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GAME 78 - JUNE 24 - RADIO BROADCAST
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Cannonball Redding with his 5 and 7 record Will be facing A. J. Tucker Here we go, well almost... Here comes Santop out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start Cannonball rocks and fires There's a towering fly ball hit by Tucker Hill sprints over, and makes the catch One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Here's Jeff Nights We're in the top of the 1st Redding has the sign from Santop The pitch is on the way Nights hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at short Brown dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the short stop, Willard Brown! Two down Santop asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Santop and Redding Making his way up is Pflaggstettler Redding is slow to get ready He has a 2.81 ERA this year Now he's ready Here's the righthander's delivery Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Santop fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Pflaggstettler Redding sets the All Stars down in order FOFC has taken the field In the home-half of the first inning Let's take a moment To line up the visitors' defense... In leftfield for FOFC this afternoon is Ton... with Tucker in center and Pflaggstettler in right Around the diamond, from third to first It's Palmer, Nights, Treacy and Potpie... The battery consists of Williams on the mound and Bullock behind the plate... First batter for the Twos will be Spotswood Poles Stepping in and then stepping out again Poles looks to third for a sign Spotswood is set for the pitch Williams brings it to the plate Stroked to short Clean single for Poles Spotswood Poles wastes no time getting things going in the first inning Poles inches away from the base Williams steps off the rubber Looks Poles back to the bag Wright squares around He lays a beauty down the first base line Williams and Potpie collide going for the ball Williams recovers, picks it up and fires to first OUT!! Credit Wild Bill Wright with a sacrifice One out Due up next is Willard Brown Brown moseys up to the plate Louis Santop is heading for the on-deck circle Brown is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Williams studies his sign Williams brings it to the plate Brown goes after Williams' fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Ton is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... He goes up after it... And brings it down in the webbing! Willard just missed a homer on that one Only a long out for the Negro League II shortstop Two down Santop is up now for Negro League II A base hit should score Poles Bullock flashes the sign... Williams shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Williams fires Santop tries to hold up, but can't... Strike three! Williams took something off of that back door breaking ball He had Santop way out in front John Williams holds the Twos scoreless in the first Jeeberoni Potpie stepping in He will be the first batter for FOFC We are in the top of the 2nd We're scoreless Potpie needs to get on... He has a .375 on base percentage Potpie waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The windup, the pitch Hard slider... Potpie swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Poles is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Jeeberoni FOFC third baseman, Deacon Palmer, is up next Deacon Palmer is hitting .296 this year against righthanded pitchers Waiting for the pitch is Palmer The righthander delivers Palmer raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Marcelle just got his glove up in time Great reflexes That's one away One out, nobody on base K. A. Ton is the batter Ton is one of the most feared sluggers The right-hander Redding is set to deliver to Ton Bankhead comes in a couple steps Yells something to Redding The delivery Ton swings It's a drooper into shallow left field Brown is running with his back to the infield He reaches up... What a grab! That's the second out of the inning Billy Bullock will step in to face Redding next If he gets on, Sean Treacy will follow Bullock is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a respectable .280 for FOFC Bullock is set for the pitch The pitch on the way, here it is... Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! And that retires the side The first baseman Wilson will lead off for the Twos He'll be followed by Sam Bankhead And then Oliver Marcelle Wilson a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Williams A battle of lefties... Jud is eagerly awaiting Williams' pitch Williams kicks and fires Hit right back to Williams On to first and Wilson is gone With one down, up next is Sam Bankhead To be followed by Oliver Marcelle Now batting will be Sam Bankhead The second baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC leads Negro League II by 1 run Williams is on the third-base side of the rubber... The pitch to Bankhead... Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Bankhead hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into center for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Bankhead moves away from first base... He has 6 stolen bases on the season Williams' move keeps Bankhead guessing He's not getting a very good lead And it brings up Oliver Marcelle On deck is Pete Hill Cannonball Redding in the hole Williams shakes off two signs Now he's ready Williams checks Bankhead on first... The 2-1 delivery Screaming liner towards second Treacy grabs it for the out He fires it to Potpie OUT! Double Play! Score It: 4-3 That's all for the Twos After 2 innings in Negro League II this afternoon, FOFC on top 1 to 0 Here's the second baseman Treacy To lead off the inning He'll be followed by John Williams And then A. J. Tucker So far this season Treacy is hitting .291 when facing righthanded pitching Treacy is waiting on the pitch Here's the 3-2 pitch Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Treacy was frozen on that fastball by Redding High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Williams finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Redding toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Santop Redding winds and delivers Right down the middle... strike three Williams must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch Two up, two down Walking up to the plate now is Tucker Jeff Nights waits on deck Cannonball Redding steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Here's the 3-1 offering 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 15 games! 1 for 2 on the afternoon Jeff Nights will get a crack at Redding next Persimmon Pflaggstettler would be up next... But only if Nights can reach safely Nights goes through his routine of settling in Redding steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Redding goes into his stretch... Looks over at Tucker Fires to Wilson... Tucker is back easily... We're ready again Now Redding comes home Swung on and missed by Nights, he's down on strikes That ends the top of the 3rd No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 2 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 1 The Twos will send Hill, Cannonball Redding, and Spotswood Poles up to the plate this inning Williams steps on the rubber The lefthander winds and delivers Slider, inside corner of the plate... Swung on... Slashed over the infield... Single for Hill... He takes a big turn and holds up Potpie and Hill are cracking up Joe Carter must've told 'em a good joke We'll have to ask what it was after the game Cannonball Redding squares to bunt And lays it down right to Deacon Palmer Palmer looks at second But passes up a possible force play He fires to first to retire Redding But Hill moves up FOFC gets the first out of the inning Spotswood Poles is up next Hill, who can fly is at second Williams and Bullock will be on their toes FOFC is only ahead by 1 Poles has managed a .374 average against lefthanders this year Poles awaits the delivery Nights trying to slip in behind Hill Now he slips away Here's the 1-1 offering Poles hits a three hopper towards John Williams Williams scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's two away Next up is Wild Bill Wright Hill is the runner on second He represents the tying run Wright, a switch-hitter, batting right-handed against the lefty John Williams Wright awaits the delivery Here comes the cripple pitch Base hit to left for Wright Willie Randolph is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Next up is Willard Brown, the Negro League II shortstop Brown is 0 for 1 today Williams is happy with the sign It's coming down the pike A slider by Williams Brown gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! The side is retired One run, 2 hits, no errors and one man left on base Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz Santop fires the ball down to Brown He starts it around the infield To Bankhead, Wilson And then to Marcelle walking it over to Redding Pflaggstettler steps in to face the righthander Here we go in the top of the 4th Pflaggstettler has a .320 average against righthanders this season Three straight balls... Now Pflaggstettler has to zone in on this next offering Will Dick Howser give him the hit sign? He brings it home The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Pflaggstettler held up, and draws a walk Redding isn't happy at all with that call Potpie saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers Redding steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Redding goes into his stretch... Looks at Pflaggstettler... He fires one to Wilson... Pflaggstettler dives back in That's his best move to first... Wilson lobs it back Now Redding comes home Potpie watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Jeeberoni, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Redding just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate And there's one away Palmer now at the plate K. A. Ton waits on deck Palmer can't seem to get settled at the plate Right-hander Redding eyes the righty Palmer He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Pflaggstettler dives back in!... SAFE! Wilson tosses it back to Redding Now here's the pitch Base hit to left for Palmer Third base coach Dick Howser doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Pflaggstettler will stay at second K. A. Ton is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board K. A. is hitting at .255 on the year He has 25 hits in 98 at bats This includes 4 doubles, 2 triples 7 home runs and 17 RBI's Redding squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Redding checks the runners Hard slider... And Ton takes it right down the middle Strike three called The score is knotted at 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Caribbean with the lead over Japanese League 3 to 0 Gonzalez has hit his 15th homerun for Caribbean AL Pre WWII leads Turn of Century 1 to 0 NL Post WWII slipping by Dead Ball Era 4 to 2 AL Post WWII besting Left Outs 6 to 1 Negro League I winning over Old Timers 7 to 1 FOFC sends the catcher, Billy Bullock, up to the plate Two men on, two men out Redding eyes Bullock intently Redding's righthanded delivery... Strike Three! Redding has now struck out 8 and we are only in fourth! That's it for FOFC Here at Shadowball Stadium, After 3 and a half innings, Negro League II has one run, 4 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 on base Negro League II has stranded 2 The catcher Santop will start things off for the Twos Santop is 0 for 1 today Williams is ready quickly Now to the belt, here it is... Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Santop! One up, one down for Negro League II Coming up for Negro League II is Jud Wilson Nobody on base, one out Wilson is batting .271 with 9 HR's this year Williams adjusts his cap... Now he's set The southpaw Williams' delivery Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Nights It's by him... Ton comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Wilson to a single Bankhead is up next Negro League II has a runner at first and one out Bankhead grips the bat handle Sam seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now The lefty Williams delivers It's a rainbow shot toward left Ton reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch With two gone, The score is knotted at 1 in the bottom of the 4th Marcelle leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Oliver seems to always make contact He rarely strikes out A good man for the hit and run Marcelle awaits the pitch Williams' 2-2 pitch... Base hit to right for Marcelle Willie Randolph puts up the stop sign... Wilson will stay at second First base coach Joe Carter wants a word with Marcelle... Now we're all set to go... Pete Hill steps in Hill is at .288 on the season Williams looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... Williams brings it to the plate Change up, belt high... Hill drills a shot out into right Pflaggstettler gloves it cleanly on the first bounce Wilson scores from second... And into third goes Marcelle As the throw comes into second Hill comes through in the clutch! Cannonball Redding is up next Negro League II's pitcher finds 2 on with 2 outs Cannonball takes a couple of practice cuts Redding is poised and ready for the pitch The runners take their leads The southpaw delivers Redding swings and lifts one toward center Tucker drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... And that will do it for Negro League II Sean Treacy to lead things off for FOFC Negro League II with a 1 run lead The visitors will try to quiet the crowd A few base runners would do the trick Treacy will be batting lefty versus Redding The switch hitter is 0 for 1 today .266 average on the year Last time up Sean struck out Treacy gets ready for Redding's pitch His bat is cocked Now Cannonball delivers Treacy lifts a flyball towards Spotswood Poles Poles seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Poles stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Poles One away... Wilson is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Marcelle also... Now they return to their positions Up next for the visiting All Stars John Williams, their pitcher Williams scuffs up the lines around the box The bat is cocked The windup, and the 0-1 pitch It's a high fly to deep center Wright is on his horse It is carrying to the fence Wild Bill jumps... Leaping catch... No, it pops out of his glove Williams will get a two-base hit That'll bring up All Stars' center fielder A. J. Tucker... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second Stepping out, Tucker looks into the dugout Steps back in He's waiting on the pitch Still waiting... Now he steps out of the box... We have a game of cat and mouse going on OK, now we're ready to go as Tucker steps back in The righthander Redding delivers Fastball, belt high, away... Tucker goes after it... There's a fly ball to Poles Poles is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run And there's two away The shortstop, Jeff Nights is up for the All Stars We are in the top of the 5th Nights steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jeff is 0 for 2 today Redding gets the sign, it's one he likes Cannonball looks over his shoulder at Williams Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Nights hits a high pop into short left field Marcelle and Brown sprint towards the outfield Here comes Poles Brown puts his glove out... Makes a lucky catch in front of Poles!! Nights chokes in the clutch! That's all for FOFC After 4 and a half innings in Negro League II this afternoon, Negro League II on top 2 to 1 Poles is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Poles steps out of the box... Looks towards Willie Randolph for a sign Poles waits Here's his delivery Hard ground ball to the mound Fielded nicely by Williams His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 One gone for Negro League II Planting his right foot Wright is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Wright Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock The lefthander delivers Hot shot grounded to first Potpie to Williams covering first Score It: 3-1 Two down John Williams retires the first two batters in a row Brown coming up for Negro League II Nobody on, two away Brown is batting .243 with 7 HR's this year Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Williams is into his windup Here's the pitch Brown rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Palmer Brown takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Ton to get that ball in quickly Brown watches Williams carefully As he stretches out to his lead From the lead looks like Brown may go... Throw to first, back in time... Close play... Now he's staying closer to the bag Louis Santop steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Brown is at first We'll see how they pitch to Santop Williams has the sign from Bullock Williams brings it to the plate 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 all for the Twos No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... After five complete... Negro League II on top 2 to 1 Persimmon Pflaggstettler up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Persimmon is batting .313 with 12 home runs on the season He is 0 for 1 today Persimmon stands with bat ready Now the delivery, here is is... Pflaggstettler swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Marcelle and skips out to Poles Pflaggstettler rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Pflaggstettler returns to first as Spotswood gets a nice throw in to Bankhead Potpie gets set at the plate Pflaggstettler takes his lead Santop flashes the sign to Redding Redding goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Pflaggstettler He lobs one to Wilson... Pflaggstettler is back easily... We're ready again Now Redding comes home Look out... Down he goes! It hit him! Potpie will be awarded first Doesn't appear to be hurt Pflaggstettler will advance to second Palmer departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! The outfield shades towards left for Palmer Palmer gets set for the pitch A check on the runners... the pitch Here's a slow curve... Palmer slashes a shallow fly towards Poles He's charging hard... dives... Makes the catch! With one gone FOFC will have K. A. Ton coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it With one out, and two men on Ton strides purposefully to the plate Ton is 0 for 2 today K. A. struck out last time around Ton concentrates... The runners take their leads He's holding the bat down on the end And the delivery by Redding Base hit to left for Ton Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Santop is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Good,)... Pflaggstettler scores! Billy Bullock is up next for FOFC One out, top of the 6th The score is tied at 2 Sean Treacy is on deck Billy has 2 strike outs today Not unusual for him, though He has a nasty habit of doing that Bullock, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Redding The righthander Redding's delivery Bullock takes inside, for a ball... Bullock will trot down to first... He walks to load the bases Potpie and Ton move up Sean Treacy is up next for FOFC Treacy saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Treacy is hitless today, 0 for 2 Sean flied out in his last at bat Treacy is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Redding looks at all the runners A 3-1 count Here's the pitch Treacy drives the ball to center for extra bases Ton and Potpie will score Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Treacy John Williams, the pitcher, strides to the plate Williams swinging from the right side facing the righty Redding Redding likes the sign Redding looks over at Bullock, then Treacy Now here's the 3-1 offering Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Marcelle THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 5-3 That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean is beating Japanese League 4 to 0 AL Pre WWII slipping by Turn of Century 2 to 0 NL Post WWII is edging Dead Ball Era 4 to 3 AL Post WWII is comfortably ahead of Left Outs 7 to 1 Negro League I is destroying Old Timers 12 to 3 Leonard has hit his 15th homerun for Negro League I They are going to put Tucker on... Santop reaches out to receive ball four Well, all the ducks are on the pond Let's see if that was the right call So with 3 on and 2 outs the All Stars send their shortstop, Jeff Nights, up to face Redding Good-hitting Persimmon Pflaggstettler is waiting in the on-deck circle Looking to Dick Howser for a sign All set, Nights is ready for the pitch The pressure is on Redding now Redding brings it home It is a high hard one... Nights goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up and out of the strike zone... Nights couldn't hold back And that retires the side As we go into the last half of the 6th Jud Wilson will be up to face Williams Negro League II needs 2 to knot this one up We have a 4-2 score here at Shadowball Stadium FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Wilson is 1 for 2 today Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The southpaw Williams delivers the 3-1 pitch Hanging curveball... Wilson times it, swings... There's a high drive... Crunched deep towards right center... Tucker doesn't have a chance Home Run for Wilson That was way over the fence That'll bring up second baseman Sam Bankhead... FOFC out in front by 1 We're in the bottom of the 6th Bankhead is taking his practice swings Sam is 1 for 2 this afternoon Bankhead waits The southpaw delivers Bankhead slaps a hard grounder past short Ton is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Bankhead will hold with a clean single Marcelle up The Twos have Bankhead on first Oliver is 1 for 2 this summer afternoon He singled in his last plate appearance Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock The pitch to Marcelle... Marcelle drives one into right Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints over to make the play One gone for Negro League II Bankhead moves away from first base... He has 6 stolen bases on the season From the lead looks like Bankhead may go... Throw to first, back in time... Close play... Now he's staying closer to the bag Coming to the plate is Hill Bankhead's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Williams So far this year Hill is batting .290 He has 21 doubles, 7 triples 6 homeruns with 39 RBI's and 3 stolen bases Hill waits for the pitch Here comes the cripple pitch Hill laces a hit into the outfield Persimmon Pflaggstettler picks it up Fires it to the infield Hill holds with a single And there's a bunt toward the mound Williams pounces on it quickly... Quickly checks third... But the only play is to first Redding is out but he advances the runners Two down Poles is up now for Negro League II Poles, a switch-hitter, batting right-handed against the lefty John Williams The umpire says let's go Poles is ready The lefty Williams delivers It's a high bouncer to short Nights waits for it to come down Snap throw to first...OUT! Spotswood leaves the Negro League II faithful disappointed That's it for Negro League II FOFC has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Negro League II has 3 runs, 11 hits and no errors Negro League II has now left 6 runners stranded Persimmon Pflaggstettler, Jeeberoni Potpie, and Deacon Palmer are due up Persimmon is hitting at .315 on the year He has 82 hits in 260 at bats This includes 14 doubles, 5 triples 12 home runs and 48 RBI's He's ready With a 2-2 count, the pitch Pflaggstettler fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of third Marcelle is over quickly Easy out And there's one away Nobody on base, one away Potpie steps into the batter's box Potpie is 1 for 2 today Redding has the sign he wants Redding brings it home STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Cannonball Redding here this afternoon Negro League II gets the second out of the inning Palmer digs in at the plate Ready now for Redding to come set Palmer is one of the best hitters around Redding is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this afternoon He has the sign... Redding kicks, delivers Strike three called A slider that broke over Number 11 for Cannonball Redding today! 93 on the year That's all for FOFC After 6 and a half innings in Negro League II this afternoon, FOFC leads 4 to 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! As we get ready to start the bottom of the 7th Wright is talking to Bullock Wright has hit 11 home runs this year The right-hander Fozborg is set to deliver to Wright Fozborg brings it to the plate Wild Bill Wright swings at the curve... He hits a deep drive... This one may be out of here... Pflaggstettler racing back... Back... IT'S GONE! A solo shot to tie the game The score is knotted at 4 Brown gets set at the plate Brown is at .246 on the season Fozborg has the sign from Bullock Sirr winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... Brown tries to hold up Bullock points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! One down, nobody on Game tied A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Louis Santop Santop is batting .293 with 13 HR's this year Fozborg rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Here's the 1-0 pitch Santop connects It's a deep fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is racing back He's turned the wrong way He leaps, twists... What a recovery! Santop is out! That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Jud Wilson to get a new bat Let's point out that Negro League II is 3 and 7 in their last ten games Now batting will be Jud Wilson Wilson has a .259 average against righthanders this season After getting set, Wilson waits on the pitch Here's his delivery Wilson swings and lifts one toward center Tucker drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That is the third out for Negro League II here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45629 Here's Gerald Gazelle leading off Billy Bullock is on deck And Barrett Blade is in the hole Before getting ready Gazelle checks out the defensive alignment He's in his crouch Gazelle can really swing that wood Redding brings it to the plate Hit to third... and right at Marcelle He juggled that ball a bit, but held on Gerald takes his seat With one gone FOFC will have Billy Bullock coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Billy Bullock up The score is tied Bullock a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Redding Bullock waiting on the delivery Redding kicks and delivers And Bullock is down on strikes... Redding keeps mowing them down That one gives him 12 this afternoon Two down Santop asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Santop and Redding That'll bring up Barrett Blade Dan Fouts will follow if Blade gets aboard Santop is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Redding's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Blade steps into the box Blade goes through his routine of settling in Redding is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 12 this afternoon He has the sign... He brings it home It's grounded past the mound Bankhead races to his right Brown to his left Bankhead scoops it up Throws on one bounce to Wilson... Barrett beats it out! Blade represents the go-ahead run 1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th Dan Fouts is walking toward home plate The outfield's shaded towards right With Fouts at the plate Redding ready quickly, looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way There's a fly ball into straight-away right Hill one hands it... OUT! That'll do it for FOFC So we're still tied After 7 and a half innings Negro League II has 4 runs, 12 hits and no errors While FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors Sam Bankhead is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Negro League II to get things going Bankhead steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Sam is 2 for 3 today Bankhead waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the 3-1 offering It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Nights takes off after it... Leaps... And Bankhead is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Jeff is very fine fielder! One down for Negro League II Oliver Marcelle is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League II Oliver Marcelle, the third baseman, strides to the plate Marcelle is 1 for 3 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Fouts is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Marcelle is set Fozborg goes into his windup And here's the 0-2 offering Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 40 on the season for Fozborg We're all tied up at 4 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Caribbean clipping Japanese League 4 to 0 Cuellar comfortably ahead for Caribbean AL Pre WWII with the lead over Turn of Century 3 to 0 Grove comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII NL Post WWII is on top of Dead Ball Era 5 to 3 AL Post WWII slipping by Left Outs 9 to 7 Negro League I is running roughshod over Old Timers 16 to 3 I'd hate to be Cummings right now! Facing Fozborg now is Hill Cannonball Redding heads to the on deck circle Spotswood Poles waits in the hole Pete steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Hill is 3 for 3 today He singled last time up Fozborg gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign Fozborg kicks and fires Soft liner to first Potpie makes a nice play on it Score It: 3 We head to the 9th... The scored is tied, 4-all FOFC will send Tucker, Jeff Nights, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler to face Cannonball Redding this inning Tucker is 1 for 3 today Redding is on the first-base side of the rubber... The righthander delivers Shallow fly ball Hill charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! One up, one down Now here's Nights Nights adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeff is 0 for 4 this afternoon He's ready Now ready, here it is... Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Brown... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Redding retires two in a row Pflaggstettler goes back to get a new bat The game is tied here in the top of the 9th Now he jogs to the plate Pflaggstettler is taking his practice swings Persimmon is 1 for 3 this afternoon He lined out last time at bat Cannonball looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Cannonball is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Ball four is the call Redding can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Redding Pflaggstettler takes first base Jeeberoni Potpie will be coming up Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat Potpie is hitting .307 against righties Potpie is set for the pitch Redding brings it to the plate Strike three! Potpie goes down for the 3rd time Redding gets the hat trick on Jeeberoni today The All Stars are gone in the 9th... they get No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base... We head to the bottom of the 9th... We're all tied up at 4 We are going to have a pinch hitter Buck O'Neil will bat for Cannonball Redding It will be the righthand hitting, O'Neil against the righty Fozborg O'Neil is hitting righties for a .111 average O'Neil saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Bullock flashes the sign... Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Sirr rocks and fires There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Nights races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? HE'S GOT IT!!! Nice play by Nights Score It: 6 One down for Negro League II Spotswood Poles is still in the on-deck circle and Wild Bill Wright is looking for a bat in the dugout And up steps left fielder Spotswood Poles Any old kind of run will do... Score is 4-4 Poles grips the bat handle Poles waits for the delivery And now the pitch... Poles cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock Poles was badly fooled by Fozborg's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Spotswood was a little overanxious Wright is strolling to the plate with the score tied at 4 apiece Any ol' kind of run wins it... Wright can't seem to get settled at the plate Fozborg looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Righthander Fozborg's delivery Another hook for strike three! Wright just stood there looking And we go to extra innings! Double-Duty Radcliffe will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Double-Duty has appeared in 39 games this season He has a record of 3-3 in 62 innings His ERA stands at 5.11 Gonzalez will come up to lead off the top of the 10th for FOFC Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Radcliffe has the sign from Santop Radcliffe rocks and fires Fastball over the plate Gonzalez swings and sends a shot to deep right-center Wright and Hill are converging toward the fence Wright has a chance... He goes up for it... Man alive! He pulls it down! Fantastic play by Wild Bill One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Caribbean topped Japanese League 4 to 1 AL Pre WWII squeezed by Turn of Century 3 to 1 Dead Ball Era edged out NL Post WWII 6 to 5 Bender the winner, he's now 3-1 Spahn takes the loss, his record drops to 3-5 Left Outs edged out AL Post WWII 11 to 10 Negro League I man-handled Old Timers 16 to 3 Clarkson takes the loss, his record drops to 7-7 Day the winner, he's now 5-2 And in our contest We're all tied up at 4 One away, nobody on base Gazelle stands ready at the plate Gazelle is at .259 on the season Gerald waits... He steps out as Radcliffe takes too long Now he's back in the box Here's the 3-1 offering Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Radcliffe's obviously peeved at that call But Gerald tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first Gazelle watches Radcliffe carefully As he stretches out his lead Radcliffe continues to hold the runner close Bullock comes to the plate One out, Gazelle at first Bullock wiggles the bat above his head Bullock is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Radcliffe He's waiting for the pitch And the delivery by Radcliffe Slow curve, up high... Bullock sends a hard grounder to first Wilson takes it on one hop Fires to Brown for one Back to first... The throw is wide, Billy is safe That's two away With a runner at first and two outs Blade walks to the plate Blade looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 1 for 1 on the day for Barrett And Double-Duty studies the sign from Santop... Now he's got it The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate Radcliffe needs to come in with this one Base hit to left for Blade Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Bullock will stay at second Cito Gaston is visiting the mound... He's going to leave Radcliffe in the game Fouts steps in Two out, Blade at first, Bullock at second Radcliffe is ready quickly A check on the runners... the pitch Bounced towards the hole Fielded nicely by Bankhead Over to Wilson Got him! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 9 and a half innings Negro League II has 4 runs, 12 hits and no errors While FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and no errors FOFC has left 11 stranded Negro League II has failed to bring home 7 Willard Brown up first for Negro League II He is a threat to steal if he gets on Against righthanders Brown is hitting .259 Brown is set for the 2-0 pitch Here's the righthander's windup and delivery Brown pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Gazelle will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Brown retreats to first after a wide turn Brown edges away from the bag Santop takes the curve... Now Brown extends his lead... Kronside is not paying enough attention The pitch... And Brown breaks for second! Bullock is up and firing... Brown is in there under the tag Not a strong throw by Bullock Louis Santop steps into the box Santop is hitting .289 against righthanders Santop awaits the delivery Jace looks over his shoulder at Brown Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three One away, two to go in the bottom of the 10th Wilson strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Wilson is batting .275 with 10 HR's this year Bullock flashes the sign to Kronside Here's the righthander's delivery Wilson swings and misses, strike three! Jud chased a curve ball in the dirt Sam Bankhead is up next The Twos' second baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs A base hit should score Brown Both managers are at the top of the dugout steps... Kronside looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready The righthander Kronside delivers There's a jam shot off the hands of Bankhead It's a routine catch of the soft liner by Barrett Blade And that will do it for Negro League II FOFC will send Tucker, Jeff Nights, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler to face Double-Duty Radcliffe this inning Tucker looks down toward the third base coach Tucker waits anxiously for the delivery Now Double-Duty delivers It's a smash over first Wilson leaps Just over his outstretched glove Tucker makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Nights showing bunt... He lays it down Oliver Marcelle looks at second But goes to first... Out... Tucker advances to 2nd A sacrifice for Jeff Nights One down late in the game Close ball game... FOFC just needs one run to take the lead Two more chances to get Brown in from second So that brings up Persimmon Pflaggstettler the FOFC right fielder One out, man on second Radcliffe steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Brown trying to slip in behind Tucker Now he slips away Here's the 3-1 offering Grounded towards the bag Marcelle grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 Walking up to the plate now is Potpie Jace Kronside waits on deck The outfield's shaded towards left for Potpie He's 1 for 4 today Radcliffe looks down at Santop for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The righthander Radcliffe's delivery Srike three! Well that is 4 on the afternoon for Potpie He earns himself a silver sombrero! That retires the side... Potpie fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Oliver Marcelle stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Marcelle gets set He's 1 for 4 so far Kronside is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Kronside gets the sign from Bullock It's coming down the pike Marcelle starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Kronside walks him Making his way up is Hill He looks to third first Now he steps in The corners are playing in Hill has hit 7 triples this year He should get a good one to knock The count 3 and 1 Pete gets the bat back... Kronside's righthanded delivery... Negro League II tries the hit and run! Good slider, inside part of the plate Hill gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... To second for one Over to first... OUT! Smooth "DP" by FOFC Now batting for the Twos... Dick Lundy... He'll pinch hit for Double-Duty Radcliffe Spotswood Poles is on-deck Nobody on and The score is knotted at 4 bottom of the 11th Dick Lundy will try to get something going Right-hander Kronside prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Lundy The righthander winds and delivers Grounded towards the sack Potpie to Kronside covering first Score It: 3-1 That's it for Negro League II Here at Shadowball Stadium, After 11 innings, Negro League II has 4 runs, 13 hits and no errors While FOFC has 4 runs, 10 hits and no errors Negro League II has left 7 on base FOFC has stranded 12 Ray Brown will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Ray has appeared in 21 games this season with a record of 0-3 In 37 innings, he has an 6.27 ERA Double-Duty Radcliffe has finished his work here this afternoon Terp heads for the plate leading off this inning for FOFC Brown likes the sign Windup by Brown And the pitch It's a routine fly into left Poles ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out FOFC with one away Brown steps off the mound as he waits for Gerald Gazelle to come to the plate Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle The left fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out It's a tie ballgame Gazelle has hit 10 home runs this year Right-hander Brown eyes the righty Gazelle With a 3-1 count... here's the pitch Gazelle swings... He rips a ground ball towards Marcelle It's by him! It's twisting into the left field corner Gazelle rounds first... He will return quickly to first as Poles gets a nice throw in to Bankhead One on, one out Bullock walks to the batter's box Santop flashes the sign... Brown waves it off... Now he's happy He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Gazelle dives back in!... SAFE! Wilson tosses it back to Brown Now here's the pitch He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Brown Throw to second for one To first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Gazelle, is out Two gone for FOFC Barrett Blade will face Brown Righty against righty Blade has hit 1 home run this year Ray gets the sign from Santop Brown looks at the runner The pitch Breaking ball, at the belt... Swung on and clubbed to left-center It's into the alley... Poles and Wright after it... Bullock will score Wright has it against the fence... Throws hard to third... Blade slides spikes first... The ball is there... He's called safe, with a triple! Brown may have been cut... The trainer comes out... Looks like Brown is OK Tay Pemup returns to the dugout Fouts, the third baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 5 to 4 2 men away, Blade on third Brown takes the first sign Blade is dancing off third Brown is ignoring him Here's the pitch He goes after the low and outside slider... Looped just beyond the infield dirt... Wright is coming hard... Stretches for it... And can't get it...it drops in... He blocks it with his chest... After a huge turn, Fouts hustles back to first The run scores on the single Cito Gaston is visiting the mound... He decides to stick with Ray Brown A. J. Tucker stands in for FOFC We're in the top of the 12th Brown is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Brown looks in... Now he's ready Now Ray delivers Ground ball to first Wilson flips to Brown covering Score It: 3-1 That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores These scores are final... Caribbean cuffed Japanese League 4 to 1 Gonzalez has hit his 16th homerun for Caribbean AL Pre WWII squeezed by Turn of Century 3 to 1 Dead Ball Era edged out NL Post WWII 6 to 5 Left Outs nipped AL Post WWII 11 to 10 Negro League I pulverized Old Timers 16 to 3 Clarkson takes the loss, his record drops to 7-7 Day the winner, he's now 5-2 Spotswood Poles will lead off for the Twos The top of the line-up here for Negro League II Knowles adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Knowles brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Poles 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 Wild Bill Wright plants his left foot The lefthanded center fielder for Negro League II appears set Wright wiggles the bat above his head One strike on the batter, Wright... Sammy winds his right arm Lets it go It's a high fly into right Pflaggstettler ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Knowles Willard Brown will be next up... Up now for Negro League II is Brown Two away, nobody on Knowles steps on the rubber Knowles brings it home There's a fly ball to Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler circles under it... This one would end the inning... He makes the play And that will do it for Negro League II FOFC wins 6 to 4 Kronside gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Brown takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Barrett Blade He was 3 for 3 And that wraps things up So long from Negro League II. |
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Negro League II Twos 6/24/1900 |
STANDINGS AT THE BREAK
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PLAYER STATS AT THE BREAK
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Primary Player Statistics For 2001 AL Post WWII Post-Americans Totals After 79 Games |
A.Mighty 3.18 6 5 .545 17 17 1 0 0 121.2 104 50 43 10 40 101
Even though I have a crappy record compared to my starter best ERA, all you have to do is look at the 144 baserunners in 121 innings to see I really can't blame anyone but myself. Need to pick it up after two subpar performances ("Left in too long or not in that game, it's not your job to get outs for me, skip.") |
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Actually, your WHIP rating isn't too bad at 1.19 In fact, here are the WHIP ratings for the whole team... Kronside - 1.19 S. Knowles - 1.13 Fozborg - 1.38 Mighty - 1.19 Babson - 1.07 Rodney - 1.15 Nielsen - 1.26 Williams - 1.43 B Knowles - 1.46 Hunter - 1.49 And here is how we compair to some of the greatest ever... Grove - 1.13 W. Johnson - 1.06 Clemens - 1.20 R. Johnson - 1.27 Seaver - 1.44 Koufax - 1.09 Alexander - 1.36 Mathewson - 1.24 Believe me...I have no problem with our pitching. The All-Star tabulations are not quite finished, but we might end up with 6 pitchers on the team...:D |
Dynasty Update
The All-Star Series will be played soon (I actually have to create a new league for the teams, which will take me a little while). In my world, the All-Star game is a big deal and will be a 2 out of 3 series (that way I can utilize more pitchers). Hopefully, I'll have time to announce the teams tonight... |
Dynasty Update
I started putting the league together for the All-Star game last night, but I didn't get finsihed. Both of my boys have baseball games tonight (at different parks no-less), and they have basketball tryouts (interesting considering my recently turned 7 year old just learned to dribble and my 5 year old isn't much bigger than a regulation ball), but regardless, I'm going to be a bit busy tonight. I'll try to get the All-Star information posted Friday (assuming I don't drink too many Black and Tans or Half and Halfs to type coherently :D) |
Dynasty League All Star Rosters
American League 3B - Home Run Baker (DBH) SP - Roger Clemens (L20) OF - Ty Cobb (DBH) 2B - Eddie Collins (DBH) OF - Ed Delehante (OTH) Ca - Bill Dickey (A1H) SP - Pud Galvin (OTH) 1B - Lou Gehrig (A1H) 2B - Charlie Gehringer (A1H) Ca - Josh Gibson (NL1) SP - Tom Glavine (L20) SP - Lefty Grove (A1H) SP - Randy Johnson (L20) SP - Walter Johnson (DBH) 3B - Harmon Killebrew (A2H) RP - Ted Lyons (A1H) OF - Mickey Mantle (A2H) 1B - Saduharu Oh (JLP) SP - Old Hoss Radbourn (OTH) SS - Cal Ripken (L20) SP - Bullett Joe Rogan (NL1) OF - Babe Ruth (A1H) SP - Hilton Smith (NL1) RP - Bruce Sutter (L20) OF - Sam Thompson (OTH) UTL - Willie Wells (NL1) OF - Ted Williams (A2H) SS - Robin Yount (A2H) National League SP - Pete Alexander (N1H) SP - Brian Babson (FAS) SS - Ernie Banks (N2H) OF - Roberto Clemente (N2H) 1B - Jimmie Foxx (LOH) SP - Bob Gibson (N2H) Ca - Miguel Gonzalez (CAP) OF - Goose Goslin (LOH) OF - Joe Kelley (TCH) RP - Sammy Knowles (FAS) SP - Sandy Koufax (N2H) RP - Jace Kronside (FAS) 2B - Nap Lajoie (TCH) OF - Juan Marichal (N2H) OF - Willie Mays (N2H) SP - Jose Mendez (CAP) SP - Al Mighty (FAS) 2B - Joe Morgan (N2H) SP - Rob Nielsen (FAS) OF - Mel Ott (N1H) OF - Persimmon Pflaggstettler (FAS) 1B - Jeeberoni Potpie (FAS) Ca - Louis Santop (NL2) SP - Tom Seaver (N2H) 3B - Pie Traynor (N1H) SS - Honus Wagner (TCH) 3B - Jud Wilson (NL2) OF - Wild Bill Wright (NL2) |
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ALL STAR GAME 1 - STARTERS ANNOUNCED
The American League will go with: Code:
W.Johnson 3.31 10 5 .667 17 17 11 1 0 141.1 110 54 52 14 40 96The National League will counter with: Code:
R.Nielsen 3.38 10 4 .714 18 17 4 4 0 125.0 105 47 47 15 52 125 |
Dynasty Update
In case you are wondering, I didn't select the All-Star teams. I did make one adjustment, however. I felt there was no need to have 12 pitchers, so on both teams, I reduced that number by 1 and added in an extra player. |
The National Herald
SPORTS All Star Selections are Head Scratchers By Stan Hack As is the case each year with the All-Star game, there players that you feel should be on the team and aren’t and players that make the team and don’t think they should…and not only is this year no exception – it might just be one of the epitome of head stratching. Let’s start by taking a look at the American League. The most disturbing selection for the team in my opinion is Harmon Killebrew. The “Killer” is hitting a robust .231, and even though he is known for his power; he only has 13 homers for the season. That puts him in 3 way tie for second on his own team, and it's only half of the number the league leaders have. What is also extremely disturbing is the fact that Harmon’s been playing first base much more often for the Post Americans than third. Third has been manned by George Brett, who hasn’t been overly affective either; hitting just .246 with 10 home runs. But I would argue that .246 with 10 home runs and good glove trumps .231 with 13 home runs and a terrible glove any day. The truth of the matter is that the Thirdbase position isn’t a strong one in the American League. The other selection at this position, “Home Run” Baker , isn’t exactly tearing the cover off of the ball at: .307 7 53, but because it’s such a weak position, I can’t argue with this selection. Willie Wells, who made the team as a Utility player and in essence a backup SS, is the starting 3b for the Negro League Ones and is probably the best player at third in the league at .317 7 43. Wells should have been selected as a third baseman, which would have allowed the team to get another SS… Which leads us to Robin Yount, .307 3 31. Not terrible numbers, especially for a guy who bats leadoff, but not overwhelming either. The biggest issue is that the other main options Pops Lloyd and Joe Cronin are very similar in production. I’m not sure the Old Timers SS might not have been the choice, but there isn’t enough production at that position on that team either to get worked up over. In fact, I think Yount was selected because he can also give you good defense in Centerfield. Honestly, the best solution for this line of reasoning in my opinion would have been to remove Killebrew from the team, keep Wells as a Utility player giving innings at both SS and 3b as needed, still have another SS, Yount, Cronin, Lloyd, etc. (your choice – I really don’t care enough to argue) and I would probably add Rod Carew. Rod Carew is one player that really did deserve to be on the team. They guy is hitting .369. His homerun numbers (2) and RBI (14) are a bit misleading, because he bats leadoff and he missed about 15 games with an injury. He has scored 40 runs in 59 games, and that is a better indication of how good he’s been for the Post- Americans. Oh, and did I mention he’s on the same team as Killebrew? Another example very similar to Killebrew is Saduharu Oh. Oh is batting only .241, but he at least is delivering in the power department, with 26 home runs. That power total, combined with the fact, that most of the American League first baseman are terrible (with the exception of Lou Gehrig), and the fact he is the only representative from the woeful Japanese team, probably justify his selection. Of course it could be argued that Ed Delehante should be considered a first baseman, which would open an outfield spot for one of numerous deserving players, including: Al Simmons - .315 12 42 “Shoeless” Joe Jackson - .355 2 52 and 21 stolen bases Kirby Puckett - .321 12 30 and in my opinion, the most glaring oversight… ”Cool Papa” Bell - .349 4 39 and 44 stolen bases As I mentioned above Saduharu Oh is the only Japanese player on the roster. Someone please explain to me how Kaz Inao isn’t on the roster. Sure the guy has a losing record at 4 and 7, but his ERA is only 2.45, which is better than EVERY pitcher on the AL team. In addition, his 4 and 7 record is a win percentage of .364, not great, until you consider the team he plays for his barely above a .250 win percentage – when that’s taken into account his season looks award winning. Other players that could have been on this team but didn’t make it, include: Mike Piazza - .291 9 31 – might have made it if he hadn’t split time with Gary Carter earlier in the season. Satch Paige 7 – 7 3.27 King Kelly - .312 3 27 and 17 stolen bases from a Catcher/ Utility Man Mickey Welch - 8 – 5 4.00 I’ll go over the National League in Part 2. |
All Star Selections are Head Scratchers – Part 2
By Stan Hack The National League, just like the American League has some issues with their roster. While there are some glaring issues, I don’t feel the problems are quite as bad, mostly because the NL team doesn’t have anyone hitting below .245. In fact, my biggest issue with the National League is the pitching staff. 9 of the 11 pitchers on the staff come off of 2 teams. Of course they are the best two teams in the league, but regardless, there is no way 9 of 11 all star pitchers in a 7 team league should come from just 2 teams. Ironically, I’m going to also admit that every pitcher selected for the team from the FOFCers deserves to be there. This is not an attempt to cozy up to the manager of the National League Squad Benton Breeze, it’s an affirmation that the pitching on that team has been phenomenal and compared to the rest of the league, dominating. The group of Nielsen, Mighty and Babson have been a force at the top of the rotation, and Kronside and Sammy Knowles have slammed the door on a regular basis. All 5 of the FOFCers are in the top of the league for ERA (of course the relievers don’t have enough innings pitched to qualify, but their ERAs are around 1.60). If I’m ok with the 5 pitchers from the FOFC team, then clearly it’s the Post Nationals I have a problem with, and that problem doesn’t lie with Tom Seaver 8 and 1 3.44 or Sandy Koufax 8 and 2 3.50. The problem is that Juan Marichal and Bob Gibson are on the team. Yes, both have impressive records 10 and 6 and 7 and 2 respectively, but that is more to do with the explosive offensive team they play for than it is an indication of how well they have pitched. The ERA for both is almost exactly 5.00. Now I realize their workloads increased when Seaver was down for awhile with a sore shoulder, but that isn’t enough in my opinion to get them on the team. Those two spots should probably go to 2 of: Christy Matthewson - 7 and 7 3.65 Amos Rusie - 6 and 2 3.52 Dizzy Dismukes 2 and 3 2.81 and 9 saves Jimmy Williams 7 and 1 3.66 (and yes I know this would be another FOFCer on the roster, but for crying out loud he deserves it more than the guys that are on the team.) On the hitting side, there really aren’t as many complaints. The only spots where I see arguments can be made are with Goose Goslin .300 13 43, Joe Morgan .264 14 31 and 27 stolen bases, and Pie Traynor .287 7 47. All 3 are playing well, but arguments could be made for others at the same position. For Morgan and second base, any one could argue the virtues of Antonio Pacheco, Frankie Frisch, Martin DiHigo, or Sam Bankhead, but I believe the power and speed get Morgan the nod here, and the batting averages of the other players aren’t appreciably better than Morgans. In the Outfield, Goslin is playing well, but what about Stan Musial .351 18 46? I believe Musial was penalized because he has spent most of the season at first base, but his ability to play outfield should have been considered and he should have been on this roster. The biggest offensive oversight in my opinion comes at Thirdbase. Traynor is playing well, but Eddie Matthews is destroying the ball at a .286 26 50 clip. This is the one that really makes me scratch my head…not only are these numbers better than Traynor, they are also better than the other 3Bman Jud Wilson .274 10 42. Matthews is clearly the best at this position and yet he’ll be watching 2 others play in the All-Star game.. |
ALL STAR GAME 1 - AL Lineup
CF - Ty Cobb 3b - Willie Wells RF - Babe Ruth 1b - Lou Gehrig Ca - Josh Gibson LF - Ted Williams SS - Cal Ripken 2b - Eddie Collins Pi - Walter Johnson |
ALL STAR GAME 1 - NL Line Up
SS - Honus Wagner 2b - Nap Lajoie LF - Mel Ott 1b - Jimmie Foxx CF - Willie Mays 3b - Jud Wilson RF - Roberto Clemente Ca - Louis Santop Pi - Rob Nielsen |
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AL All Star Manager Press Conference
MC: Everyone…As you know, the Old Timers lead the American League by half a game over the Negro League Ones, and by virtue of that fact, Manager Billie Barnie will be coaching the 3 game series. Mr. Barnie is now available to field your questions. David Duntz: Coach Barnie, What made you decide to go with Walter Johnson to start the first game? Barnie: Are you kidding? Have you seen him pitch? Look it’s pretty simple, he’s the best there is. Stan Hack: Did the fact the National League is right handed hitting heavy factor into the decision? Barnie: Not really. It didn’t hurt things, but Walter gets everyone out, lefties, righties….EVERYONE! And I expect he’ll get the Nationals lineup out too. John Bland: You seem pretty confident in Johnson’s ability, is there anyone in the National League lineup that scares you? Barnie: Foxx is always a concern, but even as good as he is, he wouldn’t be able to crack our starting lineup, unless I put him butcher things at third so I could get his bat in the order. Other than that…let me think…the top 2 guys in the order are dangerous, especially Wagner, who can do so much if he gets on base. The rest are nice players, some have some power, but they don’t overly concern me. Stan Hack: You mentioned the National League being right handed hitting heavy didn’t factor into your decision to pitch Johnson, on the flip side, your team is very left handed hitting heavy and you are going against a good lefty in Rob Nielsen, was there any concern about using all those left handed batters or consideration into using different players to get more righties in the lineup? Barnie: Nope, no concern at all. The lefties we have in the lineup aren’t your typical lefties. I mean, come on, we are talking Cobb, Ruth, Gehrig, Williams, and Collins. They don’t just hit right handed pitchers, they hit everything thrown up to plate, and they hit it hard. I expect they will do the same tonight. As for Nielsen, he started the season off extremely fast, but he hasn’t pitched particularly well lately, so I feel pretty comfortable in predicting we are going to hammer him pretty good tonight. Also, it’s not like we don’t have any right handed hitters in the lineup. Gibson is as powerful as anyone, and Ripkin is playing well and Wells is a nice player…. Now that I think about it, I will admit I did make 1 change to address the left handed opposing pitcher, I not only started Wells at 3b over Baker, I put him second in the lineup ahead of Collins so I wouldn’t start the game with 4 left handed batters. But that was the only change. Stan Hack: So there were no other considerations to work in more righties? Barnie: I took a look at Delehante, but who am I going to sit down, Cobb who’s hitting almost .400? Ruth hitting in the .330s with 20 plus homers, Williams who’s hitting about as good as Ed but with more power, or Gehrig who is playing better than Williams? No, I didn’t have much to consider. Paul Pride: Any concern with Williams’ indifferent play in the field costing you runs? Barnie: None. He’ll out produce what he costs us by his poor defensive play. David Duntz: So no plans for defensive substitutions? Barnie: I’ll have to see how the game unfolds. I’m not going into the game planning to pull Ted, or anyone else for that matter, if we have a lead after a certain number of innings. Paul Pride: Any idea who your main pinch hitters will be? Barnie: I don’t expect we’ll need any. I might use some late in the game if I’m going to pull my pitcher, but I don’t expect to NEED to use a pinch hitter. John Bland: Have you decided on a starter for Games 2 and 3? Barnie: I’ll use Grove in game 2 and I’d be surprised if there was a game 3, so I haven’t thought about who might get that start. ***things go quite for a while*** MC: Any more questions? ***no response**** MC: Ok. Thank you, Mr. Barnie. I have been told that Benton is on his way down and should be here shortly to answer your questions. |
ALL STAR GAME – NATIONAL LEAGUE MANAGER PRESS CONFERENCE
MC: Everyone…If I can have your attention please. Coach Breeze is now available to answer questions. Stan Hack: Coach, when the season started did you expect to be here today? Benton: No, I didn’t expect to be here. I felt like we had a pretty good team, but I certainly didn’t think we’d have the best record in the National League…or really, the best record in baseball at the break. It’s a great honor and a testament to our players and how hard they have worked. Ken Simpleton: You didn’t think about being able to manage the All-Star game, even after the fantastic start you got off to? Benton: Nope. The teams in this league are too good to think you are going to run away and hide. It didn’t take too long for Posters to run us down. John Bland: Benton, Coach Barnie said that he was pretty confident that Walter Johnson would be able to shut down your lineup. Benton: I would be too.. *audience laughs* Really, Walter is a dominating pitcher, and we aren’t helped by the absence of some lefties having good years. I could really use Musial and Matthews tonight. David Duntz: So you are concerned about the lack of left handed bats? Benton: I like the guys I’ve got in the lineup…don’t misunderstand or misinterpret what I’m saying…but it would be nice to have two accomplished players like Musial and Matthews for a game against a right handed pitcher who’s as good as Johnson is. Stan Hack: Why Nielsen in the first game? Benton: You guys know Rob right? *nods* Well, if I hadn’t started him in the first game, he would have given me hell the rest of the year… *more laughs* But seriously, look at the numbers. Nielsen’s what…10 and 4, who else was I going to start. I have my other 2 starters and 4 guys from the Posters, Pete Alexander, and Mendez. There lineup is predominately left handed hitters so if you figure I want to go with a lefty that leaves me Nielsen, Mighty and Koufax. Nielsen has the best record of those 3 and his ERA is lower than Koufax’s. I think he’s earned the start. Paul Pride: Barnie said Nielsen hasn’t been pitching well lately, does that concern you and did you consider that when you made your decision on who will start tonight? Benton: I thought about it a little, and you’re right, Rob hasn’t pitched as well lately as he did early in the season, but I think his numbers are just about the same as Johnson’s if not slightly better. So if he isn’t pitching well, I guess Johnson’s not pitching well either. Stan Hack: Tell us about the lineup… Benton: Well we start off with Wagner, and I just decided he was a better fit for what we needed in this game than Banks was. Wagner is a table setter and he has the ability to create runs, so I liked him in the leadoff spot. Plus I felt Banks would serve better as a right handed hitting pinch hitter. LaJoie is second. He’s just hitting too good. Morgan would give me a left handed bat, and some explosiveness, but he isn’t as consistent, but don’t count him out, he might end up with plenty of playing time before this game is over. Ott’s third. I need a left handed bat in the middle of the order and Ott is playing great ball this season. Foxx is cleanup, and why not, he’s as good as anyone. Mays plays center and bats fifth. Jud Wilson is sixth at third. I honestly thought about putting Ott at third, but I don’t really have another lefty to put in the outfield so this way I get two left handed bats in the lineup. I would expect if we get a lead that Wilson will be pulled for a defensive replacement. Clemente gives me a cannon in right and a good contact guy, and Santop is my left handed hitting platoon at the catcher spot. Paul Pride: So no left handed hitting outfielders? Benton: I have Goslin, but I didn’t think that was much of an upgrade. Plus I really need another left handed bat off the bench. If worse comes to worse I’ll use Pflaggsettler like a left handed batter. He really hits righties more like a lefty anyway. Stan Hack: On paper it looks like the American League is much better than your team, do you feel you have an advantage, “on paper” anywhere? Benton: (scratching his chin): Interesting question. I think in general our pitching is on par with there’s, but an actual advantage on paper….hmmm…. *pause* Oh, sure…the bullpen. Kronside and Knowles are as good as anyone and are actual closers. I don’t know that they have a true closer on the back end. |
ALL STAR - GAME 1 - RADIO BROADCAST
Welcome to the ballpark! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between National League and American League The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in National League Ty Cobb to lead it off for American League He rocks and fires Grounded to second Lajoie comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 Willie Wells coming up Wells asks the ump for time Now he's back in Nielsen has the sign Here it comes Hard ground ball into left field Wells rounds first And holds with a single Now batting will be Babe Ruth Ruth digs in Nielsen toes the rubber Here comes the pitch Did he hold up his swing? NO! He went too far, Strikeout! Wells inches away from the base . . . Nielsen throws trying to pick Wells! Wells is back to the bag easily Lou Gehrig steps up to the plate Nielsen looks in Here's the 3-1 offering Inside That's ball four That will bring up Josh Gibson A long look in for the sign Nielsen has it Here's the pitch Swung on and missed STRIKE THREE! And that retires the side Honus Wagner to lead it off for National League The "Big Train" shakes off the sign... Now Walter has the pitch he wants... He winds and deals Struck him out! Up next is Nap Lajoie the ex-Providence hack driver Lajoie digs into the box The Idahoan shakes off the sign... Now Johnson brushes off another one... Johnson has unreal speed and a wonderful curveball The "Big Train" comes in with the 2-1 pitch... Liner drilled to third Wells snares it for the out! Score It: 5 The New Orleans native, the mild mannered, Mel Ott, is approaching the plate "Master Melvin" started his career as a catcher! Ott digs in The righty shakes off the sign... Now he brushes off another one... Johnson throws his "hummer" sidearm and he throws strikes He goes into the windup Strike out! Gibson framed it nicely for the ump. Ted Williams leads off the inning Williams takes a couple of practice cuts Williams is waiting for the pitch He delivers Swung on and missed STRIKE THREE! Now batting will be Cal Ripken Nielsen toes the rubber He rocks and fires Extra base hit to center for Ripken Willie Mays is trying to get to it This one is rolling to the wall... This might be stretched into an inside the park homerun! No... he decides to hold up Here comes the American League second baseman, Eddie Collins Most believe he has quite a future We're scoreless Nielsen grips the ball The 2 strike pitch Smashed into right field Base hit for Collins Ripken scores from third! Johnson looks to lay one down He bunts at it . . . Fielded by J.Wilson the throw to first... Out Johnson gets the job done. Ty Cobb steps up to the plate Cobb digs into the box Nielsen shakes off his sign Now he's set He delivers Base hit to center for Cobb The 3rd base coach gives the green light... The throw is coming home... Collins is out! Jimmie Foxx to lead it off for National League Foxx asks the ump for time Now he's back in Foxx is waiting for the pitch Here it comes Grounded towards the bag Wells grabs it Over to Gehrig Got him! Score It: 5-3 Now batting #24, Willie Mays... center fielder Johnson gets the sign "Barney" fires it home... In the dirt That's ball four Jud "Boojum" Wilson, the hard nosed third baseman with extra base power, is approaching the plate Wilson stares out at the mound Wilson is ready for the pitch Here's the pitch Grounded towards the hole Fielded nicely by Collins Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 And that retires the side Willie Wells will start things off Nielsen looking in He's into his windup Ground ball to short Wagner grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That will bring up Babe Ruth Ruth digs in Ruth is waiting for the pitch Here's the 3-1 delivery Drilled deep to right Clemente takes off after it This one is deep! IT MIGHT BE . . . IT IS! A HOMERUN! That is Babe Ruth's 1st home run of the year. The handsome Lou Gehrig is coming to bat The native New Yorker attended Columbia U Nielsen stares in Here's the pitch It's hit high and deep Roberto Clemente is running hard He's at the fence IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . IT'S GONE! That is Lou Gehrig's 1st home run of the year. Here's Josh Gibson Nielsen has the sign He's into his windup Low and outside Ball four That will bring up Ted Williams Nielsen shakes off his sign Now he's set He deals Hot shot grounded to short Taken by Wagner Throws to second He's out Over to first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 After 2 and a half innings American League leads 3 to 0 Roberto Clemente to lead it off for National League We're in the bottom of the 3rd A long look in for the sign Johnson has it Here comes the pitch Liner drilled to second It's into the outfield for a base hit! Louis Santop stands in for National League Santop looks towards the coach Johnson stares in Here's the 1-1 offering Half swing Chopper to second Taken by Collins Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 Here's Rob Nielsen Johnson toes the rubber Here's the 0-2 pitch He rips a grounder to third Wells grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 Up next is the modest, good natured Hans Wagner He has hands that could palm a beachball! A base hit should score Clemente Johnson stares in Here comes the pitch Swung on and missed STRIKE THREE! Wagner didn't have a good swing at it. And that will do it for National League Cal Ripken will start things off Nielsen looks in He takes his windup Grounded to short Wagner grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 "Cocky" is coming to the plate Collins asks the ump for time Now he's back in O.K. Collins is ready He winds and deals There's a drive down the line Clemente has got a long run TREMENDOUS DIVING CATCH! Nielsen owes Clemente a dinner! Score It: 9 That will bring up Walter Johnson He's o.k. with the bat Johnson digs into the box Nielsen looking in He kicks and fires Struck him out! Nice pitch by Nielsen! And that retires the side Nap Lajoie will start things off Johnson goes to the resin bag Now he's ready He delivers Drilled on the ground to short Ripken grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 Master Melvin is coming to the plate Ott is 0 for 1 today Johnson toes the rubber Here's the 3-1 delivery Bouncer to second Collins comes up with it Over to Gehrig Got him! Score It: 4-3 Here comes the National League first baseman, Jimmie Foxx Most believe he has quite a future here in the ballpark Foxx asks the ump for time Now he's back in Foxx is ready for the pitch He rocks and fires Fastball STRIKE THREE! And that will do it for National League Ty Cobb leads off the inning Cobb digs in Cobb cocks the bat Here it comes Bouncer to second Lajoie comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 The smooth fielding, line drive hitting third baseman.... Willie "The Devil" Wells is approaching the plate Wells stares out at the mound Wells is waiting for the pitch He kicks and fires Just off the plate Ball four Babe Ruth is at the plate Nielsen looking in The 3-1 pitch Grounded towards the bag Foxx takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 Lou Gehrig stands in for American League Gehrig digs into the box O.K. Gehrig is ready He deals STRIKE THREE! That's three outs, side retired Willie Mays will start things off Mays takes a couple of practice cuts Johnson gets the sign Here comes the pitch Swung on and missed STRIKE THREE! Jud Wilson steps in Wilson is 0 for 1 today Johnson looks in The 3-2 pitch High and tight He takes it for a walk The bad-ball hitting right fielder, Roberto Clemente, is now batting Clemente stares out at the mound Johnson stares in Here's the 3-0 pitch The hit and run is on! Broken bat ground ball to second Collins grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 Louis Santop is at the plate Santop is 0 for 1 today A long look in for the sign Johnson has it Here it comes WHIFFFFF! Nice pitch by Johnson! And that will do it for National League Josh Gibson leads it off Gibson taps the bat on home Gibson is waiting for the pitch He rocks and fires Smashed on the ground into left field Josh Gibson has a base hit The natural hitting left fielder, Ted Williams, is coming up to bat Ted is a San Diego native Williams is 0 for 2 today Nielsen wants another ball Now he's ready The 2 strike pitch Struck him out! Cal Ripken stands in for American League Ripken digs in Nielsen looking in Here's the pitch Did he check his swing? YES! It's a walk Now batting will be Eddie Collins Collins stares out at the mound O.K. Collins is ready Here's the 3-0 offering He lays off the pitch Ball four, he walks That will bring up Walter Johnson He's o.k. with the bat We're in the top of the 6th The bases are loaded Santop flashes the sign Nielsen has it He delivers High and away Ball four Ty Cobb stands in for American League Cobb digs in Cobb cocks the bat The 0-1 pitch Swung on and hit to shallow left Ott is on his horse HE DIVES HE'S GOT IT! TREMENDOUS DIVING CATCH! Nielsen owes Ott a dinner! Score It: 7 Willie Wells coming up Nielsen shakes off his sign Now he's set Here's the pitch WATCH OUT! Nielsen has hit Wells! Babe Ruth now up Nielsen looks in Here comes the pitch STRIKE THREE! After 5 and a half innings American League on top 5 to 0 Joe Morgan leads off the inning Johnson stares in He rocks and fires Just off the plate Ball four Up next is the modest, good natured Hans Wagner Wagner looks towards the coach Johnson looking in Here it comes Pops one up to center field Ty Cobb says it's his He makes the catch Score It: 8 Johnson better keep an eye on Morgan . . . Johnson looks him back to the bag Morgan takes a shorter lead Larry is now coming to bat Lajoie is 0 for 2 today, with no walks Johnson looks in The 2-1 pitch Screaming liner towards short Ripken jumps He snares it for the out! Score It: 6 The dangerous hitter, 5'9", Mel Ott, is coming to the plate Ott asks the ump for time Now he's back in Ott is waiting for the pitch Here's the pitch It's a BULLET, hit towards second Tough chance for Collins He grabs it for the out Score It: 4 And that will do it for National League Lou Gehrig leads it off Gehrig taps the bat on home Alexander goes to the resin bag Now he's ready Here it comes Hot shot grounded to the mound Alexander comes up with it Over to Foxx Got him! Score It: 1-3 Josh Gibson steps in Gibson asks the ump for time Now he's back in O.K. Gibson is ready He delivers Drilled deep to center field Mays is on his horse It's out of his reach Gibson running hard out of the box Mays corrals the ball Gibson motors into second Two-bagger! Ted Williams steps into the box Alexander nods, he's ready Here's the 3-0 delivery He misses outside Ball four Cal Ripken coming up 1st and 2nd, one man down Alexander gets the sign The 3-2 pitch Fastball Ball four The 1907 Columbia U graduate, "Cocky" Collins, is approaching the plate Collins takes a couple of practice cuts Collins cocks the bat The bases are loaded Here it comes Collins flies out to right The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Runners hold. That will bring up Walter Johnson Johnson asks the ump for time Now he's back in O.K. Johnson is ready Here's the pitch Smashed to short Taken by Wagner Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 And that will do it for American League It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Jimmie Foxx to lead it off for National League Johnson gets the sign Here's the pitch A drive to left Williams doesn't have to move He records the out Score It: 7 Here comes the National League center fielder, Willie Mays Most believe he has quite a future here in the ballpark Mays takes a couple of practice cuts Mays is ready for the pitch He goes into the windup Drilled deep to right field This one is deep! GOOD-BYE MR. SPALDING! That is Willie Mays' 1st home run of the year. Now batting will be Jud Wilson Johnson shakes off his sign Now he's set He winds and deals Slow ground ball to the mound Taken by Johnson Over to Gehrig HE BEATS THE THROW! That's an infield hit for Wilson! Roberto Clemente is next Clemente asks the ump for time Now he's back in Clemente cocks the bat Here comes the pitch There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Gibson races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Clemente back in the box And here comes the next pitch Swung on and hit to shallow right Babe Ruth trying to get to it HE DIVES HE'S GOT IT! WAIT THEY'RE SAYING HE TRAPPED IT! Base hit for Clemente They'll argue, but to no avail. Wilson takes third Louis Santop stands in for National League Santop digs into the box Santop is waiting for the pitch He rocks and fires Routine grounder to short Ripken grabs it Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 And that retires the side Ty Cobb leads off the inning Alexander has the sign Here's the pitch Grounded down the line Alexander takes the flip from Foxx Score It: 3-1 Willie Wells coming up Alexander shakes off his sign Now he's set He deals WATCH OUT! Alexander has hit Wells! Now Wells gets up and brushes himself off He's not a big fan of "chin music" and he's letting Alexander know about it! The ump tells Wells to take his base Babe Ruth is next Ruth takes a couple of practice cuts Ruth is waiting for the pitch Here's the 3-0 delivery High and tight He takes it for a walk Lou Gehrig is at the plate Gehrig digs into the box Gehrig is ready for the pitch He delivers Hard ground ball to second Morgan comes up with it Over to second for one On to first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 And that retires the side Joe Morgan to lead it off for National League Morgan digs in Morgan cocks the bat And Barney lets it fly... Bouncer to second Taken by Collins His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 "The Flying Dutchman" will be up next Wagner is 0 for 3 today, with no walks Johnson looking in He's into his windup Swung on and missed STRIKE THREE! Pete Alexander is due up, but Benton is sending in Pflaggstettler... Persimmon Pflaggstettler now up Johnson has the sign He rocks and fires Bounding ball to third Taken by Wells Over to Gehrig Got him! Score It: 5-3 After 8 innings American League ahead 5 to 1 Josh Gibson leads it off We're in the top of the 9th Gonzalez flashes the sign Babson has it He's into his windup WHIFFFFF! Nice pitch by Babson! Ted Williams steps up to the plate A long look in for the sign Babson has it He deals Fastball Ball four Cal Ripken coming up National League is set up for two Babson has the sign Here's the 3-2 offering Driven to center Tough chance for Mays He gloves it Score It: 8 The ex-Columbia U star, Eddie Collins, is approaching the plate Babson nods, he's ready Here comes the pitch Base hit to right for Collins Williams is being held at second Frank Selee will send up a pinch hitter for Walter Johnson Yes, Ed Delahanty steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Babson That will bring up Ed Delahanty Two men on, two men out Babson goes to the resin bag Now he's ready He rocks and fires Base hit to center for Delahanty The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Runners hold. Ty Cobb steps up to the plate Cobb stares out at the mound Cobb cocks the bat The bases are loaded He deals Shallow fly ball to center Mays is on his horse He's got it Fine running catch! Score It: 8 And that retires the side Frank Selee will be bringing in a relief pitcher Bruce Sutter has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Mel Ott to lead it off for National League Ott takes a couple of practice cuts Ott is waiting for the pitch He rocks and fires WHIFFFFF! The muscular Jimmie Foxx is up next "Double X" stands deep in the box has a wide stance and full stride no doubt an intimidating sight for any pitcher Foxx digs into the box Sutter shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Bruce has a many pitches to use but his best is a split-finger fastball! He deals He rips a grounder to second Collins grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 Here's speedy 5'10 1/2", 170 pound Willie Mays coming to the plate Sutter nods, he's ready Here's the 3-1 offering Screaming liner towards left Tough chance for Williams He can't get to it! Base hit for Mays Jud Wilson steps into the box Wilson digs in Sutter looks in Here's the 0-2 delivery Hot line drive to second Collins tries it He grabs it for the out Score It: 4 And that will do it for National League American League wins 5 to 1 Johnson gets credit for the win Nielsen takes the loss The hitting star for American League was Babe Ruth He was 1 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from National League. |
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AL ALL STAR PRESS CONFERENCE
MC: Mr Barnie is available to answer questions. Stan Hack: With a lead in the series will anything change in your strategy in game 2? Barnie: Why should it, we dominated the game last night and we'll do it again tonight. David Duntz: Was there any point during the game where you were concerned that the NLers would make a move? Barnie: I had complete confidence in Johnson, so No, I was not concerned. Paul Pride: So it will be Grove tonight? Barnie: Yes. And the rest of the lineup will remain the same. Paul Pride: Being left handed do you think he'll have more trouble with the RH hitting Nationals? Barnie: No. I think he'll dominate as well. *pause* Ok, he might struggle a bit more...he may end up giving up 2 runs. *things go quiet* Barnie, not waiting on the MC: Any more questions? *silence* Barnie walks out of the room. |
NL ALL STAR PRESS CONFERENCE
MC: Coach Benton Breeze is now ready to field questions Benton quips: Fielding...that's one thing we did well last night. Paul Pride: Coach, you felt pretty good Nielsen would pitch well last night, but he didn't, why? Benton: You know what...I though he pitched pretty good until the what...6th inning, when he got upset with the umps call on a pitch and sort of lost his mind. Stan Hack: So Nielsen got upset with the umpire? Benton: You couldn't tell? *Hack shakes his head no* Benton: Yeah, he felt his strike zone was being squeezed. John Bland: Did you think he was being squeezed? Benton: I'm not going to get into officiating issues...but look at the box score and you tell me what you think. David Duntz: When Nielsen got upset should you have pulled him? Benton: Yes...I visited the mound to try and calm him down, but he isn't the easiest person to reach when he gets hot. I though he had it under control, but obviously he didn't. As it turns out, the 2 runs he gave up in that inning wouldn't have affected the outcome of the game, because we never over came the 3 he gave up early. Stan Hack: Who's going to the hill tonight? Benton: Koufax...I'm going to try the lefty thing again. Hack: Does that mean Mighty will go in game 3 if there is a game 3? Benton: No, I need him to have a lefty in the pen. If we get to a game 3 it will probably be Seaver's ball. Duntz: What will you have to do to force a game 3? Benton: A good start would be to hold them to less than 2+ baserunners an inning, and the best to keep that from happening is not to issue so many free passes. In all actuality we did great to hold them to 5 runs. Did you see how many baserunners they had...and they ended up leaving what 13 or 14on base? Hack: 14 Benton: Ok, 14 - so we could have easily given up double diget runs if we hadn't made good pitches at crucial times. Stan Hack: Any changes in your lineup with Grove starting for the AL? Benton: Sure...we will probably go with the same two at the top of the order, but I'm probably going to use Foxx at 3b and put Potpie at first, and I'll probably use Joe Kelley in Left, but I'm not completely sure...and of course Gonzalez will start behind the plate with Santop injured. Pride: How badly hurt is Santop? Benton: Not bad. In fact, if this were a divisional game and his team was fighting for the playoffs, he'd gut it out, but no reason to here. He'll be ready to roll when the season starts up again. In fact, if we push a game 3 he might even be ok for that. Guys, I don't want to be rude, but I really need to get to the locker room to discuss our lineup with the other coaches. As I mentioned above, I haven't finalized my plans yet and I want their opinions. *Benton exits the room* |
ALL STAR - GAME 2 - RADIO BROADCAST
Welcome everyone to the ballpark The players are on the field and we're almost ready to go As Honus Wagner prepares to face Grove let's check out the American League defense At first base is Gehrig Wells is down at the hot corner Collins and Ripken are at second and short, respectively From left to right... Williams, Cobb and Ruth and now Gibson is just settling in behind the plate The All Stars' southpaw winds and delivers A hanging curve... Wagner laces it hard just to the right of Wells He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Honus... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Lefty Grove watches Wagner As he moves away from the bag Grove steps away from the mound... Now Wagner moves back to first He's not getting far from the bag Settling in at the plate is Kelley Grove tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The pitch on the way, here it is... Kelley swings and lifts one toward left Williams drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... One away in the top of the 1st for National League National League second baseman, Nap Lajoie, is up next Lajoie wiggles the bat above his head Lajoie is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Grove He's waiting for the pitch The pitch to Lajoie... Base hit to right for Lajoie Wagner is being waved to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Lajoie at first Jimmie Foxx steps into the box Grove wastes no time He has the sign from Gibson And the delivery by Grove The pitch is off the glove of Gibson He's after it He's up with it... Wagner with the hook slide Safe at home! Gibson is charged with a passed ball Tough break for Lefty Grove Jimmie Foxx steps into the box Foxx digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Grove Grove steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Collins comes in a couple steps Yells something to Grove The delivery Foxx rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Ripken Cal fields it cleanly Looks Lajoie back to second Now fires it over to first... Easy out And there's two away Making his way up is Mays A base hit should score Lajoie Grove looks down at Gibson for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants He brings it home That one is a grass cutter towards short Ripken fronts it... OOPS! It takes a big hop! Cal 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... Gehrig one hops it into his glove Out! Gehrig can't get out of the way and Willie 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 After one-half inning It's National League 1, All Stars coming to bat Here we go in the bottom half of the first inning... Setting up the defense for National League Kelley will start in left Mays gets the nod in center The rightfielder is Clemente... Around the infield Foxx will start at third base Wagner is at shortstop Lajoie at the keystone And over at first, Potpie... Sandy Koufax is out on the mound and Gonzalez is behind home plate Up first for the All Stars will be Ty Cobb We'll see how they pitch to Cobb Koufax eyes Cobb intently The southpaw Koufax's delivery on the 3-1 pitch Sinking fastball... Cobb swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wagner... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step And there's one away Walking up now to the plate is Wells Wells can't seem to get settled at the plate He's ready Here's his delivery Wells chases the high fastball... Hammers a LONG towering drive... Hit to deep left center... HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE! A big blast by Wells! The "Sultan of Swat" is coming to the plate Ruth needs to get on... He has a .400 on base percentage Koufax has the sign from Gonzalez Here's the southpaw's delivery Fastball... Ruth jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep right There goes Clemente after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Roberto Clemente! That's two away Wagner comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Koufax Lou Gehrig will be next up... Larrupin' Lou is up next Gehrig swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Koufax Koufax shakes off the sign by Gonzalez We have Sandy Koufax and Lefty Grove matched up in this one as we play in the bottom of the first The southpaw's 3-0 delivery Gehrig starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Koufax walks him Gibson gets set at the plate Koufax looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready... Koufax quick pitches the 0-2 offering Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three 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, The score is tied at 1 Jeeberoni Potpie, Roberto Clemente, and Miguel Gonzalez are due up Lefty Grove steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Here's the 0-2 offering Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Wells It's by him... Williams comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Potpie to a single Clemente leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Roberto checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings Now he steps into the box Lefty looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The stretch... the 2-1 delivery There's a high pop down the left field line It's going to go into foul territory Wells and Ripken are chasing it down the line Cal dives, and makes the play! With one down, up next is Miguel Gonzalez To be followed by Sandy Koufax The catcher, Miguel Gonzalez will be up next for National League Gonzalez is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in The umpire says let's go Gonzalez is ready Grove brings it to the plate Gonzalez sends a scorcher to short Ripken takes it on one hop Fires to Collins for one Back to Gehrig for the double play! And that retires the side Here's the left fielder Williams To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Cal Ripken And then Eddie Collins Williams digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Koufax Left-hander Sandy Koufax prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Williams Sandy winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... Right down the middle... strike three Williams must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch That's the first out of the inning Two more to go The shortstop, Cal Ripken, is up next Koufax squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Here's the windup... and the pitch Changeup down low... Ripken makes contact and hits one out to left Joe Kelley is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Koufax Two up, two down Eddie Collins will step in to face Koufax next If he gets on, Lefty Grove will follow Watching Koufax, Collins wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Collins in the hole, 0-2 Koufax brings it home Collins hits a hot shot on the ground Wagner, a diving stop Long throw... He's out! OH! A sensational play! That brings this crowd roaring to its feet Honus Wagner made a diving stop to his right followed by a perfect throw to get the speedy Collins And Eddie Collins has been robbed of a base hit What a remarkable effort by Wagner No runs for American League in the bottom of the 2nd The score is knotted at 1 We'll be right back Koufax is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Koufax swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Grove After getting set, Koufax waits on the pitch The pitch is on the way Swung on and hit sharply to third Wells plays it on one hop Over to Gehrig... Out of there! National League with one away Grove steps off the mound as he waits for Honus Wagner to come to the plate National League sends the shortstop, Honus Wagner, up to the plate Wagner taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready The umpire says let's go The lefthander Grove comes home with it Ball four is the call Grove can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Grove Wagner takes first base Wagner sneaks away from the base Wagner takes his lead... Throw to first... SAFE! Another throw... easily back Wagner extends his lead Grove comes home with a slider Kelley takes it... Wagner is off on the pitch The peg down... It's a wild throw by Gibson... To the right of second... Into right center... Up and moving to third is Wagner... Score that a stolen base and an error Joe Kelley steps into the box Kelley is 0 for 1 on the day He looks around at the American League infield Gehrig is kicking the dirt at first Wells is even with the bag at third Collins and Ripken are ready with hands on knees at second and short He's ready for the delivery Now to the belt, here it is... Broken bat ground ball to short Wagner breaks for home It's off Ripken's glove! Score It: E6 Wagner scores from third! Kelley to first With Jimmie Foxx on deck Batting now for National League is Lajoie Lajoie is 1 for 1 today Nap singled last time around Lajoie tells the umpire he's ready Grove goes into his stretch... Looks over at Kelley Fires to Gehrig... Kelley is back easily... We're ready again Now Grove comes home The runner goes Lajoie likes the hit and run... Lajoie misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Gibson takes the pitch... The throw... Kelley is in there under the tag Not a strong throw by Gibson Nap Lajoie steps into the box Lajoie is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Nap certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Grove earn his salary Lajoie waits on Grove Grove brings it to the plate It's a shallow fly by Lajoie Williams runs in, calls for it He makes the catch with a snap of his glove Lajoie is out That's two away Foxx pounds the plate Now he stares out at Grove Foxx looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 0 for 1 on the day for Jimmie Grove adjusts his cap... Now he's set The southpaw delivers the 0-2 pitch Foxx rips a sharp grounder to Lou Gehrig It rolls up his arm Gehrig can't find the handle Foxx is safe on the error by Gehrig Mays is up now for National League Mays steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Willie is 0 for 1 today Mays is waiting on the pitch The southpaw Grove delivers the 1-2 pitch Swung on and popped up back of first Collins is running after it... Gehrig is backpedaling... Watch out!... They almost collided! And the ball drops free just beyond the dugout A lack of communication cost American League there . . . Mays back in the box And here comes the next pitch Popped up into shallow left Williams has got a long run He's got it Fine running catch! Score It: 7 That's it for National League National League has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While American League has one run, one hit and 3 errors National League has now left 3 runners stranded Grove will come up to lead off the bottom of the 3rd American League's fans are looking for some runs from their team Grove scuffs up the lines around the box Koufax gets the sign, it's one he likes Koufax's into the windup... the delivery There's a fly ball to Willie Mays Mays circles under it... He makes the play One down for American League Ty Cobb is still in the on-deck circle and Willie Wells is looking for a bat in the dugout Cobb scuffs up the lines in the box Now he is ready Ty is 0 for 1 this spring evening He grounded out in his last plate appearance Koufax ready quickly, looks in for the sign Sandy rocks and fires It's a sinker that's up in the strike zone Cobb hits it deep towards the gap Mays is back to the warning track... To the fence... He leaps against the wall... CAN'T QUITE GET IT!!!... Cobb is not stopping at second Steams for third... Here's the throw to the cutoff man There will be no play at third They score it a triple Number 1 of the season for Cobb Wells now at the plate Babe Ruth waits on deck Wells steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready He's ready Here's the 3-1 offering Slider breaking in... Wells turns on it... Hits a drive down the line Foxx dives for it, but can't make the play Kelley over to cut it off keeping it out of the corner He throws... Wagner cuts it off Wells coasts into second base with a double Almost a great snag by Foxx That'll bring up All Stars' right fielder Babe Ruth... All Stars with a runner in scoring position at second Ruth a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Koufax A battle of lefties... Ruth is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Koufax He's waiting for the pitch The pitch is on the way Big motion... Ruth is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Koufax pulled the string on him Two down Gonzalez asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Gonzalez and Koufax All Stars' first baseman Gehrig is up next Koufax is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Koufax looks in... Now he's ready Koufax looks back towards second... The pitch Gehrig swings and misses, strike three! Lou chased a curve ball in the dirt That's all for the All Stars After 3 innings in American League this evening, The score is tied at 2 Potpie heads for the plate leading off this inning for National League Stepping in and then stepping out again Potpie looks to third for a sign The left-hander Grove is now ready Grove will try to get Potpie to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Base hit to center for Potpie Ty Cobb is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Now here's Clemente Grove has the sign he wants Now Lefty delivers The Super Star try the hit and run! It's a rainbow shot toward left Williams reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One down for National League Miguel Gonzalez is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for National League Facing Grove now is Gonzalez Sandy Koufax heads to the on deck circle Honus Wagner waits in the hole And Lefty studies the sign from Gibson... Now he's got it The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate Grove needs to come in with this one That's ball four Gonzalez trots down to first Potpie is already down on second Koufax fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Koufax looks to lay one down Koufax lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Koufax might beat it out... Fielded by W.Wells the throw to first... Out Koufax gets the job done. That's the second out of the inning Gibson heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Wagner. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are going to put Wagner on Gibson holds out his glove That's ball four Two on, two outs... Kelley steps to the plate Grove wastes no time He has the sign from Gibson Grove checks all the baserunners... Now he comes home with it Base hit to center for Kelley Potpie scores The 3rd base coach gives the green light... The throw is coming home... Gonzalez scores! Trailing runners advance. Gibson heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Lajoie. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are issuing a free pass to Lajoie Here's the 3-0 pitch Ball four, Lajoie takes his base With two out Batting for National League now is Foxx Grove takes the first sign The southpaw Grove's delivery Pounded on the ground to short Ripken comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side... but not before 2 runs cross the plate for National League After 3 and a half innings, National League ahead 4 to 2 Josh Gibson will step into the box to start the inning American League would like to get some runners on board Left-hander Sandy Koufax prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Gibson Koufax brings it to the plate Gibson hits a screamer at Sandy Koufax Koufax picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Gibson is out! Nice play by Potpie That's one away "The Thumper" is now coming to bat The outfield's shaded towards right With Williams at the plate Williams waits Now Sandy delivers Swung on and hammered into right-center It's in the gap... Clemente will track it down... But Williams is into second standing up Koufax threw a high change-up Ted Williams timed it perfectly Cal Ripken is coming to the plate National League leads by 2 We're in the bottom of the 4th Ripken is 0 for 1 today Cal flied out last time up Ripken waits patiently The lefty Koufax delivers He rips a grounder to short Taken by Wagner His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 Two away They are issuing a free pass to Collins Here's the 3-0 pitch Ball four, Collins takes his base Lefty Grove, the American League pitcher, steps into the batter's box National League on top 4 to 2 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Koufax is on the third-base side of the rubber... Sandy checks the runners... Steps off the mound... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Grove takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He punches Grove out That's it for American League Here at the ballpark, After 4 innings, National League has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors While American League has 2 runs, 4 hits and 3 errors American League has left 3 on base National League has stranded 6 Willie Mays up first for National League He is a threat to steal if he gets on Gibson flashes the sign... Grove waves it off... Now he's happy The southpaw delivers Mays pops one straight up And it will be Ripken making the play One away... Gehrig is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Wells also... Now they return to their positions One away, nobody on base Potpie stands ready at the plate Potpie looks down toward the third base coach Lefty gets the sign from Gibson Grove winds and delivers Drilled deep to left field This one is deep! FORGET IT, IT'S GONE!!! That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 1st home run of the year. Clemente, National League's right fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Miguel Gonzalez waits on deck Roberto steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Clemente is 0 for 2 today He flied out last time up Clemente awaits the delivery Grove's 1-0 pitch... A slider by Grove Clemente gets good wood on it... Cobb back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Gonzalez leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate The outfield shades towards left for Gonzalez He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Miguel brings the bat back... It's coming down the pike Hard ground ball to third Wells grabs it Over to Gehrig Got him! Score It: 5-3 We're halfway through here at the ballpark After 4 and a half innings National League ahead 5 to 2 We'll be right back... Ty Cobb leading off here in the bottom of the 5th The All Stars will try to chip away At National League's 3 run lead Koufax steps on the rubber Here's the 2 strike pitch It's a high fly into center Mays ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out One out Willie Wells is due up next And it brings up Willie Wells On deck is Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig in the hole Wells is taking his practice swings Willie is 2 for 2 this evening He doubled last time at bat Wells readies himself for the pitch Sandy is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Wagner takes off after it... Leaps... And Wells is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Honus is very fine fielder! Two down Sandy Koufax retires the first two batters in a row Up now for American League is Ruth Two away, nobody on National League has the outfield shaded towards right Ruth is 0 for 2 today All set, Ruth is ready for the pitch The lefthander Koufax delivers It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Lajoie for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That wraps up the inning for American League So After 5 innings National League has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors While American League has 2 runs, 4 hits and 3 errors American League has left 2 stranded National League has failed to bring home 6 Sandy Koufax, Honus Wagner, and Joe Kelley are due up for the Super Star National League leads, 5-2 Koufax grips the bat handle The count is nothing and 2 Koufax has to protect the plate Grove fires Curve ball... Koufax swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! One out, nobody on base Honus Wagner is the batter Grove adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gibson The 2-1 delivery by the lefthander It's a smash over third Wells leaps Just over his outstretched glove Wagner makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Taking his lead is Wagner Wagner is off on the pitch! Gibson takes it He double clutches... But then fires a missile... Too much speed on the bases Wagner is in there ahead of the throw! That's number 2 this year for Wagner Joe Kelley steps into the box With 3 RBI's in the game Kelley has 3 on the season Grove has the sign from Gibson Now ready, here it is... Flyball to right it's caught Wagner might have a chance to move up... Ruth makes the catch... Wagner is tagging up at second... Here's the play at third... SAFE! Walking up to the plate now is Lajoie Jimmie Foxx waits on deck Grove steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The lefthander delivers A high fastball... Lajoie swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Ripken Cal is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Lajoie was looking for the breaking ball That retires the side National League threatens but fails to score Here in the top of the 6th Gehrig saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Koufax likes the sign Here's the 1-1 offering Gehrig swings and sends a high fly to right It is hugging the line... Clemente is over at the fence... It's going to be close... It's just foul! Gehrig just missed on that one . . . Gehrig back in the box And here comes the next pitch It's hit high and deep Clemente takes off after it He's at the fence IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . CAUGHT! Score It: 9 One up, one down for American League Pounding the plate with his bat Gibson awaits the pitch Koufax looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The pitch is on the way Fly ball to center Mays is under it He makes the grab That's the second out of the inning Williams finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Williams steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Ted is 1 for 2 today All set, Williams is ready for the pitch Koufax is into his windup Here's the pitch Slider pounded into the ground towards first It's by the diving Potpie... Lajoie chasing it down... There will be no play It's a base hit Two outs, with a man at first Ripken is the next batter Ripken is 0 for 2 today Koufax tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... We've got a full count... Koufax winds and fires... Bounding ball to the mound Koufax comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That's it for American League Here at the ballpark, After 6 innings, National League has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors While American League has 2 runs, 5 hits and 3 errors American League has left 5 on base National League has stranded 7 National League will send Foxx, Willie Mays, and Jeeberoni Potpie to face Lefty Grove this inning Foxx grips the bat handle Foxx tells the umpire he's ready Here's the 3-1 pitch Ground ball to the left side... Wells scoops it up Over to first for the putout So one up and one gone Mays gets set at the plate Grove toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Gibson The southpaw delivers the 0-2 pitch Hard slider, paints the inside corner Mays gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Gehrig grabs it... Races to first... Beats Mays for the out Two down Grove gets the first two batters here in the top of the 7th Now up in the National League seventh will be Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeeberoni is 3 for 3 this evening Potpie is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Grove He's waiting for the pitch And now the pitch... Here's a curveball, up in the zone... It's juiced to deep center There goes Cobb after it Racing hard... Reaching... Can't get it... It was just out of his reach! He chases it to the fence Potpie around first, coasts into second As the throw comes in late Score that a two bagger Roberto Clemente will get a crack at Grove next Miguel Gonzalez would be up next... But only if Clemente can reach safely Clemente is taking his practice swings Roberto is 0 for 3 this evening He flied out last time at bat Gibson flashes the sign to Grove The southpaw Grove's delivery Clemente hits a three hopper towards Eddie Collins Collins scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's three outs, side retired It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Eddie Collins up first for American League He is a threat to steal if he gets on Collins is 0 for 1 today Eddie was intentionally walked last time up Sandy looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The windup, and the 3-1 pitch A high fastball... Collins swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Gonzalez Miguel is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Collins was looking for the breaking ball One down for American League Lefty Grove is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for American League Mickey Mantle is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Lefty Grove Mantle walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Ty Cobb moves into the on deck circle American League needs some runs Left-hander Sandy Koufax prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Mantle Here's his delivery Inside fastball, he turns on it... Mantle rocks one deep... This is really hit It's going... going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! That one traveled an easy 445 feet Now batting will be Ty Cobb The center fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out National League leads American League by 2 runs Ty is 1 for 3 this spring evening He flied out in his last plate appearance Cobb waiting on the delivery Koufax brings it to the plate Swung on and hit sharply to short Wagner plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! Wells walks up to the plate Willie steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Willie is 2 for 3 today with 1 home run Koufax adjusts his cap... Now he's set Koufax brings it home Sinking fastball... Wells swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Foxx... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Three away here in the bottom of the 7th After 7 innings National League ahead 5 to 3 The official attendance has just been announced 46792 fans here at the ballpark this evening Frank Selee will be bringing in a relief pitcher Bullet Joe Rogan has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Miguel Gonzalez, Sandy Koufax, and Honus Wagner are due up for the Super Star National League leads, 5-3 The right-hander Rogan is set to deliver to Gonzalez Here's the 3-1 offering Gonzalez laces a hit into the outfield Ted Williams picks it up Fires it to the infield Gonzalez holds with a single Koufax fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Sandy Koufax shows bunt And lays it down right to Willie Wells Wells looks at second But passes up a sure force play He fires to first to retire Koufax But Gonzalez moves up National League was in luck that time... Credit Sandy Koufax with a sacrifice With one down Gehrig yells something out to Rogan Bullet Joe nods his head Honus Wagner steps into the box One out, man on second Rogan shakes off two signs Now he's ready Rogan brings it to the plate It almost hits Honus Wagner It goes all the way back to the screen Gonzalez takes third on the wild pitch Honus Wagner steps into the box Right-hander Rogan eyes the righty Wagner The pitch is on the way Groundball to short The 3rd base coach gives the green light... They throw trying to get the lead runner... Here's the play at home... Runner scores! Kelley comes to the plate One out, Wagner at first American League is set up for two Gibson flashes the sign... Rogan shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Rogan goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Wagner He lobs one to Gehrig... Wagner is back easily We're ready again Now Rogan comes home Here's a high fastball, at the letters... Kelley raps a hard grounder toward third Wells takes two steps to his left Scoops it up... Flips over to second for one... The throw to first... Not in time! Score it a force play Speed on the bases helped National League there National League leads 6 to 3 with two away this inning Nap Lajoie steps into the box Lajoie is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Bullet Joe Rogan on in relief for the All Stars We're in the top of the 8th Now Bullet Joe delivers Gibson 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 Surprisingly, they give Gibson a passed ball They're not going to pitch to Lajoie They'll give him an intentional pass Oh! Rogan nearly threw ball four to the backstop Kelley bluffed a move toward third Up next for the visiting Super Star Jimmie Foxx, their third baseman Two men on, two men out Rogan is slow to get ready He has a 13.50 ERA this year Now he's ready Rogan looks over at Lajoie Now back at Kelley He's coming home with it Foxx drives the ball to left for extra bases Kelley scores The 3rd base coach gives the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Foxx Mays is ready to face Rogan Bullet Joe Rogan on in relief of Lefty Grove Rogan rocks and fires Curve, down low... Swung on and missed Strike three right by Mays Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it! That wraps up the inning for National League So After 7 and a half innings National League has 8 runs, 10 hits and no errors While American League has 3 runs, 6 hits and 3 errors National League has left 9 stranded American League has failed to bring home 5 The right fielder Ruth will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Lou Gehrig And then Josh Gibson Koufax will improve his record to 1-0 with a victory here in American League Koufax kicks and fires Outside fastball... lashed at by Ruth... Pop fly...Shallow center... Dropping quickly... Mays pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Ruth... As Mays fields it on one bounce Gehrig moseys up to the plate Josh Gibson is heading for the on-deck circle Koufax adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez Koufax brings it to the plate Gehrig drives one into right Roberto Clemente sprints over to make the play And there's one away One away, Ruth at first Gibson is coming to the plate Josh steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Gibson is 0 for 3 today He flied out last time up Sandy Koufax still on the mound for the Super Star... Koufax has gone the distance so far He's given up 7 hits in 7 1/3 innings Koufax looks at the runner The pitch Grounded towards the hole Fielded nicely by Lajoie Over to second for one Could be two . . . Not in time! Score It: 4-6 The runner on first, Ruth, is out Koufax glares in at Williams as he steps in Ted just glares back Williams is taking his practice swings Ted is 2 for 3 this evening After getting set, Williams waits on the pitch The southpaw Koufax's delivery on the 2 strike pitch It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Lajoie for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! So ends the bottom of the 8th For American League No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 8 innings, National League leads 8 to 3 Jeeberoni Potpie will start things off Rogan has no record This is his first appearance of the season Righthander Rogan's delivery Sinking fastball... Tailing away... Swung on... Potpie hits a deep fly to left-center Back to the fence Cobb is at the warning track He's a little out of control... Rights himself Can't get it... It bounces off the fence... Potpie around first... Here's the throw... It's a rope... The slide... SAFE!! Two-base hit for Potpie That'll bring up Super Star' right fielder Roberto Clemente... National League with a man in scoring position at second Potpie is on second, nobody out Rogan is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Rogan gets the sign from Gibson And the delivery by Rogan Base hit to left for Clemente The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Gonzalez is up now for National League Before getting ready Gonzalez checks out the defensive alignment Gonzalez awaits the pitch Rogan looks the runners back Now here's the delivery Fastball in on the hands Gonzalez tries to hold up, but can't He hits a blooper to left Williams is coming in fast Now he has it in his sights... Easy out Ted rifles it back in to Collins He walks it on over to Rogan One gone for National League Walking up to the plate now is Ott Honus Wagner waits on deck Ott goes through his routine of settling in Rogan wastes no time He has the sign from Gibson The righthander Rogan delivers Sinker over the inside corner Ripped at... Ott manages a grounder to Collins... No problem with the hop... The throw... Wide of the bag at first The ball caroms into right field Ruth runs it down Ott jogs into second Give Collins a a two base throwing error Score It: E4 Potpie scores from third! Clemente takes third Ott to second "The Flying Dutchman" will be up next Wagner can't seem to get settled at the plate Wagner waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Rogan needs a strikeout He checks the runners... The pitch Base hit to left for Wagner Clemente scores The 3rd base coach gives the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by National League... Not cut-off... Ott scores! Trailing runner advances. Frank Selee is visiting the mound... He's going to leave Rogan in the game Joe Kelley is up next National League's left fielder finds 1 on with 1 out Stepping in and then stepping out again Kelley looks to third for a sign Rogan is happy with the sign Rogan brings it to the plate Flyball to right it's caught Wagner might have a chance to move up... Ruth makes the catch... Wagner is tagging up at second... He makes it to third easily Here's Nap Lajoie Lajoie is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Nap certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Rogan earn his salary Bullet Joe gets the sign from Gibson Rogan will try to get Lajoie to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Lajoie pulls it hard over third... And it's snared by Wells! Wells half fell and half dove to grab that ball before it hit the ground That's it in the top of the 9th After 8 and a half innings in American League, National League leads 11 to 3 The shortstop Ripken will start things off for the All Stars Gonzalez flashes the sign... Kronside waves it off... Now he's happy Kronside kicks and fires It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Ripken checks his swing Gonzalez 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 Collins up The All Stars have Ripken on first The outfield's shaded towards right With Collins at the plate Collins waits Here's the righthander's delivery Collins chases the sinker... Lines a hit into center... Ripken's not slowing at all Rounds second heading to third... Mays throws in to Lajoie covering second... Ripken is in at third without a play Up for the All Stars will be Ed Delahanty... He'll pinch hit for Bullet Joe Rogan Ty Cobb is due to follow Ed Delahanty will face Kronside Righty against righty Right-hander Kronside prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Delahanty Jace rocks and fires Delahanty flies out to right The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Ty Cobb steps into the box Kronside has the sign from Gonzalez A check on the runners... the pitch The pitch is way inside It gets away from Gonzalez Ripken is coming hard Gonzalez fires to Kronside And Ripken barrels Jace over He dropped the ball! Both runners advanced on that wild pitch Now, National League leads 11 to 4 Ty Cobb steps into the box Kronside looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready... The righthander delivers Curveball, in and low Cobb hits it to Potpie at first Takes it cleanly... Races to the bag... It's going to be close... And... Out is the call That could have gone either way Collins is now perched over at third Two gone for American League Time is running out for them Kronside looks down at Wells as he steps in Willie is ready to go Wells is 2 for 4 today Willie grounded out last time around Jace is ready Kronside fires Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on and clubbed to left-center... Kelley backing up quickly... Not quick enough, it's over his head! He's got to chase it down... Wells is heading for third... Kelley has it and wings it back in to Traynor Wells hits the deck, a good slide... Wells is in there Traynor can't make the tag... Collins scored easily on the hit The All Stars' right fielder is up next American League has 1 on board with 2 outs We'll see how they pitch to Ruth Kronside steps on the rubber Kronside's righthanded delivery... Grounded towards the hole Outstanding play by Lajoie! His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 And that will do it for American League National League wins 11 to 5 Koufax gets credit for the win Grove takes the loss The hitting star for National League was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 5 for 5 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from American League. |
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AL All Star Manager Press Conference
MC: Everyone, we have just gotten work that Mr. Barnie will not be taking part in this press conference. He has instead sent the following announcement... We are very disappointed in our play last night and we are taking steps to improve our effort and hopefully results. I haven't determined what, if any changes will be made to our lineup, and I haven't determined who my starter is going to be. With that in mind, I felt there was no need for me to attend the press conference, because I woudln't have any answers for you. |
NL All Star Manager Press Conference
MC: Coach Breeze is here... Paul Pride: Were you surprised by how well your guys played last night? Benton: I don't know if surprised is the word. I was certainly pleased. Stan Hack: Coach, yesterday, you mentioned you would probably use Seaver in this start if it got to a game 3, because you would need Mighty to give you a lefty out of the pen. You haven't used Mighty yet and it's the last game. You still planning to start Seaver? Benton: No, I will start Mighty. I've already informed Barnie of the change. David Duntz: You could get critisized if he doesn't perform, because he's on your team and Seaver is 8 and 1 on the season. Benton: I know that, but I like our chances better is we throw a lefty against that lineup. Mighty will be on a short leash. No reason to wear him out or make him overwork. It's the last game of the series. So Seaver could be in early. Stan Hack: Is Mighy ok, with the short leash thing? Benton: I think he was ok with it. I let him know, but you'd really need to ask him. Paul Pride: What about your lineup? Benton: I'm not sure who he's starting, but I can tell you that Foxx will be at 3b and Potpie will be at first. Jeebs went 5 for 5 for cryiing out loud. If he can continue to play well and Wagner can do like he did last game...we've got a shot to win this thing... |
ALL STAR - GAME 3 - RADIO BROADCAST
Welcome to the ballpark! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between National League and American League So folks, pull up a chair and spend part of your evening with us The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in National League Ty Cobb to lead it off for American League The lefthander delivers Cobb pops one straight up And it will be Lajoie making the play One up, one down here in the top of the 1st Wells leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Wells swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Mighty The bat is cocked Mighty brings it home Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! That's the second out of the inning The "Sultan of Swat" is coming to the plate Ruth needs to get on... He has a .300 on base percentage Mighty is happy with the sign Now the delivery, here is is... Ruth gets a good cut at it... He lifts it high and deep toward left Ott is heading back... At the fence And he makes the catch for the out! Mighty breathes a sigh of relief That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for American League No runs, no hits and no errors National League is coming to bat As we go to the bottom of the first let's set the defensive alignment for American League Clemens and Gibson are the battery mates Gehrig will man first base Wells is at the hot corner Ripken and Collins form the keystone combination From left to right it is Williams, Cobb and Ruth Now Honus Wagner steps in Wagner is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Wagner gets set for the pitch The righthander delivers Sinking fastball... Wagner swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wells... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's one away Facing Clemens now is Lajoie Mel Ott heads to the on deck circle Jimmie Foxx waits in the hole Roger gets the sign from Gibson The righthander Clemens' delivery High and tight He takes it for a walk Ott steps in Lajoie's trying to rattle Roger Clemens by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink We'll see how they pitch to Ott Clemens studies his sign It's coming down the pike Grounded through the infield into left field Base hit for Ott Lajoie takes third The Super Star will send Jimmie Foxx up to the plate The American League outfield is playing Foxx almost straight away Unusual for the power hitter But with Clemens on the mound it is understandable Clemens looks down at Gibson for the sign Now he's ready Clemens rocks and fires Foxx swings awkwardly... strike three Clemens took something off of that breaking ball He had Foxx way out in front One more chance for National League this inning Making his way up is Mays Mays a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Clemens Mays is poised and ready for the pitch Now Roger delivers Base hit to right for Mays Lajoie scores Ott is being held at second The first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie will be up next for National League Clemens eyes Potpie intently The pitch to Potpie... Grounded towards the bag Wells grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That's all for the Super Star... As we head to the top of the second inning... National League leads 1 to 0 American League will send Gehrig, Josh Gibson, and Ted Williams to face Al Mighty this inning Gehrig swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Mighty Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready The pitch is on the way Fly ball to right Clemente is under it He grabs it for the out With one down, up next is Josh Gibson To be followed by Ted Williams That'll bring up catcher Josh Gibson... National League out in front by 1 We're in the top of the 2nd Gibson grips the bat handle Josh is set for the pitch Mighty is behind in the count Here's the 2-0 offering Good slider, inside part of the plate Gibson gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Lajoie grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two gone for American League "The Thumper" is now coming to bat Williams a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Mighty A battle of lefties... Mighty is making his 1st start of the season The southpaw delivers Lifted in the air, back this way The catcher, Santop, will take it for the out 1-2-3, nothing across... Clemente up now to lead off Clemente is at .375 on the season Clemente gets ready for Clemens' pitch His bat is cocked Clemens brings it to the plate He hits a tough grounder to short Ripken grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 One down for National League Louis Santop is still in the on-deck circle and Al Mighty is looking for a bat in the dugout Louis Santop makes his way to home plate Clemens has the sign from Gibson Clemens will try to get Santop to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Hard ground ball to short Ripken comes up with it Over to Gehrig Got him! Score It: 6-3 Coming up for National League is Mighty Honus Wagner waits on deck The Super Star leading by 1 Before getting ready Mighty checks out the defensive alignment Mighty is waiting on the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Mighty swung, that's strike three Mighty isn't happy at all with that call That's three outs, side retired Ripken is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box The outfield shades towards left for Ripken Mighty is ready quickly The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch Ripken swings and misses Strike three Ripken didn't have a good cut at that pitch National League gets the first out of the inning Here comes the American League second baseman, Eddie Collins Most believe he has quite a future Collins scuffs up the lines around the box Eddie steadies his bat And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch Mighty brings it to the plate There's a routine pop by Collins Lajoie moves under it and makes the catch Two up, two down here in the top of the 3rd Up now for American League is Clemens Two away, nobody on Al looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Now to the belt, here it is... Clemens swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mighty strikes out Roger Clemens That's all for American League After 2 and a half innings in National League this evening, National League leads 1 to 0 Honus Wagner will lead off for the Super Star The top of the line-up here for National League Wagner is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Honus certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Clemens earn his salary The count two balls, two strikes on Wagner Collins comes in a couple steps Yells something to Clemens The delivery Wagner hits a screamer at Cal Ripken Ripken picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Gehrig off the bag Gehrig swipes with the glove Wagner is out! Nice play by Gehrig One out Due up next is Nap Lajoie Now here's Lajoie Gibson flashes the sign... Clemens waves it off... Now he's happy Clemens' into the windup... the delivery Lajoie hits one on the ground to the left side Nap, who moves well, is motoring to first Ripken wings it quickly to Gehrig... OUT by a step That's two away Ripken comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Clemens Mel Ott will be next up... Next up is Mel Ott, the National League left fielder... If he gets on, Jimmie Foxx would bat next Ott is taking his practice swings Mel is 1 for 1 this evening Clemens has the sign he wants He brings it home Ground ball through the middle Collins ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! And that will do it for National League Ty Cobb stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Ty is hitting at .167 on the year He has 2 hits in 12 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Cobb popped out his last time up Al peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Now ready, here it is... Let up pitch, inside and low Swung on... High hopping ball towards left... Into the hole... Stopped there by Wagner before it gets through... He starts to throw but stops Cobb has the infield single Cobb inches away from first base Wells takes the low fastball Cobb breaks for second! The peg down... Cobb is safe!... As Lajoie slaps a high tag on him Willie Wells steps into the box Wells is at .556 on the season Mighty ready quickly, looks in for the sign Here's the southpaw's delivery Base hit to left for Wells The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Ruth gets set at the plate Runners at the corners Mighty is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Mighty gets the sign from Santop Mighty looks the runners back Now here's the delivery Babe Ruth hits a medium deep fly ball Willie Mays lines up his throw to the plate He makes the catch, and here's the throw SAFE! As the ball trickles away from the catcher One gone in the top of the 4th American League does tie the game on the play Al Mighty watches Wells As he moves away from the bag Fastball in on the fists... And there goes Wells on the steal! Here's the peg down... Wells is in there under the tag Not a strong throw by Santop Lou Gehrig steps into the box Gehrig is 0 for 2 today Mighty is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Mighty looks in... Now he's ready Mighty looks back towards second... The pitch Gehrig pops it up Nap Lajoie is jogging under it... And it will be Lajoie making the play The catcher, Josh Gibson, is up next Looking for his first hit today Gibson is 0 for 1 Mighty squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The southpaw Mighty's delivery on the 3-2 pitch A slider by Mighty Gibson gets good wood on it... Ott back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's it for American League Here at the ballpark, After 3 and a half innings, National League has one run, 2 hits and no errors While American League has one run, 2 hits and no errors American League has left 1 on base National League has stranded 2 The third baseman Foxx will start things off for the Super Star Foxx is 0 for 1 today Clemens steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here's the 2 strike pitch Hard slider... And Foxx takes it right down the middle Strike three called One down, nobody on Game tied Nobody on, one away for National League Up now is Mays Mays wiggles the bat above his head The umpire says let's go Mays is ready And the delivery by Clemens Swung on and hit sharply to second Collins plays it on one hop Over to Gehrig... Out of there! That's two away That brings up Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman Potpie digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Clemens Clemens is slow to get ready He has a 2.45 ERA this year Now he's ready With a 2 strike count... here's the pitch Potpie cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Gibson Potpie was badly fooled by Clemens' big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Jeeberoni was a little overanxious That's three outs, side retired First up for American League in the top of the 5th is Williams against Mighty The American League left fielder will be followed by Cal Ripken and Eddie Collins We're all tied up at 1 Mighty steps on the rubber The lefthander delivers Williams 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 And it brings up Cal Ripken On deck is Eddie Collins Roger Clemens in the hole Ripken steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Cal is 0 for 1 today He's ready for the delivery Mighty goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Williams He lobs one to Potpie... Williams is back easily We're ready again Now Mighty comes home Ripken drives the ball to left for extra bases The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Double for Ripken Collins squares to bunt He bunts the ball . . . Fielded by J.Foxx he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Fielders Choice To 3rd Baseman Score It: 5-2 The runner on third, Williams, is out Ripken takes third One down... Roger Clemens is due up next Let's see what happens now Clemens looks to lay one down He bunts it . . . Fielded by J.Potpie he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Fielders Choice To 1st Baseman Score It: 3-2 The runner on third, Ripken, is out Collins takes second One more chance for American League this inning Ty Cobb plants his left foot The lefthanded center fielder for American League appears set Cobb is 1 for 2 today Ty singled last time up Cobb is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mighty He's waiting for the pitch Mighty brings it to the plate Lazy fly ball to center Mays settles under it He records the out Score It: 8 That retires the side... Ty Cobb fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often The Super Star will send up Roberto Clemente The bottom of their line-up is due up Clemente will be followed by Louis Santop and then Al Mighty The score is knotted at 1 Clemente swinging from the right side facing the righty Clemens Clemente, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Clemens Righthander Clemens' delivery Looped to left...and it will drop for a hit The Super Star' catcher is up next National League has 1 on board with no outs Louis checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings Now he steps into the box Santop waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Clemens goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Clemente He lobs one to Gehrig... Clemente is back easily... We're ready again Now Clemens comes home Santop sends a scorcher to short Ripken takes it on one hop Fires to Collins for one Back to Gehrig for the double play! And there's two away Mighty is up now for National League The outfield's shaded towards right With Mighty at the plate He's ready Here's his delivery Routine grounder to second Collins scoops it up Over to first for the out That does it for the Super Star So at the end of five complete it is all knotted up at 1 Wells saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Wells looks down toward the third base coach Wells tells the umpire he's ready Al winds Kicks... and delivers And Wells will sit down... strike three called So one up and one gone Walking up to the plate now is Ruth Lou Gehrig waits on deck Ruth gets set He's 0 for 1 so far Ruth waiting on the delivery The pitch on the way, here it is... There's a routine pop by Ruth Wagner moves under it and makes the catch Two down Larrupin' Lou is up next Gehrig is 0 for 2 today He is currently batting .111 Ott, Mays and Clemente are playing him deep Lou seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Here's the 0-1 offering Slow ground ball Lajoie is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 5 and a half innings, We're all tied up at 1 Honus Wagner, Nap Lajoie, and Mel Ott are due up #22 shakes off the sign... Now "The Rocket" shakes off another one The book on Clemens 2 and 4 seam fastball, splitter and great curve Here's the righthander's windup and delivery Curve in the dirt... and Wagner holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Gibson asks the first base ump's opinion He says Wagner went around Strike three, swinging That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Making his way up is Lajoie He looks to third first Now he steps in The corners are playing in Lajoie goes through his routine of settling in Lajoie is ready It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Fly ball to right Ruth is under it He makes the grab Two up, two down for the Super Star Mel Ott will get a crack at Clemens next Jimmie Foxx would be up next... But only if Ott can reach safely Ott is 1 for 2 today Clemens adjusts his cap... Now he's set The windup, and the 3-0 pitch Ott swings and hits one down the line It'll be in there for extra bases Ruth plays it off the wall on a hop Ott is heading for second Ruth turns and fires Ott slides head first... and beats the throw A whistling two-bagger for Mel Ott Gibson heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Foxx. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are going to put Foxx on Foxx watches ball four He takes his base Willie Mays, the center fielder, strides to the plate Mays is 1 for 2 today Willie grounded out last time around Clemens looks down at Gibson for the sign Now he's ready... The righthander Clemens delivers Mays drives the ball to center for extra bases Ott scores The 3rd base coach gives the green light... The throw is coming home... Foxx scores! Trailing runner advances. Double for Mays The Super Star have Mays on third Potpie steps in Clemens has the sign from Gibson Mays is dancing off third Clemens is ignoring him Here's the pitch Hit in the air to center Cobb doesn't have to move He's got it Score It: 8 That retires the side The Super Star score 2 runs in the inning After 6 innings, National League leads 3 to 1 Gibson is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Gibson is 0 for 2 today Left-hander Al Mighty prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Gibson Mighty kicks and fires The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Gibson held up, and draws a walk Mighty isn't happy at all with that call Settling in at the plate is Williams Ted glances towards third for the sign He is 1 for 2 today Williams readies himself for the pitch Gibson takes a walking lead And here is the 1-2 delivery And Williams will sit down... strike three called One away, two to go in the top of the 7th Ripken finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Ripken is 1 for 2 today Mighty adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Santop Mighty's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Gibson dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Mighty Now here's the pitch Curve ball... Low and away... Ripken reaches for it... Pops it straight up Two players have a chance for it And it will be Wagner making the play Two gone for American League Time is running out for them Collins digs in at the plate Ready now for Mighty to come set Collins is batting .333 with no HR's this year Mighty looks down at Santop for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Mighty looks at the runner The pitch Routine grounder to first Potpie to Mighty covering first Score It: 3-1 That wraps up the inning for American League So After 6 and a half innings National League has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While American League has one run, 4 hits and no errors American League has left 4 stranded National League has failed to bring home 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Bottom of the Super Star' order coming to bat Roberto Clemente will lead it off Clemente is taking his practice swings Roberto is 1 for 2 this evening He singled last time at bat Clemente, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Clemens Clemens' righthanded delivery... The pitch is just inside and Clemente holds up Gibson points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! One down for National League Louis Santop is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for National League Nobody on base, one away Santop steps into the batter's box Clemens is on the first-base side of the rubber... The pitch is on the way Slow ground ball Wells is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT National League ahead 3 to 1 with two away this inning Walking up to the plate now is Mighty Honus Wagner waits on deck Mighty digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Clemens Mighty readies himself for the pitch Clemens rocks and fires And Mighty will sit down... strike three called That is the third out for National League here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 42989 Frank Selee has called for Mickey Mantle Mickey will come up now to bat for Roger Clemens against Mighty Mantle is batting 1.000 as a pinch hitter He has 1 pinch home run Mickey Mantle stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Mighty toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Santop With a 1-0 count... here's the pitch Swung on, sharply hit down the third base line It's past Foxx and into the corner... Ott is over, plays the carom Mantle is on his way to second... Here's the throw He slides... The throw is toward the third base side Mantle is in with an extra base hit That'll bring up center fielder Ty Cobb... National League out in front by 2 We're in the top of the 8th Ty is hitting at .214 on the year He has 3 hits in 14 at bats American League's leadoff hitter has scored 2 runs this year Cobb is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly The lefty Mighty delivers Base hit to right for Cobb The 3rd base coach puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Wells finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Wells is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Wells awaits the delivery Al rocks and fires Bouncer to short...made to order doubleplay ball Wagner has it on two hops...wrists it to Lajoie He evades the slide of Cobb And completes the doubleplay Mantle comes in to score, however Ruth moseys up to the plate Lou Gehrig is heading for the on-deck circle Ruth is batting .182 with 1 HR this year Mighty looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Santop He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Mighty Now he is ready... Mighty brings it to the plate STRIKE THREE, CALLED! And that retires the side We're back at the top of the order for National League Honus Wagner coming up Wonder if Wagner will try to bunt for a hit Honus is set for the pitch Here's his delivery Wagner pounds a grounder toward Collins at second Eddie moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Collins stayed with it Over to first and Wagner is retired Nice play by the American League second baseman With one down Gehrig yells something out to Lyons Ted nods his head Lajoie pounds the plate Now he stares out at Lyons Lajoie is at .111 on the season Lyons looks down at Gibson for the sign Now he's ready... Now Ted delivers Ground ball to the left side... Wells scoops it up Over to first for the putout Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Ott coming up for National League Nobody on, two away We'll see how they pitch to Ott Mel steadies his bat And waits patiently for Lyons' pitch Now Ted delivers He hits a tough grounder to the mound Lyons grabs it Over to Gehrig Got him! Score It: 1-3 That does it for National League in the bottom of the 8th Lou Gehrig leading off for American League The best way to quiet the crowd is to get a few base runners on Watching Mighty, Gehrig wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Lou steadies his bat Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch The windup, the pitch Hard slider, paints the inside corner Gehrig gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Gehrig for the out And there's one away Gibson gets set at the plate Gibson is 0 for 2 today, with no strike outs Al Mighty is shooting for victory number 1 Mighty kicks and fires Gibson rips one to left He hit it right on the nose... Ott is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Mel Ott Two up, two down Ted Williams steps in against Mighty Left-hander against left-hander Mighty looks down at Santop for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Here's the 0-2 offering Fly ball to center Mays is under it He makes the grab And that will do it for American League National League wins 3 to 2 Mighty gets credit for the win Clemens takes the loss The hitting star for National League was Willie Mays He was 2 for 3 He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from National League. |
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What? No comments on the All-Star game?
Actually, just wanted to let you know, I'm going to be out of town for a while, so this dynasty will be on hold until I return next week. |
Looking forward to this getting rolling again. Nice job on the comeback, always nice to stick it to them ;)
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GAME 79 - June 25th - Radio Broadcast
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and NL Pre WWII The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Frankie Frisch to lead it off for NL Pre WWII The southpaw's 3-0 delivery Frisch starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Nielsen walks him The headsy and classy third baseman, Pie Traynor, is coming up to bat Frisch takes his lead Hays flashes the sign to Nielsen Nielsen brings it to the plate Traynor swings It is popped down the line Fouts is giving chase The ball is drifting foul Fouts dives Got it! Hornsby is up now for NL Pre WWII FOFC is set up for two Nielsen squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Nielsen fires Hornsby rips a line shot to the second baseman OUT! Blade didn't have to move! One blink and that would have been past him! Frisch stays put That's two away Ott leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Ott The lefty Nielsen delivers Swung on...and hit way, way up Under it is Hays...and he's got it So that's it for NL Pre WWII They fail to score against Nielsen In the top of the 1st for NL Pre WWII No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base NL Pre WWII has taken the field in the bottom of the first inning... Here's how they look, defensively In the outfield Medwick will play left Cuyler in center Ott in right... Around the diamond Traynor will play the hot corner Frisch and Hornsby Make up the doubleplay combination... Over at first Terry And a battery of Carl Hubbell and Hartnett behind the plate First batter for the All Stars A. J. Tucker steps in A. J. tucks in his shirt, jiggles his butt Now checks with the coach at third Tucker waits for the delivery The lefthander delivers Screaming liner towards short Frisch makes a great catch! Score It: 6 One up, one down And it brings up Jeff Nights On deck is Gerald Gazelle Jeeberoni Potpie in the hole Stepping in and then stepping out again Nights looks to third for a sign Hubbell steps on the rubber The southpaw's 2-1 delivery Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Frisch... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Hartnett asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hartnett and Hubbell Gazelle coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Gazelle has managed a .291 average against lefthanders this year Hubbell adjusts his cap... Now he's set The southpaw Hubbell's delivery Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Frisch It's by him... Medwick comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Gazelle to a single Two out, Gazelle at first Coming up is Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie has a .234 average against lefthanders He is .286 overall Set now is Potpie It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Potpie drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Kiki Cuyler throws the ball away for an error! Double for Potpie The third baseman, Dan Fouts, is up next Fouts can't seem to get settled at the plate The bat is cocked Hubbell brings it to the plate There's a jam shot off the hands of Fouts It's a routine catch of the soft liner by Rogers Hornsby That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 1 inning, FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has no runs, no hits and one error FOFC has left 1 on base NL Pre WWII has stranded 1 Kiki Cuyler, Joe Medwick, and Gabby Hartnett are due up Cuyler digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen Cuyler cocks his bat Here's the 3-1 pitch Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Planting his right foot Medwick is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Medwick Joe checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings... Now he steps into the box Medwick awaits the delivery The pitch is on the way There's a hard grounder down at Nights He's in front of it... But he muffs it! Error on Jeff Nights as that ball just ate him up! It crawled right up his arms and clipped him in the chin Hartnett squares He bunts the ball . . . Fielded by D.Fouts the throw to first... Out Hartnett gets the job done. That's one away While Carl Hubbell heads for the on deck circle Bill Terry makes his way to the plate Terry a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Nielsen A battle of lefties... Terry in the hole, 0-2 Nielsen kicks and fires Terry is waiting Bill need wait no more... he's outta here Just another victim of Nielsen's breaking ball That's out number two All Stars' pitching coach, Sal Maglie, is out to talk with Nielsen Carl Hubbell, the NL Pre WWII pitcher, steps into the batter's box FOFC ahead 1 to 0 He has a chance here to drive home at least one A single could plate two runs Nielsen is having a fine year so far His 10 victories make him 2nd in the league in that category Now he's about ready Nielsen checks the runners Here's the 0-2 offering Grounded to second Blade comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side... Hubbell fails to come through in the clutch For NL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit, one error and 2 men left on base Hays saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Hays is batting .319 with 6 round trippers in 1900 Hubbell eyes Hays intently Now Carl delivers It's a Texas Leaguer to right Here comes Ott... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Hays is on with a bloop single to right FOFC left fielder, Sean Treacy, will be up next He will be followed by Barrett Blade One on... no one out FOFC up by 1 Treacy taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Hubbell has the sign from Hartnett Hubbell rocks and fires Treacy 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 Frisch... Hays slides safely into third Barrett Blade steps in Treacy at first, Hays at third, no one out Blade is at .252 on the season Hubbell looks down at Hartnett for the sign Now he's ready Now ready, here it is... Blade drives the ball to center for extra bases Hays scores Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Blade Nielsen looks to lay one down Nielsen lays down a great bunt! He might beat it out... Fielded by G.Hartnett the throw to first... close play... SAFE, Nielsen beat it out! Treacy scores from third! Blade takes third Tucker saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting right-handed against the lefty Carl Hubbell Tucker gets set for the pitch Hubbell checks the runners The Whiff! Swung on the HIGH CHEESE! One down for FOFC... Traynor calls time as he comes to the mound to have a word with the pitcher I'm sure he wants Hubbell to bear down And not worry about the runners Jeff Nights moves in to face Hubbell 2 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 2nd Men on 1st and 3rd Hubbell tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... It's coming down the pike Long fly ball to left field Joe Medwick giving chase This one is deep! IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . CAUGHT! Score It: 7 Two gone for FOFC With two out Batting for FOFC now is Gazelle Gazelle is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .276 on the year Gazelle waits for the pitch Hubbell goes into his stretch... Looks at Nielsen... He fires one to Terry... Nielsen dives back in That's his best move to first... Terry lobs it back Now Hubbell comes home It's a rainbow shot toward left Medwick reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That retires the side... but not before 3 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 2 innings, FOFC ahead 4 to 0 Frankie Frisch stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Frankie will be facing the left-handed Nielsen from the right side of the plate The Pre-Nationals' switch hitting shortstop is batting a .278 versus southpaws Frisch is poised and ready for the pitch Nielsen brings it to the plate There's a liner over short Solidly stroked by Frisch... Would you look at that! Nights leaped two stories into the air and robbed Frisch of a sure base hit Frankie is disgusted... but tips his hat to Nights just the same That ball had base hit written all over it And there's one away Traynor is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Looking to Casey Stingle for a sign He's ready for the delivery Here's his delivery Traynor drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play That's the second out of the inning Making his way up is Hornsby Hornsby is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Rogers certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Nielsen earn his salary Nielsen is happy with the sign Nielsen is into his rocking motion Now his left arm comes around Hornsby bounces one high toward the mound Nielsen leaps up but can't reach it Nights is over quickly... Reaches down and scoops it up on the short hop Underhands it to Potpie... OUT Pretty play by Jeff Nights to retire Hornsby by a whisker The crowd appreciated that play That's three up, three down FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has no runs, one hit and one error The All Stars will send Potpie, Dan Fouts, and Harry Hays up to the plate this inning Potpie has 12 doubles this year He's ready The pitch on the way, here it is... Drilled on the ground to short Frisch grabs it Over to Terry Got him! Score It: 6-3 That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Now here's Fouts Fouts scuffs up the lines around the box Fouts is waiting on the pitch Here's the pitch Fouts hits a screamer at Frankie Frisch Frisch takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Terry scoops it on one hop Fouts is out! Nice play by Terry FOFC ahead 4 to 0 with two away this inning Walking up to the plate now is Hays Sean Treacy waits on deck Watching Hubbell, Hays wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Hays waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Hubbell brings it to the plate Hays slaps a hard grounder past short Medwick is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Hays will hold with a clean single Stepping in the batter's box, Treacy Hays at first, two away Treacy wiggles the bat above his head Treacy readies himself for the pitch Hays takes a walking lead The lefthander Hubbell delivers There's a quail shot in front of Joe Medwick He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out That does it for FOFC in the bottom of the 3rd NL Pre WWII will send Ott, Kiki Cuyler, and Joe Medwick to face Rob Nielsen this inning Ott is batting .293 with 24 homers this year Ott is set for the 0-2 pitch Rob rocks and fires Another hook for strike three! Ott just stood there looking One up, one down for NL Pre WWII Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Kiki Cuyler Nobody on base, one out Cuyler is 1 for 1 today Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The pitch to Cuyler... There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Cuyler No chance for either Nights or Treacy That one had base hit written all over it Joe Medwick steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Cuyler is at first Joe takes a couple of practice cuts The umpire says let's go Medwick is ready Now to the belt, here it is... Joe Medwick hits a drive to left-center A. J. Tucker is at the warning track Reaches up... Jumps... And snares it for the out I'm impressed! Two down Two outs, with a man at first Hartnett is the next batter Hartnett swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Nielsen Hartnett awaits the pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery There's a long drive... Its' way back there... A. J. Tucker is at the wall... (Possible HR or Out Fielding ability: Great,) He's jumping for it... He's got it!!! What a great play by Tucker! Leading off for the All Stars is the second baseman Blade He'll be followed by Rob Nielsen And then A. J. Tucker The righthander, Blade has an average of .256 His success against lefties, like Hubbell is better, however, at .297 Barrett steadies his bat And waits patiently for Hubbell's pitch Now the delivery, here is is... Blade tries to hold up, but can't He pops one into short right Ott is coming in hard... Hornsby is racing with his back to the infield And neither is going to get it! Blade is on with the "excuse me" single! Nielsen squares around He bunts it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by P.Traynor the throw to first... Out Nielsen gets the job done. Hubbell has the first out in the bottom of the 4th Hartnett trots out to the mound Says a few words to Carl... With the runner on second... Probably making sure of the signs A. J. Tucker is up next FOFC's center fielder finds 1 on with 1 out Tucker looks down toward the third base coach The count two balls, two strikes on Tucker Hornsby comes in a couple steps Yells something to Hubbell The delivery Tucker watches strike three glide by For that matter, he watched them all That won't get it done Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Nights gets set at the plate Nights grips the bat handle Nights chokes up on the bat a little The lefthander Hubbell comes home with it Looping fly to center Kiki Cuyler charges the ball It falls in front of him FOFC adds to their lead FOFC on top 5 to 0 Gerald Gazelle, will be up next Jeeberoni Potpie hopes to get a chance as well One on... two away FOFC up by 5 Gerald is batting .273 with 10 home runs on the season He is 1 for 2 today The count even at 2-2 Hubbell goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Nights He lobs one to Terry... Nights is back easily We're ready again Now Hubbell comes home Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Gerald looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 4 innings FOFC has 5 runs, 9 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 2 hits and one error FOFC has left 3 stranded NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 4 Bill Terry leading off for NL Pre WWII The best way to quiet the crowd is to get a few base runners on We'll see how they pitch to Terry Terry awaits the delivery And here's the pay-off pitch... Routine grounder to second Blade scoops it up Over to first for the out One down for NL Pre WWII Carl Hubbell is still in the on-deck circle and Frankie Frisch is looking for a bat in the dugout Now batting for NL Pre WWII... Paul Waner... He'll pinch hit for Carl Hubbell Waner with a .309 average on the season Next up for NL Pre WWII is Paul Waner Waner steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready The umpire says let's go The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch Waner lifts a flyball towards Sean Treacy Treacy seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Treacy stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Treacy One more chance for NL Pre WWII this inning Two out, nobody on Up now is Frisch Frisch is batting .271 with 3 HR's this year Nielsen is saying a few words to Blade... So far in 1900, Rob has a 10 and 4 record with 4 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign He brings it home Frisch gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Nights into the outfield... Base hit for Frisch Traynor now at the plate Rogers Hornsby waits on deck Traynor is at .285 on the season Nielsen is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Nielsen looks in... Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Swing and a miss Strike three Traynor goes down on strikes Three away in the top of the 5th FOFC leads 5 to 0 Let's see how NL Pre WWII is doing of late... Well, NL Pre WWII is 2 and 8 in their last ten games Burleigh Grimes will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Burleigh has appeared in 26 games this season with a record of 7-4 In 107 innings, he has an 4.47 ERA Carl Hubbell has finished his work here this evening Jeeberoni Potpie, Dan Fouts, and Harry Hays are the first three All Stars batters due up FOFC leads, 5-0 Jeeberoni Potpie is hitting .304 this year against righthanded pitchers Grimes looks down at Hartnett for the sign Now he's ready... Grimes' 2-2 pitch... Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hartnett fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Potpie With one down, up next is Dan Fouts To be followed by Harry Hays Now batting will be Dan Fouts The third baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 5 Fouts is 0 for 2 today Dan grounded out last time up Burleigh Grimes steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The 0-2 pitch... Grimes lets it fly... Fouts cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hartnett Fouts was badly fooled by Grimes' big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Dan was a little overanxious Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 5 All Stars' catcher Hays is up next Grimes ready quickly, looks in for the sign The righthander Grimes' delivery Groundball off the change-up... Past Terry at first... It's rolling into the outfield grass... Hays gets a base hit Treacy up The All Stars have Hays on first Treacy is hitting .292 against righties Now set, Treacy waits for the pitch Grimes checks Hays on first... The 1-2 delivery Bouncer to second Taken by Hornsby Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That does it for FOFC in the 5th They leave 1 on base 4 stranded so far today NL Pre WWII will send up Rogers Hornsby, Mel Ott and Kiki Cuyler to face Nielsen They'll try to get something going here in the top of the 6th Hornsby is 0 for 2 today Nielsen studies his sign Nielsen leans back and fires Slider, down and away... Hornsby reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Fouts is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Treacy is hustling after it... Hornsby with the big turn... The throw from Treacy goes into second And Hornsby holds at first That will bring up right fielder, Mel Ott Mel is 0 for 2 this summer evening He's batting .292 on the season Ott is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Hornsby is dancing off first Here's the 3-0 offering Nielsen loses him Ott heads down to first Cuyler walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Joe Medwick moves into the on deck circle NL Pre WWII needs some runs Cuyler is taking his practice swings Kiki is 2 for 2 this evening Kiki steadies his bat Waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch A check on the runners... the pitch Curve, up high... Cuyler rips it to left... Nielsen hung that breaking ball However, Kiki got under it just a bit Treacy started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" So we have one out now for NL Pre WWII 2 runners on board as Joe Medwick rubs his bat with the pine tar one last time Joe Medwick, the left fielder, strides to the plate Medwick is 0 for 2 today Rob Nielsen on the mound for the All Stars... Nielsen has gone the distance so far He's given up 4 hits and 0 runs Nielsen checks the runners It's popped up into foul territory Harry Hays is under it He puts it away Score It: 2 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... Two on, two outs... Hartnett steps to the plate Hartnett is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Gabby seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now The southpaw delivers Swung on...and it's in the air to the right side Backing just a bit is Gazelle And he pulls it in And that's the final out of the inning FOFC has 5 runs, 10 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 4 hits and one error NL Pre WWII has left 7 men on base today Here's Blade to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Japanese League leads Negro League II 3 to 2 Inao battling Wickware Caribbean leads AL Post WWII 2 to 1 Oliva has hit his 10th homerun for Caribbean AL Pre WWII winning over Negro League I 8 to 2 Simmons has hit his 13th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Post WWII slipping by Old Timers 3 to 1 Morgan has hit his 15th homerun for NL Post WWII Left Outs is giving it to Turn of Century 8 to 3 Roberts enjoying the big Left Outs lead Dead Ball Era and Late 20th are tied at 1 And right here in FOFC FOFC on top 5 to 0 Burleigh is ready Now Burleigh delivers Smashed to third Traynor grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 Nielsen finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box The outfield's shaded towards right With Nielsen at the plate Nielsen is ready The righthander Grimes delivers Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Nielsen swings way over it He was fooled completely Hartnett loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Rob as he was heading for the dugout Two up, two down Walking up now to the plate is Tucker Grimes has the sign from Hartnett Grimes brings it home Tucker hits a three hopper towards Rogers Hornsby Hornsby scoops it and fires it to first for the out Grimes retires three in a row Here in the bottom of the 6th Terry is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Terry has hit 2 home runs this year Nielsen appears to be throwing just as hard now as when the game began And, even more importantly... just as effectively! Into the windup... here's the pitch It's a high fly into right Gazelle ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out Leo Durochure will send up a pinch hitter for Burleigh Grimes Yes, Freddy Lindstrom steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Nielsen Lindstrom departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Stepping out, Lindstrom looks into the dugout Steps back in Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw's 3-2 delivery There's a drive to left by Lindstrom Pflaggstettler picks the ball up on one bounce Fires it to second Lindstrom turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Pflaggstettler One away, Lindstrom at first Frisch is coming to the plate Frisch wiggles the bat above his head Frisch is ready The stretch... the delivery Frisch just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Blade races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... Pie Traynor, the third baseman, strides to the plate Traynor has hit 7 home runs this year Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy It's coming down the pike There's a drive down the line Pflaggstettler takes off after it It's out of his reach Traynor running hard out of the box Pflaggstettler corrals the ball Traynor motors into second Two-bagger! Lindstrom scores from second! Slowly coming up is Hornsby for NL Pre WWII He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 5 to 1 We'll see how they pitch to Hornsby Hornsby is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Nielsen He's waiting for the pitch The pitch to Hornsby... Hornsby goes after the fastball... It's a base hit by Nights... Traynor only moves down to third and that's where he'll hold as the ball was hit very sharply making it impossible for him to score A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Mel Ott Mel comes to the plate batting .292 with 24 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Nielsen takes the first sign Rob rocks and fires Base hit to right for Ott Traynor scores Third base coach Casey Stingle doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Hornsby will stay at second That'll bring up center fielder Kiki Cuyler... FOFC out in front by 3 We're in the top of the 7th The outfield's shaded towards left for Cuyler He's 2 for 3 today Nielsen is on the third-base side of the rubber... Around comes the arm In comes the pitch Off speed pitch on the way... And Cuyler watches it go by for the third strike That's all she wrote for this inning FOFC has 5 runs, 10 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has 2 runs, 8 hits and one error NL Pre WWII has left 9 baserunners stranded today It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Dazzy Vance will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Dazzy has appeared in 31 games this season with a record of 4-3 In 52 innings, he has an 3.12 ERA Burleigh Grimes has finished his work here this evening Here's Jeff Nights leading off Gerald Gazelle is on deck And Jeeberoni Potpie is in the hole Nights is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .282 on the year Vance toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hartnett Vance brings it to the plate It's a smash over first Terry leaps Just over his outstretched glove Nights makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly FOFC right fielder, Gerald Gazelle, is up next Gazelle can't seem to get settled at the plate Vance has the sign he wants Here's his delivery Gazelle sends a scorcher to short Frisch takes it on one hop Fires to Hornsby for one Back to Terry for the double play! And there's two away The All Stars will send Jeeberoni Potpie up to the plate Potpie adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeeberoni is 1 for 3 this evening Vance looks down at Hartnett for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Vance rocks and fires Dribbler in front of home Hartnett comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 2-3 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45201 The scheduled hitters are Joe Medwick, Gabby Hartnett, and Bill Terry It's the top of the 8th... All Stars lead the Pre-Nationals, 5-2 Right-hander Fozborg eyes the righty Medwick The 0-2 pitch... Fozborg lets it fly... Medwick is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League II clipping Japanese League 7 to 3 AL Post WWII is giving it to Caribbean 7 to 2 AL Pre WWII besting Negro League I 12 to 7 NL Post WWII leads Old Timers 3 to 2 Left Outs is giving it to Turn of Century 8 to 3 Late 20th is on top of Dead Ball Era 3 to 1 And in our contest FOFC ahead 5 to 2 Settling in at the plate is Hartnett Hartnett has hit 8 home runs this year Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Here's the 1-2 pitch Extra base hit to center for Hartnett A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up Terry finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Terry, a lefthand hitter stands ready He's hitting .276 currently He was practicing hitting to leftfield earlier today in batting practice Terry readies himself for the pitch Fozborg fires A slider by Fozborg Terry gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's two away Dazzy Vance is scheduled to bat next, but... Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter Yes Ross Youngs is stepping out to the on-deck circle Leo Durochure will send Ross up to face Fozborg Youngs has a knack for getting on base His .382 OBP proves that He is hitting righties at a .286 pace Two gone, Hartnett at third Batting now is Ross Youngs Fozborg has the sign from Hays Here's the 0-1 offering Youngs swings and lifts one toward right Gazelle drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Three down in the 8th for NL Pre WWII They trail by 3 It's always a bad sign when you are down by as many runs as you have outs to score them in Dizzy Dean will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Dizzy has appeared in 19 games this season He has a record of 3-2 with 7 saves His ERA stands at 3.18 The third baseman Fouts will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Harry Hays And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler NL Pre WWII has the outfield shaded towards right Fouts is 0 for 3 today Dean gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign Dean's 1-0 pitch... Fouts pounds a grounder toward Frisch at short Frankie moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Frisch stayed with it Over to first and Fouts is retired Nice play by the NL Pre WWII short stop One out Due up next is Harry Hays Hays walks to the plate Hays steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Harry is 3 for 3 today Dean wastes no time He has the sign from Hartnett Dean brings it to the plate Hays starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Dean walks him Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves in to face Dean 1 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 8th Dean looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Hartnett He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Dean Now he is ready... Dean goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Hays He lobs one to Terry... Hays is back easily We're ready again Now Dean comes home Dean's fastball is ripped toward first Terry can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Hays 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 Pflaggstettler and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Barrett Blade The All Stars' second baseman is up next FOFC has 2 on board with 1 out Blade has hit 1 home run this year Dean rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Hartnett Pflaggstettler dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Pflaggstettler made it back Two gone for FOFC Gonzalez stands ready at the plate Two outs, Pflaggstettler at first, Hays at third 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd And Dizzy studies the sign from Hartnett... Now he's got it Now Dizzy delivers Base hit to right for Gonzalez Hays scores Pflaggstettler is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Gonzalez at first Tucker is ready to face Dean Tucker has hit 6 triples this year Tucker is set for the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery Bounced towards the hole Smooth pickup by Hornsby Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side The All Stars score 1 run in the inning After 8 innings, FOFC leads 6 to 2 Frankie Frisch stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Frisch is batting .273 with 3 HR's this year Sammy Knowles steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Knowles kicks and fires Frisch hits one on the ground to the left side Frankie, who moves well, is motoring to first Nights wings it quickly to Potpie... OUT by a step And there's one away One away, nobody on base Traynor stands ready at the plate Traynor is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Sammy Knowles has no decisions yet in 1900 He's 0-0 in 25 appearances so far Knowles is into his windup Here's the pitch It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Two down Rogers Hornsby will get a crack at Knowles next Mel Ott would be up next... But only if Hornsby can reach safely We're in the top of the 9th Knowles steps on the rubber Righthander Knowles' delivery Hornsby drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play And that will do it for NL Pre WWII FOFC wins 6 to 2 Nielsen gets credit for the win Hubbell takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeff Nights He was 2 for 3 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 6/25/1900 |
GAME 80 - June 27 - RADIO BROADCAST
Good afternoon and welcome to our baseball broadcast at FOFC Stadium NL Pre WWII will take on the hometown All Stars The visitors hope to stop their current 5 game losing streak Al Mighty, will see if he can keep it going He'll be looking for win number 7 here in 1900 NL Pre WWII will send Pete Alexander out to the mound in the bottom of the 1st He has a record of 10-5 with a 4.16 ERA It won't be long now... Mighty brings it home Frisch hits a fly ball to left K. A. Ton camps under it He's got it And there's one away Now here's Traynor We'll see how they pitch to Traynor Mighty gets the sign from Bullock He is 11th in the league in strike outs He has 101 on the season Al is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Traynor swings He sends one to the deepest part of right-center That's going to get through to the fence Traynor rounds second... The throw not nearly in time, a triple Pie Traynor now has 6 three-baggers this season Hornsby digs in at the plate Ready now for Mighty to come set Hornsby is one of the best hitters around Al looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next And the delivery by Mighty Change up, a beauty... Heeee struck him out! That's two away Mel Ott will get a crack at Mighty next Kiki Cuyler would be up next... But only if Ott can reach safely Mel is 6th in the league in home runs with a 24 so far in 1900 Mel steadies his bat And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch Now Al delivers Mighty comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Ott As Mel swings right through it for strike three That retires the side... Mel Ott fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often As A. J. Tucker steps in to lead off FOFC's half of the first Let me set up the defense for NL Pre WWII Alexander's battery mate is Lombardi Around the horn from first to third Terry at first, Hornsby at second, Traynor the third sacker Frisch will be playing short Medwick, Cuyler and Ott will patrol the outfield from left to right Tucker, FOFC's center fielder, steps in Tucker is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Tucker waits on Alexander Pete rocks and fires Tucker rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Terry spears it! A shot hit right on the screws but right at the NL Pre WWII first baseman One gone for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Nights Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck Alexander studies his sign He brings it home Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Frisch... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two gone here in the bottom of the 1st We want to welcome the FOFC "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Two out, nobody on Up now is Pflaggstettler Alexander is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Alexander looks in... Now he's ready Pete winds Kicks... and delivers Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler 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 Pflaggstettler went around Strike three, swinging Pete Alexander holds the All Stars scoreless in the first NL Pre WWII will send Cuyler, Joe Medwick, and Ernie Lombardi to face Al Mighty this inning Kiki is hitting at .295 on the year He has 41 hits in 139 at bats This includes 7 doubles, 2 triples 2 home runs and 19 RBI's He's ready for the delivery Mighty brings it to the plate Cuyler swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mighty strikes out Kiki Cuyler One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Japanese League is giving it to Negro League II 6 to 1 Kaneda enjoying the big Japanese League lead Caribbean with the lead over AL Post WWII 3 to 0 AL Pre WWII with the lead over Negro League I 3 to 0 Grove comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII NL Post WWII clipping Old Timers 4 to 0 Koufax comfortably ahead for NL Post WWII Turn of Century is edging Left Outs 1 to 0 Late 20th is beating Dead Ball Era 4 to 0 Johnson comfortably ahead for Late 20th And right here in FOFC We're scoreless The left fielder, Joe Medwick, is up next Medwick goes through his routine of settling in The left-hander Mighty is now ready The lefty Mighty delivers Medwick swings It's a Texas Leaguer into shallow left field Nights is running with his back to the infield He reaches up... What a grab! That's the second out of the inning "Schnozz" is making his way to the plate Lombardi is at .320 on the season Mighty shakes off two signs Now he's ready Way ahead in the count Mighty turns the 0-2 pitch loose Strike three swinging... Now that is something you don't see very often Lombardi rarely ever strikes out But Mighty got him that time! 1-2-3, nothing across... Potpie saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Alexander is ready quickly Now to the belt, here it is... He lays off the pitch Ball four, he walks Palmer settles in at the plate Palmer is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Deacon certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Alexander earn his salary Now set, Palmer waits for the pitch The pitch is on the way Here's the change up... Waiting on it... Palmer drives one over Cuyler's head... Cuyler backing up quickly... He's got his legs twisted... But he rights himself in time Cuyler recovers and makes the grab With one down, up next is K. A. Ton To be followed by Billy Bullock One on, one out Ton walks to the batter's box Ton is at .260 on the season He is hitting .243 against righties Ton tells the umpire he's ready Alexander kicks and fires There's a fly ball into straight-away left Medwick one hands it... OUT! Bullock is up now for FOFC Bullock digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Alexander Alexander looks down at Lombardi for the sign Now he's ready Alexander brings it to the plate Bullock watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Billy, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Alexander just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Alexander In the bottom of the 2nd for FOFC No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base Here's the first baseman Terry To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Pete Alexander And then Frankie Frisch Terry is batting .274 with 2 HR's this year Left-hander Al Mighty prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Terry Here's the pitch STRIKE THREE, CALLED! And there's one away Alexander gets set at the plate Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The southpaw Mighty's delivery Alexander sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Mighty Easy out One more chance for NL Pre WWII this inning Next up is Frankie Frisch, the NL Pre WWII shortstop... If he gets on, Pie Traynor would bat next Looking for his first hit today Frisch is 0 for 1 Frisch chokes up on the bat a little The pitch is on the way Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He grabs it for the out That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII By the way, NL Pre WWII is 2 and 8 in their last ten games Blade saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Blade is batting .258 with 1 HR this year Alexander adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Lombardi Alexander brings it to the plate Blade is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position One out Due up next is Al Mighty FOFC pitcher, Al Mighty, is up next Mighty grips the bat handle The bat is cocked Here's the 2 strike offering A high hopper to first Terry flips to Alexander covering Score It: 3-1 That's two away Frisch comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Alexander A. J. Tucker will be next up... A. J. Tucker will step in to face Alexander next If he gets on, Jeff Nights will follow Before getting ready Tucker checks out the defensive alignment All set, Tucker is ready for the pitch The pitch on the way, here it is... Sinking line drive Caught by Rogers Hornsby That does it in the bottom 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 3 innings, No score Here's Pie Traynor leading off Rogers Hornsby is on deck And Mel Ott is in the hole Pie will be facing the left-handed Mighty from the right side of the plate He has a .288 average overall But southpaws are his nemesis... He has only a .250 average against lefty hurlers Traynor awaits the delivery Mighty's 0-1 pitch... Traynor rips the curve to left-center... Tucker racing back to the fence... He leaps up for the drive... Can't quite get it!!... Traynor around first... Tucker quickly runs it down Fires a strong throw... Off the mark.. Traynor makes it easily into second That's a double for Traynor No outs, Traynor at second Hornsby is at the plate for NL Pre WWII Mighty eyes Hornsby intently The southpaw Mighty delivers the 1-1 pitch It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! One down for NL Pre WWII Mel Ott is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for NL Pre WWII Ott strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Ott is hitless today, 0 for 1 Mel struck out in his last at bat Mighty adjusts his cap... Now he's set The pitch to Ott... Ott swings late and slices one to left It's curving toward the foul line... Ton won't get there in time It's a fair ball as it hits right on the line! It takes two bounces... Now a fan reaches over the railing and gloves it! Well, that stops that play right there! Ott will get a ground rule double on it... And the fan will be escorted out of the ball park... You can't do that folks That ball was still in play Of course, Traynor scores on the play So with 1 on and 1 out the Pre-Nationals send their center fielder, Kiki Cuyler, up to face Mighty Good-hitting Joe Medwick is waiting in the on-deck circle NL Pre WWII ahead 1 to 0 Bullock flashes the sign to Mighty Mighty's behind on the count Here's the 2-0 offering A slider by Mighty Cuyler gets good wood on it... Ton back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two gone for NL Pre WWII Two outs, Ott at second Medwick is ready Medwick can't seem to get settled at the plate Mighty is slow to get ready He has a 3.16 ERA this year Now he's ready The southpaw delivers Medwick swings... And hits nothing but air! Strike three! Boy, whatta aggitatin' curve ball! 6 on the evening for Mighty That's it for NL Pre WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 and a half innings, NL Pre WWII has one run, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors NL Pre WWII has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Jeff Nights, the All Stars' shortstop, is ready to lead off the bottom of the 4th He can be a nightmare for pitchers when he gets on He's one of the league's better base stealers Nights steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Alexander looks down at Lombardi for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Windup by Alexander And the pitch Grounded towards third Traynor scoops it LONG THROW... HE'S SAFE! Pflaggstettler now at the plate Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Pflaggstettler is at .314 on the season Alexander has the sign he wants Alexander's righthanded delivery... Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE! And Pflaggstettler is punched out One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is still in the on-deck circle and Deacon Palmer is looking for a bat in the dugout Potpie finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Potpie scuffs up the lines around the box Jeeberoni is ready for the delivery Alexander's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Nights dives back in!... SAFE!... Terry tosses it back to Alexander Now here's the pitch Potpie sends a hot smash to first Terry takes it on one hop Fires to Frisch for one Back to Bill Terry... Jeeberoni beats the relay NL Pre WWII on top 1 to 0 with two away this inning With a runner at first and two outs Palmer walks to the plate Palmer is at .308 on the season Alexander steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here's the 3-1 pitch Grounded to third Taken by Traynor Over to Terry Got him! Score It: 5-3 That ends the inning After 4 innings, NL Pre WWII leads by 1 Ernie Lombardi will get things started for NL Pre WWII He'll be followed by Bill Terry and Pete Alexander If any of them get on, lead-off hitter, Frankie Frisch, will step in Now Lombardi approaches home plate Mighty wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Mighty brings it home There's a ground ball between first and second OH, Potpie snags it in short right field He throws it to the pitcher covering the bag OUT is the call What a play by Potpie That's one away Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Bill Terry Nobody on base, one out Terry wiggles the bat above his head Bill steadies his bat Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch The lefthander delivers Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Terry hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Alexander fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Alexander squares to bunt It's dribbled down the third base line Palmer bare hands it... Sidearm toss to first Just in time! Nice play Credit Pete Alexander with a sacrifice Two down We are in the top of the 5th NL Pre WWII ahead 1 to 0 Now batting is Frankie Frisch Frisch has hit 6 triples this year Al is ready It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Slider from Mighty... Swung on and just squibbed to the right of the mound Mighty jumps on it with his bare hand Fires underhanded in one motion to Potpie... Frankie beats it out by a step! Terry moves over to third Frisch can sure fly down that line Most batters would have been out on the great play by Mighty That brings up Pie Traynor, the third baseman Mighty squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Mighty brings it to the plate Bounced towards the hole Tremendous diving grab by Blade! Tosses to second He's out Score It: 4-6 The runner on first, Frisch, is out That retires the side... Traynor fails to come through in the clutch For NL Pre WWII, No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Ton is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box K. A. is hitting at .257 on the year He has 26 hits in 101 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Ton flied out his last time up Alexander has the sign from Lombardi Here's the windup and the 3-2 delivery Ton hits a screamer at Pie Traynor Traynor picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Terry off the bag Terry swipes with the glove Ton is out! Nice play by Terry One up, one down Now batting will be Billy Bullock The catcher is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out NL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 1 run Alexander wastes no time He has the sign from Lombardi The righthander Alexander's delivery Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Bullock was frozen on that fastball by Alexander High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch Two down Lombardi asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Lombardi and Alexander FOFC will send the second baseman Barrett Blade up to the plate If he gets on, Al Mighty would bat next Alexander looks down at Lombardi for the sign Now he's ready... Now ready, here it is... Blade rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Cuyler is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Kiki Cuyler That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 5 innings NL Pre WWII on top, 1-0 Heavy hitters due up for NL Pre WWII Hornsby will lead it off He will be followed by Mel Ott and Kiki Cuyler The outfield shades towards left for Hornsby Set now is Hornsby The windup, the pitch There's a liner over short Solidly stroked by Hornsby... Would you look at that! Nights leaped two stories into the air and robbed Hornsby of a sure base hit Rogers is disgusted... but tips his hat to Nights just the same That ball had base hit written all over it NL Pre WWII with one away Mighty steps off the mound as he waits for Mel Ott to come to the plate Mel Ott, the right fielder, strides to the plate Ott has managed a .280 average against lefthanders this year Ott waits for the delivery The lefthander Mighty delivers Low and outside Ball four Ott at first, one away Cuyler is ready for the pitch Cuyler is taking his practice swings Kiki is 0 for 2 this evening He flied out last time at bat Two balls, two strikes on Cuyler Mighty rocks and fires It is a high hard one... Cuyler goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Cuyler couldn't hold back FOFC gets the second out of the inning The left fielder, Joe Medwick will be up next for NL Pre WWII Joe steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Casey Stingle relays the sign from Leo Durochure Medwick struck out last time up and now is 0 for 2 Medwick readies himself for the pitch Mighty goes into his stretch... Looks over at Ott Fires to Potpie... Ott is back easily... We're ready again Now Mighty comes home He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 No runs for NL Pre WWII in the top of the 6th NL Pre WWII leads 1 to 0 We'll be right back The FOFC crowd has been pretty quiet Here is Treacy to lead off He will try to liven things up for them The outfield's shaded towards right With Treacy at the plate Treacy awaits the delivery Here's his delivery Treacy slaps a hard grounder past second Ott is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Treacy will hold with a clean single Tucker fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on FOFC center fielder, A. J. Tucker, will be up next He will be followed by Jeff Nights One on... no one out NL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 1 run Alexander steps on the rubber Hornsby comes in a couple steps Yells something to Alexander The delivery Tucker raps a hard grass-cutter toward third Traynor takes two steps to his left Scoops it up... Over to second for one Back to first... Not in time! Speed on the bases helped FOFC there NL Pre WWII gets the first out of the inning One away, Tucker at first Nights is coming to the plate NL Pre WWII is set up for two Alexander's is working on a shutout here at FOFC Stadium this evening He is throwing as hard now as when the game started Now Pete delivers Nights chases the low slider... Just gets a piece of it Hitting a slow grounder to the left side Frisch charges in, scoops it up Wings a strong throw to first Nights is out by two steps Now that was a major league play by Frisch! Tucker is now down at second NL Pre WWII ahead 1 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Japanese League is in front of Negro League II 7 to 4 Yamamoto has hit his 4th homerun for Japanese League Caribbean besting AL Post WWII 6 to 1 Mendez enjoying the big Caribbean lead AL Pre WWII is pounding Negro League I 8 to 1 NL Post WWII is comfortably ahead of Old Timers 7 to 1 Turn of Century is on top of Left Outs 4 to 2 Joss and Sutton currently dueling Dead Ball Era leads Late 20th 8 to 7 Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps in now for the All Stars The Pre-Nationals lead in this one, 1-zip Alexander gets the sign, it's one he likes Alexander looks back towards second... The pitch Line drive to short CAUGHT by a diving Frisch! A cross-over step, then he lunged for it Impressive play by the NL Pre WWII short stop! And that will do it for FOFC Lombardi will come up to lead off the top of the 7th for NL Pre WWII Lombardi has a .329 average against righthanders this season Rodney adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Righthander Rodney's delivery Struck him out on a fastball Lombardi goes down swinging One out Bill Terry is due up next Bill Terry, who has extra base power and a good glove is approaching the plate Terry is hitting .320 against righthanders The umpire says let's go Rodney winds and delivers The 3-1 pitch Grounded towards first Potpie grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG OUT! Two men gone, nobody on NL Pre WWII leads by 1 Pete Alexander will make his way to home plate He's the pitcher for NL Pre WWII Watching Rodney, Alexander wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Pete waits... He steps out as Rodney takes too long Now he's back in the box The 2-2 offering... Rodney comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Alexander As he swings right through it for strike three That's all for NL Pre WWII After 6 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, NL Pre WWII on top 1 to 0 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Jeeberoni Potpie will start things off Stepping in and then stepping out again Potpie looks to third for a sign Potpie is ready Alexander throws the 3-2 pitch Fastball, down and in... Potpie laces a hit into the outfield... Medwick picks it up Fires it quickly into the infield Potpie holds with a single Good start to the inning for FOFC And it brings up Deacon Palmer On deck is K. A. Ton Billy Bullock in the hole Deacon looks down at the third base coach He gets the sign from Dick Howser Potpie takes his lead Palmer waits for the pitch His bat is coiled It's coming down the pike Palmer drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Palmer The All Stars' left fielder is up next FOFC has 2 on board with no outs K. A. Ton is hitting .237 this year against righthanded pitchers Ton cocks his bat And the delivery by Alexander Curve ball, hanging up in the wheelhouse Swung on... Line drive single by Ton to left! Potpie scores and here comes Palmer... He scores also... The throw goes into second base Through the drawn in infield! Nobody out, Ton at first Now up is Bullock Bullock is 0 for 2 today Billy struck out last time up Bullock, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Alexander Here's the righthander's delivery Topped in front of home Lombardi grabs it Over to second for one Could be two . . . Not in time! Score It: 2-6 The runner on first, Ton, is out That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Blade is up now for FOFC Blade is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Blade, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Alexander Alexander goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Bullock He lobs one to Terry... Bullock is back easily We're ready again Now Alexander comes home Base hit to left for Blade Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Bullock will stay at second Gonzalez gets set at the plate Gonzalez grips the bat handle Alexander adjusts his cap... Now he's set The righthander Alexander's delivery Base hit to center for Gonzalez Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Runners hold. Tucker, the center fielder, moves into the batter's box FOFC ahead 2 to 1 Tucker has hit 2 home runs this year Alexander finds himself in quite a jam He has to be careful with Tucker But he needs to throw strikes Alexander rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Pete rocks and fires Base hit to left for Tucker Bullock scores Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Facing Alexander now is Nights Persimmon Pflaggstettler heads to the on deck circle Jeeberoni Potpie waits in the hole Nights is hitting .284 against righthanders Alexander has not been very effective this inning 4 runs have crossed the plate for FOFC Alexander looks over at Tucker... Now back at Gonzalez... He's coming home with it Nubber to short Taken by Frisch Over to second for one They might turn it . . . Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Gonzalez takes third The runner on first, Tucker, is out And there's two away Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up next The All Stars' right fielder finds 2 on with 2 outs Pflaggstettler looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... The pitch is on the way The pitch is way inside at the knees Pflaggstettler hits the dirt... It is a bad time for Pete Alexander to be getting so wild That loads them up for FOFC Potpie walks to the plate Jeeberoni is taking his sweet time getting ready The umpire says a few words to Jeeberoni... Now we're set to go Potpie waits FOFC has "batted around" They have scored 4 runs already this inning Bases still full of All Stars Potpie singled to start this inning He is 1 for 2 on the evening The 0-2 pitch... Alexander lets it fly... Potpie goes after Alexander's fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Medwick is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... He goes up after it... And brings it down in the webbing! Jeeberoni just missed a homer on that one Only a long out for the FOFC first baseman That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 49054 Here's Frisch to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Japanese League is edging Negro League II 7 to 6 Caribbean is giving it to AL Post WWII 6 to 1 AL Pre WWII is crushing Negro League I 11 to 1 NL Post WWII bombing Old Timers 9 to 1 Koufax enjoying the big NL Post WWII lead Left Outs with the lead over Turn of Century 7 to 4 Dead Ball Era leads Late 20th 8 to 7 And in our contest FOFC on top 4 to 1 Jace looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Kronside's into the windup... the delivery Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 44 on the season for Kronside And there's one away That'll bring up third baseman Pie Traynor... FOFC out in front by 3 We're in the top of the 8th Traynor wiggles the bat above his head Right-hander Kronside prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Traynor Now Jace delivers Traynor cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock Traynor was badly fooled by Kronside's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Pie was a little overanxious Two down Two away, nobody on Hornsby comes to the plate for NL Pre WWII Before getting ready Hornsby checks out the defensive alignment Hornsby waits patiently He brings it home Hornsby 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 Hornsby is retired Nice play by the FOFC third baseman FOFC heads to the bottom of the 8th with a 3 run lead While they have scored 4 runs... the visitors from NL Pre WWII have countered with only 1 It looks like FOFC may add to their impressive 6 game winning streak Here is Deacon Palmer to start it off for FOFC Palmer adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Deacon is 1 for 3 this evening Deacon is set for the pitch Alexander leans back and fires Sinking fastball... Palmer swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Frisch... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step NL Pre WWII gets the first out here late in this contest Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle Billy Bullock waits on deck Gazelle goes through his routine of settling in Gazelle awaits the delivery Alexander brings it to the plate Baltimore chop Into left for a single! Pete Alexander watches Gazelle As he moves away from the bag Alexander holds the runner Gazelle at first, one out Billy Bullock is ready at the plate Bullock is batting .266 with 11 round trippers in 1900 Billy seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Here's the 2 strike offering Bullock hits a screamer at Frankie Frisch Frisch picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 8 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has one run, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 stranded NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 5 Leading off now for NL Pre WWII is Ott Kronside is happy with the sign Now the delivery, here is is... Ott starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Kronside walks him Kiki Cuyler steps into the box Knowles wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The pitch to Cuyler... It gets past Hays! It's scored a passed ball. The pitch didn't look that bad Knowles must have crossed him up! Ott takes second Kiki Cuyler steps into the box Cuyler has had trouble making contact He has 2 strike outs this evening Cuyler waits for the delivery Knowles brings it home Curve, down low... Swung on and missed Strike three right by Cuyler Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it! One away in the top of the 9th That'll bring up Pre-Nationals' left fielder Joe Medwick... NL Pre WWII with a man in scoring position at second Knowles steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Knowles brings it to the plate Struck him out on a terrible pitch That bounced in front of the plate! and Medwick couldn't hold up his swing! Almost broke his back trying though... Ernie Lombardi is up for NL Pre WWII The tying run is on deck In the person of Bill Terry Benton Breeze is walking down to the water cooler Lombardi has a .325 average against righthanders this season Lombardi waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Knowles rocks and fires Grounded towards the bag Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 And that will do it for NL Pre WWII FOFC wins 4 to 1 Rodney gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Alexander takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was A. J. Tucker He was 1 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 6/26/1900 |
The All Star game was rigged, I tell you.
Damn umps were BOUGHT! |
GAME 81 - June 27th - Radio Broadcast (I know I'm off on my dates again)
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and NL Pre WWII So folks, pull up a chair and spend part of your evening with us The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Frankie Frisch to lead it off for NL Pre WWII The lefty Williams delivers Sinking fastball... Frisch swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One out Due up next is Pie Traynor The intelligent and classy third baseman, Pie Traynor, is coming up to bat Traynor can't seem to get settled at the plate John Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Here's the southpaw's delivery Fly ball to right Gazelle is under it He makes the grab That's two away NL Pre WWII second baseman, Rogers Hornsby, is up next Williams adjusts his cap... Now he's set He brings it home Rogers pops it up And Fouts makes the play Williams sets them down in order Here in the top of the 1st A. J. Tucker up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Tucker has hit 6 triples this year The bat is cocked The southpaw delivers Sinking line drive Caught by Frankie Frisch One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is still in the on-deck circle and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking for a bat in the dugout Nights, FOFC's shortstop, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Before getting ready Nights checks out the defensive alignment Nights is poised and ready for the pitch The pitch is on the way Sharp breaking curve... Nights chases it... There's a ground ball up the middle Past the leaping Marquard on the mound Frisch cuts the ball off behind second... He throws off balance to first... SAFE! The ball is up the line Terry can't get to it It rolls to the seats Nights will coasts into second Score that a hit, and an error on Frisch That's error number 1 of the game for NL Pre WWII Jeeberoni Potpie is entering the batter's box Benton Breeze has his big bopper, Gerald Gazelle, waiting in the on-deck circle The right-handed Potpie will be facing the southpaw 5 of his 20 home runs come via this route Marquard adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Lombardi Now the delivery, here is is... Base hit to left for Potpie Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score And the batter is Gerald Gazelle K. A. Ton is on-deck Gazelle is batting .275 with 10 round trippers in 1900 Gazelle tells the umpire he's ready The lefthander delivers It's a rainbow shot toward center Cuyler reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch K. A. Ton is up next FOFC's left fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs Marquard squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The stretch... the delivery Fastball, paints the outside corner Swung on by Ton Grounded hard at Traynor... Scooped up, fired to first... OVER THE HEAD OF Terry... Bounces into the dugout Ton scampers into second That'll be a two base error Score It: E5 Potpie takes third Ton to second The All Stars will send Harry Hays up to the plate Hays has a .400 average against lefthanders He is .331 overall Hays waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The lefty Marquard delivers Hays swings and lifts one toward right Ott drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 9 and 1 in their last ten games As we get ready to start the top of the 2nd Ott is talking to Hays We'll see how they pitch to Ott Mel waits... He steps out as Williams takes too long Now he's back in the box The pitch on the way, here it is... Ott lifts a flyball towards A. J. Tucker Tucker seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Tucker stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Tucker NL Pre WWII with one away Williams steps off the mound as he waits for Kiki Cuyler to come to the plate And it brings up Kiki Cuyler On deck is Joe Medwick Ernie Lombardi in the hole Cuyler goes through his routine of settling in Williams has the sign from Hays Here's the pitch It's a pop-up in back of third Fouts is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out Two gone for NL Pre WWII Pounding the plate with his bat Medwick awaits the pitch Medwick digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Williams Medwick waits on Williams Now ready, here it is... Good slider, inside part of the plate Medwick gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That ends the inning After 1 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 1 Here's the third baseman Fouts To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then John Williams Dan is taking his sweet time getting ready The umpire says a few words to Dan... Now we're set to go And Rube studies the sign from Lombardi... Now he's got it It's coming down the pike It's a routine fly into center Cuyler ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One up, one down for FOFC Marquard glares in at Blade Barrett Blade just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Marquard toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Lombardi Rube rocks and fires Blade swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Marquard strikes out Barrett Blade Two up, two down for the All Stars Williams departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Hitching up his pants... Williams gazes out to the mound Marquard is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Marquard gets the sign from Lombardi The southpaw winds and delivers Williams hits a screamer at Rogers Hornsby Hornsby picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Terry off the bag Terry swipes with the glove Williams is out! Nice play by Terry The side is retired No runs, no hits and no errors Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz Ernie Lombardi will get things started for NL Pre WWII He'll be followed by Bill Terry and Rube Marquard If any of them get on, lead-off hitter, Frankie Frisch, will step in Now Lombardi approaches home plate Lombardi calls time, and steps out of the batter's box The Pre-Nationals are going through a "June swoon" They've dropped their last 6 games in a row Now Lombardi's back in... One ball, one strike on Lombardi Williams brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Lombardi swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Fouts... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One gone for NL Pre WWII Nobody on base, one away Terry steps into the batter's box Bill takes a couple of practice cuts Williams rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Way ahead in the count Williams turns the 0-2 pitch loose Hot shot grounded to first It's off Potpie's glove! Score It: E3 Terry to first Marquard fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Marquard squares Marquard bunts it foul for the third strike... That's a strikeout! Frisch finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Frisch has hit 3 home runs this year Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The southpaw Williams' delivery Frisch 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 NL Pre WWII comes up empty here in the top of the 3rd No runs, no hits, one error and one man left on base After 2 and a half innings, FOFC still out in front, 1-0 A. J. Tucker, Jeff Nights, and Jeeberoni Potpie are due up Tucker is taking his practice swings A. J. is 0 for 1 this evening Tucker is waiting on the pitch The lefthander Marquard delivers Fastball... Tucker jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Cuyler after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Kiki Cuyler! That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Nights, the shortstop, moves into the batter's box FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Watching Marquard, Nights wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Jeff steadies his bat Waits patiently for Marquard's pitch It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... 1 Base Error By E.Lombardi Score It: E2 Nights to first Nights sneaks away from the base Another throw... Marquard's five throws over have been effective Nights has a small lead now He must be getting tired from diving back in! Jeeberoni Potpie is coming to the plate Potpie is 1 for 1 today He is currently batting .289 Medwick, Cuyler and Ott are playing him deep Potpie is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Nights is dancing off first Marquard's 3-0 pitch... Slider, inside... Swung on... Potpie rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Marquard looks dejected on the mound Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Gazelle Marquard is ready quickly The lefthander Marquard comes home with it Here's a curveball, up in the zone... It's juiced to deep center There goes Cuyler after it Racing hard... Reaching... Can't get it... It was just out of his reach! He chases it to the fence Gazelle around first, coasts into second As the throw comes in late Score that a two bagger Here's K. A. Ton Marquard toes the rubber Here's the 2-0 offering IT HITS Ton! Now Ton gets up and brushes himself off He's not thrilled with being drilled! The ump tells Ton to take his base Now batting will be Harry Hays The catcher is walking to the plate Two on... one out FOFC up by 3 Time is called... Hays has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Marquard adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Lombardi Marquard brings it to the plate Hays reaches out and pokes it on the ground to right Base hit for Hays FOFC adds to their lead FOFC on top 4 to 0 Here's Dan Fouts NL Pre WWII looking for two Fouts is 0 for 1 today Rube looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Marquard rocks and fires Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Fouts is outta there That's out number two Pre-Nationals' pitching coach, Johnny Allen, is out to talk with Marquard Looks like he wants to go over something with him Blade now at the plate John Williams waits on deck Blade is batting .257 with 1 HR this year Marquard steps on the rubber Marquard looks the runners back Now here's the delivery Base hit to right for Blade Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser is waving Hays to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Blade at first Williams walks to the plate Williams looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Williams gets ready for Marquard's pitch His bat is cocked Hays is yelling some encouragement Blade, at first, inches off the bag He's into the stretch Checks Blade at first Quick throw! He has to dive back in!... SAFE!... Close play Terry tosses it back to Marquard Now here's the pitch Base hit to right for Williams Hays scores Blade is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Williams at first Here comes Leo Durochure to the mound He's waving for Burleigh Grimes to make his way from the NL Pre WWII bullpen Grimes has 27 appearances so far this year Rube Marquard will head for the locker room Earlier than he had hoped He gets polite applause from the FOFC crowd That will bring Tucker up again as FOFC has "batted around" They have scored 5 runs already this inning Two men still on A. J. flied out to start this inning 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd Grimes looks down at Lombardi for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The count is full And the pay-off pitch... Bounding ball to first Terry trots to the bag Score It: 3 That retires the side... but not before 5 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 3 innings, FOFC on top 6 to 0 Traynor steps up to the plate for NL Pre WWII It's the top of the 4th at FOFC Stadium Pie steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Casey Stingle relays the sign from Leo Durochure Traynor flied out last time up and now is 0 for 1 Traynor waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Now John delivers Traynor rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Traynor is around first, heading for two... Pflaggstettler is up with it and fires it in quickly Pie pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the NL Pre WWII third baseman Pie also ups his hitting streak to 6 games! That is Traynor's 1st hit today Rogers Hornsby makes his way to home plate Rogers is 0 for 1 this summer evening He popped out in his last plate appearance He's ready The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 3-1 pitch It's in on the wrists Rogers tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... Yes, Williams walks him That'll bring up right fielder Mel Ott... FOFC way out in front FOFC on top 6 to 0 Runners first and second John is set to go... a quick look toward Hays again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag He is facing a power hitter in Ott Williams has allowed 2 home runs to lefties so far 5 to right-handers Williams checks the runners Curve, up high... Ott rips it to center... Williams hung that breaking ball However, Mel got under it just a bit Tucker started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" That's one away So with 2 on and 1 out the Pre-Nationals send their center fielder, Kiki Cuyler, up to face Williams Good-hitting Joe Medwick is waiting in the on-deck circle The outfield shades towards left for Cuyler Cuyler awaits the delivery Williams brings it to the plate Flyball to left it's caught Traynor has a chance to move up... Traynor is trying to advance to third base... Here's the play... He's SAFE! Ducky is now coming to bat Medwick is at .347 on the season Medwick awaits the pitch Now John delivers Slow curve... And he chased it! STRIKE THREE! Medwick just couldn't hold up That pitch was a real tantalizer But Medwick fails in the clutch this time We head to the bottom of the 4th here in FOFC... Still 6-0, FOFC Here's Nights to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Japanese League is edging Negro League II 2 to 1 Caribbean is on top of AL Post WWII 2 to 0 Tiant Sr. battling Ryan AL Pre WWII is edging Negro League I 3 to 2 Old Timers is edging NL Post WWII 3 to 2 Turn of Century is beating Left Outs 8 to 4 Dead Ball Era and Late 20th are deadlocked at 2 McGwire has hit his 7th homerun for Late 20th Nights gets set He's 1 for 2 so far Grimes steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The righthander Grimes' delivery Nights fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of short Frisch is over quickly Easy out One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Making his way up is Potpie FOFC ahead 6 to 0 Lombardi flashes the sign to Grimes Windup by Grimes And the pitch Off speed pitch on the way... And Potpie watches it go by for the third strike Two down Burleigh Grimes retires the first two batters in a row Gazelle gets set at the plate Grimes peers in for the sign Gazelle is a formidable opponent Burleigh has allowed 5 home runs versus righties this year And Gerald is no ordinary hitter The pitch is on the way Gazelle lofts a fly to deep right Ott trots slowly under it... He makes the catch FOFC is out of here in the bottom of the 4th This game is coming to you from FOFC Stadium in FOFC After 4 innings FOFC has 6 runs, 7 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has no runs, one hit and 3 errors Ernie Lombardi stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Williams is on the third-base side of the rubber... Williams kicks and fires Drilled on the ground to the mound Taken by Williams Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 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 One out, nobody on base Bill Terry is the batter Terry is batting .274 with 2 HR's this year Williams likes the sign The southpaw Williams delivers the 2-0 pitch Baltimore chop Into center for a single! Pre-Nationals pitcher Burleigh Grimes is up, now They'll be looking for him to lay one down FOFC is set up for two Williams is happy with the sign The pitch to Grimes... Grimes just gets a piece of it He 'drizzles' it to second Blade races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Williams While Pie Traynor heads for the on deck circle Frankie Frisch makes his way to the plate Frankie steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Frisch is 0 for 2 today He flied out last time up Frankie stands with bat ready Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Williams The delivery Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Blade Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side... Frisch fails to come through in the clutch For NL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Persimmon Pflaggstettler, Harry Hays, and Dan Fouts are due up Grimes has the sign from Lombardi The righthander Grimes delivers Pflaggstettler swings and hits a high fly to left It is right along the line... Medwick is over at the fence... reaches... It's going to be close... Just out of the reach of Medwick And in the seats for a home run! Next up is Harry Hays, the FOFC catcher... FOFC out in front by 7 It's the bottom of the 5th Harry is batting at .333 with 6 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Hays waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Grimes goes into his windup And here's the 2 strike offering Harry Hays hits a high pop fly on the infield Frankie Frisch calls everyone off The ball drifts a bit... But Frisch is there to make the play And there's one away Walking up now to the plate is Fouts Fouts is hitting .205 against righties Grimes is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Grimes looks in... Now he's ready Here's the righthander's delivery Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Fouts hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle One on, one out Blade walks to the batter's box Barrett is batting .262 in 168 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by John Williams Blade is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Grimes He's waiting for the pitch Grimes' righthanded delivery... Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Lombardi Fouts dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Fouts made it back FOFC ahead 7 to 0 with two away this inning All Stars' pitcher Williams is up next Williams wiggles the bat above his head Williams readies himself for the pitch He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Fouts dives back in!... SAFE! Terry tosses it back to Grimes Now here's the pitch Williams raps a sizzling ground ball It zips through the hole Ott is over to pick it up Throws a strike to Frisch No chance to get Fouts at third Two on, two outs... Tucker steps to the plate Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting left-handed against righty Burleigh Grimes Tucker cocks his bat The runners stretch out to their leads Grimes checks the runners Popped up into shallow center Cuyler has got a long run He's got it Fine running catch! Score It: 8 That ends the inning for FOFC FOFC has 7 runs, 10 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 2 hits and 3 errors They have now stranded 6 baserunners Pie Traynor leading off for NL Pre WWII The best way to quiet the crowd is to get a few base runners on Traynor is 1 for 2 today Williams steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Williams winds his left arm Lets it go Ground ball to the left side... Nights scoops it up Over to first for the putout So one up and one gone Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Rogers Hornsby Nobody on base, one out Hornsby is at .282 on the season Williams tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's his delivery Oh Oh, hanging curve... Swung on... There's a hard line drive in the gap That looks like an easy two-bagger A. J. Tucker dives... knocks it down... Picks it up... Hornsby digging hard for second... The ball is fired in to Blade Not in time... Rogers slides in under the tag... Hornsby has himself a double Williams has to get that curve down NL Pre WWII will eat that pitch up if he doesn't Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching coach has been working with him on that pitch That'll bring up Pre-Nationals' right fielder Mel Ott... NL Pre WWII with a man in scoring position at second One out, man on second Williams eyes Ott intently The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch A curve is wide... But swung on and missed! Strike three! That is 3 on the evening for Williams FOFC ahead 7 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Negro League II leads Japanese League 4 to 3 Holland battling Bessho Caribbean is giving it to AL Post WWII 5 to 0 AL Pre WWII leads Negro League I 5 to 4 Simmons has hit his 15th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Post WWII is edging Old Timers 4 to 3 Turn of Century toppling Left Outs 11 to 4 Rusie enjoying the big Turn of Century lead Late 20th is edging Dead Ball Era 3 to 2 Cuyler settles in at the plate Cuyler swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Williams The left-hander Williams is now ready And the delivery by Williams Inside for ball four And Cuyler walks That's 2 walks given up by Williams today Next up for NL Pre WWII is Joe Medwick Medwick is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in He's ready Williams looks over at Cuyler Now back at Hornsby He's coming home with it It's right down the pike! Strike three looking! Williams crossed Medwick up that time We're in the middle of the 6th FOFC still leads 7-0 Kris Terp is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Grimes is saying a few words to Hornsby... So far in 1900, Burleigh has a 7 and 4 record with 5 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign The kick and the pitch Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! That's one away Potpie digs in at the plate Ready now for Grimes to come set Potpie can't seem to get settled at the plate Jeeberoni is set for the pitch The righthander delivers Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 52 on the season for Grimes Two down for FOFC in the bottom of the 6th FOFC on top 7 to 0 A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Gerald Gazelle Gazelle is 1 for 3 today He is currently batting .277 Medwick, Cuyler and Ott are playing him deep Waiting for the pitch is Gazelle Grimes brings it home Change up... Gazelle hits a fly ball to right Ott is under it... He's got it And that will do it for FOFC Ernie Lombardi, Bill Terry, and Burleigh Grimes are due up John peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The lefty Williams delivers Ground ball to short Terp ranges into the hole He backhands it Plants his right foot And fires it to first SAFE! Bill Terry, the first baseman, strides to the plate Terry looks to Casey Stingle for the sign Bill seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Williams goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Lombardi He lobs one to Potpie... Lombardi is back easily... We're ready again Now Williams comes home Low and away...Swung on... Lined into right... Gazelle 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 Terry That pitch looked like a fastball But it sure had a lot of movement on it Paul Waner is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Burleigh Grimes That'll bring up Paul Waner Things haven't gone well for NL Pre WWII They trail FOFC by 7 runs FOFC on top 7 to 0 Waner grips the bat handle Paul steadies his bat Waits patiently for Williams' pitch John comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering The HIGH CHEESE......... STRIKE THREE SWINGING! 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! Frisch is ready to face Williams 1st and 2nd, one man down Williams tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The pitch is on the way Lined to second Blade tries it He makes a nice play on it Score It: 4 Two gone for NL Pre WWII Time is running out for them They need a touchdown! FOFC is certainly in the catbird seat Pie Traynor coming up now for the Pre-Nationals The All Stars lead 7-nothing We're in the top of the 7th Traynor is at .289 on the season Williams ready quickly, looks in for the sign Williams brings it to the plate Hot shot grounded to short Taken by Terp His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 Another scoreless inning for Williams What a beautiful game he is pitching here at FOFC Stadium He is getting NL Pre WWII's batters to hit his pitch It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Jesse Haines will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Jesse has appeared in 17 games this season He has a record of 1-0 in 43 innings His ERA stands at 6.02 Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Pflaggstettler has a .322 average against righthanders this season Persimmon steadies his bat And waits patiently for Haines' pitch The righthander Haines' delivery Pflaggstettler swings at the change-up... Pounds it good!... It's going into deep right Ott is racing back... He's at the fence... But he might as well wave that one goodbye It's gone! Quite a shot by Pflaggstettler Traveling about 405 feet That's home run number 14 for him He also has 50 RBI's now Harry Hays will come up next This game is a laugher for FOFC They're up by 8 runs FOFC ahead 8 to 0 Haines adjusts his cap... Now he's set Here's the 3-2 offering A hanging curve... Hays laces it hard just to the right of Terry He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Harry... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in FOFC sends the third baseman, Dan Fouts, up to the plate Jesse gets the sign from Lombardi Haines goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Hays He lobs one to Terry... Hays is back easily We're ready again Now Haines comes home Fastball down low... Fouts swings and hits one out to center Kiki Cuyler is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Haines Hays trots back to first One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is still in the on-deck circle and John Williams is looking for a bat in the dugout Settling in at the plate is Blade Barrett has 2 strike outs so far today He'll be looking to get a piece of this one Blade waits on Haines Haines' 3-0 pitch... Haines loses him Blade heads down to first Williams is up now for FOFC Haines is on the first-base side of the rubber... Now Jesse delivers Big slow curve... and it's in there Strike three Two down Lombardi asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Lombardi and Haines A. J. Tucker will get a crack at Haines next Kris Terp would be up next... But only if Tucker can reach safely Right-hander Haines eyes the lefty Tucker Here's his delivery Routine grounder to second Hornsby grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 40330 Although behind by 8 NL Pre WWII does have the heart of their line-up coming up to face John Williams Williams' been tough on NL Pre WWII all day Hornsby adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Rogers is 1 for 2 this evening Williams has the sign from Hays He brings it home Curve, paints the corner... Hornsby swings... Grounder down the left field line It's past Fouts rolling all the way to the corner Hornsby rounds first... Heads for second Pflaggstettler plays it off the wall Here's the throw... Not in time! Hornsby slides in with a double Master Melvin is coming to the plate Ott a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Williams A battle of lefties... He's ready Williams brings it to the plate Groundball to short Hornsby will hold at second base Ott is retired on the groundout Kiki Cuyler steps into the box Kiki steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Casey Stingle relays the sign from Leo Durochure Cuyler drew a walk last time up and now is 0 for 2 Cuyler waiting on the delivery Williams brings it to the plate Wait a minute ... What's going on? A balk has been called! Williams must have done something wrong The ump caught him in the act! Kiki Cuyler steps into the box Cuyler is 0 for 2 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Fouts is even with the bag at third Blade and Terp are ready with hands on knees at second and short Cuyler cocks his bat Now to the belt, here it is... Lunging after the change-up Cuyler hits a grounder through to left... Scoring from third is Hornsby Credit Cuyler with a single and an RBI Joe Medwick steps into the box Joe steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Medwick is 0 for 3 today He struck out last time up Medwick waits patiently Williams' into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Cuyler dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch It bounces in front of the plate and gets by Hays Cuyler moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch Joe Medwick steps into the box Medwick wiggles the bat above his head Medwick waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Fozborg rocks and fires Medwick hits a three hopper towards Dan Fouts Fouts scoops it and fires it to first for the out Two gone for NL Pre WWII Time is running out for them Now here's Lombardi Before getting ready Lombardi checks out the defensive alignment All set, Lombardi is ready for the pitch Sirr rocks and fires Fastball... just outside And Lombardi will take first on the walk The first baseman, Terry, is ready to bat FOFC leads 8 to 1 in the top of the 8th Fozborg steps on the rubber Sirr checks the runners Steps off the mound Again he's into the stretch The pitch Smashed to second Blade comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That ends the inning for NL Pre WWII FOFC has 8 runs, 12 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has one run, 7 hits and 3 errors They have now stranded 10 baserunners Here's Kris Terp leading off Jeeberoni Potpie is on deck And Gerald Gazelle is in the hole Terp swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Haines Terp looks very intent... He stares down at Haines... Cocks his bat Righthander Haines' delivery Comebacker, right to Haines Over to Terry for the easy 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 Japanese League 6 to 3 Caribbean clipping AL Post WWII 5 to 1 Negro League I is edging AL Pre WWII 6 to 5 NL Post WWII winning over Old Timers 9 to 3 Bench has hit his 11th homerun for NL Post WWII Turn of Century is pounding Left Outs 11 to 4 Lajoie has hit his 9th homerun for Turn of Century Late 20th is on top of Dead Ball Era 4 to 2 Clemens and Brown currently dueling Potpie is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Potpie is looking for lightning to strike again He's boomed 1 homerun earlier today Jeeberoni is 2 for 4... Batting .289 on the season Potpie waits And the delivery by Haines Another hook for strike three! Potpie just stood there looking Two down Haines retires the first two FOFC batters Gerald Gazelle will make his way to home plate He's the right fielder for FOFC We'll see how they pitch to Gazelle Now set, Gazelle waits for the pitch Haines kicks and fires Gazelle pounds a grounder toward Frisch at short Frankie moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Frisch stayed with it Over to first and Gazelle is retired Nice play by the NL Pre WWII short stop So that will be all for FOFC here in the last of the 8th The All Stars will be adding to their 7 game win streak if Fozborg can close this game out We now head into the 9th Ross Youngs is going to bat for Jesse Haines NL Pre WWII needs baserunners desperately Youngs knows how to get on base He has a .371 OBP He hits right handers at a .276 clip He steps out of the dugout and makes his way to the plate Ross Youngs to lead it off for NL Pre WWII Sirr Fozborg steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Fozborg is into his wind-up And the pay-off pitch There's a fly ball to Gerald Gazelle Gazelle circles under it... He makes the play With one down, up next is Frankie Frisch To be followed by Pie Traynor Frankie Frisch plants his left foot The lefthanded shortstop for NL Pre WWII appears set Frankie is batting .268 with 3 home runs on the season He is 0 for 4 today Right-hander Fozborg prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Frisch Fozborg is into his windup Here's the pitch Ball four is the call Fozborg can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Fozborg Frisch takes first base One on, one out Traynor walks to the batter's box Pie is 1 for 4 this summer evening He grounded out in his last plate appearance The bat is cocked Fozborg fires It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One more chance for NL Pre WWII this inning So with 1 on and 2 outs NL Pre WWII sends their second baseman, Rogers Hornsby, up to face Fozborg Hard-hitting Mel Ott is walking towards the on-deck circle Rogers is hitting at .287 on the year He has 89 hits in 310 at bats This includes 21 doubles, 5 triples 8 home runs and 47 RBI's Hornsby is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Frisch is dancing off first It's coming down the pike He chases the fastball... Base Hit!...A line drive over third... Rolling along the foul line... Frisch around second, heading for third... Fouts throws into second... Holding is Hornsby at first but allowing Frisch to safely reach third Ott finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Ott is hitting .300 against righties Mel is ready for the delivery Fozborg's righthanded delivery... Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Terp He throws and gets the force at second Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Hornsby, is out And that will do it for NL Pre WWII FOFC wins 8 to 1 Williams gets credit for the win Marquard takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 2 for 2 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 6/27/1900 |
7+ innings, 1 run allowed, 2 hits, an rbi, i'd say thats a pretty good outing for Williams:)
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guys I'm still playing games, but I'm having a hard time posting results from home. The site either won't completely load the thread so I can get to the point where I can add my reply or it loses my login information and I have to start over. Hopefully tonight will be better.
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June 28th - Game 82 - Radio Broadcast
Howdy Folks, and welcome to our Strat-O-Matic baseball broadcast at Paradise Park FOFC will take on the hometown Estrellas The visitors hope to add to their current 8 game winning streak Mike Cuellar, will see if he can stop them He'll be looking for win number 5 here in 1900 FOFC will send Owen Hunter out to the mound in the bottom of the first He has a record of 5-4 with a 4.94 ERA It won't be long now... The windup, the pitch Tucker swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Cuellar strikes out A. J. Tucker One up, one down here in the top of the 1st One away, nobody on base Nights stands ready at the plate Nights has hit 7 home runs this year Cuellar toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Gonzalez Cuellar is into his wind-up And the 3-2 pitch is on its way... Ripped to third, but right at Linares...easy out Two down Jeeberoni Potpie will step in to face Cuellar next If he gets on, Gerald Gazelle will follow Jeeberoni, a right-handed hitter, will face the lefty Cuellar Of his 21 home runs, 6 are against southpaws Potpie waiting on the delivery Here's the 0-2 pitch Well hit by Potpie Minoso moves back... Still going back... He makes the catch up against the fence Mike Cuellar holds FOFC scoreless in the first inning As we go to the bottom of the first let's set the defensive alignment for FOFC Hunter and Hays are the battery mates Potpie will man first base Fouts is at the hot corner Nights and Blade form the keystone combination From left to right it is Ton, Tucker and Gazelle Now Minnie Minoso steps in Minoso scuffs up the lines around the box Hunter steps on the rubber Here comes the cripple pitch A hot shot on the ground to Blade He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Minoso is out FOFC gets the first out of the inning Coming up for Caribbean is Antonio Pacheco Nobody on base, one out Hunter squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The pitch is on the way A slider by Hunter Pacheco gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two down Hunter retires the first two Caribbean batters The center fielder, Pancho Coimbre, is up next Coimbre is hitting .297 against righties The umpire says let's go Coimbre is ready Hunter is into his windup Here's the pitch Coimbre tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! That's three up, three down Caribbean has no runs, no hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors The FOFC right fielder, Gazelle, will lead off He'll be followed by K. A. Ton And then Harry Hays Against lefthanders Gazelle is hitting .300 this season Gazelle gets set for the pitch The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch Fastball, right down the pipe Gerald Gazelle swings... Wow, this one is pounded! It's going, going, GONE! A tremendous solo home run to put FOFC out in front FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Next up for FOFC is K. A. Ton Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Cuellar brings it to the plate It's a routine fly into left Minoso ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One away in the top of the 2nd for FOFC Hays gets set at the plate Time is called... Hays has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Hays, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Cuellar Cuellar goes into his windup And here's the 0-2 offering Grounded towards third Linares scoops it LONG THROW... HE'S SAFE! Fouts digs in at the plate Ready now for Cuellar to come set We'll see how they pitch to Fouts Fouts tells the umpire he's ready Cuellar goes into his stretch... Looks at Hays... He fires one to Cepeda... Hays dives back in That's his best move to first... Cepeda lobs it back Now Cuellar comes home Fouts gets under this one It's popped high in the air to short Concepcion is waving everybody off Fouts is retired That's the second out of the inning FOFC second baseman, Barrett Blade, is up next Blade is at .260 on the season Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw Cuellar delivers the 3-0 pitch Low, ball four... Blade takes first Stepping in for FOFC, is Hunter Blade at first, Hays at second, two away Cuellar has the sign from Gonzalez Mike checks the runners Steps off the mound Again he's into the stretch The pitch STRIKE THREE! He swung on a ball that was in the dirt Hunter was overanxious up there That was almost a wild pitch That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 9 and 1 in their last ten games Cepeda saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Cepeda is batting .249 with 13 HR's this year And Owen studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it The righthander winds and delivers Cepeda starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Hunter walks him And it brings up Tony Oliva On deck is Omar Linares Miguel Gonzalez in the hole Stepping in and then stepping out again Oliva looks to third for a sign Hunter is slow to get ready He has a 4.88 ERA this year Now he's ready He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Cepeda dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Hunter Now here's the pitch Swung on and missed by Oliva, he's down on strikes One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Japanese League with the lead over Negro League I 3 to 0 Old Timers and Negro League II are scoreless NL Post WWII and AL Pre WWII have yet to score Left Outs with the lead over NL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Robinson has hit his 8th homerun for Left Outs Turn of Century is on top of Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 Young and McGinnity currently dueling AL Post WWII and Late 20th have yet to score And here in Caribbean FOFC ahead 1 to 0 And the batter is Omar Linares Miguel Gonzalez is on-deck Omar Linares is hitting .287 this year against righthanded pitchers Hunter likes the sign Hunter fires Linares hits a blooper just beyond the infield It looks like that one will drop Jeff Nights dives toward the outfield grass AND SNAGS THE BALL BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND That's two away Miguel Gonzalez steps into the box Gonzalez is at .275 on the season He is hitting .307 against righties Hays flashes the sign... Hunter waves it off... Now he's happy It's coming down the pike It bounces in front of the plate and gets by Hays Cepeda moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch Miguel Gonzalez steps into the box Gonzalez is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Gonzalez waits for the delivery Owen rocks and fires There's a routine pop by Gonzalez Nights moves under it and makes the routine catch That retires the side... Miguel Gonzalez fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often A. J. Tucker stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Tucker is batting .291 with 2 HR's this year Cuellar wastes no time He has the sign from Gonzalez Here's the southpaw's delivery Struck him out on a fastball Tucker goes down swinging One up, one down here in the top of the 3rd Nights saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Cuellar is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now Cuellar brings it to the plate Nights hits a screamer at Dave Concepcion Concepcion picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Cepeda off the bag Cepeda swipes with the glove Nights is out! Nice play by Cepeda Two down Mike Cuellar retires the first two batters in order Up now for FOFC is Potpie Two away, nobody on Potpie is at .287 on the season 2 down, Cuellar ahead in the count... One ball, two strikes The southpaw Cuellar's delivery Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into right It's in for a base hit... Oliva quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Potpie dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Potpie with a single Potpie inches away from the base Potpie takes his lead... Cuellar is not paying enough attention Potpie extends his lead... the pitch It's a slow curve... He breaks for second! Up and firing is Gonzalez... OUT!!... As Pacheco slaps the tag on the sliding Potpie Dave Concepcion, Mike Cuellar, and Minnie Minoso are due up Dave is taking his sweet time getting ready The umpire says a few words to Dave... Now we're set to go Concepcion is set for the pitch Hunter's into the windup... the delivery Concepcion lifts a flyball towards Gerald Gazelle Gazelle seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Gazelle stumbles... he sticks his glove up... He's got it! Nice recovery by Gazelle That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Nobody on, one away for Caribbean Up now is Cuellar Cuellar swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Hunter Mike takes off his cap... He brushes some hair off his forehead He taps his bat on the plate He's ready to go The pitch is on the way Sinking fastball... Cuellar swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Fouts... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Minoso departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Minnie is hitting at .269 on the year He has 29 hits in 108 at bats Caribbean's leadoff hitter has scored 16 runs this year Waiting for the pitch is Minoso Hunter winds and delivers Sharp breaking curveball... Minoso reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Nights... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Potpie at first! Minoso is out easily That ends the inning After 3 innings, FOFC leads by 1 Gazelle up now to lead off Mike Cuellar steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go And the delivery by Cuellar Slider, inside... Swung on... Gazelle rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Cuellar looks dejected on the mound FOFC left fielder, K. A. Ton, will be up next He will be followed by Harry Hays Bases empty... no one out FOFC up by 2 Ton is batting .257 with 7 round trippers in 1900 He's ready for the delivery The Estrellas' southpaw winds and delivers There's a hard bouncer to Linares' left He's over... Makes the pick-up... Over to Cepeda... Ton is out! A sparkling glove hand pick-up by Omar Linares! One gone for FOFC Hays moseys up to the plate Dan Fouts is heading for the on-deck circle Hays swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Cuellar Hays waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's his delivery Hays is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 2 Fouts, the third baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 2 to 0 Left-hander Mike Cuellar prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Fouts The lefty Cuellar delivers Hit hard to the right of Concepcion... And it's caught in the air by a diving Linares! That ends the top of the 4th One run, one hit and no errors After 3 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 2 Antonio Pacheco is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Caribbean to get things going Hunter adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Here's the righthander's delivery Big breaking ball... Pacheco swings and lifts one deep to right This one has a chance... Gazelle is at the warning track... He waits... Gerald you can tell that one Goodbye! Number 8 on the year for Antonio Pacheco Walking up to the plate now is Coimbre Perucho Cepeda waits on deck Against righthanders Coimbre is hitting .295 Hunter wastes no time He has the sign from Hays He brings it home A hanging curve... Coimbre laces it hard just to the right of Nights He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Pancho... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Coimbre at first, nobody out Cepeda comes to the plate Coimbre takes his lead Hunter adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays The righthander Hunter's delivery Cepeda drives the ball to center for extra bases Matty Alou will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Caribbean... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... All runners are safe! Double for Cepeda Oliva, Caribbean's right fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Omar Linares waits on deck Oliva steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Tony is 0 for 1 today Oliva awaits the delivery Hunter's 3-2 pitch... It is a slow change... Oliva's not at all fooled He hits it squarely... It's heading out to right-center almost on a line... Very well hit ball by Tony Tucker is running after it... He hopes to play it off the fence He picks it up on the second bounce He turns and gets it back into the infield Oliva slides into second base but it was not necessary Two-bagger for the Caribbean right fielder Cepeda scores from third! Omar Linares, the third baseman, strides to the plate Linares can't seem to get settled at the plate He's ready The home town crowd is yelling out to Oliva telling him to watch out as Blade sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Hunter delivers the 3-1 offering Hanging curveball... Linares times it, swings... There's a high drive... Crunched deep towards right center... Gazelle doesn't have a chance Home Run for Linares That was way over the fence Making his way up is Gonzalez Miguel is hitting at .274 on the year He has 80 hits in 292 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Gonzalez popped out his last time up All set, Gonzalez is ready for the pitch Hunter's righthanded delivery... Shallow fly ball Ton charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Gonzalez stops at first That's a single Caribbean shortstop, Dave Concepcion, will be up next He will be followed by Mike Cuellar One on... no one out Caribbean up by 3 Concepcion is taking his practice swings Dave is 0 for 1 this evening Hunter studies his sign The stretch... the 3-1 delivery Concepcion drives the ball to left for extra bases Matty Alou plays it safe and stops him at third... Double for Concepcion Stepping in is Mike Cuellar Estrellas with runners on second and third Mike takes a couple of practice cuts Mike steadies his bat Waits patiently for Hunter's pitch A check on the runners... the pitch It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! One down for Caribbean Minnie Minoso is still in the on-deck circle and Antonio Pacheco is looking for a bat in the dugout Minoso is up now for Caribbean Right-hander Rodney eyes the righty Minoso The righthander delivers Rodney loses him Minoso heads down to first No more room on the bases now Rodney has to bear down now Settling in at the plate is Pacheco Pacheco goes through his routine of settling in Pacheco, batting lefthanded Gets in his crouch... Ready to face the righthanded Rodney Rodney checks all the baserunners... Now he comes home with it Grounder topped to the mound Taken by Rodney Throws to second He's out Over to first Not in time! Score It: 1-6 Gonzalez scores from third! Concepcion takes third The runner on first, Minoso, is out Two down, now... Pancho Coimbre is due up next Big inning for Caribbean... They've put 6 runs on the board Pancho Coimbre is up next The Estrellas' center fielder finds 2 on with 2 outs Coimbre gets set He's 1 for 2 so far Coimbre is set Now to the belt, here it is... Stroked to third Clean single for Coimbre Caribbean adds to their lead Caribbean leads 7 to 2 Cepeda comes to the plate Estrellas with runners on first and third Cepeda has a .238 average against righthanders this season James looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Rodney checks the runners at first and third Pacheco bluffs a move toward home Rodney doesn't flinch Here's the 2 strike offering Grounded down the line Rodney takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 Caribbean is finally retired in the bottom of the 4th... After a 7 run outburst, they lead FOFC by 5 FOFC will send Blade, Deacon Palmer, and A. J. Tucker to face Mike Cuellar this inning The righthander, Blade has an average of .260 His success against lefties, like Cuellar is better, however, at .325 Blade waits patiently The southpaw delivers Blade hits a screamer at Dave Concepcion Concepcion takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Cepeda scoops it on one hop Blade is out! Nice play by Cepeda Cuellar gets the first out in the inning Palmer departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Deacon looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Palmer taps the bat on home plate Palmer waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Cuellar rocks and fires Palmer takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Palmer is out on strikes That's two away Concepcion comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Cuellar A. J. Tucker will be next up... A. J. Tucker is coming to the plate Tucker has 9 doubles this year A. J. seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Cuellar leans back and fires Sinking line drive Caught by Dave Concepcion 1-2-3, nothing across... Tony Oliva, Omar Linares, and Miguel Gonzalez are the first three Estrellas batters due up Caribbean leads, 7-2 Oliva is hitting .279 against righthanders The bat is cocked The windup, the pitch Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Nights It's by him... Ton comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Oliva to a single Pounding the plate with his bat Linares awaits the pitch Linares checks with the coach, Matty Alou Omar is ready for the delivery Now James delivers It is a high hard one... Linares goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Linares couldn't hold back With one down, up next is Miguel Gonzalez To be followed by Dave Concepcion While Dave Concepcion heads for the on deck circle Miguel Gonzalez makes his way to the plate James Rodney on in relief of Owen Hunter Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Rodney The delivery Bounced past the mound Smooth pickup by Nights Throws to second He's out Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 So it is nothing across for the Estrellas in the bottom of the 5th After 5 innings Caribbean has 7 runs, 9 hits and no errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors Here's Nights to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Negro League I besting Japanese League 9 to 4 Old Timers is edging Negro League II 2 to 1 Delahanty has hit his 9th homerun for Old Timers AL Pre WWII clipping NL Post WWII 4 to 0 Gomez comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII besting Left Outs 8 to 3 Hubbell enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead Turn of Century is in front of Dead Ball Era 3 to 0 AL Post WWII and Late 20th are deadlocked at 3 And here in Caribbean Caribbean ahead 7 to 2 Nights is 0 for 2 today Cuellar ready quickly, looks in for the sign The pitch to Nights... Slider, down at the knees... Nights swings and lifts one deep to left This one has a chance... Minoso is at the warning track... Bye, Bye Baby!!... Number 8 on the year for Jeff Nights Cuellar glares in at Potpie as he steps in Now he's ready to go Potpie is 1 for 2 today Cuellar steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The lefthander Cuellar delivers Potpie hits a pop into short right field Pacheco sprints out Oliva and Coimbre sprint towards the infield Tony Oliva sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Gazelle heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Potpie takes his lead Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez He shakes him off once... Again... Mike has got to be a little concerned with Gazelle up there as the FOFC right fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Cuellar quick pitches the 0-2 offering Gazelle is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position With one gone FOFC will have K. A. Ton coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it K. A. Ton is up next FOFC's left fielder finds 1 on with 1 out Ton is 0 for 2 today Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready... The lefthander Cuellar comes home with it It is a high hard one... Ton goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Ton couldn't hold back Two gone for FOFC Facing Cuellar now is Hays James Rodney heads to the on deck circle Barrett Blade waits in the hole Potpie will be running if it's hit Cuellar gets the sign, it's one he likes Now the delivery, here is is... Base hit to center for Hays Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Potpie will stay at second Billy Bullock is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Before getting ready Bullock checks out the defensive alignment Bullock cocks his bat Checks the runners Here's his delivery Big slow curve... and it's in there Strike three That's it in the top of the 6th After 5 and a half innings in Caribbean, Caribbean on top 7 to 3 Concepcion is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Concepcion adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Dave is 1 for 2 this evening Fozborg has the sign he wants The pitch is on the way Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Concepcion hits it into the hole on the right side Blade ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Concepcion is out by a step at first One up, one down Cuellar finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Cuellar taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready The umpire says let's go And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... STRIKE THREE, CALLED! Two down That brings up Minnie Minoso, the left fielder Minoso is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Minoso waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here comes the cripple pitch Minoso slaps a hard grounder past short Ton is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Minoso will hold with a clean single Here's Antonio Pacheco Antonio is hitting at .291 on the year He has 93 hits in 320 at bats His speed has propelled him to 11 stolen bases After getting set, Pacheco waits on the pitch It's coming down the pike Ground ball to third Palmer comes up with it He tosses it to second... Gets the force That wraps up the inning for Caribbean So After 6 innings Caribbean has 7 runs, 10 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 7 hits and no errors Caribbean has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 Barrett Blade stepping in He will be the first batter for FOFC We are in the top of the 7th Caribbean leads 7 to 3 Barrett is 0 for 1 this summer evening He grounded out in his last plate appearance Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready... And here is the 1-2 delivery Extra base hit to center for Blade Pancho Coimbre is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up Palmer saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Palmer has a .375 average against lefties Cuellar is on the third-base side of the rubber... The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch LINE DRIVE It's over Linares' head for a single! Blade scores from second! Planting his right foot Tucker is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Tucker A. J. is hitting at .289 on the year He has 99 hits in 342 at bats Today, he is 0 for 3 Tucker lined out his last time up Tucker gets set for the pitch Cuellar goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Palmer He lobs one to Cepeda... Palmer is back easily We're ready again Now Cuellar comes home Base hit to left for Tucker Palmer is being held at second by Dick Howser Palmer will stay at second Nights squares He bunts the ball . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by M.Cuellar he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Force Play To Pitcher Score It: 1-5 The runner on second, Palmer, is out Tucker takes second That's one away Potpie walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gerald Gazelle moves into the on deck circle FOFC needs some runs We'll see how they pitch to Potpie Potpie is waiting on the pitch Here's the 0-1 offering Base hit to center for Potpie Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Gerald Gazelle Gerald Gazelle will step in to face Cuellar He is 2 for 3 on the evening with 2 home runs! That impressive display of power has been good for 2 RBI's Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez He shakes him off once... Again... Mike has got to be a little concerned with Gazelle up there as the FOFC right fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Cuellar stretches, checks his runners The pitch... Fastball up in the strike zone Strike three looking! That ball was right in Gazelle's wheelhouse But he was obviously fooled on it That's out number two The All Stars have chipped away at the Estrellas' lead They've scored 2 runs in the inning Caribbean ahead 7 to 5 Ton saunters up to the batter's box Estrellas have runners at first and second Potpie on first represents the tying run Two men on, two men out Gonzalez flashes the sign to Cuellar Cuellar rocks and fires A slider by Cuellar Ton gets good wood on it... Coimbre back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's it for FOFC Here at Paradise Park, After 6 and a half innings, Caribbean has 7 runs, 10 hits and no errors While FOFC has 5 runs, 11 hits and no errors FOFC has left 6 on base Caribbean has stranded 4 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The Estrellas will get their licks here in the bottom of the 7th Pancho Coimbre, Perucho Cepeda, and Tony Oliva are scheduled to face FOFC righthander Sirr Fozborg Here's Coimbre stepping in... Coimbre a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Fozborg Fozborg steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The righthander delivers There's a high pop down the left field line It's going to go into foul territory Palmer and Nights are chasing it down the line Nights makes the catch over his shoulder going away One down for Caribbean Perucho Cepeda is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Caribbean One out, nobody on base Perucho Cepeda is the batter Fozborg has the sign from Hays The pitch to Cepeda... Cepeda cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Cepeda was badly fooled by Fozborg's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Perucho was a little overanxious That's the second out of the inning Slowly coming up is Oliva for Caribbean He is finally in the batter's box Caribbean leads 7 to 5 Sirr gets the sign from Hays Fozborg brings it home It's a routine fly into left Ton ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Ton grabs it for the out That is the third out for Caribbean here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 34453 Hays saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Cuellar is happy with the sign The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander Hays chases the high fastball... Hammers a LONG towering drive... Hit to deep left center... HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE! A big blast by Hays! Now here's Treacy Cuellar looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Gonzalez He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Cuellar Now he is ready... Mike winds Kicks... and delivers Treacy pounds a grounder toward Linares at third Omar moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Linares stayed with it Over to first and Treacy is retired Nice play by the Caribbean third baseman With one down Cepeda yells something out to Cuellar Mike nods his head Coming up for FOFC is Barrett Blade Nobody on base, one out Blade is at .263 on the season Mike Cuellar on the mound for the Estrellas... Cuellar has gone the distance so far He's given up 12 hits and 6 runs The lefthander delivers High hard fastball, swung on... It's a grounder hammered at second... Pacheco is there... IT'S INTO RIGHT!!... It took a HIGH hop right over him! That's a single for Blade Coming to the plate is Palmer Blade's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Cuellar Watching Cuellar, Palmer wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready Cuellar goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Blade He lobs one to Cepeda... Blade is back easily... We're ready again Now Cuellar comes home Palmer laces a hit into the outfield Minnie Minoso picks it up Fires it to the infield Palmer holds with a single That'll be all for Mike Cuellar Felipe Alou has given the sign Adolfo Luque will be coming on in relief for the Estrellas Let's break for this message from our sponsor... ....... We're back here at Paradise Park in Caribbean... Adolfo Luque has just about finished his warm-up tosses Luque has appeared in 41 games this season A record of 5-6 with 2 saves He's blown 7 save chances so far this year His ERA stands at 5.82 One away, Palmer at first, Blade at second Tucker steps into the batter's box Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting left-handed against righty Adolfo Luque Luque has the sign from Gonzalez Adolfo checks the runners... Goes into the stretch The pitch There's a weak fly ball in front of Minnie Minoso He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out Caribbean leads 7 to 6 with two away this inning Jeff Nights is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board We're in the top of the 8th Luque eyes Nights intently The pitch on the way, here it is... Slider, inside... Swung on... Nights rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Luque looks dejected on the mound Jeeberoni Potpie will step in to face Luque next If he gets on, Gerald Gazelle will follow Potpie is 3 for 4 today Jeeberoni singled last time around He's ready Luque fires Sinking fastball... Potpie swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Linares... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step The Estrellas finally retire the side but not until FOFC scores 4 runs The All Stars now take over the lead by 2 It's FOFC 9, Caribbean 7 Omar Linares up first for Caribbean He is a threat to steal if he gets on Linares is hitting .288 against righthanders Omar is set for the pitch Kronside brings it to the plate Hard ground ball to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League I besting Japanese League 9 to 4 Old Timers and Negro League II are all knotted at 2 NL Post WWII and AL Pre WWII are all knotted at 5 NL Pre WWII besting Left Outs 8 to 3 Turn of Century besting Dead Ball Era 5 to 0 Young enjoying the big Turn of Century lead Late 20th is on top of AL Post WWII 5 to 3 Franco and Hunter currently dueling And in our matchup FOFC on top 9 to 7 Now batting for Caribbean will be their catcher, Miguel Gonzalez The Estrellas are behind by 2 We are in the bottom of the 8th Only 5 more outs to make up the deficit Kronside tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The righthander Kronside delivers Gonzalez gets under this one It's popped high in the air to third Palmer is waving everybody off He drops it! Gonzalez only makes it to first Miguel was not legging that one out Gonzalez at first, one away Concepcion is ready for the pitch Concepcion gets set He's 1 for 3 so far Kronside adjusts his cap... Now he's set The stretch... the 2 strike delivery It's a rainbow shot toward left Pflaggstettler reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That's the second out of the inning We are going to have a pinch hitter Rodolfo Puente will bat for Adolfo Luque It will be the righthand hitting, Puente against the righty Kronside Puente is hitting righties for a .213 average Puente makes his way to home plate Caribbean down by 2 runs We're in the bottom of the 8th Right-hander Kronside prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Puente Here's his delivery Drilled on the ground to second Blade comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 And that will do it for Caribbean Lazaro Salazar will be coming on to pitch for Caribbean Lazaro has appeared in 15 games this season He has a record of 3-2 in 14 innings His ERA stands at 7.71 Power hitting Gerald Gazelle will lead off FOFC's clean-up hitter will see what he can do against Caribbean's Lazaro Salazar Gerald Gazelle will be up next... He is 2 for 4 on the evening Gazelle has also smacked out 2 home runs! This impressive display of power has been good for 2 RBI's Gazelle concentrates He holds the bat down on the end Salazar kicks and fires Drilled on the ground to third Linares comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 And there's one away Now batting will be Persimmon Pflaggstettler The left fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 2 Pflaggstettler goes through his routine of settling in Pflaggstettler waits on Salazar Salazar brings it to the plate Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Pflaggstettler hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Now batting will be Harry Hays The catcher is walking to the plate One on... one out FOFC up by 2 The right-handed Hays will be facing the southpaw 5 of his 7 home runs come via this route Salazar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The stretch... the delivery Base hit to right for Hays Pflaggstettler is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Hays at first Terp is ready to face Salazar Kris Terp hasn't had a very good year so far He is struggling to get over the Mendoza line Currently his average is an uninspiring .138 He has had some trouble with illness this year He's been fighting the flu in recent weeks Lazaro Salazar is now discussing something with Felipe Alou.. Felipe Alou was quick to point out to me in our pre-game show just how important Salazar has been to their team His 7 saves is good for 8th in the league He's got a tough spot here however He brings it home Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Gonzalez Hays dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Hays made it back Two down Due up next is Barrett Blade Let's see what happens now Next up is Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman Blade is 2 for 3 today Barrett singled last time up Salazar is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Salazar looks in... Now he's ready The southpaw delivers Barrett Blade offers at the pitch, but checks his swing Oh, Blade couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Linares for the out Blade never even left the batter's box That does it for FOFC in the top of the 9th The left fielder Minoso will lead off for the Estrellas He'll be followed by Antonio Pacheco And then Pancho Coimbre Minoso is at .273 on the season He is hitting .244 against righties Minoso chokes up on the bat a little The kick and the pitch Fastball, low and inside... Minoso goes down after it... He lines one deep to right... Gazelle is back at the fence... Waits... CAN'T GET IT!... It's a homer for Minoso! Minnie comes through for Caribbean That's number 3 for him Antonio Pacheco, the second baseman, strides to the plate Pacheco digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Knowles Pacheco awaits the delivery Sammy rocks and fires Good slider, inside part of the plate Pacheco gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One down for Caribbean Pancho Coimbre is still in the on-deck circle and Perucho Cepeda is looking for a bat in the dugout Pancho Coimbre will face Knowles Righty against righty Pancho Coimbre is hitting .300 this year against righthanded pitchers Sammy looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's the righthander's delivery Coimbre swings... He rips a ground ball towards Palmer It's by him! It's twisting into the left field corner Coimbre rounds first... He will return quickly to first as Pflaggstettler gets a nice throw in to Blade One on, one out Cepeda walks to the batter's box Knowles is on the first-base side of the rubber... The pitch is on the way Swing and a miss Strike three Cepeda goes down on strikes Two down, last of the 9th... The Estrellas are down to their final out Coimbre slowly moves away from the base Knowles rifles one to first... Coimbre scrambles back quickly... He just avoids the tag! He should have dove back Almost got caught Oliva now at the plate Omar Linares waits on deck Coimbre will be running if it's hit Hays flashes the sign... Knowles shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Knowles goes into his stretch... Looks over at Coimbre Fires to Potpie... Coimbre is back easily... We're ready again Now Knowles comes home Oliva 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 And that will do it for Caribbean FOFC wins 9 to 8 Fozborg gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Cuellar takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeff Nights He was 2 for 5 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from Caribbean. |
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Hmmm...wondering if anyone that was a part of this originally is still around and interested in me dusting this thing off for the second have of the season?
Actually, I really wonder if they even remember this ever existed... |
Deacon Palmer should play 3rd all the time!
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wow...after all this time you still even remember your players' position. Impressive... |
I'd be quite happy to see this going again.
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Well I did go back and maybe read a bit. But i do know who he was based on still. |
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I don't remember that...and I don't think I want to know. It may eliminate some of the prejudices that I may have had... I found the old game files on a computer in storage and have copied them to another computer. If the interest is there, I'll start it back up. Thanks for checking in Deacon and Travis... |
I'm not around nearly as much as I used to be, but I would love to see Jeeberoni continue his hit streak...
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Hey Jeebs...you're the 3rd to check in. I'm probably going to tackle this after I finish my other dynasty... |
Sweet dynasty here.
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Manager Update
There is a very strange beeping noise in my ears, and it takes me quite a while to determine that it is the alarm clock. It has been so long since I slept to the point the alarm actually went off that I forgot what it sounded like. I slowly rollover and turn it off. As I lay in the bed I take a quick inventory on how I feel. My head aches, my mouth is dry, I'm sore and really, really cloudy headed. I feel like I've been asleep for about 5 years. I rub my face as I'm getting up and am surprised to find a full beard. As I get to the mirror I notice my hair is much longer and it has gotten gray. I am completely flabbergasted. How long had I been asleep? I feel a bit like Rip Van Winkle. I've heard stress can do strange things to a person, I guess I'm living proof. I get cleaned up, climb in the car and head out to the ballpark, hoping I haven't slept through 5 years of games... |
Manager Update
I arrived at the ballpark still in a daze...my head still cloudy and feeling confused like I was out of my own time period. People looked at me funny...like they hadn't seen me in 5 years... The clearing of my head and that peculiar feeling never went away. I made it through the game, though my memory of it isn't really clear... |
Radio Broadcast - 6/29 - Game 83
Welcome to Paradise Park! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between Caribbean and FOFC The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in Caribbean Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC Tiant Jr.'s into the windup... the delivery Blade tries to hold up, but can't He pops one into short center Mesa is coming in hard... Pacheco is racing with his back to the infield And neither is going to get it! Blade is on with the "excuse me" single! Now up for FOFC, Nights A real speedster Blade is on first They'll need to keep an eagle-eye on him Tiant Jr. is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now Now to the belt, here it is... The runner goes Nights loves to hit and run... Outside slider... He reaches for it... Hits a deep fly to left-center It's in there... Blade running on the pitch will score from first Nights slides into second... Score it a double Great call by manager Benton Breeze! And Nights was able to carry it out Making his way up is Tucker Tucker is hitting .277 against righties He's ready Here's the 0-2 offering It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Caught by a leaping Pacheco for the out! Outstanding range shown on that play! Tiant Jr. has the first out in the top of the 1st Gonzalez trots out to the mound Says a few words to Luis... With the runner on second... Probably making sure of the signs Potpie finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Potpie swinging from the right side facing the righty Tiant Jr. Jeeberoni steadies his bat And waits patiently for Tiant Jr.'s pitch Luis rocks and fires Curveball, breaking away Potpie swings... Hits a slow grounder to short Concepcion is charging... Picks up the ball barehanded Then throws wildly over Espino's head It's into rightfield There will be no play on Potpie He's into second easily on the error Score It: E6 Nights scores from second! Potpie to second FOFC left fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, is up next Pflaggstettler wiggles the bat above his head Persimmon is eagerly awaiting Tiant Jr.'s pitch Potpie seems to be looking down at Gonzalez Maybe hopes to pick up a sign The pitch on the way, here it is... Struck him out on a terrible pitch That was right over the heart of the plate with no movement on it... and Pflaggstettler swung right over the top of it! Lucky Mr. Tiant Jr.! That's two away That'll bring up All Stars' third baseman Deacon Palmer... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second A base hit should score Potpie Luis looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Tiant Jr. brings it to the plate Grounded down the line Linares comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That will do it for FOFC But they do get 2 runs right out of the barrel So FOFC leads 2 to zip as Caribbean comes to bat Rob Nielsen is walking slowly to the mound Pablo Mesa is still taking some practice cuts... Nielsen finishes his warm-up tosses Hays fires one down to Blade Mesa steps in... Caribbean will get their first shot against Rob Mesa digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Nielsen Nielsen is happy with the sign The southpaw Nielsen's delivery on the 2 strike pitch Sinking fastball... Mesa swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step With one down, up next is Antonio Pacheco To be followed by Pancho Coimbre That'll bring up second baseman Antonio Pacheco... FOFC drew first blood in their half of the first Nielsen has the sign from Hays Here's the southpaw's delivery Slow ground ball Potpie is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in a row Coimbre coming up for Caribbean Nobody on, two away Nielsen eyes Coimbre intently The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Coimbre chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Nielsen Blade snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! That ends the inning After 1 inning, FOFC leads by 2 Hays is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Hays a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Tiant Jr. Tiant Jr. has the sign from Gonzalez Tiant Jr. brings it to the plate Grounded towards the sack Linares comes up with it Over to Espino Got him! Score It: 5-3 That's one away Gazelle is up next One gone, top of the 2nd Rob Nielsen moves out on deck Gazelle is batting .277 with 12 round trippers in 1900 Tiant Jr. gets the sign, it's one he likes Here's the 2-2 pitch Curve in the dirt... and Gazelle holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Gonzalez asks the first base ump's opinion He says Gazelle went around Strike three, swinging Two down Luis Tiant Jr. retires the first two batters in order Rob Nielsen is up to face Luis Tiant Jr. Nielsen taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Nielsen cocks his bat Here's the 2 strike offering Nielsen swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Tiant Jr. strikes out Rob Nielsen The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 1 and a half innings, FOFC on top 2 to 0 Power hitting Perucho Cepeda will lead off Caribbean's clean-up hitter will see what he can do against FOFC's Rob Nielsen Cepeda is at .249 on the season Nielsen is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Nielsen looks in... Now he's ready Nielsen goes into his windup And here's the 1-0 offering Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Cepeda hits it into the hole on the right side Blade ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Cepeda is out by a step at first FOFC gets the first out of the inning Linares walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat Linares is at .257 on the season Nielsen squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The southpaw Nielsen delivers the 0-2 pitch Linares drives one into right Gerald Gazelle sprints over to make the play Two down Gonzalez gets set at the plate Gonzalez can't seem to get settled at the plate The left-hander Nielsen is now ready The lefthander winds and delivers Gonzalez pulls one into left field Hooking away from Pflaggstettler Persimmon is there This one would end the inning... He's got it for the out We head to the 3rd... The score is still FOFC 2, Estrellas 0 FOFC will send Blade, Jeff Nights, and A. J. Tucker to face Luis Tiant Jr. this inning Blade digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Tiant Jr. Blade waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Tiant Jr. fires Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Blade is outta there One up, one down Nights pounds the plate Now he stares out at Tiant Jr. The outfield shades towards left for Nights The bat is cocked He brings it home Off speed pitch on the way... And Nights watches it go by for the third strike With two gone, FOFC ahead 2 to 0 in the top of the 3rd Up next for the visiting All Stars A. J. Tucker, their center fielder Tiant Jr. adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez Tiant Jr. rocks and fires Shallow fly ball Coimbre charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 2-0, FOFC Hector Espino, batting seventh will lead off for Caribbean He will be followed by Dave Concepcion and Luis Tiant Jr. Espino looks down toward the third base coach Espino, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Nielsen Nielsen goes into his windup Kicks his right leg high... And Espino will sit down... strike three called One out Due up next is Dave Concepcion Now batting will be Dave Concepcion The shortstop is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC leads Caribbean by 2 runs Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The lefthander Nielsen delivers There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Concepcion No chance for either Nights or Pflaggstettler That one had base hit written all over it Tiant Jr. squares to bunt He bunts at it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by D.Palmer the throw to first... Out Tiant Jr. gets the job done. FOFC ahead 2 to 0 with two away this inning That will bring up center fielder, Pablo Mesa A base hit should score Concepcion Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The pitch is on the way Mesa takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Mesa's outta there We head to the 4th... The score is still FOFC 2, Estrellas 0 Here's Jeeberoni Potpie leading off Persimmon Pflaggstettler is on deck And Deacon Palmer is in the hole Potpie grips the bat handle Jeeberoni stands with bat ready The righthander Tiant Jr. delivers Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Gonzalez fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Potpie One gone for FOFC in the top of the 4th Now here's Pflaggstettler Persimmon looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Pflaggstettler taps the bat on home plate Tiant Jr. steps on the rubber And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Slow ground ball Pacheco is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Negro League I leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Torriente has hit his 10th homerun for Negro League I Negro League II is beating Old Timers 5 to 1 Wickware comfortably ahead for Negro League II NL Post WWII is in front of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0 NL Pre WWII leads Left Outs 2 to 1 Marquard and Carlton currently dueling Turn of Century leads Dead Ball Era 3 to 2 AL Post WWII leads Late 20th 1 to 0 Next up is Deacon Palmer, the FOFC third baseman... If he gets on, Harry Hays would bat next Palmer is at .312 on the season He is hitting .292 against righties Set now is Palmer Pacheco comes in a couple steps Yells something to Tiant Jr. The delivery Palmer hits one toward third Linares 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 three outs, side retired Antonio Pacheco will step into the box to start the inning Caribbean would like to get some runners on board Pacheco swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Nielsen The umpire says let's go Pacheco is ready Nielsen brings it home Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 3 for Rob Nielsen today 132 on the year One out Pancho Coimbre is due up next One away, nobody on base Coimbre stands ready at the plate Coimbre is at .295 on the season Nielsen likes the sign The 0-2 pitch... Nielsen lets it fly... STRIKE THREE, CALLED! Two gone for Caribbean Up now for Caribbean is Cepeda Two away, nobody on Cepeda goes through his routine of settling in Cepeda readies himself for the pitch The pitch is on the way Fastball OUCH! It hit Cepeda! Linares is up now for Caribbean Linares is 0 for 1 today Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Nielsen checks Cepeda on first Now the 3-2 pitch Just off the plate Ball four Walking up now to the plate is Gonzalez Gonzalez has a .188 average against lefties Gonzalez is set It's coming down the pike Drilled on the ground to short Nights grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 And that retires the side Bottom of the order for FOFC coming to bat The catcher, Harry Hays will lead off Harry is hitting at .347 on the year He has 60 hits in 173 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Hays grounded out his last time up Tiant Jr. looks down at Gonzalez for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The righthander delivers Grounded down the line Espino flips to Tiant Jr. covering Score It: 3-1 Tiant Jr. gets the first out in the inning Nobody on base, one away Gazelle steps into the batter's box Luis Tiant Jr. steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Here comes the cripple pitch The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Gazelle held up, and draws a walk Tiant Jr. isn't happy at all with that call Nielsen fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Nielsen looks to lay one down Nielsen bunts it foul for the third strike... That's a strikeout! Barrett Blade is up next FOFC's second baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Against righthanders Blade is hitting .244 All set, Blade is ready for the pitch The stretch... the delivery Bounding ball to the mound Taken by Tiant Jr. His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 That's it in the top of the 5th After 4 and a half innings in Caribbean, FOFC leads 2 to 0 Here's Hector Espino to lead it off Espino is at .263 on the season Time is called Tay Pemup for FOFC is coming to the mound The All Stars trainer is flushing some fluid into Nielsen's right eye Rob says he's OK It's a full count... Nielsen winds and fires... Swung on...and hit way, way up Under it is Hays...and he's got it One down for Caribbean Dave Concepcion is still in the on-deck circle and Luis Tiant Jr. is looking for a bat in the dugout Dave Concepcion, the shortstop, strides to the plate Nielsen is on the third-base side of the rubber... The pitch to Concepcion... Swung on and popped up Nights is waiting... And that's an easy out Two up, two down for Caribbean Tiant Jr. heads to the plate for Caribbean The infield is at regular depth Tiant Jr. is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Tiant Jr. waits for the delivery Nielsen brings it to the plate Baltimore chop Into center for a single! The tying run comes to the plate, in the person of Pablo Mesa Estrellas with 1 runner on base The All Stars lead, 2-0 Pablo steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Pablo is 0 for 2 today... Tiant Jr. kicks the dirt at first Jesus Alou says something to him He cocks his bat Mesa has choked up, just trying to make contact He has 2 strikes on him The southpaw delivers Bounding ball to first Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 That's it for Caribbean Here at Paradise Park, After 5 innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors While Caribbean has no runs, 2 hits and one error Caribbean has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 2 |
Radio Broadcast - 6/29 - Game 83 continued
FOFC will send Nights, A. J. Tucker, and Jeeberoni Potpie to face Luis Tiant Jr. this inning FOFC ahead 2 to 0 Tiant Jr. has the sign he wants Tiant Jr. brings it to the plate Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Tiant Jr. punches him out! One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC That will bring up A. J. Tucker Tucker takes a couple of practice cuts Tucker is ready for the pitch He rocks and fires Hit on the ground to the mound Tiant Jr. grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 Here's the FOFC clean-up hitter, Jeeberoni Potpie Jeeberoni is batting .292 with 21 home runs on the season He is 0 for 2 today Potpie awaits the delivery The righthander Tiant Jr.'s delivery Potpie tries to hold up Gonzalez points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Negro League I clipping Japanese League 4 to 0 Negro League II is beating Old Timers 7 to 3 NL Post WWII is on top of AL Pre WWII 4 to 2 Seaver battling Faber NL Pre WWII is in front of Left Outs 8 to 5 Turn of Century slipping by Dead Ball Era 4 to 2 Waddell battling Walsh AL Post WWII leads Late 20th 2 to 1 Antonio Pacheco, Pancho Coimbre, and Perucho Cepeda are the scheduled hitters It's the bottom of the 6th... All Stars lead the Estrellas, 2-0 Pacheco is batting .287 with 8 HR's this year Nielsen has a 2-hitter going through 5 innings Now Rob delivers Curve ball... Pacheco swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! One gone for Caribbean One out, nobody on base Pancho Coimbre is the batter Coimbre is 0 for 2 today, with 1 strike outs Nielsen is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Nielsen gets the sign from Hays The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it It's a routine fly into right Gazelle ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Two up, two down for Caribbean Nielsen is moving along with the efficiency of a well oiled machine Perucho Cepeda will get a crack at Nielsen next Omar Linares would be up next... But only if Cepeda can reach safely Cepeda looks for a sign from third Matty Alou delivers it to Perucho Perucho is 0 for 1 today was hit by a pitch his last at bat Cepeda is ready Nielsen's 2-2 pitch... Cepeda swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Nielsen strikes out Perucho Cepeda Easy inning for Nielsen So after six complete... FOFC ahead 2 to 0 Persimmon Pflaggstettler, Deacon Palmer, and Harry Hays are due up for the All Stars FOFC leads, 2-0 Tiant Jr. steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Now Luis delivers Swung on and hit on the nose to center Mesa picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Pflaggstettler is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it Palmer is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Palmer is batting .311 with 4 homers this year Right-hander Tiant Jr. prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Palmer Here's the righthander's delivery STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Luis Tiant Jr. here this evening 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 takes a walking lead Pflaggstettler has stolen 5 bases in 5 attempts in 1900 Pflaggstettler is unable to take the lead he wants Hays coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Pflaggstettler on first, with one away Tiant Jr. is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... We've got a full count... Tiant Jr. winds and fires... Hays watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Harry, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Tiant Jr. just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate That's the second out of the inning Coming to the plate is Gazelle Pflaggstettler's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Tiant Jr. Gazelle is 0 for 1 today He is currently batting .275 Cepeda, Mesa and Coimbre are playing him deep Gazelle waiting on the delivery The stretch... the 3-1 delivery Hard slider... Gazelle swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Cepeda is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! A two run blast by Gerald Nielsen moseys up to the plate Barrett Blade is heading for the on-deck circle Nielsen digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Tiant Jr. Tiant Jr. is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 11 this evening He has the sign... Here's his delivery And Nielsen is down on strikes... Tiant Jr. keeps mowing them down That one gives him 12 this evening That's all for FOFC After 6 and a half innings in Caribbean this evening, FOFC ahead 4 to 0 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Omar Linares stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Nielsen has gone the distance so far and pitched a strong game He would improve his record to 12-4 with a win on the road here in Caribbean The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch Linares hits a fly ball to center A. J. Tucker camps under it He's got it Caribbean with one away Nielsen steps off the mound as he waits for Miguel Gonzalez to come to the plate And it brings up Miguel Gonzalez On deck is Hector Espino Dave Concepcion in the hole Time is called... Gonzalez has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Gonzalez is set for the pitch Nielsen kicks and fires Right down the middle... strike three Gonzalez must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch Two down Nielsen retires the first two Caribbean batters Up for Caribbean, Hector Espino FOFC out in front by 4 We're in the bottom of the 7th Espino is batting .260 with 5 HR's this year Nielsen shakes off the sign from Hays And another... Still another... Looks like Nielsen doesn't want to pitch to Espino Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting Now he's finally ready And the delivery by Nielsen Comebacker, right to Nielsen Over to Potpie for the easy out 'Come back, Little Sheba' That wraps up the inning for Caribbean So After 7 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 4 hits and no errors While Caribbean has no runs, 2 hits and one error Caribbean has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 Barrett Blade, Jeff Nights, and A. J. Tucker are due up Blade is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Barrett certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Tiant Jr. earn his salary Blade is set for the 3-1 pitch It's coming down the pike Blade lines one over short for a single He rounds the bag hard and starts for second Oh, look at that throw by Perucho Cepeda Blade scrambles back to first and holds Blade moves away from first base... He has 2 stolen bases on the season High and tight slider... And there goes Blade on the steal! The peg down by Gonzalez... It's High... The headfirst slide... Blade is in at second with a stolen base Let's see... That's steal number 3 for him Jeff Nights steps into the box Before getting ready Nights checks out the defensive alignment All set, Nights is ready for the pitch Now Luis delivers Fastball, up at the letters... Nights swings... Skies on to deep right Coimbre racing back... Back... At the wall... HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT! The ump is signaling no out Nights motors easily into second As Coimbre throws the ball in That'll be a two base error on him That should have been an easy catch Score It: E9 Blade scores from second! Nights to second Walking up to the plate now is Tucker Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Tucker is hitting .274 against righties A. J. is eagerly awaiting Tiant Jr.'s pitch Nights seems to be looking down at Gonzalez Maybe hopes to pick up a sign Here's the righthander's delivery Base hit to right for Tucker Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Nights scores! Trailing runner advances. Felipe Alou will go to his bullpen It'll be Mike Garcia here in the top of the 8th FOFC on top 6 to 0 Garcia has a 2 and 3 record in 30 appearances with a 3.33 ERA While Garcia throws a few to Gonzalez, let's check the Strat-O-Matic scoreboard... Negro League I is beating Japanese League 4 to 0 Torriente has hit his 10th homerun for Negro League I Negro League II leads Old Timers 7 to 6 NL Post WWII clipping AL Pre WWII 6 to 2 NL Pre WWII with the lead over Left Outs 9 to 6 Turn of Century is beating Dead Ball Era 6 to 2 Late 20th with the lead over AL Post WWII 5 to 2 FOFC firstsacker, Jeeberoni Potpie will be up next The All Stars, like all teams, like to see a lot of offensive production out of their firstbasemen Certainly, Potpie has not disappointed Garcia adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez The righthander delivers Potpie just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Pacheco races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... With one gone FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it So with 1 on and 1 out the All Stars send their left fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to face Garcia Good-hitting Deacon Palmer is waiting in the on-deck circle Stepping in and then stepping out again Pflaggstettler looks to third for a sign Pflaggstettler cocks his bat Here's his delivery Pflaggstettler laces a hit into the outfield Perucho Cepeda picks it up He fires it to the infield Pflaggstettler holds at first Palmer gets set at the plate Against righthanders Palmer is hitting .289 Deacon steadies his bat And waits patiently for Garcia's pitch Righthander Garcia's delivery Palmer drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Double for Palmer That brings up Harry Hays, the catcher Harry is batting .343 with 7 home runs on the season He is 0 for 3 today Hays waits patiently Garcia's righthanded delivery... Hays gets a good cut at it... He lifts it high and deep toward left Cepeda is heading back... At the fence It is just over for a home run! Cepeda slaps his glove in disgust Coming up for FOFC is Gerald Gazelle Nobody on base, one out Gazelle is batting .282 with 13 round trippers in 1900 Gazelle waiting on the delivery Here's the 2 strike offering Swung on and chopped down the third base line Linares stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by Omar Linares Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 10 Rob Nielsen will step in to face Garcia next If he gets on, Barrett Blade will follow Mike gets the sign from Gonzalez Garcia fires Hard ground ball to the mound Garcia grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That's it for FOFC But they score 6 runs No one left on base In fact, FOFC has stranded only 2 runners all day They make them count... as they lead Caribbean by 10 Here's Concepcion to lead off the inning Before he does, lets check out how the Estrellas have been playing lately Caribbean is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Concepcion has a .253 average against lefties After getting set, Concepcion waits on the pitch Here's the 3-1 offering There's a towering fly ball hit by Concepcion Tucker sprints over, and makes the catch That's one away We are going to have a pinch hitter Rodolfo Puente will bat for Mike Garcia It will be the righthand hitting, Puente against the lefty Nielsen Puente is hitting southpaws for a .308 average That'll bring up Rodolfo Puente FOFC way out ahead FOFC ahead 10 to 0 Nielsen has been tough to hit Puente has a .308 average against lefthanders He is .227 overall Nielsen rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Nielsen rocks and fires Belted right back at Blade Wow, Barrett snares it bare-handed! Ouch! Here comes Tay Pemup, the trainer, to take a look Everything appears to be OK Two down There are some long faces over in the Estrellas' dugout at the moment Next up is Pablo Mesa, the Caribbean center fielder Mesa is at .221 on the season Nielsen will improve his record to 12-4 by beating the Estrellas Nielsen goes into his windup Kicks his right leg high... Sinking fastball... Mesa swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Caribbean is out of here in the bottom of the 8th This game is coming to you from Paradise Park in Caribbean After 8 innings FOFC has 10 runs, 9 hits and no errors While Caribbean has no runs, 2 hits and 2 errors Mopping up for Caribbean will be Julio Molina... FOFC has just about put this game out of reach... They lead by 10 Blade saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Blade is 2 for 4 today Barrett singled last time up Molina steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go And the delivery by Molina Pop-up Gonzalez drifts behind the plate He makes the catch One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Nights now at the plate A. J. Tucker waits on deck The outfield's shaded towards left for Nights He's 1 for 4 today Julio Molina steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Molina brings it to the plate Jeff raps a high bouncer toward third Linares snatches it on the third hop Overhands one to first Easy out Two down Gonzalez asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Gonzalez and Molina Tucker coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Tucker wiggles the bat above his head Tucker waits for the delivery Now Julio delivers Slow ground ball Linares is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT FOFC needs only three more outs to add another notch to their 9 game winning streak Rob Nielsen will be going to the mound to see if he can close the door on the home town Estrellas Pacheco is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Pacheco is one of the best hitters around Nielsen toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hays Here's the windup and the 3-1 delivery Sinking fastball... Tailing away... Swung on... Pacheco hits a deep fly to left-center Back to the fence Pflaggstettler is at the warning track He's a little out of control... Rights himself Can't get it... It bounces off the fence... Pacheco around first... Here's the throw... It's a rope... The slide... SAFE!! Two-base hit for Pacheco Facing Nielsen now is Coimbre Perucho Cepeda heads to the on deck circle Omar Linares waits in the hole Coimbre looks down toward the third base coach, Matty Alou Nielsen is slow to get ready He has a 3.15 ERA this year Now he's ready Here's the southpaw's delivery Base hit to right for Coimbre Matty Alou puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Cepeda comes to the plate Estrellas with runners on first and third Cepeda is 0 for 2 today, with 1 strike outs The score, a lopsided 10-0 Nielsen has plenty of room to work with He's into the stretch Checks Coimbre at first Quick throw! He has to dive back in!... SAFE!... Close play Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen Now here's the pitch He chases the hook... Cepeda hits a deep fly ball... Tucker moving under the ball... He makes the catch... And uncorks the throw... SAFE!... As the ball trickles away from Hays He was unable to handle the throw One down for Caribbean in the bottom of the 9th FOFC leads 10 to 1 Linares comes to the plate One out, Coimbre at first Linares digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen He's ready Nielsen goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Coimbre He lobs one to Potpie... Coimbre is back easily We're ready again Now Nielsen comes home Linares sends a scorcher to third Palmer takes it on one hop Fires to Blade for one Back to Potpie for the double play! And that will do it for Caribbean FOFC wins 10 to 1 Nielsen gets credit for the win Tiant Jr. takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Harry Hays He was 1 for 4 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Caribbean. |
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Manager Update
So I leave the ballpark and head home, feeling much better as another win has opened our lead in the division back to 5 games. I know it is too early to get comfortable, but we seemed to have come out of our little slump, and to make things even better Nielsen's complete game really gave our short handed pen a much needed rest. |
Dynasty Update
So I took the time last night to locate this dynasty on an old PC, extract the important data and move it to my more current PC (still old). I will be resuming the exploits of the FOFC All-Stars, and my plan is to try to play and post 1 game each night, along with some periodic flavor posts like I did before. I regret the fact most of the people that signed up for this originally aren't around anymore, but regardless, I still think this dynasty has some merit and can be entertaining. We'll obviously miss the give and take posts from the players, which was a large part of what made this so much fun initially, but at least we'll see if the team can hold on to the division lead, and potentially win it all... |
Manager Update
I'm in my office reading the morning paper when I'm startled by a wad of paper that hits me in the chin. I look up to see Sal grinning. "Old habits die hard?", I ask with a grin. "You might say that...actually that was just to get your attention, otherwise it would have been a real ball..." "We'll you've got my attention...and my blood pressure up. That startled the crap out of me. What's up?" "Babson's ready." "What?", I ask, with my eyes bulging..."you serious?" Sal with a huge grin, "Yeah, been having him throw a little bit here and there. He's eligible to come of the 15 day DL and he's ready to go." "You know Sal, if you weren't so ugly I could kiss you." He turns and starts to walk away, but he yells back, "Yep, next time it's a real baseball..." |
6/30 Radio Broadcast - Game 84
Howdy Folks, and welcome to our Strat-O-Matic baseball broadcast at Paradise Park FOFC will take on the hometown Estrellas The visitors hope to add to their current 10 game winning streak Fernando Valenzuela, will see if he can stop them He'll be looking for win number 5 here in 1900 FOFC will send Brian Babson out to the mound in the bottom of the first He has a record of 6-7 with a 3.27 ERA It won't be long now... Valenzuela brings it to the plate Blade is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position One up, one down here in the top of the 1st Planting his right foot Nights is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Nights Nights is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in The umpire says let's go Valenzuela brings it to the plate Nights pulls it hard over third... And it's snared by Linares! Omar half fell and half dove To grab that ball before it hit the ground That's two away Concepcion comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Valenzuela A. J. Tucker will be next up... Tucker coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Tucker is set for the 1-2 pitch Here's the windup... and the pitch Curve in the dirt... and Tucker holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Gonzalez asks the first base ump's opinion He says Tucker went around Strike three, swinging Fernando Valenzuela holds FOFC scoreless in the first inning Here's the center fielder Mesa To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Antonio Pacheco And then Pancho Coimbre Mesa grips the bat handle Mesa is ready The pitch is on the way Mesa hits a fly ball to center A. J. Tucker camps under it He's got it One down for Caribbean Antonio Pacheco is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Caribbean Pacheco finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box We'll see how they pitch to Pacheco The bat is cocked Babson quick pitches him Ground ball through the middle Nights ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it 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 Babson With two out Batting for Caribbean now is Coimbre Babson tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's the 3-0 pitch Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Nights It's by him... Gazelle comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Coimbre to a single That will bring up first baseman, Perucho Cepeda Cepeda digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Babson Cepeda waits on Babson Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Babson The delivery And Cepeda will sit down... strike three called Brian Babson holds the Estrellas scoreless in the first FOFC will send Potpie, Deacon Palmer, and Gerald Gazelle to face Fernando Valenzuela this inning Potpie has managed a .292 average against lefthanders this year Gonzalez flashes the sign to Valenzuela Now the delivery, here is is... Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Potpie swings way over it He was fooled completely Gonzalez loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Jeeberoni as he was heading for the dugout One gone for FOFC One out, nobody on base Deacon Palmer is the batter Palmer scuffs up the lines around the box Valenzuela has the sign he wants Valenzuela brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Palmer swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Concepcion... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Scoreless game with two away this inning Gazelle is up now for FOFC Gazelle goes through his routine of settling in Valenzuela adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez It's coming down the pike Gazelle swings and hits a shot to deep left-center Mesa and Coimbre are converging on the ball Looks like Mesa has the best shot at it He dives for it... WOW! He's got it! Fantastic play by Mesa That ends the top of the 2nd for FOFC Three batters up, three batters down Tony Oliva is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Caribbean to get things going Babson takes the first sign Here's the righthander's delivery Oliva rips a high drive into right Pflaggstettler races to the wall Reaches up And pulls it down for the out With one down, up next is Omar Linares To be followed by Miguel Gonzalez Now batting will be the third baseman, Omar Linares Brian Babson steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Righthander Babson's delivery Fastball up at the shoulders... Linares still goes after it... Rips one down the right field line Chasing after it is Pflaggstettler... He won't get it!... Linares is digging for third... Pflaggstettler has it, makes the hurried throw Palmer takes it on the short hop The slide... SAFE! at third The catcher, Miguel Gonzalez, is up next Gonzalez is batting .272 with 16 homers this year Gonzalez waits for the delivery Babson fires The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Gonzalez swung, that's strike three Gonzalez isn't happy at all with that call That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Japanese League and Negro League I have yet to score Negro League II winning over Old Timers 7 to 1 AL Pre WWII winning over NL Post WWII 8 to 2 NL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead of Left Outs 6 to 0 Dead Ball Era and Turn of Century have yet to score Late 20th leads AL Post WWII 1 to 0 And here in Caribbean We're scoreless Concepcion walks up to the plate Babson shakes off two signs Now he's ready Babson brings it home Comebacker, right to Babson Over to Potpie for the easy out And that retires the side The FOFC catcher, Hays, will lead off He'll be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler And then Brian Babson Harry is batting .347 in 176 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler He's ready Now ready, here it is... Hays swings and misses Strike three Hays didn't have a good cut at that pitch One down for FOFC Persimmon Pflaggstettler is still in the on-deck circle and Brian Babson is looking for a bat in the dugout One away, nobody on base Pflaggstettler stands ready at the plate So far this year Pflaggstettler is batting .322 He has 14 doubles, 5 triples 14 homeruns with 51 RBI's and 5 stolen bases He awaits, expectantly, the 3-1 "cripple pitch" Valenzuela rocks and fires Pflaggstettler laces a hit into the outfield Pablo Mesa picks it up Fires it to the infield Pflaggstettler holds with a single Pflaggstettler at first, one out Brian Babson is ready at the plate The lefty shakes off the sign... Now Fernando shakes off another one... Valenzuela's out pitch...the screwball thrown at two different speeds The lefty Valenzuela delivers Babson hits a three hopper towards Antonio Pacheco Pacheco scoops it and fires it to second... Out The throw to first... Out at first, it's a double play That's all in the top of the 3rd... For the All Stars, No runs, one hit and no errors... Midway through the 3rd inning, We're scoreless Fernando Valenzuela is coming to the plate He loves to hit and is quite good at it too Babson will have to be careful Babson is on the first-base side of the rubber... Babson brings it to the plate A slider by Babson Valenzuela gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... It's by him, and over his head! Valenzuela will wind up on second Let's see how they rule on it... It's a 2-base error on the right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler Walking up now to the plate is Mesa Pablo takes a couple of practice cuts The umpire says let's go Mesa is ready Brian comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Hard slider... And Mesa takes it right down the middle Strike three called FOFC gets the first out of the inning While Pancho Coimbre heads for the on deck circle Antonio Pacheco makes his way to the plate Pacheco has a .293 average against righthanders this season Antonio waits... He steps out as Babson takes too long Now he's back in the box Babson brings it to the plate The ball is low and outside Did he go around?... Yes! Caribbean with one more chance to take the lead One on, two out, score tied Caribbean is 5 and 5 in their last ten games That'll bring up Estrellas' left fielder Pancho Coimbre... Estrellas with a runner in scoring position at second Coimbre is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .298 on the year Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Brian rocks and fires There's a check swing by Coimbre It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Deacon Palmer makes the catch against the stands And that retires the side FOFC will send Blade, Jeff Nights, and A. J. Tucker to face Fernando Valenzuela this inning Blade wiggles the bat above his head The left-hander Valenzuela is now ready He brings it home Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Blade hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into left for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Making his way up is Nights He looks to third first Now he steps in The corners are playing in Jeff is taking his sweet time getting ready The umpire says a few words to Jeff... Now we're set to go Valenzuela is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Valenzuela gets the sign from Gonzalez Valenzuela goes into his stretch... Looks over at Blade Fires to Cepeda... Blade is back easily... We're ready again Now Valenzuela comes home FOFC tries the hit and run! There's a hot shot on the ground at Linares He can't react in time... The ball was by him too fast as he was playing so shallow Nice piece of hitting by Nights Through the drawn in infield! Tucker squares He bunts the ball . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by P.Cepeda the throw to first... Out Tucker gets the job done. One out Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie gets set at the plate Potpie is batting .288 with 21 HR's this year Valenzuela peers in for the sign Potpie is a formidable opponent Fernando has allowed 8 home runs versus righties this year And Jeeberoni is no ordinary hitter Valenzuela's watching the runners Here comes the pitch Potpie flies out to right Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Blade scores! The third baseman, Deacon Palmer will be up next for FOFC Palmer is 0 for 1 on the day He looks around at the Caribbean infield Cepeda is kicking the dirt at first Linares is even with the bag at third Pacheco and Concepcion are ready with hands on knees at second and short Valenzuela is happy with the sign Here comes the cripple pitch Curve ball, down and in... Swung on by Palmer... Grounded to the left side... Linares can't get his glove on it... It's through for a single... Here comes Nights to score without a throw! Two out, Palmer at first Coming up is Gerald Gazelle The righthander, Gazelle has an average of .276 His success against lefties, like Valenzuela is better, however, at .303 Valenzuela steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Now Fernando delivers Gazelle swings and hits a high fly to right It is right along the line... Oliva is over at the fence... reaches... It's going to be close... Just out of the reach of Oliva Foul ball into the seats He would have had a chance in most other parks Only a smidgen of foul ground out there at Paradise Park . . . Gazelle back in the box And here comes the next pitch There's a fly ball into straight-away right Oliva one hands it... Gazelle is retired... and so is FOFC That retires the side... but not before 2 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 3 and a half innings, FOFC ahead 2 to 0 As we get ready to start the bottom of the 4th Cepeda is talking to Hays Perucho is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon He struck out in his last plate appearance Cepeda is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Babson He's waiting for the pitch Babson kicks and fires Cepeda swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Babson strikes out Perucho Cepeda One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League I is edging Japanese League 1 to 0 Negro League II is giving it to Old Timers 7 to 2 Wilson has hit his 12th homerun for Negro League II AL Pre WWII winning over NL Post WWII 8 to 2 Dickey has hit his 15th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII besting Left Outs 7 to 2 Turn of Century is edging Dead Ball Era 2 to 1 Late 20th slipping by AL Post WWII 3 to 1 Walking up to the plate now is Oliva Omar Linares waits on deck Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The righthander delivers Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Oliva! Two up, two down Omar Linares now up Linares is 1 for 2 today Babson gets the sign He rocks and fires Drilled on the ground to short Taken by Nights Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 Hays saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box FOFC ahead 2 to 0 Valenzuela steps on the rubber The lefthander Valenzuela delivers Swung on and Hays sends a high fly to right It is hugging the foul line... Oliva is over at the fence... It's going to be close... Oliva can't make the catch! Hays just missed on that one Foul by inches! . . . Hays back in the box And here comes the next pitch Long fly ball to left field This one is deep! THAT BALL'S SINGIN' WITH THE ANGELS NOW!!! That is Harry Hays' 9th home run of the year. Pounding the plate with his bat Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch Gonzalez flashes the sign... Valenzuela waves it off... Now he's happy The pitch to Pflaggstettler... Grounded up the middle On through for a base hit Pflaggstettler is thinking about two No, he jams on the breaks scrambles back to first The throw HE'S OUTTA THERE! Now here's Babson Valenzuela adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez The lefthander delivers Pounded on the ground to short Concepcion comes up with it Over to Cepeda Got him! Score It: 6-3 That's two away Up now for FOFC is Blade Two away, nobody on Blade is batting .272 with 1 HR this year Fernando looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's the 1-2 offering It rides in on Blade and hits him on the hands Blade is in a lot of pain... We'll see if he can continue... He heads to first Blade takes a walking lead Blade has stolen 3 of 3 bases this year Throw to first... SAFE!... Another throw... easily back Now Blade extends his lead... Fastball up and in... He's off on the pitch Gonzalez lets it fly... Late throw by Gonzalez... No chance to get Blade sliding in safely Jeff Nights steps into the box Nights is 1 for 2 today Valenzuela is slow to get ready He has a 5.79 ERA this year Now he's ready Now to the belt, here it is... Fastball... just outside And Nights will take first on the walk Tucker is up next FOFC leads 3 to 0 Nights on first, Blade is down at second Two outs in the top of the 5th Infield playing back Tucker is at .289 on the season Valenzuela wastes no time He has the sign from Gonzalez The southpaw delivers The slider from Valenzuela Painting the outside corner... Ripped at by Tucker... Lined to right... Dropping quickly... Falling in for the base hit... Nights around second... Blade is being waved around third... The throw comes in from Oliva... The slide by Nights... Safe at third Potpie leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Potpie can't seem to get settled at the plate Potpie concentrates He holds the bat down on the end Valenzuela checks the runners at first and third Nights bluffs a move toward home Valenzuela doesn't flinch Here's the 2-2 offering Fastball OUCH! It hit Potpie! Now Potpie gets up and brushes himself off He's not a big fan of "chin music" and he's letting Valenzuela know about it! The ump tells Potpie to take his base Walking up to the plate now is Palmer FOFC leading in the game Palmer is 1 for 2 today Fernando peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one And the delivery by Valenzuela Palmer slaps it the other way... And it gets through the infield into right Everybody will move up two bases on this one Two runs score Felipe Alou will go to his bullpen It'll be Mike Garcia here in the top of the 5th FOFC leads 6 to 0 Garcia has a 2 and 3 record in 31 appearances with a 3.83 ERA He'll be facing Gerald Gazelle after a few warm-up tosses Two on, two outs... Gazelle steps to the plate 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd Right-hander Garcia eyes the righty Gazelle A check on the runners... the pitch Gazelle swings and lifts one toward center Mesa drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's it for FOFC FOFC has 6 runs, 8 hits and one error While Caribbean has no runs, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has now left 3 runners stranded Miguel Gonzalez will step into the box to start the inning Caribbean would like to get some runners on board Gonzalez is at .271 on the season He is hitting .304 against righties The count is nothing and 2 Gonzalez has to protect the plate Now Brian delivers And Gonzalez will sit down... strike three called And there's one away And it brings up Dave Concepcion On deck is Mike Garcia Pablo Mesa in the hole Dave is hitting at .274 on the year He has 76 hits in 277 at bats This includes 13 doubles, 2 triples 3 home runs and 27 RBI's Concepcion is set for the pitch Babson winds and delivers There's a towering fly ball hit by Concepcion Gazelle sprints over, and makes the catch And there's two away We are going to have a pinch hitter Rodolfo Puente will bat for Mike Garcia It will be the righthand hitting, Puente against the righty Babson Puente is hitting righties for a .210 average Rodolfo Puente now up Babson shakes off his sign Now he's set The 3-2 pitch Low and inside It hit him on the foot! Puente tried to dance out of the way But it got him Avila will be the pinch runner And now here's Pablo Mesa Antonio Pacheco on deck... Two outs here in the bottom of the 5th Mesa is 0 for 2 today Babson likes the sign We've got a full count... Babson winds and fires... A slider by Babson Mesa gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That wraps up the inning for Caribbean So After 5 innings FOFC has 6 runs, 8 hits and one error While Caribbean has no runs, 2 hits and no errors Caribbean has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 3 |
6/30 - Radio Broadcast - Game 84 continued
Dennis Martinez will be coming on to pitch for Caribbean Dennis has appeared in 30 games this season with a record of 2-2 In 56 innings, he has an 4.82 ERA Mike Garcia has finished his work here this afternoon Hays is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Hays saunters to the plate The righthander is 1 for 2 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Martinez Hays is hitting .298 versus righties this year Of his 9 homeruns, 3 came while facing righties Hays is poised and ready for the pitch Martinez leans back and fires It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Hays checks his swing Gonzalez appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Harry One up, one down for FOFC Settling in at the plate is Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler has been poison for Caribbean today He is 2 for 2 on the afternoon Pflaggstettler is waiting on the pitch The 0-2 pitch... Martinez lets it fly... Strike three swinging! With an 0 and 2 count, Martinez threw it on the outside corner Pflaggstettler had to go after it Dennis did a good job of pin-pointing that ball It was too close to let go by... but not good enough to hit FOFC on top 6 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Japanese League and Negro League I are deadlocked at 2 Kaneda battling Williams Negro League II with the lead over Old Timers 7 to 4 Wilson has hit his 12th homerun for Negro League II AL Pre WWII jumping all over NL Post WWII 11 to 2 Dickey has hit his 15th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII is edging Left Outs 7 to 6 Dead Ball Era is in front of Turn of Century 5 to 2 AL Post WWII and Late 20th are deadlocked at 3 Brian Babson will get a crack at Martinez next Barrett Blade would be up next... But only if Babson can reach safely Martinez is ready quickly Into the windup... here's the pitch Babson hits a three hopper towards Omar Linares Linares scoops it and fires it to first for the out And that will do it for FOFC The Estrellas will send Pacheco, Pancho Coimbre, and Perucho Cepeda up to the plate this inning Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Pacheco Brian winds... kicks... and delivers Pacheco hits a drive down the line Gerald Gazelle dives for it, but can't make the play Pacheco coasts into second base with a double Almost a great snag by Gazelle Next up is Pancho Coimbre, the Caribbean left fielder On-deck is Perucho Cepeda... He'll be followed by Tony Oliva Coimbre is one of the best hitters around Brian gets the sign from Hays The righthander Babson delivers The Whiff on the "high cheese"! That'll bring up first baseman Perucho Cepeda... FOFC out in front by 6 We're in the bottom of the 6th Before getting ready Cepeda checks out the defensive alignment One ball, one strike Here's his delivery Sharp slider, catches the outside corner Cepeda swings at it... Hammers a hard grounder right at short Picked up smoothly... Throw to first... IT'S OFF THE BAG!!... Potpie grabs it, turns back to the bag NOT IN TIME! Cepeda is SAFE! That'll be an error on that play Score It: E6 Pacheco takes third Cepeda to first That'll bring up right fielder Tony Oliva... FOFC way out in front FOFC ahead 6 to 0 Oliva is hitting .277 against righthanders Oliva is set He's into the stretch Checks Cepeda at first Quick throw! He has to dive back in!... SAFE!... Close play Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch Base hit to right for Oliva Pacheco scores Third base coach Matty Alou thinks he can make it... Here comes Cepeda... The throw is cut off... That holds Oliva at first Here's Omar Linares The infield is back They are looking for the double play Linares taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Babson is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now The righthander Babson's delivery Linares swings awkwardly... strike three Babson took something off of that breaking ball He had Linares way out in front 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... Miguel Gonzalez will make his way to home plate He's the catcher for Caribbean Gonzalez looks down toward the third base coach, Matty Alou Miguel steadies his bat Waits patiently for Babson's pitch Babson checks the runners Here's the 1-0 offering Long fly ball to left field This one is deep! BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK, GONE!!! That was a nice blast! That is Miguel Gonzalez's 17th home run of the year. Dave Concepcion, the shortstop, strides to the plate Concepcion is 0 for 2 today Babson adjusts his cap... Now he's set Righthander Babson's delivery STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Brian Babson here this afternoon That wraps up the inning for Caribbean By the way, Caribbean is 5 and 5 in their last ten games We're back at the top of the All Stars' order Barrett Blade coming to bat Blade is batting .272 with 1 HR this year And Dennis studies the sign from Gonzalez... Now he's got it Here's the 2 strike pitch Blade cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Gonzalez Blade was badly fooled by Martinez's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Barrett was a little overanxious FOFC shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next Nights has hit 9 home runs this year Martinez toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Gonzalez And the delivery by Martinez Nights tries to hold up, but can't He pops one into short right Oliva is coming in hard... Pacheco is racing with his back to the infield And neither is going to get it! Nights is on with the "excuse me" single! Tucker steps in Nights' trying to rattle Dennis Martinez by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Tucker, a switch-hitter, swinging from the left side against the right-handed Dennis Martinez Martinez steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he slides his foot back into position He's ready Now Dennis delivers Base hit to right for Tucker Dick Howser is waving Nights to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Tucker at first Potpie moseys up to the plate Deacon Palmer is heading for the on-deck circle Potpie is 0 for 1 today Jeeberoni was hit by a pitch last time up The umpire says let's go He brings it home He quick pitches Potpie... and it's in there Strike three Two gone for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Palmer Gerald Gazelle waits on deck Palmer steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Now set, Palmer waits for the pitch The righthander Martinez delivers Stroked to third Clean single for Palmer FOFC adds to their lead FOFC ahead 7 to 4 The left fielder, Gerald Gazelle is up for the All Stars We are in the top of the 7th Gazelle is batting .271 with 13 round trippers in 1900 Dennis looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Martinez will try to get Gazelle to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Change up, a gem... Heeee struck him out! That's it for FOFC Here at Paradise Park, After 6 and a half innings, FOFC has 7 runs, 11 hits and 2 errors While Caribbean has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 5 on base Caribbean has stranded 4 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! We are going to have a pinch hitter Keith Hernandez will bat for Dennis Martinez It will be the lefthand hitting, Hernandez against the righty Fozborg Hernandez is hitting righties for a .235 average Keith Hernandez will step into the box to start the inning Caribbean would like to get some runners on board Fozborg rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way Hernandez 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 And there's one away Now batting will be Pablo Mesa The center fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC leads Caribbean by 3 runs Stepping out, Mesa looks into the dugout Steps back in Mesa waits for the pitch We've got a full count... Fozborg winds and fires... Mesa hits a fly ball to left Gerald Gazelle camps under it He's got it And the batter is Antonio Pacheco Pancho Coimbre is on-deck Fozborg steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The righthander Fozborg's delivery It's popped in the air It'll be the first baseman, Potpie, making the play That is the third out for Caribbean here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46255 Adolfo Luque will be coming on to pitch for Caribbean Adolfo has appeared in 42 games this season He has a record of 5-6 in 61 innings His ERA stands at 5.90 FOFC will send up the tail end of their order for the top of the 8th Their catcher, Harry Hays, will lead things off Luque looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Gonzalez He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Luque Now he is ready... Adolfo rocks and fires Curve ball... Hays swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! So one up and one gone Coming up for FOFC is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Nobody on base, one out Pflaggstettler has hit 14 home runs this year Right-hander Luque prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Pflaggstettler The righthander delivers What a pitch... strike three Luque put that one on the black, a perfect pitch That's two away Luque glares in at Fouts as he steps in Now he's ready to go Dan will be facing the right-handed Luque from the left side of the plate 6 of his 9 home runs are against righties Luque studies his sign Here's the righthander's windup and delivery Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 24 on the season for Luque That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 7 and a half innings FOFC has 7 runs, 11 hits and 2 errors While Caribbean has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 5 stranded Caribbean has failed to bring home 4 The left fielder Coimbre will lead off for the Estrellas He'll be followed by Perucho Cepeda And then Tony Oliva Coimbre adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Pancho is 1 for 3 this afternoon Coimbre awaits the pitch Here's his delivery There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Coimbre No chance for either Nights or Gazelle That one had base hit written all over it The Estrellas' first baseman is up next Caribbean has 1 on board with no outs Coimbre takes his lead Fozborg adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Fozborg kicks and fires Low, ball four... Cepeda takes first Tony Oliva plants his left foot The lefthanded right fielder for Caribbean appears set Runners first and second Fozborg likes the sign A quick check of the runners... And the pitch Bounced towards the hole Nice play by Nights Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Coimbre takes third The runner on first, Cepeda, is out With one down Potpie yells something out to Fozborg Sirr nods his head Estrellas with runners on the corners Linares at bat Linares swinging from the right side facing the righty Fozborg Linares is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Fozborg He's waiting for the pitch Fozborg brings it home Linares swings hard, but hits it on the handle to second Blade comes in on it On to first and Linares is gone Coimbre scores from third That's the second out of the inning Caribbean trails by 2 They need a win They are 5th in the standings 19.0 games out Two outs, Oliva at second Gonzalez is ready We're in the bottom of the 8th Fozborg steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Now Sirr delivers A slider by Fozborg Gonzalez gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! The side is retired One run, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz Barrett Blade up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Blade a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Luque Luque looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready... The pitch is on the way Blade pounds a grounder toward Concepcion at short Dave moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Concepcion stayed with it Over to first and Blade is retired Nice play by the Caribbean short stop One gone for FOFC Jeff Nights, the shortstop, strides to the plate Jeff is hitting at .289 on the year He has 88 hits in 305 at bats Today, he is 2 for 3 Nights singled his last time up He's ready for the delivery Luque brings it to the plate Luque loses him Nights heads down to first 2 walks today for Nights Tucker digs in at the plate Ready now for Luque to come set A. J. takes a couple of practice cuts Right-hander Luque prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Tucker Here's the righthander's delivery Belt high fastball... Lined to right...Base hit... Bobbled momentarily by Oliva... allows Nights to race to third... Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie The first baseman is walking to the plate Runners on the corners... only one out FOFC up by 2 Men on 1st and 3rd Adolfo gets the sign from Gonzalez Luque brings it to the plate A high fastball... Potpie swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Concepcion Dave is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Potpie was looking for the breaking ball That's the second out of the inning Time to check out the rest of the scores These scores are final... Japanese League cuffed Negro League I 5 to 2 Old Timers nipped Negro League II 8 to 7 AL Pre WWII topped NL Post WWII 11 to 8 Grove the winner, he's now 11-5 Marichal takes the loss, his record drops to 10-7 NL Pre WWII squeezed by Left Outs 15 to 13 Frisch has hit his 5th homerun for NL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era is the winner over Turn of Century 12 to 8 AL Post WWII edged out Late 20th 5 to 4 And in our contest FOFC leads 7 to 5 Two on, two outs... Gonzalez steps to the plate Gonzalez swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Luque After getting set, Gonzalez waits on the pitch Here's the 3-1 offering Sharp slider, catches the outside corner Gonzalez swings at it... Hammers a hard grounder right at second Picked up smoothly... Throw to first... IT'S OFF THE BAG!!... Cepeda grabs it, turns back to the bag NOT IN TIME! Gonzalez is SAFE! That'll be an error on that play Score It: E4 Nights scores from third! Tucker takes second Gonzalez to first Gerald Gazelle is up next FOFC's left fielder finds 2 on with 2 outs Gazelle is batting .269 with 13 HR's this year The right-hander Luque is set to deliver to Gazelle Luque checks the runners Gazelle takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He punches Gazelle out FOFC needs only three more outs to add another notch to their 10 game winning streak Sirr Fozborg will be going to the mound to see if he can do it for the visitors Concepcion comes to the plate leading off Concepcion is at .272 on the season Kronside wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Way ahead in the count Kronside turns the 0-2 pitch loose It's bunted down the third base line Fouts streaks in Scoops it over to first in one swift motion OUT! Great play! Felipe Alou will send up a pinch hitter Minnie Minoso steps out of the dugout! He will be up there against Kronside Minoso gets set at the plate Minnie Minoso is hitting .253 this year against righthanded pitchers Kronside has the sign from Hays Kronside rocks and fires Change up... Minoso hits a fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it... He's got it Pablo Mesa steps into the box Mesa digs into the box Kronside gets the sign He deals Bounding ball to third Taken by Fouts Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 And that will do it for Caribbean FOFC wins 8 to 5 Babson gets credit for the win Kronside notches the save Valenzuela takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Deacon Palmer He was 3 for 4 He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from Caribbean. |
Game 84 - Boxscore
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Manager Update
Dick and I are on the plane discussing the game and the projected lineup, when Sal sits down next to us... "So cap. What'cha think about Babson?" "He did great until he gave up the big inning. Seems to be a regular issue with him. How mows them down, and mows them down, then bam...a 4 spot on the board." "Yeah, it's not the first time he's done that, but for a first game back from injury, I was pleased." "In this league 4 earned runs in a game isn't bad, but against the Estrellas, it isn't all the good." Sal scowls at me. "Don't misunderstand, I think he did good, especially under the circumstances, and I'm not about to pull him from the rotation. It's just a concern that this habit of his is going to bite us at some point during the season." He nods...grabs my beer and walks off... |
Manger Update
Things have quieted down on the plane. Most of the players are either sleeping, watching a movie or listening to music on their iPads. I think somewhere in the back of the plane, Nielsen is taking a couple of the other guys to the cleaners in poker... I feel a tap on my shoulder, and Howser says, "You've got a decision to make for the next game?" "Your talking about who to start?" "Yeah, Babson's return pushed Williams' start back a day, and that means you have both Williams and Mighty ready to go. Are you going to skip Williams like you were doing earlier in the season?" "NO WAY...Williams has only lost once. Coming out of the spring, he wasn't as sharp as the others, but now that the real season has started, I could make an arguement he's been as good as any pitcher we have." "Nielsen would like that if he heard you say that," Dick responds with a smirk. "He's too busy cheating at poker to worry about what I'm saying..." After a pause, Howser says, "I've looked at the Late 20's rotation, we should probably see Glavine in game 1. Games 2 and 3 are a little more difficult to determine, but I think we'll get Randy Johnson and Roger Clemens." |
7/1 Radio Broadcast - Game 85
Howdy Folks, and welcome to our Strat-O-Matic baseball broadcast at Free Agent Field FOFC will take on the hometown Modern Stars The visitors hope to add to their current 11 game winning streak Tom Glavine, will see if he can stop them He'll be looking for win number 9 here in 1900 FOFC will send John Williams out to the mound in the bottom of the first He has a record of 8-1 with a 3.44 ERA It won't be long now... Tom rocks and fires Swung on and chopped down the third base line Boggs stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by Wade Boggs One up, one down here in the top of the 1st Coming up for FOFC is Jeff Nights Nobody on base, one out Glavine adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Piazza Here's the 2 strike offering There's a hard bouncer to Boggs' left He's over... Makes the pick-up... Over to Murray... Nights is out! A sparkling glove hand pick-up by Wade Boggs! Two down Tom Glavine retires the first two batters in order Now here's Tucker Tucker has a .337 average against lefthanders He is .295 overall A. J. seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Here's the pitch Tucker cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Piazza Tucker was badly fooled by Glavine's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! A. J. was a little overanxious That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for FOFC No runs, no hits and no errors Late 20th is coming to bat Henderson saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Bullock flashes the sign to Williams The pitch is on the way There's a cue shot off the end of the bat by Henderson Blade makes the routine catch of the soft liner That's one away Boggs is up now for Late 20th John is ready Williams kicks and fires Boggs dribbles a roller to Jeff Nights Nights 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 Nights That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC Piazza moseys up to the plate Eddie Murray is heading for the on-deck circle Piazza goes through his routine of settling in Piazza tells the umpire he's ready Williams will have to come in with this 3-0 pitch Here it comes... Towering popup back of home Bullock will handle it He puts it away Score It: 2 A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Eddie Murray Murray, a switch-hitter, up there right-handed against the southpaw John Williams Williams steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Way ahead in the count Williams turns the 0-2 pitch loose Murray swings and misses Strike three Murray didn't have a good cut at that pitch John Williams holds the Modern Stars scoreless in the first The All Stars get their turn to bat here in the top of the 2nd Jeeberoni Potpie, Gerald Gazelle, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler the first three FOFC batters They'll be facing the southpaw Tom Glavine Jeeberoni is batting .286 in 269 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Gerald Gazelle Now set, Potpie waits for the pitch Glavine rocks and fires Potpie starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Glavine walks him Here's Gerald Gazelle Potpie takes his lead Glavine wastes no time He has the sign from Piazza Glavine goes into his stretch... Looks at Potpie... He fires one to Murray... Potpie dives back in That's his best move to first... Murray lobs it back Now Glavine comes home Gazelle drives the ball to left for extra bases Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Double for Gazelle The third base coach, Dick Howser, is talking to the runner Potpie... Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps to the plate Deacon Palmer will follow 2 men in scoring position Left-hander Tom Glavine prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Pflaggstettler He brings it home Swung on and missed... Pflaggstettler is down on strikes One down for FOFC Deacon Palmer is still in the on-deck circle and Billy Bullock is looking for a bat in the dugout Deacon Palmer is up next FOFC's third baseman finds 2 on with 1 out Palmer is batting .321 with 4 HR's this year Glavine squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Tom rocks and fires Palmer rips a scorcher towards the third base side Boggs dives to his right Takes it on one hop He's up... Fires to first Murray scoops it out of the dirt OUT! Nice play That's the second out of the inning Wait, Piazza calls time He is looking to the dugout Now he's signaling for an intentional pass This will load them up But Late 20th now has a force at any base Pounding the plate with his bat Williams awaits the pitch Williams digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Glavine Williams waits for the delivery And the delivery by Glavine Not even close... that's ball four to Williams Glavine slams the ball in his glove in disgust A very bad time to be wild! FOFC on top 1 to 0 Now batting will be the second baseman, Barrett Blade Tom looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Glavine looks at all the runners A 3-2 count Here's the pitch Base hit to right for Blade Gazelle scores Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Bullock is out at home! Puckett is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Puckett has a .292 average against lefties He's in his crouch Puckett can really swing that wood The pitch on the way, here it is... Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Puckett hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into left for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Dave Winfield is the next batter in the bottom of the 2nd Late 20th continues to trail FOFC Dave stares down at Jimmy Williams for the sign Puckett leads away from first The count is nothing and 2 Winfield has to protect the plate Williams goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Puckett He lobs one to Potpie... Puckett is back easily... We're ready again Now Williams comes home Base hit to center for Winfield Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign... Puckett will stay at second Cal Ripken steps in now for the Modern Stars The All Stars lead in this one, 2-zip FOFC on top 2 to 0 Williams rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign The lefty Williams delivers Pounded on the ground to the mound Williams grabs it Throw to second for one They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 1-6-3 That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard NL Post WWII and Japanese League are scoreless Negro League I leads Old Timers 1 to 0 Dead Ball Era leads AL Post WWII 2 to 1 Mantle has hit his 27th homerun for AL Post WWII Negro League II is in front of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Holland comfortably ahead for Negro League II Caribbean and Left Outs are scoreless Turn of Century is edging NL Pre WWII 1 to 0 Modern Stars' second baseman Biggio is up next Biggio grips the bat handle Biggio waits The lefthander Williams comes home with it He hits a tough grounder to second Blade grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 Here's the shortstop Nights To lead off the inning He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker And then Jeeberoni Potpie Piazza flashes the sign... Glavine waves it off... Now he's happy Glavine brings it home Nights lines one over short for a single He rounds the bag hard and starts for second Oh, look at that throw by Rickey Henderson Nights scrambles back to first and holds Up next for the visiting All Stars A. J. Tucker, their center fielder Nights takes his lead Glavine adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Piazza The southpaw's 3-1 delivery There goes Nights... And it's ball four... Nights pulls up and walks into second Potpie walks into the batter's box There are two on, nobody out Glavine peers in for the sign Tom has allowed only 2 home runs versus righties this year And this is in over 91 innings But Jeeberoni is no ordinary hitter Glavine checks the runners Grounded into the hole Outstanding play by Murray! Throws to second He's out Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 3-1 One more chance for FOFC this inning Walking up now to the plate is Gazelle Gerald is batting .273 with 13 home runs on the season He is 1 for 1 today The left-hander Glavine is now ready Nights is dancing off third Glavine is ignoring him Here's the pitch Gazelle swings... And hits nothing but air! Strike three! Boy, whatta aggitatin' curve ball! That retires the side... Gazelle fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Tom Glavine, Rickey Henderson and Wade Boggs will be the first three men to face the pitcher John Williams We are in the bottom of the 3rd Glavine looks down toward the third base coach, Jimmy Williams Williams steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Williams winds and delivers Hammered to right Pflaggstettler is back He leaps and MAKES THE GRAB! But he hits the wall What a collision! He's dazed But he's going to be okay. Score It: 9 With one down, up next is Rickey Henderson To be followed by Wade Boggs Planting his right foot Henderson is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Henderson Rickey is hitting at .254 on the year He has 60 hits in 236 at bats Late 20th's leadoff hitter has scored 36 runs this year Williams is ready quickly The southpaw Williams delivers the 3-2 pitch Swung on and popped up Palmer is waiting... And that's an easy out Two up, two down Up next for the Modern Stars The hometown third baseman, Wade Boggs Wade is hitting at .265 on the year He has 78 hits in 294 at bats This includes 15 doubles, 2 triples 3 home runs and 34 RBI's Boggs awaits the delivery Williams' 1-0 pitch... Wade Boggs swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... Pflaggstettler leaps and grabs it! Boggs is robbed of a homerun with a great catch by Pflaggstettler That wraps up the inning for Late 20th By the way, Late 20th is 8 and 2 in their last ten games Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler leading off Deacon Palmer is on deck And Billy Bullock is in the hole Against lefthanders Pflaggstettler is hitting .316 this season Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch With a 3-0 count, the pitch It's wide... he missed with a slider Pflaggstettler will stroll down to first He continues to get on base with regularity He has a .421 OBP this year Pflaggstettler watches Glavine move... He's moving away from the bag Pflaggstettler has to hold tight to the bag Now batting will be Palmer The third baseman for FOFC Palmer is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a fine .319 for FOFC He also has has contributed with 25 runs 11 doubles, 2 triples and 4 home runs Glavine has the sign he wants The lefthander delivers Base hit to center for Palmer Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Pflaggstettler will stay at second Bullock finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Bullock wiggles the bat above his head He's ready Glavine will try to get Bullock to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate A slider by Glavine Bullock gets good wood on it... Puckett back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! One down, two to go... Tom Glavine has to bear down now Williams fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Williams squares around Williams bunts it foul for the third strike... That's a strikeout! Blade gets set at the plate Blade can't seem to get settled at the plate Barrett is ready for the delivery Now Tom delivers Hit on the ground to second Biggio grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That ends the inning FOFC threatens but does not score here in the top of the 4th Mike Piazza, Eddie Murray, and Kirby Puckett are due up Williams toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Bullock Now the delivery, here is is... There's a ground ball between first and second OH, Potpie snags it in short right field He throws it to the pitcher covering the bag OUT is the call What a play by Potpie Late 20th with one away Williams steps off the mound as he waits for Eddie Murray to come to the plate Eddie Murray, the first baseman, strides to the plate And John studies the sign from Bullock... Now he's got it Williams brings it to the plate A high fastball... Murray swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Bullock Billy is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Murray was looking for the breaking ball Two up, two down for the Modern Stars With two out Batting for Late 20th now is Puckett Before getting ready Puckett checks out the defensive alignment Williams studies his sign Now John delivers It's a routine fly into left Gazelle ranges over and reaches up This should wrap-up the inning... It's in the bank Easy inning for Williams So after four complete... FOFC on top 2 to 0 Nights is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Nights is taking his practice swings Jeff is 1 for 2 this afternoon He singled last time at bat Nights is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Glavine brings it to the plate Fly ball to left Henderson is under it He makes the grab One up, one down A. J. Tucker makes his way to home plate Glavine looks down at Piazza for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw winds and delivers Slider, down and in... Tucker manages to hit a shallow fly Puckett charging hard... dives... Great diving catch by Puckett! He slid several feet after making that stab Two down Up now for FOFC is Potpie Two away, nobody on Potpie has hit 21 home runs this year Glavine likes the sign The southpaw delivers Glavine loses him Potpie heads down to first 2 walks today for Potpie Gerald Gazelle will get a crack at Glavine next Persimmon Pflaggstettler would be up next... But only if Gazelle can reach safely Gazelle is batting .270 with 13 homers this year The umpire says let's go Gazelle is ready The stretch... the 2 strike delivery Hard slider... And Gazelle takes it right down the middle Strike three called Three away in the top of the 5th FOFC leads 2 to 0 Let's go to the ticker And see how everyone else is faring NL Post WWII leads Japanese League 2 to 1 Tabuchi has hit his 1st homerun for Japanese League Old Timers is edging Negro League I 3 to 2 Dead Ball Era is on top of AL Post WWII 3 to 1 Negro League II besting AL Pre WWII 5 to 0 Caribbean and Left Outs are deadlocked at 3 Salazar and Pennock currently dueling Turn of Century is in front of NL Pre WWII 4 to 1 Rusie comfortably ahead for Turn of Century Winfield saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Winfield is 1 for 1 today, with no walks Williams has the sign from Bullock With a 3-0 count Williams kicks and fires In the dirt And Winfield holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Late 20th shortstop, Cal Ripken, is up next Ripken is batting .303 on the year He is 0 for 1 today Winfield has great speed on first John gets the sign from Bullock The southpaw Williams' delivery Screaming liner towards second Blade grabs it for the out Score It: 4 One down for Late 20th Craig Biggio is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Late 20th Craig Biggio is now up One away, Winfield at first FOFC is set up for two Williams steps on the rubber Now ready, here it is... Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Bullock Winfield dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Winfield made it back That's two away The tying run comes to the plate, in the person of Tom Glavine Modern Stars with 1 runner on base The All Stars lead, 2-0 The outfield's shaded towards right With Glavine at the plate All set, Glavine is ready for the pitch Here's his delivery Glavine gets under this one It's popped high in the air to second Blade is waving everybody off Glavine is retired That does it for Late 20th in the 5th They leave 1 on base 3 stranded so far today |
7/1 Radio Broadcast continued
The FOFC right fielder, Pflaggstettler, will lead off He'll be followed by Deacon Palmer And then Billy Bullock The outfield shades towards left for Pflaggstettler Persimmon steadies his bat And waits patiently for Glavine's pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery A hot shot on the ground to Ripken He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Pflaggstettler is out One out Due up next is Deacon Palmer Deacon Palmer strides to the plate FOFC ahead 2 to 0 Palmer adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Deacon is 1 for 2 this afternoon Palmer awaits the delivery Here's the 3-0 offering Ball four, Palmer walks Glavine has issued 7 bases on balls this afternoon And fans, it's about time for you to walk to the kitchen and grab a refreshment That's what I'm gonna do while we have a moment Bullock is the next hitter Palmer is on first Late 20th won't watch him too closely Bullock swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Glavine Glavine gets the sign, it's one he likes The stretch... the delivery The big heater... Swung on... Bullock turned on that one in a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone A long home run by Billy Bullock That's homer number 12 for him And it brings up John Williams On deck is Barrett Blade Jeff Nights in the hole Piazza flashes the sign... Glavine shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Now to the belt, here it is... Changeup down low... Williams makes contact and hits one out to center Kirby Puckett is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Glavine Late 20th gets the second out of the inning And the batter is Barrett Blade Jeff Nights is on-deck Barrett takes a couple of practice cuts Glavine is slow to get ready He has a 3.04 ERA this year Now he's ready The southpaw delivers the 3-0 pitch Fastball... down and away... Glavine just misses the corner... ball four That's 8 walks given up by Glavine today Blade takes a three step lead Blade is unable to take the lead he wants With a runner at first and two outs Nights walks to the plate Stepping out, Nights looks into the dugout Steps back in Nights is set for the pitch The pitch to Nights... Base hit to right for Nights Third base coach Dick Howser thinks he can make it... Here comes Blade... The throw is cut off... That holds Nights at first Slowly coming up is Tucker for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 4 to 0 Tucker is batting .293 with 2 HR's this year Glavine is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Glavine looks in... Now he's ready Biggio comes in a couple steps Yells something to Glavine The delivery Grounded to second Taken by Biggio Tosses to second He's out Score It: 4-6 The runner on first, Nights, is out And that retires the side Rickey Henderson is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Late 20th to get things going Henderson steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Rickey is 0 for 2 today Waiting for the pitch is Henderson Here's the 3-1 pitch Ball four is the call Williams can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Williams Henderson takes first base Late 20th third baseman, Wade Boggs, will be up next He will be followed by Mike Piazza One on... no one out FOFC leads Late 20th by 4 runs Wade looks down at the third base coach He gets the sign from Jimmy Williams Henderson takes his lead Boggs waits patiently And the cripple pitch... Boggs loops one into short center Tucker is coming in on it... He dives for it... GOT IT! Risky play, but he pulled it off! One gone for Late 20th That will bring up catcher, Mike Piazza Piazza steps out of the box... Looks towards Jimmy Williams for a sign Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready It's coming down the pike Piazza sends a scorcher to third Palmer takes it on one hop Fires to Blade for one Back to Potpie for the double play! That does it for Late 20th in the bottom of the 6th Jeeberoni Potpie, Gerald Gazelle, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler are due up for the All Stars FOFC leads, 4-0 Jeeberoni is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon He drew a walk in his last plate appearance Potpie waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Windup by Glavine And the pitch Potpie pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Henderson will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Potpie retreats to first after a wide turn Next up is Gerald Gazelle, the FOFC left fielder On-deck is Persimmon Pflaggstettler... He'll be followed by Deacon Palmer Gerald steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Gazelle is 1 for 3 today He struck out last time up Tom Glavine has struck out 5 and walked 8 He's rubbing up the ball as he looks over at Bobby Cox He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Potpie dives back in!... SAFE! Murray tosses it back to Glavine Now here's the pitch There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Ripken races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? HE'S GOT IT!!! Nice play by Ripken Score It: 6 Late 20th gets the first out of the inning Pflaggstettler comes to the plate One out, Potpie at first Late 20th is set up for two Left-hander Tom Glavine prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Pflaggstettler The southpaw Glavine's delivery Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three That's the second out of the inning Palmer, the third baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 4 to 0 Potpie will be running if it's hit Glavine is happy with the sign Glavine kicks and fires There goes Potpie... And it's ball four... Potpie pulls up and walks into second Now up in the FOFC seventh will be Billy Bullock Bullock scuffs up the lines around the box Bullock, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Glavine The southpaw Glavine's delivery on the 2-0 pitch It's fouled off very high Just to the right of third base Piazza circles under it... Waits... WATCH OUT! He caught it But Mike had to bend over backwards to bring it in That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores NL Post WWII clipping Japanese League 9 to 5 Spahn comfortably ahead for NL Post WWII Old Timers with the lead over Negro League I 10 to 7 Bond comfortably ahead for Old Timers Dead Ball Era leads AL Post WWII 3 to 2 AL Pre WWII is edging Negro League II 8 to 7 Ruth has hit his 29th homerun for AL Pre WWII He's really lighting it up this season Caribbean and Left Outs are all knotted at 5 Martinez and Wynn currently dueling Turn of Century is beating NL Pre WWII 6 to 2 Rusie comfortably ahead for Turn of Century It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Eddie Murray up first for Late 20th He is a threat to steal if he gets on Murray has hit 8 home runs this year Williams looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The pitch is on the way It's a routine fly into left Gazelle ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the 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! That'll bring up center fielder Kirby Puckett... FOFC out in front by 4 We're in the bottom of the 7th Puckett looks down toward the third base coach, Jimmy Williams Waiting for the pitch is Puckett Here's the 2-0 pitch Routine grounder to short Nights scoops it up Over to first for the out Two gone for Late 20th Winfield coming up for Late 20th Nobody on, two away Winfield is 1 for 1 today, with 1 walk Williams is pitching a beauty here this afternoon He has hung a 'horse collar' on the Late 20th offense so far 0 runs on the scoreboard for Late 20th... And FOFC with a 4 run lead The southpaw delivers Curveball... and it hits Winfield... or did it? No, it didn't!!! It's ball four... Winfield will take first base on a walk Ripken gets set at the plate Williams ready quickly, looks in for the sign The stretch... the delivery Ripken swings and misses Strike three Ripken didn't have a good cut at that pitch That wraps up the inning for Late 20th So After 7 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 7 hits and one error While Late 20th has no runs, 2 hits and no errors Late 20th has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 10 John Smoltz will be coming on to pitch for Late 20th John has appeared in 24 games this season with a record of 3-3 In 57 innings, he has an 4.61 ERA Tom Glavine has finished his work here this afternoon Williams leading off Smoltz shakes off two signs Now he's ready Smoltz's 3-2 pitch... Fastball, up at the letters... Williams swings... Skies on to deep left Henderson racing back... Back... At the wall... HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT! The ump is signaling no out Williams motors easily into second As Henderson throws the ball in That'll be a two base error on him That should have been an easy catch Score It: E7 Williams to second Blade fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on It will be Blade to face Smoltz Williams is on second, nobody out Smoltz wastes no time He has the sign from Piazza Smoltz looks back towards second... The pitch Change up, on the inside corner... Blade was looking for it... He hammers the pitch... It's a deep fly to left-center It's into the alley... That will score a run Blade is in at second standing with a double All Puckett could do was keep him from getting a triple Nights walks to the plate We'll see how they pitch to Nights Jeff waits... He steps out as Smoltz takes too long Now he's back in the box The righthander Smoltz's delivery Routine fly to center Puckett starts in Now he starts backpedaling... Faster... Just does catch up to it! Blade scampers back to second That's one away That'll bring up All Stars' center fielder A. J. Tucker... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second Tucker is hitless today, 0 for 3 A. J. hit into a force play in his last at bat Smoltz gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign It's coming down the pike Groundball to short Blade is trying to advance to third base... A quick glance at the lead runner... The play is to first... And Tucker is out Jeeberoni Potpie moves in to face Smoltz 1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th 2 men away, Blade on third Smoltz peers in for the sign John will be very careful on this 1-2 pitch to the FOFC slugger Smoltz's righthanded delivery... Potpie laces a hit into the outfield Rickey Henderson picks it up He fires it to the infield Potpie holds at first Gerald Gazelle will come up next This game is a laugher for FOFC They're up by 6 runs FOFC ahead 6 to 0 The outfield's shaded towards left for Gazelle He's 1 for 4 today Gazelle waits for the delivery Now John delivers Swung on and missed by Gazelle, he's down on strikes That's it for FOFC Here at Free Agent Field, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 6 runs, 9 hits and one error While Late 20th has no runs, 2 hits and one error FOFC has left 11 on base Late 20th has stranded 4 Biggio leading off Late 20th would like to get some runners on base Stepping in and then stepping out again Biggio looks to third for a sign The umpire says let's go And the cripple pitch... Biggio 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 Craig Biggio this year To go with his 10 RBI's John Smoltz is scheduled to bat next, but... Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter Yes Tony Gwynn is stepping out to the on-deck circle Bobby Cox will send Tony up to face Williams Gwynn has a knack for getting on base His .374 OBP proves that He is hitting lefties at a .349 pace Tony Gwynn coming up Gwynn takes a couple of practice cuts Williams looks in Here it comes Hit on the ground to second Blade grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 Rickey Henderson, the left fielder, strides to the plate Rickey is hitting at .253 on the year He has 60 hits in 237 at bats His speed has propelled him to 18 stolen bases All set, Henderson is ready for the pitch Here's the 2-2 offering The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Henderson swung, that's strike three Henderson isn't happy at all with that call Boggs settles in at the plate Wade is 0 for 3 this summer afternoon He flied out in his last plate appearance Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Williams rocks and fires It's popped behind home plate Bullock throws down his mask He's running back At the screen... The wind blows it... Right back to him Wade Boggs is out That's all for the Modern Stars... After 8 innings here at Free Agent Field in Late 20th, FOFC on top 6 to 1 Goose Gossage will be coming on to pitch for Late 20th Goose has appeared in 18 games this season with a record of 0-2 In 15 innings, he has an 3.52 ERA John Smoltz has finished his work here this afternoon Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Pflaggstettler can't seem to get settled at the plate Gossage looks down at Piazza for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The windup, and the 3-2 pitch Gossage loses him Pflaggstettler heads down to first 2 walks today for Pflaggstettler So with 1 on and no outs FOFC sends their third baseman, Deacon Palmer, up to face Gossage Hard-hitting Billy Bullock is walking towards the on-deck circle Palmer is batting .322 with 4 homers this year Goose is ready Now Goose delivers Palmer just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Biggio races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... One down for FOFC Billy Bullock is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Bullock, FOFC's catcher, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup John Williams waits on deck Against righthanders Bullock is hitting .252 Bullock waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the 2 strike offering Hard slider... And Bullock takes it right down the middle Strike three called Two down John Williams will get a crack at Gossage next Barrett Blade would be up next... But only if Williams can reach safely Gossage is ready quickly He brings it home Gossage comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Williams As John swings right through Gossage punches him out That's it here in the top of the 9th It's 6-1 in favor of the visitors from FOFC We'll be back in just a moment The Modern Stars will send Piazza, Eddie Murray, and Kirby Puckett up to the plate this inning Piazza swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Williams Piazza awaits the delivery Williams' into the windup... the delivery Swung on and hit sharply to third Palmer plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! So one up and one gone Murray heads to the plate for Late 20th The infield is at regular depth Murray is batting .219 with 8 round trippers in 1900 Bullock flashes the sign... Williams shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The lefthander Williams delivers Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 45 on the season for Williams FOFC leads 6 to 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well These scores are final... NL Post WWII topped Japanese League 10 to 7 Sugishita takes the loss, his record drops to 2-7 Spahn the winner, he's now 4-6 Old Timers gets an easy win over Negro League I 14 to 8 Davis has hit his 5th homerun for Old Timers Dead Ball Era toppled AL Post WWII 7 to 3 Chance has hit his 3rd homerun for Dead Ball Era AL Pre WWII nipped Negro League II 8 to 7 Ruth has hit his 29th homerun for AL Pre WWII He's putting up big numbers this year Left Outs easily defeated Caribbean 10 to 5 Wynn the winner, he's now 2-7 Martinez takes the loss, his record drops to 2-3 Turn of Century toppled NL Pre WWII 6 to 2 Puckett leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Puckett is 1 for 3 today, with no walks Williams has a 3-hitter going through 8 2/3 innings The lefthander delivers There's a check swing by Puckett It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Billy Bullock makes the catch against the stands And that will do it for Late 20th FOFC wins 6 to 1 Williams gets credit for the win Glavine takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Billy Bullock He was 1 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Late 20th. |
7/1 - Game 85 : Boxscore
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[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Late 20th Modern Stars 7/1/1900 |
Post Game Press Conference
I walk into the press room as Williams is walking out. I shake his hand again and whisper to him, "I know I've already said this to you, but that was one hell of a game." Before I can sit down I hear someone yell, "Benton, you guys have played real well coming out of the all-star break, you must be happy with that." I know from the sound of the voice, and the fact that the person couldn't even wait 20 seconds for me to sit down, that has to be Lou Scribe. "As a manager you're always happy when your team plays well, but we're only a few games into the second half, let's not get carried away." "Any ideas why your team is doing better than they were heading into the break," Lou follows up. "You know Lou, I'm not sure. I mean it would be easy to say the rest helped (I mean 5 years off gives you a lot of time to refocus...:D), but I'm not sure that would be accurate. The break was helpful in that it allowed a few of our players that had some injuries to get right. And honestly, our guys did a good job out of the gate at the beginning of the season. Who knows, maybe their focus is better after having some time off. But again, Lou, it is early, let's not get carried away. In this league we could easily go on a 5 game losing streak starting tommorrow." "How about your pitching?" Dan reader asks... "How about it," I answer sarcastically. Knowing Dan is just going to continue to throw out stuff until I answer something and probably anything, because I'm not really sure he has any idea what he wants me to answer I just start talking, "The guys have done well. Williams' effort tonight was amazing. A complete game, 3 hitter against that line up is no small feat. I'm disappointed he gave up that homerun to Biggio in the 8th, he pitched well enough to get a shutout, and I'd have like that for him, but an excellent job regardless. I thought Babson yesterday did very well. He had it rolling until the throwing error by Nights and then the homerun that gave the Estrellas 4 runs. But it's important to remember only 1 of those runs he gave up was earned. I would have liked to have seen him work his way out of that jam and not let the error come back to bite him, but I was happy with his effort...he did great. And Nielsen got our roll started with a complete game...and honestly he pitched well enough to get a shutout too. Hopefully, Mighty will be able to keep us rolling tomorrow." I look over and Dan has a smug smile on his face, like he asked a brilliant question that led to a long and insightful answer. I wonder if his collegues realize how much of an idiot he is... "Coach, Hack Jobb here..." "Yes Hack, I know who you are...we've been doing this for a while now" "What about your lineup. Early in the season we were seeing a lot more platooning from you, recently it seems you've gotten away from that. We are seeing Potpie, Palmer, Nights, Gazelle, and Flasett...Flagspe..Phlas...uh, the the other guy much more often..." "Yeah, we've sort of settled into a standardized lineup. That isn't to say that the other guys won't play, and won't play a bunch, but we've just felt that giving the guys you mentioned regular time has led to a bit better productivity. But remember Gonzalez is hitting over .300. Ton is hitting well and with some power, his biggest issue is defense, and Palmer is raking right now. As for Nights, he playing well, but Terp is still struggling. We're working hard to get the problems ironed out there...but until we get Kris right, I just can't justify taking Nights out of the order." Jobb follows up, "So will we see the same lineup tomorrow?" "Hard to tell, are we facing Clemens? Do you know?" I ask. "Yep" "Then you might see a few minor changes. Maybe get an extra lefty in the lineup against him..., but I'll need to think about it." "Ok guys, gotta go...talk with you later." |
Post Game Press Conference - Tom Glavine
"Tom, you lost today," Dan says. "Yes, I did." Tom responds. "Care to elaborate?" Dan querries. "Um...well let's see...the score was 6 to 1, and they scored 6, so based on the rules of the game, that means they won." Dan nods... Tom O'Carver, "Tom, the Late 20s were one of the favorites to win the division and you guys are currently sitting 5 games back and in 4th place in the division. What's going on?" "You know, we really aren't playing poorly. We haven't gotten everything going just yet, but we aren't playing poorly. The Pre-Americans are killing the ball right now. And with Ruth and Gehrig you'd expect that, but their pitching has been better than advertised. There is still a good bit of time to go in the season, and I know everyone in our clubhouse feels we can still win this thing. We just need to get on a roll." "Isn't it easier to talk about going on a roll in this league than it is to actually do?", Hack Jobb interjects. "Well sure it is...I mean we don't have a 4 game set coming up against the '62 Mets or the '13 Astros, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. We are good enough to real off 8 ro 10 in a row. Who knows maybe is starts tomorrow. I mean, I know Mighty is a great pitcher. An All-Star in fact, but he can be beaten. Let's just get out there tomorrow and see how it goes." |
7/2 Radio Broadcast - Game 86
Howdy Folks, and welcome to our Strat-O-Matic baseball broadcast at Free Agent Field FOFC will take on the hometown Modern Stars The visitors hope to add to their current 12 game winning streak Roger Clemens, will see if he can stop them He'll be looking for win number 11 here in 1900 FOFC will send Al Mighty out to the mound in the bottom of the 1st He has a record of 6-5 with a 3.10 ERA It won't be long now... The righthander delivers Blade rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Puckett is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Kirby Puckett One up, one down for FOFC Clemens glares in at Nights as he steps in Now he's ready to go Clemens adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Piazza Clemens brings it to the plate Groundball off the change-up... Past Murray at first... It's rolling into the outfield grass... Nights gets a base hit Nights takes his lead Clemens steps away from the mound... Now Nights moves back to first He's not getting far from the bag Tucker gets set at the plate Tapping the plate is Tucker He has 14 steals this year 8th in the league! If he gets on Clemens will have to watch him closely Clemens shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... The Rocket has a fine arsenal of pitches including a nasty four-seam fastball! Way ahead in the count Clemens turns the 0-2 pitch loose Swung on and missed... Tucker is down on strikes One more chance for FOFC in the top of the 1st Gonzalez digs in at the plate Ready now for Clemens to come set Gonzalez is batting .301 with 2 HR's this year Clemens looks down at Piazza for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Here's his delivery Clemens jams him with a fastball Swung on and topped out toward short Ripken is up with it... Over to Murray at first And Gonzalez beats it out! Nights is able to advance on the slow roller Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Against righthanders Pflaggstettler is hitting .326 He should get a good one to knock The count 3 and 1 Persimmon gets the bat back... Clemens brings it home Clemens loses him Pflaggstettler heads down to first Gonzalez and Nights move up a base Bases are waterlogged The third baseman, Deacon Palmer will be up next for FOFC Palmer a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Clemens Palmer is set A check on the runners... the pitch The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Palmer swung, that's strike three Palmer isn't happy at all with that call That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for FOFC No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 3 men left on base Late 20th is coming to bat FOFC has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively In the outfield from left to right Gazelle in left... Tucker in center... And Pflaggstettler in right The infield, third to first Palmer will play the hot corner Nights is at short Over at second, Blade and at first base Gonzalez Taking the mound is Mighty and his battery mate is Hays Late 20th left fielder, Rickey Henderson, will lead off Al gets the sign from Hays The windup, the pitch Hard slider... And Henderson takes it right down the middle Strike three called That's one away Wade Boggs is advancing to the plate No score as yet in the early going Boggs wiggles the bat above his head Mighty is happy with the sign The lefthander Mighty comes home with it Boggs hits a screamer at Al Mighty Mighty picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Gonzalez off the bag Gonzalez swipes with the glove Boggs is out! Nice play by Gonzalez Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Mighty Making his way up is Piazza Piazza has 10 doubles this year Al peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Mighty brings it to the plate A slider by Mighty Piazza gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! And that retires the side Gerald Gazelle, Harry Hays, and Al Mighty are due up The Late 20th outfield is playing Gazelle almost straight away Unusual for the power hitter But with Clemens on the mound it is understandable Gazelle is set for the 3-2 pitch Biggio comes in a couple steps Yells something to Clemens The delivery He walked him, ball four The lead-off batter gets on here in the top of the 2nd Gazelle yells something to Clemens It sounded like a challenge from here I wouldn't be surprised... Gazelle is great on the bases He wants to unnerve Roger No doubt he does! Clemens shows his best move on the throw to first Gazelle scurries back quickly... He just avoids the tag! He should have dove back Almost got caught Now batting will be Harry Hays Hays is hitting .293 against righties The bat is cocked Here's the 3-0 offering Base hit to center for Hays Gazelle is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Hays at first Up next for the visiting All Stars Al Mighty, their pitcher Roger looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The pitch is on the way Curve in the dirt... and Mighty holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Piazza asks the third base ump's opinion OUT! One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman, steps into the batter's box Scoreless game He has a chance here to drive home at least one Clemens is ready quickly Now ready, here it is... He chases the hook... Blade hits a deep fly ball... Gwynn moving under the ball... He makes the catch... And uncorks the throw... SAFE!... As the ball trickles away from Piazza He was unable to handle the throw That's two away Jeff Nights will face Clemens Righty against righty 2 down, Clemens ahead in the count... One ball, two strikes Clemens goes into his stretch... Looks at Hays... He fires one to Murray... Hays dives back in That's his best move to first... Murray lobs it back Now Clemens comes home Nights rips a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Boggs just got his glove up in time That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 10 and 0 in their last ten games Leading off for the Modern Stars is the first baseman Murray He'll be followed by Kirby Puckett And then Cal Ripken We'll see how they pitch to Murray Now set, Murray waits for the pitch The southpaw Mighty delivers the 1-2 pitch Murray cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Murray was badly fooled by Mighty's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Eddie was a little overanxious So one up and one gone Puckett walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Cal Ripken moves into the on deck circle Late 20th needs some runs Puckett has hit 5 triples this year Puckett waits Mighty's into his windup... the pitch Curve ball... Puckett swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Two down Al Mighty retires the first two batters in order The shortstop, Ripken, is ready to bat FOFC on top 1 to 0 in the bottom of the 2nd Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Mighty fires Ripken swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mighty strikes out Cal Ripken That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 2 innings FOFC on top, 1-0 Here is A. J. Tucker to start it off for FOFC Tucker has a .279 average against righthanders this season Tucker, batting lefthanded Gets in his crouch... Ready to face the righthanded Clemens Roger winds his right arm Lets it go Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Tucker hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into center for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Tucker takes a walking lead Tucker has stolen 14 bases in 17 attempts in 1900 Clemens' move keeps Tucker guessing He's not getting a very good lead David Gonzalez steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Tucker is at first And Roger studies the sign from Piazza... Now he's got it Clemens goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Tucker He lobs one to Murray... Tucker is back easily We're ready again Now Clemens comes home Hard slider... And Gonzalez takes it right down the middle Strike three called Late 20th gets the first out of the inning Pflaggstettler steps in Tucker's trying to rattle Roger Clemens by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle Clemens ready quickly, looks in for the sign The pitch to Pflaggstettler... Swing and a miss Strike three Pflaggstettler goes down on strikes That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard NL Post WWII leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Old Timers is beating Negro League I 4 to 0 Clarkson comfortably ahead for Old Timers Dead Ball Era and AL Post WWII are scoreless AL Pre WWII is edging Negro League II 1 to 0 Left Outs is beating Caribbean 7 to 3 Sutton comfortably ahead for Left Outs NL Pre WWII is in front of Turn of Century 3 to 0 Deacon Palmer will get a crack at Clemens next Gerald Gazelle would be up next... But only if Palmer can reach safely Palmer is taking his practice swings Deacon is 0 for 1 this evening Clemens is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Clemens looks in... Now he's ready Clemens goes into his stretch... Looks over at Tucker Fires to Murray... Tucker is back easily... We're ready again Now Clemens comes home Base hit to center for Palmer Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Tucker will stay at second Settling in at the plate is Gazelle Before getting ready Gazelle checks out the defensive alignment Gazelle is waiting on the pitch Now Roger delivers Long fly ball to center Puckett is under it He's got it NO - HE DROPPED IT! Score It: E8 Tucker scores from second! Palmer takes third Gazelle to second Piazza heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Hays. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are issuing a free pass to Hays Hays watches ball four He takes his base Mighty finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Clemens steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Routine grounder to short Taken by Ripken Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 So that wraps it up here in the top of the 3rd Mighty leaves teammates on every base He is obviously upset with himself We'll be back in just a minute... The Late 20th crowd has been pretty quiet Here is Biggio to lead off He certainly will try to liven things up! If he can get on Craig is hitting at .218 on the year He has 32 hits in 147 at bats His speed has propelled him to 10 stolen bases Mighty squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Mighty winds and delivers Comebacker, right to Mighty Over to Gonzalez for the easy out One gone for Late 20th "Captain Video" is coming up next The outfield's shaded towards right With Gwynn at the plate Mighty wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The pitch on the way, here it is... Good slider, inside part of the plate Gwynn gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's the second out of the inning Late 20th trails by 2 They need a win They are 4th in the standings 6.5 games out Slowly coming up is Clemens for Late 20th He is finally in the batter's box FOFC ahead 2 to 0 Clemens taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Clemens awaits the pitch Al is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Slider, inside corner of the plate... Swung on... Slashed over the infield... Single for Clemens... He takes a big turn and holds up Gonzalez and Clemens are cracking up Pat Corales must've told 'em a good joke We'll have to ask what it was after the game With a runner at first and two outs Henderson walks to the plate Henderson can't seem to get settled at the plate Henderson is set for the pitch The lefthander Mighty delivers Fastball, high and tight Ball Four Chin music... Henderson didn't like it Boggs is up now for Late 20th Boggs steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Boggs cocks his bat Mighty checks the runners A drive to center Tucker is camped under it He records the out Score It: 8 We're back at the top of the order for FOFC Barrett Blade coming to bat Blade is 0 for 1 today Piazza flashes the sign to Clemens Now Roger delivers Blade rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Blade is around first, heading for two... Puckett is up with it and fires it in quickly Barrett pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the FOFC second baseman Barrett also ups his hitting streak to 9 games! That is Blade's 1st hit today Nights squares around He bunts the ball . . . Fielded by W.Boggs the throw to first... Out Nights gets the job done. Walking up to the plate now is Tucker FOFC leading in the game Tucker looks down toward the third base coach Tucker is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Clemens He's waiting for the pitch Clemens rocks and fires Screaming liner towards second Biggio leaps He snares it for the out! Score It: 4 That's the second out of the inning Walking up to the plate now is Gonzalez Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck Gonzalez is at .306 on the season Clemens likes the sign The righthander Clemens' delivery Gonzalez pulls this one down the line He is at the warning track The ball is hooking... Just foul! . . . Gonzalez back in the box And here comes the next pitch Sharp slider, catches the outside corner Gonzalez swings at it... Hammers a hard grounder right at short Picked up smoothly... Throw to first... IT'S OFF THE BAG!!... Murray grabs it, turns back to the bag NOT IN TIME! Gonzalez is SAFE! That'll be an error on that play Score It: E6 Blade scores from third! Gonzalez to first Pflaggstettler scuffs up the lines in the box Now he is ready Persimmon steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Pflaggstettler struck out last time up and now is 0 for 1 Pflaggstettler is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Clemens He's waiting for the pitch Roger rocks and fires Pounded on the ground to short Ripken comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side The All Stars score 1 run in the inning After 3 and a half innings, FOFC on top 3 to 0 Piazza saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Piazza is 0 for 1 today Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... He brings it home Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Piazza! One down for Late 20th Eddie Murray is still in the on-deck circle and Kirby Puckett is looking for a bat in the dugout Now here's Murray Murray is batting .218 with 8 homers this year Mighty steps on the rubber Mighty goes into his windup Here it comes There's a towering fly ball hit by Murray Gazelle sprints over, and makes the catch Two up, two down for the Modern Stars We're in the bottom of the 4th Puckett leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Puckett is hitless today, 0 for 1 Kirby struck out in his last at bat Mighty gets the sign, it's one he likes Here's the 0-2 pitch Ground ball through the middle Blade ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! 1-2-3, nothing across... FOFC will send Palmer, Gerald Gazelle, and Harry Hays to face Roger Clemens this inning Palmer has hit 4 home runs this year Clemens looks down at Piazza for the sign Now he's ready... Now the delivery, here is is... Extra base hit to center for Palmer Kirby Puckett is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up Gerald Gazelle will make his way to home plate He's the left fielder for FOFC Gazelle goes through his routine of settling in After getting set, Gazelle waits on the pitch Here's the 3-1 offering Gazelle hits a high pop into short left field Boggs and Ripken sprint towards the outfield Here comes Henderson Ripken puts his glove out... Makes a lucky catch in front of Henderson!! One away... Murray is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Boggs also... Now they return to their positions And it brings up Harry Hays On deck is Al Mighty Barrett Blade in the hole Hays is 1 for 1 today, with 1 walk Harry was intentionally walked in his last at bat Hays, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Clemens And the delivery by Clemens He rips a grounder to short Ripken grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 FOFC leads 3 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well NL Post WWII and Japanese League are deadlocked at 1 Old Timers is embarrassing Negro League I 8 to 0 Dead Ball Era with the lead over AL Post WWII 5 to 2 AL Pre WWII is pounding Negro League II 7 to 0 Left Outs leads Caribbean 8 to 7 NL Pre WWII is edging Turn of Century 3 to 2 Hubbell and Nichols currently dueling That'll bring up All Stars' pitcher Al Mighty... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Piazza flashes the sign... Clemens shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Clemens will try to get Mighty to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Swung on and missed... Mighty is down on strikes That does it for FOFC in the 5th They leave 1 on base 9 stranded so far today |
7/2 Radio Broadcast continued
Cal Ripken leading off here in the bottom of the 5th The Modern Stars will try to chip away At FOFC's 3 run lead Ripken has hit 9 home runs this year Hays flashes the sign... Mighty waves it off... Now he's happy Here's the southpaw's delivery Another hook for strike three! Ripken just stood there looking Late 20th with one away Mighty steps off the mound as he waits for Craig Biggio to come to the plate Biggio, Late 20th's second baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Tony Gwynn waits on deck Biggio looks down toward the third base coach, Jimmy Williams He's ready The lefthander delivers Biggio hits a shallow fly towards Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler charges, dives... He's got it! Good play by Pflaggstettler FOFC gets the second out of the inning Gwynn coming up for Late 20th Nobody on, two away Gwynn has managed a .333 average against lefthanders this year Tony steadies his bat And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch It's coming down the pike Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Mighty punches him out! We head to the 6th... The score is still FOFC 3, Modern Stars 0 Here's Barrett Blade leading off Jeff Nights is on deck And A. J. Tucker is in the hole Blade is batting .277 with 1 HR this year Clemens has the sign from Piazza Here's the righthander's delivery Blade swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Boggs and skips out to Henderson Blade rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Blade returns to first as Rickey gets a nice throw in to Biggio Blade glares menancingly out at Clemens Blade is one of the best base stealers in the league Quite an intimidator Blade is off on the pitch! The throw by Piazza... Blade slides headfirst... Down goes Biggio in a heap with Blade... And Blade is SAFE!... That was a good hard clean slide Jeff Nights steps into the box Nights digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Clemens All set, Nights is ready for the pitch "The Rocket" fires it home... It gets past Piazza! It's scored a wild pitch. The pitch didn't look that bad Clemens must have crossed him up! Blade takes third Jeff Nights steps into the box Nights is hitting .287 against righthanders Nights tells the umpire he's ready The righthander Clemens delivers Change up, a beauty... Heeee struck him out! And there's one away A. J. Tucker is up next FOFC's center fielder finds 1 on with 1 out A. J. takes a couple of practice cuts Tucker awaits the delivery The righthander delivers Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Tucker is outta there A. J. Tucker is quite upset He finally heads toward the FOFC dugout FOFC leads 3 to 0 with two away this inning David Gonzalez moves in to face Clemens 1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 6th Gonzalez digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Clemens Roger Clemens has struck out 8 and walked 3 He's rubbing up the ball as he looks over at Bobby Cox Clemens' righthanded delivery... A high hopper to short Taken by Ripken Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side FOFC with a 3 run lead It's FOFC 3 and Late 20th still looking to score their first run Clemens is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings... Bending from side to side... Finally, he's ready Clemens steps out of the box... Looks towards Jimmy Williams for a sign Mighty shakes off two signs Now he's ready Al has to bear down now... The wind-up, the 3-1 delivery... Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into center It's in for a base hit... Tucker quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Clemens dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Clemens with a single Up next for the Modern Stars The left fielder, Rickey Henderson On-deck is Wade Boggs To be followed by Mike Piazza Rickey stares down at Jimmy Williams for the sign Clemens leads away from first Set now is Henderson Mighty's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Clemens dives back in!... SAFE!... Gonzalez tosses it back to Mighty Now here's the pitch Mighty's fastball is ripped toward first Gonzalez can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Clemens 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 Henderson and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Wade Boggs Boggs gets set at the plate We'll see how they pitch to Boggs Mighty eyes Boggs intently The lefthander Mighty comes home with it Change up, a gem... Heeee struck him out! One gone for Late 20th Mike Piazza is entering the batter's box Bobby Cox has his big bopper, Eddie Murray, waiting in the on-deck circle Piazza is taking his practice swings Mike is 0 for 2 this evening Hays flashes the sign... Mighty waves it off... Now he's happy The pitch is on the way Slider, inside... Swung on... Piazza rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Mighty looks dejected on the mound A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Eddie Murray Murray wiggles the bat above his head Eddie stands with bat ready The southpaw delivers the 3-0 pitch Fastball... down and away... Mighty just misses the corner... ball four That's 2 walks given up by Mighty today The Modern Stars' center fielder is up next Late 20th has 1 on board with 1 out Puckett is 0 for 2 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Gonzalez is kicking the dirt at first Palmer is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Waiting for the pitch is Puckett Mighty goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Murray He lobs one to Gonzalez... Murray is back easily We're ready again Now Mighty comes home Base hit to left for Puckett Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign... Murray will stay at second Planting his right foot Ripken is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Ripken Ripken is 0 for 2 today, with 2 strike outs Mighty is taking his time out there Cal could write a letter while he's waiting Now Mighty's finished fiddling around He is in quite a jam He gets the sign from Hays Mighty looks over at Puckett... Now back at Murray... He's coming home with it Base hit to center for Ripken Jimmy Williams will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score With Tony Gwynn on deck Batting now for Late 20th is Biggio 1st and 2nd, one man down Fozborg has the sign from Hays Here's the 2-1 offering Curve, up high... Biggio rips it to center... Fozborg hung that breaking ball However, Craig got under it just a bit Tucker started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" That's the second out of the inning Walking up to the plate now is Gwynn Roger Clemens waits on deck Gwynn is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Tony certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Fozborg earn his salary He cocks the bat as he peers out at Fozborg The runners step away from their bases Way ahead in the count Fozborg turns the 0-2 pitch loose Change up... Gwynn was way out in front... Strike Three The Modern Stars go down in the bottom of the 6th After 6 innings at Free Agent Field here in Late 20th, Late 20th leads 4 to 3 Persimmon Pflaggstettler stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Pflaggstettler has 14 doubles this year Persimmon steadies his bat And waits patiently for Clemens' pitch Clemens' righthanded delivery... Pflaggstettler hits one on the ground to the left side Persimmon, who moves well, is motoring to first Ripken wings it quickly to Murray... OUT by a step One out Due up next is Deacon Palmer Palmer departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Deacon is 2 for 3 this summer evening He doubled in his last plate appearance He's ready Clemens brings it to the plate Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Palmer hits it into the hole on the right side Biggio ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Palmer is out by a step at first That's out number two Bobby Cox moving around Hollers something down at Clemens Roger nods "UH HUH" Gazelle finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Gerald is 0 for 2 this summer evening He's batting .259 on the season Clemens is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Clemens gets the sign from Piazza Roger rocks and fires Curveball... and it hits Gazelle... or did it? No, it didn't!!! It's ball four... Gazelle will take first base on a walk Harry Hays will get a crack at Clemens next Jeeberoni Potpie would be up next... But only if Hays can reach safely Hays digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Clemens Clemens steps on the rubber The righthander Clemens delivers It's a rainbow shot toward left Henderson reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores NL Post WWII is on top of Japanese League 5 to 3 Old Timers is embarrassing Negro League I 11 to 3 Ewing has hit his 5th homerun for Old Timers Dead Ball Era with the lead over AL Post WWII 7 to 4 Plank comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era AL Pre WWII is running roughshod over Negro League II 10 to 0 Left Outs is on top of Caribbean 9 to 7 Vaughan has hit his 9th homerun for Left Outs NL Pre WWII leads Turn of Century 3 to 2 And in our contest Late 20th ahead 4 to 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The Modern Stars will send Clemens, Rickey Henderson, and Wade Boggs up to the plate this inning Sirr is ready The kick and the pitch Low fastball... Clemens swings... Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd Potpie snags it moving to his right Leads Fozborg perfectly racing to the bag... And he easily beats Clemens for the out One up, one down Now batting will be Rickey Henderson The left fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out Late 20th up by 1 Henderson looks for a sign from third Jimmy Williams delivers it to Rickey Rickey is 1 for 2 today singled his last at bat Fozborg is on the first-base side of the rubber... Righthander Fozborg's delivery Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Henderson That's two away Next up is Wade Boggs, the Late 20th third baseman... If he gets on, Mike Piazza would bat next Fozborg steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Fozborg brings it to the plate There's a towering fly ball hit by Boggs Pflaggstettler sprints over, and makes the catch That is the third out for Late 20th here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 47054 Late 20th is making a defensive change Carter will bat 3rd and catch As we get ready to start the top of the 8th Potpie is talking to Carter Clemens has the sign from Carter Clemens leans back and fires Sinking fastball... Potpie swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Ripken... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Blade is up now for FOFC Blade is batting .280 with 1 HR this year Right-hander Clemens prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Blade And the cripple pitch... Grounded back to the mound Clemens comes up with it Tosses it to first and gets him And there's two away Next up for FOFC is Jeff Nights Nights adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeff is 1 for 3 this evening Nights waiting on the delivery And the delivery by Clemens Nights pounds a grounder toward Ripken at short Cal moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Ripken stayed with it Over to first and Nights is retired Nice play by the Late 20th short stop Three down for FOFC Now the Modern Stars will be coming up for what they hope will be their last at bat of the evening They lead by 1, 4-3 Gary Carter, Eddie Murray, and Kirby Puckett are the first three Modern Stars batters due up Late 20th leads, 4-3 Carter is at .252 on the season Fozborg tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Sirr winds... kicks... and delivers Fastball, down and in... Carter laces a hit into the outfield... Gazelle picks it up Fires it quickly into the infield Carter holds with a single Good start to the inning for Late 20th (Guarding Lines Effect) Carter at first, nobody out Murray comes to the plate Carter takes his lead Hays flashes the sign... Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Here's the righthander's delivery Fozborg's pitch is a sinking fastball Murray tries to hold up Ball four Hays points down to third He did not go around Kirby Puckett is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Puckett is one of the best hitters around Fozborg likes the sign The righthander delivers Puckett takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He punches Puckett out One down... Cal Ripken is due up next Let's see what happens now Cal Ripken, the Late 20th shortstop, steps into the batter's box Late 20th leads 4 to 3 He has a chance here to drive home at least one The outfield shades towards left for Ripken Ripken is poised and ready for the pitch He brings it home Hard ground ball into right field It's a single for Ripken Carter scores from second! Murray takes third Here's Craig Biggio FOFC looking for two It won't be easy with Biggio's speed A single would bring another run across Late 20th has 1 already this inning Biggio waits The pitch to Biggio... Biggio drives the ball to center for extra bases Murray scores Jimmy Williams is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Late 20th... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... All runners are safe! Double for Biggio Gwynn walks to the plate Gwynn is hitting .331 against righties Gwynn waits patiently Here's his delivery Lunging after the change-up Gwynn hits a grounder through to right... Scoring from third is Biggio Credit Gwynn with a single and an RBI Gwynn sneaks away from the base Gwynn holding close to the bag Fozborg watching him closely Now batting for Late 20th will be their pitcher, Roger Clemens The Modern Stars are out in front by 5 We are in the bottom of the 8th Clemens can't seem to get settled at the plate Fozborg wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Fozborg goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Gwynn He lobs one to Potpie... Gwynn is back easily... We're ready again Now Fozborg comes home Clemens gets under this one It's popped high in the air to second Blade is waving everybody off Clemens is retired Two down... Here comes pitching coach Sal Maglie Fozborg may be trying to talk him into keeping him in Now the umpire is telling Sal Maglie to break it off That brings up Rickey Henderson, the left fielder Henderson has hit 4 triples this year Fozborg gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign Here's the 2 strike offering Swung on and missed Strike Three! Henderson couldn't lay off the high fast ball Number 4 on the day for Fozborg That wraps up the inning for Late 20th So After 8 innings Late 20th has 8 runs, 10 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 8 hits and no errors Late 20th has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 11 Although behind by 5 FOFC does have the heart of their line-up coming up to face Roger Clemens Clemens' been tough on FOFC all day Tucker is struggling this game He has 2 strike outs on the evening Tucker waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The Texan comes in with the fastball Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 9 for Roger Clemens today 149 on the year That's one away Treacy heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Clemens is ready quickly Clemens brings it to the plate STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Roger Clemens here this evening Two out, nobody on Late 20th leads 8 to 3 Persimmon Pflaggstettler will step in to face Clemens next If he gets on, Deacon Palmer will follow Pflaggstettler is hitting .321 against righthanders Clemens is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... With a 1-0 count... here's the pitch Hot shot grounded to third Taken by Boggs His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 And that will do it for FOFC Late 20th wins 8 to 3 Clemens gets credit for the win Mighty takes the loss The hitting star for Late 20th was Mike Piazza He was 1 for 3 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Late 20th. |
7/2 - Game 86 Boxscore
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Manager Update
As I head back into the locker room I stop to say a few words to some of the guys...when I get into my office Dick is waiting on me. "I saw you were talking with Mighty..." "I talked to Fozz and a couple others as well," I interrupted. "So what did you say to him?" Dick asked with a concerned look on his face. "I told him not to worry about it, that I felt he had pitched really well early, and that he was hurt by a couple bad breaks. That even with those bad breaks I felt he had pitched well enough to get the victory. Basically, gave the same pep talk to Fozz." I explained "Oh good," Dick said with a sigh. "I heard Sal jumping both their cases right after the game and I was hoping you didn't pile on." "No, I caught the end of Sal's tirade. He wasn't happy we lost this one, especially when we had the early lead and Mighty cruising. But Sal's not the most refined guy." "Yeah, he's a little intense." Dick agreed. "It was one of the main reasons that I wanted to make sure they knew that I still had confidence in them and that I felt they had pitched better than the score indicated." |
7/3 Radio Broadcast - Game 87
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Greg Maddux with his 9 and 5 record Will be facing Barrett Blade Here we go, well almost... Here comes Piazza out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start Now Greg delivers Sinking fastball... Blade swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Boggs... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One up, one down Nights moseys up to the plate A. J. Tucker is heading for the on-deck circle Right-hander Maddux prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Nights Now to the belt, here it is... There's a ground ball into the hole Boggs and Ripken converge on it It's picked by Boggs who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! That's two away With Jeeberoni Potpie on deck Batting now for FOFC is Tucker Before getting ready Tucker checks out the defensive alignment A. J. is eagerly awaiting Maddux's pitch Greg winds Kicks... and delivers Extra base hit to center for Tucker Dave Winfield is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up Making his way up is Potpie Jeeberoni is hitting at .289 on the year FOFC's cleanup hitter has knocked in 59 runs He has a fine .564 slugging average Maddux adjusts his cap... Now he's set Maddux brings it to the plate Bounced past the mound Nice backhand pickup by Sandberg He throws IT GETS AWAY! Score It: Single + E4 Tucker scores from second! Potpie to second Now here's Palmer Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Palmer readies himself for the pitch Ripken trying to slip in behind Potpie Now he slips away Here's the 0-1 offering There's a bouncer down to Sandberg He fronts it... And muffs it! Error on Ryne Sandberg He was just eaten up by that ball! So with 2 on and 2 outs FOFC sends their left fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to face Maddux Hard-hitting Stan Gunner is walking towards the on-deck circle Pflaggstettler is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Greg gets the sign from Piazza It's coming down the pike Grounded down the line Boggs comes up with it Tosses to second He's out Score It: 5-4 The runner on first, Palmer, is out That's three outs, side retired Here we go in the home half of the first inning... Let's take a moment to set up the defense... In left Pflaggstettler Over in center Tucker Gunner will start in right... Around the infield Palmer will start at third The keystone combination will be Nights and Blade... Potpie will play first base... The battery of Hunter pitching and Bullock behind home plate Lead off man for the Modern Stars Rickey Henderson steps into the batter's box Rickey is hitting at .252 on the year He has 61 hits in 242 at bats Late 20th's leadoff hitter... Rickey has scored 37 runs on the season Henderson awaits the delivery The pitch is on the way In the dirt And Henderson holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Henderson moves away from first base... He has 18 stolen bases on the season Hunter holds the runner Gwynn, Late 20th's right fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Wade Boggs waits on deck Gwynn is at .333 on the season Hunter is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Hunter gets the sign from Bullock He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Henderson dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Hunter Now here's the pitch Gwynn gets under this one It's popped high in the air to second Blade is waving everybody off Gwynn is retired Boggs leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Boggs is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Wade certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Hunter earn his salary Boggs gets set for the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery It's a rainbow shot toward left Pflaggstettler reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch Two down While Ryne Sandberg heads for the on deck circle Mark McGwire makes his way to the plate Hunter has the sign he wants Hunter goes into his stretch... Looks at Henderson... He fires one to Potpie... Henderson dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Hunter comes home Hunter just misses outside Ball four to McGwire With two out Batting for Late 20th now is Sandberg Sandberg can't seem to get settled at the plate Sandberg is set Owen checks the runners... Steps off the mound... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch A high fastball... Sandberg swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Nights Jeff is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Sandberg was looking for the breaking ball So that's it for Late 20th They fail to score against Hunter In the bottom of the 1st for Late 20th No runs, no hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Gunner leading off Piazza flashes the sign... Maddux waves it off... Now he's happy The righthander Maddux's delivery It's a routine fly into center Winfield ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out With one down, up next is Billy Bullock To be followed by Owen Hunter Walking up to the plate now is Bullock FOFC leading in the game Bullock is batting .262 with 12 round trippers in 1900 Maddux steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Sandberg comes in a couple steps Yells something to Maddux The delivery Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Piazza fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Bullock That's the second out of the inning Now batting will be the pitcher, Owen Hunter Hunter scuffs up the lines around the box Maddux has the sign from Piazza Maddux leans back and fires Good slider, inside part of the plate Hunter gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Sandberg grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's all for the All Stars No runs, no hits and no errors... We go to the bottom of the 2nd... FOFC on top 1 to 0 Mike Piazza, Cal Ripken, and Dave Winfield are due up Piazza digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Hunter Owen is ready Hunter winds and delivers The 2 strike pitch Piazza swings It's a duck snort into shallow left field Nights is running with his back to the infield He reaches up... What a grab! One up, one down One out, nobody on base Cal Ripken is the batter The righthander pitching to Ripken... A righthanded batter Righties have a .259 average against Owen Righthander Hunter's delivery Ripken hits a fly ball to right Stan Gunner camps under it He's got it That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Hunter Dave Winfield will be next up... Two away, nobody on Winfield comes to the plate for Late 20th Dave takes a couple of practice cuts Hunter is on the first-base side of the rubber... The windup, the pitch Winfield pulls one into left field Hooking away from Pflaggstettler Persimmon is there He's got it for the out That's all for the Modern Stars in the bottom of the 2nd... After 2 complete innings, The All Stars lead by 1 FOFC will send Blade, Jeff Nights, and A. J. Tucker to face Greg Maddux this inning So far this season Blade is hitting .254 when facing righthanded pitching Blade is set for the pitch Maddux is into his rocking motion Now his right arm comes around Grounded to the right side McGwire comes up with it Waves off Maddux... Runs to the bag Out! That's one away Jeff Nights is coming to the plate Jeff steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Nights grounded out last time up and now is 0 for 1 Nights awaits the delivery Maddux goes into his windup Here it comes Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Ripken... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two gone for FOFC A. J. Tucker plants his left foot The lefthanded center fielder for FOFC appears set Tucker, a switch-hitter, swinging from the left side against the right-handed Greg Maddux Maddux looks down at Piazza for the sign Now he's ready And the delivery by Maddux Tucker cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Piazza Tucker was badly fooled by Maddux's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! A. J. was a little overanxious That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 9 and 1 in their last ten games Maddux is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Hunter studies his sign The righthander Hunter delivers Curve in the dirt... and Maddux holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Bullock asks the first base ump's opinion He says Maddux went around Strike three, swinging FOFC gets the first out of the inning Now batting will be Rickey Henderson The left fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC leads Late 20th by 1 run And Owen studies the sign from Bullock... Now he's got it Hunter kicks and fires Henderson fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of third Palmer is over quickly Easy 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 Hunter Gwynn saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Looking for his first hit today Gwynn is 0 for 1 Hunter steps on the rubber The pitch to Gwynn... Tony pops it up And Nights makes the play That does it in the bottom 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 3 innings, FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Power hitting Jeeberoni Potpie will lead off FOFC's clean-up hitter will see what he can do against Late 20th's Greg Maddux Jeeberoni is hitting at .292 on the year He has 80 hits in 274 at bats Today, he is 1 for 1 Potpie singled his last time up Maddux steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Windup by Maddux And the pitch There's a fly ball to Dave Winfield Winfield circles under it... He makes the play One gone for FOFC Nobody on base, one away Palmer steps into the batter's box Palmer is hitting .298 against righties Palmer waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled He brings it home Palmer swings at a breaking ball... It's going to be in there for a hit... Rickey Henderson is after it... Palmer is around first and on his way to second The throw is going to be late He will be in there for a stand-up double He is 1 for 2 now and has extended his hitting streak to 11 games Pflaggstettler strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 today Maddux eyes Pflaggstettler intently Maddux brings it home Base hit to right for Pflaggstettler Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Palmer is out at home! Trailing runner advances. Stan Gunner, the right fielder, strides to the plate We'll see how they pitch to Gunner Maddux likes the sign Maddux rocks and fires He rips a grounder to second Sandberg comes up with it Over to McGwire Got him! Score It: 4-3 That's all for FOFC After 3 and a half innings in Late 20th this afternoon, FOFC leads 1 to 0 The Modern Stars will send Boggs, Mark McGwire, and Ryne Sandberg up to the plate this inning Wade is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon He's batting .258 on the season Right-hander Hunter prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Boggs The righthander delivers Hard ground ball to second Taken by Blade Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 One down for Late 20th Mark McGwire is still in the on-deck circle and Ryne Sandberg is looking for a bat in the dugout The first baseman, Mark McGwire will be up next for Late 20th Against righthanders McGwire is hitting .232 McGwire waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch on the way, here it is... It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! Two up, two down for the Modern Stars Sandberg coming up FOFC out in front by 1 run We're in the bottom of the 4th Sandberg taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Sandberg waits patiently Now the delivery, here is is... There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker Tucker circles under it... This one would end the inning... He makes the play That wraps up the inning for Late 20th Time to check out the rest of the scores NL Post WWII is crushing Japanese League 11 to 1 Mays has hit his 23rd homerun for NL Post WWII Negro League I is on top of Old Timers 2 to 0 Dead Ball Era and AL Post WWII have yet to score Negro League II and AL Pre WWII are deadlocked at 2 Caribbean and Left Outs are all knotted at 1 Tiant Sr. and Carlton currently dueling Turn of Century and NL Pre WWII are all knotted at 2 Young and Dean currently dueling Bullock saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box The outfield shades towards left for Bullock Bullock awaits the pitch And the righthander starts to work on Bullock Here comes the pitch There's a towering fly ball hit by Bullock Henderson sprints over, and makes the catch One up, one down for FOFC Hunter digs in at the plate Ready now for Maddux to come set Hunter a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Maddux Maddux is ready quickly Greg comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering A hot shot on the ground to Ripken He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Hunter is out And there's two away Blade gets set at the plate Blade is 0 for 2 today Maddux asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber Maddux's righthanded delivery... Grounded down the line Boggs grabs it Over to McGwire Got him! Score It: 5-3 We're halfway through here at Free Agent Field After 4 and a half innings FOFC on top 1 to 0 We'll be right back... Leading off now for Late 20th is Piazza Owen looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Piazza hits a deep fly Gunner retreats toward the fence He leaps... He's got it! Hunter gets the first out in the inning Ripken is up now for Late 20th Ripken is 0 for 1 today Cal flied out last time up Hunter is slow to get ready He has a 5.21 ERA this year Now he's ready Now ready, here it is... Ripken hits a screamer at Deacon Palmer Palmer picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Ripken is out! Nice play by Potpie Two up, two down for Late 20th Hunter is moving along with the efficiency of a well oiled machine Walking up to the plate now is Winfield Greg Maddux waits on deck Time is called... Winfield has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Dave steadies his bat And waits patiently for Hunter's pitch Hunter brings it to the plate A slider by Hunter Winfield gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That does it for Late 20th in the bottom of the 5th |
7/3 Radio Broadcast continued
Here's the shortstop Nights To lead off the inning He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker And then Jeeberoni Potpie Nights has 22 doubles this year Greg Maddux steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Here's the 3-2 offering The pitch is just inside and Nights holds up Piazza points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Jeff trots down to first... ball four Nights yells something to Maddux It sounded like a challenge from here I wouldn't be surprised... Nights is great on the bases He wants to unnerve Greg No doubt he does! Maddux continues to hold the runner close Facing Maddux now is Tucker Jeeberoni Potpie heads to the on deck circle Deacon Palmer waits in the hole A. J. comes to the plate batting .291 with 2 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Tucker readies himself for the pitch Nights takes a walking lead He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Nights dives back in!... SAFE! McGwire tosses it back to Maddux Now here's the pitch Fastball, up in the strike zone Swung on... It's a swinging bunt... Boggs charges in, barehands it THROWS TO SECOND!... OUT AT SECOND! Score this one a force out One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games NL Post WWII jumping all over Japanese League 13 to 4 Negro League I is beating Old Timers 5 to 1 AL Post WWII leads Dead Ball Era 2 to 1 AL Pre WWII with the lead over Negro League II 6 to 3 Simmons has hit his 16th homerun for AL Pre WWII Left Outs is on top of Caribbean 4 to 2 Turn of Century is beating NL Pre WWII 6 to 2 And in our matchup FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Potpie is up next FOFC has a runner at first and one out Potpie saunters to the plate The righthander is 1 for 2 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Maddux Potpie is hitting .290 versus righties this year Of his 21 homeruns, 15 came while facing righties Potpie cocks his bat Here's the 0-2 pitch Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Piazza Tucker dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Tucker made it back 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... Tucker takes his lead from first... He's challenging Maddux's pickoff move Throw to first... SAFE!... Close play... Now Tucker is staying closer He's off to the races! The throw... Tucker is in there under the tag An easy one for Tucker Number 15 this year He's one of the best Looks like they want nothing to do with Palmer Deacon is dangerous in situations like this... He's being put on to set up the force... Pflaggstettler heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Pflaggstettler is 1 for 2 today Greg peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Maddux fires He struck him out on a foul tip Piazza held on to that heater in on Pflaggstettler's fists That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 5 and a half innings FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors While Late 20th has no runs, no hits and 2 errors FOFC has left 5 stranded Late 20th has failed to bring home 2 Maddux steps up to the plate for Late 20th It's the bottom of the 6th here at Free Agent Field FOFC on top 1 to 0 Maddux steps out of the box... Looks towards Jimmy Williams for a sign Hunter ready quickly, looks in for the sign Now Owen delivers Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT So one up and one gone Henderson finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Henderson looks down toward the third base coach, Jimmy Williams Henderson tells the umpire he's ready Now Owen delivers It's a Texas Leaguer to left Here comes Pflaggstettler... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Henderson is on with a bloop single to left Henderson takes his lead Slow curve... Bullock has it... It's a delayed steal... There he goes Bullock is up, firing... Brilliant throw by Bullock... SAFE!!! Henderson kicked the ball out of the glove! Stolen Base! That ball was a rope and right on the bag! Tony Gwynn steps into the box Gwynn digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Hunter He's ready for the delivery Owen rocks and fires Swung on and popped very high in the air Blade trots under it He's lost it! He lunges for it... Got it! Look at that sheepish grin on his face Boggs walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Mark McGwire moves into the on deck circle Late 20th needs some runs Boggs is batting .257 with 3 homers this year Hunter is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Hunter looks in... Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Hunter jams him with a fastball Swung on and topped out toward short Nights is up with it... Over to Potpie at first And Boggs beats it out! Henderson advances on the play The freckle-faced slugging Mark McGwire is sauntering up to the plate The red head stands 6'5" tall Hunter is rubbing down the ball He's going to have to be careful against the Modern Stars slugger Owen tends to offer up more than his fair share of gopher balls 13 in 95 innings in 1900 to be exact Hunter checks the runners McGwire drives the ball to center for extra bases Henderson scores Jimmy Williams is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Boggs scores! Double for McGwire Modern Stars' second baseman Sandberg is up next Sandberg grips the bat handle Sandberg, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Hunter Here's his delivery Sandberg smacks a fly to center Tucker is waiting on it Pounds his mitt A. J. takes it in That's it for Late 20th Here at Free Agent Field, After 6 innings, Late 20th has 2 runs, 3 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors Late 20th has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 5 Bottom of the lineup coming up for FOFC Stan Gunner will step in to face Maddux to start the top of the 7th Billy Bullock, then Owen Hunter will follow FOFC needs some base runners, and soon Gunner is 0 for 2 today Another fine performance by Maddux tonight Much of his success can be attributed to his pin-point control He has walked only 2 in today's contest and just 27 in all of 1900 And this is in 130 innings! Maddux brings it to the plate Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Gunner swings way over it He was fooled completely Piazza loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Stan as he was heading for the dugout That's one away Next up is Billy Bullock, the FOFC catcher Maddux toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Piazza Here's the 3-1 pitch Curve...Swung on by Bullock... Lined right back over the mound... Through into center field for a single Walking up to the plate now is Hunter Barrett Blade waits on deck Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the Modern Stars ballboy 1 down, Maddux ahead in the count... One ball, two strikes Maddux brings it to the plate Hunter swings and misses Strike three Hunter didn't have a good cut at that pitch That's two away Barrett Blade, the second baseman, strides to the plate Barrett is hitting at .275 on the year He has 53 hits in 193 at bats Today, he is 0 for 3 Blade grounded out his last time up Blade is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Bullock is dancing off first Maddux looks at the runner The pitch Blade drives one into left Rickey Henderson sprints over to make the play That's all for FOFC After 6 and a half innings in Late 20th this afternoon, Late 20th on top 2 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The Modern Stars will send Piazza, Cal Ripken, and Dave Winfield up to the plate this inning Piazza is 0 for 2 today Mike flied out last time up Set now is Piazza Now Owen delivers Ground ball through the middle Blade ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! And there's one away Ripken is up now for Late 20th Ripken wiggles the bat above his head Hunter adjusts his cap... Now he's set The kick and the pitch Fastball, busted in on the hands Ripken manages to get a piece of it Bouncing it over the mound Blade cuts it off in front of the bag Rifles a throw to Potpie... And Ripken is called out on a close play Two down Owen Hunter retires the first two batters in a row Winfield finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Winfield is 0 for 2 today Hunter tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Way ahead in the count Hunter turns the 0-2 pitch loose Smash to second Barrett Blade boots the ball He's charged with an error That's 1 miscue for Blade First base coach Pat Corales wants a word with Winfield... Now we're all set to go... Greg Maddux steps in Maddux digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Hunter The umpire says let's go Maddux is ready The pitch is on the way A slider by Hunter Maddux gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That is the third out for Late 20th here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 36980 Late 20th is making a defensive change Carter will bat 6th and catch Murray will bat 4th and play first Jeff Nights is up to lead off the top of the 8th The FOFC shortstop is not the batter Maddux would pick to face to lead off an inning He knows how to get on base... And then things get even worse for the defense Nights is taking his practice swings Jeff is 0 for 2 this afternoon He drew a walk last time at bat Greg Maddux on the mound for the Modern Stars... Maddux has gone the distance so far He's given up 5 hit and 1 runs Greg winds... kicks... and delivers Grounded towards the bag Maddux takes the flip from Murray Score It: 3-1 One out Due up next is A. J. Tucker Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Tucker Tucker is batting .290 with 2 round trippers in 1900 A. J. steadies his bat And waits patiently for Maddux's pitch With a 2-2 count Maddux kicks and fires Tucker pounds a grounder toward Sandberg at second Ryne moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Sandberg stayed with it Over to first and Tucker is retired Nice play by the Late 20th second baseman Two down A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Jeeberoni Potpie Jeeberoni is 1 for 3 this summer afternoon He struck out in his last plate appearance Potpie waits patiently The righthander Maddux delivers Long fly to left Henderson has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Potpie is retired on a fairly deep fly That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 7 and a half innings Late 20th has 2 runs, 3 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has one run, 5 hits and one error FOFC has left 6 stranded Late 20th has failed to bring home 4 The left fielder Henderson will start things off for the Modern Stars Henderson can't seem to get settled at the plate Left-hander Bo Knowles prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Henderson The southpaw Knowles' delivery Henderson hits one on the ground to the left side Rickey, who moves well, is motoring to first Palmer wings it quickly to Potpie... OUT by a step One out The Modern Stars have a 1 run lead Here comes the Late 20th right fielder, Tony Gwynn Most believe he has quite a future in the big leagues Gwynn adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Tony is 0 for 3 this afternoon Tony is ready for the delivery Knowles fires Fly ball to center Tucker is under it He makes the grab Two away now for Late 20th They're ahead by 1 The Modern Stars have 3 hits on the afternoon Wade Boggs, the superstitious contact hitting third baseman, is coming to the plate Wade eats chicken for lunch EVERY day Boggs has a .243 average against lefties He's ready The 0-1 delivery by the lefthander Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into center It's in for a base hit... Tucker quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Boggs dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Boggs with a single Eddie Murray moves in to face Knowles 1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 8th Knowles gets the sign, it's one he likes Knowles' 2 strike pitch... Drilled on the ground to short Nights grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the Modern Stars After 8 innings in Late 20th this afternoon, Late 20th on top 2 to 1 Palmer saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Palmer is 1 for 2 today Carter flashes the sign... Maddux waves it off... Now he's happy Here's the 2 strike offering There's a fly ball to Rickey Henderson Henderson circles under it... He makes the play One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... NL Post WWII beat up on Japanese League 13 to 4 Nomo takes the loss, his record drops to 1-12 Seaver the winner, he's now 10-1 Negro League I topped Old Timers 9 to 6 Dead Ball Era nipped AL Post WWII 3 to 2 Brett has hit his 13th homerun for AL Post WWII AL Pre WWII spanked Negro League II 8 to 3 Lyons the winner, he's now 11-1 Radcliffe takes the loss, his record drops to 3-4 Caribbean edged out Left Outs 8 to 7 Jenkins takes the loss, his record drops to 8-7 Martinez the winner, he's now 3-3 Turn of Century easily defeated NL Pre WWII 7 to 2 Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate Pflaggstettler is 1 for 3 today Maddux squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Maddux kicks and delivers Pflaggstettler hits a three hopper towards Cal Ripken Ripken scoops it and fires it to first for the out Two gone for FOFC Stan Gunner will be coming up Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat Maddux has a 5-hitter going through 8 2/3 innings Maddux brings it home Good slider, inside part of the plate Gunner gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Sandberg grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! And that will do it for FOFC Late 20th wins 2 to 1 Maddux gets credit for the win Hunter takes the loss The hitting star for Late 20th was Mark McGwire He was 1 for 2 And that wraps things up So long from Late 20th. |
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Radio Broadcast - JULY 4th - Game 88
Welcome to Overshadow Pk! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between Left Outs and FOFC The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in Left Outs Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC He brings it home A slider by Drysdale Blade gets good wood on it... Wilson back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! One up, one down Nights heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Stepping in and then stepping out again Nights looks to third for a sign Drysdale is happy with the sign Drysdale brings it to the plate Slider, down and away... Nights reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Foxx is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Goslin is hustling after it... Nights with the big turn... The throw from Goslin goes into second And Nights holds at first Tucker is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Tucker has hit 2 home runs this year Drysdale adjusts his cap... Now he's set Righthander Drysdale's delivery Base hit to right for Tucker Third base coach Dick Howser thinks he can make it... Here comes Nights... The throw is cut off... That holds Tucker at first Drysdale glares in at Potpie as he steps in Now he's ready to go The outfield shades towards left for Potpie Potpie, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Drysdale Drysdale goes into the stretch... Watches the speedy Nights at third... Looks at Tucker... The pitch home In there, called strike three Potpie didn't like it Pflaggstettler now at the plate Harry Hays waits on deck Pflaggstettler is batting .316 with 14 homers this year He's ready Drysdale kicks and fires Change up, a gem... Pflaggstettler is way out in front Heeee struck him out! Persimmon looked like Casey on that pitch That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for FOFC No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Left Outs is coming to bat FOFC has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively In the outfield from left to right Pflaggstettler in left... Tucker in center... And Gunner in right The infield, third to first Fouts will play the hot corner The keystone combination has Nights at short and Blade at second Over at first base is Potpie Nielsen gets the nod as starter Behind the dish is Hays Left Outs second baseman, Billy Herman, will lead off Billy is hitting at .279 on the year He has 43 hits in 154 at bats Left Outs' leadoff hitter has scored 28 runs this year The umpire says let's go Herman is ready The pitch is on the way High and away Ball four Herman is on to lead it off. Cochrane squares around He bunts it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by D.Fouts the throw to first... Out Cochrane gets the job done. FOFC gets the first out of the inning Heilmann steps in... He pounds the bat on the plate Now he is ready Heilmann looks down toward the third base coach Heilmann gets set for the pitch The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it Routine fly to right Gunner starts in Now he starts backpedaling... Faster... Just does catch up to it! Herman scampers back to second While Hack Wilson heads for the on deck circle Jimmie Foxx makes his way to the plate A base hit should score Herman Nielsen steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign It's coming down the pike Big motion... Foxx is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Nielsen pulled the string on him Rob Nielsen holds the Leftovers scoreless in the first Hays saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box We're in the top of the 2nd Drysdale likes the sign Drysdale brings it home Fly ball to center Wilson is under it He makes the grab FOFC with one away Drysdale steps off the mound as he waits for Stan Gunner to come to the plate And it brings up Stan Gunner On deck is Dan Fouts Rob Nielsen in the hole Don looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's the 2 strike pitch High heater... Ripped at... Gunner hits a long fly ball... It's going way back... It's out of here! A home run!! Happy Fourth of July! There was some fireworks off the bat of Gunner Dan Fouts, the third baseman, strides to the plate Fouts scuffs up the lines around the box Fouts waits for the delivery Herman comes in a couple steps Yells something to Drysdale The delivery Fastball, at the letters... Fouts crunches it... There's a high belt... Driven deep into left-centerfield... Wilson running to the fence... It's outta here HOME RUN 10 for Fouts this year! Drysdale glares in at Nielsen Rob Nielsen just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Nielsen goes through his routine of settling in Drysdale toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Cochrane With a 1-0 count... here's the pitch It's popped behind home plate Cochrane throws down his mask He's running back At the screen... The wind blows it... Right back to him Rob Nielsen is out That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Barrett Blade to get a new bat Let's point out that FOFC is 8 and 2 in their last ten games Barrett Blade will step in to face Drysdale next If he gets on, Jeff Nights will follow Drysdale steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The righthander Drysdale's delivery Curve in the dirt... and Blade holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Cochrane asks the first base ump's opinion He says Blade went around Strike three, swinging That retires the side... 2 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 1 and a half innings, FOFC ahead 2 to 0 To lead off this inning is Hack Wilson Left Outs needs a pair to tie this game Nielsen has the sign from Hays With a 2 strike count, the pitch He rips a grounder to first Potpie comes up with it HE BOBBLES THE BALL! Score It: E3 Wilson to first The first baseman, Frank Robinson, is up next Robinson is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Robinson tells the umpire he's ready Here comes the cripple pitch Nielsen loses him Robinson heads down to first The Leftovers' left fielder is up next Left Outs has 2 on board with no outs Rob gets the sign from Hays Nielsen brings it to the plate Goslin 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 Nielsen would have to agree That's one away Arky Vaughan steps into the box Vaughan digs in O.K. Vaughan is ready He rocks and fires WATCH OUT! Nielsen has hit Vaughan! That'll bring up pitcher Don Drysdale... FOFC out in front by 2 We're in the bottom of the 2nd Nielsen asks for a new ball... Rubs it down to get the shine off it... Now he steps on the rubber again Now Rob delivers It's hit high and deep Persimmon Pflaggstettler giving chase He's at the fence HE JUMPS . . . HE'S GOT IT!!! Score It: 7 Two gone for Left Outs Herman steps in Two out, Vaughan at first, Robinson at second Herman looks down toward the third base coach, Tony LaRussa Herman waits on Nielsen Here's his delivery Bounced towards the hole Smooth pickup by Blade Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That's all for the Leftovers in the 2nd inning They get 1 run across We go to the 3rd... It's All Stars 2, Leftovers 1 Nights saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Drysdale squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The righthander Drysdale delivers Curve ball... Nights swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Late 20th is giving it to Japanese League 5 to 0 Caribbean is on top of Negro League I 2 to 0 Negro League II leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Beckwith has hit his 17th homerun for Negro League II AL Pre WWII and AL Post WWII are deadlocked at 2 Gehringer has hit his 8th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0 And here in Left Outs FOFC on top 2 to 1 That will bring up center fielder, A. J. Tucker A. J. will be facing the right-handed Drysdale from the left side of the plate The switch hitter is 1 for 1 today He singled in his last at bat A. J. is ready for the delivery Here's the 0-1 offering Big bender, low and inside... Swung on... Line single to Heilmann in right... Picking it up in a hurry is Heilmann... Tucker takes a wide turn... But stays at first base as the throw comes in Potpie pounds the plate Now he stares out at Drysdale Left Outs is set up for two Drysdale ready quickly, looks in for the sign The pitch to Potpie... Potpie sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Wilson Wilson gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium center Persimmon Pflaggstettler will get a crack at Drysdale next Harry Hays would be up next... But only if Pflaggstettler can reach safely Drysdale has the sign he wants Drysdale brings it to the plate There's a ground ball into the hole Foxx and Vaughan converge on it It's picked by Vaughan who fires to first SAFE is the call by the ump Close play!! Planting his right foot Hays is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Hays Time is called... Hays has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Cochrane flashes the sign... Drysdale waves it off... Now he's happy Drysdale rocks and fires He struck him out on a foul tip Cochrane held on to that heater in on Hays' fists That retires the side... Harry Hays fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Mickey Cochrane, Harry Heilmann, and Jimmie Foxx are due up The outfield's shaded towards right With Cochrane at the plate Nielsen is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Nielsen gets the sign from Hays Now ready, here it is... Comebacker, right to Nielsen Over to Potpie for the easy out One up, one down here in the bottom of the 3rd Nobody on base, one away Heilmann steps into the batter's box Harry is batting .308 with 16 home runs on the season He is 0 for 1 today He should get a good one to knock The count 3 and 1 Harry gets the bat back... The lefthander Nielsen delivers Heilmann swings and lines it on the nose to left Pflaggstettler picks it up on one bounce Flips it in to second Heilmann rounds first and holds with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball that he was just "sitting" on One on, one out Foxx walks to the batter's box FOFC is set up for two Nielsen is slow to get ready He has a 3.14 ERA this year Now he's ready The southpaw delivers The Whiff! Nielsen punches Foxx out! Wilson is up now for Left Outs We'll see how they pitch to Wilson Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Wilson The southpaw's 2-2 delivery Base hit to right for Wilson Tony LaRussa puts up the stop sign... Heilmann will stay at second Robinson finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Before getting ready Robinson checks out the defensive alignment Robinson is waiting on the pitch A quick check of the runners... And the pitch Nielsen comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Robinson As Frank swings right through it for strike three That's three outs, side retired Bottom of the order for FOFC coming to bat The right fielder, Stan Gunner will lead off Drysdale looks down at Cochrane for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants And the delivery by Drysdale He lays off the pitch Ball four, he walks OH, those bases on balls! Fouts scuffs up the lines in the box Now he is ready Fouts looks for the sign He's 1 for 1 so far this evening All set, Fouts is ready for the pitch Now Don delivers Strike three swinging A throw down to first is not in time Cochrane tried to catch Gunner napping Robinson not bothering to tag Gunner; the throw was late But Fouts is retired on the strike out Number 6 on the evening for Drysdale One down for FOFC Rob Nielsen is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Nielsen fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Nielsen squares He bunts the ball . . . Fielded by F.Robinson he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Force Play To 1st Baseman Score It: 3-6 The runner on first, Gunner, is out And there's two away Blade gets set at the plate Blade digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Drysdale Blade gets ready for Drysdale's pitch His bat is cocked The stretch... the 3-2 delivery Blade laces a clean base hit into the outfield He rounds first, but will hold there Nielsen moves up 90 feet Nights digs in at the plate Ready now for Drysdale to come set Nights has a .283 average against righthanders this season Jeff seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Drysdale looks over at Blade... Now back at Nielsen... He's coming home with it Ripped to third, but right at Foxx...easy out That does it for FOFC in the top of the 4th Goose Goslin is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Left Outs to get things going Goslin is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Goose certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Nielsen earn his salary Goslin awaits the delivery Nielsen is into his windup Here's the pitch Goslin rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Goslin is around first, heading for two... Pflaggstettler is up with it and fires it in quickly Goose pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the Left Outs left fielder Goose also ups his hitting streak to 8 games! That is Goslin's 1st hit today Arky Vaughan will make his way to home plate He's the shortstop for Left Outs Nielsen steps on the rubber Nielsen brings it to the plate Vaughan laces a hit into the outfield Gunner picks it up and fires it to the infield Vaughan holds with a single Drysdale looks to lay one down Drysdale lays down a great bunt! He might beat it out... Fielded by H.Hays the throw to first... Out Drysdale gets the job done. One out The Leftovers tie the game on the play So that brings up Billy Herman the Left Outs second baseman Nielsen studies his sign We've got a full count... Nielsen winds and fires... Flyball to left it's caught Vaughan has a chance to move up... Vaughan will hold at second base Here's Mickey Cochrane Cochrane is 0 for 1 today Nielsen is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now The pitch on the way, here it is... Cochrane swings... And hits nothing but air! Strike three! Boy, whatta aggitatin' curve ball! 4 on the evening for Nielsen That's all for the Leftovers... After 4 innings here at Overshadow Pk in Left Outs, We're all tied up at 2 FOFC will send Tucker, Jeeberoni Potpie, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler to face Don Drysdale this inning Tucker will be batting lefty versus Drysdale The switch hitter is 2 for 2 today .293 average on the year Last time up A. J. singled Drysdale tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Drysdale's 0-2 pitch... Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on... It's a high bounding ball... Through the infield into center by Tucker That's 3 hits for Tucker this game Potpie steps in Tucker's trying to rattle Don Drysdale by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Jeeberoni Potpie is hitting .284 this year against righthanded pitchers Right-hander Drysdale prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Potpie The pitch is on the way It's hit high and deep This one is deep! Back she goes! Back! Back!! Back!!! HEY-HEY!!!! Potpie takes Drysdale downtown! That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 22nd home run of the year. The left fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler will be up next for FOFC Drysdale eyes Pflaggstettler intently Drysdale's righthanded delivery... Swung on and hit sharply to short Vaughan plays it on one hop Over to Robinson... Out of there! One gone in the top of the 5th Up next is Harry Hays He's having a fine year so far FOFC catcher, Harry Hays, is up next Stepping out, Hays looks into the dugout Steps back in After getting set, Hays waits on the pitch Now the delivery, here is is... Dribbler in front of home Taken by Cochrane His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 2-3 FOFC on top 4 to 2 with two away this inning Gunner coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Gunner grips the bat handle Gunner waits He brings it home Right down the middle... strike three Gunner must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 4 and a half innings FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and one error While Left Outs has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors FOFC has left 6 stranded Left Outs has failed to bring home 6 Heilmann is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Heilmann is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .310 on the year Nielsen asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber The southpaw delivers the 2-1 pitch Heilmann hits a screamer at Dan Fouts Fouts picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Heilmann is out! Nice play by Potpie One down for Left Outs Jimmie Foxx is still in the on-deck circle and Hack Wilson is looking for a bat in the dugout "The Beast" settles in... Foxx is 0 for 2 today, with 2 strike outs Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The lefty Nielsen delivers That's hit down the line Persimmon Pflaggstettler giving chase It's over his head Foxx running hard out of the box Pflaggstettler has the ball He's around second HEADING FOR THIRD THREE BAGGER FOR Foxx! Hack Wilson makes his way to home plate Wilson is 1 for 2 today Hays flashes the sign to Nielsen Now to the belt, here it is... Hard slider... And Wilson takes it right down the middle Strike three called That's the second out of the inning Left Outs needs a win They are 6th in the standings 19.0 games out of the National lead "Robbie" is sauntering up to the plate Robinson is 0 for 1 today Frank struck out last time around He's ready for the delivery The southpaw Nielsen's delivery A high hopper to short Nights comes up with it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side... Robinson fails to come through in the clutch For Left Outs, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Fouts steps up to the plate for FOFC It's the top of the 6th at Overshadow Pk Fouts is one of the most feared sluggers The tall righty shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Drysdale has an exploding fastball and great control Don is not afraid to throw the knockdown pitch if your crowding the plate Drysdale is into his wind-up And the 3-2 pitch is on its way... The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Fouts held up, and draws a walk Drysdale isn't happy at all with that call Nielsen shows bunt It's a beauty! Right down the 3rd base line... Foxx charges... he fires to first He gets the batter, but the runner Fouts goes to 2nd... A sacrifice for Nielsen With one down, up next is Barrett Blade To be followed by Jeff Nights That brings up Barrett Blade, the second baseman One out, man on second And Don studies the sign from Cochrane... Now he's got it Drysdale fires Grounded towards the sack Foxx grabs it Over to Robinson Got him! Score It: 5-3 Two down Nights is now up for FOFC tonight FOFC leading here in the sixth A base hit should score Fouts Drysdale is on the first-base side of the rubber... Drysdale looks back towards second... The pitch It's a shallow fly by Nights Wilson runs in, calls for it He makes the catch with a snap of his glove Nights is out That's it for FOFC Here at Overshadow Pk, After 5 and a half innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and one error While Left Outs has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 7 on base Left Outs has stranded 7 The Leftovers will send Goslin, Arky Vaughan, and Don Drysdale up to the plate this inning Goose is batting at .298 with 17 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Nielsen adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Here's the southpaw's delivery A jug-handled curve Goslin goes out and gets it It's a liner to right Gunner will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Goose Goslin The tying run comes to the plate, in the person of Arky Vaughan Leftovers with 1 runner on base The All Stars lead, 4-2 Vaughan is one of the best hitters around Nielsen is saying a few words to Blade... So far in 1900, Rob has a 12 and 4 record with 5 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign The 2-1 delivery by the lefthander It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch And there's one away We are going to have a pinch hitter Jackie Robinson will bat for Don Drysdale It will be the righthand hitting, Robinson against the lefty Nielsen Robinson is hitting southpaws for a .266 average One away, Goslin at first Robinson is coming to the plate Robinson has a .266 average against lefthanders He is .276 overall Nielsen is on the third-base side of the rubber... The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate Nielsen needs to come in with this one Smashed to the mound Nielsen grabs it Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Not in time! Score It: 1-4 The runner on first, Goslin, is out That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Late 20th besting Japanese League 5 to 0 Caribbean is in front of Negro League I 5 to 2 Mendez comfortably ahead for Caribbean Negro League II leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 AL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead of AL Post WWII 8 to 2 Gehringer has hit his 8th homerun for AL Pre WWII Old Timers is edging NL Pre WWII 3 to 2 And in our contest FOFC leads 4 to 2 Herman makes his way to home plate Left Outs down by 2 runs We're in the bottom of the 6th Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Nielsen goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Robinson He lobs one to Potpie... Robinson is back easily... We're ready again Now Nielsen comes home Ground ball to first Potpie trots to the bag Score It: 3 Early Wynn will be coming on to pitch for Left Outs Early has appeared in 50 games this season with a record of 2-7 In 94 innings, he has an 4.71 ERA Don Drysdale has finished his work here this evening A. J. Tucker stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Tucker taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Early is ready Early rocks and fires Slow ground ball Foxx is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One up, one down Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box Potpie taps the bat on home Potpie is waiting for the pitch He deals Fastball OUCH! It hit Potpie! Now batting will be Persimmon Pflaggstettler The left fielder is walking to the plate One on... one out FOFC up by 2 Against righthanders Pflaggstettler is hitting .319 Pflaggstettler waits patiently Wynn kicks and fires Pflaggstettler sends a scorcher to short Vaughan takes it on one hop Fires to Herman for one Back to Robinson for the double play! That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 6 and a half innings FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and one error While Left Outs has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors FOFC has left 7 stranded Left Outs has failed to bring home 8 |
7/4 - Radio Broadcast continued
It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Cochrane heads for the plate leading off this inning for Left Outs Cochrane steps out of the box... Looks towards Tony LaRussa for a sign Cochrane waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled With a 2-1 count Nielsen kicks and fires There's a fly ball to Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler circles under it... He makes the play With one gone Left Outs will have Harry Heilmann coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Heilmann saunters to the plate FOFC leads by 2 We're in the bottom of the 7th Against lefthanders Heilmann is hitting .385 this season Heilmann is set Nielsen goes into his windup Here it comes It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Fouts is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in order Foxx gets set at the plate Foxx looks down toward the third base coach, Tony LaRussa The count even at 2-2 Nielsen leans back and fires Low fastball... Foxx swings... Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd Potpie snags it moving to his right Leads Nielsen perfectly racing to the bag... And he easily beats Foxx for the out That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 7 innings FOFC on top, 4-2 Harry Hays, Stan Gunner, and Dan Fouts are due up Hays is batting .339 with 9 round trippers in 1900 The right-hander Wynn is set to deliver to Hays The pitch to Hays... High heater... Ripped at... Hays hits a long fly ball... It's going way back... It's out of here! A home run!! Happy Fourth of July! There was some fireworks off the bat of Hays Gunner finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Gunner is hitting .280 against righties Gunner is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Wynn He's waiting for the pitch Wynn quick pitches him Gunner starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Wynn walks him Dan Fouts steps up to the plate Gunner, with excellent speed, is at first Gunner takes his lead Early Wynn on in relief of Don Drysdale The righthander delivers Grounded towards the hole Fielded nicely by Robinson Wynn takes the flip from Robinson Score It: 3-1 That's one away Pounding the plate with his bat Gonzalez awaits the pitch The outfield's shaded towards right With Gonzalez at the plate Gonzalez is ready Wynn brings it to the plate 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 Gonzalez is out The second baseman, Blade, is ready to bat FOFC ahead 5 to 2 in the top of the 8th Blade swinging from the right side facing the righty Wynn After getting set, Blade waits on the pitch Righthander Wynn's delivery Blade laces a hit into the outfield Goose Goslin picks it up He fires it to the infield Blade holds at first Sparky Anderson is visiting the mound... He's going to leave Wynn in the game Blade sneaks away from the base Wynn tosses another quick one to first... Even the speedy Blade looks a bit tentative now... He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead Jeff Nights will get a crack at Wynn next A. J. Tucker would be up next... But only if Nights can reach safely Nights steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jeff is 1 for 4 today Nights is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Wynn He's waiting for the pitch "Gus" fires it home... He rips a grounder to short Vaughan grabs it Over to Robinson Got him! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Late 20th is giving it to Japanese League 5 to 0 Franco enjoying the big Late 20th lead Caribbean is in front of Negro League I 5 to 2 Negro League II is edging Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Redding battling McGinnity AL Pre WWII bombing AL Post WWII 11 to 3 Gehringer has hit his 8th homerun for AL Pre WWII Old Timers leads NL Pre WWII 5 to 4 Bond battling Vance Wilson saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Sammy Knowles has no decisions yet in 1900 He's 0-0 in 28 appearances so far Knowles fires Wilson cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Wilson was badly fooled by Knowles' big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Hack was a little overanxious One out Frank Robinson is due up next Robinson walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Goose Goslin moves into the on deck circle Left Outs needs some runs FOFC leads 6 to 2 The righthander pitching to Robinson... A righthanded batter Righties have a .245 average against Sammy And the delivery by Knowles A slider by Knowles Robinson gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two away for Left Outs They trail FOFC by 4 They have only 4 outs to score 4 runs Never a good sign when those two numbers are equal Walking up to the plate now is Goslin Arky Vaughan waits on deck Goslin looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 2 for 3 on the day for Goose All set, Goslin is ready for the pitch Knowles brings it home Good slider, inside part of the plate Goslin gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! The Leftovers are retired It's 6-2 as we come to the 9th Ahead by 4 runs here in the top of the 9th FOFC hopes to add to their lead The heart of their line-up is coming up Tucker is batting .295 with 2 HR's this year Wynn tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's the righthander's delivery It is a slow change... Tucker's not at all fooled He hits it squarely... It is heading out to right-center almost on a line... Very well hit ball by A. J. Wilson is running after it... He hopes to play it off the fence He picks it up on the second bounce He turns and gets it back into the infield Tucker slides into second base but it was not necessary Two-bagger for the FOFC center fielder That'll bring up All Stars' first baseman Jeeberoni Potpie... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second Early looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's the 1-1 offering He rips a grounder to short Taken by Vaughan Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 And there's one away Pflaggstettler strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Wynn shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Early has a fine array of pitches and he is not afraid to throw a knockdown pitch either! Here's his delivery Hard ground ball to short Vaughan comes up with it Over to Robinson Got him! Score It: 6-3 Two away Cochrane heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Hays. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are going to put Hays on Hays watches ball four He takes his base Stan Gunner plants his left foot The lefthanded right fielder for FOFC appears set Stan is hitting at .284 on the year He has 46 hits in 162 at bats Today, he is 1 for 2 Gunner drew a walk his last time up Stan is eagerly awaiting Wynn's pitch And the cripple pitch... And a quick throw to first by Wynn But Hays is back easily... Now to the plate... low, ball four... That loads 'em up Slowly coming up is Fouts for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC ahead 6 to 2 Fouts is having quite a good game tonight He is 1 for 3 with 1 home run Dan is set for the pitch Here comes the cripple pitch Fouts laces a clean base hit into the outfield He rounds first, but will hold there That will get one runner home, but that's it The bases remain loaded There is going to be a change in pitchers Early Wynn will hit the showers Herb Pennock will be coming on in relief We are in the top of the 9th here at Overshadow Pk FOFC leads 7 to 2 Two on, two outs... Treacy steps to the plate Treacy, a switch-hitter, up there right-handed against the southpaw Herb Pennock Treacy is poised and ready for the pitch A check on the runners... the pitch Drilled on the ground to short Taken by Vaughan Over to second for the force Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Fouts, is out That's all she wrote for this inning FOFC has 7 runs, 13 hits and one error While Left Outs has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors FOFC has left 11 baserunners stranded today Arky Vaughan up first for Left Outs He is a threat to steal if he gets on Kronside has the sign from Hays We've got a full count... Kronside winds and fires... It's a routine fly into right Gunner ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One gone for Left Outs Left Outs announces a pinch hitter for Herb Pennock Lou Boudreau will come in to face the right handed Kronside He carries a .167 average as a pinch hitter Against righties he is hitting .208 this year The Leftovers are down to their last 2 outs It will be up to Lou Boudreau Jace is ready The windup, the pitch Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Fouts It's by him... Pflaggstettler comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Boudreau to a single Billy Herman is up next Left Outs' second baseman finds 1 on with 1 out Herman is taking his practice swings Billy is 0 for 3 this evening He grounded out last time at bat Herman waiting on the delivery Kronside goes into his stretch... Looks at Boudreau... He fires one to Potpie... Boudreau dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Kronside comes home It's popped up into foul territory Harry Hays is under it He makes a nice play on it Score It: 2 Two gone for Left Outs Time is running out for them Two outs, with a man at first Cochrane is the next batter Cochrane is taking his practice swings Mickey is 0 for 3 this evening Hays flashes the sign... Kronside waves it off... Now he's happy The stretch... the delivery Cochrane raps a sizzling ground ball It zips through the hole Gunner is over to pick it up Throws a strike to Nights No chance to get Boudreau at third Harry Heilmann, the Leftovers' right fielder is up next Left Outs has 2 men on with 2 outs Kronside steps on the rubber Kronside checks the runners at first and third Boudreau bluffs a move toward home Kronside doesn't flinch Here's the 2-0 offering Heilmann pokes it to left It drops in front of Pflaggstettler Left Outs narrows the lead by a run FOFC ahead 7 to 3 Jimmie Foxx moves in to face Kronside 2 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 9th The outfield is shading Foxx towards left He's 1 for 4 today Kronside likes the sign He brings it home Curveball, high in the strike zone... Foxx goes after it... There's a high fly... going deep Persimmon Pflaggstettler leaps at the fence... He can't get it... It's gone A home run for Jimmie Foxx The free swinging, power hitting center fielder, Hack Wilson, is coming up to bat Kronside studies his sign Kronside's righthanded delivery... There's a drive to right by Wilson Gunner scoops it up Fires it to second Wilson turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Gunner Wilson inches slowly away from the bag Kronside holds the runner Frank Robinson is coming to the plate Robinson has hit 10 home runs this year Right-hander Kronside eyes the righty Robinson Kronside's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Wilson dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Kronside Now here's the pitch Changeup, Robinson was looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Tucker is at the warning track... Waits... Off the fence! Robinson's headed for third... Triple for Frank Robinson! Neither Pflaggstettler nor Tucker could get to that one Wilson scores from first Settling in at the plate is Goslin Goose seems to always make contact He rarely strikes out Today he is 2 for 4... Naturally with no strike outs Goslin is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Sal Maglie wants a few words with his pitcher He is telling Knowles how to pitch Goslin It will all be riding on this pitch Now the All Stars coach returns to the dugout Knowles' ready to go... The southpaw Knowles delivers the 2-0 pitch Drilled on the ground to second Blade grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 And we go to extra innings! Steve Carlton will be coming on to pitch for Left Outs Steve has appeared in 23 games this season with a record of 4-4 In 121 innings, he has an 5.74 ERA Herb Pennock has finished his work here this evening Barrett Blade leads off for FOFC Jeff Nights and A. J. Tucker will follow FOFC will be looking to score one to take the lead We are late in the game Blade has managed a .347 average against lefthanders this year Now set, Blade waits for the pitch The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into center It's in for a base hit... Wilson quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Blade dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Blade with a single Blade at first, nobody out Nights comes to the plate Nights is 1 for 5 today He gets the sign from the third base coach He may well be bunting with no one down The score is tied Jeff is a good bat handler Foxx and Robinson inch in on the grass Nights, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Carlton The pitch is on the way Hit and run... Broken bat ground ball to first Robinson takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is still in the on-deck circle and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking for a bat in the dugout Tucker, FOFC's center fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Tucker wiggles the bat above his head Carlton adjusts his cap... Now he's set Carlton brings it to the plate Off speed pitch on the way... And Tucker watches it go by for the third strike That's out number two Sparky Anderson moving around Hollers something down at Carlton Steve nods "UH HUH" Sparky Anderson will go to his bullpen It'll be Ferguson Jenkins here in the top of the 10th We're all tied up at 7 Jenkins has a 8 and 7 record in 26 appearances with a 5.49 ERA While Jenkins throws a few to Cochrane, let's check the Strat-O-Matic scoreboard... These scores are final... Late 20th toppled Japanese League 5 to 1 Caribbean downed Negro League I 5 to 3 Negro League II edged out Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 AL Pre WWII humbled AL Post WWII 11 to 3 NL Pre WWII nipped Old Timers 6 to 5 Vance the winner, he's now 5-3 Bond takes the loss, his record drops to 5-2 Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman, strides to the plate Jenkins looks down at Cochrane for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Now Ferguson delivers Grounded towards the middle Taken by Vaughan He throws wild! Score It: Single + E6 Blade scores from second! Potpie to second Pflaggstettler walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat Persimmon is batting at .314 with 14 home runs He is 1 for 5 so far today Pflaggstettler tells the umpire he's ready Jenkins brings it to the plate A high and inside fastball Ball four! Just under the chin of Persimmon Pflaggstettler Persimmon gives Jenkins a steely stare Now he trots down to first That'll bring up Harry Hays Stan Gunner will follow if Hays gets aboard Cochrane is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Jenkins' pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Hays steps into the box Harry steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Harry is 1 for 4 today with 1 home run Cochrane flashes the sign... Jenkins shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Here's the 0-2 offering Pops one up to center field Wilson ranges over It's an easy out Score It: 8 That's it for FOFC Here at Overshadow Pk, After 9 and a half innings, FOFC has 8 runs, 15 hits and one error While Left Outs has 7 runs, 12 hits and one error FOFC has left 13 on base Left Outs has stranded 9 Vaughan is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Vaughan is batting .325 with 9 HR's this year Bo peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Here's the southpaw's delivery Vaughan lays one down to the left of the mound Knowles and Hays are after it Knowles is up with it Over to first Safe by two steps! Great bunt! Bunt single for Arky Vaughan Now batting for Left Outs... Chick Hafey... He'll pinch hit for Ferguson Jenkins Hafey with a .286 average on the season Making his way up is Hafey Hafey has a .222 average against lefthanders He is .286 overall Hays flashes the sign to Knowles He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Vaughan dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Knowles Now here's the pitch Fastball, right over the plate Hafey gives it a good cut... And connects! It is sailing to deep left Persimmon Pflaggstettler turns and races back to the fence He measures it carefully... Jumps and... He's got it! Nice play by Pflaggstettler So that will retire Hafey on a very deep fly to left Vaughan hauls buggy back to first as the ball comes in on a line With one down Potpie yells something out to Knowles Bo nods his head Billy Herman steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Vaughan is at first Stepping in and then stepping out again Herman looks to third for a sign He's ready Knowles brings it to the plate It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch Cochrane moseys up to the plate Harry Heilmann is heading for the on-deck circle Cochrane steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Bo gets the sign from Hays The southpaw Knowles' delivery Hot shot grounded to second Taken by Blade Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 And that will do it for Left Outs FOFC wins 8 to 7 Knowles gets credit for the win Carlton takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 2 for 5 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Left Outs. |
7/4 Boxscore
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[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Left Outs Leftovers 7/4/1900 |
Dynasty Update
I am planning to post the standings tonight following the game, so you can see where all the teams stand. |
Manager's Update
I sit in my office, rubbing my head. Thank goodness we won that one. That would have been 3 straight losses and an ugly one at that...up 7 to 2 in the 9th with a pen that includes the Knowles brothers and Kronside and we have to go to extra-innings. Whew... I probably should have pulled Kronside, but he looks so good early, and he only needed to get 1 more out...I wanted to give hiim a chance to get out of the mess he had created, but I shouldn't have let it go that far. That's a bad job of managing on my part. Thankfully, it only hurt us in that Bo had to come in and throw 26 or so pitches. |
7/5 Radio Broadcast - Game 89
Welcome everyone to Overshadow Pk The players are on the field and we're almost ready to go As Barrett Blade prepares to face Sutton let's check out the Left Outs defense At first base is McCovey Foxx is down at the hot corner Robinson and Vaughan are at second and short, respectively From left to right... Goslin, Snider and Heilmann and now Cochrane is just settling in behind the plate Now Don delivers Sinking fastball... Blade swings over the top of it... Hammers a hard grounder right at Foxx... He scoops it up, throws to first... Out by a step One up, one down for FOFC Nights is up now for FOFC Nights is batting .285 with 9 homers this year Sutton squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Way ahead in the count Sutton turns the 0-2 pitch loose Good slider, inside part of the plate Nights gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Robinson grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's two away Tucker digs in at the plate Ready now for Sutton to come set Tucker is at .296 on the season The right-hander Sutton is set to deliver to Tucker Robinson comes in a couple steps Yells something to Sutton The delivery Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 66 on the season for Sutton That does it for FOFC in the top of the 1st FOFC has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively In the outfield from left to right Pflaggstettler in left... Tucker in center... And Gunner in right The infield, third to first Palmer will play the hot corner Nights is at short Over at second, Blade and at first base Potpie Babson gets the nod as starter The masked man behind the dish is Bullock Left Outs second baseman, Jackie Robinson, will lead off So far this season Robinson is hitting .279 when facing righthanded pitching And Brian studies the sign from Bullock... Now he's got it Here is the 2 strike pitch Robinson is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position And there's one away Mickey Cochrane, the catcher, strides to the plate Cochrane looks down toward the third base coach, Tony LaRussa Babson looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Now to the belt, here it is... Cochrane sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Babson Easy out Two gone for Left Outs The right fielder, Harry Heilmann will be up next for Left Outs Heilmann is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Harry certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Babson earn his salary Babson looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Slider, outside... Heilmann 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 Heilmann Here comes the "Silver Fox" to the plate We'll see how they pitch to Snider Duke is set for the pitch Now Brian delivers Swung on and missed... Snider is down on strikes Brian Babson holds the Leftovers scoreless in the first Potpie saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Potpie having a great year in 1900 He is 9th in the league in slugging average with a fine .567 mark He also has 22 home runs Potpie awaits the delivery Sutton winds and delivers Potpie hits a deep fly Goslin retreats toward the fence He leaps... He's got it! One down for FOFC Persimmon Pflaggstettler is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC One away, nobody on base Pflaggstettler stands ready at the plate Sutton rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign We've got a full count... Sutton winds and fires... Pflaggstettler takes a vicious cut Pops it up... Cochrane is gliding toward the dugout Watch out! He fell into the dugout! The umpire is right there No catch! Cochrane signals that he's OK . . . Pflaggstettler back in the box And here comes the next pitch Pflaggstettler drives one into center Duke Snider sprints over to make the play Sutton gets the second out of the inning I was talking to Don before the game about how he pitches to various batters He said he goes over the batters before the game with Sparky Anderson and Cochrane When he gets on the mound he doesn't like to think too much He says it gives him "brain cramps"! Considering his current ERA of 7.55 he needs to do something different! Palmer, FOFC's third baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Stan Gunner waits on deck Palmer swinging from the right side facing the righty Sutton Deacon stands with bat ready The initial offering to Palmer is on its way... Deacon raps a high bouncer toward third Foxx snatches it on the third hop Overhands one to first Easy out So ends the top of the 2nd For FOFC No runs, no hits and no errors After 1 and a half innings, No score Here's the third baseman Foxx To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Goose Goslin And then Willie McCovey Babson peers in for the sign Brian has allowed only 4 home runs versus righties this year And this is in over 120 innings But Jimmie is no ordinary hitter Babson leans back and fires Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 3 for Brian Babson today 109 on the year With one gone Left Outs will have Goose Goslin coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Nobody on base, one away Goslin steps into the batter's box Goslin has 14 doubles this year Goslin waits for the pitch Babson brings it to the plate Goslin cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock Goslin was badly fooled by Babson's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Goose was a little overanxious That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Japanese League slipping by Late 20th 3 to 1 Caribbean is giving it to Negro League I 5 to 0 Dead Ball Era and Negro League II have yet to score AL Post WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Ryan battling Faber Old Timers slipping by NL Pre WWII 2 to 0 McCovey coming up for Left Outs Nobody on, two away McCovey can't seem to get settled at the plate McCovey waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled And the delivery by Babson He decked him! This draws a reaction from the crowd The umpire signals him to first It nipped him on the arm on the way down Vaughan now at the plate Don Sutton waits on deck Arky seems to always make contact He rarely strikes out A good man for the hit and run Vaughan is set for the pitch Babson rocks and fires Here's the change up... Waiting on it... Vaughan drives one over Gunner's head... Gunner backing up quickly... He's got his legs twisted... But he rights himself in time Gunner recovers and makes the grab That's all for the Leftovers... After 2 innings here at Overshadow Pk in Left Outs, No score Gunner is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Don Sutton steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The pitch is on the way Gunner hits a fly ball to right Harry Heilmann camps under it He's got it That's one away FOFC catcher, Billy Bullock, is up next Sutton steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Sutton brings it to the plate Bullock hits a three hopper towards Arky Vaughan Vaughan scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's out number two Sparky Anderson moving around Hollers something down at Sutton Don nods "UH HUH" Pounding the plate with his bat Babson awaits the pitch Sutton adjusts his cap... Now he's set The righthander Sutton's delivery A hot shot on the ground to Vaughan He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Babson is out That's three outs, side retired The pitcher Sutton will lead off for the Leftovers He'll be followed by Jackie Robinson And then Mickey Cochrane Sutton scuffs up the lines around the box Babson tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Righthander Babson's delivery Don Sutton offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Sutton couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Jeff Nights for the out Sutton never even left the batter's box One up, one down here in the bottom of the 3rd Making his way up is Robinson He looks to third first Now he steps in The corners are playing in Robinson looks for a sign from third Tony LaRussa delivers it to Jackie Jackie is 0 for 1 today struck out his last at bat Robinson is waiting on the pitch Babson kicks and fires Right down the middle... strike three Robinson must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch Two down Brian Babson retires the first two batters in order Up now for Left Outs is Cochrane Two away, nobody on Cochrane is at .270 on the season Babson is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Babson gets the sign from Bullock Babson's into the windup... the delivery Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 6 for Brian Babson today 112 on the year 5th in the league That's three up, three down Left Outs has no runs, one hit and no errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors FOFC will send Blade, Jeff Nights, and A. J. Tucker to face Don Sutton this inning Blade is one of the best hitters around Sutton likes the sign The windup, the pitch There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Foxx calls for it and makes the play As the ump signals a foul ball FOFC with one away Sutton steps off the mound as he waits for Jeff Nights to come to the plate Making his way up is Nights The wet weather seems to be bothering Don He keeps going for the resin bag Now he toes the rubber It's coming down the pike Baltimore chop Into left for a single! Nights sneaks away from the base Sutton looks Nights back He is unable to get his normal lead Tucker comes to the plate One out, Nights at first A. J. is hitting at .295 on the year He has 110 hits in 373 at bats This includes 11 doubles, 6 triples 2 home runs and 34 RBI's Set now is Tucker Now the delivery, here is is... Base hit to center for Tucker Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Nights will stay at second Potpie gets set at the plate Potpie steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jeeberoni is 0 for 1 today He cocks the bat as he peers out at Sutton The runners step away from their bases Now Don delivers A slider by Sutton Potpie gets good wood on it... Snider back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! It's been lousy weather all day but... The rain has started to come down hard now The conditions now are better for a water polo match than baseball Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up next FOFC's left fielder finds 2 on with 2 outs The outfield shades towards left for Pflaggstettler The umpire says let's go Here's the righthander's delivery Routine grounder to third Taken by Foxx Tosses to second He's out Score It: 5-4 The runner on first, Tucker, is out That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 8 and 2 in their last ten games Heilmann up We're scoreless Having a good year with the stick so far Babson is ready quickly Babson kicks and delivers There's a roller down at Potpie He's in front of it... It rolls right between the wickets! Error on Jeeberoni Potpie as he didn't get his glove down Maybe a bit too easy for him Here comes Duke Snider No, he is returning to the Left Outs dugout He apparently noted a problem with his bat Now he has a new one Duke is batting .266 in 263 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Jimmie Foxx He's ready Babson brings it to the plate Snider slaps a slow bouncer in front of second Blade races in He reaches down Scoops it up and fires to first Out! Heilmann advances on the play One gone for Left Outs That brings up Jimmie Foxx, the third baseman Foxx is hitting .318 against righthanders Foxx gets set for the pitch He brings it home Base hit to right for Foxx Tony LaRussa is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Left Outs... Not cut-off... Heilmann scores! Trailing runner advances. Facing Babson now is Goslin Willie McCovey heads to the on deck circle Arky Vaughan waits in the hole Goslin looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 0 for 1 on the day for Goose Goslin is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Babson He's waiting for the pitch Babson looks back towards second... The pitch Swung on and chopped toward second Blade races in He bare hands it! Underhands one to first... One hopper! GOT HIM! What a nice play by Potpie A backhand pickup by the FOFC firstsacker! Foxx over to third easily Darryl Evans is arguing that he took his foot off the bag but the play is going to stand And there's two away Willie McCovey will step in to face Babson next If he gets on, Arky Vaughan will follow McCovey has a .257 average against righthanders this season Willie stands with bat ready Foxx, at third, is just standing on the bag The pitch is on the way A sharp breaking curve... McCovey was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Gunner turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Willie McCovey can touch them all Left Outs sends the shortstop, Arky Vaughan, up to the plate We're in the bottom of the 4th The wet weather is bothering Brian He keeps going for the resin bag Now he toes the rubber Babson will have to come in with this 3-0 pitch Here it comes... Vaughan starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Babson walks him That will bring up pitcher, Don Sutton Before getting ready Sutton checks out the defensive alignment The bat is cocked Here's the 2 strike offering It is a high hard one... Sutton goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Sutton couldn't hold back That wraps up the inning for Left Outs Time to check out the rest of the scores Japanese League with the lead over Late 20th 4 to 1 Caribbean besting Negro League I 7 to 2 Cuellar enjoying the big Caribbean lead Negro League II leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 AL Post WWII is on top of AL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Old Timers is beating NL Pre WWII 4 to 0 Welch comfortably ahead for Old Timers And right here in Left Outs Left Outs on top 3 to 0 As we head into the top of the 5th FOFC has yet to score on Sutton Left Outs up by 3 Deacon is batting .323 so far this season He carries a 11 game hitting streak into today's game So far today, he's 0 for 1 Sutton wastes no time He has the sign from Cochrane Here's the righthander's windup and delivery Swung on and popped up Vaughan is waiting... And that's an easy out One down for FOFC Stan Gunner is still in the on-deck circle and Billy Bullock is looking for a bat in the dugout Gunner finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Sutton steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Sutton brings it to the plate Ball four is the call Sutton can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Sutton Gunner takes first base Bullock is the batter Gunner's the runner on first He's doing a little jig off first to rattle the pitcher Bullock is 0 for 1 on the day He looks around at the Left Outs infield McCovey is kicking the dirt at first Foxx is even with the bag at third Robinson and Vaughan are ready with hands on knees at second and short Bullock, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Sutton Don rocks and fires Grounded through the infield into left field Base hit for Bullock Gunner takes third Next up for FOFC is Brian Babson Men on 1st and 3rd Sutton ready quickly, looks in for the sign Sutton checks the runners at first and third Gunner bluffs a move toward home Sutton doesn't flinch Here's the 3-2 offering Babson chases the inside fastball... He hits a high fly ball... Snider 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 Gunner is safe on the sac fly That's the second out of the inning Walking up to the plate now is Blade Jeff Nights waits on deck Barrett is hitting at .277 on the year He has 56 hits in 202 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Blade fouled out his last time up Sutton is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Sutton looks in... Now he's ready Sutton goes into his stretch... Looks over at Bullock Fires to McCovey... Bullock is back easily... We're ready again Now Sutton comes home Curve in the dirt... and Blade holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate ump says no Cochrane loses on his appeal to first Blade will take first on the walk Nights saunters to the plate Left Outs leads by 2 We're in the top of the 5th Nights a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Sutton Sutton is slow to get ready He has a 7.41 ERA this year Now he's ready The pitch to Nights... Hot shot grounded to short Vaughan grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 After 4 and a half innings tonight, the Leftovers lead by 2 Here's Robinson to lead off the inning He is the second baseman for Left Outs tonight So far this year Robinson is batting .274 He has 15 doubles, 4 triples 4 homeruns with 45 RBI's and 7 stolen bases Waiting for the pitch is Robinson Here's the 3-1 pitch Change-up, Robinson is looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Tucker racing back... At the warning track... Waits... Leaps... Off the fence! Tucker chases it down Firing a strong throw back in They'll never get Robinson The slide... In there! It's a double for Jackie Robinson And the batter is Mickey Cochrane Harry Heilmann is on-deck Cochrane is 0 for 2 today Babson eyes Cochrane intently Brian comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering The ball is low and outside Did he go around?... Yes! One out Due up next is Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann will face Babson Righty against righty Left Outs ahead 3 to 1 Babson adjusts his cap... He has struck out 8 this evening He now has 114 on the year He ranks 5th in this category Now ready, here it is... Change up, on the inside corner... Heilmann was looking for it... He hits a deep fly to left-center It's into the alley... That will score a run Heilmann is in at second with a double Now here's Snider Duke is 8th in the league in home runs with a 21 so far in 1900 Snider tells the umpire he's ready Nights trying to slip in behind Heilmann Now he slips away Here's the 3-0 offering Babson seems reluctant to pitch to Snider The pitch comes in very high for ball four Snider takes first On the unintentional intentional walk Leftovers' third baseman Foxx is up next Foxx is 1 for 2 today Jimmie singled last time up Babson has the sign from Bullock Heilmann on second, Snider on first They're dancing off the bags Here's the 2-0 offering He rips a grounder to short Nights comes up with it Throws to second He's out Over to first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That's it for Left Outs Here at Overshadow Pk, After 5 innings, Left Outs has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and one error Left Outs has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 4 |
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The FOFC center fielder, Tucker, will lead off He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler A. J. is 1 for 2 this cloudy summer evening Tucker is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Sutton He's waiting for the pitch With a 3-1 count, the pitch Soft liner to second Robinson grabs it for the out Score It: 4 So one up and one gone Jeeberoni Potpie is up next for FOFC One out, top of the 6th Left Outs on top 4 to 1 Persimmon Pflaggstettler is on deck Sutton has the sign from Cochrane The pitch on the way, here it is... Fastball... down and away... Sutton just misses the corner... ball four That's 3 walks given up by Sutton today Planting his right foot Pflaggstettler is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate The righthander is 0 for 2 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Sutton Pflaggstettler is hitting .314 versus righties this year Of his 14 homeruns, 14 came while facing righties Pflaggstettler is poised and ready for the pitch Sutton's righthanded delivery... That's ball four Pflaggstettler trots down to first Potpie is already down on second Sparky Anderson is on his way to the mound for Left Outs That will do it for Don Sutton tonight The right hander, Early Wynn will be coming on He has 51 previous appearances He is 2 and 7 with a 4.86 ERA Palmer awaits Slowly coming up is Palmer for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box Left Outs leads 4 to 1 Deacon has 4 home runs this year He's hitting at a .321 clip with a 11 game hitting streak This evening he is 0 for 2 Early gets the sign from Cochrane A check on the runners... the pitch Palmer swings hard... Nobody is going to get this one... Yes sir! Palmer will have himself a single And he extends his hitting streak to 12 games! 1 for 3 on the evening Potpie takes third Pflaggstettler takes second Wynn looks down at Gunner as he steps in Stan is ready to go Right-hander Wynn prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Gunner The righthander delivers Gunner hits a routine grounder to Wynn He scoops it up, and throws to first SAFE, the throw pulled McCovey off the bag Charge Wynn with the error That's error number 1 of the game for Left Outs That'll bring up catcher, Billy Bullock... Left Outs leads by 2 We're in the top of the 6th Billy takes a couple of practice cuts Wynn shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Early has a fine array of pitches and he is not afraid to throw a knockdown pitch either! Wynn checks all the baserunners Now he comes home with it Fastball down low... Bullock hits a grounder to short Vaughan takes it on the big hop Flips it to Robinson Relay to first... A lightning double play! And that gets Left Outs out of quite a jam as Bullock grounds in to an inning ending twin-killing with the bases loaded We're in the middle of the 6th Left Outs still leads 4-2 Here's Goslin to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Late 20th leads Japanese League 5 to 4 Caribbean is comfortably ahead of Negro League I 9 to 3 Dead Ball Era is edging Negro League II 2 to 1 Cicotte and Mathis currently dueling AL Post WWII slipping by AL Pre WWII 5 to 3 Berra has hit his 9th homerun for AL Post WWII Old Timers and NL Pre WWII are all knotted at 4 Goose comes to the plate batting .297 with 17 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Waiting for the pitch is Goslin Here's the windup... and the pitch Groundball off the change-up... Past Potpie at first... It's rolling into the outfield grass... Goslin gets a base hit McCovey is up now for Left Outs It's a rainy summer evening as Willie steps in He is 1 for 1 this game Babson gets the sign from Bullock He is 5th in the league in strike outs He has 114 on the season Babson rocks and fires McCovey swings... This one looks like it might go... Gunner is going back... He is at the fence... And it is over the fence! Home run! The Left Outs first baseman now has hit 2 here tonight! And that gives him 16 in 1900 That is Willie McCovey's 16th home run of the year. Vaughan leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Vaughan is batting .327 with 9 HR's this year Brian Babson steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Brian winds... kicks... and delivers Vaughan rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Vaughan is around first, heading for two... Tucker is up with it and fires it in quickly Arky pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the Left Outs shortstop Arky also ups his hitting streak to 7 games! That is Vaughan's 1st hit today Wynn squares He bunts it . . . Fielded by D.Palmer the throw to first... Out Wynn gets the job done. One down for Left Outs Jackie Robinson is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Left Outs The Leftovers' second baseman is up next Left Outs has 1 on board with 1 out Jackie is hitting at .276 on the year He has 90 hits in 326 at bats This includes 16 doubles, 4 triples 4 home runs and 45 RBI's Robinson waits for the pitch Here's the 2-1 offering Change up... Robinson hits a high fly ball Pflaggstettler drifting under it... He makes the catch, but trips... And he is unable to make the throw Vaughan scores on the sac fly Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Babson Next up is Mickey Cochrane, the Left Outs catcher... If he gets on, Harry Heilmann would bat next Cochrane has 10 doubles this year Cochrane is set for the pitch And now the pitch... There's a check swing by Cochrane It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Billy Bullock makes the catch against the stands That's all for the Leftovers After 6 innings in Left Outs this evening, Left Outs on top 7 to 2 Terp will be up, but wait... The umpiring crew is meeting near the plate As this rain we've had all game has intensified Let's check the All Stars record in recent days FOFC is 8 and 2 in their last ten games The umps are returning to their positions Looks like we'll continue... As Terp steps back in Kris has been used sparingly for FOFC He has only 66 at bats so far although we are deep into summer He is batting .136 in limited duty Terp waits for the delivery Wynn goes into his windup Here it comes Kris Terp swings He really stings this one It rifles past Robinson into right... Base hit for Terp... Heilmann is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Terp is on with a sharp single Facing Wynn in this rain is Blade One has to wonder who has the advantage The pitcher, or the batter Barrett checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings... Now he steps into the box Blade is set for the 0-2 pitch The stretch... the delivery Blade hits a deep fly down the left field line Goslin is running after it He slips on the grass! Rights himself Got it!! Nice catch Barrett trots back to the dugout Oh Oh!, with one down in the top of the 7th Here comes the rain... It's not raining hard yet Perhaps we can still finish Nights is the batter Terp's the runner on first He's doing a little jig off first to rattle the pitcher Nights can't seem to get settled at the plate Jeff waits... He steps out as Wynn takes too long Now he's back in the box Wynn brings it to the plate Base hit to left for Nights Terp is rounding second... But he pulls up quickly as he sees the sign from Dick Howser Terp will stay at second While Jeeberoni Potpie heads for the on deck circle A. J. Tucker makes his way to the plate Wynn steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he slides his foot back into position He's ready Early rocks and fires LINE DRIVE Robinson makes a great catch! Score It: 4 Two gone for FOFC Men at first and second Jeeberoni Potpie, a dangerous man at the plate... 9th this year in the league in slugging average He's cruising along at a .563 pace Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Wynn looks down at Cochrane for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Here's his delivery Low and inside... ball four Potpie gets a free ticket to first That loads them up for Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler moseys up to the plate Deacon Palmer is heading for the on-deck circle Persimmon is hitting at .312 on the year He has 92 hits in 295 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Pflaggstettler drew a walk his last time up Wynn is happy with the sign The pitch to Pflaggstettler... He misses, wide... Ball four Wynn walks in a run! Terp crosses the plate Left Outs ahead 7 to 3 And the bases remain jammed That'll bring up Deacon Palmer Stan Gunner will follow if Palmer gets aboard Cochrane is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Wynn's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Palmer steps into the box Palmer is at .324 on the season Wynn looks down at Cochrane for the sign Now he's ready... It's coming down the pike Palmer lifts a routine fly to right Heilmann drifts over and makes the catch Deacon leaves the bases full The Left Outs fans breath a sigh of relief That's it for FOFC Here at Overshadow Pk, After 6 and a half innings, Left Outs has 7 runs, 8 hits and one error While FOFC has 3 runs, 6 hits and one error FOFC has left 9 on base Left Outs has stranded 4 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! As we get ready to start the bottom of the 7th Heilmann is talking to Bullock Heilmann is one of the best hitters around The wet weather seems to be bothering James He keeps going for the resin bag Now he toes the rubber The righthander Rodney's delivery In the dirt And Heilmann holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Duke Snider So far this season Snider is hitting .271 when facing righthanded pitching All set, Snider is ready for the pitch Here comes the 3-1 "cripple pitch" Snider just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Blade races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... One gone for Left Outs Walking up now to the plate is Foxx Rodney has the sign from Bullock Way ahead in the count Rodney turns the 0-2 pitch loose Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Foxx is outta there The crowd is showering the home plate ump with a barrage of "blind" barbs That's the second out of the inning Here's Goose Goslin Goslin is at .299 on the season Bullock flashes the sign... Rodney waves it off... Now he's happy Rodney brings it to the plate Goslin hits one straight up Bullock moves back to the screen and makes the catch That is the third out for Left Outs here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 22531 The FOFC right fielder, Gunner, will lead off He'll be followed by Billy Bullock And then Dan Fouts Wynn looks down at Cochrane for the sign Now he's ready The pitch is on the way It's a sinker, up in the strike zone Gunner hits it deep into the alley Snider 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 Duke Snider Gunner is at second with a stand-up double (Ballpark Double Effect) Bullock departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Wynn gets the sign, it's one he likes The righthander delivers There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Cochrane calls for it and makes the play As the ump signals a foul ball And there's one away Dan Fouts, the third baseman, strides to the plate Fouts, a switch-hitter, batting left-handed against righty Early Wynn Dan is set for the pitch Now Early delivers Curveball, in and low Fouts hits it to McCovey at first Takes it cleanly... Races to the bag... It's going to be close... And... Out is the call That could have gone either way Gunner is now perched over at third Two away for FOFC They trail Left Outs by 4 They have only 4 outs to score 4 runs Never a good sign when those two numbers are equal Barrett Blade moves in to face Wynn 1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th Blade has a .248 average against righthanders this season Blade waits on Wynn The righthander Wynn delivers Blade swings and lifts one toward left Goslin drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's all for FOFC After 7 and a half innings in Left Outs this evening, Left Outs leads 7 to 3 Willie McCovey, Arky Vaughan, and Early Wynn are due up McCovey has hit 16 home runs this year Rodney looks down at Bullock He shakes him off once... Again... James has got to be a little concerned with McCovey up there as the Left Outs first baseman has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Here's the 3-1 pitch Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT With one down Potpie yells something out to Rodney James nods his head So that brings up Arky Vaughan the Left Outs shortstop Vaughan is hitting .325 against righthanders Arky is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch The pitch is on the way There's a bunt between the mound and first Rodney and Potpie are after it Rodney grabs it Over to first Just in time! Next up is Early Wynn, the Left Outs pitcher Wynn steps out of the box... Looks towards Tony LaRussa for a sign Set now is Wynn Righthander Rodney's delivery James comes in there with a dipsy-do And it freezes Wynn He can't get the bat off his shoulder as he watches it just catch the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! That wraps up the inning for Left Outs So After 8 innings Left Outs has 7 runs, 8 hits and one error While FOFC has 3 runs, 7 hits and one error Left Outs has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 10 Here's Jeff Nights leading off A. J. Tucker is on deck And Jeeberoni Potpie is in the hole Nights is 2 for 4 today Wynn shakes off the sign... Now Early brushes off another one... Wynn has an easy effortless delivery but the righty likes to come inside Wynn is way ahead in the count... He winds and delivers... Nights takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Nights is out on strikes Left Outs gets the first out of the inning Sparky Anderson will go to his bullpen It'll be Herb Pennock here in the top of the 9th Left Outs on top 7 to 3 Pennock has a 8 and 7 record in 46 appearances with a 6.68 ERA He'll be facing A. J. Tucker after a few warm-up tosses The All Stars are down to their last 2 outs A. J. Tucker is due up next Herb looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The lefty winds and delivers Fastball, lined to left... Base hit for Tucker... Goslin over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Tucker at first Walking up to the plate now is Potpie Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck Jeeberoni steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Potpie is 0 for 2 today He drew a walk last time up Potpie cocks his bat Now Herb delivers A high fastball... Potpie swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Vaughan Arky is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Potpie was looking for the breaking ball That's two away Pflaggstettler steps in Tucker's trying to rattle Herb Pennock by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Pflaggstettler is taking his practice swings Persimmon is 0 for 2 this evening Pflaggstettler waits patiently The southpaw Pennock's delivery on the 2-1 pitch Well hit by Pflaggstettler Goslin moves back, and makes the... NO, the ball tips off the end of his glove Pflaggstettler takes second on the miscue by Goslin That's 2 errors by Left Outs today... Gerald Gazelle will be coming up Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat Gazelle grips the bat handle After getting set, Gazelle waits on the pitch Pennock brings it home Curveball, Gazelle lets it go by The umpire signals STRIKE THREE! Gazelle looks imploringly at him No words, but a very long look Now he walks slowly back to the dugout And that will do it for FOFC Left Outs wins 7 to 3 Sutton gets credit for the win Babson takes the loss The hitting star for Left Outs was Willie McCovey He was 2 for 3 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from Left Outs. |
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7/6 Radio Broadcast - Game 90
Howdy everyone... Welcome to Overshadow Pk for today's game While Barrett Blade gets settled in the batter's box let me set the line-up for this afternoon's game Jeff Nights is heading for the on-deck circle Persimmon Pflaggstettler is in the hole Batting clean-up will be Jeeberoni Potpie He'll be followed by Harry Hays and Deacon Palmer, Stan Gunner, A. J. Tucker and John Williams make up the bottom third of FOFC's line-up The home plate umpire signals to Ferguson Jenkins Let's get this game underway Jenkins kicks, delivers In the dirt And Blade holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Blade sneaks away from the base Blade unable to take a big lead Jenkins glances over his shoulder He's keeping him close Jeff Nights moves in to face Jenkins 1 on, no outs here in the top of the 1st Blade takes his lead Jenkins studies his sign Jenkins brings it to the plate Base hit to left for Nights Third base coach Dick Howser thinks he can make it... Here comes Blade... The throw is cut off... That holds Nights at first Next up is Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the FOFC left fielder On-deck is Jeeberoni Potpie... He'll be followed by Harry Hays Runners at the corners Right-hander Jenkins prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Pflaggstettler Jenkins rocks and fires Change up, a gem... Pflaggstettler is way out in front Heeee struck him out! Persimmon looked like Casey on that pitch One down... Jenkins has to continue to bear down One away, Nights at first, Blade at third Potpie is the batter Jenkins is ready quickly Jenkins brings it home He chases the hook... Potpie hits a deep fly ball... Wilson moving under the ball... He makes the catch... And uncorks the throw... SAFE!... As the ball trickles away from Cochrane He was unable to handle the throw Two gone for FOFC The catcher, Harry Hays, is up next Harry came into today's game with a 7 game hitting streak to protect Hays waits for the pitch The righthander Jenkins' delivery Bouncer up the middle and past Jackie Robinson... Base hit into center field! Third base coach Dick Howser holds the runner, Nights Palmer now at the plate Stan Gunner waits on deck Deacon is hitting at .323 on the year He has 73 hits in 226 at bats This includes 13 doubles, 2 triples 4 home runs and 28 RBI's Hays and Nights inch off first and second Palmer is waiting for the pitch Ferguson rocks and fires And a quick throw to first by Jenkins But Hays is back easily... Now to the plate... low, ball four... That loads 'em up Gunner finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Jenkins shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Fergie has excellent control of a myriad of pitches and he likes to get ahead of the hitters! Jenkins brings it to the plate Hot line drive to second Robinson makes a nice play on it Score It: 4 That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for FOFC One run, 2 hits, no errors and 3 men left on base Left Outs is coming to bat Robinson steps in to start things off for Left Outs Let me set the FOFC defense Williams will be pitching to Hays The corners will be Potpie and Palmer At first and third The keystone combo has Blade at second With Nights at short Covering the outfield from left to right Will be Pflaggstettler, Tucker and Gunner Now Robinson is in the batter's box Robinson has 16 doubles this year Robinson waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 3-1 pitch Good slider, inside part of the plate Robinson gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One out Due up next is Mickey Cochrane One away, nobody on... bottom of the 1st The first base coach exhorting Cochrane to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Cochrane swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Williams Set now is Cochrane Here's the 2-2 offering Base hit to center for Cochrane A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Harry Heilmann steps into the box Harry seems to always make contact He rarely strikes out A good man for the hit and run Heilmann waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch to Heilmann... Time is called by the home plate umpire He's called a balk on Williams And Williams can't believe it Cochrane goes down to second Harry Heilmann steps into the box Heilmann is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Harry certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Williams earn his salary And John studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it Williams brings it to the plate Hot shot grounded to the mound Williams grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 Two down That'll bring up center fielder Hack Wilson... FOFC drew first blood in their half of the first A base hit should score Cochrane Williams tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... And the delivery by Williams Line drive to short CAUGHT by a diving Nights! A cross-over step, then he lunged for it Impressive play by the FOFC short stop! That's it for Left Outs Here at Overshadow Pk, After 1 inning, FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors While Left Outs has no runs, one hit and no errors Left Outs has left 1 on base FOFC has stranded 3 A. J. Tucker up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on A. J. is hitting at .297 on the year He has 112 hits in 377 at bats His speed has propelled him to 15 stolen bases Tucker is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Jenkins He's waiting for the pitch He brings it home Liner drilled to second Robinson leaps He makes a great catch! Score It: 4 So one up and one gone John Williams will face Jenkins Righty against righty Williams scuffs up the lines around the box Ferguson peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Righthander Jenkins' delivery Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on and clubbed to left-center... Wilson backing up quickly... He grabs it for the out Two up, two down Now at the plate will be Blade second baseman for FOFC today The outfield shades towards left for Blade Jenkins has the sign from Cochrane Ferguson winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... It's a high fly into center Wilson ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out Jenkins sets the All Stars down in order Frank Robinson is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Left Outs to get things going Hays flashes the sign to Williams Here's the pitch Robinson swings The slider is pounded on the ground It's past Palmer Heading for the corner! Robinson's around first and headed for second Pflaggstettler has the ball... Frank will try for two He's going to use that speed to challenge Pflaggstettler's arm Here is the throw... A one-hopper... Robinson slides in just ahead of the throw! A two-bagger for the Left Outs first baseman Robinson wastes no time getting things rolling here in the bottom of the 2nd Walking up to the plate now is Goslin Arky Vaughan waits on deck FOFC on top 1 to 0 Williams steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Williams kicks and fires Bounced towards the hole Nice play by Blade Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 One gone for Left Outs Vaughan pounds the plate Now he stares out at Williams The outfield's shaded towards right With Vaughan at the plate Arky is set for the pitch The lefthander Williams comes home with it Vaughan flies out to center Tony LaRussa is giving the green light... Here's the play at the plate... Robinson scores! Billy Herman is coming to the plate Herman is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Herman awaits the delivery The southpaw's 3-2 delivery Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Palmer It's by him... Pflaggstettler comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Herman to a single Jenkins is up now for Left Outs We'll see how they pitch to Jenkins Jenkins waits patiently Here's his delivery It is a high hard one... Jenkins goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Jenkins couldn't hold back That retires the side... but not before the Leftovers score 1 run to tie it up After 2 innings, Left Outs has one run, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors FOFC will send Nights, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and Jeeberoni Potpie to face Ferguson Jenkins this inning Jeff Nights is hitting .285 this year against righthanded pitchers The bat is cocked The pitch on the way, here it is... There's a fly ball to Goose Goslin Goslin circles under it... He makes the play One up, one down Now batting will be Persimmon Pflaggstettler Jenkins is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Jenkins looks in... Now he's ready The righthander Jenkins delivers Shallow fly ball Goslin charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! Two down Cochrane asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Cochrane and Jenkins Up next for the visiting All Stars Jeeberoni Potpie, their first baseman Potpie is hitting .287 against righties Jenkins gets the sign, it's one he likes Jenkins goes into his windup And here's the 2-2 offering Ground ball through the middle Vaughan ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! Three up, three down Jenkins sails through the top of the 3rd The second baseman Robinson will lead off for the Leftovers He'll be followed by Mickey Cochrane And then Harry Heilmann Robinson is 0 for 1 today Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Way ahead in the count Williams turns the 0-2 pitch loose Robinson hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at short Nights dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the short stop, Jeff Nights! One down, nobody on Game tied One away, nobody on base Cochrane stands ready at the plate Cochrane is 1 for 1 today Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Here's the 2 strike pitch Cochrane hits a screamer at Barrett Blade Blade takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Potpie scoops it on one hop Cochrane is out! Nice play by Potpie Two out, nobody on The score is tied at 1 Harry Heilmann will get a crack at Williams next Hack Wilson would be up next... But only if Heilmann can reach safely Williams shakes off two signs Now he's ready Williams winds and delivers The 2-0 pitch Heilmann rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Heilmann is around first, heading for two... Pflaggstettler is up with it and fires it in quickly Harry pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the Left Outs right fielder Harry also ups his hitting streak to 7 games! That is Heilmann's 1st hit today (Ballpark Triple Effect) Hack Wilson is up next The Leftovers' center fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs Williams is slow to get ready He has a 3.21 ERA this year Now he's ready John looks over his shoulder at Heilmann Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Hard ground ball to short Nights comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for Left Outs So After 3 innings Left Outs has one run, 4 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors Left Outs has left 2 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 3 The FOFC catcher, Hays, will lead off He'll be followed by Deacon Palmer And then Stan Gunner Watching Jenkins, Hays wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Hays is set Jenkins winds and delivers Over the outside corner Hays hits the curve right to second... Robinson takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Hays is out by a couple of steps One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Japanese League slipping by Late 20th 2 to 0 Nomura has hit his 13th homerun for Japanese League Caribbean is in front of Negro League I 5 to 2 Tiant Jr. comfortably ahead for Caribbean Dead Ball Era and Negro League II are all knotted at 1 AL Post WWII leads AL Pre WWII 4 to 3 Ruth has hit his 32nd homerun for AL Pre WWII Quite a year for the slugger NL Pre WWII slipping by Old Timers 2 to 0 Haines battling Galvin The third baseman, Palmer, is ready to bat The score is tied at 1 in the top of the 4th Jenkins adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Cochrane Jenkins' 2-1 pitch... Routine grounder to short Vaughan scoops it up Over to first for the out That's out number two Sparky Anderson moving around Hollers something down at Jenkins Ferguson nods "UH HUH" Gunner walks up to the plate Ferguson looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Now Ferguson delivers Gunner swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Jenkins strikes out Stan Gunner 1-2-3, nothing across... Frank Robinson stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate John is ready John comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering STRIKE THREE, CALLED! So one up and one gone Goose Goslin, the left fielder, strides to the plate Goslin digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Williams Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Here's the southpaw's delivery Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Goslin hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into center for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Arky Vaughan steps into the box Vaughan is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a fine .328 for Left Outs He also has has contributed with 55 runs 13 doubles, 5 triples and 9 home runs Waiting for the pitch is Vaughan The lefty Williams delivers Vaughan fouls one straight up the chute Hays makes the catch, but wait... The first base umpire rules Williams has balked Goslin takes second Arky Vaughan steps into the box Vaughan is batting .328 with 9 round trippers in 1900 Vaughan is ready The southpaw Williams' delivery Slider... Swung on and pounded to right-center... It'll be over Tucker's head!... He's chasing after it... Vaughan rounds second... Here's the peg in to Palmer at third... Vaughan slides hard... A bad bounce, but Palmer knocks it down... The ball rolls just a few feet... Vaughan jumps to his feet, but isn't going anywhere He'll get a triple from the scorer on that hit! Goslin scored easily from second Making his way up is Herman Herman is 1 for 1 today Williams squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Williams The delivery Sinker that stays up, belt high... Herman goes after it... Deep fly ball, way back... Tucker moving under on it He grabs it for the out No chance for a play on the runner Who scores for Left Outs That's the second out of the inning Two away, nobody on Jenkins comes to the plate for Left Outs Jenkins grips the bat handle Hays flashes the sign... Williams shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Williams goes into his windup Here it comes Jenkins 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 Jenkins is out! Nice play by Potpie That's all for the Leftovers After 4 innings in Left Outs this afternoon, Left Outs on top 3 to 1 Here's the center fielder Tucker To lead off the inning He'll be followed by John Williams And then Barrett Blade Tucker has hit 6 triples this year Jenkins eyes Tucker intently Now to the belt, here it is... Struck him out on a fastball Tucker goes down swinging And there's one away Now batting will be John Williams The pitcher is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out Left Outs leads FOFC by 2 runs Williams taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready John seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Now ready, here it is... Low fastball... Williams swings... Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd Robinson snags it moving to his right Leads Jenkins perfectly racing to the bag... And he easily beats Williams for the out That's two away Up next for the All Stars the second baseman, Barrett Blade If he gets on, Jeff Nights would bat next Blade is 0 for 1 today Barrett flied out last time up Blade waits on Jenkins Now Ferguson delivers Blade hits a fly ball to left Goose Goslin camps under it He's got it Jenkins retires the side in order Here in the top of the 5th |
7/6 Radio Broadcast - continued
Robinson is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Robinson has hit 4 home runs this year Williams asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber The pitch is on the way There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Hays calls for it and makes the play As the ump signals a foul ball One down for Left Outs Mickey Cochrane is still in the on-deck circle and Harry Heilmann is looking for a bat in the dugout Now here's Cochrane Williams rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign The lefthander Williams delivers It hits Cochrane He just stands there Now he says a few words to Williams John answers something back The umpire steps in between And motions Cochrane to first Heilmann walks to the plate Harry steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Heilmann is 1 for 2 today He doubled last time up Heilmann is set for the pitch Now the delivery, here is is... Bouncer to short...made to order doubleplay ball Nights has it on two hops...wrists it to Blade He evades the slide of Cochrane The throw to Potpie... It just nips Heilmann! After 5 innings today, the Leftovers lead by 2 Here's Nights to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Japanese League is giving it to Late 20th 5 to 0 Caribbean leads Negro League I 7 to 6 Tiant Jr. battling Smith Dead Ball Era and Negro League II are deadlocked at 1 Plank and Brewer currently dueling AL Post WWII leads AL Pre WWII 4 to 3 Old Timers and NL Pre WWII are all knotted at 2 And right here in Left Outs Left Outs on top 3 to 1 Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National Nights looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 1 for 2 on the day for Jeff Jeff is ready for the delivery Jenkins fires There's a ground ball between first and second WOW, Robinson snags it in short right field He throws it to the pitcher covering SAFE says the umpire But what a play by Robinson Coming to the plate is Pflaggstettler Nights' the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Jenkins Nights takes his lead Jenkins is happy with the sign Jenkins looks at the runner The pitch It is a high hard one... Pflaggstettler goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Pflaggstettler couldn't hold back With one gone FOFC will have Jeeberoni Potpie coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it FOFC firstsacker, Jeeberoni Potpie will be up next The All Stars, like all teams, like to see a lot of offensive production out of their firstbasemen Certainly, Potpie has not disappointed Jeeberoni takes a couple of practice cuts Potpie waits for the delivery Jenkins' righthanded delivery... Fastball down low... Potpie swings and hits one out to left Goose Goslin is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Jenkins Nights trots back to first One more chance for FOFC in the top of the 6th Hays, FOFC's catcher, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Deacon Palmer waits on deck The outfield's shaded towards left for Hays He's 1 for 2 today Jenkins steps on the rubber Jenkins brings it to the plate Ground ball to short Vaughan comes up with it He tosses it to second... Gets the force That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Here's Hack Wilson leading off Frank Robinson is on deck And Goose Goslin is in the hole Left Outs leads 3 to 1 John Williams still on the mound for the All Stars... Williams has gone the distance so far He's given up 6 hits in 5 innings Williams will try to get Wilson to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Wilson checks his swing Hays appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Hack One down for Left Outs Frank Robinson is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Left Outs Planting his right foot Robinson is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Robinson Robinson says a few words to Hays and smiles The righthanded batter is 1 for 2 on the day He'll be going against the lefty, John Williams Frank is hitting .234 versus lefty pitching With 5 of his 10 homers coming against southpaw offerings Robinson is set for the 2 strike pitch Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery Robinson drives one into left Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints over to make the play And there's two away Goslin digs in at the plate Ready now for Williams to come set Goslin has a .350 average against lefties After getting set, Goslin waits on the pitch The count is full And the pay-off pitch... It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Tucker grabs it for the out That's all for the Leftovers After 6 full innings, they lead by 2 Palmer saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Against righthanders Palmer is hitting .298 Jenkins looks down at Cochrane for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Here's the windup... and the pitch Curve ball, just misses the corner That'll be ball four and a walk Jenkins has issued 3 bases on balls this afternoon Gunner saunters to the plate Left Outs leads by 2 We're in the top of the 7th Gunner swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Jenkins Gunner waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Jenkins goes into his stretch... Looks at Palmer... He fires one to Robinson... Palmer dives back in That's his best move to first... Robinson lobs it back Now Jenkins comes home There's a fly ball into straight-away left Goslin one hands it... OUT! That's one away The center fielder, A. J. Tucker will be up next for FOFC Tucker is at .296 on the season Jenkins steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he slides his foot back into position He's ready Here's the righthander's delivery Tucker connects on the Jenkins fastball... This one is really smoked... Heilmann starts back... Now he just stops to look Tucker got all of this one.... Goodbye baseball! Palmer scores in front of him Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Fouts Jenkins has the sign he wants Jenkins kicks and fires Long fly ball to right field This one is deep! FORGET IT, IT'S GONE!!! That is Dan Fouts' 11th home run of the year. And the batter is Barrett Blade Jeff Nights is on-deck Stepping in and then stepping out again Blade looks to third for a sign Now set, Blade waits for the pitch Jenkins fires Over the outside corner Blade hits the curve right to second... Robinson takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Blade is out by a couple of steps Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 1 Nights leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Jenkins is on the first-base side of the rubber... Jenkins brings it to the plate Swung on... And there's a high fly ball into right Heilmann is under it, waits... He's got it That retires the side... but not before 3 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 6 and a half innings, FOFC leads 4 to 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Vaughan steps up to the plate for Left Outs It's the bottom of the 7th at Overshadow Pk Vaughan is one of the best hitters around Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Bo has to bear down now... The wind-up, the 3-1 delivery... Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's take a ten second station break This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System Your four sports network! Facing Knowles now is Herman Ferguson Jenkins heads to the on deck circle Jackie Robinson waits in the hole Herman looks down toward the third base coach, Tony LaRussa Herman is ready The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! Herman is down on strikes Number 1 here today for Knowles That's the second out of the inning Pounding the plate with his bat Jenkins awaits the pitch Jenkins goes through his routine of settling in Ferguson waits... He steps out as Knowles takes too long Now he's back in the box Now Bo delivers The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Jenkins swung, that's strike three Jenkins isn't happy at all with that call We head to the 8th... The score is still FOFC 4, Leftovers 3 The big guys are due up for FOFC Pflaggstettler will lead it off He will be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie and Harry Hays Pflaggstettler a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Jenkins Pflaggstettler waits on Jenkins The pitch is on the way Drilled deep to left field This one is deep! IT'S GOING, GOING, GONE!!! That is Persimmon Pflaggstettler's 15th home run of the year. Next up is Jeeberoni Potpie, the FOFC first baseman Time is called... Potpie has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again The right-hander Jenkins is set to deliver to Potpie The righthander Jenkins delivers Potpie pounds a grounder toward Robinson at second Jackie moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Robinson stayed with it Over to first and Potpie is retired Nice play by the Left Outs second baseman With one down, up next is Harry Hays To be followed by Deacon Palmer Hays finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Hays has a .291 average against righthanders this season Jenkins is saying a few words to Robinson... So far in 1900, Ferguson has a 8 and 7 record with 2 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign Jenkins goes into his windup Here it comes Hays hits a deep fly ball into the alley Goose Goslin chases it down But the ball hits the base of the wall Goslin hits the wall and falls to the ground Hays is into third with a triple Now they check on Goslin He's okay That ball hit right at the base of the fence 399 feet from home plate Settling in at the plate is Palmer Palmer has hit 4 home runs this year Cochrane flashes the sign... Jenkins shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy He brings it home Just a mite inside That'll be ball four and a walk Jenkins has issued 4 bases on balls this afternoon Walking up to the plate now is Gunner A. J. Tucker waits on deck Stan steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Gunner is 0 for 3 today He flied out last time up The count is nothing and 2 Gunner has to protect the plate Ferguson is obviously concerned Into the stretch... He looks over at Hays, now at Palmer Now the pitch Gunner swings hard, but hits it on the handle to second Robinson comes in on it On to first and Gunner is gone Hays scores from third Two gone for FOFC Looks like Tucker will be given a free pass here And he is... that's four wide ones Bo Knowles is the batter due up next At the plate is Gonzalez Late in the game FOFC up by 3 David Gonzalez is hitting .298 this year against righthanded pitchers Gonzalez waits patiently Ferguson checks the runners Steps off the mound Again he's into the stretch The pitch Routine grounder to first Robinson flips to Jenkins covering Score It: 3-1 So ends the top of the 8th For FOFC 2 runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base After 7 and a half innings, FOFC on top 6 to 3 Jackie Robinson, Mickey Cochrane, and Harry Heilmann are due up Robinson is 0 for 3 today Jackie fouled out last time around The bat is cocked Kronside goes into his windup And here's the 2 strike offering Robinson swings and lines it on the nose to center Tucker picks it up on one bounce Flips it in to second Robinson rounds first and holds with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball that he was just "sitting" on Robinson moves away from first base... He has 7 stolen bases on the season Kronside looks Robinson back... He's taking a shorter lead now Mickey Cochrane plants his left foot The lefthanded catcher for Left Outs appears set Kronside wipes his brow and reaches for the resin bag A hot summer day The pitch is on the way Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Hays Robinson dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Robinson made it back With one down Potpie yells something out to Kronside Jace nods his head Heilmann heads to the plate for Left Outs The infield is at regular depth Kronside looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Kronside quick pitches the 0-2 offering Changeup... Ties Heilmann up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! That's the second out of the inning Left Outs trails by 3 They need a win They are 6th in the standings 19.0 games out Hack Wilson is up next Left Outs' center fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs Wilson looking for his first base knock here this afternoon... He is 0 for 3 Kronside adjusts his cap... Now he's set Kronside goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Robinson He lobs one to Potpie... Robinson is back easily We're ready again Now Kronside comes home Bounced past the mound Fielded nicely by Blade Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 The side is retired No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz Here's Blade to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard These scores are final... Japanese League toppled Late 20th 6 to 2 Caribbean edged out Negro League I 7 to 6 Dead Ball Era squeezed by Negro League II 4 to 2 AL Pre WWII edged out AL Post WWII 5 to 4 Fingers takes the loss, his record drops to 3-4 Mays the winner, he's now 9-7 Old Timers edged out NL Pre WWII 3 to 2 And here in Left Outs FOFC leads 6 to 3 Blade is 0 for 3 on the day He looks around at the Left Outs infield Robinson is kicking the dirt at first Herman is even with the bag at third Robinson and Vaughan are ready with hands on knees at second and short After getting set, Blade waits on the pitch Jenkins rocks and fires A slider by Jenkins Blade gets good wood on it... Wilson back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Now at the plate will be Nights shortstop for FOFC today Jenkins wastes no time He has the sign from Cochrane Here's the pitch Low fastball... Nights swings... Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd Robinson snags it moving to his right Leads Jenkins perfectly racing to the bag... And he easily beats Nights for the out That's the second out of the inning Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate Pflaggstettler has hit 5 triples this year Ferguson Jenkins on the mound for the Leftovers... Jenkins has gone the distance so far He's given up 7 hits and 6 runs Jenkins brings it to the plate A hanging curve... Pflaggstettler laces it hard just to the right of Robinson He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Persimmon... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Coming to the plate is Potpie Pflaggstettler's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Jenkins Jeeberoni is hitting at .285 on the year FOFC's cleanup hitter has knocked in 62 runs He has a fine .556 slugging average Potpie gets set for the pitch Now Ferguson delivers The Whiff! Jenkins punches Potpie out! That's it here in the top of the 9th It's 6-3 in favor of the visitors from FOFC We'll be back in just a moment Leading off for the Leftovers is the first baseman Robinson He'll be followed by Goose Goslin And then Arky Vaughan Robinson is taking his practice swings Frank is 1 for 3 this afternoon He flied out last time at bat Robinson looks very intent... He stares down at Kronside... Cocks his bat Here's the 2-2 pitch Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 48 on the season for Kronside Slowly coming up is Goslin for Left Outs He is finally in the batter's box FOFC leads 6 to 3 Goslin is batting .299 with 17 HR's this year Jace is ready Jace rocks and fires Fly ball to center Tucker is under it He makes the grab Two up, two down Two out, nobody on Up now is Vaughan Kronside ready quickly, looks in for the sign Here's the 1-2 offering Struck him out on a fastball Vaughan goes down swinging And that will do it for Left Outs FOFC wins 6 to 3 Williams gets credit for the win Kronside notches the save Jenkins takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 2 for 5 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Left Outs. |
7/6 Boxscore - Game 90
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[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Left Outs Leftovers 7/6/1900 |
Thanks for putting me back in skip, I appreciate the shot at redemption.
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"No problem kid. You've been too good all season to let one bad outing spoil my opinion of your ability. Keep firing them in there, and things are going to work out just fine," I respond with a pat on the back. Then I head off to grab a beer before the press conference. |
I stop at the door, take a couple deep breaths. I need to prepare myself, as I’m facing another press conference and I’m tired and would prefer to get back to the hotel to relax…
I open the door and walk in. |
7/6 Press Conference
“Ok, guys, hit me with your…” I start talking, but am interrupted before I can finish the sentence… “Benton, some changes in your lineup today, what brought that on?” asks Lou Scribe. “…best shot…” I sigh…”Well Lou, I’m impressed you noticed. There were several thoughts behind the changes. First, I really wanted to get more power in the 3 slot and Pflaggstettler has been raking lately. He’s hitting what .311 or .312 now? Plus he got his fifteenth homeruns tonight. Tucker who I dropped in the lineup, is hitting under .300 and he got his third. Big difference in power. Before I was using a lineup with 3 table-setters at the top, I decided to put 2 at the top and move a power hitter up. Worked well…” again I’m interrupted before I can finish. “What about using Gunner, first time he’s played in a while, why put him in?” Lou follows up “tonight as they both homered,” I finish while Lou is talking. “Gunner needed a chance to play,It’s not like he playing poorly. Didn’t want him to get rusty, so I dropped him into the lineup. No big deal.” “Coach you used Kronside.” Dan Reader….um…. states? “Yes I did.” I respond, and I have to try very hard not to roll my eyes. Hack Jobb jumps in, “Benton, will we see more of these new lineups, or are you set right now with Pflaggstettler in the 3 hole and Tucker in the 8 spot?” “ No, I’m not finished toying with this. I’ll probably leave Persimmon where he is for now, but I don’t know who will hit 1, 2 and 8. I may play with that for a while. We’ll have to see how it goes. I mean we weren’t playing poorly with our old line up, so it is possible I go back to that one as well.” “Williams pitched well again, can you tell us about him game tonight” Lou jumps back in. “Sal can probably provide more details, but I’ve been very pleased with his performance this season. That’s probably stating the obvious, I mean at 10 and 1 who wouldn’t be. But it is more than that. He started off the season, sort of on the cusp of the rotation, and when he was given the opportunity to pitch he made the most of it. You could argue he’s been the best pitcher in the rotation. I think if you said that, Nielsen might, um, “accidently” have a wild pitch that hit you next time he takes the hill, but you could make the argument. One of the biggest reasons for his success is that he isn’t walking people. No walks tonight, and that is so important in this league. Can’t be giving free passes with the hitters that are in every lineup.” Coach Kronside finished the game.” Reader again. “ Yes Dan he did, 2 innings, 1 hit and the save.” I monotone the reply. Tom O’Carver, “With Fouts’ homerun, will we see more of him?” “It’s possible. The problem is that Palmer is playing real well right now. I’m sure Fouts will get plenty of more shots, and he is better defensively, so some extra innings at the end of games is also possible. We’ll just have to see.” “Kronside…” Ugh…Reader again… I guess I’ll need just go on a diatribe in order to get him to shut up. I interrupt, “Dan, Kronside did an excellent job tonight, and I put him back in after his last poor outing because he’s been one of the best closers in the league, and a bad inning happens to closers from time to time. We’ve already talked after this game, and I told him that I had all the confidence in the world in him, and that I’d never hesitate to put him in to close out a game.” Tom follows up, “Coach you has Sam in the pen, and he was fresh was there any thought of using him instead?” “Of course there was, but not because I didn’t have confidence, but because I wondered how the match ups would play out. Honestly, with the only lefty Cochrane set to come up in the eighth and the heart of the order being power right handed batters, Sammy might have been my normal choice. Sammy is tougher against righties whereas Kronside’s splitter can be devastating to left handed batters, but I wanted Kronside to get the thoughts of his previous outing out of his head as quickly as he could.” A bunch of questions are a fired my way, but I’ve had enough, “Guys, that’s going to do it for tonight, talk with you later…” and I walk out, with a smile on my face. |
7/7 Radio Broadcast - Game 91
Welcome to the ballpark! Tonight FOFC will be taking on AL Pre WWII Barrett Blade is ready to step into the batter's box The ball goes once around the horn And the game is set to begin The southpaw Gomez's delivery Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Blade hits it into the hole on the right side Gehringer ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Blade is out by a step at first One away in the top of the 1st for FOFC Nights leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer evening Hitching up his pants... Nights gazes out to the mound Gomez looks down at Ferrell for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Gomez goes into his windup And here's the 3-1 offering Hard line drive to short Appling grabs it for the out Score It: 6 Two gone for FOFC Next up is Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the FOFC right fielder Gomez looks down at Ferrell for the sign Now he's ready... And the delivery by Gomez A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! Three up, three down here in the first Nice start for Lefty Gomez FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Charlie Gehringer is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for AL Pre WWII to get things going Mighty is ready quickly It's coming down the pike Shallow fly ball Gazelle charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Gehringer stops at first That's a single Appling squares, and bunts it down the line Mighty picks it up and fires to first OUT by a step Had Appling been a left-handed hitter He might have had a hit Instead, credit Luke Appling with a sacrifice One down for AL Pre WWII Babe Ruth is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for AL Pre WWII The "Sultan of Swat" is coming to the plate Ruth scuffs up the lines around the box Babe waits... He steps out as Mighty takes too long Now he's back in the box The southpaw Mighty's delivery on the 2-1 pitch Swung on... Broken bat ground ball to second Bare-handed pickup by Blade Underhand to first... Just in time to get Ruth One more chance for AL Pre WWII this inning A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Al Simmons Simmons steps out of the box... Looks towards Harlond Clift for a sign Mighty is slow to get ready He has a 3.23 ERA this year Now he's ready The southpaw's 3-2 delivery Did he check his swing? YES! It's a walk Larrupin' Lou is up next 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd Mighty has the sign from Hays A check on the runners... the pitch Gehrig gets a good cut at it... He lifts it high and deep toward right Pflaggstettler is heading back... At the fence And he makes the catch for the out! Mighty breathes a sigh of relief And that retires the side FOFC will send Potpie, Deacon Palmer, and Gerald Gazelle to face Lefty Gomez this inning Potpie is batting .284 with 22 round trippers in 1900 Potpie waits Here's the southpaw's delivery Sinking fastball... Potpie goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Appling... He scoops it up, over to first... And Potpie is out by a step AL Pre WWII gets the first out of the inning Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Palmer Gomez wastes no time He has the sign from Ferrell Gomez fires It's a Texas Leaguer to left Here comes Simmons... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Palmer is on with a bloop single to left Gazelle finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Gazelle wiggles the bat above his head The bat is cocked Here's his delivery Gazelle drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser plays it safe and stops him at third... Double for Gazelle Now here's Hays Hays has hit 10 home runs this year Left-hander Lefty Gomez prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Hays Here's the 3-0 pitch Hays works the walk... Passes the baton to A. J. Tucker who will see if he can get Palmer in from third Tucker leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Tucker goes through his routine of settling in Gomez adjusts his cap... Now he's set Gomez checks the runners Tucker drives the ball to center for extra bases Gazelle and Palmer will score Dick Howser plays it safe and stops him at third... Double for Tucker Mighty is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Gomez likes the sign Here's the 3-2 offering Curveball, Mighty lets it go by The umpire signals STRIKE THREE! Mighty looks imploringly at him No words, but a very long look Now he walks slowly back to the dugout That's the second out of the inning Ferrell heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Blade. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are issuing a free pass to Blade Here's the 3-0 pitch Ball four, Blade takes his base Nights is up now for FOFC We'll see how they pitch to Nights Nights waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The lefty Gomez delivers It's swung on and lifted weakly to short An easy pop-up for Appling He accepts it as manna from heaven That's it for FOFC Nights fails to come through this time Nights chokes in the clutch! That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Turn of Century slipping by Japanese League 2 to 0 Caribbean is on top of Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 Negro League I is beating Negro League II 4 to 0 Left Outs is beating Late 20th 4 to 0 Carlton comfortably ahead for Left Outs AL Post WWII is edging NL Pre WWII 2 to 1 NL Post WWII and Old Timers have yet to score Marichal battling Clarkson And right here in AL Pre WWII FOFC ahead 2 to 0 Dimaggio is coming to the plate He stops to towel off his face It's very humid today... He's looking to get something going Dimaggio digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mighty All set, Dimaggio is ready for the pitch The windup, the pitch Long drive Way back... back It's heading towards the fence Gerald Gazelle has a chance He grabs it on the run! That's the first out of the inning Two more to go That will bring up Tony Lazzeri Lazzeri takes a couple of practice cuts Hays flashes the sign Mighty has it He delivers WHIFFFFF! Settling in at the plate is Ferrell Ferrell swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Mighty He's ready for the delivery Mighty brings it to the plate Ferrell 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 Ferrell looked bad on that pitch Mighty shuts down AL Pre WWII here in the bottom of the 2nd So FOFC still with the lead as we go to a commercial break AL Pre WWII's defensive changes are... Sewell will bat 7th and play 3B The big guys are due up for FOFC Pflaggstettler will lead it off He will be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie and Deacon Palmer Pflaggstettler steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Persimmon is 0 for 1 today Gomez eyes Pflaggstettler intently Here's the 2 strike offering Sinking fastball... Pflaggstettler swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Sewell... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One up, one down for FOFC Walking up now to the plate is Potpie Potpie has a .286 average against lefthanders He is .283 overall Jeeberoni steadies his bat And waits patiently for Gomez's pitch Gomez rocks and fires Jeeberoni raps a high bouncer toward third Sewell snatches it on the third hop Overhands one to first Easy out That's two away Walking up to the plate now is Palmer Gerald Gazelle waits on deck Palmer has hit 4 home runs this year Gomez ready quickly, looks in for the sign Lefty winds Kicks... and delivers Liner drilled to short Appling grabs it for the out Score It: 6 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 2 and a half innings FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While AL Pre WWII has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 3 stranded AL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 2 Lefty Gomez, Charlie Gehringer, and Luke Appling are due up The outfield's shaded towards right With Gomez at the plate Lefty is eagerly awaiting Mighty's pitch The pitch is on the way Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! One down for AL Pre WWII Charlie Gehringer is still in the on-deck circle and Luke Appling is looking for a bat in the dugout Now batting will be Charlie Gehringer The second baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC leads AL Pre WWII by 2 runs Gehringer grips the bat handle Gehringer is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Here's the windup and the 2-1 delivery 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 While Babe Ruth heads for the on deck circle Luke Appling makes his way to the plate Al peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Mighty goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Gehringer He lobs one to Potpie... Gehringer is back easily We're ready again Now Mighty comes home Base hit to left for Appling Harlond Clift puts up the stop sign... Gehringer will stay at second Walking slowly up for AL Pre WWII is Ruth The outfield is playing him deep And shaded to the right They are showing respect for his power Ruth has a .375 average against lefties He cocks the bat as he peers out at Mighty The runners step away from their bases The pitch to Ruth... Ruth takes inside, for a ball... Ruth will trot down to first... He walks to load the bases Gehringer and Appling move up Al Simmons is up next for AL Pre WWII Al Simmons steps into the box Simmons has hit 16 home runs this year The bases are full Time to throw it over the plate Mighty needs to let his defense earn their keep Mighty has shut out AL Pre WWII tonight But he's run into hot water here by loading the bases Mighty brings it to the plate The ball hits the edge of the plate It bounces crazily over the head of Hays Gehringer will score Wild pitch by Al Mighty Al Simmons steps into the box Simmons looks down toward the third base coach, Harlond Clift Al stands with bat ready Al rocks and fires Simmons rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Simmons is around first, heading for two... Gazelle is up with it and fires it in quickly Al pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the AL Pre WWII left fielder Al also ups his hitting streak to 11 games! That is Simmons' 1st hit today Appling scores from third! Ruth scores from second! It will be Gehrig to face Mighty Gehrig is 0 for 1 today Mighty gets the sign, it's one he likes Mighty brings it to the plate Groundball to short Simmons will hold at second base Gehrig is retired on the groundout The "Yankee Clipper" is making his way to the plate Dimaggio is batting .240 with 5 HR's this year Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The southpaw delivers the 0-2 pitch Base hit to center for Dimaggio Harlond Clift is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score The Pre-Americans will send Joe Sewell up to the plate Sewell can't seem to get settled at the plate Fozborg has the sign from Hays Righthander Fozborg's delivery Sewell swings a bit late on the heater... He still pops it pretty good towards left Unfortunately for Joe, Gazelle is standing right there Easy out AL Pre WWII gets 4 in the bottom of the 3rd 4 runs, 4 hits, no errors and one man left on base After 3 innings, AL Pre WWII leads by 2 Gazelle is coming to the plate He stops to towel off his face It's very humid today Looking to get something going Gazelle is 1 for 1 today Ferrell flashes the sign... Gomez shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy He brings it home It's grounded past the mound Gehringer races to his right Appling to his left Appling scoops it up Throws on one bounce to Gehrig... Gerald beats it out! Harry Hays, the catcher, strides to the plate Hays checks for the sign Hays, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Gomez The lefthander delivers Hays hits a three hopper towards Luke Appling Appling scoops it and fires it to second... Out The throw to first... Out at first, it's a double play Two down Tucker pounds the plate Now he stares out at Gomez Watching Gomez, Tucker wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Gomez adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Ferrell The southpaw Gomez's delivery Tucker chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Gomez Appling snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! That ends the inning After 3 and a half innings, AL Pre WWII leads by 2 The Pre-Americans will send Ferrell, Lefty Gomez, and Charlie Gehringer up to the plate this inning AL Pre WWII on top 4 to 2 Fozborg studies his sign Fozborg's righthanded delivery... Ferrell starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Fozborg walks him Lefty Gomez squares to bunt And lays it down right to Dan Fouts Fouts looks at second But passes up a possible force play He fires to first to retire Gomez But Ferrell moves up And there's one away That'll bring up Pre-Americans' second baseman Charlie Gehringer... Pre-Americans with a runner in scoring position at second We're in the bottom of the 4th Fozborg rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign The pitch on the way, here it is... Swung on and chopped toward second Blade races in He bare hands it! Underhands one to first... One hopper! GOT HIM! What a nice play by Potpie A backhand pickup by the FOFC firstsacker! Ferrell over to third easily Wally Pipp is arguing that he took his foot off the bag but the play is going to stand That's the second out of the inning That'll bring up Luke Appling Babe Ruth will follow if Appling gets aboard Hays is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Fozborg's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Appling steps into the box Sirr is ready Fozborg brings it home Grounded down the line Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 That retires the side... Appling fails to come through in the clutch For AL Pre WWII, No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base FOFC will send Fouts, Barrett Blade, and Jeff Nights to face Lefty Gomez this inning Fouts is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in And Lefty studies the sign from Ferrell... Now he's got it Gehringer comes in a couple steps Yells something to Gomez The delivery Fouts raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Sewell just got his glove up in time Great reflexes So one up and one gone And it brings up Barrett Blade On deck is Jeff Nights Persimmon Pflaggstettler in the hole Gomez is on the third-base side of the rubber... Gomez kicks and fires Blade tries to hold up Ferrell points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Turn of Century and Japanese League are all knotted at 4 Burkett has hit his 6th homerun for Turn of Century Dead Ball Era and Caribbean are tied at 2 Negro League I besting Negro League II 5 to 0 Left Outs is destroying Late 20th 9 to 0 McCovey has hit his 18th homerun for Left Outs AL Post WWII leads NL Pre WWII 3 to 2 Newhouser and Hubbell currently dueling NL Post WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0 Marichal battling Clarkson And in our contest AL Pre WWII leads 4 to 2 Nights coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Nights gets set He's 0 for 2 so far Nights gets set for the pitch The lefthander Gomez comes home with it The pitch is just inside and Nights holds up Ferrell points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Jeff trots down to first... ball four Pflaggstettler, FOFC's right fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Persimmon is batting .310 with 15 home runs on the season He is 0 for 2 today Pflaggstettler readies himself for the pitch Nights takes a walking lead The southpaw Gomez delivers the 2 strike pitch Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Pflaggstettler looks at strike three That's it for FOFC Here at Glory Stadium, After 4 and a half innings, AL Pre WWII has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors FOFC has left 4 on base AL Pre WWII has stranded 4 Ruth is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Ruth digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Fozborg He's ready The pitch is on the way It's popped down the third base line Drifting... Foul . . . Ruth back in the box And here comes the next pitch There's a ground ball between first and second OH, Potpie snags it in short right field He throws it to the pitcher covering the bag OUT is the call What a play by Potpie One out The Pre-Americans have a 2 run lead AL Pre WWII left fielder, Al Simmons, is up next Against righthanders Simmons is hitting .330 Simmons awaits the delivery Now Sirr delivers Long fly to center Tucker has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Simmons is retired on a fairly deep fly Two up, two down here in the bottom of the 5th Up now for AL Pre WWII is Gehrig Two away, nobody on Lou is hitting at .325 on the year He has 111 hits in 342 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Gehrig grounded out his last time up Set now is Gehrig Fozborg's into his windup... the pitch Ball four is the call Fozborg can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Fozborg Gehrig takes first base Coming up is the San Francisco native, Joe D Joe has a wide stance, short stride and a classic swing Dimaggio swinging from the right side facing the righty Fozborg Dimaggio readies himself for the pitch The righthander delivers Grounded towards the bag Fouts grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 5-3 The side is retired No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz |
7/7 - Radio Broadcast continued
Potpie comes to the plate leading off Gomez shakes off two signs Now he's ready With a 1-0 count, the pitch Grounded towards first Gehrig grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG SAFE! Next up is Sirr Fozborg, the FOFC pitcher On-deck is Gerald Gazelle... He'll be followed by Harry Hays Lefty Gomez on the mound for the Pre-Americans... Gomez has gone the distance so far He's given up 5 hits and 2 runs Way ahead in the count Gomez turns the 0-2 pitch loose Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three One gone for FOFC So with 1 on and 1 out the All Stars send their left fielder, Gerald Gazelle, up to face Gomez Good-hitting Harry Hays is waiting in the on-deck circle AL Pre WWII is set up for two Gomez squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE! And Gazelle is punched out 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... Hays gets set at the plate Hays is 0 for 1 today Gomez is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Gomez gets the sign from Ferrell Gomez goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Potpie He lobs one to Gehrig... Potpie is back easily... We're ready again Now Gomez comes home Changeup... Ties Hays up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! After 5 and a half innings tonight, the Pre-Americans lead by 2 Bottom of the lineup coming up for AL Pre WWII Joe Sewell will step in to face Fozborg to start the bottom of the 6th Rick Ferrell is heading for the on-deck circle Joe is batting .257 in 253 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Rick Ferrell Sewell is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Fozborg He's waiting for the pitch And the righthander starts to work on Sewell Here comes the pitch It's dinked out front Hays is on it...throws to first... Nice play AL Pre WWII with one away Fozborg steps off the mound as he waits for Rick Ferrell to come to the plate Nobody on base, one away Ferrell steps into the batter's box Ferrell digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Fozborg Ferrell cocks his bat Here's the righthander's delivery Ferrell 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 Ferrell is on with a line single to right Beautifully placed bunt toward Fouts He races in... Scoops it up, bare-handed... Only play is at first OUT! Ferrell advances easily Nice job bunting, as usual, by Gomez Credit him with a 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 Fozborg Gehringer digs in at the plate Ready now for Fozborg to come set Sirr Fozborg looks in at Hays for the sign They have been in synch most of the night Fozborg has pitched 3 innings since coming on in the 4th Now we're set to go Now Sirr delivers Grounded towards the sack Potpie flips to Fozborg covering Score It: 3-1 That's all for the Pre-Americans After 6 innings in AL Pre WWII this evening, AL Pre WWII on top 4 to 2 Here's Tucker to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Turn of Century leads Japanese League 5 to 4 Burkett has hit his 6th homerun for Turn of Century Caribbean is on top of Dead Ball Era 5 to 3 Tiant Sr. battling Johnson Negro League I slipping by Negro League II 5 to 3 Left Outs jumping all over Late 20th 9 to 0 NL Pre WWII slipping by AL Post WWII 5 to 3 NL Post WWII is pounding Old Timers 7 to 0 Morgan has hit his 16th homerun for NL Post WWII Tucker is one of the best hitters around Gomez steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he slides his foot back into position He's ready Gomez winds his left arm Lets it go Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Gomez punches him out! One up, one down Up next for the visiting All Stars Dan Fouts, their third baseman Time is called... Fouts has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again He's ready The southpaw delivers The pitch is just inside and Fouts holds up Ferrell points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! And there's two away Nobody on, two away Blade steps in for FOFC Blade swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Gomez After getting set, Blade waits on the pitch Lefty rocks and fires Blade is down That was way inside No call yet... Now the umpire motions Barrett to first Jeff Nights is coming to the plate AL Pre WWII leads by 2 We're in the top of the 7th The outfield shades towards left for Nights Nights awaits the delivery The lefthander Gomez comes home with it Smashed to third Sewell grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 6 and a half innings AL Pre WWII has 4 runs, 6 hits and no errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 6 stranded AL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 6 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Here's Luke Appling Leading off the inning for AL Pre WWII It's a beautiful, clear night sky One couldn't ask for a better night for baseball Appling is 1 for 2 today Fozborg has the sign he wants And the delivery by Fozborg Appling sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Fozborg Easy out One down for AL Pre WWII Babe Ruth is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for AL Pre WWII Coming up for AL Pre WWII is Babe Ruth Nobody on base, one out Ruth is batting .343 with 34 homers this year Hays flashes the sign to Fozborg The righthander delivers Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Ruth hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle The Pre-Americans' left fielder is up next AL Pre WWII has 1 on board with 1 out The outfield's shaded towards left for Simmons He's 1 for 2 today Simmons is poised and ready for the pitch Fozborg kicks and fires Simmons just gets a piece of it He 'drizzles' it to second Blade races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... Two down Next up for the Pre-Americans is Lou Gehrig Lou comes to the plate batting .325 with 23 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Gehrig waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Now the delivery, here is is... Curve, at the belt... Gehrig times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Persimmon Pflaggstettler retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Dimaggio is up now for AL Pre WWII Fozborg has the sign from Hays Fozborg brings it to the plate Dimaggio cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Dimaggio was badly fooled by Fozborg's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Joe was a little overanxious That is the third out for AL Pre WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45704 FOFC has the heart of their lineup coming up Persimmon Pflaggstettler, their right fielder is up first Jeeberoni Potpie and Sirr Fozborg to follow top of the 8th, AL Pre WWII on top 6 to 2 Now is the time for FOFC to make their move... Gomez looks down at Ferrell for the sign Now he's ready... Here's his delivery Pflaggstettler 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! . . . Pflaggstettler back in the box And here comes the next pitch STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Lefty Gomez here this evening That's one away Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman, strides to the plate Jeeberoni is hitting at .284 on the year He has 83 hits in 292 at bats Today, he is 1 for 3 Potpie singled his last time up Potpie concentrates He holds the bat down on the end Gomez quick pitches him Ground ball to short Appling ranges into the hole He backhands it Plants his right foot And fires it to first SAFE! Walking up to the plate now is Ton Gerald Gazelle waits on deck Gomez is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... The southpaw Gomez delivers the 0-2 pitch Hanging curveball... Ton times it, swings... There's a high drive... Crunched deep towards right center... Dimaggio doesn't have a chance Home Run for Ton That was way over the fence Gazelle saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gazelle is 2 for 3 today Gomez is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... The lefty Gomez delivers Slider, down and in Gazelle swings hard... He hits one into right Ruth starts back...now reverses himself He is coming in at full speed... And has to take it on one hop He was fooled on that ball as Gerald hit it on the handle Gazelle running hard all the way heads for second Here's the throw It's high and wide Gazelle is safe at second Kind of an "excuse me" double Hays gets set at the plate Hays digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Gomez The umpire says let's go Hays is ready The lefthander Gomez delivers A slider by Gomez Hays gets good wood on it... Dimaggio back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two down Ferrell asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Ferrell and Gomez Now batting will be A. J. Tucker A base hit should score Gazelle Gomez looks down at Ferrell for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Here's the 0-1 pitch Tucker hits a three hopper towards Luke Appling Appling scoops it and fires it to first for the out That retires the side The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning After 7 and a half innings, AL Pre WWII on top 6 to 4 Joe Sewell, Rick Ferrell, and Lefty Gomez are due up FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Sewell is 0 for 2 today With 2 strikes he'll shorten his swing Now to the belt, here it is... Sewell swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Kronside strikes out Joe Sewell One gone for AL Pre WWII One away, nobody on... bottom of the 8th The first base coach exhorting Ferrell to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Ferrell is batting .221 with no HR's this year Kronside is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Kronside looks in... Now he's ready Kronside fires Curve ball... Ferrell swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Two gone for AL Pre WWII AL Pre WWII on top 6 to 4, two outs Gomez is up to see what he can do Gomez can't seem to get settled at the plate Kronside steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The righthander Kronside's delivery Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Gomez is outta there That's it for AL Pre WWII Here at Glory Stadium, After 8 innings, AL Pre WWII has 6 runs, 8 hits and no errors While FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors AL Pre WWII has left 6 on base FOFC has stranded 7 FOFC will send Fouts, Barrett Blade, and Jeff Nights to face Lefty Gomez this inning Fouts has hit 11 home runs this year The slender lefty shakes off the sign Now Lefty brushes off another one... Lefty has a high leg kick and a whip-like arm delivery Gomez brings it to the plate It's juiced to deep center There goes Dimaggio Racing hard... He dives... Just out of his reach! Fouts coasts into second That'll bring up All Stars' second baseman Barrett Blade... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second Barrett is 0 for 2 this summer evening He's batting .267 on the season Blade waiting on the delivery Gomez brings it to the plate Blade rips one on the ground It's a 'bug bruiser' to Appling Luke fields it cleanly Looks Fouts back to second Now fires it over to first... Easy out And there's one away The shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next One out, man on second Lefty looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Now ready, here it is... A hot shot on the ground to Sewell He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Nights is out Fouts stays put That's out number two Miller Huggins moving around Hollers something down at Gomez Lefty nods "UH HUH" Pflaggstettler leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer evening Pflaggstettler adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Persimmon is 0 for 4 this evening Pflaggstettler is set Gomez rocks and fires 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 Miller Huggins will bring in Stan Coveleski here in the top of the 9th Stan will try to close this game out He has appeared in 19 games He has notched a 7.07 ERA in 28 innings His record is 6 and 4 He has 4 saves on the season Lefty Gomez hands Coveleski the ball We'll be set to go in a minute Jeeberoni Potpie is up next FOFC's first baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Potpie taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Potpie readies himself for the pitch Now Stan delivers That one is a grass cutter towards third Sewell fronts it... OOPS! It takes a big hop! Joe 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... Gehrig one hops it into his glove Out! Gehrig can't get out of the way and Jeeberoni 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 And that will do it for FOFC AL Pre WWII wins 6 to 5 Gomez gets credit for the win Coveleski notches the save Mighty takes the loss The hitting star for AL Pre WWII was Lou Gehrig He was 1 for 3 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from AL Pre WWII. |
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[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans 7/7/1900 |
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