is out by a step at first Negro League I leads 2 to 1 with two away this inning Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Potpie is outta there That does it for FOFC here in the bottom of the 8th No runs, no hits and no errors They are running out of time Grounded towards the sack Potpie to Rodney covering first Score It: 3-1 One up, one down Now batting for Negro League I... Jelly Gardner... He'll pinch hit for Bullet Joe Rogan Gardner with a .464 average on the season Ball four is the call Rodney can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Rodney Gardner takes first base Gardner edges away from the bag Gardner does not get a good lead It bounces in front of the plate and gets by Hays Gardner moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch Struck him out on a terrible pitch That was right over the heart of the plate with no movement on it... and Bell swung right over the top of it! Lucky Mr. Rodney! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard These scores are final... AL Pre WWII nipped Negro League II 4 to 3 Redding takes the loss, his record drops to 1-6 Faber the winner, he's now 2-2 NL Post WWII gets an easy win over AL Post WWII 13 to 7 Palmer takes the loss, his record drops to 4-4 Seaver the winner, he's now 4-1 Left Outs edged out Dead Ball Era 4 to 3 NL Pre WWII humbled Japanese League 11 to 3 Caribbean is the winner over Old Timers 4 to 0 Late 20th is the winner over Turn of Century 7 to 3 And in our contest Negro League I on top 2 to 1 Dihigo hits a three hopper towards Deacon Palmer Palmer scoops it and fires it to first for the out Three down for Negro League I Still a 1 run deficit for FOFC Let me point out that coming in to today's game Negro League I is 6 and 4 in one run games FOFC has a 13 and 2 record in these tight contests Webster McDonald will be coming on to pitch for Negro League I Webster has appeared in 11 games this season with a record of 0-1 In 11 innings, he has an 4.09 ERA Bullet Joe Rogan has finished his work here this afternoon It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Palmer checks his swing Gibson appeals to the first base umpire He held up, ball four Never a good time for a lead-off walk But especially not late in the game Treacy squares around He lays a beauty down the third base line McDonald and Wells collide going for the ball Wells recovers, picks it up And fires to first OUT!! Credit Sean Treacy with a sacrifice One down for FOFC Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle and Barrett Blade is looking for a bat in the dugout Great change up... Hays out in front... Gets a piece of it... It's a shallow fly towards Charleston Charleston charges, dives for it... He has it... Fine catch by the left fielder That's the second out of the inning Gonzalez hits a routine grounder to Lloyd He scoops it up, and throws to first SAFE, the throw pulled Leonard off the bag Charge Lloyd with the error That's error number 1 of the game for Negro League I Shallow fly ball to right Tough chance for Torriente He grabs it Nice play! Score It: 9 And that will do it for FOFC Negro League I wins 2 to 1 Rogan gets credit for the win McDonald notches the save Mighty takes the loss The hitting star for Negro League I was Cristobal Torriente He was 1 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 36 - Thursday, May 10th - Boxscore
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My power slump has me rather perturbed...
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I got a hit! I got a hit! When was the last time that happened?
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FOFC Manager Update
Boy have we run into some good pitching lately. Again last night it was a pitchers dual with Mighty ending up on the short end of the stick. Hopefully the offense will get on track. I say, "Let's see if anybody got any closer to us with last nights loss." My wife who was reading a book, looks up and says, "Great now you're talking to yourself." |
The National Herald - Friday, May 11th
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Booyah! League leader in strikeouts and ERA!
I repeat. Where's my raise! |
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Ditto for Blade...finally a hit! |
4th in the league in ERA and only a 3-2 record?
Ouch. :( |
GAME 37 - Friday, May 11th
The Japanese Team is in town tonight to try their luck with the FOFCers again. Bessho is on the mound for the HOFers. He’s 1 and 4 with an ERA in the upper 4. On the mound for the All-Stars is Owen Hunter, who is 3 and 1. The lineup for the Japanese team is: Y.Fukumoto CF T.Wakamatsu LF I.Suzuki RF K.Nomura C S.Oh 1B T.Kawakami 2B S.Kinugasa 3B M.Matsubara SS T.Bessho P The FOFCers will go with this lineup: A.Tucker CF J.Nights SS P.Pflaggstettler RF D.Gonzalez 1B D.Palmer 3B B.Bullock C K.Ton LF B.Blade 2B O.Hunter P Here is the first pitch.. A ball high and outside. Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bullock fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Fukumoto One down for Japanese League Tsutomu Wakamatsu is still in the on-deck circle and Ichiro Suzuki is looking for a bat in the dugout Sinking fastball... Wakamatsu swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Owen Hunter retires the first two batters in order Suzuki chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Hunter Nights snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! Three up, three down A perfect inning for Owen Hunter in the top of the 1st 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 Nights is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position With one down, up next is Persimmon Pflaggstettler To be followed by David Gonzalez Pflaggstettler sends a scorcher to third Kinugasa takes it on one hop Fires to Kawakami for one Back to Oh for the double play! In the dirt And Nomura holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Oh drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play One down for Japanese League Tetsuharu Kawakami is still in the on-deck circle and Sachio Kinugasa is looking for a bat in the dugout Hunter's pitch is a sinking fastball Kawakami tries to hold up Ball four Bullock points down to third He did not go around Fast ball in on the hands... Swung on... It's a very high pop to short Nights circles under it... The infield fly rule is called Now he has a bead on it... And squeezes it for the out NO, HE SQUEEZED IT RIGHT OUT Nomura bluffs towards third Nights pounces quickly on the ball Nobody is going anywhere The batter is still out No score with two away this inning Swung on and popped up Nights grabs it for the out Score It: 6 That retires the side Japanese League threatens but fails to score Here in the top of the 2nd Long drive Way back... back It's heading towards the fence Ichiro Suzuki has a chance He's waiting for it to come down OUT! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games AL Pre WWII leads Turn of Century 1 to 0 AL Post WWII and Left Outs have yet to score Dead Ball Era is beating NL Post WWII 4 to 0 Old Timers is edging NL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Ewing has hit his 1st homerun for Old Timers It's a routine fly into center Fukumoto ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Two gone for FOFC Slow ground ball Matsubara is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's three outs, side retired Curve ball... Bessho swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! One down, nobody on Game tied Another hook for strike three! Fukumoto just stood there looking That's two away It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! Three up, three down for Japanese League Hanging curve... Swung on... Ton turned that one around in a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run Wakamatsu didn't even move Blade is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position And there's one away Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 30 on the season for Bessho Two gone here in the bottom of the 3rd We want to welcome the FOFC "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Good slider, inside part of the plate Tucker gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Kawakami grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Suzuki cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock Suzuki was badly fooled by Hunter's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Ichiro was a little overanxious One down for Japanese League Katsuya Nomura is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Japanese League Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Hunter punches him out! One more chance for Japanese League this inning Fastball down at his knees... Oh swings... WHOA, this one is really tagged! Pflaggstettler running to the warning track Wasting his time... It's gone, home run!! A tremendous solo blast That ties the game up The score is knotted at 1 Fastball... Kawakami jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Tucker after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by A. J. Tucker! That wraps up the inning for Japanese League Time to check out the rest of the scores Turn of Century and AL Pre WWII are all knotted at 2 Rusie and Grove currently dueling Left Outs clipping AL Post WWII 4 to 0 Dead Ball Era is in front of NL Post WWII 6 to 3 Johnson comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era Old Timers is edging NL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Nights swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Bessho strikes out Jeff Nights One up, one down Pflaggstettler tries to hold up Nomura points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! 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 Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Gonzalez hits it into the hole on the right side Kawakami ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Gonzalez is out by a step at first Bessho retires the side in order Here in the bottom of the 4th A hot shot on the ground to Blade He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Kinugasa is out One gone for Japanese League Liner drilled to short Tough chance for Nights He makes a great catch! Score It: 6 There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Bessho No chance for either Nights or Ton That one had base hit written all over it Hunter loses him Fukumoto heads down to first A wicked curve, breaking very low Wakamatsu golfs it to right Pflaggstettler won't get it... He scoops it up and fires it in Nice piece of hitting by Tsutomu Wakamatsu A one base advancement for the runners It's swung on and lifted weakly to second An easy pop-up for Blade He accepts it as manna from heaven That's it for Japanese League Suzuki fails to come through this time That retires the side... Suzuki fails to come through in the clutch For Japanese League, No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 3 men left on base Swung on and hit sharply to short Matsubara plays it on one hop Over to Oh... Out of there! One out Due up next is Billy Bullock Bullock hits a screamer at Takehiko Bessho Bessho picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Oh off the bag Oh swipes with the glove Bullock is out! Nice play by Oh Two down It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Ton checks his swing Nomura appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, K. A. 1-2-3, nothing across... The pitch is just inside and Nomura holds up Bullock points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Katsuya trots down to first... ball four Bouncer up the middle and past Jeff Nights... Base hit into center field! Third base coach Bob Horner holds the runner, Nomura Swung on...and it's in the air to the right side Backing just a bit is Pflaggstettler And he pulls it in That's one away Grounded towards the middle Fielded nicely by Blade Throws to second He's out On to first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 That's it for Japanese League FOFC has one run, one hit and no errors While Japanese League has one run, 4 hits and no errors Japanese League has now left 6 runners stranded There's a ground ball into the hole Kinugasa and Matsubara converge on it It's picked by Matsubara who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! One up, one down for FOFC Long fly to center Fukumoto has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Fouts is retired on a fairly deep fly Two down for FOFC in the bottom of the 6th We're all tied up at 1 Struck him out on a fastball Tucker goes down swinging And that will do it for FOFC Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He makes the grab So one up and one gone Swung on, liner towards second... Blade leaps... He can't come up with it! No chance for either Blade or Pflaggstettler That one had base hit written all over it Bessho takes a walking lead Bessho has stolen 4 bases in 4 attempts in 1900 Bessho holding close to the bag Kronside watching him closely The Whiff! Kronside punches Fukumoto out! The score is tied at 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Turn of Century is on top of AL Pre WWII 5 to 3 Kelley has hit his 4th homerun for Turn of Century Left Outs bombing AL Post WWII 9 to 1 Carlton enjoying the big Left Outs lead Dead Ball Era is beating NL Post WWII 7 to 3 Johnson comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era Old Timers and NL Pre WWII are deadlocked at 3 Ewing has hit his 1st homerun for Old Timers Drilled on the ground to the mound Kronside grabs it He throws wild! Score It: Single + E1 Bessho takes third Wakamatsu to second Pounded on the ground to the mound Kronside can't come up with it! Score It: E1 Bessho scores from third! Wakamatsu takes third Suzuki to first Suzuki takes his lead Kronside holds the ball... Still holding the ball... Spinning he fires it over to Gonzalez... Suzuki dives back in... SAFE! Nomura swings and lifts one toward left Ton drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... And that wraps up the top of the 7th Japanese League has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, one hit and 2 errors Japanese League now has left 8 men on It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Nights hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at short Matsubara dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the short stop, Makato Matsubara! With one gone FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Fastball... low and away, ball four Bessho puts the tying run on base Not a good idea A high bouncer to Oh He makes a one handed grab Over to Matsubara for one... Back to Oh for the deuce! That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 49567 Saduharu Oh swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... Tucker leaps and grabs it! Oh is robbed of a homerun with a great catch by Tucker FOFC gets the first out of the inning Kawakami pounds a grounder toward Blade at second Barrett moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Blade stayed with it Over to first and Kawakami is retired Nice play by the FOFC second baseman Two up, two down for Japanese League Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Kinugasa was frozen on that fastball by Kronside High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch Three down for Japanese League Still a 1 run deficit for FOFC Let me point out that coming in to today's game Japanese League is 3 and 11 in one run games FOFC has a 13 and 3 record in these tight contests Palmer swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Kinugasa and skips out to Wakamatsu Palmer rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Palmer returns to first as Tsutomu gets a nice throw in to Kawakami Base hit to center for Bullock Third base coach Dick Howser doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Palmer will stay at second Ton drives the ball to center for extra bases Palmer scores Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Yutaka Fukumoto throws the ball away for an error! Double for Ton Blade takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Blade is out on strikes Sawamura gets the first out in the inning Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Kronside is outta there It's a high fly into left Wakamatsu ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out That's it in the bottom of the 8th 3 runs, 3 hits and one error After 8 innings in FOFC, FOFC on top 4 to 2 A high fastball... Matsubara swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Nights Jeff is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Matsubara was looking for the breaking ball Japanese League with one away Kronside steps off the mound as he waits for Eiji Sawamura to come to the plate Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bullock fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Yazawa Two down, HOF Players at bat in the 9th inning... Japanese League trails the All Stars by 2 The HOF Players are down to their final out Yutaka Fukumoto is due up Bullock takes a trip out to the mound He wants to discuss something with Kronside Now Bullock trots back Nubber to the mound Kronside grabs it He throws wild! Score It: Single + E1 Fukumoto to second Swung on and missed... Ochiai is down on strikes And that will do it for Japanese League FOFC wins 4 to 2 Kronside gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Bessho takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was K. A. Ton He was 2 for 3 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
GAME 37 - Friday, May 11th - Boxscore
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Now THAT'S more like it.
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Nice come back!:)
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GAME 38 - Saturday, May 12th - Radio Broadcast
FOFC wins 7 to 2 Williams gets credit for the win Nomo takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Stan Gunner He was 3 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. (sorry something happened to the play by play feature) |
Game 38 - Saturday, May 12th - Boxscore
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THERE'S that elusive twelfth homer...
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Well, only one for four, but I will take the 3 RBI's!
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FOFC Dynasty Update
Guys, I've fallen behind. Christmas parties, sick kids, and plain being worn out have conspired to put me behind. I'll try to catch up soon. I appologize for the delays. |
no need to apologize......as long as we keep winning :p
it's a long season |
Yup, take your time and don't burn yourself out. I would hate to see this dynasty die...
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No rush.
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What they all said.
You're doing it in part as a service to us, so we've got no complaints if that real life thing gets in the way sometimes!!! :) /tk |
GAME 39 - Sunday, May 13th - Radio Broadcast
Well the FOFCers have finally taken to the road again. This time against the tough Pre-Nationals. On the mound tonight for the All-Stars is Babson with a 5 adn 2 record and his opponent is Burleigh Grimes who is 6 and 0 with an ERA in the low 3s. The lineup will go like this: The FOFCers will start with A.Tucker in CF - the guy is playing to good to take him out for any period of time. K.Terp at SS gets the start tonight, trying to keep Terp focused on the season. P.Pflaggstettler RF - continues to swing a hot bat J.Potpie 1B - finally got that 12th homerun. Let's see if he can go on another run. D.Fouts 3B - gets another start - Benton is trying to get that bat going. H.Hays C - this guy has been unbelievable. He'd be playing everyday, but Bullock has been tough too. K.Ton LF - another bat that Breeze wants to see heat up. S.Treacy 2B - still can't find a second baseman to take charge - so Treacy gets another shot. B.Babson P - as good as anybody on the mound. The Pre-Nationals counter with: F.Frisch SS - solid leadoff man. P.Waner CF - seeing more time due to outstanding production recently R.Hornsby 2B - as good a RH batter as the any in the league. M.Ott RF - dangerous lefty G.Hartnett C - nice power and defense J.Mize 1B - playing well so far this season. Probably should play more. K.Cuyler LF - dependable player in all phases of the game P.Traynor 3B - good at handeling the bat, but better start hitting more or Ott may start playing this spot soon. B.Grimes P - who appears to be ready.... Tuckers steps in and we are underway... Tucker pulls one to the right side It's going to scoot on through the infield Ott will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Tucker retreats to first after a wide turn Terp hits a three hopper towards Rogers Hornsby Hornsby scoops it and fires it to second... Out The throw to first... Out at first, it's a double play That's the second out of the inning Low fastball... Pflaggstettler swings... Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd Mize snags it moving to his right Leads Grimes perfectly racing to the bag... And he easily beats Pflaggstettler for the out That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for FOFC No runs, one hit and no errors NL Pre WWII is coming to bat Frisch hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at short Terp dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the short stop, Kris Terp! And there's one away Lined hard to second Treacy grabs it for the out Score It: 4 That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Rogers Hornsby to get a new bat Let's point out that NL Pre WWII is 8 and 2 in their last ten games Sinking fastball... Hornsby swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Fouts... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's it in the bottom of the 1st for NL Pre WWII Three up, three down Swung on and hit sharply to third Traynor plays it on one hop Over to Mize... Out of there! So one up and one gone Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Fouts hits it into the hole on the right side Hornsby ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Fouts is out by a step at first Two down Hays hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at short Frisch dives... It's through for a base hit! He almost got his glove on it... Hays reaches on a sizzling single to left A nice try by the short stop, Frankie Frisch Grounded to short Frisch comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Negro League II is edging Negro League I 1 to 0 Turn of Century leads AL Post WWII 1 to 0 Young battling Ryan AL Pre WWII leads Dead Ball Era 2 to 1 Left Outs leads Japanese League 1 to 0 NL Post WWII is edging Old Timers 3 to 2 Late 20th slipping by Caribbean 2 to 0 And in our contest Scoreless game Grounded towards the bag Babson takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 One gone for NL Pre WWII Hartnett is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position Two gone here in the bottom of the 2nd We want to welcome the NL Pre WWII "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Johnny Mize offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Mize couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Sean Treacy for the out Mize never even left the batter's box 1-2-3, nothing across... Grounded towards first Mize grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG SAFE! Babson fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Babson looks to lay one down Babson bunts it foul for the third strike... That's a strikeout! Base hit to center for Tucker Third base coach Dick Howser doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Treacy will stay at second It's fouled off very high Just to the right of third base Hartnett circles under it... Waits... WATCH OUT! He caught it But Gabby had to bend over backwards to bring it in Two gone for FOFC Fastball up in the strike zone Strike three looking! That ball was right in Pflaggstettler's wheelhouse But he was obviously fooled on it That's all for FOFC After 2 and a half innings in NL Pre WWII this evening, No score Fly ball to left Ton is under it He makes the grab Traynor swings and hits a shot to deep left-center Tucker and Ton are converging on the ball Looks like Tucker has the best shot at it He dives for it... WOW! He's got it! Fantastic play by Tucker Two up, two down for the Pre-Nationals We're in the bottom of the 3rd Hard slider, paints the inside corner Grimes gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Grimes for the out And that will do it for NL Pre WWII Potpie rips a high drive into left Cuyler races to the wall Reaches up And pulls it down for the out With one down, up next is Dan Fouts To be followed by Harry Hays Punched just up the first base line... Hartnett is out quickly and makes the play to first Two down Hartnett asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hartnett and Grimes Outside fastball... lashed at by Hays... Pop fly...Shallow right... Dropping quickly... Ott pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Hays... As Ott fields it on one bounce Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Cuyler And he has it That's three outs, side retired It's a high fly ball into shallow center Tucker runs in... He calls for it... Treacy yells "take it" And Tucker puts it away Frisch is retired on a lazy fly to center That's one away Waner hits a pop into short right field Treacy 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 He chases the fastball... Base Hit!...A line drive over third... Rolling along the foul line... Waner around second, heading for third... Fouts throws into second... Holding is Hornsby at first but allowing Waner to safely reach third There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Terp races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Ott back in the box And here comes the next pitch There's a smash into the hole Fouts dives parallel to the ground It's picked by Fouts on the first hop He rights himself And fires to first OUT by an eyelash! Super play by Dan Two gone here in the bottom of the 4th We want to welcome the "Strat Fan Hall of Fame Club" to the game tonight We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark He rips a grounder to the mound Taken by Babson Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 That's it for NL Pre WWII Here at Booze Field, After 4 innings, NL Pre WWII has no runs, 2 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 5 hits and no errors NL Pre WWII has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 4 A hot shot on the ground to Hornsby He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Treacy is out Grimes gets the first out in the inning Babson hits a fly ball to center Paul Waner camps under it He's got it Two out, nobody on We're scoreless Grounded towards the sack Mize trots to the bag Score It: 3 Three up, three down for FOFC It's a high fly into left Ton ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out One away... Potpie is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Fouts also... Now they return to their positions There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Fouts calls for it and makes the play As the ump signals a foul ball Two down Changeup down low... Traynor makes contact and hits one out to center A. J. Tucker is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Babson So ends the bottom of the 5th For NL Pre WWII No runs, no hits and no errors After 5 innings, We're scoreless Swung on and drilled into right Ott going back... The ball is over his head And there's Terp around first base heading for second Ott chases down the ball, throws... It's on the money... The slide... SAFE!... Terp has himself a double That's 4 doubles for Terp on the year That made it 314 feet to the right field corner It bounced off the 10 foot high fence just left of the foul pole Pflaggstettler looks to lay one down He bunts the ball . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by P.Traynor the throw to first... Out Pflaggstettler gets the job done. One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League I is in front of Negro League II 6 to 3 Poles has hit his 1st homerun for Negro League II Turn of Century and AL Post WWII are tied at 1 Young battling Ryan Dead Ball Era is in front of AL Pre WWII 5 to 2 Plank comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era Left Outs slipping by Japanese League 3 to 1 NL Post WWII leads Old Timers 6 to 5 Bench has hit his 3rd homerun for NL Post WWII Late 20th is giving it to Caribbean 5 to 0 Potpie works the walk... Passes the baton to Dan Fouts who will see if he can get Terp in from third A high fastball... Fouts swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Hornsby Rogers is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Fouts was looking for the breaking ball Two gone for FOFC Slider, hit out to short... Frisch comes up with the grounder... He throws a bullet to Hornsby... OUT! at second... And they get the easy force play on Potpie Ending the inning Terp is stranded at third And that's the final out of the inning NL Pre WWII has no runs, 2 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 6 hits and no errors FOFC has left 6 men on base today Grimes cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Grimes was badly fooled by Babson's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Burleigh was a little overanxious So one up and one gone Shallow fly ball Pflaggstettler charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Frisch stops at first That's a single NL Pre WWII tries the hit and run! Low inside fastball, at the knees... Cut on... Waner rips a single to right field... Pflaggstettler takes it on one bounce... With his afterburners on, Frisch heads into third ahead of the throw Great call by manager Leo Durochure! And Waner was able to carry it out Change up, a gem... Heeee struck him out! That's the second out of the inning Grounded into the hole WOW! Incredible play by Treacy Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 That does it in the bottom of the 6th Now a brief message from our hosts This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System We are pleased you joined us for today's ballgame Now back to baseball where After 6 innings, We're scoreless Ton lifts a long fly ball... Heading into left... Hit pretty good, carrying very well... Cuyler heading back... IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN! Swung on and hit sharply to short Frisch plays it on one bounce Over to Mize... Out of there! One out Due up next is Brian Babson Slider, down and away... Babson reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Traynor is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Cuyler is hustling after it... Babson with the big turn... The throw from Cuyler goes into second And Babson holds at first It is a high hard one... Tucker goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Tucker couldn't hold back Terp sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Ott Ott gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium right Three down for FOFC Still a 1 run deficit for NL Pre WWII Let me point out that coming in to today's game FOFC is 13 and 3 in one run games NL Pre WWII has a 10 and 4 record in these tight contests It's time for the 7th inning stretch! What a pitch... strike three Babson put that one on the black, a perfect pitch One away in the bottom of the 7th for NL Pre WWII It's a high fly ball into shallow right Pflaggstettler runs in... He calls for it... Treacy yells "take it" And Pflaggstettler puts it away Mize is retired on a lazy fly to right Good slider, inside part of the plate Cuyler gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Treacy grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That is the third out for NL Pre WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45389 Change up... Fools Pflaggstettler... He still manages to hit a grounder to first Mize BOOTS THE BALL!!! Pflaggstettler is safe at first on the error Score It: E3 Pflaggstettler to first Pflaggstettler moves away from first base... He has 4 stolen bases on the season Pflaggstettler holding close to the bag Grimes watching him closely Potpie hops out of the way Hartnett makes a great stop Wait... Potpie is showing off his shoe to the umpire Now he has been awarded first! Must have hit his foot! Dan Fouts swings This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... GONE! A homerun into the seats in left Fouts gets a hearty slap on the back from bench coach Chuck Tanner as he ducks into the All Stars' dugout There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Kiki Cuyler 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 Cuyler! Ton smashes a wicked ground ball towards third Traynor dives to his left... Snares it in front of Frisch He's up Powerful throw to first OUT! Beautiful play! That's two gone for FOFC here in the top of the 8th Let's take ten seconds for station identification This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System Your four sports network... Extra base hit to center for Treacy Paul Waner is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! He's going to try for it! Here's the play... He's safe! Triple for Treacy Grounded down to second Hornsby picks it up on a big hop Over to first... Easy out That's it for FOFC Here at Booze Field, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 10 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 4 hits and one error FOFC has left 8 on base NL Pre WWII has stranded 4 Curve ball... Traynor swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! That's one away We are going to have a pinch hitter Ross Youngs will bat for Burleigh Grimes It will be the lefthand hitting, Youngs against the righty Babson Youngs is hitting righties for a .333 average Youngs hits a fly ball to left Gerald Gazelle camps under it He's got it Two away for NL Pre WWII They trail FOFC by 4 They have only 4 outs to score 4 runs Never a good sign when those two numbers are equal There's a towering fly ball hit by Frisch Tucker sprints over, and makes the catch That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII Time to check out the rest of the scores Negro League I with the lead over Negro League II 6 to 3 Poles has hit his 1st homerun for Negro League II AL Post WWII leads Turn of Century 2 to 1 Dead Ball Era is edging AL Pre WWII 5 to 4 Plank and Gomez currently dueling Left Outs is in front of Japanese League 6 to 3 NL Post WWII leads Old Timers 6 to 5 Niekro and Keefe currently dueling Late 20th is pounding Caribbean 7 to 0 Piazza has hit his 1st homerun for Late 20th And in our contest FOFC ahead 4 to 0 Leo Durochure relieves starter Burleigh Grimes to start the inning Dazzy Vance will come on for NL Pre WWII... Vance currently sports a 3-1 record with a 3.32 ERA in 14 previous outings He has pitched a total of 22 innings Dazzy 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! With one down Mize yells something out to Vance Dazzy nods his head Swung on and popped up Frisch is waiting... And that's an easy out That's two away There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Pflaggstettler No chance for either Frisch or Cuyler That one had base hit written all over it The Whiff! Vance punches Potpie out! That's it in the top of the 9th After 8 and a half innings in NL Pre WWII, FOFC leads 4 to 0 Groundball off the change-up... Past Potpie at first... It's rolling into the outfield grass... Waner gets a base hit Base hit to left for Hornsby Waner is rounding second... But he pulls up quickly as he sees the sign from Casey Stingle Waner will stay at second Flyball to right it's caught Waner might have a chance to move up... Waner will hold at second base Dribbler to first Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 Only one more chance for NL Pre WWII FOFC leads 4 to 0 And Mize will be trotting to first They've put him on intentionally That sets up a force at any base and brings up Kiki Cuyler next Swung on Foul tip... Strike three as Hays holds on to it Kiki didn't come through this time And that will do it for NL Pre WWII FOFC wins 4 to 0 Babson gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Grimes takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Dan Fouts He was 1 for 4 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from NL Pre WWII. |
Game 39 - Sunday, May 13th - Boxscore
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Well, my hitting still seems to be slumping, but at least I had some defense that turned into a "Web Gem" and a double....
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*wishes he could ask for a spot start since he's doing so well in the pen, but you can't really ask that when the team's doing so well*
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It's kind of depressing that going 1 for 4 raised my average seven points. Still, nice to see the power's there.
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The two strike outs suck, but I'll take 2 hits in 5 at bats anyday:)
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The National Herald - Monday, May 14th
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GAME 40 - Monday, May 14th - Radio Broadcast
We have a great match up of starting pitchers tonight. Rob Nielsen and Pete Alexander - two guys who can throw the rock... And throw back a drink or too... Anyway Nielsen comes in with a 5 adn 1 record while Alex is 4 and 2. The lineups for tonight: A.Tucker CF S.Gunner LF J.Nights SS P.Pflaggstettler RF D.Gonzalez 1B D.Fouts 3B B.Bullock C S.Treacy 2B R.Nielsen P It looks like Benton has tried to load up the lineup with batters who hit right handers well. For the Pre-Nationals F.Frisch SS P.Traynor 3B R.Hornsby 2B M.Ott RF K.Cuyler CF J.Medwick LF E.Lombardi C B.Terry 1B P.Alexander P Grounded towards first Terry grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG SAFE! Apparently not afraid of Alexander Tucker stretches out to his lead Alexander steps off the rubber Looks Tucker back to the bag Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three One away in the top of the 1st for FOFC Base hit to left for Nights Third base coach Dick Howser doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Tucker will stay at second Pflaggstettler pulls this one down the line Medwick is at the warning track The ball is hooking... Just foul! . . . Pflaggstettler back in the box And here comes the next pitch Hanging curve... Swung on... Pflaggstettler turned that one around in a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run Medwick didn't even move Slow ground ball Terry is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two away Fouts sends a routine ground ball to first Terry takes it on one hop Flips it to Alexander Easy out That will do it for FOFC But they do get 3 runs right out of the barrel So FOFC leads 3 to zip as NL Pre WWII comes to bat Frisch starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Nielsen walks him Base hit to right for Traynor Casey Stingle puts up the stop sign... Frisch will stay at second Routine grounder to short Nights grabs it Over to second for one Over to first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 With two gone, FOFC on top 3 to 0 in the bottom of the 1st Ott swings and lifts one toward center Tucker drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Rob Nielsen holds the Pre-Nationals scoreless in the first Changeup down low... Bullock makes contact and hits one out to center Kiki Cuyler is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Alexander That's one away 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 Nielsen looks to lay one down Nielsen lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Nielsen might beat it out... Fielded by P.Traynor the throw to first... Out Nielsen gets the job done. FOFC leads 3 to 0 with two away this inning Pete comes in there with a dipsy-do And it freezes Tucker He can't get the bat off his shoulder and just watches it curve over the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! That retires the side... Tucker fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Swung on...and hit way, way up Under it is Bullock...and he's got it With one down, up next is Joe Medwick To be followed by Ernie Lombardi Extra base hit to left for Medwick Stan Gunner is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up A slider by Nielsen Lombardi gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's the second out of the inning Terry swings and misses Strike three Terry didn't have a good cut at that pitch Three away in the bottom of the 2nd FOFC leads 3 to 0 Let's go to the ticker And see how everyone else is faring Negro League I and Negro League II have yet to score Turn of Century toppling AL Post WWII 7 to 0 Dead Ball Era slipping by AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Japanese League and Left Outs are scoreless Sugishita and Jenkins currently dueling NL Post WWII is on top of Old Timers 4 to 2 Aaron has hit his 11th homerun for NL Post WWII Caribbean and Late 20th have yet to score Grounded towards first Terry grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG SAFE! Nights drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Gunner scores! Double for Nights Pflaggstettler swings... This one looks like it might go... Medwick is going back... He is at the fence... And it is over the fence! Home run! The FOFC right fielder now has hit 2 here tonight! And that gives him 5 in 1900 That is Persimmon Pflaggstettler's 5th home run of the year. Gonzalez swings... Grounder down the left field line It's past Traynor and rolls all the way to the corner Gonzalez rounds first... Heads for second Medwick plays it off the wall Here's the throw... Not in time! Hard ground ball to short Taken by Frisch Over to Terry Got him! Score It: 6-3 One gone for FOFC Base hit to center for Bullock Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Treacy chases the inside fastball... He hits a high fly ball... Ott backs up... Starts forward towards the plate... Makes the catch on the run... Uncorks a bullet... The throw is wide to the first base side Gonzalez is safe on the sac fly Nielsen takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He's out on strikes That's it in the top of the 3rd After 2 and a half innings in NL Pre WWII, FOFC on top 7 to 0 Curve, low and outside for ball four Well, how about that The Pre-Nationals have a rally going here If they can bunch together another ten or so baserunners, they'll be right back in it! Frisch only gets a piece of it Lifted up over the infield... It should be an easy out... And it will be Nights making the play That's one away for the Pre-Nationals NL Pre WWII is 8 and 2 in their last ten games Things don't look too bright for NL Pre WWII tonight It bounces in front of the plate and gets by Bullock Waner moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch It's a shallow fly by Traynor Pflaggstettler runs in, calls for it He makes the catch with a snap of his glove Traynor is 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 Nielsen Nielsen jams him with a fastball Swung on and topped out toward short Nights is up with it... Over to Gonzalez at first And Hornsby beats it out! Waner advances on the play He quick pitches Ott... and it's in there Strike three That's it for NL Pre WWII here in the bottom of the 3rd They leave 2 runners stranded FOFC has 7 runs, 9 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 3 hits and no errors Doing the mop-up for NL Pre WWII will be righthander Jesse Haines... The Pre-Nationals are way behind in this one... They trail the All Stars by 7 A wave and a miss! Strike Three! One down for FOFC Stan Gunner is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Gunner cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Lombardi Gunner was badly fooled by Haines' big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Stan was a little overanxious That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Negro League II with the lead over Negro League I 3 to 0 Turn of Century is beating AL Post WWII 7 to 3 Waddell comfortably ahead for Turn of Century Dead Ball Era slipping by AL Pre WWII 4 to 2 Left Outs slipping by Japanese League 3 to 1 NL Post WWII is on top of Old Timers 4 to 2 Seaver battling Welch Caribbean leads Late 20th 2 to 1 And right here in NL Pre WWII FOFC leads 7 to 0 It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Traynor is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! And that retires the side Did he hold up his swing? YES! He walks Swung on and lined into right Pflaggstettler over to scoop it up Cuyler around second and on his way to third Pflaggstettler fires it toward Fouts Nights cuts it off... So NL Pre WWII has runners on the corners with nobody out Nielsen bores one right down the pike Strike three swinging! Superb fastball that time One down... Bill Terry is due up next Let's see what happens now Terry reaches out and pokes it on the ground to center Base hit for Terry FOFC's lead narrows by a run FOFC leads 7 to 1 Fastball in on the hands Lindstrom tries to hold up, but can't He hits a blooper to right Pflaggstettler is coming in fast Now he has it in his sights... Easy out Persimmon rifles it back in to Treacy He walks it on over to Nielsen FOFC gets the second out of the inning The Whiff! Swung on the HIGH CHEESE! That's it for NL Pre WWII Here at Booze Field, After 4 innings, FOFC has 7 runs, 9 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has one run, 5 hits and no errors NL Pre WWII has left 4 on base FOFC has stranded 2 Dazzy Vance will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Dazzy has appeared in 15 games this season with a record of 3-1 In 23 innings, he has an 3.18 ERA Jesse Haines has finished his work here this evening Caught looking... Pflaggstettler goes down on strikes And looks bad doing it to start off the top of the 5th One up, one down for FOFC Curve ball... Gonzalez swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Two gone for FOFC Fouts rips a hanging curve to deep right-center He really walloped this one... Cuyler doesn't even have time to wave goodbye It is long gone! The FOFC third baseman really smoked it Curve in the dirt... and Bullock holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Lombardi asks the first base ump's opinion He says Bullock went around Strike three, swinging That retires the side The All Stars score 1 run in the inning After 4 and a half innings, FOFC leads 8 to 1 Fastball OUCH! It hit Traynor! Now Traynor gets up and brushes himself off He's not a big fan of "chin music" and he's letting Nielsen know about it! The ump tells Traynor to take his base Hornsby drives the ball to right for extra bases Casey Stingle won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Hornsby Groundball to back to the mound Casey Stingle won't risk sending the runner home... Ott is retired on the groundout Smashed into left field Base hit for Cuyler Traynor scores from third! Hornsby scores from second! Changeup... Ties Medwick up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! Two down Time is called by the umpire! Nielsen is a little upset He's been called for a balk! The runner Cuyler is waved to second base Base hit to right for Lombardi Casey Stingle will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Cuyler scores! Terry hits a blooper just beyond the infield It looks like that one will drop David Gonzalez dives toward the outfield grass AND SNAGS THE BALL BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND The Pre-Nationals go down in the bottom of the 5th After 5 innings at Booze Field here in NL Pre WWII, FOFC ahead 8 to 4 Its a high fly ball into shallow left Medwick runs in... He calls for it... Frisch yells "take it Joe" And he does Treacy is retired on a lazy fly to short left FOFC with one away Vance steps off the mound as he waits for Rob Nielsen to come to the plate Slow ground ball Traynor is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 4 Groundball off the change-up... Past Terry at first... It's rolling into the outfield grass... Tucker gets a base hit Tucker takes a walking lead Vance holds the runner close to the bag Gunner sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Cuyler Cuyler gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium center That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Negro League II is embarrassing Negro League I 8 to 0 Wilson has hit his 7th homerun for Negro League II Turn of Century is beating AL Post WWII 7 to 3 Dead Ball Era is edging AL Pre WWII 4 to 3 Left Outs leads Japanese League 3 to 2 NL Post WWII is in front of Old Timers 5 to 2 Caribbean leads Late 20th 2 to 1 And in our contest FOFC leads 8 to 4 Routine grounder to short Nights scoops it up Over to first for the out So one up and one gone There's a bunt between the mound and first Fozborg and Gonzalez are after it Gonzalez grabs it Over to first Just in time! Fozborg comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Traynor As he swings right through it for strike three So that's it for NL Pre WWII They fail to score against Fozborg In the bottom of the 6th for NL Pre WWII No runs, no hits and no errors Dizzy Dean will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Dizzy has appeared in 8 games this season He has a record of 3-0 in 16 innings His ERA stands at 1.72 It's a high fly into center Cuyler ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out One away While we wait for the next batter Let's take a ten second station break This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System Your four sports network! Pflaggstettler pounds a grounder toward Traynor at third Pie moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Traynor stayed with it Over to first and Pflaggstettler is retired Nice play by the NL Pre WWII third baseman Ball four is the call Dean can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Dean Gonzalez takes first base Fouts gets under this one It's popped high in the air to first Terry is waving everybody off Fouts is retired That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 6 and a half innings FOFC has 8 runs, 11 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors FOFC has left 4 stranded NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 7 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one bounce Over to Gonzalez... Out of there! That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Fozborg's obviously peeved at that call But Mel tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Kiki looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! Medwick 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! . . . Medwick back in the box And here comes the next pitch Ground ball to short Nights grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That is the third out for NL Pre WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 49268 Curve ball, just misses the corner That'll be ball four and a walk Dean has issued 2 bases on balls this evening Uh oh, that one got away Treacy is hit in the ribs with that one He is down Treacy gets up and heads to first Fozborg lays it down the first base line Terry charges in Scoops it up Turns and fires to first Just got him! Nice bunt Credit Sirr Fozborg with a sacrifice NL Pre WWII gets the first out of the inning Groundball to third Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Tucker is retired on the groundout Looks like Gunner will be given a free pass here And he is... That's four wide ones That'll set up a force at any base and bring Jeff Nights up to the plate Nights drives the ball to center for extra bases Treacy and Bullock will score Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... Nights is out trying for third! Double for Nights There's a fly ball to Stan Gunner Gunner circles under it... He makes the play One away, two to go in the bottom of the 8th Good slider, inside part of the plate Terry gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Treacy grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! And there's two away Leo Durochure brings on Paul Waner to hit for Dizzy Dean The Pre-Nationals are way behind They need baserunners... And a lot of them! Hard slider, paints the inside corner Waner gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Gonzalez grabs it... Races to first... Beats Waner for the out That ends the inning After 8 innings, FOFC leads by 7 Rube Marquard will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Rube has appeared in 8 games this season with a record of 2-5 In 58 innings, he has an 6.40 ERA Dizzy Dean has finished his work here this evening The pitch is just inside and Gazelle holds up Lombardi points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! And there's one away Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Low and away...Swung on... Lined into left... Medwick coming on fast... He can't get it... has to take it on one hop... Throws it in to second Score that a single for Fouts That pitch looked like a fastball But it sure had a lot of movement on it Base hit to center for Bullock Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Runners hold. Bouncer to the mound Marquard grabs it Throws home and nails him! On to first He's OUT, a home to first double play Score It: 1-2-3 That's three outs here in the top of the 9th Now NL Pre WWII will try to close the gap To at least try to make it respectable Frankie Frisch swings He really stings this one It rifles past Treacy into right... Base hit for Frisch... Gunner is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Frisch is on with a sharp single He goes after the low slider At the knees... There's a fly ball into straight-away right Gunner slides... Traynor is out! Nice catch by Stan Gunner! While we wait for Rogers Hornsby to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard These scores are final... Negro League II topped Negro League I 8 to 5 Turn of Century cuffed AL Post WWII 7 to 4 Hunter takes the loss, his record drops to 3-3 Waddell the winner, he's now 4-3 AL Pre WWII nipped Dead Ball Era 6 to 5 Left Outs clubbed Japanese League 9 to 2 Snider has hit his 11th homerun for Left Outs NL Post WWII nipped Old Timers 6 to 5 Bunning the winner, he's now 2-5 Cummings takes the loss, his record drops to 0-2 Caribbean nipped Late 20th 2 to 1 And here in NL Pre WWII FOFC ahead 11 to 4 OK, let's see if NL Pre WWII can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 7 Hornsby sends a hot smash to the mound Fozborg takes it on one hop Fires to Treacy for one Back to first for the double play! And that will do it for NL Pre WWII FOFC wins 11 to 4 Nielsen gets credit for the win Fozborg notches the save Alexander takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 2 for 4 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 5 runs And that wraps things up So long from NL Pre WWII. |
Game 40 - Monday, May 14th - Boxscore
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All Stars AB R H RBI AVG Pre-Nationals AB R H RBI AVG |
Now that's more like it Persimmon!
-Chas |
The National Herald - Tuesday, May 15th
SPORTS Code:
TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN |
We must've gotten the boozy Alexander.
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Nice.. 4 shutout innings, a save, and a low era.. :)
ALMOST makes me want to start ;) |
GAME 41 - Wednesday, May 15th - Radio Broadcast
After using all their pitchers yesterday, the Pre-Nationals are stuck going with Rube Marquard today. Not one of their star pitchers, but we'll see how the lefty fares against the3 and 2 Mighty, who could really use some run support. All Stars will go with A.Tucker CF J.Nights SS P.Pflaggstettler RF J.Potpie 1B H.Hays C D.Palmer 3B G.Gazelle LF B.Blade 2B A.Mighty P Pre Nationals F.Frisch 3B T.Jackson SS R.Hornsby 2B M.Ott RF K.Cuyler CF J.Medwick LF G.Hartnett C B.Terry 1B R.Marquard P Tucker takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Tucker is out on strikes Marquard records the first out of the inning Well, it's a good start for Rube He needs one today He told me that this year he has had trouble pitching well on days that they played the National Anthem His 6.29 ERA backs that assessment up Sinking fastball... Nights goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Jackson... He scoops it up, over to first... And Nights is out by a step Two down Rube Marquard retires the first two batters in a row Pflaggstettler hits a screamer at Travis Jackson Jackson picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Terry off the bag Terry swipes with the glove Pflaggstettler is out! Nice play by Terry That's three outs, side retired Pulled on the ground, in the hole and past Jeff Nights... Base hit into left field! Frankie Frisch wastes no time getting things started in the first inning Jackson hits a screamer at Jeff Nights Nights picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play Two gone here in the bottom of the 1st We want to welcome the NL Pre WWII "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Comebacker, right to Mighty Over to Potpie for the easy out That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII By the way, NL Pre WWII is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Good slider, inside part of the plate Potpie gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Hornsby grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! And there's one away Baltimore chop Into center for a single! Palmer swings... Bounced to the right side of first... It's by Terry and through... For a single... Ott charging fast... Fields it smoothly...throws to third... Cut off by Jackson... Hays slides safely into third Bounced towards the hole Great pickup by Frisch Throws to second He's out On to first Double Play! Score It: 5-4-3 That's all for the All Stars No runs, 2 hits, no errors and one man left on base... We go to the bottom of the 2nd... We're scoreless Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He makes the grab One away in the bottom of the 2nd for NL Pre WWII Smash to short Jeff Nights boots the ball He's charged with an error That's 1 miscue for Nights Bounced towards the hole Nice play by Nights Over to second for one On to first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII Time to check out the rest of the scores Negro League II is on top of Negro League I 2 to 0 Turn of Century and AL Post WWII are scoreless Dead Ball Era is on top of AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Old Timers clipping NL Post WWII 4 to 0 Ewing has hit his 2nd homerun for Old Timers Caribbean and Late 20th are scoreless A slider by Marquard Blade gets good wood on it... Cuyler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! With one down, up next is Al Mighty To be followed by A. J. Tucker Mighty swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Marquard strikes out Al Mighty Two down Hartnett asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hartnett and Marquard Big bender, low and inside... Swung on... Line single to Cuyler in center... Picking it up in a hurry is Cuyler... Tucker takes a wide turn... But stays at first base as the throw comes in Tucker edges away from first base Tucker has been successful in 11 of 12 attempts so far this season The runner can't seem to get a good lead Breaking ball, at the belt... Swung on and clubbed to left-center It's into the alley... Medwick and Cuyler after it... Tucker will score Cuyler has it against the fence... Throws hard to third... Nights slides spikes first... The ball is there... He's called safe, with a triple! Jackson may have been cut... The trainer comes out... Looks like Jackson is OK Tay Pemup returns to the dugout Smashed to third Frisch grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 After 2 and a half innings FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Hartnett goes after Mighty's fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Tucker is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... He goes up after it... And brings it down in the webbing! Gabby just missed a homer on that one Only a long out for the NL Pre WWII catcher One out Due up next is Bill Terry Fastball... Terry jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Tucker after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by A. J. Tucker! Two up, two down Marquard swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mighty strikes out Rube Marquard That does it for NL Pre WWII in the bottom of the 3rd Curve in the dirt... and Potpie holds up Looked like he went around from here But the man in blue says no Hartnett appeals to first Appeal fails Potpie will take first on the walk That's 1 walk today for Potpie Base hit to center for Hays Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Potpie will stay at second 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 Curve, up high... Palmer rips it to left... Marquard hung that breaking ball However, Deacon got under it just a bit Medwick started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" NL Pre WWII gets the first out of the inning Gazelle swings from his heels He connects! There it goes... Medwick is up against the wall He jumps Outstanding catch That sure looked like it was going downtown Two down Due up next is Barrett Blade Let's see what happens now Blade takes inside, for a ball... Blade will trot down to first... He walks to load the bases Potpie and Hays move up Al Mighty is up next for FOFC Mighty lifts a routine fly to center Cuyler drifts over and makes the catch Al leaves the bases full The NL Pre WWII fans breath a sigh of relief That's the third out of the inning FOFC continues to leave runners aboard They have stranded 5 so far today But, they still lead by 1 Swung on and hit sharply to second Blade plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! One away here in the bottom of the 4th FOFC on top 1 to 0 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard Negro League II is on top of Negro League I 2 to 0 AL Post WWII is in front of Turn of Century 3 to 0 Dead Ball Era slipping by AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Old Timers clipping NL Post WWII 4 to 0 Ewing has hit his 2nd homerun for Old Timers Late 20th is edging Caribbean 1 to 0 Puckett has hit his 7th homerun for Late 20th Mighty misses low on that one Jackson draws the walk Number 1 today by Mighty Hornsby slaps a slow bouncer in front of second Blade races in He reaches down Scoops it up and fires to first Out! Jackson advances on the play Base hit to right for Ott Casey Stingle is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Jackson is out! Another hook for strike three! Tucker just stood there looking One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Nights tries to hold up, but can't He pops one into short left Medwick is coming in hard... Jackson is racing with his back to the infield And neither is going to get it! Nights is on with the "excuse me" single! Pflaggstettler sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Cuyler Cuyler gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium center FOFC ahead 1 to 0 with two away this inning Nights sneaks away from the base Marquard holds the runner Hot shot grounded to second Hornsby grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That ends the top of the 5th No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 4 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 1 Cuyler cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Cuyler was badly fooled by Mighty's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Kiki was a little overanxious NL Pre WWII with one away Mighty steps off the mound as he waits for Joe Medwick to come to the plate Extra base hit to center for Medwick 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 Hartnett Casey Stingle plays it safe and stops him at third... Runner holds. Bill Terry swings It's a hot smash, left of Blade WOWZA!... It is stabbed by Barrett... robbing Terry of a sure base hit One more chance for NL Pre WWII this inning Grounded down the line Palmer comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That's all for the Pre-Nationals No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base... After five complete... FOFC leads 1 to 0 Leo Durochure will be bringing in a relief pitcher Jesse Haines has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Broken bat ground ball to the mound Taken by Haines He throws IT GETS AWAY! Score It: Single + E1 Hays to second Curve, down low... Swung on and missed Strike three right by Palmer Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it! One away, two to go in the top of the 6th Base hit to center for Gazelle Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Smashed to short Jackson comes up with it Over to second for one Over to first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That's all she wrote for this inning FOFC has one run, 8 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 4 hits and one error FOFC has left 7 baserunners stranded today Routine grounder to third Palmer scoops it up Over to first for the out One down for NL Pre WWII Travis Jackson is still in the on-deck circle and Rogers Hornsby is looking for a bat in the dugout Lifted in the air, back this way The catcher, Hays, will take it for the out That's the second out of the inning NL Pre WWII trails by 1 They need a win They are 2nd in the standings 5.5 games out Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT We head to the 7th... The score is still FOFC 1, Pre-Nationals 0 Groundball off the change-up... Past Terry at first... It's rolling into the outfield grass... Mighty gets a base hit A. J. Tucker squares, and lays down a beauty of a bunt Jesse Haines picks it up, he'll have to hurry OUT at first But the sacrifice works to perfection One gone in the top of the 7th Up next is Jeff Nights He's having a fine year so far Base hit to left for Nights Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Mighty is out at home! Trailing runner advances. Apparently Haines has been instructed to put Mister Persimmon Pflaggstettler on... He has done just that...Pflaggstettler trots down to first Change up... Potpie was way out in front... Strike Three That retires the side... After 6 and a half innings at Booze Field here in NL Pre WWII, FOFC has one run, 10 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 4 hits and one error FOFC has left 9 men on base NL Pre WWII has stranded only 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Ott takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Ott is out on strikes One up, one down Cuyler swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Palmer and skips out to Gazelle Cuyler rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Cuyler returns to first as Gerald gets a nice throw in to Blade There's a grounder right at Jeff Nights This should be two The throw to second...in time To first Out of there, a double play! The Pre-Nationals are gone No runs, one hit and no errors... We've played through seven here at Booze Field... The score... FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Smashed to first Terry to Haines covering first Score It: 3-1 With one down Terry yells something out to Haines Jesse nods his head Palmer rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Frisch Palmer takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Medwick to get that ball in quickly (Guarding Lines Effect) Strike three swinging A throw down to first is not in time Hartnett tried to catch Palmer napping Terry not bothering to tag Palmer; the throw was late But Gazelle is retired on the strike out Number 3 on the evening for Haines That's two gone for FOFC here in the top of the 8th Let's take ten seconds for station identification This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System Your four sports network... Base hit to right for Blade Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Palmer will stay at second Swung on...and it's in the air to the right side Backing just a bit is Ott And he pulls it in That's all for FOFC After 7 and a half innings in NL Pre WWII this evening, FOFC ahead 1 to 0 It's bounced over Kronside's head Blade races to his right Nights to his left Nights scoops it up Throws a rainbow to Potpie Holy Cow, he got him! Gabby needs to skip a few meals! That's one away Fastball... Swung on and missed! Strike three and Terry is outta here Terry has been working with Merv Shea, the hitting instructor for NL Pre WWII But it didn't help this at bat He continues to struggle at the plate He is now hitting only .213 Two down Ground ball to short Nights comes up with it Over to first He just beat it out Time is called by NL Pre WWII Here comes Lloyd Waner out of the dugout He is heading toward first base And Chuck Klein starts off the diamond Leo Durochure wants more speed on the bases Waner moves away from first Waner is off on the pitch! Hays up quickly and throwing... The throw is low... I it caroms off the glove of Nights... It's rolling into left center... Waner on his way to third as Gazelle throws in the ball That will be a throwing error Frisch laces a hit into the outfield A. J. Tucker picks it up He fires it to the infield Frisch holds at first Apparently not afraid of Kronside Frisch stretches out to his lead Inside slider... Jackson ducks down... And there goes Frisch! The throw from Hays... The slide by Frisch... Nights is upended... The throw goes over them... But Blade grabs it, backing up the play Both Frisch and Nights arrived at the base at the same time... Both players are slow getting up The trainers are out on the field tending to them... Now they are getting to their feet Looking none the worse for wear... Credit Frisch with a stolen base on the play The fans give them a hand As they appreciate hard play 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 Travis 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's it for NL Pre WWII Here at Booze Field, After 8 innings, NL Pre WWII has one run, 7 hits and one error While FOFC has one run, 12 hits and 2 errors NL Pre WWII has left 4 on base FOFC has stranded 11 Dizzy Dean will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Dizzy has appeared in 9 games this season He has a record of 3-0 in 18 innings His ERA stands at 3.06 There is a shot right up the middle Hit right on the nose by Tucker It bounces right into the waiting glove of Cuyler Tucker has himself a single Nights fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Nights drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Tucker is out! Double for Nights Pflaggstettler pokes it to left It drops in front of Medwick FOFC goes out in front FOFC leads 2 to 1 Potpie just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Hornsby races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... Two gone for FOFC It's fouled into short right field Ott is coming in Terry is going back Both are converging on the stands Bill leans over the rail Just beyond his reach . . . Hays back in the box And here comes the next pitch Ground ball to short Jackson comes up with it Over to Terry Got him! Score It: 6-3 FOFC gets 1 in the top of the 9th One run, 3 hits, no errors and one man left on base After 8 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 1 Hornsby chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Knowles Blade snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Negro League II nipped Negro League I 3 to 2 AL Post WWII ripped Turn of Century 6 to 0 Dead Ball Era cuffed AL Pre WWII 5 to 2 Averill has hit his 7th homerun for AL Pre WWII Old Timers ripped NL Post WWII 8 to 2 Late 20th toppled Caribbean 6 to 2 And in our contest FOFC on top 2 to 1 A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Knowles Kiki Cuyler will be next up... Hard slider, at the knees... Cuyler clubs a deep drive to center... Tucker turns, and races back after it... It goes off the wall! Cuyler is steaming toward third Tucker has it, throws... Not in time... Cuyler has his triple Number 2 on the year for him Youngs chases the curve... There's a drive to right... Pflaggstettler fields it cleanly... He rifles one to second Youngs turns back and settles for a single And an RBI Nice play by the rightfielder Base hit to center for Hartnett Casey Stingle puts up the stop sign... Youngs will stay at second Nubber to the mound Taken by Knowles Over to Potpie HE BEATS THE THROW! That's an infield hit for Terry! Youngs takes third Hartnett takes second Up for the Pre-Nationals will be Jim Bottomley... He'll pinch hit for Dizzy Dean Frankie Frisch is due to follow Grounded towards the hole Fielded nicely by Nights THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 6-3 And we go to extra innings! Burleigh Grimes will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Burleigh has appeared in 13 games this season He has a record of 6-1 in 69 innings His ERA stands at 3.39 NL Pre WWII's defensive changes are... Lindstrom will bat 6th and play LF Slider, down and away... Palmer reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Frisch is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Lindstrom is hustling after it... Palmer with the big turn... The throw from Lindstrom goes into second And Palmer holds at first Gazelle sends a scorcher to short Jackson takes it on one hop Fires to Hornsby for one Back to Terry for the double play! That's two away The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Blade held up, and draws a walk Grimes isn't happy at all with that call Hard slider... Bullock swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Cuyler is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! A two run blast by Billy Sinking fastball... Tucker swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Jackson... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That will be it for FOFC But they have broken the tie here in the top of the 10th With their 2 runs this inning, they have a 2 run advantage The score, 4-2, FOFC Frisch hits a shallow fly towards Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler charges, dives... He's got it! Good play by Pflaggstettler So one up and one gone Knowles loses him Jackson heads down to first 2 walks today for Jackson It is a high hard one... Hornsby goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Hornsby couldn't hold back Two gone for NL Pre WWII Time is running out for them Especially when you see who's on the mound Base hit to right for Ott Jackson is being held at second by Casey Stingle Jackson will stay at second Drilled on the ground to short Nights comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 And that will do it for NL Pre WWII FOFC wins 4 to 2 Knowles gets credit for the win Grimes takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeff Nights He was 4 for 5 And that wraps things up So long from NL Pre WWII. |
GAME 41 - Wednesday, May 15th - Boxscore
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Four straight starts with a homer, and not a whisper in the paper.
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GAME 42 - Thursday, May 16th - Radio Broadcast
Owen hunder at 3 and 1 is up against the Centurions Adolf Rusie and his 4 and 0 record. The visiting FOFCer will trot out the following lineup... A.Tucker CF J.Nights SS P.Pflaggstettler RF J.Potpie 1B D.Palmer 3B B.Bullock C K.Ton LF S.Treacy 2B O.Hunter P While the Centurions will use... J.Burkett LF W.Keeler RF J.Kelley 3B N.Lajoie 2B H.Wagner SS J.Beckley 1B H.Duffy CF R.Bresnahan C A.Rusie P Sinking fastball... Tucker swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Kelley... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Nights hits a three hopper towards Honus Wagner Wagner scoops it and fires it to first for the out Two down Rusie retires two in a row Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Ground ball to third Taken by Kelley Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 After one-half inning It's FOFC nothing, the Centurions coming up Sinking fastball... Burkett swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One gone for Turn of Century in the bottom of the 1st Keeler lays down a bunt! Palmer has it and throws to first Just in time! Fastball... just outside Kelley will take first on the walk Joe knows how to get on base His OBP of .440 is among the league leaders Kelley takes a walking lead Hunter holds the runner Lajoie drives the ball to center for extra bases Dode Criss will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Lajoie Great change up... Wagner out in front... Gets a piece of it... It's a shallow fly towards Tucker Tucker charges, dives for it... He has it... Fine catch by the center fielder That's it for Turn of Century Here at Yellowstone Park, After 1 inning, Turn of Century has one run, one hit and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors Turn of Century has left 1 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Palmer hits a screamer at Joe Kelley Kelley picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Beckley off the bag Beckley swipes with the glove Palmer is out! Nice play by Beckley One down for FOFC Billy Bullock is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Bullock swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Rusie strikes out Billy Bullock Two up, two down for FOFC Drilled on the ground to short Wagner comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 1 and a half innings, Turn of Century ahead 1 to 0 There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker Tucker circles under it... He makes the play One away in the bottom of the 2nd for Turn of Century Swung on... High fly ball into left Not hit well Ton is under it... He's got it Easy chance for K. A. Two gone for Turn of Century It's wide... he missed with a slider Bresnahan will stroll down to first He continues to get on base with regularity He has a .413 OBP this year A slider by Hunter Rusie gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century By the way, Turn of Century is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Smashed to short Taken by Wagner Over to Beckley Got him! Score It: 6-3 One down for FOFC Owen Hunter is still in the on-deck circle and A. J. Tucker is looking for a bat in the dugout Hunter drives one into right Wee Willie Keeler sprints over to make the play Two down Bresnahan asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bresnahan and Rusie Shallow fly ball Burkett charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Tucker stops at first That's a single It is a high hard one... Nights goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Nights couldn't hold back FOFC comes up empty here in the top of the 3rd No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 2 and a half innings, Turn of Century still out in front, 1-0 There's a drive to right by Burkett Pflaggstettler scoops it up Fires it to second Burkett turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Pflaggstettler The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Keeler rips a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at first Potpie just got his glove up in time That's one away Burkett takes his lead from first... He's challenging Hunter's pickoff move Slider, taken by Kelley Burkett is on his way! He couldn't resist After getting a very nice lead Here's the peg down... Burkett sliding to the outside... Avoids the tag... He's safe Good throw by Bullock Curve in the dirt... and Kelley holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Kelley will take first on the walk Number 2 today for Kelley Off speed pitch on the way... And Lajoie watches it go by for the third strike That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Old Timers is edging Japanese League 1 to 0 Left Outs leads Negro League II 2 to 1 Goslin has hit his 6th homerun for Left Outs AL Post WWII slipping by AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Newhouser battling Mays Dead Ball Era is edging Negro League I 4 to 3 Dihigo has hit his 3rd homerun for Negro League I NL Pre WWII is on top of Caribbean 2 to 0 Rixey battling Luque Late 20th clipping NL Post WWII 4 to 0 Glavine comfortably ahead for Late 20th And right here in Turn of Century Turn of Century on top 1 to 0 Base hit to left for Wagner Dode Criss is windmilling the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Turn of Century... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... All runners are safe! It's a high bouncer to second Treacy waits for it to come down Snap throw to first...OUT! Jake leaves the Turn of Century faithful disappointed Turn of Century is out of here in the bottom of the 3rd This game is coming to you from Yellowstone Park in Turn of Century After 3 innings Turn of Century has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and no errors Pflaggstettler hits one on the ground to the left side Persimmon, who moves well, is motoring to first Wagner wings it quickly to Beckley... OUT by a step The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Potpie swung, that's strike three Potpie isn't happy at all with that call That's two away Palmer swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Rusie strikes out Deacon Palmer That ends the inning After 3 and a half innings, Turn of Century leads by 2 Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Duffy was frozen on that fastball by Hunter High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch With one down, up next is Roger Bresnahan To be followed by Amos Rusie Big bender, low and inside... Swung on... Line single to Ton in left... Picking it up in a hurry is Ton... Bresnahan takes a wide turn... But stays at first base as the throw comes in Rusie 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! That'll do it in the bottom of the 4th No runs, one hit and no errors Turn of Century ahead 2 to 0 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Fastball, up at the letters... Bullock swings... Skies on to deep right Keeler racing back... Back... At the wall... HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT! The ump is signaling no out Bullock motors easily into second As Keeler throws the ball in That'll be a two base error on him That should have been an easy catch Score It: E9 Bullock to second There's a ball in front of the plate... Bresnahan gets in front to block it... But it's off his mitt to his left Bullock is off for third base... Bresnahan picks up the ball and from his knees Whips it to Kelley... Bullock slides... SAFE!! Score it a wild pitch on Amos Rusie Ton flies out to center Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Runner holds. Treacy rolls one toward Nap Lajoie He scoops it and fires to first...close play OUT, says the first base umpire Joe Adcock throws his hands up in disbelief Turn of Century on top 2 to 1 with two away this inning Good slider, inside part of the plate Hunter gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Lajoie grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 4 and a half innings Turn of Century has 2 runs, 4 hits and one error While FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 stranded Turn of Century has failed to bring home 4 There's a ground ball into the hole Palmer and Nights converge on it It's picked by Nights who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! One gone for Turn of Century Keeler tries to hold up, but can't He pops one into short right Pflaggstettler is coming in hard... Treacy is racing with his back to the infield And neither is going to get it! Keeler is on with the "excuse me" single! The Centurions try the hit and run! Hunter's fastball is ripped toward short Nights can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Keeler was off and running with the crack of the bat He is on his way to third... They'll have a chance to get him... Here's the throw... SAFE! A nice shot by Kelley and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Nap Lajoie Kelley makes Connie Mack look like a genius! Kelley watches Hunter as he inches away from the base Hunter holds the runner Looping fly to center A. J. Tucker charges the ball It falls in front of him Turn of Century adds to their lead Turn of Century ahead 3 to 1 Lajoie takes his lead Lajoie is going on the pitch! It's a fastball at the knees... Bullock comes up from his stance firing... Lajoie is in there under the tag! No, wait a minute... Yes, he is safe The umpire was not too decisive on that one And Wagner will be trotting to first They have walked him intentionally Makes sense considering Wagner's numbers He carries a .557 slugging average! Fastball, down and in... Swung on... It's a dribbler toward first... Potpie up with it... Throws to the plate... In plenty of time for the force play... The throw to first... Beckley is safe at first... They are unable to turn the double play But FOFC did get the lead runner The bases are still loaded for Hugh Duffy up next Two gone here in the bottom of the 5th We want to welcome the "Strat Fan Hall of Fame Club" to the game tonight We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Duffy swings and lifts one toward left Ton drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That ends the inning for Turn of Century Turn of Century has 3 runs, 7 hits and one error While FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors Turn of Century has now stranded 7 baserunners Hit right back to Rusie On to first and Tucker is gone That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Did he check his swing? YES! It's a walk Pflaggstettler drives one into center Hugh Duffy sprints over to make the play Turn of Century on top 3 to 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Japanese League is edging Old Timers 3 to 2 Left Outs and Negro League II are tied at 2 AL Post WWII and AL Pre WWII are tied at 2 Mantle has hit his 14th homerun for AL Post WWII Dead Ball Era leads Negro League I 4 to 3 NL Pre WWII slipping by Caribbean 4 to 2 Late 20th is beating NL Post WWII 4 to 0 Glavine comfortably ahead for Late 20th It's in the dirt and bounces away Nights heads to second And he'll make it on the wild pitch Potpie swings and hits a towering shot to left Back... back... Way back... Burkett reaches up... And takes it in at the warning track Looked like it was going out of here So FOFC leaves a runner down at second Turn of Century leads by 2 We will be right back... Swung on and a drive to left-center Tucker is after it, but he won't catch this one It one hops off the fence Tucker has a bit of trouble That's enough for Bresnahan He's heading for third The throw is right on line... But Roger Bresnahan slides in safely! BOOM! A nice start here in the bottom of the 6th for Turn of Century It's scored a triple Number 1 on the season Amos Rusie hits a medium deep fly ball Persimmon Pflaggstettler lines up his throw to the plate He makes the catch Appears to lose his balance and his throw goes wide Rusie gets an RBI on the sac fly Excellent sinker pitch, outside... Burkett gets good wood on it anyway There's no doubt, that one is outta here!! Burkett circles the bases As Hunter asks for a new ball from the umpire Now Turn of Century on top 5 to 1 Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He makes the grab Two away now for Turn of Century They're ahead by 4 The Centurions have 9 hits on the evening Kelley starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Hunter walks him Kelley inches slowly away from the bag Kelley is running! The slider is low... Bullock blocks the pitch The throw from Bullock... Super throw by Bullock Kelley is a dead duck! Bullock has a rifle for an arm Fastball... down and away... Rusie just misses the corner... ball four That's 2 walks given up by Rusie today Fastball down low... Bullock swings and hits one out to left Jesse Burkett is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Rusie Palmer trots back to first Turn of Century gets the first out of the inning It's a rainbow shot toward left Burkett reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch Two gone for FOFC Time is running out for them And Treacy will sit down... strike three called After 6 and a half innings Turn of Century on top 5 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Lajoie No chance for either Nights or Gunner That one had base hit written all over it (Ballpark Double Effect) Wagner swings and misses Strike three Wagner didn't have a good cut at that pitch And there's one away Beckley 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 Two down Duffy watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Hugh, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Fozborg just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate That is the third out for Turn of Century here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 48465 There's a shot off the bat of Stan Gunner But it's right at Lajoie who makes the catch of the line drive Gunner throws his bat into the dirt in disgust While we wait for A. J. Tucker to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard Old Timers besting Japanese League 9 to 4 Left Outs and Negro League II are all knotted at 2 Goslin has hit his 6th homerun for Left Outs AL Post WWII and AL Pre WWII are tied at 2 Mantle has hit his 14th homerun for AL Post WWII Dead Ball Era leads Negro League I 6 to 5 NL Pre WWII is edging Caribbean 4 to 3 Klein has hit his 4th homerun for NL Pre WWII Late 20th is beating NL Post WWII 4 to 0 And in our contest Turn of Century leads 5 to 1 OK, let's see if FOFC can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 4 Changeup down low... Tucker makes contact and hits one out to center Hugh Duffy is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Rusie Two away for FOFC They trail Turn of Century by 4 They have only 4 outs to score 4 runs Never a good sign when those two numbers are equal It's a routine fly into right Keeler ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out That does it for FOFC in the top of the 8th Bresnahan pounds a grounder toward Palmer at third Deacon moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Palmer stayed with it Over to first and Bresnahan is retired Nice play by the FOFC third baseman So one up and one gone Struck him out on a fastball Rusie goes down swinging Two up, two down A hot shot on the ground to Palmer He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Collins is out That's all for the Centurions No runs, no hits and no errors... At the end of eight full innings... Turn of Century ahead 5 to 1 Slow ground ball Wagner is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One up, one down Potpie waves half-heartedly at the curve Strike Three! Jeeberoni looked fooled on that one 2 strike outs on the night And that is 6 for Rusie That's the second out of the inning Palmer gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Wagner into the outfield... Base hit for Palmer A curve over the outside corner No, wait a second... The umpire is now signalling ball four! At first he seemed to be indicating a strike Listen to those boos Rusie takes a few steps toward home; now turns back Well, as the "great sage" `Chief' Bender said "Do not find too much fault with the umpires You cannot expect them to be as perfect as you are" There's a drive to straight away center Duffy is running back... At the warning track... It might be... No... a great leaping grab by Hugh Duffy! Almost out of here And that will do it for FOFC Turn of Century wins 5 to 1 Rusie gets credit for the win Hunter takes the loss The hitting star for Turn of Century was Jesse Burkett He was 2 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Turn of Century. |
GAME 42 - Thursday, May 16th - Boxscore
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GAME 43 - Friday, May 17th - Boxscore
The 6 and 2 Babson faces off with the 4 and 6 Cy Young today. The lineups will be: For he FOFCers A.Tucker CF J.Nights SS S.Gunner LF P.Pflaggstettler RF D.Gonzalez 1B H.Hays C D.Palmer 3B S.Treacy 2B B.Babson P For the Centurions... J.Burkett LF W.Keeler RF J.Kelley 3B N.Lajoie 2B H.Wagner SS J.Beckley 1B H.Duffy CF R.Bresnahan C C.Young P Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Tucker hits it into the hole on the right side Lajoie ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Tucker is out by a step at first And there's one away Nights cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bresnahan Nights was badly fooled by Young's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Jeff was a little overanxious That's two away Extra base hit to center for Gunner Hugh Duffy is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up That one is a grass cutter towards short Wagner fronts it... OOPS! It takes a big hop! Honus 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... Beckley one hops it into his glove Out! Beckley can't get out of the way and Persimmon runs right into him Nice play as that ball was thrown on the rightfield side of the bag Lucky the collision didn't hurt anyone Cy Young holds FOFC scoreless in the first inning Slow curve coming in It hits Burkett in the side Burkett is grinning out at Babson... who is laughing back They're both cracking up 'Cause the pitch was so slow It couldn't hurt a flea Base hit to center for Keeler Burkett is racing towards third... The throw is going to third... Burkett is safe at third! And Keeler advances to second on the throw Swung on and missed by Kelley, he's down on strikes Turn of Century finally gets the first out in the bottom of the 1st Manager Benton Breeze is talking with bench coach Chuck Tanner in the Turn of Century dugout There's a jam shot off the hands of Lajoie It's a routine catch of the soft liner by Jeff Nights Two gone for Turn of Century Wagner rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Wagner is around first, heading for two... Gunner is up with it and fires it in quickly Honus pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the Turn of Century shortstop Honus also ups his hitting streak to 12 games! That is Wagner's 1st hit today Burkett scores from third! Keeler scores from second! A slider by Babson Beckley gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's all for the Centurions... As we head to the top of the second inning... Turn of Century leads 2 to 0 Drilled on the ground to first Young takes the flip from Beckley Score It: 3-1 Turn of Century gets the first out of the inning Did he hold up his swing? NO! He went too far, Strikeout! Palmer hits one toward short Wagner 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's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 1 and a half innings Turn of Century on top, 2-0 Good slider, inside part of the plate Duffy gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Treacy grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One out Roger Bresnahan is due up next Ball four is the call Babson can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Babson Bresnahan takes first base Young shows bunt It's a beauty! Deacon Palmer has no chance at second So Young gets the sacrifice Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Babson It gets past Hays! It's scored a wild pitch. The pitch didn't look that bad Babson must have crossed him up! Bresnahan takes third Burkett laces a hit into the outfield Persimmon Pflaggstettler picks it up He fires it to the infield Burkett holds at first Keeler rips a single to right field It falls in front of Pflaggstettler Persimmon takes it on one bounce Burkett motors into third easily Keeler stretches his lead Keeler does not get a good lead Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Kelley is outta there That's it for Turn of Century Here at Yellowstone Park, After 2 innings, Turn of Century has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors Turn of Century has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 1 It's a routine fly into left Burkett ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out While we wait for Brian Babson to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard Old Timers is in front of Japanese League 3 to 0 Radbourn comfortably ahead for Old Timers Negro League II leads Left Outs 1 to 0 AL Post WWII slipping by AL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Ryan and Gomez currently dueling Negro League I slipping by Dead Ball Era 5 to 3 Caribbean slipping by NL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Late 20th leads NL Post WWII 1 to 0 Clemens battling Marichal And in our matchup Turn of Century on top 3 to 0 OK, let's see if FOFC can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 3 It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Babson checks his swing Bresnahan appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Brian Two up, two down here in the top of the 3rd Tucker gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Wagner into the outfield... Base hit for Tucker Routine grounder to short Wagner comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That ends the inning After 2 and a half innings, Turn of Century leads by 3 HIT HIM!! Lajoie jogs down to first Nap took one for the team to get on Hit and run... Grounded down the line Gonzalez takes it to the bag himself The hit and run moves the runner up. Score It: 3 One away for Turn of Century They are in 3rd place in the standings 9.0 games behind Swung on and chopped toward second Treacy races in He bare hands it! Underhands one to first... One hopper! GOT HIM! What a nice play by Gonzalez A backhand pickup by the FOFC firstsacker! Lajoie over to third easily Ray Chapman is arguing that he took his foot off the bag but the play is going to stand And there's two away Duffy swings and lifts one toward center Tucker drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's all for the Centurions After 3 innings in Turn of Century this evening, Turn of Century ahead 3 to 0 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 Pflaggstettler chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Young Lajoie snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! Young misses low on that one Gonzalez draws the walk Number 1 today by Young Hays laces a clean base hit into the outfield He rounds first, but will hold there Gonzalez moves up 90 feet Fastball up in the strike zone Strike three looking! That ball was right in Palmer's wheelhouse But he was obviously fooled on it That's out number two Centurions' pitching coach, Will Bill Donovan, is out to talk with Young Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Burkett And he has it That's all here in the top of the 4th The All Stars get on the board... They bring in 1 run It's now Centurions 3, FOFC 1 Roger Bresnahan swings He really stings this one It rifles past Treacy into right... Base hit for Bresnahan... Pflaggstettler is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Bresnahan is on with a sharp single Young fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Young squares to bunt Young bunts it foul for the third strike... That's a strikeout! Taking his lead is Bresnahan Babson looks Bresnahan back... He's taking a shorter lead now Slow ground ball to first Gonzalez will take it himself Score It: 3 FOFC gets the second out of the inning Swung on, line drive, base hit to right Pflaggstettler had to slide to stop that one There goes Bresnahan to third Keeler holds at first as the ball almost got by Pflaggstettler Persimmon couldn't come up throwing quickly enough Keeler inches away from the base Babson holds the runner close to the bag There's a pop fly into short right Tough chance for Pflaggstettler He's got it Fine running catch! Score It: 9 That's all she wrote for this inning Turn of Century has 3 runs, 6 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 5 baserunners stranded today What a pitch... strike three Young put that one on the black, a perfect pitch One away here in the top of the 5th Turn of Century ahead 3 to 1 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard Old Timers winning over Japanese League 6 to 0 Negro League II besting Left Outs 5 to 0 AL Post WWII leads AL Pre WWII 3 to 2 Negro League I clipping Dead Ball Era 8 to 4 Caribbean slipping by NL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Lombardi has hit his 3rd homerun for NL Pre WWII Late 20th with the lead over NL Post WWII 3 to 0 Clemens comfortably ahead for Late 20th He hits a tough grounder to second Lajoie comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 Two up, two down for FOFC Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Nights is outta there 1-2-3, nothing across... There's a line drive in the gap by Lajoie That looks like an easy two-bagger Stan Gunner dives to get the ball And fires it in to second Lajoie has himself a double Great change up... Wagner out in front... Gets a piece of it... It's a shallow fly towards Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler charges, dives for it... He has it... Fine catch by the right fielder Babson gets the first out in the inning Beckley takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Beckley's outta there Two down Hard ground ball to second Treacy comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's all for the Centurions No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... After five complete... Turn of Century on top 3 to 1 Gunner drives one into center Hugh Duffy sprints over to make the play One up, one down A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! Two down Cy Young retires the first two batters in a row Gonzalez swings He slices it down the left field line Burkett is on the warning track The ball is going,...going Just foul! Missed by a whisker . . . Gonzalez back in the box And here comes the next pitch Did he check his swing? YES! He walks Swung on and missed by Hays, he's down on strikes We're in the middle of the 6th Turn of Century still leads 3-1 Struck him out on a fastball Bresnahan goes down swinging One down for Turn of Century Cy Young is still in the on-deck circle and Jesse Burkett is looking for a bat in the dugout Fastball, belt high... Swung on... Young drills a drive down the line Stan Gunner racing towards the line... Dives for it, but can't make the play He does knock it down... He recovers quickly, tossing the ball in Nights has it as Young coasts into second base with a double Almost a great snag by Gunner Routine fly to center Tucker starts in Now he starts backpedaling... Faster... Just does catch up to it! Young scampers back to second Two gone here in the bottom of the 6th We want to welcome the "Strat Fan Hall of Fame Club" to the game tonight We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Fastball, belt high, away... Keeler goes after it... There's a fly ball to Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century So After 6 innings Turn of Century has 3 runs, 8 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 7 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 5 Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bresnahan fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Palmer One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Old Timers is comfortably ahead of Japanese League 6 to 0 Negro League II besting Left Outs 5 to 0 AL Post WWII and AL Pre WWII are deadlocked at 3 Ryan and Gomez currently dueling Negro League I clipping Dead Ball Era 8 to 4 Caribbean clipping NL Pre WWII 5 to 1 Late 20th is in front of NL Post WWII 3 to 0 And in our contest Turn of Century ahead 3 to 1 Swung on, liner towards second... Lajoie leaps... He can't come up with it! No chance for either Lajoie or Keeler That one had base hit written all over it Fouts drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Treacy is out! Double for Fouts Grounded down the line Beckley will take it himself Score It: 3 So FOFC leaves a runner down at second Turn of Century leads by 2 We will be right back... It's time for the 7th inning stretch! It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Kelley checks his swing Hays appeals to the first base umpire He held up, ball four Never a good time for a lead-off walk But especially not late in the game The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! Lajoie hits a pop into short right field Out goes Gonzalez and Treacy In comes Pflaggstettler Treacy waves his hands in the air He makes the catch over his shoulder Pretty play by Sean One away in the bottom of the 7th for Turn of Century Kelley takes his lead Kelley is unable to take the lead he wants The cut at the high hard heat from Fozborg... Wagner lashes a hard groundball into left Kelley makes a big turn at second... Watches Gunner field the ball cleanly... He applies the brakes and decides not to try for third Curve, up high... Beckley rips it to left... Fozborg hung that breaking ball However, Jake got under it just a bit Gunner started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" Slow roller to first Gonzalez boots the ball! Score It: E3 Kelley takes third Wagner takes second Duffy to first Bouncer to short Nights comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That is the third out for Turn of Century here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 48058 Looped to left...and it will drop for a hit STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Cy Young here this evening With one down Beckley yells something out to Young Cy nods his head Pflaggstettler hits a grounder to third Tailor-made doubleplay ball Joe Kelley scoops it up fires it to second The relay... Out at first! Around-the-horn! The Centurions pull off a 5-4-3 doubleplay Three down for FOFC Now the Centurions will be coming up for what they hope will be their last at bat of the evening They lead by 2, 3-1 There's a ground ball into the hole Palmer and Nights converge on it It's picked by Palmer who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! One down for Turn of Century Jesse Burkett is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Turn of Century Hard slider... And Burkett takes it right down the middle Strike three called High and tight He takes it for a walk Stretching to his lead is Keeler He has this down to a science He is an outstanding base stealer He gives opposing teams fits Rodney steps off the rubber Looks Keeler back to the bag Joe Kelley hits a drive to left-center A. J. Tucker is at the warning track Reaches up... Jumps... And snares it for the out I'm impressed! That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century By the way, Turn of Century is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Fastball, swung on and missed Young's heater was too much for Gonzalez that time... Number 11 on the evening for Cy! He's really mowing them down Young retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 9th Sinking fastball... Hays swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Kelley... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two up, two down Changeup down low... Palmer makes contact and hits one out to right Wee Willie Keeler is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Young And that will do it for FOFC Turn of Century wins 3 to 1 Young gets credit for the win Babson takes the loss The hitting star for Turn of Century was Honus Wagner He was 2 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from Turn of Century. |
GAME 43 - Friday, May 17th - Boxscore
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FOFC Dynasty Update
I know write ups have been lacking, but I'm trying to squeeze some stuff in during the holidays, so the dynasty doesn't become completely stagnant. I'll get back to more of the interactive posting in '06 (and yes, I'll try harder to get my uploads onto the server to the website will get caught up). |
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GAME 44 - SATURDAY, MAY 18 - Radio Broadcast
Lineups for tonight... All Stars J.Nights SS A.Tucker CF P.Pflaggstettler RF J.Potpie 1B H.Hays C D.Palmer 3B G.Gazelle LF S.Treacy 2B R.Nielsen P Centurions H.Duffy CF 4 1 0 0 .261 J.Burkett RF 5 1 2 1 .341 J.Kelley LF 5 2 4 1 .368 N.Lajoie 2B 5 0 3 2 .412 H.Wagner SS 4 0 2 1 .330 J.Beckley 1B 3 0 0 0 .263 J.Collins 3B 4 0 0 0 .302 R.Bresnahan C 3 0 0 0 .295 R.Waddell P 0 0 0 0 .174 Two great lefties on the hill tonight...Nielsen and Waddell Nights slaps a hard grounder past short Kelley is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Nights will hold with a clean single The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Tucker just gets a piece of it He 'drizzles' it to second Lajoie races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... The weather doesn't look promising We can see lightning in the distance The sky looks very menacing to the west We will have to be lucky to finish here today Grounded towards the sack Collins grabs it Over to Beckley Got him! Score It: 5-3 Two down Great change up... Potpie out in front... Gets a piece of it... It's a shallow fly towards Kelley Kelley charges, dives for it... He has it... Fine catch by the left fielder That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for FOFC No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Turn of Century is coming to bat Hot shot grounded to the mound Fielded nicely by Nielsen Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 One up, one down Burkett pulls one to the right side It's going to scoot on through the infield Pflaggstettler will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Burkett retreats to first after a wide turn It's driven into the gap Gerald Gazelle is running hard It's out of his reach Kelley rounds first Gazelle has the ball Kelley motors into second Two-bagger! Burkett takes third It's popped up into foul territory Harry Hays is under it He makes a nice play on it Score It: 2 Two down Due up next is Honus Wagner Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the Centurions And Wagner will be trotting to first They have walked him intentionally Makes sense considering Wagner's numbers He carries a .559 slugging average! Grounded towards the hole Fielded nicely by Treacy Over to second for the force Score It: 4-6 The runner on first, Wagner, is out Rob Nielsen holds the Centurions scoreless in the first The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Hays swung, that's strike three Hays isn't happy at all with that call Turn of Century gets the first out of the inning Did he check his swing? YES! He walks Curve, at the belt... Gazelle times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Joe Kelley retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Outside fastball... lashed at by Treacy... Pop fly...Shallow left... Dropping quickly... Kelley pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Treacy... As Kelley fields it on one bounce Nielsen looks to lay one down He bunts at it . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by R.Bresnahan he's throwing for the lead runner... SAFE! Sac & Fielders Choice Treacy takes second Nielsen to first Flyball to center it's caught Treacy has a chance to move up... Treacy is trying to advance to third base... Here's the play... He's OUT! Fastball... Collins jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Tucker after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by A. J. Tucker! That's one away Bresnahan rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Treacy Sean fields it cleanly Over to first quickly... Easy out Two up, two down for the Centurions We're in the bottom of the 2nd The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Waddell held up, and draws a walk Nielsen isn't happy at all with that call Routine grounder to short Taken by Nights His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the Centurions in the 2nd inning No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base... We head to the 3rd... FOFC leads 2 to 0 Base hit to center for Tucker Hugh Duffy is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up It's a rainbow shot toward right Burkett reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Changeup... Ties Potpie up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! That's two away Here's a curve... Not a good one! Hays turns on it a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run! Number 3 for Harry on the year He also has 13 RBI's now Fastball, lined to left... Base hit for Palmer... Kelley over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Palmer at first Hard slider... And Gazelle takes it right down the middle Strike three called That does it in the top of the 3rd Now a brief message from our hosts This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System We are pleased you joined us for today's ballgame Now back to baseball where After 2 and a half innings, FOFC leads 4 to 0 Slow ground ball Treacy is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT While we wait for Joe Kelley to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard Old Timers leads Japanese League 4 to 3 Negro League II leads Left Outs 2 to 1 Holland and Sutton currently dueling AL Post WWII slipping by AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Brett has hit his 2nd homerun for AL Post WWII Negro League I and Dead Ball Era have yet to score Caribbean besting NL Pre WWII 5 to 0 NL Post WWII and Late 20th have yet to score OK, let's see if Turn of Century can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 4 Extra base hit to center for Kelley A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up There is a shot right up the middle Hit right on the nose by Lajoie It bounces right into the waiting glove of Tucker Lajoie has himself a single Kelley will score on the play Wagner is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position Two down... The Centurions are chipping away at the FOFC lead They've scored 1 run in the inning FOFC on top 4 to 1 Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Beckley is outta there That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century So After 3 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has one run, 4 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 3 Treacy pulls one into left field Hooking away from Kelley Joe is there He's got it for the out So one up and one gone Nielsen swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Waddell strikes out Rob Nielsen Two down Rube Waddell retires the first two batters in order Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wagner... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Waddell sets the All Stars down in order Collins hits a high pop into short left field Palmer and Nights sprint towards the outfield Here comes Gazelle Nights puts his glove out... Makes a super catch in front of Gazelle!! That's the first out of the inning Two more to go The pitch is just inside and Bresnahan holds up Hays points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Roger trots down to first... ball four Waddell showing bunt... He lays it down Harry Hays looks at second But goes to first... Out... Bresnahan advances to 2nd A sacrifice for Rube Waddell Duffy hits a three hopper towards Rob Nielsen Nielsen scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's three outs, side retired Waddell comes in there with a dipsy-do And Tucker just freezes as he watches it curve over the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! 5 this afternoon... 57 on the season for Rube Waddell And there's one away Dribbler in front of home Taken by Bresnahan His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 2-3 Two down Waddell gets the first two batters here in the top of the 5th Swung on and foul tipped Bresnahan hangs on to it Strike out for Waddell Number 6 on the day That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 4-1, FOFC A drive to left Gazelle settles under it He makes the catch Score It: 7 Kelley lines one over short for a single He rounds the bag hard and starts for second Oh, look at that throw by Gerald Gazelle Kelley scrambles back to first and holds Nielsen's fastball is ripped toward first Potpie can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Kelley was off and running with the crack of the bat He is on his way to third... They'll have a chance to get him... Here's the throw... SAFE! A nice shot by Lajoie and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Honus Wagner Base hit to left for Wagner Kelley scores Dode Criss is waving Lajoie to third... The throw is going to third... Lajoie is safe at third! And Wagner advances to second on the throw Beckley works the walk... Passes the baton to Jimmy Collins who will see if he can get Lajoie in from third Fastball down low... Collins hits a grounder to short Nights takes it on the big hop Flips it to Treacy Relay to first... A lightning double play! And that gets FOFC out of quite a jam as Collins grounds in to an inning ending twin-killing with the bases loaded That's all she wrote for this inning FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 2 runs, 7 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 7 baserunners stranded today Hays hits a fly ball to center Hugh Duffy camps under it He's got it FOFC with one away Waddell steps off the mound as he waits for Deacon Palmer to come to the plate It's dinked out front Bresnahan is on it...throws to first... Nice play One more chance for FOFC in the top of the 6th Swung on... And there's a high fly ball into right Burkett is under it, waits... He's got it That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4 in their last ten games He rips a grounder to the mound Nielsen comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Old Timers with the lead over Japanese League 6 to 3 Matsubara has hit his 3rd homerun for Japanese League Negro League II leads Left Outs 2 to 1 AL Pre WWII leads AL Post WWII 4 to 3 Gehrig has hit his 8th homerun for AL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era besting Negro League I 5 to 0 Caribbean winning over NL Pre WWII 6 to 0 Late 20th leads NL Post WWII 1 to 0 And here in Turn of Century FOFC on top 4 to 2 Hughie Jennings will be batting for Rube Waddell Connie Mack would like to get the speedster on board He wrecks havoc on opposing pitchers with his base stealing capabilites Hughie has stolen 7 bases in 12 attempts His on base percentage is .443 Jennings is down That was way inside No call yet... Now the umpire motions Hughie to first A slider by Nielsen Duffy gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two gone for Turn of Century He rips a grounder to the mound Fielded nicely by Nielsen Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 We head to the 7th... The score is still FOFC 4, Centurions 2 Kid Nichols will be coming on to pitch for Turn of Century Kid has appeared in 16 games this season with a record of 1-1 In 29 innings, he has an 6.28 ERA Rube Waddell has finished his work here this afternoon Hit right back to Nichols On to first and Treacy is gone One gone for FOFC Nichols misses low on that one Nielsen draws the walk Number 1 today by Nichols A low curveball to Nights He swings a bit late but hits it right up the middle Nielsen is going to try for third Duffy is over, picks it up and fires to Collins One bounce... The slide by Nielsen... SAFE! Quick throw to second to hold Nights at first Now Lajoie fires it to first... Nights just dives back safely! (Ballpark Triple Effect) Curve in the dirt... and Tucker holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Bresnahan asks the third base ump's opinion He motions it's a walk... Tucker will take first Bases are tenanted Fastball down low... Pflaggstettler hits a grounder to short Wagner takes it on the big hop Flips it to Lajoie Relay to first... A lightning double play! And that ends the threat by FOFC as Pflaggstettler grounds in to an inning ending twin-killing with the bases loaded And that's the final out of the inning FOFC has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 2 runs, 7 hits and no errors FOFC has left 5 men on base today It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Curve ball... Kelley swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! One out Due up next is Nap Lajoie Slider, outside... Lajoie reaches for it... Gets some wood on it It's rolling towards Palmer... He scoops it up smoothly Firing to Potpie in one motion... Close play... SAFE!... by a whisker Potpie is arguing the call But to no avail That's a single for Lajoie Base hit to right for Wagner Dode Criss is waving Lajoie to third... The throw is going to third... Lajoie is safe at third! And Wagner advances to second on the throw Groundball to back to the mound Dode Criss puts up the stop sign... Beckley is retired on the groundout Topped in front of home Hays grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 2-3 Three away here in the bottom of the 7th After 7 innings FOFC leads 4 to 2 The official attendance has just been announced 19542 fans here at Yellowstone Park this afternoon Comebacker, right to Nichols Over to Beckley for the easy out With one down Beckley yells something out to Nichols Kid nods his head Swung on and hit sharply to short Wagner plays it on one hop Over to Beckley... Out of there! Two down Bresnahan asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bresnahan and Nichols Palmer swings... He rips a ground ball towards Collins It's by him! It's twisting into the left field corner Palmer rounds first... He will return quickly to first as Kelley gets a nice throw in to Lajoie Swung on and missed... Gazelle is down on strikes That's it for FOFC Here at Yellowstone Park, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 2 runs, 9 hits and no errors FOFC has left 6 on base Turn of Century has stranded 11 Sinking fastball... Bresnahan swings over the top of it... Hammers a hard grounder right at Fouts... He scoops it up, throws to first... Out by a step One away in the bottom of the 8th for Turn of Century Line drive pulled over Potpie's head for a base hit The ball is low and outside Did he go around? The umpire says no Ball four For Duffy, that's 1 walk today Stroked to first Clean single for Burkett Turn of Century shaves the lead by a run FOFC on top 4 to 3 Burkett sneaks away from the base Rodney is paying a lot of attention to Burkett Now he throws over... And... He's safe on the pickoff attempt Base hit to right for Kelley Duffy scores Dode Criss is waving Burkett to third... The throw is going to third... Burkett is safe at third! And Kelley advances to second on the throw Groundball to second Dode Criss is windmilling the runner home... A quick glance at the lead runner... The play is to first... And Lajoie is out Change up, a beauty... Heeee struck him out! Turn of Century is out of here in the bottom of the 8th This game is coming to you from Yellowstone Park in Turn of Century After 8 innings Turn of Century has 5 runs, 12 hits and no errors While FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors Vic Willis will be coming on to pitch for Turn of Century Vic has appeared in 13 games this season He has a record of 4-3 in 16 innings His ERA stands at 3.94 Turn of Century is making a defensive change Keeler will bat 2nd and play right Dribbler in front of home Bresnahan grabs it Over to Beckley Got him! Score It: 2-3 One up, one down for FOFC Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bresnahan fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Fouts Two down, All Stars at bat in the 9th inning... FOFC trails the Centurions by 1 The All Stars are down to their final out Jeff Nights is due up Bresnahan takes a trip out to the mound He wants to discuss something with Willis Now Bresnahan trots back It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Collins is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! And that will do it for FOFC Turn of Century wins 5 to 4 Nichols gets credit for the win Willis notches the save Rodney takes the loss The hitting star for Turn of Century was Joe Kelley He was 4 for 5 And that wraps things up So long from Turn of Century. |
GAME 44 - SATURDAY, May 18th - Boxscore
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I'm in a bit of a funk coach... might want to move me down in the order a bit...
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The National Herald - Sunday, May 19th
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FOFC MANAGER UPDATE
Press Conference Stan Hack - "Benton you've lost 3 in row now." I roll my eyes, and look at him, sigh and ask, "Was that a question?" I looks at me shocked like how can you be so stupid, then he says, "Yes." "OK, um...well yes - we have lost 3 in a row." I look around for the next question, but before I can get one, Hack barks out, "Does that bother you?" "I'm not thrilled about it, but I knew it would happen sooner or later, and will undoubtedly happen again at some point during the season." Hack, still chiming in before everyone else, "What about the clubhouse?" I shake my head thinking, 'What about the clubhouse. It's not bad for a road clubhouse. Chairs are comfortable, and we have televisions to watch. IDIOT', but I bite my tongue and say, "I assume your asking how the players feel about the losing streak?" Same stupid look answers my question "I'm sure they feel like me. We don't like to lose, and you really don't like to get on a losing streak, but when you have the best record in baseball by 6 or 7 games and we are only half way through the second month - it's a little easier to swallow." Stan starts to ask another question, but before he can finish I say, "Lou," and point to him. Lou Scribe says, "Why did you leave Rodney in so long? You were leading when you brought him in and losing when you took him out. Why not pull him quicker." "Good question. Actually, I decided to let him pitch for 2 reasons. The first was that I wanted to see how he would handle the adversity. I don't want to be facing the same situation in the playoffs, without knowing how he's going to perform under pressure. Secondly, I was looking for a strikeout and Rodney is probably the best at getting one on the team, unfortunately he didn't this time." Blaine Crease asks, "Since Rodney didn't get the job done, does this mean we can expect to see him in mop up duty for a while?" "Hardly. You have to remember he got the first out. Then gave up a single. The key was the walk on the full count. If he had gotten that call, I doubt they'd have gotten a run in the inning. There is a huge difference in two outs and 1 on first then 1 out and men on first and second." Scribe again, "Benton, Pflaggstettler has really fallen off. Do you expect to juggle your lineup because of that?" "Actually, Percy grabbed me on the way in here, and told me I probably aught to drop him in the order. So he recognizes he's struggling a bit, but in all honesty, did you really expect him to hit .360 for the season? He's doing fine. I'll probably give him a few days off, let him get his head right and work him back into the line. Will he hit third? I don't know. Hayes and Palmer are playing well right now, maybe one of them moves into that spot." Hack, "What about the other players?" I can't hold my tongue this time, "What about what with the other players?" He just looks at me. Crease chimes in, "Are some of the other players aware of your plans and are they excited about the juggling of the lineup or the chance to see the field more?" "I haven't told them, but I'm sure they are. Everyone on this team is great, and they all want to play everyday - this will give a couple players a few chances to shine." Gentlemen, that's going to have to do it for tonight. We'll talk to you after the next game. |
GAME 45 - Sunday, May 19th - Radio Broadcast
Well fokes we thought we were going to get a match up of 2 premier lefties today, but the Post-Nationals didn't cooperate. Originally, it looked like we were going to see Koufax and against Mighty, but the Post WW2 Nationals decided to throw Gibson today instead...and he ain't too shabby a pitcher either. The lineups for tonight, we see that Benton wasn't joking about making some changes to his lineup. Of course some could be to counteract the extremely tough right handed Gibson too... All Stars A.Tucker CF S.Gunner RF D.Gonzalez 1B D.Fouts 3B B.Bullock C K.Ton LF S.Treacy 2B K.Terp SS A.Mighty P The Post Nationals have a couple changes as well, including getting Schmidt in at 3rd and resting the left handed hitting Matthews... Post-Nationals J.Morgan 2B P.Rose LF R.Clemente RF H.Aaron CF S.Musial 1B R.Campanella C E.Banks SS M.Schmidt 3B B.Gibson P Tucker steps in and we are ready to being Tucker raps a line drive in the gap Aaron is running back Clemente is backpedaling Aaron reaches up and spears it That one had "extra-bases" written all over it One up, one down Comebacker, right to Gibson Over to Musial for the easy out NL Post WWII gets the second out of the inning Gonzalez fights one off at the wrists He muscles it to left Rose moves in quickly He slides on the moist grass! The ball drops at his outstretched feet Single for Gonzalez Fouts sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Aaron Aaron gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium center Bob Gibson holds FOFC scoreless in the first inning Morgan starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Mighty walks him Morgan takes a walking lead Morgan has stolen 19 bases in 24 attempts in 1900 Mighty is paying a lot of attention to Morgan They want to hold Morgan close He's excellent on the basepaths Now he throws over... And... He's safe on the pickoff attempt The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! A low curveball to Rose He swings a bit late but hits it right up the middle Morgan is going to try for third Tucker is over, picks it up and fires to Fouts One bounce... The slide by Morgan... SAFE! Quick throw to second to hold Rose at first Now Treacy fires it to first... Rose just dives back safely! FOFC was taken in by the Post-Nationals Rose came through with a nice hit! Grounded down the line Fouts comes up with it Over to second for one Over to first Double Play! Score It: 5-4-3 NL Post WWII leads 1 to 0 with two away this inning Hank Aaron swings It's a line drive... Sizzles past Terp into left... Base hit for Aaron... Ton is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Aaron is on with a sharp single It's a rainbow shot toward right Gunner reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch NL Post WWII gets 1 in the bottom of the 1st One run, 2 hits, no errors and one man left on base After 1 inning, NL Post WWII leads by 1 Bullock swings and lifts one toward left Rose drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... And there's one away Ton pulls one into left field Hooking away from Rose Pete is there He's got it for the out And there's two away Treacy hits a deep fly to right-center Clemente races to the warning track He steadies himself He won't get this one...it's off the ivy Treacy racing around first... Clemente has the ball... Fires a throw in... Morgan has the relay... Holds the throw... Treacy in easily at second It's a two-bagger for Sean Treacy FOFC has him in scoring position Hit towards the middle Nice play by Morgan His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side... Terp fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base There's a hard bouncer to Fouts' left He's over... Makes the pick-up... Over to Gonzalez... Campanella is out! A sparkling glove hand pick-up by Dan Fouts! One up, one down for NL Post WWII Banks sends a routine ground ball to first Gonzalez takes it on one hop Flips it to Mighty Easy out Two up, two down here in the bottom of the 2nd Bouncer in the hole and past Sean Treacy... Base hit into right field! That one had eyes on it Good piece of hitting by Schmidt Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Ton And he pulls it in That's it for NL Post WWII Here at Big League Field, After 2 innings, NL Post WWII has one run, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and no errors NL Post WWII has left 1 on base FOFC has stranded 2 Al Mighty hits a high pop fly on the infield Ernie Banks calls everyone off The ball drifts a bit... But Banks is there to make the play One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean slipping by Negro League II 2 to 0 Negro League I leads AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Smith battling Grove Left Outs is edging Turn of Century 1 to 0 AL Post WWII and NL Pre WWII are scoreless Dead Ball Era is edging Old Timers 3 to 2 Late 20th is in front of Japanese League 4 to 1 Winfield has hit his 4th homerun for Late 20th And in our contest NL Post WWII ahead 1 to 0 Tucker swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Gibson strikes out A. J. Tucker Two down Bob Gibson retires the first two batters in order Knee high fastball... Gunner hits a deep fly... Clemente retreating to the ivy... He times his leap... He's got it! That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Grounded down the line Gonzalez to Mighty covering first Score It: 3-1 One down for NL Post WWII Pete Rose is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for NL Post WWII Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 51 on the season for Mighty Two gone here in the bottom of the 3rd We want to welcome the "Strat Fan Hall of Fame Club" to the game tonight We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Struck him out on a fastball Clemente goes down swinging That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 1-0, NL Post WWII Gonzalez cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Campanella Gonzalez was badly fooled by Gibson's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! David was a little overanxious One out Dan Fouts is due up next It's a routine fly into center Aaron ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Two down Gibson retires the first two FOFC batters A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 3 and a half innings NL Post WWII on top, 1-0 In the dirt And Aaron holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning A slider by Mighty Musial gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! FOFC gets the first out of the inning Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Bullock Aaron dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Aaron made it back Two down It is a high hard one... Banks goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Banks couldn't hold back That's all for the Post-Nationals in the 4th inning No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base... We go to the 5th... NL Post WWII leads 1 to 0 A wave and a miss! Strike Three! Gibson gets the first out in the inning Shallow fly ball Clemente charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Treacy stops at first That's a single There's a grounder right at Mike Schmidt This should be two The throw to second...in time To first Out of there, a double play! FOFC comes up empty here in the top of the 5th No runs, one hit and no errors After 4 and a half innings, NL Post WWII still out in front, 1-0 Good slider, inside part of the plate Schmidt gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Treacy grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! So one up and one gone Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Gibson was frozen on that fastball by Mighty High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch NL Post WWII ahead 1 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Negro League II and Caribbean are deadlocked at 2 Negro League I is on top of AL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Smith and Grove currently dueling Turn of Century slipping by Left Outs 3 to 1 AL Post WWII is in front of NL Pre WWII 5 to 2 Dead Ball Era leads Old Timers 3 to 2 Plank battling Welch Late 20th is in front of Japanese League 4 to 1 Maddux comfortably ahead for Late 20th There's a check swing by Morgan It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Billy Bullock makes the catch against the stands That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII So After 5 innings NL Post WWII has one run, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 3 hits and no errors NL Post WWII has left 2 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 Hard slider... And Mighty takes it right down the middle Strike three called One out Due up next is A. J. Tucker Tucker swings... Hits the fastball on the ground... Down the line at first... Musial trying to backhand it... Can't get a glove on it It's into right field for a hit Looking for the fastball Gunner gets one... He pulls one to right field Clemente racing after it... He nears the ivy... Waits... Has it for the out That's the second out of the inning Gonzalez goes down after the fastball... Puts the lumber to it... Clemente turns and races for the ivy... Wow, this one is really stroked... It's going, going, GONE! A deep blast to right-center FOFC leads 2 to 1 Curve, at the belt... Fouts times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Roberto Clemente retreats toward the ivy He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Letterhigh fastball... The cut by Bullock... There's a fly ball to right Clemente is sprinting towards the line HE SLIPS ON THE GRASS... He almost lost that one! Nice recovery by Clemente for the out The Post-Nationals finally get out of the inning FOFC, however, has wrested away the lead as they score 3 times They now are up by 2 runs with the score, 3-1, FOFC Rose hits a drive to right He hit it right on the button... But Gunner got a great jump... He is closing quickly... OUT! Nice play by Stan Gunner One up, one down here in the bottom of the 6th Clemente swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mighty strikes out Roberto Clemente Two down Due up next is Hank Aaron Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the Post-Nationals Aaron rips one to left He hit it right on the nose... Ton is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by K. A. Ton The Post-Nationals go down in order... No runs, no hits and no errors After 6 full innings of play, it's 3-1 All Stars It's hit high and deep This one is deep! THAT BALL'S SINGIN' WITH THE ANGELS NOW!!! That is K. A. Ton's 5th home run of the year. Outside fastball... lashed at by Treacy... Pop fly...Shallow left... Dropping quickly... Rose pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Treacy... As Rose fields it on one bounce And Terp will sit down... strike three called One down for FOFC Al Mighty is still in the on-deck circle and A. J. Tucker is looking for a bat in the dugout Swing and a miss Strike three Mighty goes down on strikes Two down Campanella asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Campanella and Gibson Liner drilled to first Musial makes a great catch! Score It: 3 That does it for FOFC here in the top of the 7th But they pick up 1 run So After 6 and a half innings, FOFC leads 4 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Big breaking ball... Musial swings and lifts one deep to left This one has a chance... Ton is at the warning track... He waits... K. A. you can tell that one Goodbye! Number 6 on the year for Stan Musial Fastball... down and away... Mighty just misses the corner... ball four That's 3 walks given up by Mighty today Slow roller to first Gonzalez will take it himself Score It: 3 One away While we wait for the next batter Let's take a ten second station break This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System Your four sports network! Looks like Schmidt will be given a free pass here And he is... that's four wide ones Bob Gibson is the batter due up next Grounded into the hole Nice play by Fouts Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 5-4-3 That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean with the lead over Negro League II 5 to 2 Negro League I is on top of AL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Stearnes has hit his 9th homerun for Negro League I Turn of Century and Left Outs are all knotted at 3 AL Post WWII leads NL Pre WWII 6 to 5 Feller and Vance currently dueling Dead Ball Era leads Old Timers 3 to 2 Late 20th with the lead over Japanese League 4 to 1 And in our matchup FOFC ahead 4 to 2 Gaylord Perry will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Gaylord has appeared in 16 games this season with a record of 2-2 In 35 innings, he has an 4.67 ERA Bob Gibson has finished his work here this evening Gunner hits a fly ball in the right field corner Roberto Clemente is chasing it It drops in front of him for a base hit! Gunner is digging for second He slides... SAFE! Wait a minute... Stan is slow in getting up He looks shaken up Here comes the FOFC trainer, Tay Pemup He's inspecting Gunner's leg Stan is hopping around a bit... But it looks like he's okay... Yes, folks, he looks fine Two-base hit for Gunner Flyball to center it's caught Gunner has a chance to move up... Gunner is trying to advance to third base... Here's the play... He's OUT! Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Fouts swings way over it He was fooled completely Campanella loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Dan as he was heading for the dugout That's it here in the top of the 8th It's 4-2 in favor of the visitors from FOFC We'll be back in just a moment Sharp slider, catches the outside corner Morgan swings at it... Hammers a hard grounder right at third Picked up smoothly... Throw to first... IT'S OFF THE BAG!!... Gonzalez grabs it, turns back to the bag NOT IN TIME! Morgan is SAFE! That'll be an error on that play Score It: E5 Morgan to first Base hit to right for Rose Third base coach Bill Russle is motioning Morgan to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Rose at first Roberto hits it hard to the left of Treacy Gonzalez dives parallel to the ground No dice... Treacy races over... Reaches out... Just gets by him too... Clemente slips one through the hole for a single Rose will move up two bases by the time Gunner can get to it! Morgan scores easily Now FOFC leads 4 to 3 Clemente edges away from the bag Fastball in the dirt Blocked nicely by Bullock And Clemente is off and running! Bullock pumps... but no throw, he holds onto the ball He is SAFE! Wait, Bullock calls time... Walks half way to the mound He signals for the intentional walk The bases are loaded for NL Post WWII But FOFC has a force possiblity at any base now Hit towards the middle Smooth pickup by Terp Throw to second for one Over to first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 Two gone in the bottom of the 8th FOFC is still in quite a jam Clutch situation for Roy Campanella He'll come up against the righthanded Kronside It's just misses outside Campanella checks his swing Bullock appeals to the first base umpire It will be ball four Fastball... just outside Banks will take first on the walk That will load 'em up for Mike Schmidt Not even close... that's ball four to Schmidt Kronside slams the ball in his glove in disgust A very bad time to be wild! NL Post WWII ahead 5 to 4 Up for the Post-Nationals will be Billy Williams... He'll pinch hit for Gaylord Perry Joe Morgan is due to follow Grounded towards the bag Gonzalez flips to Knowles covering Score It: 3-1 That's all she wrote for this inning NL Post WWII has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors While FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and one error NL Post WWII has left 6 baserunners stranded today Warren Spahn will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Warren has appeared in 15 games this season with a record of 2-3 In 47 innings, he has an 3.61 ERA Gaylord Perry has finished his work here this evening Sinking fastball... Bullock swings over the top of it... Hammers a hard grounder right at Banks... He scoops it up, throws to first... Out by a step One away in the top of the 9th for FOFC High and away Ball four It's in the dirt and bounces away Ton heads to second And he'll make it on the wild pitch Hard slider... And Treacy takes it right down the middle Strike three called Two gone for FOFC Time is running out for them Drilled deep to left field Rose has got a long run He's at the ivy IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . CAUGHT! Score It: 7 And that will do it for FOFC NL Post WWII wins 5 to 4 Perry gets credit for the win Mighty takes the loss The hitting star for NL Post WWII was Stan Musial He was 1 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from NL Post WWII. |
GAME 45 - Sunday, May 19th - Boxscore
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FOFC Manager Update
Press Conference Stan Hack, "4 in a row now." "Yes Stan, 4 comes after 3," I say sardonically. Lou jumps in quickly,"Coach, why so many new players in the lineup tonight?" "I wanted to get some players at bats. It's been a while since Terp played, Fouts, Ton, and Bullock have been on the bench a bit too. Plus with the tough righy in Gibson it gave me a chance to work the lefties in." "What made you decide to change pitchers in the 8th?" Blaine Crease asked. "We'll after Mighty gave up the hit to Morgan, I really didn't want the lefty late in the game facing Clemente and Aaron with runners on." "Why Kronside?" Crease follows up. We'll with Musial behind Aaron in the order, I wanted a pitcher that was RH but performs well against lefties. Kronside is the best one we have in the pen for that, plus Rodney pitched last night." "So you didn't have confidence in Rodney?" Hack asks. I think, wow he actually formed the sentence as a question. "Last nights loss had nothing to do with Rodney not pitching. It was simply Kronside's turn to throw." "Why leave Kronside in so long?" Lou querries. "We'll to be honest...we intentially walked Aaron, then he gets the double play I was hoping for. Then he walks Campanella...no problem. I rather him walk the guy with a base open then to give up a hit and allow a run to score. Plus he was close on the full count pitch. Then the next guy, Banks is almost a carbon copy of the Campy at bat. The only bad series of pitches he has were the ones to Schmidt. That was the 1 walk that hurt." "Have you lost confidence in Jace now too?" Hack smirks. "I haven't lost confidence in anyone, Stan, but as soon as I do, I promise you'll be the first to know." "Good night gentlemen, see you at the park tomorrow." |
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Coach, John Williams wants the ball to break this unpleasant losing streak. Im well rested too :p
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2.27 ERA (league leading, or very close I would think) with a 3-3 record? That's screwed up. Being the lazy ass I am, I won't look it up, but I wonder what the run production has been for the games/starting pitchers?
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GAME 46 - Monday, May 20th - Radio Broadcast
The FOFCers are coming into this game with a 4 game losing streak. To try and get some good carma, Benton Breeze has decided to go with Williams today on the hill. I asked him about it and he said that 'Williams had been pestering him for a start and that this might be a good time to roll the dice on making a change'. He'll need some good forturne because the opponent on the hill is Sandy Koufax. The line ups look like this...All Stars... A.Tucker CF J.Nights SS H.Hays C J.Potpie 1B D.Palmer 3B K.Ton LF G.Gazelle RF S.Treacy 2B J.Williams P Post-Nationals... J.Morgan 2B P.Rose LF R.Clemente RF H.Aaron CF S.Musial 1B E.Banks SS E.Mathews 3B R.Campanella C S.Koufax P Here we go. Tucker rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Tucker is around first, heading for two... Aaron is up with it and fires it in quickly A. J. pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the FOFC center fielder A. J. also ups his hitting streak to 9 games! That is Tucker's 1st hit today The hit and run is on! It's low and it gets away from Campanella! It's rolling to the backstop Now Campanella has it too late, the damage is done. It's scored a wild pitch. Tucker takes third Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! With one down, up next is Harry Hays To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie Change up... Hays hits a high fly ball Aaron drifting under it... He makes the catch, but trips... And he is unable to make the throw Tucker scores on the sac fly Two down Potpie skies one very high The ball drifts a bit Campanella calls for it Puts it away! That's three outs, side retired Morgan swings... Hits the fastball on the ground... Down the line at first... Potpie trying to backhand it... Can't get a glove on it It's into right field for a hit Rose showing bunt... He lays it down Deacon Palmer looks at second But goes to first... Out... Morgan advances to 2nd A sacrifice for Pete Rose One out Due up next is Roberto Clemente Fastball, belt high, away... Clemente goes after it... There's a fly ball to Ton Ton is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run That's the second out of the inning Stroked to third Clean single for Aaron The game is tied! Musial connects on the curve... This one is really smoked... Gazelle starts back... Now he just stops to look Musial got all of this one.... See ya, It's a home run! Aaron scores in front of him Ernie Banks swings at a breaking ball There it goes, way back towards left-center Tucker looks up Kiss that one good bye!! Back-to-back home runs for NL Post WWII! NL Post WWII ahead 4 to 1... That one had some distance Comebacker, right to Williams Over to Potpie for the easy out 'Come back, Little Sheba' And that retires the side Sinking fastball... Palmer goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Banks... He scoops it up, over to first... And Palmer is out by a step One down for FOFC K. A. Ton is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC The pitch is just inside and Ton holds up Campanella points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign K. A. trots down to first... ball four Koufax loses him Gazelle heads down to first Treacy hits a roller to Joe Morgan Morgan comes up with it and throws It's in the dirt Musial can't come up with it That'll be a throwing error on Morgan That's error number 1 of the game for NL Post WWII The squeeze play is on! Williams lays it down Musial charges in after it He dives... Scoops it up... Flips to Campanella Ton slides... OUT! Two down Due up next is A. J. Tucker Let's see what happens now It is a high hard one... Tucker goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up and out of the strike zone... Tucker couldn't hold back Whew!... The Post-Nationals dodge a bullet! FOFC leaves them full here in the top of the 2nd as 0 runs come across So, NL Post WWII leads 4 to 1 Campanella takes a cut at the slider... There's a line drive... Going over the head of Gerald Gazelle My word! Look at that ball go!! That's a home run!! And that left the yard in a hurry Williams can't believe it Homer number 2 for Roy Campanella this year To go with his 3 RBI's Good slider, inside part of the plate Koufax gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Treacy grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! And there's one away A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! Morgan is down on strikes Number 1 here today for Williams That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Williams Pete Rose will be next up... Rose swings, and lines it back up the middle It glances off Williams' glove and rolls away Pete Rose has himself an infield hit Base hit to right for Clemente Third base coach Bill Russle is motioning Rose to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Clemente at first Bounding ball to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's it for NL Post WWII Here at Big League Field, After 2 innings, NL Post WWII has 5 runs, 7 hits and one error While FOFC has one run, one hit and no errors NL Post WWII has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 3 Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Mathews It's by him... Rose comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Nights to a single Line drive Caught by Mathews Over to first DOUBLE PLAY! With two gone, NL Post WWII leads 5 to 1 in the top of the 3rd It's a routine fly into center Aaron ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out We head to the bottom of the 3rd here in NL Post WWII... Still 5-1, NL Post WWII Musial swings He slices it down the left field line Ton is on the warning track The ball is going,...going Just foul! Missed by a whisker . . . Musial back in the box And here comes the next pitch Swung on and hit sharply to second Treacy plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! One up, one down for NL Post WWII Sinking fastball... Banks swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down John Williams retires the first two batters in order In the dirt That's ball four Curve down low... Campanella whips his bat around and lifts it out toward left Ton is running toward the ivy This is going to be close... K. A. is at the ivy... And this ball is just another... No... K. A. leaps up and catches it! I thought that one had the distance! The wind must have held that ball in the playing field That's all for the Post-Nationals No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base... We've played three, here... NL Post WWII leads 5 to 1 Palmer taps one on the ground Eddie Mathews charges in He boots it! He can't make the throw It'll be an error on Mathews Mathews has committed 1 error this afternoon Base hit to left for Ton Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Palmer will stay at second Looped to left...and it will drop for a hit Everybody will move up a spot Half swing Chopper to the mound Fielded nicely by Koufax Over to second for one To first Not in time! Score It: 1-6 Palmer scores from third! Ton takes third The runner on first, Gazelle, is out One away for FOFC here in the top of the 4th John Williams will be up next... he will be facing the lefty Koufax... Runners on the corners A wicked curve, breaking very low Fouts golfs it to left Rose won't get it... He scoops it up and fires it in Nice piece of hitting by Dan Fouts A one base advancement for the runners It's in the dirt and bounces away Both runners will move up without a throw Wild pitch There's a drive into center Aaron is over and takes it on the second hop Here's the throw to the plate It's cut off by Banks Over to first but not in time as Tucker dives back Two run single by A. J. Tucker Gives him 21 RBI's on the season The score is knotted at 5 Tucker inches away from first base Koufax holds the runner Koufax just misses outside Ball four to Nights Hanging curve... Swung on... Hays turned that one around in a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run Rose didn't even move There is going to be a change in pitchers Sandy Koufax will hit the showers Gaylord Perry will be coming on in relief We are in the top of the 4th here at Big League Field FOFC leads 8 to 5 Potpie starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Perry walks him The ball is low and outside Did he go around? The umpire says no Ball four For Palmer, that's 1 walk today Routine grounder to short Taken by Banks Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Negro League II is edging Caribbean 2 to 1 Negro League I leads AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Paige battling Hoyt Turn of Century is giving it to Left Outs 5 to 0 AL Post WWII and NL Pre WWII have yet to score Old Timers leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Late 20th leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Perry was frozen on that fastball by Fozborg High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch That's one away Baltimore chop Into center for a single! Rose drives the ball to center for extra bases Bill Russle is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... A. J. Tucker throws the ball away for an error! Double for Rose The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Clemente swung, that's strike three Clemente isn't happy at all with that call It's popped into foul territory The ball is drifting toward the stands Potpie is after it... He leans in... reaches He can't get to it! Someone has himself a souvenir . . . Aaron back in the box And here comes the next pitch Aaron looks at ball four That pitch wasn't even close... Must have got away from Fozborg Now there are runners at the corners He rips a grounder to third Fouts grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII So After 4 innings FOFC has 8 runs, 7 hits and one error While NL Post WWII has 6 runs, 9 hits and 2 errors NL Post WWII has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 Gazelle slaps a hard grounder past short Rose is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Gazelle will hold with a clean single Treacy maneuvers to hit behind the runner Treacy hits a ground ball It's past the bag for a hit! Roberto Clemente is chasing it into the corner in right field It's in there for extra bases! Gazelle is steaming around second Coach Dick Howser is giving him the "green light" Treacy's headed for the plate... He scores... FOFC ahead 9 to 6 The hit and run works to perfection! Changeup down low... Fouts takes a rip and hits one out to center Hank Aaron comes in a step... Now he's under it... Easy out for Perry Treacy trots back to second Perry gets the first out in the inning Tucker gets jammed He still gets a good piece of it It's sliced down the left field line Drifting... Foul . . . Tucker back in the box And here comes the next pitch Swung on... Broken bat ground ball to second Picked up by Morgan Over to first... Just in time to get Tucker Treacy advances easily Two gone for FOFC Grounded down the line Mathews comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 FOFC gets 1 in the top of the 5th One run, 2 hits, no errors and one man left on base After 4 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 3 Banks drives one into right Gerald Gazelle sprints over to make the play So one up and one gone Excellent sinker pitch, outside... Mathews gets good wood on it anyway There's no doubt, that one is outta here!! Mathews circles the bases As Fozborg asks for a new ball from the umpire Now FOFC on top 9 to 7 Swung on and chopped down the third base line Fouts stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by Dan Fouts That's the second out of the inning NL Post WWII needs a win They are 4th in the standings 8.0 games out of the National lead Fozborg misses low on that one Perry draws the walk Number 2 today by Fozborg It's in on the hands Inside... ball four Morgan trots to first as Perry takes second Base hit to right for Rose Bill Russle plays it safe and stops him at third... Runners hold. Bounced towards the hole Fielded nicely by Fouts THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 5-3 And that wraps up the bottom of the 5th FOFC has 9 runs, 9 hits and one error While NL Post WWII has 7 runs, 11 hits and 2 errors NL Post WWII now has left 6 men on Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into right It's in for a base hit... Clemente quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Hays dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Hays with a single Hot line drive to short Tough chance for Banks He makes a nice play on it Score It: 6 One down for FOFC Sirr Fozborg is still in the on-deck circle and K. A. Ton is looking for a bat in the dugout Fozborg squares around He lays a beauty down the third base line Perry and Mathews collide going for the ball He recovers, picks it up And fires to first OUT!! Credit Sirr Fozborg with a sacrifice 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... Paaahhhhhpped it up....... Banks makes the easy catch! That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Aaron rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Fouts Dan fields it cleanly Over to first quickly... Easy out One gone for NL Post WWII Curve ball, just misses the corner That'll be ball four and a walk Fozborg has issued 4 bases on balls this afternoon Hit towards the middle Nice play by Treacy His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Negro League II and Caribbean are deadlocked at 4 Bankhead has hit his 1st homerun for Negro League II Negro League I besting AL Pre WWII 6 to 1 Paige enjoying the big Negro League I lead Turn of Century toppling Left Outs 11 to 4 AL Post WWII leads NL Pre WWII 1 to 0 Old Timers leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Galvin and Walsh currently dueling Late 20th is edging Japanese League 1 to 0 And right here in NL Post WWII FOFC leads 9 to 7 Fastball over the plate... Mathews swings... He hits this one very deep... K. A. Ton is giving chase... But this one is going, going... GONE! Mathews now has 2 homers on the day! Nice day indeed! He now has 13 roundtrippers on the year That is Eddie Mathews' 13th home run of the year. That's hit deep to right Gazelle trying to track it down He's at the ivy IT MIGHT BE . . . IT IS! A HOMERUN! That is Roy Campanella's 3rd home run of the year. We are going to have a pinch hitter Billy Williams will bat for Gaylord Perry It will be the lefthand hitting, Williams against the righty Fozborg Williams is hitting righties for a .181 average Fastball... Williams jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep right There goes Gazelle after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Gerald Gazelle! That ends the bottom of the 6th After 6 innings, the Post-Nationals lead by 1 Phil Niekro will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Phil has appeared in 19 games this season with a record of 1-2 In 31 innings, he has an 5.17 ERA Gaylord Perry has finished his work here this afternoon Gazelle 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! . . . Gazelle back in the box And here comes the next pitch Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Gazelle is outta there One up, one down And Treacy will sit down... strike three called One more chance for FOFC this inning Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Dan Fouts Slider pounded into the ground towards first It's by the diving Musial... Morgan chasing it down... There will be no play It's a base hit Base hit to right for Tucker Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Fouts will stay at second And Nights will sit down... strike three called And that's the final out of the inning NL Post WWII has 10 runs, 13 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has 9 runs, 12 hits and one error FOFC has left 8 men on base today It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Checked swing by Morgan Called ball four Hays motions down to the third base umpire He gives the "safe" sign with no hesitation Joe walks to lead it off Morgan moves away from first base... He has 19 stolen bases on the season Rose swings and misses at the slider Morgan is off for second on the pitch Hays takes the pitch... fires... The slide at second... Morgan is out! Nice peg by Hays Swung on... High fly ball into center Not hit well Tucker is under it... He's got it Easy chance for A. J. Off speed pitch on the way... And Clemente watches it go by for the third strike Clemente stood there like a bump on a log 2 strike outs for Clemente today That is the third out for NL Post WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 35648 NL Post WWII is making a defensive change Schmidt will bat 7th and play third Hays tries to hold up, but can't He pops one into short center Aaron is coming in hard... Morgan is racing with his back to the infield And neither is going to get it! Hays is on with the "excuse me" single! Potpie drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser wisely holds the runner at third... Double for Potpie Hit in the air to left... Rose waits for it to come down... He has it... Hays is tagging up! Here he comes... Here comes the throw home... He's... SAFE! The game is tied! It's all even now at 10 Sacrifice fly and an RBI for Gonzalez One away here in the top of the 8th The score is tied at 10 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard Negro League II and Caribbean are tied at 4 Negro League I is comfortably ahead of AL Pre WWII 7 to 1 Turn of Century jumping all over Left Outs 15 to 4 I'd hate to be Pennock right now! AL Post WWII clipping NL Pre WWII 4 to 0 Old Timers is in front of Dead Ball Era 3 to 0 Late 20th leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Piazza has hit his 2nd homerun for Late 20th 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! Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away They are issuing a free pass to Gazelle Gazelle watches ball four He takes his base Base hit to right for Treacy Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Potpie scores! Trailing runners advance. Looks like they want nothing to do with Fouts He's too good in the clutch... They'll put him on to set up the force Swung on Foul tip... Strike three as Campanella holds on to it A. J. didn't come through this time That's all for FOFC After 7 and a half innings in NL Post WWII this afternoon, FOFC leads 11 to 10 Hard slider... And Aaron takes it right down the middle Strike three called With one gone NL Post WWII will have Stan Musial coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Extra base hit to center for Musial 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 right for Banks Bill Russle puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Tommy Lasorda is going to make a change now Lou Brock will run for Ernie Banks He'll take his spot at first base now NL Post WWII now has speed on the bases Schmidt swings hard, but hits it on the handle to second Blade comes in on it On to first and Schmidt is gone Musial scores from third That's two away They're not going to pitch to Campanella They'll give him an intentional pass Oh! Knowles nearly threw ball four to the backstop Brock bluffed a move toward third Post-Nationals' skipper sends Tony Perez to the plate He'll bat for Phil Niekro Perez is batting .167 as a pinch hitter He has 1 pinch home run Base hit to left for Perez Bill Russle is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Soft liner to second Tough chance for Blade He makes a great catch! Score It: 4 Three away NL Post WWII has 12 runs, 16 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has 11 runs, 15 hits and one error There have been a lot of stranded baserunners in this game NL Post WWII has left 10 And FOFC has left 11 Jim Bunning will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Jim has appeared in 17 games this season He has a record of 2-6 with 5 saves His ERA stands at 5.58 NL Post WWII's defensive changes are... Schoendienst will bat 6th and play SS Nights hits a three hopper towards Red Schoendienst Schoendienst scoops it and fires it to first for the out NL Post WWII gets the first out of the inning... Bunning needs two more outs to stop FOFC Slow ground ball Morgan is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One more chance for FOFC in the top of the 9th Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Jeeberoni Potpie Curve in the dirt... and Potpie holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Campanella asks the first base ump's opinion He says Potpie went around Strike three, swinging And that will do it for FOFC NL Post WWII wins 12 to 11 Niekro gets credit for the win Bunning notches the save Knowles takes the loss The hitting star for NL Post WWII was Eddie Mathews He was 2 for 3 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from NL Post WWII. |
GAME 46 - Monday, May 20th - Boxscore
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FOFC Manager Update
I make it though the press conference without hitting any of the writers (not an easy task). In fact, I didn't even raise my voice, but I will admit answering some questions with a pretty peturbed tone of voice. I get home, get to sleep and wake up the next morning to read how the "Magic is Gone" and that "FOFCers are a Flash in the Pan". I want to scream, but I don't, remembering I'm in a hotel. I open to the baseball section and see how we are doing in the standings... |
The National Herald - Tuesday, May 21st
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TE, By my quick calculations I count 37 runs scored in your 10 starts so 3.7 runs per game (aren't you impressed with how I figured that one out? :D ) However, one of those starts you received 8 runs of support. Take that away and your are looking at 3.22 runs per start. |
sorry coach, droped the ball on with that start...that team though, their pretty good
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GAME 47 - TUESDAY, MAY 21st - Radio Broadcast
In an effort to stop the bleading Benton has decided to go with his ACE Babson on short rest rather than turning the ball over to Hunter. Babson will be facing off against the 6 - 3 Marichial. The lineups are: A.Tucker CF J.Nights SS D.Gonzalez 1B S.Gunner LF P.Pflaggstettler RF D.Palmer 3B B.Bullock C S.Treacy 2B B.Babson P J.Morgan 2B P.Rose LF R.Clemente RF H.Aaron CF S.Musial 1B E.Mathews 3B E.Banks SS R.Campanella C J.Marichal P Curve ball... Tucker swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! And there's one away Curve ball... Nights swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Two down Juan Marichal retires the first two batters in a row He rips a grounder to first Musial to Marichal covering first Score It: 3-1 That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for FOFC No runs, no hits and no errors NL Post WWII is coming to bat Low slider... Morgan takes a big rip at it... Lofts a deep fly ball... It could be going... IT IS!!... HOME RUN FOR NL Post WWII! Rose hits one on the ground to the left side Pete, who moves well, is motoring to first Nights wings it quickly to Gonzalez... OUT by a step NL Post WWII with one away Babson steps off the mound as he waits for Roberto Clemente to come to the plate Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Clemente is outta there With two gone, NL Post WWII on top 1 to 0 in the bottom of the 1st Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Aaron swings way over it He was fooled completely Bullock loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Hank as he was heading for the dugout That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII By the way, NL Post WWII is 5 and 5 in their last ten games There's a towering fly ball hit by Gunner Clemente sprints over, and makes the catch Marichal gets the first out in the inning High heater from Marichal... Pflaggstettler cuts at it... Hits a bouncer right side... It goes by the diving Morgan and Musial It's into right for a single Pflaggstettler takes his turn and holds at first Base hit to left for Palmer Pflaggstettler is being held at second by Dick Howser Pflaggstettler will stay at second Screaming liner towards third Tough chance for Mathews He makes a nice play on it He throws to Morgan OUT! Double Play! Score It: 5-4 That's all for FOFC After 1 and a half innings in NL Post WWII this evening, NL Post WWII on top 1 to 0 Musial swings and hits a high fly to right It is right along the line... He is over at the ivy... reaches... It's going to be close... Just out of the reach of He Foul ball into the seats He would have had a chance in most other parks Only a smidgen of foul ground out there at Big League Field . . . Musial back in the box And here comes the next pitch Did he hold up his swing? YES! It's a walk That's not the best way to start an inning. A high foul, straight back Bullock doesn't know where the ball is Babson is pointing him to it Now Bullock sees it... near the screen Nope, he can't make the catch... The ball is on the screen . . . Mathews back in the box And here comes the next pitch It is a high hard one... Mathews goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Mathews couldn't hold back That's one away Fastball down low... Banks swings and hits one out to center A. J. Tucker is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Babson Musial trots back to first Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Campanella laces a hit into the outfield Persimmon Pflaggstettler picks it up Fires it to the infield Campanella holds with a single Stroked to first Clean single for Marichal NL Post WWII adds to their lead NL Post WWII on top 2 to 0 Low and inside It hit him on the foot! Morgan tried to dance out of the way But it got him STRIKE THREE! A dancing curveball on the outside corner Babson fooled him... a clutch pitch NL Post WWII gets 1 in the bottom of the 2nd One run, 2 hits, no errors and 3 men left on base After 2 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 2 Treacy rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Aaron is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Hank Aaron One down for FOFC Brian Babson is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Hard ground ball to short Banks grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 NL Post WWII ahead 2 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Caribbean is edging Negro League II 4 to 3 AL Pre WWII and Negro League I are deadlocked at 1 Left Outs with the lead over Turn of Century 3 to 0 NL Pre WWII leads AL Post WWII 1 to 0 Ott has hit his 17th homerun for NL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era with the lead over Old Timers 3 to 0 Late 20th is edging Japanese League 3 to 2 Tucker slaps a hard grounder past second Clemente is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Tucker will hold with a clean single Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Jeff looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! That's it for FOFC Here at Big League Field, After 2 and a half innings, NL Post WWII has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 on base NL Post WWII has stranded 3 It's hit high and deep Stan Gunner giving chase He's on the warning track IT MIGHT BE . . . NO, IT'S CAUGHT! Score It: 7 One gone for NL Post WWII Aaron swings and sends a high fly to right It is hugging the line... Pflaggstettler is over at the ivy... It's going to be close... It's just foul! Aaron just missed on that one . . . Aaron back in the box And here comes the next pitch Aaron fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of short Nights is over quickly Easy out Two out, nobody on NL Post WWII on top 2 to 0 Swung on and hit sharply to second Treacy plays it on one bounce Over to Gonzalez... Out of there! That ends the bottom of the 3rd No runs, no hits and no errors After 3 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 2 Hit right back to Marichal On to first and Gonzalez is gone One up, one down A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! That's the second out of the inning High and away Ball four Palmer watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Deacon, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Marichal just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate We head to the bottom of the 4th here in NL Post WWII... Still 2-0, NL Post WWII Drilled deep to right field This one is deep! FORGET IT, IT'S GONE!!! That is Eddie Mathews' 14th home run of the year. Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Campanella hits a screamer at Jeff Nights Nights picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play Two down for NL Post WWII in the bottom of the 4th NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 0 Juan Marichal offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Marichal couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Jeff Nights for the out Marichal never even left the batter's box That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII So After 4 innings NL Post WWII has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 3 hits and no errors NL Post WWII has left 3 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 3 Bullock hits a drive down the line Pete Rose dives for it, but can't make the play Bullock coasts into second base with a double Almost a great snag by Rose Base hit to right for Treacy Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Babson squares Babson lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Babson might beat it out... Fielded by R.Campanella the throw to first... Out Babson gets the job done. While we wait for A. J. Tucker to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard Caribbean with the lead over Negro League II 6 to 3 AL Pre WWII and Negro League I are all knotted at 1 Gomez battling Rogan Left Outs clipping Turn of Century 4 to 0 NL Pre WWII is giving it to AL Post WWII 5 to 0 Dead Ball Era is on top of Old Timers 5 to 3 Late 20th is edging Japanese League 4 to 3 And in our matchup NL Post WWII on top 3 to 0 OK, let's see if FOFC can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 3 Drilled deep to left field Rose trying to track it down He grabs it Nice play! Bullock is tagging up He'll make it easily Score It: 7 That's two away Nights hits a high pop into short left field Mathews and Banks sprint towards the outfield Here comes Rose Banks puts his glove out... Makes a lucky catch in front of Rose!! Nights chokes in the clutch! That ends the inning After 4 and a half innings, NL Post WWII leads by 2 There's a shot off the bat of Joe Morgan But it's right at Treacy who makes the catch of the line drive Morgan throws his bat into the dirt in disgust One down for NL Post WWII Pete Rose is still in the on-deck circle and Roberto Clemente is looking for a bat in the dugout Sinking line drive Caught by Sean Treacy Two up, two down for the Post-Nationals Comebacker, right to Babson Over to Gonzalez for the easy out That's all for the Post-Nationals... After 5 innings here at Big League Field in NL Post WWII, NL Post WWII leads 3 to 1 It's a routine fly into center Aaron ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Marichal retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 6th It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Morgan is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! NL Post WWII gets the second out of the inning Pflaggstettler chases the high fastball... Hammers a LONG towering drive... Hit to deep left center... HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE! A big blast by Pflaggstettler! There's a ground ball into the hole Mathews and Banks converge on it It's picked by Banks who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! That retires the side The All Stars score 1 run in the inning After 5 and a half innings, NL Post WWII ahead 3 to 2 Sharp breaking curveball... Aaron reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Nights... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Gonzalez at first! Aaron is out easily FOFC gets the first out of the inning Fastball... down and away... Babson just misses the corner... ball four That's 2 walks given up by Babson today Changeup... Ties Mathews up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! Fastball OUCH! It hit Banks! Now Banks gets up and brushes himself off He's not thrilled with being drilled! The ump tells Banks to take his base There's a routine pop by Campanella Jeff Nights moves under the ball And makes the routine catch After 6 innings NL Post WWII leads 3 to 2 Bullock tries to hold up Campanella points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! With one down, up next is Sean Treacy To be followed by Brian Babson Fastball... low and away, ball four Marichal puts the tying run on base Not a good idea Strike three swinging Throw down to first is not in time Campanella tried to catch Treacy napping But Ton is retired on the strike out Number 7 on the evening for Marichal 56 this year One more chance for FOFC in the top of the 7th Tucker sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Aaron Aaron gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium center Three down for FOFC They are 1 run behind Let me point out that coming in to today's game FOFC is 13 and 6 in one run games NL Post WWII has a 10 and 8 record in these "duels" It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Sinking fastball... Marichal swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step So one up and one gone It's grounded past the mound Treacy races to his right Nights to his left Treacy scoops it up Throws on one bounce to Gonzalez... Joe beats it out! Morgan takes a walking lead Morgan has stolen 19 bases in 25 attempts in 1900 Fozborg holds the runner Base hit to right for Rose Third base coach Bill Russle thinks he can make it... Here comes Morgan... The throw is cut off... That holds Rose at first Change up, a gem... Heeee struck him out! Two down Due up next is Hank Aaron Let's see what happens now Change up, a gem... Aaron is way out in front Heeee struck him out! Hank looked like Casey on that pitch That is the third out for NL Post WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46178 Nights waves at the fastball Strike Three! Jeff has been doing a lot "waving" this evening 3 strike outs on the night! 8 for Marichal And there's one away Gonzalez hits a fly ball to right Roberto Clemente camps under it He's got it Two down Marichal gets the first two batters here in the top of the 8th Juan comes in there with a dipsy-do And it freezes Gunner He can't get the bat off his shoulder as he watches it just catch the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 7 and a half innings, NL Post WWII leads 3 to 2 Rodney loses him Musial heads down to first 3 walks today for Musial Base hit to right for Mathews Bill Russle puts up the stop sign... Musial will stay at second Banks rocks one deep This is really hit It's going... going... FOUL! Man, the wind really robbed Banks . . . Banks back in the box And here comes the next pitch Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Gunner And he has it One down... Roy Campanella is due up next Let's see what happens now Ripped to third, but right at Palmer...easy out NL Post WWII on top 3 to 2 with two away this inning We are going to have a pinch hitter Billy Williams will bat for Juan Marichal It will be the lefthand hitting, Williams against the righty Rodney Williams is hitting righties for a .178 average Williams drives the ball to center for extra bases Musial scores Bill Russle is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... All runners are safe! Double for Williams Morgan is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That ends the bottom of the 8th After 8 innings, the Post-Nationals lead by 3 Jim Bunning will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Jim has appeared in 18 games this season He has a record of 2-6 with 6 saves His ERA stands at 5.40 Hard slider... And Pflaggstettler takes it right down the middle Strike three called With one down Musial yells something out to Bunning Jim nods his head Shallow fly ball Clemente charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Palmer stops at first That's a single Hot shot grounded to short Taken by Banks Throws to second He's out Over to first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Palmer, is out Two gone for FOFC Treacy gets good wood on it! Right at Ernie Banks... He leaps up high... It's past him! Bullock had to wait on that to see if it would be caught He'll have to stop at second on that wicked line single by Treacy It's right down the pike! Strike three looking! Bunning crossed Potpie up that time And that will do it for FOFC NL Post WWII wins 5 to 2 Marichal gets credit for the win Bunning notches the save Babson takes the loss The hitting star for NL Post WWII was Joe Morgan He was 2 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from NL Post WWII. |
GAME 47 - Tuesday, May 21st - Boxscore
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FOFC Manger Update
We lose another one and as I'm heading down the tunnel to the club house I'm scratching my head wondering how a team withe 3 guys in the league leaders for lowest ERA can get on a losing streak this long. And it isn't like we don't have hitters...we had 4 starters in the lineup tonight that finished the game above a .300 average. Sal Maglie passes me and says as he goes by..."Might want to think about making a sacrafice to the baseball gods" After a short pause he yells, "Anyone got a live chicken handy?" |
GAME 48 - Wednesday, May 22nd - Radio Broadcast
"Rob Nielsen's turn to see if he can stop the bleading," says play by play man Red Barber. "Rob's got the kind of personality you like to have in a situation like this. A little bit of a chip on his shoulder, and a tough personna. I think he's going to get it done," answers color guy Hal McRae. Barber adds,"He'll have his work cut out for him, going against Tom Seaver who only lost 1 so far this season." Well Benton's line up for tonight goes like this: A.Tucker CF - who's hitting over .300 and has a nice 10 game hitting streak going J.Nights SS - also hitting over .300 and is really setting the table nicely P.Pflaggstettler RF - coming off a slump but played well last night with a 2 for 3 performance J.Potpie 1B - the all-stars really need this guy to get hot again. D.Palmer 3B - solid season thus far, but more power from this slot would help H.Hays C - he's been fantastic on offense and defense S.Gunner LF - going with the power hitting lefty against the righty Seaver S.Treacy 2B - boy has this guy stepped up. Blad has been struggling at the plate, but Treacy has been solid since being inserted into the starting lineup. R.Nielsen P - another no hitter would be real nice for this team right about now The Post Nationals go with... J.Morgan 2B - power, speed, average - very dangerous guy at the top of the order P.Rose LF - ironically the best thing that may have happened to the post-nationals is Mays getting hurt, because Rose has been an awesome table setter for the this team. R.Clemente RF - continues to pound the ball consistently H.Aaron CF - been great since coming back from the early season injury S.Musial 1B - as good a lefty as there is in the game R.Campanella C - starting to get more playing time and the bat is coming around because of it. E.Banks SS - power from the ss position M.Schmidt 3B - getting his start against the lefty T.Seaver P - dangerous hitter as well as pitcher. Fly ball to center Aaron is under it He makes the grab Seaver retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 1st Fastball... Nights jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Aaron after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Hank Aaron! That's the second out of the inning Pflaggstettler hits a three hopper towards Tom Seaver Seaver scoops it and fires it to first for the out Sinking fastball... Morgan swings over the top of it... Hammers a hard grounder right at Nights... He scoops it up, throws to first... Out by a step One gone for NL Post WWII Nielsen comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Rose As he swings right through it for strike three Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in order Ground ball to third Palmer comes up with it Over to first HE THREW IT AWAY! That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC Curve, down low... Swung on and missed Strike three right by Aaron Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it! That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII By the way, NL Post WWII is 6 and 4 in their last ten games The pitch is just inside and Potpie holds up Campanella points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Jeeberoni trots down to first... ball four Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Rose And he has it One away here in the top of the 2nd We're scoreless While we have time, let's check the scoreboard Negro League II and Caribbean have yet to score AL Pre WWII and Negro League I are scoreless Left Outs clipping Turn of Century 6 to 2 Dead Ball Era is on top of Old Timers 2 to 0 Chesbro battling Radbourn Japanese League and Late 20th have yet to score Swung on and missed... Hays is down on strikes And there's two away Seaver's pitch is a sinking fastball Gunner tries to hold up Ball four Campanella points down to third He did not go around Swung on...and it's in the air to the right side Backing just a bit is Clemente And he pulls it in That retires the side... Treacy fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, no hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Musial really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Tucker has a shot at it He leaps for it at the ivy... OUT!!! One out Due up next is Roy Campanella Slow ground ball Nights is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two down Fastball, lined to center... Base hit for Banks... Tucker over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Banks at first Ground ball to short Nights comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the Post-Nationals in the 2nd inning No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... We head to the 3rd... No score Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 61 on the season for Seaver One down, nobody on Game tied Good slider, inside part of the plate Tucker gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Morgan grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two gone for FOFC Nights really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Aaron was positioned well and has a shot at it He is still running... On the warning track... He jumps... It's off the wall Getting past him! Up in a hurry... Hank fires it in to Morgan on a line but Nights has himself a stand-up double arriving ahead of the throw They are issuing a free pass to Pflaggstettler Here's the 3-0 pitch Ball four, Pflaggstettler takes his base Off speed pitch on the way... And Potpie watches it go by for the third strike That'll do it in the top of the 3rd No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base Scoreless game And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Curveball... BALL FOUR! Always nice to get a lead off walk... but especially in a tie ballgame! Morgan squares around He bunts the ball . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by D.Palmer the throw to first... Out Morgan gets the job done. And there's one away Struck him out on a terrible pitch That bounced in front of the plate! and Rose couldn't hold up his swing! Almost broke his back trying though... Looping fly to center A. J. Tucker charges the ball It falls in front of him NL Post WWII takes the lead NL Post WWII on top 1 to 0 Clemente takes a walking lead Clemente has stolen 2 bases in 3 attempts in 1900 Nielsen continues to hold the runner close Pounded on the ground to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII So After 3 innings NL Post WWII has one run, 2 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and one error NL Post WWII has left 2 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 Palmer gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Banks into the outfield... Base hit for Palmer The All Stars try the hit and run! Hays raps a hard grass cutter toward third Schmidt takes two steps to his left Scoops it up Over to second for one Back to first for the deuce! One more chance for FOFC in the top of the 4th Off-speed pitch... Gunner swings at it... Hits a high fly to deep center Aaron bolting after it... This one might carry all the way Aaron jumps for it... He reaches up and makes the catch! Hank went a long way for that That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean leads Negro League II 1 to 0 AL Pre WWII is in front of Negro League I 3 to 0 Lyons comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII Left Outs bombing Turn of Century 10 to 2 Dead Ball Era is on top of Old Timers 2 to 0 Japanese League and Late 20th are scoreless And in our contest NL Post WWII leads 1 to 0 Routine grounder to second Treacy scoops it up Over to first for the out One out The Post-Nationals have a 1 run lead Bounced towards the hole Palmer comes up with it But he throws the ball away! Score It: Single + E5 Campanella to third There's a deep drive in the gap by Banks That looks like an easy two-bagger A. J. Tucker picks it up on one bounce Banks cruises into second Nielsen comes in there with a dipsy-do And Schmidt is frozen stiff... He can only watch as the ball just nips the "black" of the plate... STRIKE THREE! Outside slider... He goes after it... Seaver smashes a very high fly into deep center Gunner and Tucker converge on it Tucker pulls up.. So does Gunner!!... They both can only look up... That ball is outta here! Swung on and drilled into right Pflaggstettler going back... The ball is over his head And there's Morgan around first base heading for second Pflaggstettler chases down the ball, throws... It's on the money... The slide... SAFE!... Morgan has himself a double That's 5 doubles for Morgan on the year That made it 353 feet to the right field corner It bounced off the 11 foot high ivy just left of the foul pole Grounded towards the sack Palmer grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 5-3 That does it for NL Post WWII here in the bottom of the 4th But they pick up 3 runs So After 4 innings, NL Post WWII ahead 4 to 0 Sinking fastball... Treacy swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Banks... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One down for FOFC Rob Nielsen is still in the on-deck circle and A. J. Tucker is looking for a bat in the dugout Struck him out on a fastball Nielsen goes down swinging That's the second out of the inning Hard slider, paints the inside corner Tucker gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Musial grabs it... Races to first... Beats Tucker for the out After 4 and a half innings tonight, the Post-Nationals lead by 4 In the dirt And Clemente holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Aaron held up, and draws a walk Nielsen isn't happy at all with that call NL Post WWII already up by 4 runs Musial lifts a flyball to left Gunner doesn't have to move He gloves it Score It: 7 And Campanella will sit down... strike three called That's out number two All Stars' pitching coach, Sal Maglie, is out to talk with Nielsen Looks like he wants to go over something with him A high hopper to second Treacy grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 The Post-Nationals fail to capitalize So for NL Post WWII in the bottom of the 5th, No runs, no hits, no errors and 2 men left on base nd 2 men left on base Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on... It's a high bounding ball... Through the infield into center by Nights That's 2 hits for Nights this game Stretching to his lead is Nights He has this down to a science He is an outstanding base stealer He gives opposing teams fits The runner unable to take a big lead Seaver keeps looking him back Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three That's one away Potpie sends a scorcher to third Schmidt takes it on one hop Fires to Morgan for one Back to Musial for the double play! That wraps it up in the top half of the 6th The Post-Nationals lead 4-0 Drilled on the ground to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 NL Post WWII with one away Nielsen steps off the mound as he waits for Tom Seaver to come to the plate Swung on and hit on the nose to right Pflaggstettler picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Seaver is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it Seaver moves away from first base... He has 7 stolen bases on the season The runner can't seem to get a good lead Fastball, up in the strike zone Swung on... It's a swinging bunt... Nielsen charges in, barehands it THROWS TO SECOND!... OUT AT SECOND! Score this one a force out That's two away Morgan takes his lead Nielsen steps away from the mound... Now Morgan moves back to first He's not getting far from the bag Nielsen loses him Rose heads down to first Change of pace Clemente is way out in front STRIKE THREE swinging Number 6 so far today for Nielsen So that's it for NL Post WWII They fail to score against Nielsen In the bottom of the 6th for NL Post WWII No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base Fly ball to right Clemente is under it He grabs it for the out One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League II is in front of Caribbean 6 to 3 AL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead of Negro League I 7 to 1 Left Outs bombing Turn of Century 14 to 6 Wilson has hit his 4th homerun for Left Outs Dead Ball Era is giving it to Old Timers 5 to 0 Late 20th leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Clemens and Starffin currently dueling And in our matchup NL Post WWII leads 4 to 0 There's a towering fly ball hit by Hays Aaron sprints over, and makes the catch Two up, two down Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Campanella fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Gunner Three outs, just like that Tommy Lasorda and Seaver exchange smiles as the pitcher steps into the dugout What a game he is pitching It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Aaron hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into left for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Musial smashes a shot into deep right-center Tucker races over Pflaggstettler is also coming hard They collide! Tucker picks the ball up Fires it in Aaron held up He only makes it to third It looks as though they'll put him on... Yes, Hays is calling for the free pass And there's ball four That fills the bases for NL Post WWII Banks swings and lifts one toward right Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... NL Post WWII finally gets the first out in the bottom of the 7th Manager Benton Breeze is talking with bench coach Chuck Tanner in the NL Post WWII dugout STEEE... RIKE THREE! Kronside catches him looking Schmidt doesn't get it done NL Post WWII ahead 4 to 0 with two away this inning Grounded towards the hole Nice play by Palmer THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 5-3 That is the third out for NL Post WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 30857 Grounded down the line Musial flips to Seaver covering Score It: 3-1 One down for FOFC K. A. Ton is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC It's a routine fly into right Clemente ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Two gone for FOFC Time is running out for them Tucker swings hard... Nobody is going to get this one... Yes sir! Tucker will have himself a single And he extends his hitting streak to 11 games! 1 for 4 on the evening Nights sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Clemente Clemente gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium right FOFC comes up empty here in the top of the 8th No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 7 and a half innings, NL Post WWII still out in front, 4-0 Morgan 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 Morgan is retired Nice play by the FOFC short stop One out Pete Rose is due up next Rose hits a screamer at Jace Kronside Kronside picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Rose is out! Nice play by Potpie Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Clemente swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Roberto as he was heading for the dugout That's it for NL Post WWII Here at Big League Field, After 8 innings, NL Post WWII has 4 runs, 9 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 4 hits and 2 errors NL Post WWII has left 8 on base FOFC has stranded 5 Swung on and hit to left... It's down the line... and deep Rose runs over toward the foul pole Pete won't get this one... Fair or foul???... FAIRBALL is the signal! Say "so long" to the shutout! FOFC is on the board... It's 4-1, NL Post WWII Ground ball to the left side... Banks scoops it up Over to first for the putout With one down Musial yells something out to Seaver Tom nods his head Deacon Palmer swings It's a rocket shot It is just past Stan Musial Base hit! That one was really hit! The Whiff! Seaver punches Hays out! Two down Campanella asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Campanella and Seaver Hard ground ball to second Morgan comes up with it Over to Musial Got him! Score It: 4-3 And that will do it for FOFC NL Post WWII wins 4 to 1 Seaver gets credit for the win Nielsen takes the loss The hitting star for NL Post WWII was Ernie Banks He was 2 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from NL Post WWII. |
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