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Dynasty Update
I have exported the player stats by team into a text file and I'll be adding that information to this thread soon, so you'll be able to see how well some of the Hall of Famers are doing. However, in real life I'm several games ahead of what I'm posting, so I'll need to get to the point where the team stats match the day on the calendar otherwise the information won't match up. |
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7/8 Radio Broadcast Continued
The AL Pre WWII crowd has been pretty quiet Here is Ruffing to lead off He will try to liven things up for them Watching Hunter, Ruffing wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Hunter tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Hunter brings it to the plate Ruffing swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Hunter strikes out Red Ruffing Charlie Gehringer will make his way to home plate He's the second baseman for AL Pre WWII Gehringer adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Charlie is 0 for 2 this afternoon Hunter looks very poised out there He's got a big lead to work with Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Hunter The delivery Gehringer swings and lines it on the nose to right Gazelle picks it up on one bounce Flips it in to second Gehringer rounds first and holds with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball that he was just "sitting" on Al Simmons steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Gehringer is at first Owen gets the sign from Bullock The righthander Hunter's delivery It's a rainbow shot toward left Ton reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch 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 The Pre-Americans' right fielder is up next AL Pre WWII has 1 on board with 2 outs Gehringer will be running if it's hit Hunter asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber Here's the 1-1 offering Fastball over the plate... Ruth swings... He hits this one very deep... Gerald Gazelle is giving chase... But this one is going, going... GONE! Ruth now has 2 homers on the day! Nice day indeed! He now has 36 roundtrippers on the year That is Babe Ruth's 36th home run of the year. Walking up to the plate now is Gehrig Earl Averill waits on deck Gehrig is 0 for 2 today Hunter has the sign from Bullock The righthander winds and delivers Curve ball... Gehrig swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! That ends the inning After 5 innings, FOFC leads by 5 Ton will come up to lead off the top of the 6th for FOFC Ton's having a great afternoon for himself He is 3 for 3 with 2 doubles and 1 home run good for 3 RBI's Dickey flashes the sign... Ruffing shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy And here is the 1-2 delivery Fly ball to center Averill is under it He makes the grab One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Turn of Century leads Japanese League 2 to 1 Caribbean is in front of Dead Ball Era 3 to 0 Valenzuela comfortably ahead for Caribbean Negro League I with the lead over Negro League II 6 to 3 Left Outs with the lead over Late 20th 4 to 1 Pennock comfortably ahead for Left Outs NL Pre WWII slipping by AL Post WWII 2 to 0 Alexander battling Feller NL Post WWII leads Old Timers 2 to 1 And in our contest FOFC on top 11 to 6 Ruffing glares in at Gazelle Gerald Gazelle just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Gazelle is at .279 on the season Red is ready Here's the 1-0 pitch A hot shot on the ground to Sewell He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Gazelle is out Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 5 Deacon Palmer will step in to face Ruffing next If he gets on, Billy Bullock will follow Palmer adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Deacon is 1 for 2 this afternoon Ruffing is on the first-base side of the rubber... The pitch to Palmer... It's a routine fly into left Simmons ranges over and reaches up This should wrap-up the inning... It's in the bank That's it for FOFC Here at Glory Stadium, After 5 and a half innings, FOFC has 11 runs, 11 hits and no errors While AL Pre WWII has 6 runs, 6 hits and no errors FOFC has left 4 on base AL Pre WWII has stranded 1 The AL Pre WWII crowd has been pretty quiet Here is Averill to lead off He will try to liven things up for them Averill is 0 for 2 today Hunter shakes off two signs Now he's ready He brings it home Good slider, inside part of the plate Averill gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One up, one down AL Pre WWII catcher, Bill Dickey, is up next Bill is batting .328 in 296 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Joe Cronin Bill is ready for the delivery Hunter brings it to the plate 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 Pre-Americans Nobody on, two away Cronin steps in for AL Pre WWII Cronin digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Hunter Cronin waits for the pitch Here's his delivery Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Hunter punches him out! That's all for the Pre-Americans After 6 innings in AL Pre WWII this afternoon, FOFC ahead 11 to 6 Bottom of the order for FOFC coming to bat The catcher, Billy Bullock will lead off Bullock is 1 for 3 today Ruffing wastes no time He has the sign from Dickey Ruffing's 3-1 pitch... Sinking fastball... Bullock swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Sewell... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step So one up and one gone While Owen Hunter heads for the on deck circle Jeff Nights makes his way to the plate Nights has a .282 average against righthanders this season Ruffing adjusts his cap... Now he's set Red rocks and fires At the knees, looks like a sinker... Swung on and topped toward third... Sewell charging... Has to backhand it... He zips a throw to Gehrig... NOT IN TIME!! Score it an infield single for Nights David Gonzalez is up next for FOFC One out, top of the 7th FOFC leads 11 to 6 Barrett Blade is on deck Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the Pre-Americans ballboy Gonzalez waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled It's coming down the pike Gonzalez gets jammed He still gets a good piece of it It's sliced down the leftfield line Drifting foul... Simmons races into the corner... Jumps... It's over the fence! Home run for Gonzalez, number 3 That was a cut fastball that kept running in Blade finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Stepping in and then stepping out again Blade looks to third for a sign Ruffing is sweating profusely on this hot afternoon He's working much more slowly now Now Red delivers There's a fly ball to Earl Averill Averill circles under it... He makes the play AL Pre WWII gets the second out of the inning Tucker leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer day We'll see how they pitch to Tucker The umpire says let's go Tucker is ready Here comes the 3-1 "cripple pitch" Over the outside corner Tucker hits the curve right to second... Gehringer takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Tucker is out by a couple of steps That's three outs, side retired It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Leading off for the Pre-Americans is the third baseman Sewell He'll be followed by Red Ruffing And then Charlie Gehringer Knowles looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Knowles brings it home Swung on and popped up Blade is waiting... And that's an easy out One up, one down for AL Pre WWII Luke Appling is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Red Ruffing Now batting for AL Pre WWII is Appling Charlie Gehringer is on deck, Al Simmons' in the hole They need a bunch of runs and soon! FOFC leads 13 to 6 Appling has a .308 average against lefthanders He is .250 overall Luke is set for the pitch The lefty Knowles delivers Appling drives one to left This one has a chance for extra bases... Gazelle got a great jump... He is closing quickly... OUT! Very nice play by Gerald Gazelle Two down There are some long faces over in the Pre-Americans' dugout at the moment Now here's Gehringer Charlie is 1 for 3 this summer afternoon He singled in his last plate appearance Gehringer is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Knowles He's waiting for the pitch The pitch is on the way A jug-handled curve Gehringer goes out and gets it It's a liner to right Pflaggstettler will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Charlie Gehringer Pre-Americans' left fielder Simmons is up next Simmons is batting .329 with 16 round trippers in 1900 Al steadies his bat And waits patiently for Knowles' pitch The southpaw Knowles delivers the 1-2 pitch It is a high hard one... Simmons goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Simmons couldn't hold back That does it for AL Pre WWII here in the bottom of the 7th No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base They are running out of time Ted Lyons will be coming on to pitch for AL Pre WWII Ted has appeared in 25 games this season He has a record of 11-1 in 127 innings His ERA stands at 3.98 Heavy hitters due up for FOFC Potpie will lead it off He will be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler and Gerald Gazelle Potpie is 0 for 2 today He is currently batting .284 Simmons, Averill and Ruth are playing him deep Potpie awaits the pitch And the delivery by Lyons Potpie cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Dickey Potpie was badly fooled by Lyons' big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Jeeberoni was a little overanxious With one down Gehrig yells something out to Lyons Ted nods his head Pflaggstettler, the right fielder, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 13 to 6 Lyons steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Lyons winds and delivers Sinking fastball... Pflaggstettler goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Cronin... He scoops it up, over to first... And Pflaggstettler is out by a step That's the second out of the inning Gazelle saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Gazelle is at .276 on the season Ted Lyons 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 Change-up, Gazelle is looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Simmons racing back... At the warning track... Waits... Leaps... Off the fence! Simmons chases it down Firing a strong throw back in They'll never get Gazelle The slide... In there! It's a double for Gerald Gazelle Deacon Palmer will get a crack at Lyons next Billy Bullock would be up next... But only if Palmer can reach safely A base hit should score Gazelle Lyons tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Now Ted delivers Palmer rips a line drive to left-center Simmons is off at the crack of the bat So too is Averill... It is right in between them The ball is sinking fast... HOLY SMOKES!!! Both Averill and Simmons dive! Man-oh-man!!! There is a collision! Both players are sprawled out on the ground! Cronin is out there seeing if they are all right... Averill goes to one knee... What's this??? He flipped the ball to Cronin! Earl caught the ball! No, the umpire says he trapped it Gazelle continues around to score Cronin gets the ball back in, but Palmer slides safely into second with a two-bagger But man!! What a play A real LALLAPALOOZA!!! Fortunately, it looks like both Averill and Simmons are going to be ok That was one impressive sight! They sure gave it their best shot! At the plate is Bullock Late in the game FOFC up by 8 Bullock is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a respectable .263 for FOFC Bullock readies himself for the pitch Way ahead in the count Lyons turns the 0-2 pitch loose The Whiff on the "high cheese"! That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 7 and a half innings FOFC has 14 runs, 15 hits and no errors While AL Pre WWII has 6 runs, 7 hits and no errors FOFC has left 5 stranded AL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 2 Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Earl Averill are the scheduled hitters It's the bottom of the 8th... All Stars lead the Pre-Americans, 14-6 Babe Ruth will step in to face Knowles He is 2 for 3 on the afternoon with 2 home runs! That impressive display of power has been good for 4 RBI's Knowles looks down at Bullock He shakes him off once... Again... Bo has got to be a little concerned with Ruth up there as the AL Pre WWII right fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this afternoon Bo winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... Long fly to center Tucker has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Ruth is retired on a fairly deep fly With one down, up next is Lou Gehrig To be followed by Earl Averill That'll bring up Lou Gehrig Things haven't gone well for AL Pre WWII They trail FOFC by 8 runs FOFC ahead 14 to 6 Gehrig looks down toward the third base coach He's ready Knowles brings it to the plate Off speed pitch on the way... And Gehrig watches it go by for the third strike Gehrig stood there like a bump on a log 2 strike outs for Gehrig today Two gone for AL Pre WWII Now at the plate will be Averill center fielder for AL Pre WWII today Averill has hit 10 home runs this year Knowles squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander Averill hits a screamer at Bo Knowles Knowles picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Averill is out! Nice play by Potpie The Pre-Americans are retired It's 14-6 as we come to the 9th Nights is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Nights is 1 for 4 today For the season, Jeff has 9 homers 22 doubles, and 1 triple He has scored 54 runs while driving in 43 The right-hander Lyons is set to deliver to Nights Here's the righthander's delivery Nights hits a fly ball to right Babe Ruth camps under it He's got it One down for FOFC Bo Knowles is still in the on-deck circle and Barrett Blade is looking for a bat in the dugout Terp gets set at the plate Terp scuffs up the lines around the box Terp is poised and ready for the pitch Here's the windup... and the pitch It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Gehringer is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! FOFC ahead 14 to 6 with two away Let's check some other scores as well These scores are final... Turn of Century spanked Japanese League 7 to 2 Caribbean cuffed Dead Ball Era 3 to 0 Negro League I squeezed by Negro League II 6 to 4 Left Outs edged out Late 20th 7 to 6 Goslin has hit his 18th homerun for Left Outs NL Pre WWII edged out AL Post WWII 3 to 2 Alexander the winner, he's now 11-6 Feller takes the loss, his record drops to 8-13 Old Timers nipped NL Post WWII 3 to 2 Keefe the winner, he's now 6-11 Bunning takes the loss, his record drops to 3-11 Blade coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Barrett steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Blade is 1 for 5 today He flied out last time up Lyons picks up a hot dog wrapper from the infield Now he looks down for the sign The sun comes out from behind the clouds It's been playing peek-a-boo all day The righthander delivers Blade sends a routine ground ball to first Gehrig takes it on one hop Flips it to Lyons Easy out That's three outs, side retired Dickey will come up to lead off the bottom of the 9th AL Pre WWII's fans are looking for some runs from their team Dickey has hit 15 home runs this year Most pitchers love to pitch on days like today Knowles is no exception He is ready to go Knowles brings it to the plate Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Dickey hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Nobody out, Dickey at first Now up is Cronin Knowles likes the sign Knowles checks Dickey on first Now the 2 strike pitch It is a high hard one... Cronin goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Cronin couldn't hold back One out Due up next is Joe Sewell So that brings up Joe Sewell the AL Pre WWII third baseman Joe Sewell is hitting .257 this year against righthanded pitchers Bullock flashes the sign to Knowles Knowles' into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Dickey dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Knowles Now here's the pitch Swung on and missed... Sewell is down on strikes Only one more chance for AL Pre WWII FOFC leads 14 to 6 We are going to have a pinch hitter Earle Combs will bat for Ted Lyons It will be the lefthand hitting, Combs against the righty Knowles Combs is hitting righties for a .462 average Combs up The Pre-Americans have Dickey on first Combs is batting .462 with no HR's this year Knowles steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Knowles will try to get Combs to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Combs drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play And that will do it for AL Pre WWII FOFC wins 14 to 6 Hunter gets credit for the win Grove takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was K. A. Ton He was 3 for 4 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from AL Pre WWII. |
Babson's on a cold streak. Needs to offer some rum to Jobu or something.
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7/8 Boxscore
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[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans 7/8/1900 |
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Since I accidentally posted 7/9, I'm going to go ahead and post it tonight...
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7/9 Radio Broadcast - Game 93
Welcome everyone to Booze Field The players are on the field and we're almost ready to go As Jeff Nights prepares to face Rixey let's check out the NL Pre WWII defense At first base is Mize Traynor is down at the hot corner Hornsby and Frisch are at second and short, respectively From left to right... Klein, Waner and Ott and now Hartnett is just settling in behind the plate Rixey rocks and fires It's hit high and deep This one is deep! BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK, GONE!!! Jeff Nights gets things going with a lead-off homerun off Rixey! That is Jeff Nights' 10th home run of the year. Now here's Tucker We're in the top of the 1st Rixey is on the third-base side of the rubber... Rixey winds his left arm Lets it go Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Tucker was frozen on that fastball by Rixey High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch One down for FOFC Persimmon Pflaggstettler is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC And the batter is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Jeeberoni Potpie is on-deck Pflaggstettler has hit 5 triples this year Persimmon steadies his bat Waits patiently for Rixey's pitch Now the delivery, here is is... Pflaggstettler swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Rixey strikes out Persimmon Pflaggstettler That's out number two Leo Durochure moving around Hollers something down at Rixey Eppa nods "UH HUH" Potpie finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Potpie digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Rixey Potpie waits for the pitch Rixey brings it to the plate Changeup down low... Potpie makes contact and hits one out to center Paul Waner is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Rixey After one-half inning It's FOFC 1, Pre-Nationals coming to bat As we go to the bottom of the first let's set the defensive alignment for FOFC Babson and Hays are the battery mates Potpie will man first base Palmer is at the hot corner Nights and Blade form the keystone combination From left to right it is Gazelle, Tucker and Pflaggstettler Now Frankie Frisch steps in Frisch, a switch-hitter, swinging from the left side against the right-handed Brian Babson Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Babson brings it to the plate Bouncer in the hole and past Jeeberoni Potpie... Base hit into right field! That one had eyes on it Good piece of hitting by Frisch Making his way up is Waner He looks to third first Now he steps in The corners are playing in Waner is hitting .336 against righthanders Waner waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's his delivery Base hit to right for Waner Third base coach Casey Stingle thinks he can make it... Here comes Frisch... The throw is cut off... That holds Waner at first Rogers Hornsby will face Babson Righty against righty Hornsby digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Babson Hornsby cocks his bat Babson brings it home The Whiff! Swung on the HIGH CHEESE! Walking up to the plate now is Klein Johnny Mize waits on deck Chuck, a lefty batter, will square off against Babson Of his 9 home runs, 7 are against righties Klein waits on Babson The pitch is on the way Fastball... just outside Klein will take first on the walk That will load 'em up for Johnny Mize And it brings up Johnny Mize On deck is Mel Ott Gabby Hartnett in the hole We'll see how they pitch to Mize As we wait for the pitch let's go over the numbers on Babson In 19 previous outings the FOFC righthander has compiled a fine 3.30 ERA He has struck out 115 in 125 innings while walking 29 This has resulted in a 7-8 record Babson fires Lined to second Blade makes a great catch! Score It: 4 That brings up Mel Ott, the right fielder Ott is batting .293 with 26 homers this year Mel seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now He brings it home Belted right back at Blade who snares it backhanded Ott's gone, and so are the Pre-Nationals... No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 3 men left on base... They leave the bases loaded After 1 inning, FOFC leads 1 to 0 As we get ready to start the top of the 2nd Gazelle is talking to Hartnett Rixey steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Here's the southpaw's delivery Fastball, just inside to Gazelle So Gazelle walks A rare walk by Rixey in 1900 He has only given up 34 free passes in 138 innnings Not bad at all! One on, no outs Coming up for FOFC is Palmer Palmer is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in All set, Palmer is ready for the pitch Rixey goes into his stretch... Looks over at Gazelle Fires to Mize... Gazelle is back easily... We're ready again Now Rixey comes home Rixey's fastball is ripped toward first Mize can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Gazelle was off and running with the crack of the bat He is on his way to third... They'll have a chance to get him... Here's the throw... SAFE! A nice shot by Palmer and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Harry Hays Hays now at the plate Barrett Blade waits on deck Hitching up his pants... Hays gazes out to the mound Hays, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Rixey The southpaw Rixey delivers the 3-1 pitch He chases the hook... Hays hits a deep fly ball... Klein moving under the ball... He makes the catch... And uncorks the throw... SAFE!... As the ball trickles away from Hartnett He was unable to handle the throw NL Pre WWII gets the first out of the inning Blade leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Blade has managed a .327 average against lefthanders this year Barrett steadies his bat And waits patiently for Rixey's pitch Rixey's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Palmer dives back in!... SAFE!... Mize tosses it back to Rixey Now here's the pitch Here's the change up... Waiting on it... Blade drives one over Klein's head... Klein backing up quickly... He's got his legs twisted... But he rights himself in time Klein recovers and makes the grab And there's two away Babson is up now for FOFC Palmer will be running if it's hit Rixey is ready quickly The pitch is on the way Babson sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Klein Klein gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium left That's it for FOFC Here at Booze Field, After 1 and a half innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base NL Pre WWII has stranded 3 Here is Gabby Hartnett to start it off for NL Pre WWII Hartnett wiggles the bat above his head Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Babson brings it to the plate Hartnett goes after Babson's fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Tucker is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... It's out of here! Gabby just hit home run number 11 of this 1900 season Traynor settles in at the plate Traynor grips the bat handle Traynor awaits the pitch Babson rocks and fires Hit in the air to left It's on its way... Gerald Gazelle turns and races back to the fence He measures it carefully... Jumps and... It's gone! Just over the fence Back-to-back home runs for NL Pre WWII The score is tied at 2 Eppa Rixey, the pitcher, strides to the plate Babson gets the sign from Hays He is 12th in the league in strike outs He has 115 on the season Babson kicks and fires Ball four is the call Babson can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Babson Rixey takes first base Frisch squares to lay one down The pitch is high and tight Frisch somehow gets the bunt down Hays picks it up Fires to first in time for the out What a bunt by Frisch! Credit him with a sacrifice Babson has the first out in the bottom of the 2nd Hays trots out to the mound Says a few words to Brian... With the runner on second... Probably making sure of the signs At the plate now for NL Pre WWII is Waner One out, man on second Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Here's the righthander's delivery Slider... Swung on and pounded to right-center... It'll be over Tucker's head!... He's chasing after it... Waner rounds second... Here's the peg in to Palmer at third... Waner slides hard... A bad bounce, but Palmer knocks it down... The ball rolls just a few feet... Waner jumps to his feet, but isn't going anywhere He'll get a triple from the scorer on that hit! Rixey scored easily from second The Pre-Nationals' second baseman is up next NL Pre WWII has 1 on board with 1 out Runner on 3rd, 1 man out Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... The pitch to Hornsby... Hit towards the middle Waner heads for home Nights can't get to it BASE HIT! Waner scores from third! Chuck Klein plants his left foot The lefthanded left fielder for NL Pre WWII appears set Klein is at .349 on the season He is hitting .344 against righties Klein is set The righthander Babson delivers Klein swings and sends a high fly to right It is hugging the line... Pflaggstettler is over at the fence... It's going to be close... It's just foul! Klein just missed on that one . . . Klein back in the box And here comes the next pitch Hit deep to center Tucker races back And he makes the grab over his head! He fires it back in Hornsby is racing back They've got him Double play! Score It: 8-3 That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean and Negro League I are deadlocked at 1 Turn of Century and Negro League II are all knotted at 1 AL Post WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Japanese League and Dead Ball Era are scoreless Kaneda and Chesbro currently dueling NL Post WWII and Left Outs are deadlocked at 1 Late 20th and Old Timers are scoreless Johnson battling Welch And in our matchup NL Pre WWII leads 4 to 2 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 Jeff is 1 for 1 this summer evening He homered in his last plate appearance Rixey tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Now to the belt, here it is... Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Frisch... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One out Due up next is A. J. Tucker Now batting will be A. J. Tucker The center fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out NL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 2 runs Tucker has 12 doubles this year Rixey is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Rixey looks in... Now he's ready Rixey winds and delivers Tucker hits a screamer at Frankie Frisch Frisch takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Mize scoops it on one hop Tucker is out! Nice play by Mize Two up, two down Persimmon Pflaggstettler will step in to face Rixey next If he gets on, Jeeberoni Potpie will follow Pflaggstettler can't seem to get settled at the plate Pflaggstettler is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Rixey He's waiting for the pitch The southpaw delivers Curve ball... Pflaggstettler swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! We head to the bottom of the 3rd here in NL Pre WWII... Still 4-2, NL Pre WWII Johnny Mize stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Mize is waiting on the pitch The count is full And the pay-off pitch... He walked him, ball four The lead-off batter gets on here in the bottom of the 3rd Ott is at home plate Mize, the runner on first He's not much of a threat to steal Mize takes his lead Babson looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Now Brian delivers Changeup... Ties Ott up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! With one down, up next is Gabby Hartnett To be followed by Pie Traynor Settling in at the plate is Hartnett Right-hander Babson eyes the righty Hartnett The righthander delivers Hartnett swings and misses Strike three Hartnett didn't have a good cut at that pitch Two gone for NL Pre WWII Planting his right foot Traynor is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Traynor Traynor has hit 10 home runs this year Hays flashes the sign to Babson Babson checks Mize on first... The 3-2 delivery Traynor hits a slider to the third base side of short Nights going hard to his right... Backhands the groundball... He stops, plants, and throws to second... And gets the forceout on the sliding Mize Putting an end to NL Pre WWII's inning That's all for the Pre-Nationals... After 3 innings here at Booze Field in NL Pre WWII, NL Pre WWII leads 4 to 2 Here's the first baseman Potpie To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle And then Deacon Palmer The outfield shades towards left for Potpie Potpie readies himself for the pitch Hornsby comes in a couple steps Yells something to Rixey The delivery Rixey misses low on that one Potpie draws the walk Number 2 today by Rixey Up next for the visiting All Stars Gerald Gazelle, their left fielder Gazelle is batting .282 with 14 HR's this year Rixey is happy with the sign Here's the 2-1 offering There's a fly ball into straight-away left Klein one hands it... OUT! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean is on top of Negro League I 3 to 1 Mendez battling Rogan Turn of Century and Negro League II are deadlocked at 1 AL Pre WWII and AL Post WWII are deadlocked at 2 Japanese League and Dead Ball Era are scoreless NL Post WWII and Left Outs are all knotted at 1 Late 20th is on top of Old Timers 2 to 0 McGwire has hit his 8th homerun for Late 20th Palmer departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Palmer is at .329 on the season Rixey ready quickly, looks in for the sign Rixey brings it to the plate Base hit to left for Palmer Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Potpie will stay at second One away, Palmer at first, Potpie at second Hays steps into the batter's box Hays is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a fine .338 for FOFC He also has has contributed with 26 runs 2 doubles, 2 triples and 10 home runs Eppa peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Rixey looks over at Palmer Now back at Potpie He's coming home with it Ground ball to short Frisch comes up with it Over to second for one They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 We head to the bottom of the 4th here in NL Pre WWII... Still 4-2, NL Pre WWII Eppa Rixey leads off the inning We're in the bottom of the 4th Brian is ready Righthander Babson's delivery Good slider, inside part of the plate Rixey gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One out The Pre-Nationals have a 2 run lead One out, nobody on base Frankie Frisch is the batter Babson squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Now Brian delivers Long fly to center Tucker has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Frisch is retired on a fairly deep fly That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Paul Waner to get a new bat Let's point out that NL Pre WWII is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Up now for NL Pre WWII is Waner Two away, nobody on Paul is batting .326 with 7 home runs on the season He is 2 for 2 today Waner waits It's coming down the pike Waner starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Babson walks him Slowly coming up is Hornsby for NL Pre WWII He is finally in the batter's box NL Pre WWII ahead 4 to 2 Hornsby is 1 for 2 today Babson adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Babson goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Waner He lobs one to Potpie... Waner is back easily... We're ready again Now Babson comes home Base hit to left for Hornsby Casey Stingle puts up the stop sign... Waner will stay at second Klein walks up to the plate Two men on, two men out Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Klein Checks the runners Here's his delivery A slider by Babson Klein gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That ends the inning for NL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors They have now stranded 5 baserunners |
7/9 Radio Broadcast Continued
Barrett Blade will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Blade is 0 for 1 today Barrett flied out last time around Waiting for the pitch is Blade The lefthander Rixey delivers Blade hits a pop into short left field Traynor sprints out Klein and Waner sprint towards the infield Chuck Klein sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Brian Babson squares, and lays down a beauty of a bunt Eppa Rixey picks it up, he'll have to hurry OUT at first But the sacrifice works to perfection That's one away Nights is up next One gone, top of the 5th A. J. Tucker moves out on deck Jeff takes a couple of practice cuts The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... The lefty Rixey delivers It's a shallow fly by Nights Klein runs in, calls for it He makes the catch with a snap of his glove Nights is out So with 1 on and 2 outs the All Stars send their center fielder, A. J. Tucker, up to face Rixey Good-hitting Persimmon Pflaggstettler is waiting in the on-deck circle Tucker gets set He's 0 for 2 so far After getting set, Tucker waits on the pitch Rixey looks back towards second... The pitch Rixey seems reluctant to pitch to Tucker The pitch comes in very high for ball four Tucker takes first On the unintentional intentional walk Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate Pflaggstettler steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Persimmon is 0 for 2 today The bat is cocked The pitch on the way, here it is... Pops one up to center field Waner pedals over He gloves it Score It: 8 That ends the inning After 4 and a half innings, NL Pre WWII leads by 2 Johnny Mize, Mel Ott, and Gabby Hartnett are due up Babson toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hays It's a full count... Babson winds and fires... Curveball, high in the strike zone... Mize 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 Johnny Mize Mel Ott stands in for NL Pre WWII Ott asks the ump for time Now he's back in Ott cocks the bat Here comes the pitch IT HITS Ott! Ott glares out towards Babson And now he's being restrained by the ump . . . Okay, things have settled down The ump tells Ott to take his base Hartnett, the catcher, moves into the batter's box NL Pre WWII leads 5 to 2 Gabby checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings... Now he steps into the box He's ready The stretch... the delivery Hartnett drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play One out Pie Traynor is due up next Traynor is up next NL Pre WWII has a runner at first and one out Hays flashes the sign... Babson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Brian rocks and fires There's a quail shot in front of Persimmon Pflaggstettler He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out Eppa Rixey moves in to face Babson 1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 5th Stepping out, Rixey looks into the dugout Steps back in Rixey is set for the pitch Brian comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering The Whiff! Babson punches Rixey out! After 5 innings tonight, the Pre-Nationals lead by 3 Here's Potpie to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Caribbean is on top of Negro League I 3 to 1 Mendez battling Rogan Turn of Century and Negro League II are tied at 1 AL Pre WWII and AL Post WWII are deadlocked at 2 Coveleski battling Palmer Japanese League and Dead Ball Era are all knotted at 2 Kaneda and Chesbro currently dueling Left Outs is edging NL Post WWII 5 to 4 Old Timers leads Late 20th 3 to 2 Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National Potpie is 0 for 1 today, with 1 walk Rixey is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Rixey gets the sign from Hartnett Rixey throws the 3-2 pitch Potpie hits a three hopper towards Eppa Rixey Rixey scoops it and fires it to first for the out With one gone FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Nobody on base, one away Gazelle steps into the batter's box Gazelle swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Rixey The umpire says let's go Here's Rixey's windup And the lefthander comes home with it That's hit deep to left field This one is deep! THAT BALL IS OUT OF HERE!!! That is Gerald Gazelle's 15th home run of the year. Palmer, FOFC's third baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Harry Hays waits on deck Deacon steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Palmer singled last time up and now is 2 for 2 Rixey adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hartnett Here's the 1-0 offering It's a high fly into left Klein ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out That's two away Frisch comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Rixey Harry Hays will be next up... Nobody on, two away Hays steps in for FOFC Hays is batting .337 with 10 HR's this year Rixey is slow to get ready He has a 4.36 ERA this year Now he's ready Rixey is into his rocking motion Now his left arm comes around There's a drive to left by Hays Klein picks the ball up on one bounce Fires it to second Hays turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Klein Barrett Blade is up next FOFC's second baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Barrett will be facing the left-handed Rixey from the right side of the plate He has a .265 average overall But Barrett murders southpaws with a .333 average Blade waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch It's a rainbow shot toward right Ott reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That retires the side The All Stars score 1 run in the inning After 5 and a half innings, NL Pre WWII on top 5 to 3 The Pre-Nationals will send Frisch, Paul Waner, and Rogers Hornsby up to the plate this inning Babson likes the sign Babson's righthanded delivery... Frisch 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 Frisch is out! Nice play by Potpie One gone in the bottom of the 6th Up next is Paul Waner He's having a fine year so far Now batting will be Paul Waner Paul is hitting at .326 on the year He has 94 hits in 288 at bats This includes 13 doubles, 9 triples 7 home runs and 35 RBI's Waner waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Babson brings it home Slider, down at the knees... Cut on by Waner... He smashes a hard shot... It's through into left field... Nights made a great effort But the ball was just out of his reach Rogers Hornsby is entering the batter's box Leo Durochure has his big bopper, Chuck Klein, waiting in the on-deck circle The outfield shades towards left for Hornsby Hornsby waits for the pitch And the delivery by Babson Hard slider... Hornsby swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Gazelle is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Rogers Klein is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Rodney adjusts his cap... Now he's set Rodney brings it to the plate Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Klein! That's the second out of the inning "The Big Cat" is coming to the plate Mize is 1 for 2 today, with 1 home run Rodney looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Here's his delivery It's a high fly to deep center Tucker is on his horse It is carrying to the fence A. J. jumps It's off the wall Mize is around second But retreats to the bag as the throw comes in The Pre-Nationals' right fielder is up next NL Pre WWII has 1 on board with 2 outs Ott is hitless today, 0 for 2 Mel was hit by a pitch in his last at bat Ott is poised and ready for the pitch Rodney rocks and fires He hits a tough grounder to second Blade comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 So that's it for NL Pre WWII But the damage was done 2 runs come across the plate NL Pre WWII on top 7 to 3 Bullock will come up to lead off the top of the 7th for FOFC Rixey eyes Bullock intently The lefthander delivers Ground ball to the left side... Traynor scoops it up Over to first for the putout Walking up to the plate now is Nights A. J. Tucker waits on deck Nights is batting .284 with 10 HR's this year Rixey likes the sign The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch Slider, down and away... Nights reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Traynor is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Klein is hustling after it... Nights with the big turn... The throw from Klein goes into second And Nights holds at first Tucker is ready to face Rixey The outfield's shaded towards left for Tucker He's 0 for 2 today Rixey steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Nights dives back in!... SAFE! Mize tosses it back to Rixey Now here's the pitch Tucker is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That's two away Pflaggstettler heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Persimmon steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Pflaggstettler is 0 for 3 today He flied out last time up Pflaggstettler is set Now ready, here it is... 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 That's all for FOFC After 6 and a half innings in NL Pre WWII this evening, NL Pre WWII on top 7 to 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Hartnett saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gabby is hitting at .279 on the year He has 64 hits in 229 at bats Today, he is 1 for 3 Hartnett flied out his last time up Hartnett, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Rodney And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Swung on and topped toward third Palmer comes in Backhands it Over to first Not in time! Infield single by Gabby Next up for NL Pre WWII is Pie Traynor Pie stares down at Casey Stingle for the sign Hartnett leads away from first The umpire says let's go The pitch is on the way Fastball down low... Traynor swings and hits one out to center A. J. Tucker is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Rodney Hartnett trots back to first That's one away Rixey shows bunt It's a beauty! Right down the 3rd base line... Palmer charges... he fires to first He gets the batter, but the runner Hartnett goes to 2nd... A sacrifice for Rixey Two down So that brings up the top of the order Frankie Frisch will step in Frankie Frisch is hitting .290 this year against righthanded pitchers Rodney shakes off two signs Now he's ready And the cripple pitch... He rips a grounder to second Taken by Blade Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 That is the third out for NL Pre WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45747 The All Stars get their turn to bat here in the top of the 8th Jeeberoni Potpie, Gerald Gazelle, and Deacon Palmer the first three FOFC batters They'll be facing the southpaw Eppa Rixey Potpie is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk Eppa Rixey on the mound for the Pre-Nationals... Rixey has gone the distance so far He's given up 7 hits and 3 runs Here's the 2-2 offering Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Potpie swings way over it He was fooled completely Hartnett loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Jeeberoni as he was heading for the dugout One up, one down for FOFC Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Gazelle Gazelle is 1 for 2 today He has 1 walk His potent bat gets him a lot of bases on balls Not too many pitchers relish facing him In fact, I can't think of any, off hand He homered last time at the plate Gazelle waits Way ahead in the count Rixey turns the 0-2 pitch loose Curve in the dirt... and Gazelle holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Hartnett asks the first base ump's opinion He says Gazelle went around Strike three, swinging One more chance for FOFC this inning The third baseman, Deacon Palmer, is up next Palmer is 2 for 3 today, with no walks Hartnett flashes the sign... Rixey shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy It's coming down the pike Fastball, lined to left... Base hit for Palmer... Klein over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Palmer at first Dan Fouts, will be up next Barrett Blade hopes to get a chance as well One on... two away NL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 4 runs Fouts digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Rixey Fouts looks very intent... He stares down at Rixey... Cocks his bat Rixey fires There's a high pop fly to the outfield Chuck Klein moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Klein grabs it with his bare hand for the out That's it for FOFC Here at Booze Field, After 7 and a half innings, NL Pre WWII has 7 runs, 12 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 8 hits and no errors FOFC has left 7 on base NL Pre WWII has stranded 9 Paul Waner, Rogers Hornsby, and Chuck Klein are the first three Pre-Nationals batters due up NL Pre WWII leads, 7-3 We'll see how they pitch to Waner Waner cocks his bat Here's the 3-0 pitch Kronside loses him Waner heads down to first 2 walks today for Waner Rogers Hornsby steps up to the plate Waner, with excellent speed, is at first Hornsby is batting .303 with 10 HR's this year The righthander pitching to Hornsby... A righthanded batter Righties have a .204 average against Jace Kronside's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Waner dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Kronside Now here's the pitch The Pre-Nationals try the hit and run! Hornsby misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Waner is off on the pitch! Bullock is up, firing... Waner slides... SAFE! Waner slides around the tag and gets in there Rogers Hornsby steps into the box And Jace studies the sign from Bullock... Now he's got it The righthander Kronside's delivery Big motion... Hornsby is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Kronside pulled the string on him One down for NL Pre WWII in the bottom of the 8th NL Pre WWII on top 7 to 3 Klein is up now for NL Pre WWII Klein is 0 for 3 today Chuck struck out last time around Kronside looks down at Bullock for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Kronside brings it to the plate Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three Two gone for NL Pre WWII They are issuing a free pass to Mize Here's the 3-0 pitch Ball four, Mize takes his base Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Ott Gabby Hartnett waits on deck The Pre-Nationals leading by 4 Ott adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Mel is 0 for 3 this evening He's in his crouch Ott can really swing that wood The pitch is on the way Off speed pitch on the way... And Ott watches it go by for the third strike That's all for the Pre-Nationals After 8 full innings, they lead by 4 Blade saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Barrett is batting .264 with 2 home runs on the season He is 1 for 3 today The Virginian shakes off the sign Now the 6'5" Rixey shakes off another one NL Pre WWII ahead 7 to 3he book on Eppa is a good not overpowering fastball swift curve and a change up when he's behind in the count The southpaw Rixey's delivery Barrett pops it up And Frisch makes the play One down for FOFC Billy Bullock is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Billy Bullock, the catcher, strides to the plate Bullock is 0 for 1 today, with no walks Rixey has the sign from Hartnett The lefthander Rixey delivers There's a hard bouncer to Traynor's left He's over... Makes the pick-up... Over to Mize... Bullock is out! A sparkling glove hand pick-up by Pie Traynor! That's two down for Rixey FOFC will need to do better than that They are running out of time Nights digs in at the plate Ready now for Rixey to come set Jeff is hitting at .286 on the year He has 99 hits in 346 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter... Jeff has scored 55 runs on the season Jeff is set for the pitch The lefty Rixey delivers Shallow fly ball Ott charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! And that will do it for FOFC NL Pre WWII wins 7 to 3 Rixey gets credit for the win Babson takes the loss The hitting star for NL Pre WWII was Rogers Hornsby He was 3 for 5 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from NL Pre WWII. |
7/9 Boxscore
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[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals 7/9/1900 |
Manager Update
I am walking back towards the clubhouse following the press conference, feeling like time is just flying by. It like the last couple of days were a whirlwind and my thoughts on them seem to be running together. As I look back on our last couple of games, I feel fortunate to have gone .500. We really aren’t playing well right now, but we’ve been able to get away with it for the most part. One thing we’ve got to do is keep the ball in the park. Way too many homeruns allowed recently. Hunter and gave up 3 and Babson gave up 4…wow 4…that is surprising given their stuff. I’m not stupid, and I do understand giving up a couple of homeruns to Ruth isn’t exactly a sin, and Hornsby, Mize, and Harnett are no slouches…however, Traynor isn’t exactly a beast with a bat in his hand, and Joe Sewell, REALLY? He struggles to hit them out in batting practice… Hunter didn’t pitch well in his game, but he got a win thanks to the offense. He really should be taking those guys out for a nice steak dinner. They gave him 5 homeruns to work with and scoring 2 runs in the first, 3 in the second, 2 in the third and 3 in the fourth, does allow you to not worry too much about hitting spots and being perfect with your pitches. Babson pitched poorly too, but honestly what hurt him the most, besides the homeruns was a combination of 2 things. One Hornsby got hot, 3 for 5, a homeru and 3 RBI, but making matters worse was Big Poison seemed to always be on base in front of him, going 3 for 3. I know Babson didn't give all that up, but the combination was still a big problem for us. I really hope Babson gets out of his funk soon, we’re going to need him down the stretch. The NL Post team is really tearing it up right now. I think they have 3 guys who already are around 30 homeruns…and we basically still have a full third of the season to go…the could end up with 3 or 4 guys with 40 homeruns…oh, and their pitching has gotten much better. I hope our fans are strapped in, because this could be a wild ride down the stretch. |
7/10 Radio Broadcast - Game 94
Good evening baseball fans! NL Pre WWII will be hosting FOFC in tonight's game Let me set the NL Pre WWII defense as Barrett Blade steps in The battery is Burleigh Grimes and Hartnett Grimes is a righthand hurler At first will be Mize Hornsby will play second At shortstop is Frisch Traynor is at third In the outfield from left to right Will be Medwick, Cuyler and Ott Now here is FOFC's leadoff hitter their righty hitting second baseman, Barrett Blade And the delivery by Grimes Swung on and popped up Hartnett will handle it He's got it Score It: 2 One gone for FOFC One out, nobody on base A. J. Tucker is the batter Tucker is at .298 on the season He is hitting .291 against righties Burleigh looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's the righthander's windup and delivery Off-speed pitch... Tucker swings at it... Hits a high fly to deep center Cuyler bolting after it... This one might carry all the way Cuyler jumps for it... It bounds off the fence It's a two-bagger for A. J. Tucker Persimmon Pflaggstettler will face Grimes Righty against righty Pflaggstettler is hitting .305 with 15 homeruns Persimmon also has 15 doubles and 5 triples And has driven in a total of 54 runs Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the 3-2 offering A slider by Grimes Pflaggstettler gets good wood on it... Cuyler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! FOFC with one more chance to take the lead One on, two out, score tied FOFC is 5 and 5 in their last ten games FOFC first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie, is up next And Burleigh studies the sign from Hartnett... Now he's got it Hornsby comes in a couple steps Yells something to Grimes The delivery A high fastball... Potpie swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Frisch Frankie is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Potpie was looking for the breaking ball Potpie chokes in the clutch! That ends the inning FOFC threatens but does not score here in the top of the 1st Frisch steps in to start things off for NL Pre WWII Let me set the FOFC defense Williams will be pitching to Bullock 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 Gunner, Tucker and Pflaggstettler Now Frisch is in the batter's box Wonder if Frisch will try to bunt for a hit Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Williams fires 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 One up, one down for NL Pre WWII The third baseman, Pie Traynor will be up next for NL Pre WWII Traynor can't seem to get settled at the plate After getting set, Traynor waits on the pitch Here's his delivery It's juiced to deep center There goes Tucker Racing hard... He dives... Just out of his reach! Traynor coasts into second Hornsby finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Hornsby has hit 10 home runs this year Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock The lefthander Williams delivers A high and inside fastball Ball four! Just under the chin of Rogers Hornsby Rogers gives Williams a steely stare Now he trots down to first Ott leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Ott steps out of the box... Looks towards Casey Stingle for a sign Williams is taking his time out there Mel could write a letter while he's waiting Now Williams' finished fiddling around He is in quite a jam He gets the sign from Bullock Williams will try to get Ott to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Swung on and missed... Ott is down on strikes That's the second out of the inning Kiki Cuyler steps into the box Cuyler swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Williams Kiki is eagerly awaiting Williams' pitch Williams looks over at Hornsby Now back at Traynor He's coming home with it There's a 58 footer! Bullock can't come up with it... It's off his chest and the runners will advance... Wild pitch by Williams Kiki Cuyler steps into the box A single could plate two runs The left-hander Williams is now ready John rocks and fires Cuyler works the walk... Passes the baton to Joe Medwick who will see if he can get Traynor in from third And the batter is Joe Medwick Gabby Hartnett is on-deck Medwick is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Joe stands with bat ready Williams checks the runners Hit on the ground to short Nights grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 That's it for NL Pre WWII here in the bottom of the 1st They leave 3 runners stranded NL Pre WWII has no runs, one hit and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC will send Palmer, Stan Gunner, and Billy Bullock to face Burleigh Grimes this inning Palmer has 14 doubles this year Grimes is making his 10th start of the season The righthander Grimes' delivery Fastball, lined to center... Base hit for Palmer... Cuyler over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Palmer at first Gunner walks up to the plate Gunner goes through his routine of settling in Hartnett flashes the sign... Grimes shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Grimes kicks and fires It's a rainbow shot toward left Medwick reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One down for FOFC Billy Bullock is still in the on-deck circle and Jeff Nights is looking for a bat in the dugout Bullock leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy evening Grimes looks down at Hartnett for the sign Now he's ready The righthander delivers Ripped to third, but right at Traynor...easy out And there's two away Nights leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer evening Nights a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Grimes Nights waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The righthander Grimes delivers LINE DRIVE Tough chance for Frisch He makes a nice play on it Score It: 6 That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean slipping by Negro League I 5 to 3 Turn of Century leads Negro League II 2 to 1 AL Pre WWII clipping AL Post WWII 5 to 1 Grove comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII Japanese League and Dead Ball Era have yet to score Sugishita battling McGinnity NL Post WWII is edging Left Outs 1 to 0 Late 20th is edging Old Timers 3 to 2 And in our matchup No score The catcher Hartnett will start things off for the Pre-Nationals Hartnett is at .283 on the season Williams is ready quickly John needs to get this one over... The wind-up and 3-1 delivery... Hartnett rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Palmer Hartnett takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Gunner to get that ball in quickly Mize is at home plate Hartnett, the runner on first He's not much of a threat to steal Hartnett takes his lead Williams steps on the rubber Now ready, here it is... Dribbler in front of home Bullock grabs it Throws to second He's out Over to first Not in time! Score It: 2-6 The runner on first, Hartnett, is out One gone for NL Pre WWII Grimes squares around He bunts it . . . It's popped up... Caught by J.Williams He throws trying to double off the runner... Safe, but it was close! Frisch gets set at the plate John gets the sign from Bullock The lefthander Williams comes home with it Hard line drive to short Nights grabs it for the out Score It: 6 That's all for the Pre-Nationals... After 2 innings here at Booze Field in NL Pre WWII, We're scoreless Here's the pitcher Williams To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then A. J. Tucker Williams scuffs up the lines around the box Williams waits The righthander winds and delivers It's a pop-up in back of second Hornsby is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out And there's one away One away, nobody on... top of the 3rd The first base coach exhorting Blade to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Grimes is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Grimes gets the sign from Hartnett Burleigh comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering There's a high pop fly to the outfield Kiki Cuyler moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Cuyler grabs it with his bare hand for the out Two down Burleigh Grimes retires the first two batters in a row Grimes glares in at Tucker A. J. Tucker just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Tucker taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Tucker is ready And the delivery by Grimes Curveball... Tucker swings at it... Hits a high fly to deep center Cuyler bolting after it... It is carrying all the way to the fence Cuyler jumps for it... IT CAROMS OFF THE fence!! Tucker heading for second... Here's the strong throw It's on the money... Hornsby blocks it in front of him... Tucker is safe! That will be scored a double Walking up to the plate now is Pflaggstettler Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Grimes adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hartnett Grimes brings it to the plate 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 Facing Grimes now is Potpie Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle Stan Gunner waits in the hole A base hit should score Pflaggstettler Grimes looks down at Hartnett for the sign Now he's ready... He brings it home Fastball Ball four Now batting will be the third baseman, Deacon Palmer Palmer digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Grimes Deacon is set for the pitch Burleigh checks the runners Steps off the rubber... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Grounded towards the hole Smooth pickup by Frisch THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 2 and a half innings FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has left 4 stranded NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 4 Traynor is coming to the plate He stops to towel off his face It's very humid today Looking to get something going Traynor is 1 for 1 today Williams has the sign from Bullock Here's the southpaw's delivery Traynor hits one on the ground to the left side Pie, who moves well, is motoring to first Nights wings it quickly to Potpie... OUT by a step One out Due up next is Rogers Hornsby Hornsby is up now for NL Pre WWII The outfield shades towards left for Hornsby Hornsby looks very intent... He stares down at Williams... Cocks his bat The lefty Williams delivers Hornsby swings and lines it on the nose to left Gunner picks it up on one bounce Flips it in to second Hornsby rounds first and holds with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball that he was just "sitting" on Ott coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Hornsby on first, with one away Ott is 0 for 1 today John is ready Williams looks at the runner The pitch Fastball, up in the strike zone Swung on... It's a swinging bunt... Blade charges in, barehands it THROWS TO SECOND!... OUT AT SECOND! Score this one a force out One more chance for NL Pre WWII this inning Cuyler moseys up to the plate Joe Medwick is heading for the on-deck circle Kiki is hitting at .294 on the year He has 47 hits in 160 at bats This includes 7 doubles, 3 triples 3 home runs and 23 RBI's Bullock flashes the sign... Williams waves it off... Now he's happy The pitch on the way, here it is... Belt high fastball... Lined to right...Base hit... Bobbled momentarily by Pflaggstettler... allows Ott to race to third... That'll bring up left fielder Joe Medwick... FOFC out in front by 1 We're in the bottom of the 3rd Medwick is taking his practice swings Joe is 0 for 1 this evening Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 2-1 pitch Bounced past the mound Blade dives and grabs it! His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's all for the Pre-Nationals After 3 innings in NL Pre WWII this evening, FOFC leads 1 to 0 FOFC will send Gunner, Billy Bullock, and Jeff Nights to face Burleigh Grimes this inning Gunner is 0 for 1 on the day He looks around at the NL Pre WWII infield Mize is kicking the dirt at first Traynor is even with the bag at third Hornsby and Frisch are ready with hands on knees at second and short Set now is Gunner The windup, and the 3-1 pitch Baltimore chop Into right for a single! Billy Bullock is up next Gunner, who can fly is at first Grimes will try to keep him close FOFC would like to add to their slim 1 run lead Billy looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Bullock taps the bat on home plate 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 Now Burleigh delivers Bullock only gets a piece of it Lifted up over the infield... It should be an easy out... And it will be Frisch making the play One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Jeff Nights steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Gunner is at first We'll see how they pitch to Nights Nights is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Grimes brings it to the plate Good slider, inside part of the plate Nights gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Hornsby grabs it... To second for one Over to first... OUT! Smooth "DP" by NL Pre WWII That's it for FOFC Here at Booze Field, After 3 and a half innings, FOFC has one run, 5 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 4 hits and no errors FOFC has left 4 on base NL Pre WWII has stranded 6 Gabby Hartnett stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Hartnett looks for a sign from third Casey Stingle delivers it to Gabby Gabby is 1 for 1 today singled his last at bat Now set, Hartnett waits for the pitch Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery Sinking fastball... Hartnett goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Palmer... He scoops it up, over to first... And Hartnett is out by a step So one up and one gone One out, nobody on base FOFC on top 1 to 0 in the fourth Here comes Johnny Mize to face Williams Mize is 0 for 1 today Williams likes the sign Williams winds and delivers Off speed pitch on the way... And Mize watches it go by for the third strike Two down Williams retires the first two NL Pre WWII batters Up steps Burleigh Grimes, the fine hitting pitcher for NL Pre WWII He is no gimmee by any means for Williams 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 Williams brings it home Grimes 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! That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 4 innings FOFC on top, 1-0 John Williams, Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker are due up Williams swinging from the right side facing the righty Grimes Williams, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Grimes Grimes brings it to the plate Williams 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 Caribbean is on top of Negro League I 5 to 3 Turn of Century is on top of Negro League II 6 to 4 Rusie and Redding currently dueling AL Pre WWII besting AL Post WWII 7 to 2 Dickey has hit his 16th homerun for AL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era slipping by Japanese League 2 to 0 Left Outs is edging NL Post WWII 4 to 3 Late 20th and Old Timers are all knotted at 3 So that brings up the top of the order Barrett Blade will step in Before getting ready Blade checks out the defensive alignment Grimes asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber Here's the righthander's delivery Swung on and chopped down the third base line Traynor stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by Pie Traynor Two down Grimes retires two in a row The center fielder, Tucker, is ready to bat FOFC ahead 1 to 0 in the top of the 5th A. J. is batting .302 with 4 home runs on the season He is 2 for 2 today Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready With a 0-2 count Grimes kicks and fires Slow ground ball Frisch is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT 1-2-3, nothing across... The shortstop Frisch will lead off for the Pre-Nationals He'll be followed by Pie Traynor And then Rogers Hornsby Frankie comes to the plate batting .286 with 5 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Williams ready quickly, looks in for the sign The southpaw's 0-2 delivery It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Nights takes off after it... Leaps... And Frisch is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Jeff is very fine fielder! One up, one down Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Pie Traynor Nobody on base, one out Traynor grips the bat handle Williams steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Williams leans back and fires Traynor chases the high fastball... Hammers a LONG towering drive... Hit to deep left center... HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE! A big blast by Traynor! Nobody on, one away for NL Pre WWII Up now is Hornsby Hornsby is 1 for 1 today Rogers singled last time around Hornsby waits on Williams The lefthander winds and delivers A hot shot on the ground to Palmer He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Hornsby is out That's the second out of the inning NL Pre WWII needs a win They are 3rd in the standings 12.5 games out of the National lead Two away, nobody on Ott comes to the plate for NL Pre WWII Ott a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Williams A battle of lefties... Ott waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled John winds Kicks... and delivers Ott gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Nights into the outfield... Base hit for Ott Two out, Ott at first Coming up is Kiki Cuyler Ott will be running if it's hit Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Williams goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Ott He lobs one to Potpie... Ott is back easily... We're ready again Now Williams comes home Curve painting the inside corner Swung on... Bounced right to third Fielded, the throw to 2nd... They get the force for the out That does it for the Pre-Nationals So at the end of five complete it is all knotted up at 1 Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler Leading off the inning for FOFC It's a beautiful, clear night sky One couldn't ask for a better night for baseball We're in the top of the 6th Grimes is on the first-base side of the rubber... Grimes rocks and fires In the dirt And Pflaggstettler holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Here's the FOFC clean-up hitter, Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie gets set He's 0 for 1 so far Grimes shakes off two signs Now he's ready Grimes' righthanded delivery... Potpie swings It is popped down the line Frisch is giving chase The ball is drifting foul Frisch dives Got it! NL Pre WWII gets the first out of the inning Palmer comes to the plate One out, Pflaggstettler at first Stepping in and then stepping out again Palmer looks to third for a sign The bat is cocked Grimes brings it to the plate Grimes' pitch is a rising fastball Palmer tries to hold up Ball four Hartnett points down to first He did not go around Gunner walks to the plate Gunner is 1 for 2 today Grimes has the sign he wants Grimes looks over at Palmer... Now back at Pflaggstettler... He's coming home with it The HIGH CHEESE......... STRIKE THREE SWINGING! Two down Due up next is Billy Bullock Let's see what happens now Stepping in for FOFC, is Bullock Palmer at first, Pflaggstettler at second, two away Two men on, two men out Right-hander Grimes eyes the righty Bullock Checks the runners Here's his delivery Bullock laces a clean base hit He pounced on the fastball Bullock rounds first, but will hold there Both runners move up 90 feet Settling in at the plate is Nights The score is tied at 1 The bases are jammed Hartnett flashes the sign to Grimes Now the delivery, here is is... Nights is waiting Jeff need wait no more... he's outta here Just another victim of Grimes' curveball Three away NL Pre WWII has one run, 6 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 6 hits and no errors There have been a lot of stranded baserunners in this game FOFC has left 7 And NL Pre WWII has left 7 |
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The Pre-Nationals will send Medwick, Gabby Hartnett, and Johnny Mize up to the plate this inning Medwick has a .376 average against lefthanders He is .327 overall Waiting for the pitch is Medwick Here's the 2-1 pitch 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 Joe Medwick is out NL Pre WWII with one away Williams steps off the mound as he waits for Gabby Hartnett to come to the plate And it brings up Gabby Hartnett On deck is Johnny Mize Burleigh Grimes in the hole Hartnett grips the bat handle He's ready Williams goes into his windup And here's the 2-0 offering Punched just up the first base line... Bullock is out quickly and makes the play to first Two up, two down here in the bottom of the 6th Johnny Mize steps in against Williams Left-hander against left-hander Mize is one of the best hitters around Williams is slow to get ready He has a 3.19 ERA this year Now he's ready Into the windup... here's the pitch Swung on and popped up Potpie is waiting... And that's an easy out Treacy saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Treacy swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Grimes Treacy waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Windup by Grimes And the pitch Good slider, inside part of the plate Treacy gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Hornsby grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean leads Negro League I 5 to 4 Turn of Century is in front of Negro League II 7 to 4 AL Pre WWII is beating AL Post WWII 7 to 3 Dead Ball Era is in front of Japanese League 3 to 0 Left Outs leads NL Post WWII 7 to 6 Late 20th is in front of Old Timers 6 to 3 And in our matchup The score is tied at 1 Here's Barrett Blade Blade is 0 for 3 today Grimes likes the sign Grimes goes into his windup Here it comes Fly ball to right Ott is under it He grabs it for the out That's two away A. J. Tucker will make his way to home plate He's the center fielder for FOFC Tucker is 2 for 3 today For the season, A. J. has 4 homers 14 doubles, and 6 triples He has scored 63 runs while driving in 41 Set now is Tucker Burleigh winds Kicks... and delivers Fly ball to right Ott is under it He makes the grab That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 6 and a half innings NL Pre WWII has one run, 6 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 6 hits and no errors FOFC has left 7 stranded NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 7 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! As we get ready to start the bottom of the 7th Grimes is talking to Bullock Fozborg is ready quickly Righthander Fozborg's delivery Grimes rips the curve to left-center... Turning at the sound of the bat Tucker is racing back to the fence... He reaches up for the drive... It's over his head! He plays the bounce off the fence But he needn't hurry Grimes will lope into second with a double Frisch finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Frisch needs to get on... He has a .335 on base percentage Frisch cocks his bat Fozborg looks back towards second... The pitch Frisch swings at a breaking ball... It's going to be in there for a hit... Stan Gunner is after it... Frisch 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 4 now and has extended his hitting streak to 10 games Grimes scores from second! The Pre-Nationals' third baseman is up next NL Pre WWII has 1 on board with no outs Pie is hitting at .283 on the year He has 104 hits in 367 at bats Today, he is 2 for 3 Traynor homered his last time up Fozborg squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Now Sirr delivers Traynor tries to hold up, but can't... Strike three! Fozborg took something off of that back door breaking ball He had Traynor way out in front 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 brings up Rogers Hornsby, the second baseman One out, man on second Fozborg is happy with the sign Here's his delivery Curve over the plate... Hornsby connects! Gunner is off to the races... That ball is hit hard... Stan is at the warning track... And makes the catch! Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Fozborg Looks like they're going to put him on... Fozborg delivers ball four And Ott takes first Fozborg gives up the free pass That will set up the force Anywhere but the plate Kiki Cuyler will face Fozborg Righty against righty Kiki is hitting at .296 on the year He has 48 hits in 162 at bats This includes 7 doubles, 3 triples 3 home runs and 23 RBI's Fozborg tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Checks the runners Here's his delivery There's a high pop fly to the outfield Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Pflaggstettler grabs it with his bare hand for the out That is the third out for NL Pre WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45244 Persimmon Pflaggstettler stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Pflaggstettler has hit 15 home runs this year Grimes adjusts his cap... Now he's set Grimes brings it to the plate Groundball off the change-up... Past Mize at first... It's rolling into the outfield grass... Pflaggstettler gets a base hit Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie So far this season Potpie is hitting .275 when facing righthanded pitching Potpie is set The righthander Grimes delivers Fastball down low... Potpie swings and hits one out to center Kiki Cuyler is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Grimes Pflaggstettler trots back to first One gone in the top of the 8th Up next is Deacon Palmer He's having a fine year so far Deacon Palmer stands in for FOFC NL Pre WWII is set up for two Grimes toes the rubber Here it comes Grounded to third Taken by Traynor Throws to second He's out On to first Double Play! Score It: 5-4-3 That's three outs, side retired The left fielder Medwick will lead off for the Pre-Nationals He'll be followed by Gabby Hartnett And then Johnny Mize Joe Medwick is hitting .179 this year against righthanded pitchers Waiting for the pitch is Medwick Here's the 2-2 pitch Medwick goes after the low slider... Lofts a shallow fly towards Tucker He's racing in for it... Catches it at his knees HE KICKS IT LOOSE!!! He's chasing it down Medwick walks into second on the error Tucker should've had that one Score It: E8 Medwick to second The catcher, Gabby Hartnett, is up next Hartnett adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Gabby is 1 for 3 this evening Hartnett gets set for the pitch Here's the 0-1 offering Hartnett hits a high pop into short left field Palmer and Nights sprint towards the outfield Here comes Gunner Nights puts his glove out... Makes a lucky catch in front of Gunner!! With one down, up next is Johnny Mize To be followed by Burleigh Grimes Up now is Mize The Pre-Nationals have Medwick on second Kronside looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... Kronside's righthanded delivery... Mize swings mightily But only manages a towering pop-up Bullock is after it So is Potpie Potpie takes charge He squeezes it for the out in foul territory FOFC gets the second out of the inning Burleigh Grimes will get a crack at Kronside next Frankie Frisch would be up next... But only if Grimes can reach safely A base hit should score Medwick Kronside looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Bullock He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Kronside Now he is ready... And the delivery by Kronside Paaahhhhhpped it up....... Nights makes the easy catch! After 8 innings NL Pre WWII on top 2 to 1 Here's Gunner to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard These scores are final... Negro League I nipped Caribbean 6 to 5 Smith the winner, he's now 11-4 Garcia takes the loss, his record drops to 2-4 Turn of Century jumped all over Negro League II 16 to 8 Burkett has hit his 7th homerun for Turn of Century AL Pre WWII jumped all over AL Post WWII 11 to 3 Hunter takes the loss, his record drops to 5-11 Grove the winner, he's now 13-6 Dead Ball Era topped Japanese League 3 to 0 NL Post WWII nipped Left Outs 9 to 8 Late 20th spanked Old Timers 8 to 3 Puckett has hit his 13th homerun for Late 20th Grimes adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hartnett The fans want the "K" Burleigh winds and comes in with the 0-2 pitch Stan pops it up And Mize makes the play One gone for FOFC Bullock departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Billy steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Bullock is 1 for 3 today He singled last time up Burleigh is ready The pitch to Bullock... Hard slider... Bullock swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Medwick is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Billy Batting for FOFC will be Nights Nights is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Burleigh Grimes on the mound for the Pre-Nationals... Grimes has gone the distance so far He's given up 8 hits and 2 runs Grimes leans back and fires Nights hits a screamer at Frankie Frisch Frisch takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Mize scoops it on one hop Nights is out! Nice play by Mize Two away in today's tightly contested game Score still tied here with two down in the top of the 9th Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Dan Fouts Dan Fouts, the third baseman, strides to the plate Fouts has hit 11 home runs this year Grimes steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Grimes fires Curve ball, just misses the corner That'll be ball four and a walk Grimes has issued 4 bases on balls this evening Barrett Blade is up next FOFC's second baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Barrett is hitting at .258 on the year He has 58 hits in 225 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored 31 runs this year Burleigh looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Grimes rocks and fires Grimes loses him Blade heads down to first Tucker leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer evening NL Pre WWII has the outfield shaded towards right Tucker is 2 for 4 today Tucker, batting lefthanded Gets in his crouch... Ready to face the righthanded Grimes Burleigh checks the runners Steps off the mound Again he's into the stretch The pitch There's a routine pop by Tucker Johnny Mize moves under the ball And makes the routine catch That's all for the All Stars in the 9th inning They get 1 run across We go to the bottom of the 9th... The score is tied at 2 Frisch saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Frisch is 1 for 4 today Frankie doubled last time around Frisch is set for the pitch Kronside brings it to the plate A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! With one down Potpie yells something out to Kronside Jace nods his head Pie Traynor up The score is tied We'll see how they pitch to Traynor Traynor gets ready for Kronside's pitch His bat is cocked Kronside is into his windup Here's the pitch Traynor rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Tucker is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by A. J. Tucker Two up, two down for NL Pre WWII Hornsby is up now for NL Pre WWII Kronside studies his sign And the righthander starts to work on Hornsby Here comes the pitch Hornsby hits a fly ball to left Stan Gunner camps under it This should wrap up the inning... That's it And we go to extra innings! Dazzy Vance will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Dazzy has appeared in 34 games this season He has a record of 6-3 in 56 innings His ERA stands at 2.91 FOFC has the heart of their lineup coming up Persimmon Pflaggstettler, their right fielder will lead off He will be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie, then Jace Kronside top of the 10th, The score is knotted at 2 Persimmon steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Pflaggstettler singled last time up and now is 2 for 3 Vance toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hartnett Vance brings it home Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 48 on the season for Vance And there's one away Coming up for FOFC is Jeeberoni Potpie Nobody on base, one out The outfield's shaded towards left for Potpie He's 0 for 3 today Potpie, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Vance Vance's 0-1 pitch... Potpie sends one straight back... It will be out of play... Hey! That one almost hit us in the booth! What did you say about Potpie that got his ire, partner? . . . Potpie back in the box And here comes the next pitch Baltimore chop Into center for a single! Gonzalez is stepping in to face Vance Mize is way in on the grass at first Traynor is in at third They are guarding against the bunt Gonzalez is at .300 on the season He is hitting .302 against righties Hartnett flashes the sign... Vance waves it off... Now he's happy Vance goes into his stretch... Looks over at Potpie Fires to Mize... Potpie is back easily... We're ready again Now Vance comes home Gonzalez rolls one toward Rogers Hornsby He scoops it and fires to second... close play OUT The relay to first OUT there too, it's a twin-killing That'll do it for FOFC So we're still tied After 9 and a half innings NL Pre WWII has 2 runs, 8 hits and no errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 9 hits and one error Ott is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Ott is one of the best hitters around Bullock flashes the sign to Knowles Here's the 2 strike pitch A hanging curve... Ott laces it hard just to the right of Potpie He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Mel... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Ott watches Knowles carefully As he stretches out to his lead Knowles looks the runner back First base coach Gil Hodges wants a word with Ott... Now we're all set to go... Kiki Cuyler steps in Cuyler is taking his practice swings Kiki is 1 for 3 this evening He flied out last time at bat Cuyler is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Ott is dancing off first Knowles brings it to the plate Changeup... Ties Cuyler up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! Now NL Pre WWII has one away Leo Durochure is signalling something to Casey Stingle Now he is up on the dugout steps calling out to Joe Medwick The Pre-Nationals' manager is really into this game Tie score, late in the contest He wants to leave no stone unturned Joe Medwick moves in to face Knowles 1 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 10th Watching Knowles, Medwick wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Medwick waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The righthander Knowles' delivery It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That's the second out of the inning With a runner at first and two outs Hartnett walks to the plate Hartnett is batting .282 with 11 HR's this year Sammy Knowles has no decisions yet in 1900 He's 0-0 in 30 appearances so far Here's the righthander's delivery Knowles' pitch is a rising fastball Hartnett tries to hold up Ball four Bullock points down to first He did not go around Mize gets set at the plate Mize is 0 for 4 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 The umpire says let's go The crowd leans forward in anticipation! The game is riding on the pitch Knowles will try to get Mize to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Bounding ball to second Blade grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side... Mize fails to come through in the clutch For NL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base Stan Gunner, Billy Bullock, and Jeff Nights are due up Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Gunner awaits the delivery It's coming down the pike It's popped up into foul territory Gabby Hartnett is under it He grabs it for the out Score It: 2 One down for FOFC Billy Bullock is still in the on-deck circle and Jeff Nights is looking for a bat in the dugout Up next for the visiting All Stars Billy Bullock, their catcher Bullock is looking for another hit He has 2 hits so far today He is hitting .264 on the year Vance looks down at Hartnett for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants And here is the 1-2 delivery Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Bullock swings way over it He was fooled completely Hartnett loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Billy as he was heading for the dugout Two up, two down Jeff Nights makes his way to home plate Nights is at .282 on the season Right-hander Vance prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Nights Here's the 1-0 offering It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Traynor is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 10 and a half innings, The score is knotted at 2 Vance will come up to lead off the bottom of the 11th for NL Pre WWII Vance steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Dazzy steadies his bat And waits patiently for Knowles' pitch The pitch is on the way Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Knowles punches him out! That's one away Frisch walks slowly to home plate Knowles' had mixed success against him in the past Frisch wiggles the bat above his head Frisch readies himself for the pitch Now to the belt, here it is... Frisch skies one very high The ball drifts a bit Bullock calls for it Puts it away! Two gone for NL Pre WWII Traynor coming up for NL Pre WWII Nobody on, two away 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 winds and delivers A slider by Knowles Traynor gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! FOFC will get another crack at Vance as NL Pre WWII fails to win it As we go into our third extra inning Dan Fouts will lead off for FOFC Dazzy Vance just finishing his warm-ups Stepping in and then stepping out again Fouts looks to third for a sign Fouts waiting on the delivery Dazzy winds... kicks... and delivers Drilled on the ground to the mound Vance grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC It will be Blade to face Vance Blade is at .258 on the season Vance looks down at Hartnett for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The righthander delivers There's a drive to left by Blade Medwick picks the ball up on one bounce Fires it to second Blade turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Medwick Coming to the plate is Tucker One down and runner at first A. J. is 2 for 5 this summer evening He popped out in his last plate appearance A. J. is ready for the delivery Vance's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Blade dives back in!... SAFE!... Mize tosses it back to Vance Now here's the pitch And Tucker will sit down... strike three called That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard These scores are final... Negro League I nipped Caribbean 6 to 5 Turn of Century humbled Negro League II 16 to 8 AL Pre WWII humbled AL Post WWII 11 to 3 Dead Ball Era cuffed Japanese League 3 to 0 NL Post WWII edged out Left Outs 9 to 8 Bench has hit his 14th homerun for NL Post WWII Late 20th spanked Old Timers 8 to 3 And right here in NL Pre WWII The score is knotted at 2 Walking up now to the plate is Pflaggstettler Vance has the sign from Hartnett Dazzy rocks and fires Pflaggstettler laces a hard, low bouncer to the right side Hornsby steps in front of it Whoa! The ball squirted right under his legs! Must have hit a pebble Give Pflaggstettler a single on the play Potpie is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Potpie is 1 for 4 today Dazzy Vance on in relief for the Pre-Nationals We're in the top of the 12th Vance kicks and fires Off speed pitch on the way... And Potpie watches it go by for the third strike And that's the final out of the inning NL Pre WWII has 2 runs, 9 hits and no errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 11 hits and one error FOFC has left 11 men on base today Rogers Hornsby is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for NL Pre WWII to get things going Hornsby is batting .301 with 10 HR's this year Knowles wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Knowles brings it to the plate Ball four is the call Knowles can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Knowles Hornsby takes first base Hornsby inches away from the base Hornsby has to hold tight to the bag Now here's Ott Right-hander Knowles prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Ott Knowles goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Hornsby He lobs one to Potpie... Hornsby is back easily We're ready again Now Knowles comes home Base hit to left for Ott Casey Stingle puts up the stop sign... Hornsby will stay at second Planting his right foot Cuyler is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Cuyler Cuyler is batting .293 with 3 HR's this year Sammy peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one It's a full count... Knowles winds and fires... Curve in the dirt... and Cuyler holds up Looked like he went around from here But the umpire says no Cuyler will take first on the walk That loads them up for Joe Medwick Medwick digs in at the plate Ready now for Knowles to come set The score is knotted at 2 The bases are filled with Pre-Nationals Potpie walks over to the mound He is uttering some words of encouragement to FOFC's Sammy Knowles He finds himself in quite a pickle Knowles is taking his sweet time out there Now he is finished fiddling around Sammy is in quite a jam He gets the sign from Bullock The righthander Knowles delivers The crowd is up and showing their appreciation Medwick gets the game winner! Over the head of the outfielder! NL Pre WWII wins 3 to 2 Vance gets credit for the win Knowles takes the loss The hitting star for NL Pre WWII was Pie Traynor He was 2 for 6 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from NL Pre WWII. |
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[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals 7/10/1900 |
7/11 Radio Broadcast - Game 95
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Carl Hubbell with his 9 and 9 record Will be facing Barrett Blade Here we go, well almost... Here comes Lombardi out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start Here's the pitch It's hit to the left of third It's a base knock! The ball glanced off of Frisch's glove Frisch retrieved it, but not in time to get Blade Barrett is safe on first with a single No throw on the play Coming to the plate is Tucker Blade's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Hubbell A. J. looks down at the third base coach Blade takes his lead He just got some advice from Joe Adcock A. J. seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! A. J. looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! One away in the top of the 1st for FOFC One on, one out Potpie walks to the batter's box The right-handed Potpie will be facing the southpaw 6 of his 22 home runs come via this route Set now is Potpie The pitch is on the way Potpie drives the ball to right for extra bases Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... Potpie is out trying for third! Double for Potpie Up now for FOFC is Gazelle Two away, nobody on Gerald takes a couple of practice cuts Hubbell is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Hubbell gets the sign from Lombardi Hubbell rocks and fires Sinking line drive Caught by Frankie Frisch That retires the side The All Stars score 1 run in the inning After one half inning, FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Frisch steps in to start things off for NL Pre WWII Let me set the FOFC defense Nielsen will be pitching to Bullock The corners will be Potpie and Fouts At first and third The keystone combo has Blade at second With Terp at short Covering the outfield from left to right Will be Gunner, Tucker and Gazelle Now Frisch is in the batter's box Frisch can't seem to get settled at the plate Frisch is set for the 0-2 pitch The lefthander Nielsen delivers Fastball, down and in... Frisch laces a hit into the outfield... Tucker picks it up Fires it quickly into the infield Frisch holds with a single Good start to the inning for NL Pre WWII Pie Traynor steps in now for the Pre-Nationals The All Stars lead in this one, 1-zip Frisch takes his lead Nielsen eyes Traynor intently Now the delivery, here is is... NL Pre WWII tries the hit and run! Grounded towards the bag Potpie takes it to the bag himself The hit and run moves the runner up. Score It: 3 Now Rogers Hornsby will be up He wants to hit it to the right side to advance Frisch in this very tight, low scoring affair 1 out here in this 1 run ballgame 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 Now set, Hornsby waits for the pitch The lefty Nielsen delivers Swung on and missed... Hornsby is down on strikes Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Nielsen With two out Batting for NL Pre WWII now is Ott Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Rob rocks and fires It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield WOW! A retreating Blade snags it for the out Great range shown on that play! That retires the side... Mel Ott fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Stan Gunner, Billy Bullock, and Dan Fouts are due up Stepping out, Gunner looks into the dugout Steps back in Hubbell steps on the rubber Hubbell brings it to the plate Gunner swings He slices it down the left field line Medwick is on the warning track The ball is going,...going Just foul! Missed by a whisker . . . Gunner back in the box And here comes the next pitch There is a shot right up the middle Hit right on the nose by Gunner It bounces right into the waiting glove of Cuyler Gunner has himself a single Billy Bullock is up next Gunner, who can fly is at first Hubbell will try to keep him close FOFC would like to add to their slim 1 run lead Hubbell adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Lombardi It's coming down the pike Slider, inside... Swung on... Bullock rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Hubbell looks dejected on the mound And it brings up Dan Fouts On deck is Kris Terp Rob Nielsen in the hole Fouts is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in After getting set, Fouts waits on the pitch The windup, and the 3-1 pitch There's a ground ball into the hole Traynor and Frisch converge on it It's fielded by Frisch who fires to first SAFE is the call by the ump Close play!! FOFC shortstop, Kris Terp, is up next Terp is at .147 on the season Hubbell is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Hubbell looks in... Now he's ready And the delivery by Hubbell Terp will try the hit and run! Terp just gets a piece of it He 'drizzles' it to second Hornsby races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... Hubbell has the first out in the top of the 2nd Lombardi trots out to the mound Says a few words to Carl... With the runner on second... Probably making sure of the signs Facing Hubbell now is Nielsen Barrett Blade heads to the on deck circle A. J. Tucker waits in the hole Hubbell got off to a shaky start in the 1st inning... FOFC with the lead, 3-0 And "The Meal Ticket" wings it home... Curveball, in and low Nielsen hits it to Terry 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 Fouts is now perched over at third FOFC ahead 3 to 0 with two away this inning Blade is up now for FOFC Blade has hit 2 home runs this year Hubbell likes the sign Fouts is dancing off third Hubbell is ignoring him Here's the pitch Blade swings and misses Strike three Blade didn't have a good cut at that pitch That retires the side FOFC with a 3 run lead It's FOFC 3 and NL Pre WWII still looking to score their first run Kiki Cuyler is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for NL Pre WWII to get things going Cuyler is at .293 on the season Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The pitch is on the way 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 Kiki Cuyler is out That's one away Settling in at the plate is Medwick Watching Nielsen, Medwick wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen Nielsen leans back and fires Sinking fastball... Medwick swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Terp... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean is edging Negro League I 2 to 1 Tiant Sr. and Paige currently dueling Turn of Century and Negro League II are scoreless Young battling Brewer AL Pre WWII besting AL Post WWII 5 to 0 Japanese League and Dead Ball Era are scoreless NL Post WWII leads Left Outs 2 to 1 Old Timers is edging Late 20th 2 to 1 Two away, nobody on Lombardi comes to the plate for NL Pre WWII Against lefthanders Lombardi is hitting .289 this season Rob gets the sign from Bullock Nielsen kicks and delivers Low fastball... Lombardi 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 Lombardi for the out That's all for the Pre-Nationals After 2 innings in NL Pre WWII this evening, FOFC leads 3 to 0 FOFC will send Tucker, Jeeberoni Potpie, and Gerald Gazelle to face Carl Hubbell this inning A. J. will be facing the southpaw Hubbell from the right side of the plate 3 of his 4 home runs come via this route Tucker waits on Hubbell The fans want the "K" Carl winds and comes in with the 0-2 pitch Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! So one up and one gone Jeeberoni Potpie makes his way to home plate Jeeberoni, a right-handed hitter, will face the lefty Hubbell Of his 22 home runs, 6 are against southpaws Hubbell adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Lombardi Windup by Hubbell And the pitch It's a little roller out front Lombardi is on it...throws to first... Nice play And there's two away Here's the FOFC clean-up hitter, Gerald Gazelle Gerald steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Gazelle lined out last time up and now is 0 for 1 Hubbell looks down at Lombardi for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The lefthander delivers The pitch is just inside and Gazelle holds up Lombardi points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Gerald trots down to first... ball four Gazelle watches Hubbell move... He's moving away from the bag Hubbell looks Gazelle back He is unable to get his normal lead All Stars outfielder Stan Gunner steps in 1 on, 2 out, top of the 3rd... FOFC leads 3 to 0 Hubbell studies his sign He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Gazelle dives back in!... SAFE! Terry tosses it back to Hubbell Now here's the pitch Grounded towards the sack Traynor grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 That's it for FOFC Here at Booze Field, After 2 and a half innings, FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 2 on base NL Pre WWII has stranded 1 Bill Terry stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Bill is hitting at .278 on the year He has 58 hits in 209 at bats This includes 12 doubles, 2 triples 3 home runs and 35 RBI's Terry awaits the pitch Now Rob delivers Terry sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Nielsen Easy out And there's one away Hubbell walks to the plate Hubbell goes through his routine of settling in Nielsen has the sign from Bullock The southpaw's 2-1 delivery He hits a tough grounder to short Terp comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 One more chance for NL Pre WWII this inning Frankie Frisch will get a crack at Nielsen next Pie Traynor would be up next... But only if Frisch can reach safely Frisch is batting .288 with 5 HR's this year Nielsen shakes off two signs Now he's ready Here's the 2-2 offering Frisch swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Nielsen strikes out Frankie Frisch We head to the 4th... The score is still FOFC 3, Pre-Nationals 0 Billy Bullock, Dan Fouts, and Kris Terp are due up for the All Stars FOFC leads, 3-0 Bullock is looking for lightning to strike again He's boomed 1 homerun earlier today Billy is 1 for 1... Batting .266 on the season Hubbell is slow to get ready He has a 5.18 ERA this year Now he's ready Hubbell's 3-2 pitch... Fly ball to center Cuyler is under it He makes the grab One out Due up next is Dan Fouts The third baseman, Dan Fouts will be up next for FOFC Fouts has a .288 average against lefthanders He is .248 overall Carl Hubbell steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The lefthander Hubbell comes home with it Fouts hits a fly ball in the alley in left-center Kiki Cuyler is chasing it It drops in front of him for a base hit! Fouts is digging for second He slides... SAFE! Wait a second... Dan is limping He looks shaken up Here comes the FOFC trainer, Tay Pemup He's inspecting Fouts' leg Dan is hopping around a bit on his left foot... But it looks like he'll be all right Two-base hit for Fouts Kris Terp, the shortstop, strides to the plate Terp scuffs up the lines around the box Hubbell 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 southpaw Hubbell delivers the 3-1 pitch Base hit to right for Terp Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Fouts is out at home! Trailing runner advances. Rob Nielsen steps in against Hubbell Left-hander against left-hander Hubbell wastes no time He has the sign from Lombardi Hubbell brings it to the plate Grounded down the line Terry takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 No runs for FOFC in the top of the 4th FOFC on top 3 to 0 We'll be right back Traynor 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 Nielsen is ready quickly Nielsen kicks and fires Slider, down and in... Traynor manages to hit a shallow fly Gazelle charging hard... dives... Great diving catch by Gazelle! He slid several feet after making that stab NL Pre WWII with one away Nielsen steps off the mound as he waits for Rogers Hornsby to come to the plate Nobody on base, one away Hornsby steps into the batter's box Rogers is hitting at .300 on the year He has 106 hits in 353 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Hornsby struck out his last time up He's ready Nielsen is into his windup Here's the pitch Hornsby 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 Hornsby is out! Nice play by Potpie Two down Ott coming up for NL Pre WWII Nobody on, two away Ott is 0 for 1 today Nielsen is having a fine year so far His 12 victories make him 3rd in the league in that category Now he's about ready Nielsen brings it to the plate Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Nielsen's obviously peeved at that call But Mel tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first Walking up now to the plate is Cuyler Cuyler is 0 for 1 today Kiki fouled out last time around Bullock flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy Way ahead in the count Nielsen turns the 0-2 pitch loose Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Cuyler looks at strike three That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII So After 4 innings FOFC has 3 runs, 7 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has no runs, one hit and no errors NL Pre WWII has left 2 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 3 We're back at the top of the order for FOFC Barrett Blade coming to bat Hubbell ready quickly, looks in for the sign Hornsby comes in a couple steps Yells something to Hubbell The delivery Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Medwick And he pulls it in One up, one down The center fielder, A. J. Tucker is up for the All Stars We are in the top of the 5th Tucker is taking his practice swings A. J. is 0 for 2 this evening Tucker is set The southpaw delivers the 2-1 pitch Long fly to center Cuyler has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Tucker is retired on a fairly deep fly That's the second out of the inning Potpie, the first baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC ahead 3 to 0 Jeeberoni is 1 for 2 this summer evening He grounded out in his last plate appearance Potpie is waiting on the pitch We've got a full count... Hubbell winds and fires... Sharp breaking curveball... Potpie reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Frisch... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Terry at first! Potpie is out easily That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 3-0, FOFC Medwick is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box We'll see how they pitch to Medwick Nielsen has the sign from Bullock Here's the 3-2 offering Grounded towards the sack Fouts grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 One down for NL Pre WWII Ernie Lombardi is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for NL Pre WWII Lombardi finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Rob Nielsen still on the mound for the All Stars... Nielsen has gone the distance so far He's given up 1 hit in 4 1/3 innings With a 2 strike count Nielsen kicks and fires Lombardi pulls one into left field Hooking away from Gunner Stan is there He's got it for the out Two up, two down Bill Terry, first baseman for the Pre-Nationals is up next Terry is 0 for 1 today Bill grounded out last time up Bullock flashes the sign... Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Now ready, here it is... It a soft liner to third Fouts reaches up He misses it The ball goes into the outfield Terry is around first... Fouts has the ball The throw.. Safe... bad concentration by Fouts Carl Hubbell is due up Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching coach, is running out... He wants to speak to Rob Nielsen Probably just wants to calm him down a bit A base hit should score Terry Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Hard slider... And Hubbell takes it right down the middle Strike three called That ends the inning After 5 innings, FOFC leads by 3 Gazelle saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gazelle has 7 doubles this year Hubbell adjusts his cap... Now he's set Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery Struck him out on a fastball Gazelle goes down swinging NL Pre WWII gets the first out of the inning Hubbell glares in at Gunner as he steps in Now he's ready to go Gunner looks down toward the third base coach Hubbell is on the third-base side of the rubber... Hubbell is way ahead in the count... He winds and delivers... Gunner hits a deep ball Ott retreats toward the wall He leaps... He's got it! That's two away Bullock walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat Bullock looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 1 for 2 on the day for Billy Bullock waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Now to the belt, here it is... A liner over third Traynor jumps Can't reach it Medwick fronts it It's through his legs! He recovers Throw to second Man, Bullock is still at first! Buy that man some "PF Flyers" Fouts is ready to bat On first is Bullock He's not known for his speed Fouts is looking for another hit He has 2 hits so far today He is hitting .253 on the year Fouts waits patiently Now Carl delivers Here's a curve... Not a good one! Fouts turns on it a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run! Number 12 for Dan on the year He also has 23 RBI's now Two out, nobody on Up now is Terp Kris steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Terp is 1 for 2 today He singled last time up The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... Here's the southpaw's delivery There's a fly ball to Kiki Cuyler Cuyler circles under it... He makes the play That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores |
7/11 Radio Broadcast Continued
Negro League I with the lead over Caribbean 5 to 2 Turn of Century and Negro League II are deadlocked at 2 Young battling Brewer AL Pre WWII is edging AL Post WWII 5 to 4 Japanese League and Dead Ball Era are all knotted at 1 NL Post WWII winning over Left Outs 7 to 1 Old Timers with the lead over Late 20th 6 to 3 And in our matchup FOFC leads 5 to 0 The NL Pre WWII crowd has been pretty quiet Here is Frisch to lead off He will try to liven things up for them Frisch has hit 5 home runs this year Nielsen finishes his warm-up tosses... He's just about ready to face Frisch here in the bottom of the 6th Nielsen is cruising along The southpaw delivers Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Frisch was frozen on that fastball by Nielsen High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch One up, one down for NL Pre WWII One out, nobody on base Pie Traynor is the batter Traynor steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Pie is 0 for 2 today Traynor waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The 2-2 offering... Over the outside corner Traynor hits the curve right to second... Blade takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Traynor is out by a couple of steps Two down Nielsen retires two in a row The "Rajah" is up next Hornsby has hit 10 home runs this year Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Hornsby Nielsen leans back and fires A low bouncer to Blade It bounces off his chest... But he keeps it in front of him Over to first... Hornsby is out! Shows the importance of good positioning We head to the 7th... The score is still FOFC 5, Pre-Nationals 0 Here is Rob Nielsen to start it off for FOFC Hubbell steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Here's his delivery Fastball... down and away... Hubbell just misses the corner... ball four That's 2 walks given up by Hubbell today Barrett Blade squares, and lays down a beauty of a bunt Pie Traynor picks it up, he'll have to hurry OUT at first But the sacrifice works to perfection 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 gets set at the plate One out, man on second Hubbell asks for a new ball Rubs it down... Now he steps on the rubber The southpaw delivers There's a jam shot off the hands of Tucker It's a routine catch of the soft liner by Frankie Frisch That'll bring up All Stars' first baseman Jeeberoni Potpie... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second Jeeberoni steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Potpie grounded out last time up and now is 1 for 3 Potpie is poised and ready for the pitch Way ahead in the count Hubbell turns the 0-2 pitch loose Curveball... STRIKE THREE! Carl Hubbell has 76 this season so far And that was number 5 today That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Ott is up to lead off the bottom of the 7th for NL Pre WWII He needs to get something started Not much time left to avoid the complete ignominy of a shut out Of course, they haven't solved Nielsen yet Mel is hitting at .293 on the year NL Pre WWII's cleanup hitter has knocked in 69 runs He has a fine .553 slugging average Ott awaits the pitch With a 0-1 count Nielsen kicks and fires Ott hits a three hopper towards Kris Terp Terp scoops it and fires it to first 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! Cuyler is up now for NL Pre WWII Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock The southpaw Nielsen's delivery on the 1-2 pitch It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Two up, two down for the Pre-Nationals Medwick heads to the plate for NL Pre WWII The infield is at regular depth Medwick is 0 for 2 today, with no walks Bullock flashes the sign... Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The lefty Nielsen delivers 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 Lombardi steps in to face Nielsen 1 on, 2 outs here in the last half of the 7th Lombardi is 0 for 2 today, with no walks The left-hander Nielsen is now ready The pitch is on the way WATCH OUT! Lombardi IS BEANED! He'll go down to first And Medwick will move to second With Carl Hubbell on deck Batting now for NL Pre WWII is Terry Terry is batting .275 with 3 HR's this year Nielsen steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Nielsen brings it to the plate Terry takes inside, for a ball... Terry will trot down to first... He walks to load the bases Medwick and Lombardi move up Carl Hubbell is up next for NL Pre WWII We are going to have a pinch hitter Paul Waner will bat for Carl Hubbell It will be the lefthand hitting, Waner against the lefty Nielsen Waner is hitting soutpaws for a .185 average Here's the 5'8 1/2", 153 pound Harrah, Oklahoma-born Paul Waner strolling to the plate Waner is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Paul certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Nielsen earn his salary Nielsen has a shutout going Nielsen checks the runners It's popped in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Potpie calls for it And makes the play The ump signals a foul ball That retires the side Nielsen works his way out of a jam For NL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit, no errors and 3 men left on base Jesse Haines will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Jesse has appeared in 20 games this season He has a record of 1-1 in 58 innings His ERA stands at 5.31 Gazelle steps up to the plate for FOFC It's the top of the 8th at Booze Field Gazelle is batting .279 with 15 homers this year Now set, Gazelle waits for the pitch Haines' 2-2 pitch... Smash to second Rogers Hornsby boots the ball He's charged with an error That's 1 miscue for Hornsby Gunner now at the plate Billy Bullock waits on deck The outfield's shaded towards right With Gunner at the plate Gunner waits for the pitch The righthander Haines' delivery Gunner just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Hornsby races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... One down for FOFC Billy Bullock is still in the on-deck circle and Dan Fouts is looking for a bat in the dugout Bullock departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! FOFC ahead 5 to 0 Haines gets the sign, it's one he likes Haines brings it to the plate Bullock pulls this one down the line Medwick is at the warning track The ball is hooking... Just foul! . . . Bullock back in the box And here comes the next pitch Bullock rips a line drive over short It's through into deep left field Medwick finally catches up with it The runner scores! Billy has to hold at first with a single Here's Dan Fouts Fouts is 3 for 3 on the evening He has ripped NL Pre WWII pitching for 1 homer and 1 double Still with 0 triples, however He has a shot at the "cycle" here Haines looks down at Lombardi for the sign Now he's ready... Now Jesse delivers Dribbler in front of home Lombardi comes up with it Throw to second for one Could be two . . . Not in time! Score It: 2-6 The runner on first, Bullock, is out Two down The NL Pre WWII crowd is getting restless Terp saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box 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 .155 He has had some trouble with illness this year He's been fighting the flu in recent weeks Terp is set for the 3-1 pitch Haines goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Fouts He lobs one to Terry... Fouts is back easily We're ready again Now Haines comes home Terp goes down like he was shot! He gets up slowly Brushes himself off Kris takes a step toward Haines The umpire yells something And Terp walks slowly to first That was ball four The pitcher, Rob Nielsen, is up next Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Nielsen is ready Righthander Haines' delivery A sinking fastball... Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE That's it for FOFC Here at Booze Field, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 6 runs, 10 hits and one error While NL Pre WWII has no runs, 2 hits and one error FOFC has left 6 on base NL Pre WWII has stranded 6 Frisch saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Nielsen appears to be throwing just as hard now as when the game began And, even more importantly... just as effectively! The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch Curve ball, just misses the corner That'll be ball four and a walk Nielsen has issued 3 bases on balls this evening The smooth fielding third baseman with extra base power, Pie Traynor, is coming up to bat Traynor taps the plate Looks to Casey Stingle for the sign Rob has shut down NL Pre WWII with no runs allowed so far We are into the bottom of the 8th He's got to be thinking "shut-out" The lefthander delivers There's a Texas Leaguer in front of Stan Gunner He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out With one down Potpie yells something out to Nielsen Rob nods his head Rogers Hornsby is entering the batter's box Leo Durochure has his big bopper, Mel Ott, waiting in the on-deck circle Rogers comes to the plate batting .299 with 10 home runs He is 0 for 3 so far today Nielsen has the sign from Bullock Nielsen brings it to the plate There goes Frisch... And it's ball four... Frisch pulls up and walks into second The dangerous hitter, 5'9", Mel Ott, is coming to the plate Mel takes a couple of practice cuts Waiting for the pitch is Ott Nielsen looks over at Hornsby Now back at Frisch He's coming home with it Hit towards the middle Backhanded by Blade Over to first NOT IN TIME! Ott has himself an infield hit Frisch takes third Hornsby takes second Cuyler, NL Pre WWII's center fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Joe Medwick waits on deck Cuyler wiggles the bat above his head Knowles is ready quickly Here's the 0-1 pitch Grounded towards the middle Terp dives and grabs it! Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Frisch scores from third! Hornsby takes third The runner on first, Ott, is out That's two away Medwick comes to the plate Pre-Nationals with runners on first and third Against righthanders Medwick is hitting .194 Medwick cocks his bat Here's his delivery Bounding ball to short Terp grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the Pre-Nationals... After 8 innings here at Booze Field in NL Pre WWII, FOFC ahead 6 to 1 FOFC will send Blade, A. J. Tucker, and Jeeberoni Potpie to face Jesse Haines this inning Blade steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Barrett is 1 for 3 today Blade readies himself for the pitch The pitch is on the way Swung on and hit sharply to short Frisch plays it on one hop Over to Terry... Out of there! That's one away A. J. Tucker plants his left foot The lefthanded center fielder for FOFC appears set It has been a stuggle for Tucker tonight He's 0 for 4 The umpire says let's go The righthander delivers Sinking fastball... Tucker swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Frisch... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One more chance for FOFC in the top of the 9th That brings up Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman Right-hander Haines eyes the righty Potpie Now Jesse delivers Routine grounder to short Frisch scoops it up Over to first for the out Haines sets the All Stars down in order Ernie Lombardi will step into the box to start the inning NL Pre WWII would like to get some runners on board Knowles adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Here's the 0-2 offering A slider by Knowles Lombardi gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! And there's one away And the batter is Bill Terry Jesse Haines is on-deck Terry has 12 doubles this year Bill steadies his bat Waits patiently for Knowles' pitch Knowles leans back and fires Terry 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 That's two quick outs for Sammy Knowles NL Pre WWII will need to do better than that They are running out of time We are going to have a pinch hitter Ross Youngs will bat for Jesse Haines It will be the lefthand hitting, Youngs against the righty Knowles Youngs is hitting righties for a .242 average Ross Youngs will step in to face Knowles next If he gets on, Frankie Frisch will follow Knowles studies his sign Here's the 2 strike offering Curve ball... Youngs swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! And that will do it for NL Pre WWII FOFC wins 6 to 1 Nielsen gets credit for the win Hubbell takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Billy Bullock He was 3 for 4 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from NL Pre WWII. |
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7/12 - Radio Broadcast - Game 96
Welcome to Booze Field! Unfortunately, it's a nasty day for a game And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between NL Pre WWII and FOFC The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in NL Pre WWII Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC He brings it home Base hit to center for Blade Kiki Cuyler is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up The center fielder, A. J. Tucker is up for the All Stars We are in the top of the 1st Alexander has the sign he wants Alexander fires That's ball four Tucker will trot down to first Blade is now down on second FOFC sends the left fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to the plate Stepping out, Pflaggstettler looks into the dugout Steps back in Blade seems to be bothering Alexander Pflaggstettler is ready for the pitch Pete rocks and fires Shallow fly ball to center Cuyler has got a long run It drops in! Base hit for Pflaggstettler Blade takes third Tucker takes second Potpie digs in at the plate Ready now for Alexander to come set Potpie is hitting .275 against righthanders Potpie waits Hornsby comes in a couple steps Yells something to Alexander The delivery Fastball, down the middle... Potpie swings and skies one to left Medwick is at the fence... Looks up... Doesn't have a prayer... It's a homer for Potpie! Number 23 for him this season He also has 67 RBI's FOFC third baseman, Deacon Palmer, will be up next He will be followed by Billy Bullock Bases empty... no one out FOFC up by 4 Palmer is batting .333 with 4 HR's this year Alexander has given up 23 homers this season and with the hot weather this afternoon the balls are jumping off the bats At least they were during batting practice Alexander goes into his windup And here's the 1-2 offering Fly ball to right Ott is under it He makes the grab NL Pre WWII gets the first out of the inning One out, nobody on base Billy Bullock is the batter Billy is batting .273 in 187 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Stan Gunner The umpire says let's go Now Pete delivers Bullock swings hard... A squibber off his fists It's dribbling towards short Frisch charges in on it... Bare hands it... Flips it to first... Just in time to get Bullock Nice play by Frankie Frisch Another step and Bullock would be safe FOFC ahead 4 to 0 with two away this inning FOFC right fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next Alexander toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hartnett Here's the 2 strike offering Slow ground ball Hornsby is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT After one-half inning It's FOFC 4, Pre-Nationals coming to bat FOFC has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Defensively this how they stack up From leftfield to right there's Pflaggstettler, Tucker, and Gunner The infield, third to first is Palmer, Nights, Blade and Potpie... Behind the plate is Bullock And on the mound, Al Mighty Pre-Nationals' lead off man Frankie Frisch steps in to face him Frisch swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Mighty Set now is Frisch Al winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Frisch swung, that's strike three Frisch isn't happy at all with that call That's one away That'll bring up third baseman Pie Traynor... FOFC drew first blood in their half of the first Traynor is batting .278 with 11 homers this year Traynor waits for the pitch Al will have to come in with this 3-0 delivery It's on its way... And Traynor walks on four pitches Rogers Hornsby is up next NL Pre WWII's second baseman finds 1 on with 1 out Hornsby looks down toward the third base coach, Casey Stingle He's ready The lefthander delivers Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Pflaggstettler And he has it And there's two away Ott is up now for NL Pre WWII Ott is at .295 on the season Mel is eagerly awaiting Mighty's pitch Mighty brings it to the plate Ott drives the ball to center for extra bases Casey Stingle is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Ott Cuyler, NL Pre WWII's center fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Joe Medwick waits on deck Cuyler scuffs up the lines around the box Cuyler waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch on the way, here it is... Mighty comes in there with a dipsy-do And Cuyler is frozen stiff... He can only watch as the ball just nips the "black" of the plate... STRIKE THREE! That does it for NL Pre WWII here in the bottom of the 1st But they pick up 1 run So After 1 inning, FOFC on top 4 to 1 Jeff Nights stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Pete is ready The righthander delivers It's a high fly into center Cuyler ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out One down for FOFC Al Mighty is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Mighty walks to the plate Watching Alexander, Mighty wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Mighty gets ready for Alexander's pitch His bat is cocked Here's the righthander's delivery Base hit to center for Mighty Kiki Cuyler is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Settling in at the plate is Blade Blade is hitting .243 against righties All set, Blade is ready for the pitch Now Pete delivers Blade sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Ott Ott gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium right That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Negro League II leads Turn of Century 2 to 1 AL Post WWII slipping by AL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Japanese League leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Wakamatsu has hit his 8th homerun for Japanese League NL Post WWII and Left Outs have yet to score Old Timers is in front of Late 20th 3 to 0 Tucker moseys up to the plate Persimmon Pflaggstettler is heading for the on-deck circle Tucker is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Tucker is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Mighty is dancing off first He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Mighty dives back in!... SAFE! Terry tosses it back to Alexander Now here's the pitch Hit on the ground to third Taken by Traynor Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That's all for FOFC After 1 and a half innings in NL Pre WWII this afternoon, FOFC on top 4 to 1 Medwick is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Medwick grips the bat handle Medwick waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Mighty's windup... the delivery Lined to second Blade makes a great catch! Score It: 4 And there's one away Mighty looks down at Hartnett as he steps in Gabby is ready to go Gabby takes a couple of practice cuts Hartnett waits patiently The pitch is on the way It's grounded past the mound Blade races to his right Nights to his left Nights scoops it up Throws on one bounce to Potpie... Gabby beats it out! Terry coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Hartnett on first, with one away Terry a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Mighty A battle of lefties... Terry looks very intent... He stares down at Mighty... Cocks his bat Mighty will try to get Terry to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Hot shot grounded to first Potpie comes up with it Throws to second He's out To first Double Play! Score It: 3-6-3 That's all for the Pre-Nationals in the bottom of the 2nd... After 2 complete innings, The All Stars lead by 3 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 Time is called... Pflaggstettler has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Pflaggstettler is set for the pitch It's coming down the pike Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Hartnett asks the first base ump's opinion He says Pflaggstettler went around Strike three, swinging Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Potpie Right-hander Alexander prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Potpie Alexander brings it to the plate Base hit to left for Potpie Joe Medwick is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Now here's Palmer Deacon is hitting at .332 on the year He has 80 hits in 241 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Palmer flied out his last time up Deacon waits... He steps out as Alexander takes too long Now he's back in the box Here's the 2-0 offering Double play ball Frisch has it on one bounce Hornsby for one Terry for two Frisch to Hornsby to Terry That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Leading off for the Pre-Nationals is the pitcher Alexander He'll be followed by Frankie Frisch And then Pie Traynor The left-hander Mighty is now ready Mighty brings it home It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Alexander checks his swing Bullock appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Pete One up, one down And it brings up Frankie Frisch On deck is Pie Traynor Rogers Hornsby in the hole Frisch digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mighty Al looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Mighty kicks and fires Drilled on the ground to the mound Mighty grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 Two up, two down With two out Batting for NL Pre WWII now is Traynor Traynor wiggles the bat above his head The umpire says let's go Traynor is ready Now the delivery, here is is... Swung on and popped up Nights is waiting... And that's an easy out That's it for NL Pre WWII Here at Booze Field, After 3 innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has one run, 2 hits and no errors NL Pre WWII has left 1 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Bullock steps to the plate It's the top of the 4th here at Booze Field FOFC ahead 4 to 1 Billy looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Bullock taps the bat on home plate After getting set, Bullock waits on the pitch Alexander leans back and fires Swung on...and hit way, way up Under it is Hartnett...and he's got it With one gone FOFC will have Stan Gunner coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Gunner gets set at the plate Alexander ready quickly, looks in for the sign Alexander's 2-0 pitch... Gunner hits a three hopper towards Rogers Hornsby Hornsby scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's out number two Leo Durochure moving around Hollers something down at Alexander Pete nods "UH HUH" That brings up Jeff Nights, the shortstop Alexander is saying a few words to Hornsby... So far in 1900, Pete has a 11 and 6 record with 9 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way Nights really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Cuyler was positioned well and has a shot at it He is still running... On the warning track... He jumps... It's off the wall Getting past him! Up in a hurry... Kiki fires it in to Hornsby on a line but Nights has himself a stand-up double arriving ahead of the throw Al Mighty, will be up next Barrett Blade hopes to get a chance as well Nights kicking up the dirt at second... two outs FOFC up by 3 Mighty swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Alexander Alexander wastes no time He takes the first sign The righthander Alexander's delivery Great change up... Mighty out in front... Gets a piece of it... It's a shallow fly towards Cuyler Cuyler charges, dives for it... He has it... Fine catch by the center fielder That retires the side... Mighty fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base The power boys are due up for NL Pre WWII Hornsby will lead it off He will be followed by Mel Ott and Kiki Cuyler Hornsby is 0 for 1 today Mighty is slow to get ready He has a 3.44 ERA this year Now he's ready The southpaw Mighty's delivery Slow ground ball Potpie is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One out Due up next is Mel Ott Ott leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate We'll see how they pitch to Ott The bat is cocked The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch Ott skies one very high The ball drifts a bit Blade calls for it Puts it away! Two up, two down for the Pre-Nationals Here's spray hitting Kiki Cuyler coming to the plate Kiki is 0 for 1 this cloudy summer afternoon Cuyler, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Mighty The lefthander Mighty delivers Cuyler pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Pflaggstettler will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Cuyler retreats to first after a wide turn Planting his right foot Medwick is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Medwick Medwick looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 0 for 1 on the day for Joe Medwick awaits the delivery Here's his delivery Mighty just misses outside Ball four to Medwick That'll bring up catcher Gabby Hartnett... FOFC out in front by 3 We're in the bottom of the 4th Two men on, two men out Mighty steps on the rubber The home town crowd is yelling out to Cuyler telling him to watch out as Blade sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Mighty delivers the 1-1 offering Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Pflaggstettler And he has it That's all for the Pre-Nationals in the 4th inning No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base... We go to the 5th... FOFC leads 4 to 1 Barrett Blade up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Barrett is hitting at .263 on the year He has 61 hits in 232 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter... Barrett has scored 33 runs on the season Blade gets set for the pitch Alexander rocks and fires Swung on and hit sharply to short Frisch plays it on one hop Over to Terry... Out of there! So one up and one gone One away, nobody on base Tucker stands ready at the plate Tucker, a switch-hitter, facing the right-handed Alexander Alexander shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Grover has a fine arsenal of pitches including a nasty forkball! Here's the 3-2 pitch Outside fastball... lashed at by Tucker... Pop fly...Shallow right... Dropping quickly... Ott pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Tucker... As Ott fields it on one bounce Tucker watches Alexander carefully As he stretches out his lead Inside slider... Pflaggstettler ducks down... And there goes Tucker! Hartnett takes the pitch... fires... Good slide... Tucker is in there! Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps into the box FOFC on top 4 to 1 Hartnett flashes the sign to Alexander Alexander brings it to the plate Just inside, BALL FOUR And Pflaggstettler walks That's 2 walks given up by Alexander today Walking up to the plate now is Potpie Deacon Palmer waits on deck Potpie is 2 for 2 today Alexander looks down at Hartnett for the sign Now he's ready And the delivery by Alexander Potpie hits a routine grounder to Traynor He scoops it up, and throws to first SAFE, the throw pulled Terry off the bag Charge Traynor with the error Number 1 on the day for Traynor Next up is Deacon Palmer, the FOFC third baseman Palmer has a .301 average against righthanders this season Alexander is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Alexander looks in... Now he's ready Now to the belt, here it is... Line drive right over Traynor's head for a base hit Billy Bullock moves in to face Alexander 3 on, 1 out here in the top of the 5th Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Right-hander Alexander eyes the righty Bullock Alexander brings it to the plate The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Bullock swung, that's strike three Bullock isn't happy at all with that call Alexander needs one more out to get the Pre-Nationals out of this jam Gunner heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Alexander is on the first-base side of the rubber... Alexander's righthanded delivery... It hits Gunner on the elbow Gunner throws the bat away and sprints to first base That forces in a run Now at the plate will be Nights shortstop for FOFC today Nights has 23 doubles this year Nights awaits the delivery A check on the runners... the pitch Nights drives the ball to center for extra bases Palmer and Potpie will score Dick Howser is windmilling the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Nights It looks like we are going to have a change Leo Durochure is on his way toward Pete Alexander He has already signaled for the righty Haines Jesse will be NL Pre WWII's 2nd pitcher today They are having great difficulty keeping FOFC players from circling the bases Maybe Haines can stop the bleeding He has pitched 60 innings this season His record stands at 1 and 1 Pete Alexander starts for the showers The pitcher, Al Mighty will be up next for FOFC Mighty goes through his routine of settling in Al is ready for the delivery The righthander Haines delivers Paaahhhhhpped it up....... Hornsby makes the easy catch! That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 4 and a half innings FOFC has 9 runs, 9 hits and no errors While NL Pre WWII has one run, 3 hits and one error FOFC has left 3 stranded NL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 3 Terry will come up to lead off NL Pre WWII fans are looking for some runs from their team FOFC leads 9 to 1 here in the bottom of the 5th Terry is 0 for 1 today Bill grounded out last time up Bill steadies his bat And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch He brings it home High hard fastball, swung on... It's a grounder hammered at second... Blade is there... IT'S INTO RIGHT!!... It took a HIGH hop right over him! That's a single for Terry Leo Durochure will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Paul Waner steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Mighty Waner is batting .328 on the year with 7 home runs One on, no outs Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Waner Paul is hitting at .328 on the year He has 95 hits in 290 at bats This includes 13 doubles, 9 triples 7 home runs and 35 RBI's Waiting for the pitch is Waner Mighty looks at the runner The pitch There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Nights races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Waner back in the box And here comes the next pitch Mighty's fastball is ripped toward first Potpie can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Terry 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 Waner and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Frankie Frisch The shortstop, Frankie Frisch, is up next Frankie steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Frisch is 0 for 2 today He grounded out last time up Frisch is ready The southpaw Mighty delivers the 1-2 pitch Inside on the fists... Frisch turns on the fastball... There goes a deep fly to Persimmon Pflaggstettler Terry will score easily on this one There's the catch, and here comes Terry Score it a sac fly for Frisch With one down, up next is Pie Traynor To be followed by Rogers Hornsby Stepping in is Traynor The speedy Waner is on first He probably won't be taking any chances, though NL Pre WWII is trailing by 7 runs Traynor has hit 11 home runs this year Bullock flashes the sign... Mighty waves it off... Now he's happy Mighty's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Waner dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Mighty Now here's the pitch Changeup, Traynor was looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Pflaggstettler is at the warning track... Waits... Off the fence! Traynor's headed for third... Triple for Pie Traynor! Neither Pflaggstettler nor Tucker could get to that one Waner scores from first Hornsby is ready to face Mighty A single would score another run... NL Pre WWII has 2 already this inning Hornsby is waiting on the pitch It's a full count... Mighty winds and fires... Hornsby works the walk... Passes the baton to Mel Ott who will see if he can get Traynor in from third A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Mel Ott FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Ott is 1 for 2 today Mel stands with bat ready Here's the southpaw's delivery A hard drive down the line Gunner has got a long run He can't get to it Ott running hard out of the box Gunner has the ball Ott digging for 2nd He's slides in, Safe! Traynor scores from third! Hornsby takes third Cuyler departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Cuyler steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Kiki is 1 for 2 today Cuyler is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mighty He's waiting for the pitch The southpaw's 2-1 delivery Base hit to center for Cuyler Hornsby scores Casey Stingle is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Medwick up The Pre-Nationals have Cuyler on first Against righthanders Medwick is hitting .188 Medwick is poised and ready for the pitch Fozborg goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Cuyler He lobs one to Potpie... Cuyler is back easily We're ready again Now Fozborg comes home Fozborg just misses outside Ball four to Medwick Gabby Hartnett steps into the box Hartnett steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Gabby is 1 for 2 today Fozborg squeezes the resin bag... Peers in A check on the runners... the pitch The pitch is low It bounces away from Bullock! He's got it But there's no throw. It's scored a wild pitch. Gabby Hartnett steps into the box Hartnett can't seem to get settled at the plate Fozborg is ready quickly The stretch... the pitch Fozborg pitches in tight It gets by Bullock Rolling to the screen The runners will advance without a throw They give Sirr a wild pitch... Looked like Bullock could have stopped that one Gabby Hartnett steps into the box Hartnett is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .284 on the year Sirr gets the sign from Bullock It's coming down the pike Topped in front of home Taken by Bullock Over to first In time! Score It: 2-3 Two down, one more to go, here in the bottom of the 5th 7 runs have crossed the plate so far And the inning isn't over, yet! Terry coming up for NL Pre WWII Nobody on, two away Bill is 1 for 2 this summer afternoon He singled in his last plate appearance He's ready The pay-off pitch... Terry sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Fozborg Easy out That retires the side... but not before 7 runs cross the plate for NL Pre WWII After 5 innings, FOFC leads 9 to 8 |
7/12 Radio Broadcast continued
Dazzy Vance will be coming on to pitch for NL Pre WWII Dazzy has appeared in 35 games this season with a record of 7-3 In 59 innings, he has an 2.76 ERA Jesse Haines has finished his work here this afternoon Blade 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 Barrett is hitting at .262 on the year He has 61 hits in 233 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter... Barrett has scored 33 runs on the season Blade waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Dazzy rocks and fires A hot shot on the ground to Hornsby He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Blade is out And there's one away Coming up now is Tucker Everyone is struggling to keep their bats dry Right-hander Vance prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Tucker Way ahead in the count Vance turns the 0-2 pitch loose Checked swing Slow bouncer toward short Frisch scrambles in Picks it up Flicks it quickly to Terry SAFE! Who shot A. J. out of a cannon?! One away, Tucker at first Pflaggstettler is coming to the plate Dazzy peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Here's the righthander's delivery Swung on and missed... Pflaggstettler is down on strikes Two gone for FOFC Slowly coming up is Potpie for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 9 to 8 We'll see how they pitch to Potpie Hartnett flashes the sign... Vance shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The righthander delivers Potpie drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Hartnett is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Great,)... Tucker is out! Double for Potpie Vance saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Vance looks down toward the third base coach Sirr is ready Fozborg is into his rocking motion Now his right arm comes around Routine grounder to short Nights scoops it up Over to first for the out One up, one down for NL Pre WWII Frisch comes to the plate FOFC leads by 1 We're in the bottom of the 6th Frisch swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Fozborg Fozborg wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Fozborg brings it to the plate Grounded towards the sack Potpie to Fozborg covering first Score It: 3-1 That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Pie Traynor to get a new bat Let's point out that NL Pre WWII is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Up now for NL Pre WWII is Traynor Two away, nobody on Traynor steps out of the box... Looks towards Casey Stingle for a sign Sirr looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Fozborg quick pitches him Traynor tries to hold up Bullock points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! That wraps up the inning for NL Pre WWII Time to check out the rest of the scores Turn of Century with the lead over Negro League II 5 to 2 AL Pre WWII clipping AL Post WWII 8 to 4 Simmons has hit his 17th homerun for AL Pre WWII Japanese League slipping by Dead Ball Era 4 to 2 Left Outs is edging NL Post WWII 3 to 2 Old Timers is in front of Late 20th 3 to 0 FOFC will send Palmer, Billy Bullock, and Stan Gunner to face Dazzy Vance this inning The outfield shades towards left for Palmer Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Here's the 1-0 offering Palmer hits a fly in the gap Ott charges over... He flags it down, on the run Now batting will be Bullock The catcher for FOFC Billy steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Bullock struck out last time up and now is 0 for 3 Bullock waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Now Dazzy delivers There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Joe Medwick is at the wall... (Possible HR or Out Fielding ability: Average,) He's jumping for it... He can't get it! That's a homerun for Billy Bullock Gunner walks slowly to home plate Vance's had mixed success against him in the past Gunner is hitting .267 against righties Gunner is set Now Dazzy delivers Gunner swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Vance strikes out Stan Gunner Two down Hartnett asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hartnett and Vance Next up is Jeff Nights, the FOFC shortstop... If he gets on, Sirr Fozborg would bat next Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the Pre-Nationals ballboy Nights is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly The pitch is on the way Swung on and hit sharply to short Frisch plays it on one hop Over to Terry... Out of there! That's all for FOFC After 6 and a half innings in NL Pre WWII this afternoon, FOFC on top 10 to 8 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Rogers Hornsby, Mel Ott, and Kiki Cuyler are the scheduled hitters It's the bottom of the 7th... All Stars lead the Pre-Nationals, 10-8 Fozborg is happy with the sign Fozborg brings it to the plate Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Hornsby swings way over it He was fooled completely Bullock loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Rogers as he was heading for the dugout NL Pre WWII with one away Fozborg steps off the mound as he waits for Mel Ott to come to the plate Ott finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Ott is at .298 on the season Fozborg has the sign from Bullock Fozborg kicks and fires Swung on and foul tipped Bullock hangs on to it Strike out for Fozborg Number 3 on the day That's the second out of the inning Nobody on, two away Cuyler steps in for NL Pre WWII So far this year Cuyler is batting .292 He has 7 doubles, 3 triples 3 homeruns with 26 RBI's and 7 stolen bases Fozborg steps on the rubber Now ready, here it is... Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That is the third out for NL Pre WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 24006 The FOFC pitcher, Fozborg, will lead off He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then A. J. Tucker Fozborg wiggles the bat above his head The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... Here's the windup... and the pitch Slow ground ball Frisch is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT NL Pre WWII gets the first out here late in this contest Blade is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Barrett is hitting at .261 on the year He has 61 hits in 234 at bats This includes 12 doubles, 3 triples 2 home runs and 16 RBI's Vance likes the sign Vance brings it home Drilled on the ground to the mound Vance comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 Two down Vance retires two in a row At the plate is Tucker Late in the game FOFC up by 2 A. J. is hitting at .298 on the year He has 121 hits in 406 at bats His speed has propelled him to 16 stolen bases Vance shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Dazzy has a fine arsenal of pitches but mostly uses a power fastball! Vance's righthanded delivery... Tucker pulls one to the right side It's going to scoot on through the infield Ott will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Tucker retreats to first after a wide turn Tucker takes a walking lead Tucker has stolen 16 of 19 bases this year Vance tosses another quick one to first... Even the speedy Tucker looks a bit tentative now... He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead Pflaggstettler steps in Tucker's trying to rattle Dazzy Vance by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Pflaggstettler is hitting .310 with 15 homeruns Persimmon also has 16 doubles and 5 triples And has driven in a total of 55 runs Waiting for the pitch is Pflaggstettler The pitch is on the way Pflaggstettler drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Tucker scores! Trailing runner advances. Double for Pflaggstettler Jeeberoni Potpie will be coming up next... Potpie is having a field day at the plate... He is 3 for 4, with 1 home run FOFC has 14 hits overall... Potpie has 3 of those hits... Okay, he's stepping in Potpie is 3 for 4 on the afternoon He has ripped NL Pre WWII pitching for 1 homer and 1 double Still with 0 triples, however He has a shot at the "cycle" here Potpie is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Vance He's waiting for the pitch Pflaggstettler is dancing off third Vance is ignoring him Here's the pitch Routine grounder to short Frisch grabs it Over to Terry Got him! Score It: 6-3 That does it for FOFC here in the top of the 8th But they pick up 1 run So After 7 and a half innings, FOFC on top 11 to 8 Medwick is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Medwick swinging from the right side facing the righty Fozborg Fozborg adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Fozborg kicks and fires Medwick cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock Medwick was badly fooled by Fozborg's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Joe was a little overanxious With one down Potpie yells something out to Fozborg Sirr nods his head Coming up for NL Pre WWII is Gabby Hartnett Nobody on base, one out Right-hander Fozborg eyes the righty Hartnett The righthander Fozborg delivers Hartnett hits a deep fly Gunner retreats toward the fence He leaps... He's got it! Two down Bill Terry plants his left foot The lefthanded first baseman for NL Pre WWII appears set And Sirr studies the sign from Bullock... Now he's got it The righthander Fozborg's delivery Extra base hit to center for Terry A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it This one is rolling to the wall... This might be stretched into an inside the park homerun! He's going to try for it! Here's the play... He's out! Exciting play, Terry will get credit for a triple. FOFC will send Palmer, Billy Bullock, and Stan Gunner to face Dazzy Vance this inning Palmer has hit 4 home runs this year Vance shakes off the sign from Hartnett And another... Still another... Looks like Vance doesn't want to pitch to Palmer Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting Now he's finally ready Vance rocks and fires Palmer rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Frisch Frankie fields it cleanly Over to first quickly... Easy out One gone for FOFC Billy Bullock, the catcher, strides to the plate Bullock is 1 for 4 today Vance likes the sign Vance kicks and delivers Bullock swings hard... But he was fooled on the pitch It hits him on the fists It's dribbling towards second Hornsby charges in on it... Bare hands it... Sidearms it to first... Just in time to get Bullock Nice play by Rogers Hornsby Bullock only needed a bit more speed Two down Dazzy Vance retires the first two batters in a row Stan Gunner will make his way to home plate He's the right fielder for FOFC Gunner goes through his routine of settling in Vance looks down at Hartnett for the sign Now he's ready... Vance is behind in the count Here's the 2-0 offering Gunner 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 Gunner is retired Nice play by the NL Pre WWII short stop Vance sets the All Stars down in order Ross Youngs is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Dazzy Vance Here is Ross Youngs to start it off for NL Pre WWII Kronside looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready And the righthander starts to work on Youngs Here comes the pitch Good slider, inside part of the plate Youngs gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One away in the bottom of the 9th for NL Pre WWII Frankie Frisch coming up Frisch asks the ump for time Now he's back in Frisch is ready for the pitch He takes his windup Fastball OUCH! It hit Frisch! Jackson will be the pinch runner The headsy and classy third baseman, Pie Traynor, is coming up to bat Traynor has a .287 average against righthanders this season Kronside adjusts his cap... Now he's set Kronside brings it to the plate A sharp breaking curve... Traynor was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Pflaggstettler turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Pie Traynor can touch them all Rogers Hornsby will face Kronside Righty against righty Hornsby grips the bat handle Bullock flashes the sign to Kronside Jace comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Right down the middle... strike three Hornsby must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch Two down... The Pre-Nationals are chipping away at the FOFC lead They've scored 2 runs in the inning FOFC leads 11 to 10 A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Mel Ott Ott looks down toward the third base coach, Casey Stingle Kronside shakes off two signs Now he's ready Righthander Kronside's delivery Ott rips it hard... This one looks like it will be in there for extra bases! Mel is around first... Digging for second... He will slide... AND HE IS SAFE! So Mel Ott is in there for his 3rd double on the afternoon! That'll bring up Pre-Nationals' center fielder Kiki Cuyler... Pre-Nationals with a runner in scoring position at second With 2 RBI's in the game Cuyler has 26 on the season Cuyler cocks his bat Kronside will try to get Cuyler to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Right down the middle... strike three Cuyler must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch And that will do it for NL Pre WWII FOFC wins 11 to 10 Kronside notches the save Alexander takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 3 for 5 with a homerun He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from NL Pre WWII. |
7/12 Boxscore
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[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 NL Pre WWII Pre-Nationals 7/12/1900 |
Manager Update
As I sit in my hotel room, I am steaming right now. I’m extremely frustrated with Mighty. For some reason, since the All-Star break he’s be horrible. This is his third straight poor outing, and in 2 of the 3, he was staked to a big lead, only to completely blow up and give the whole thing right back. I did the whole protecting my guys thing in the press conference. In fact, I can still hear the words ringing in my ears… O’Carver, “Mighty is really struggling right now, any idea what is going on?” “Tom, struggling might be a bit strong. Mighty pitched really well until the fifth, when things got away from him. He was cruising up until that point. He just has to figure out how to get through those tough innings without allowing things to get away from him.” When what I really wanted to say was… “I have no freaking idea why he’s spit the bit recently. It’s like the guy can’t focus if the game isn’t on the line. We give him a big lead and with his stuff he should be able to bring it home without any problems, but instead he turns into a batting practice pitcher.” Of course I’d get a follow up question like, “What are you going to do?” And I’d like to respond, “Ringing his neck would be nice…I’m not sure it’d help him pitch better, but it would make me feel better.” I know I might be a bit hard. I mean Alexander is a phenomenal pitcher, and we lit him up. But this has happened one time to many recently. I might have to seriously consider putting Foz into the rotation and dropping Mighty out of it. These toughts keep racing through my head, and I can't sleep. Thank goodness we won, otherwise I'm not sure I'd have slept for a week. I get up, go to the mini-bar to see what they have... |
Manager Update
As I sip on my Vodka Martini, and roll around the events of the game in my head, I realize we gave up ANOTHER HOME RUN TO TRAYNOR. ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME. THE GUY GOT 3 HOMERS ON US IN 4 GAMES. UGH...he had 9 coming into the series. We game him 33% of his total coming into the series in 4 games. We made him look like Mantle or Ruth for crying out loud... Is there any Vodka left...I need another drink |
7/13 Radio Broadcast - Game 97
A warm hello to you, Ladies and Gentleman Tonight FOFC will be doing battle with AL Post WWII Let's see how the Post-Americans shape up, defensively... From left to right in the outfield Williams is in left... Mantle is in center... And Kaline is in right Around the infield, third to first it's Brett playing third Yount at short Covering second is Carew At first base Killebrew And the battery... Pitching, Nolan Ryan with Berra behind the plate Okay, let's get it underway... Ryan brings it to the plate Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Ryan's obviously peeved at that call But Barrett tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first Blade takes his lead from first... He's challenging Ryan's pickoff move Blade is running on the pitch A slider away... Berra pumps... but no throw, he holds onto the ball He is SAFE! A. J. Tucker steps into the box Stepping in and then stepping out again Tucker looks to third for a sign Tucker is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Ryan He's waiting for the pitch He brings it home It's a rocket over second Carew leaps He's got it! Quickly over to second Blade dives back just in time! Ryan gets the first out in the inning One away, one on As Pflaggstettler walks from the on deck circle We're in the top of the 1st Berra flashes the sign to Ryan The pitch on the way, here it is... Groundball to short Blade is trying to advance to third base... A quick glance at the lead runner... The play is to first... And Pflaggstettler is out Jeeberoni Potpie is up to face Nolan Ryan He told me in the pregame show That he was seeing the ball very good in practice Potpie has 14 doubles this year Ryan looks down at Berra for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Ryan brings it home Potpie swings and lifts one toward center Mantle drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... After one-half inning It's FOFC nothing, the Post-Americans coming up Here we go in the home half of the first inning... Let's take a moment to set up the defense... In left Gazelle Over in center Tucker Pflaggstettler 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 Babson pitching and Hays behind home plate Lead off man for the Post-Americans Rod Carew steps into the batter's box Carew is batting .333 with 3 homeruns He has 7 doubles, 5 triples and 17 RBI's His OBP of .390 is why FOFC doesn't like to see him leading off an inning or at bat at any time for that matter!! Babson steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Babson brings it to the plate A jug-handled curve Carew goes out and gets it It's a liner to right Pflaggstettler will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Rod Carew George Brett, the third baseman, strides to the plate George checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings Now he steps into the box Brett is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Carew is dancing off first Babson's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Carew dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch Brett goes after Babson's fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Tucker is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... He goes up after it... And brings it down in the webbing! George just missed a homer on that one Only a long out for the AL Post WWII third baseman One gone for AL Post WWII Mickey Mantle steps up to the plate Mantle asks the ump for time Now he's back in Mantle is ready for the pitch Here comes the pitch Bouncer to second Blade grabs it Throws to second He's out Over to first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 That's three outs, side retired FOFC will send Palmer, Harry Hays, and Gerald Gazelle to face Nolan Ryan this inning Palmer wiggles the bat above his head The count one ball, one strike on Palmer Now Nolan delivers Shallow fly ball Mantle charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! And there's one away Now here's Hays Hays is batting .340 with 10 round trippers in 1900 Hays gets set for the pitch Ryan's into his windup... the pitch Ball four is the call Ryan can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Ryan Hays takes first base The left fielder, Gerald Gazelle will be up next for FOFC Gazelle has hit 15 home runs this year Ryan is ready quickly Now Nolan delivers Gazelle swings and misses Strike three Gazelle didn't have a good cut at that pitch That's out number two Joe Torre moving around Hollers something down at Ryan Nolan nods "UH HUH" The shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next Nights is batting .284 with 10 HR's this year Ryan has the sign from Berra Carew comes in a couple steps Yells something to Ryan The delivery Hit on the ground to third Taken by Brett Over to Killebrew Got him! Score It: 5-3 Three away in the top of the 2nd No score Let's go to the ticker And see how everyone else is faring Late 20th slipping by Caribbean 2 to 0 Johnson battling Tiant Jr. Negro League II is edging Japanese League 2 to 1 Wilson has hit his 15th homerun for Negro League II NL Post WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 1 to 0 Left Outs and Dead Ball Era have yet to score NL Pre WWII and Old Timers have yet to score Negro League I leads Turn of Century 2 to 1 Williams battling Joss Ted Williams stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Ted is hitting at .303 on the year AL Post WWII's cleanup hitter has knocked in 63 runs He has a fine .558 slugging average All set, Williams is ready for the pitch Into the windup... here's the pitch It's a high fly into left Gazelle ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out One up, one down That will bring up first baseman, Harmon Killebrew Killebrew has hit 16 home runs this year Babson is making his 21st start of the season The windup, and the 1-0 pitch Killebrew rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Nights Jeff fields it cleanly Over to first quickly... Easy out That's two up, two down Kaline is up now for AL Post WWII Kaline has a .272 average against righthanders this season Kaline is set Babson rocks and fires Kaline gives it a ride Gazelle is streaking toward the fence He's at the warning track... He may have a chance... Reaches up... Got it!!! What a play by the FOFC left fielder! Kaline can't believe it as he kicks at the air after rounding first Al hit it hard, but somehow Gerald was able to run it down He's an outstanding outfielder! 1-2-3, nothing across... Babson 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 5 and 5 in their last ten games The umps are returning to their positions Looks like we'll continue... As Babson steps back in Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Babson waits Ryan fires There's a hard bouncer to Brett's left He's over... Makes the pick-up... Over to Killebrew... Babson is out! A sparkling glove hand pick-up by George Brett! That's one away Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Blade Barrett is hitting .260 this year Trying to get comfortable in the box Not an easy task against the likes of Ryan Ballplayers tend not to get too much of a toehold against pitchers like Ryan Their wildness keeps batters honest He's ready The righthander delivers It's a Texas Leaguer to right Here comes Kaline... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Blade is on with a bloop single to right Blade watches Ryan move... He's moving away from the bag Ryan looks Blade back He is unable to get his normal lead Tucker digs in at the plate Ready now for Ryan to come set We're in the top of the 3rd Ryan likes the sign Now to the belt, here it is... It's popped in the air It'll be the first baseman, Killebrew, making the play 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 He's off to the races! The peg down... The speedy Blade slides in safely! 7 steals in 7 attempts on the year He is one of the best on the basepaths Apparently Ryan has been instructed to put Mister Persimmon Pflaggstettler on... He has done just that... Pflaggstettler trots down to first Jeeberoni Potpie will now get a crack at Ryan Joe Torre did not want Nolan to pitch to the FOFC right fielder Pflaggstettler is having a fine year He's 11th in the league in batting, at a .312 clip He's got 15 home runs, 56 RBI... Jeeberoni Potpie will get a crack at Ryan next Deacon Palmer would be up next... But only if Potpie can reach safely Potpie is batting .282 with 23 homers this year Potpie, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Ryan The pitch is on the way The HIGH CHEESE......... STRIKE THREE SWINGING! That retires the side... Potpie fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base The catcher Berra will start things off for the Post-Americans Berra is at .275 on the season He is hitting .266 against righties Berra waits patiently Here's the righthander's delivery Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Berra hits it into the hole on the right side Blade ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Berra is out by a step at first One down for AL Post WWII Robin Yount is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for AL Post WWII Coming up for AL Post WWII is Robin Yount Nobody on base, one out Yount is hitting .333 against righties Yount awaits the pitch Babson brings it to the plate Yount tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! Two down Here's Nolan Ryan Ryan swinging from the right side facing the righty Babson Hays flashes the sign... Babson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Babson's 1-0 pitch... Swung on and popped up Nights is waiting... And that's an easy out That's all for the Post-Americans No runs, no hits and no errors... We've played three, here... We're scoreless It's the All Stars' turn at bat here in the top of the 4th Deacon Palmer, Harry Hays, and Gerald Gazelle are due up to face righthander Nolan Ryan Palmer is 0 for 1 today Ryan eyes Palmer intently The righthander Ryan delivers Good slider, inside part of the plate Palmer gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Carew grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! AL Post WWII gets the first out of the inning Hays is ready to face Ryan Right-hander Ryan eyes the righty Hays Nolan rocks and fires Fly ball to center Mantle is under it He makes the grab That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Late 20th slipping by Caribbean 2 to 0 Negro League II is edging Japanese League 2 to 1 NL Post WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 1 to 0 Left Outs and Dead Ball Era are scoreless NL Pre WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0 Negro League I and Turn of Century are tied at 2 Up now for FOFC is Gazelle Two away, nobody on The righty shakes off the sign... Now Nolan shakes off another one... Nolan has a 95 MPH fastball but has control problems The Texan comes in with the fastball Curve ball... Gazelle swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! And that retires the side The Post-Americans will send Carew, George Brett, and Mickey Mantle up to the plate this inning Rod is hitting at .335 on the year He has 106 hits in 316 at bats Today, he is 1 for 1 Carew singled his last time up Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Carew It's coming down the pike Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT AL Post WWII with one away Babson steps off the mound as he waits for George Brett to come to the plate George Brett will make his way to home plate He's the third baseman for AL Post WWII Brett is 0 for 1 today George flied out last time up Set now is Brett Babson brings it to the plate George Brett swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... It's CAUGHT! Pflaggstettler robs the Post-Americans with a great catch at the fence Two down Babson retires the first two AL Post WWII batters Walking slowly up for AL Post WWII is Mantle The outfield is playing him deep And shaded to the right They are showing respect for his power Mantle has hit 28 home runs this year Babson studies his sign Babson brings it to the plate Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Babson's obviously peeved at that call But Mickey tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first Mantle extends his lead towards second Throw to first... SAFE!... Another throw... easily back Now Mantle extends his lead... Fastball up and in... He's off on the pitch The peg down... Mantle slides head first to the outside... Avoids the tag... He's safe... WAIT, he overslid the bag... And he's back in safely avoiding the tag again! That will be stolen base number 3 for the 1900 season They're not going to pitch to Williams They'll give him an intentional pass Oh! Babson nearly threw ball four to the backstop Mantle bluffed a move toward third "Killer" is now coming to the plate Two men on, two men out Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Killebrew Brian checks the runners Steps off the mound Again he's into the stretch The pitch A sinking fastball... Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE So that's it for AL Post WWII They fail to score against Babson In the bottom of the 4th for AL Post WWII No runs, no hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Jeff Nights will start things off So far this season Nights is hitting .280 when facing righthanded pitching The umpire says let's go We've got a full count... Ryan winds and fires... In the dirt And Nights holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Babson shows bunt It's a beauty! Right down the 3rd base line... Brett charges... he fires to first He gets the batter, but the runner Nights goes to 2nd... A sacrifice for Babson One away... Killebrew is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Brett also... Now they return to their positions One on, one out Coming up next is Blade Barrett is hitting at .263 on the year He has 62 hits in 236 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored 33 runs this year Nolan is ready Here's the 2-2 pitch Big motion... Blade is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Ryan pulled the string on him Two down Berra asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Berra and Ryan Tucker heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Tucker has hit 4 home runs this year Nolan looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Yount trying to slip in behind Nights Now he slips away Here's the 3-1 offering It's a slow ground ball to the left of short Yount makes the easy pick up Over to first... Tucker is safe! The throw pulled Killebrew off the bag Yount may have had too much time on that one AL Post WWII has 1 error in the game so far Two on, two outs... Pflaggstettler steps to the plate The wind seems to be swirling around on the field Persimmon Pflaggstettler is hitting .321 this year against righthanded pitchers He's ready for the delivery Now the delivery, here is is... Hit on the ground to short Yount grabs it Over to Killebrew Got him! Score It: 6-3 That's all for FOFC After 4 and a half innings in AL Post WWII this evening, We're scoreless Al Kaline is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for AL Post WWII to get things going Kaline is 0 for 1 today Babson steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Brian comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Kaline swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Babson strikes out Al Kaline Babson retires the first batter to face him in the bottom of the 5th Berra gets set at the plate Berra is 0 for 1 today Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... The righthander Babson's delivery Lined to second Blade tries it He snares it for the out! Score It: 4 Two up, two down for AL Post WWII Babson is moving along with the efficiency of a well oiled machine Robin Yount is coming to the plate The wet weather seems to be bothering Brian He keeps going for the resin bag Now he toes the rubber Brian winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... Another hook for strike three! Yount just stood there looking 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 Potpie is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Before getting ready Potpie checks out the defensive alignment Ryan looks down at Berra for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Ryan kicks and delivers Change-up, Potpie is looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Mantle is racing back... HE STUMBLES on the warning track!!!... He can't make the catch... The ball rolls to the fence... Potpie coasts into second... As the throw is way too late Potpie will get a double from the official scorer One on, nobody out Palmer strides up to the plate Palmer steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Deacon is 0 for 2 today Nolan Ryan has struck out 4 and walked 4 He's rubbing up the ball as he looks over at Joe Torre Way ahead in the count Ryan turns the 0-2 pitch loose Palmer swings and misses, strike three! Deacon chased a curve ball in the dirt One down for FOFC Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle and Gerald Gazelle is looking for a bat in the dugout And the batter is Harry Hays Gerald Gazelle is on-deck Hays has hit 10 home runs this year Ryan steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Nolan looks over his shoulder at Potpie Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Hays takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Hays' outta there No score with two away this inning Berra heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Gazelle. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are going to put Gazelle on Gazelle watches ball four He takes his base The shortstop, Jeff Nights is up for the All Stars We are in the top of the 6th Nights is hitless today, 0 for 1 Jeff drew a walk in his last at bat Nights awaits the delivery Potpie on second, Gazelle on first They're dancing off the bags Here's the 3-2 offering Fastball... just outside And Nights will take first on the walk Everybody will move up a base... Bases are loaded, with Brian Babson due up Walking up to the plate now is Gonzalez Barrett Blade waits on deck Ryan is in a tough spot Ryan shakes off two signs Now he's ready And here's the pay-off pitch... Ryan's pitch is low and outside Ryan had trouble getting the breaking ball over That forces in a run Ryan needs to throw strikes Clutch walk by Gonzalez The bases are still loaded for Barrett Blade Barrett Blade makes his way to home plate Barrett comes to the plate batting .262 with 2 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Ryan adjusts his cap... Now he's set Here's his delivery Blade takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Out on strikes That's it for FOFC FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors While AL Post WWII has no runs, one hit and one error FOFC has now left 9 runners stranded Ryan will be up, but what's this?... The umpiring crew is meeting near the plate As this rain we've had all game has intensified Will they stop the game?... |
7/13 Radio Broadcast Continued
Guess not, looks like we'll continue... Ryan steps back in to face Kronside Kronside gets the sign, it's one he likes Kronside kicks and fires Sinking line drive Caught by Deacon Palmer One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Late 20th is beating Caribbean 4 to 0 Winfield has hit his 8th homerun for Late 20th Negro League II is on top of Japanese League 3 to 1 Mathis and Kaneda currently dueling NL Post WWII leads AL Pre WWII 1 to 0 Marichal and Lyons currently dueling Left Outs is edging Dead Ball Era 3 to 2 Robinson has hit his 11th homerun for Left Outs Old Timers leads NL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Clarkson battling Rixey Negro League I and Turn of Century are tied at 2 Williams and Joss currently dueling And in our contest FOFC ahead 1 to 0 And it brings up Rod Carew On deck is George Brett Mickey Mantle in the hole Rod is 1 for 2 this summer evening He's batting .334 on the season Carew waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch to Carew... Sinking fastball... Carew swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two gone for AL Post WWII George Brett is the next batter in the bottom of the 6th AL Post WWII continues to trail FOFC Brett is hitting .231 with 14 homeruns George also has 15 doubles and 2 triples And has driven in a total of 51 runs Brett waiting on the delivery The pay-off pitch... Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! We head to the 7th... The score is still FOFC 1, Post-Americans 0 A. J. Tucker up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Tucker is at .298 on the season Tucker waits for the pitch Ryan's righthanded delivery... Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Berra fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Tucker So one up and one gone Pflaggstettler finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Pflaggstettler is taking his practice swings Persimmon is 0 for 2 this evening Ryan has gone the distance so far and pitched well enough to win He just hasn't had the run support The pitch is on the way Pflaggstettler takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Pflaggstettler is out on strikes Two up, two down Jeeberoni Potpie will face Ryan Righty against righty Potpie saunters to the plate The righthander is 1 for 3 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Ryan Potpie is hitting .283 versus righties this year Of his 23 homeruns, 17 came while facing righties Potpie is waiting on the pitch Ryan is into his rocking motion Now his right arm comes around HIT HIM!! Potpie jogs down to first Jeeberoni took one for the team to get on Potpie slowly moves away from the base Ryan continues to hold the runner close Two outs, with a man at first Palmer is the next batter Palmer is hitting .297 against righties Palmer readies himself for the pitch Around comes the arm In comes the pitch Bouncer to third Brett grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 Three down for FOFC Still a 1 run deficit for AL Post WWII Let me point out that coming in to today's game FOFC is 18 and 12 in one run games AL Post WWII has a 13 and 11 record in these tight contests It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The big guys are due up for AL Post WWII Mantle will lead it off He will be followed by Ted Williams and Harmon Killebrew Mantle steps out of the box... Looks towards Don Zimmer for a sign Mantle waits Here's his delivery Mantle 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 Mantle stretches his lead Kronside throws over to first... He puts nothin' on it... Just a bluff... Now he is set again... Spins and fires one to first... Mantle scurries back quickly... He just avoided the tag! He should have dove back... He almost got caught I'm sure Chris Chambliss will chat with him It's something a good first base coach does Now batting is be "Teddy Ballgame" Williams is 0 for 1 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Palmer is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Kronside is ready quickly Kronside checks Mantle on first Now the 3-1 pitch Belt high fastball... Swung on... Juiced to deep center There goes Tucker Racing hard... Reaches... Off his glove... Bounces up... He catches it! Wow, a nice juggling play! Williams is disgusted and Mantle returns to first quickly One away in the bottom of the 7th for AL Post WWII The Post-Americans' first baseman is up next AL Post WWII has 1 on board with 1 out Killebrew digs into the box Killebrew is set for the pitch The stretch... the delivery Lifted in the air, back this way The catcher, Hays, will take it for the out FOFC gets the second out of the inning The tying run is on base... And up comes right fielder Al Kaline AL Post WWII needs only 1 run They trail 1-0 Kaline has hit 8 home runs this year Right-hander Kronside eyes the righty Kaline The righthander delivers Kaline is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That is the third out for AL Post WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 22606 The FOFC catcher, Hays, will lead off He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle And then Jeff Nights FOFC on top 1 to 0 Berra flashes the sign... Ryan shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Nolan is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Fastball... Hays jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Mantle after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Mickey Mantle! And there's one away At the plate is Gazelle Late in the game FOFC up by 1 Gazelle a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Ryan Gazelle cocks his bat The pitch is on the way STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Nolan Ryan here this evening Two down Berra asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Berra and Ryan Jeff Nights, the shortstop, strides to the plate The outfield shades towards left for Nights Nights is set Here's the pitch Nights pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Williams will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Nights retreats to first after a wide turn Nights takes a walking lead Nights holding close to the bag Ryan watching him closely Gunner finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Gunner scuffs up the lines around the box Ryan is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... Nolan rocks and fires There's a soft fly to Mickey Mantle He charges in HE DROPS THE BALL! Gunner pulls into second on the error by Mantle Berra 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 Blade watches ball four He takes his base A. J. Tucker, the FOFC center fielder, steps into the batter's box FOFC on top 1 to 0 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Tucker is hitless today, 0 for 4 A. J. struck out in his last at bat Ryan is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... The righthander Ryan's delivery The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Tucker swung, that's strike three Tucker isn't happy at all with that call And that's the final out of the inning FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors While AL Post WWII has no runs, 2 hits and 2 errors FOFC has left 13 men on base today Bottom of the Post-Americans' order coming up The catcher, Yogi Berra will lead off Berra is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a respectable .272 for AL Post WWII Right-hander Rodney prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Berra Rodney kicks, delivers Good slider, inside part of the plate Berra gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Oh Oh!, with one down in the bottom of the 8th Here comes the rain... It's not raining hard yet Perhaps we can still finish Robin Yount will face Rodney Righty against righty Yount swinging from the right side facing the righty Rodney Robin is set for the pitch Here's the 2-1 pitch He bunts the ball! Potpie fields it and fires to first And he is . . . SAFE!!! A bunt base hit. Now batting for AL Post WWII... Carl Yastrzemski... He'll pinch hit for Nolan Ryan Yastrzemski with a .297 average on the season James Rodney watches Yount As he moves away from the bag Another throw... Rodney's five throws over have been effective Yount has a small lead now He must be getting tired from diving back in! Coming to the plate is Yastrzemski One down and runner at first Rodney looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Now James delivers A slider by Rodney Yastrzemski gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's two away Rod Carew steps into the box Carew grips the bat handle Rodney likes the sign Here's the righthander's delivery It's in for a strike, and it gets away from Hays There goes Yount from first He's safe at second Score it a passed ball on Hays Rod Carew steps into the box Rodney looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Hays He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Rodney Now he is ready... Rodney brings it to the plate There's a ball in front of the plate... Hays gets in front to block it... But it's off his mitt to his left Yount is off for third base... Hays picks up the ball and from his knees Whips it to Fouts... Yount slides... SAFE!! Score it a wild pitch on James Rodney Rod Carew steps into the box 2 men away, Yount on third Rodney is slow to get ready He has a 2.81 ERA this year Now he's ready Yount is dancing off third Rodney is ignoring him Here's the pitch In the hole, past the first baseman... Base hit! 1 run will score... Yount crosses the plate with the tying run! It's all even now at 1 While Mickey Mantle heads for the on deck circle George Brett makes his way to the plate Carew will be running if it's hit Rodney gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign Rodney goes into his stretch... Looks over at Carew Fires to Potpie... Carew is back easily... We're ready again Now Rodney comes home Brett drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play That does it for AL Post WWII here in their half of the eighth As we head into the ninth this game is all tied up at 1 runs apiece Quite a pitcher's duel, indeed! Rollie Fingers will be coming on to pitch for AL Post WWII Rollie has appeared in 32 games this season He has a record of 3-5 in 33 innings His ERA stands at 5.79 It's the All Stars' turn at bat here in the top of the 9th Persimmon Pflaggstettler, Jeeberoni Potpie, and Dan Fouts are due up to face righthander Rollie Fingers The righthander pitching to Pflaggstettler... A righthanded batter Righties have a .316 average against Rollie Fingers brings it to the plate Ground ball to the left side... Yount scoops it up Over to first for the putout With one gone FOFC will have Jeeberoni Potpie coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Potpie gets set at the plate Potpie has 15 doubles this year Fingers has the sign from Berra Fingers leans back and fires Potpie goes after the big breaker... Hit on the ground to Fingers' right... Yount isn't able to cut it off... It's bouncing into center field for a single At the plate now for FOFC is Fouts Fingers is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Fingers looks in... Now he's ready He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Potpie dives back in!... SAFE! Killebrew tosses it back to Fingers Now here's the pitch Long fly ball to right field Kaline turns and runs He's at the fence IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . CAUGHT! Score It: 9 Two gone for FOFC Next up for FOFC is Harry Hays Hays is taking his practice swings Harry is 0 for 3 this evening He flied out last time at bat Rollie gets the sign from Berra Fingers' 1-2 pitch... Drilled on the ground to short Yount grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 The All Stars are gone in the 9th... they get No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... We head to the bottom of the 9th... The score is tied at 1 Mantle up now to lead off Mickey is 1 for 2 today He precedes Ted Williams in the order as the first of the AL Post WWII "run producers" He has 11 doubles with 28 home runs so far in 1900 Knowles looks down at Mickey Mantle... Bo was telling me before the game That he enjoyed watching Mantle hit Mickey, of course, is having a great year Facing him from out there on the mound will put a little damper on that, however Knowles rocks and fires Mantle pounds a grounder toward Blade at second Barrett moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Blade stayed with it Over to first and Mantle is retired Nice play by the FOFC second baseman That's one away "The Thumper" is now coming to bat Williams is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk Bo Knowles steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The lefthander Knowles comes home with it There's a fly ball to Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler circles under it... He makes the play Two away, last half of the 9th... One out remaining... The Post-Americans have to get something going here to avoid extra innings Two out, nobody on Up now is Killebrew Killebrew is batting .223 with 16 homers this year All set, Killebrew is ready for the pitch Knowles winds and delivers The 0-1 pitch Killebrew rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Fouts spears it! A shot right at the FOFC third baseman Piece of cake! And we go to extra innings! Starting the top of the 10th for FOFC is Gazelle Fingers wastes no time He has the sign from Berra Fingers brings it home Hanging curveball... Gazelle times it, swings... There's a high drive... Crunched deep towards right center... Mantle doesn't have a chance Home Run for Gazelle That was way over the fence Nights leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate It's a rainy summer evening as Jeff steps in He is 1 for 2 tonight The count is nothing and 2 Nights has to protect the plate Fingers winds and delivers Swung on...and hit way, way up Under it is Berra...and he's got it With one down Killebrew yells something out to Fingers Rollie nods his head Coming up now is Bullock Everyone is struggling to keep their bats dry Billy Bullock is hitting .253 this year against righthanded pitchers Bullock waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Fingers' righthanded delivery... Off speed pitch on the way... And Bullock watches it go by for the third strike FOFC leads 2 to 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well These scores are final... Late 20th nipped Caribbean 7 to 6 Negro League II nipped Japanese League 3 to 2 Mathis the winner, he's now 5-8 Kaneda takes the loss, his record drops to 4-9 AL Pre WWII downed NL Post WWII 3 to 1 Dead Ball Era nipped Left Outs 5 to 4 Bender the winner, he's now 4-2 Lemon takes the loss, his record drops to 2-6 NL Pre WWII nipped Old Timers 5 to 4 Negro League I edged out Turn of Century 6 to 5 Wagner has hit his 9th homerun for Turn of Century Barrett Blade will step in to face Fingers next If he gets on, A. J. Tucker will follow Berra flashes the sign to Fingers The 2-2 offering... Struck him out on a fastball Blade goes down swinging That's three outs, side retired Al Kaline will step into the box to start the inning AL Post WWII would like to get some runners on board Al comes to the plate batting .279 with 8 home runs He is 0 for 3 so far today Kaline waits on Knowles Here's the 3-0 offering Kaline starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Knowles walks him Here's Yogi Berra Berra looks towards the coach Berra is waiting for the pitch Here's the 3-1 offering Hard ground ball to the mound Knowles comes up with it Throw to second for one They might turn it . . . Not in time! Score It: 1-4 The runner on first, Kaline, is out Joe Torre is going to use a pinch runner Phil Rizzuto is headed out toward first base He will be running for Yogi Berra Knowles better keep an eye on Rizzuto . . . Now Knowles steps off the rubber Rizzuto shortens up on his lead Yount is up now for AL Post WWII Against righthanders Yount is hitting .333 Yount waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Way ahead in the count Knowles turns the 0-2 pitch loose The Whiff! Knowles punches Yount out! Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away We are going to have a pinch hitter Reggie Jackson will bat for Rollie Fingers It will be the lefthand hitting, Jackson against the righty Knowles Jackson is hitting righties for a .248 average Reggie Jackson will get a crack at Knowles next Rod Carew would be up next... But only if Jackson can reach safely Jackson goes through his routine of settling in Knowles looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... Knowles goes into his stretch... Looks at Rizzuto... He fires one to Potpie... Rizzuto dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Knowles comes home Jackson 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! . . . Jackson back in the box And here comes the next pitch Reggie Jackson hits a drive down the line If it stays fair it may be gone Oh my, Persimmon Pflaggstettler is reaching up... Jumps... And snares it for the out I'm impressed! And that will do it for AL Post WWII FOFC wins 2 to 1 Knowles gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Fingers takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Gerald Gazelle He was 1 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from AL Post WWII. |
7/13 Boxscore
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[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Post WWII Post-Americans 7/13/1900 |
Manager Update
For the first time in a long time I am excited to do a press conference. I think it is because my adrenalin is still pumping from the game. I quick step it into the press room and start talking before I can sit down so Lou doesn’t the opportunity to piss me off… “Did you guys see that catch?…WHOA was that IMPRESSIVE!...” Lou starts, “Benton, you had… I ignore him and continue my rant, “Persimmon’s play was unbelievable…and a game winner at that. That 1 play might be huge for us down the road. You need to mark the game down in your calendars because you may have a nice retrospective article you can do at the end of the season. MAN that was impressive.” Lou again, “Benton, you had… Still ignoring, “How far did he run?” {silence} “Come on guys…40 yards, 50 yards?” I ask, urging a response. Tom O’Carver, “I’d say it was close to 50.” Reader chimes in, “Yeah close.” Hack Jobb, “It was well over 40 for sure.” Lou, “Benton, you had…” “Yeah, that’s what I thought too…And unless you’ve played the game you probably don’t realize how hard it is to make a catch on the dead run like that when you’ve had to go so far. But to make this even more phenomenal, he had to judge the wall. You know running into it full speed like that might have ended his season. So he ran around 50 yards, full speed, judged the wall, and then had to gather himself and jump to save the Jackson’s would be game winning home run. Oh my – I just can’t sit still. I still see that play in my head. WOW!...” Lou try’s again, “Benton, you had…” “You know what….Pflaggsettler was getting bombarded by reporters and his teammates when I came in here. I didn’t get a chance to really talk to him about that play. I’m going to do that now…” I get up and walk out…with reporters screaming questions at my back. I smirk and continue on like I don’t hear them. |
Dynasty Update
Just a quick note. I am no longer ahead in my game play vs. postings so tonights Swim Team Banquet for the kids may prevent me from playing/posting tonights game. If it does, I'll double up tomorrow. Just wanted to warn everyone up front... |
7/14 Radio Broadcast - Game 98
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Catfish Hunter with his 5 and 11 record Will be facing Barrett Blade Here we go, well almost... Here comes Fisk out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start Hunter brings it to the plate Hit to third... and right at Brett He juggled that ball a bit, but held on Barrett takes his seat One gone for FOFC Coming up for FOFC is A. J. Tucker Nobody on base, one out A. J. is hitting at .296 on the year He has 122 hits in 412 at bats This includes 14 doubles, 6 triples 4 home runs and 41 RBI's Fisk flashes the sign... Hunter shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Hunter goes into his windup And here's the 2-0 offering Tucker hits a deep fly to right-center Jackson races to the warning track He steadies himself He won't get this one...it's off the fence Tucker racing around first... Jackson has the ball... Fires a throw in... Carew has the relay... Holds the throw... Tucker in easily at second It's a two-bagger for A. J. Tucker FOFC has him in scoring position Planting his right foot Pflaggstettler is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler has hit 15 home runs this year Hunter has the sign from Fisk Hunter's righthanded delivery... Fastball, belt high, away... Pflaggstettler goes after it... There's a fly ball to Mantle Mantle is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run FOFC with one more chance to take the lead One on, two out, score tied FOFC is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Walking up to the plate now is Gonzalez Deacon Palmer waits on deck So far this season Gonzalez is hitting .299 when facing righthanded pitching Full count on the batter, 3-2 He brings it home Gonzalez watches strike three glide by For that matter, he watched them all That won't get it done So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Hunter In the top of the 1st for FOFC No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Robin Yount stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Yount is hitting .287 with 5 homeruns Robin also has 17 doubles and 5 triples And has driven in a total of 38 runs Williams steps on the rubber Now John delivers Slow ground ball Nights is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT The Panamanian second baseman, Rod Carew, is approaching the plate The third baseman plays in on Rod the outfield straight away Carew digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Williams Carew readies himself for the pitch Williams kicks and fires Off speed pitch on the way... And Carew watches it go by for the third strike Two up, two down for AL Post WWII The "Mick" steps in to face John Williams Mantle grips the bat handle Mantle cocks his bat Now ready, here it is... It's grounded past the mound Blade races to his right Nights to his left Nights scoops it up Throws on one bounce to Gonzalez... Mickey beats it out! Reggie Jackson steps in against Williams Left-hander against left-hander Mantle will be running if it's hit Left-hander John Williams prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Jackson Now to the belt, here it is... Base hit to left for Jackson Don Zimmer puts up the stop sign... Mantle will stay at second AL Post WWII sends the third baseman, George Brett, up to the plate Brett is batting .230 with 14 HR's this year Hays flashes the sign... Williams waves it off... Now he's happy Williams stretches, checks his runners The pitch... There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Blade races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? HE'S GOT IT!!! Nice play by Blade Score It: 4 That's it for AL Post WWII Here at AL Post, After 1 inning, AL Post WWII has no runs, 2 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors AL Post WWII has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 1 FOFC will send Palmer, Stan Gunner, and Harry Hays to face Catfish Hunter this inning Deacon is batting .325 in 249 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Stan Gunner Hunter eyes Palmer intently Hunter brings it to the plate Palmer hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at short Yount dives... It's through for a base hit! He almost got his glove on it... Palmer reaches on a sizzling single to left A nice try by the short stop, Robin Yount Here's Stan Gunner Gunner goes through his routine of settling in Catfish is ready The pitch to Gunner... The ball is low and outside Did he go around? The umpire says no Ball four For Gunner, that's 1 walk today Harry Hays moves in to face Hunter 2 on, no outs here in the top of the 2nd Hays digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Hunter Hays is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Hunter He's waiting for the pitch The pitch is on the way Hard ground ball into right field It's a single for Hays Palmer scores from second! Gunner takes third Walking up to the plate now is Nights FOFC leading in the game Nights has 24 doubles this year Set now is Nights Hunter brings it to the plate Base hit to right for Nights Gunner scores Hays is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Nights at first Williams squares He bunts the ball . . . It's popped up... Caught by G.Brett a poor bunt by Williams One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Next up is Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman Blade taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Blade, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Hunter Carew comes in a couple steps Yells something to Hunter The delivery Pounded on the ground to short Yount comes up with it Throw to second for one To first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That retires the side... 2 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 1 and a half innings, FOFC on top 2 to 0 Carlton Fisk is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for AL Post WWII to get things going Fisk looks down toward the third base coach, Don Zimmer And John studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it Here's the windup... and the pitch Topped in front of home Hays gets to it He throws He is SAFE! Fisk has himself an infield hit Next up is Larry Doby, the AL Post WWII left fielder On-deck is Carl Yastrzemski... He'll be followed by Catfish Hunter Doby swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Williams Larry stands with bat ready The lefty Williams delivers Changeup... Ties Doby up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! That's one away Fisk at first, one out Carl Yastrzemski is ready at the plate Yastrzemski wiggles the bat above his head Now set, Yastrzemski waits for the pitch Here's his delivery Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Yastrzemski looks at strike three Two gone for AL Post WWII With FOFC leading in the bottom of the 2nd Here's Hunter now up for AL Post WWII On deck will be Robin Yount Williams shakes off two signs Now he's ready The pitch on the way, here it is... Routine grounder to first Gonzalez to Williams covering first Score It: 3-1 We head to the 3rd... The score is still FOFC 2, Post-Americans 0 FOFC will send Tucker, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and David Gonzalez to face Catfish Hunter this inning Catfish is getting his sign from Fisk Hopefully it isn't for the gopher ball He has quite a tendency to deliver those up In 130 innings Catfish has allowed lefties to blast 18 taters! Hunter brings it home Routine grounder to second Carew scoops it up Over to first for the out One gone for FOFC And the batter is Persimmon Pflaggstettler David Gonzalez is on-deck Pflaggstettler has hit 5 triples this year Persimmon is ready for the delivery Hunter is into his windup Here's the pitch The pitch is just inside and Pflaggstettler holds up Fisk points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Persimmon trots down to first... ball four Facing Hunter now is Gonzalez Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle Stan Gunner waits in the hole Gonzalez is batting .293 with 3 homers this year David steadies his bat And waits patiently for Hunter's pitch Hunter goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Pflaggstettler He lobs one to Yastrzemski... Pflaggstettler is back easily We're ready again Now Hunter comes home Fastball down low... Gonzalez swings and hits one out to center Mickey Mantle is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Hunter Pflaggstettler trots back to first Two down Fisk asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Fisk and Hunter Coming to the plate is Palmer Pflaggstettler's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Hunter Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off After getting set, Palmer waits on the pitch He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Pflaggstettler dives back in!... SAFE! Yastrzemski tosses it back to Hunter Now here's the pitch Pounded on the ground to third Brett grabs it He throws and gets the force at second Score It: 5-4 The runner on first, Pflaggstettler, is out That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 2 and a half innings FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors While AL Post WWII has no runs, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 stranded AL Post WWII has failed to bring home 3 The shortstop Yount will lead off for the Post-Americans He'll be followed by Rod Carew And then Mickey Mantle Williams ready quickly, looks in for the sign The southpaw Williams' delivery Yount starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Williams walks him Rod Carew steps in now for the Post-Americans The All Stars lead in this one, 2-zip Carew has hit 3 home runs this year Williams studies his sign Williams goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Yount He lobs one to Gonzalez... Yount is back easily... We're ready again Now Williams comes home Swung on and missed by Carew, he's down on strikes One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Late 20th and Caribbean have yet to score Negro League II leads Japanese League 1 to 0 AL Pre WWII is edging NL Post WWII 1 to 0 Left Outs leads Dead Ball Era 3 to 2 Sutton and Plank currently dueling NL Pre WWII is edging Old Timers 2 to 1 Negro League I and Turn of Century are all knotted at 1 And in our contest FOFC on top 2 to 0 Yount at first, one away Mantle is ready for the pitch Mantle has managed a .383 average against lefthanders this year Mickey is set for the pitch The lefthander Williams comes home with it Here's a curve... Not a good one! Mantle turns on it a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run! Number 29 for Mickey on the year He also has 78 RBI's now That brings up Reggie Jackson, the right fielder We'll see how they pitch to Jackson The count even at 2-2 John rocks and fires A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! Jackson is down on strikes Number 5 here today for Williams That's two away George Brett plants his left foot The lefthanded third baseman for AL Post WWII appears set Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants It's coming down the pike Swung on and hit on the nose to right Pflaggstettler picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Brett is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it Carlton Fisk will get a crack at Williams next Larry Doby would be up next... But only if Fisk can reach safely Fisk is 1 for 1 today Williams steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Williams' into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Brett dives back in!... SAFE!... Gonzalez tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch Bounding ball to second Taken by Blade His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 So AL Post WWII is retired here in the bottom of the 3rd They score 2 to even the score at 2 Gunner 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 Gunner is hitting .263 Hunter is ready quickly Hunter rocks and fires Gunner hits a fly ball to center Mickey Mantle camps under it He's got it One down, nobody on Game tied Hays leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer day Hays looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 1 for 1 on the day for Harry Hays awaits the delivery Hunter quick pitches him Slider, down at the knees... Cut on by Hays... He smashes a hard shot... It's through into left field... Yount made a great effort But the ball was just out of his reach Jeff Nights will face Hunter Righty against righty Jeff is 1 for 1 this summer afternoon He singled in his last plate appearance Nights waits The pitch is on the way There's a shallow flyball struck by Nights Mickey Mantle runs in, calls for the ball He makes the catch Nights is out That's out number two Joe Torre moving around Hollers something down at Hunter Catfish nods "UH HUH" The pitcher, John Williams, is up next Before getting ready Williams checks out the defensive alignment Most pitchers love to pitch on days like today Hunter is no exception He is ready to go Hunter brings it to the plate Williams drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Mickey Mantle throws the ball away for an error! Double for Williams Blade saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Blade has hit 2 home runs this year Hunter steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Here comes the cripple pitch Belt high...Swung on by Blade... Hit's a soft liner towards the gap Shortstop's going back... Leaps... Can't get it It's just over his outstretched glove Nice try by Yount, but not good enough Blade inches away from the base Hunter steps away from the mound... Now Blade moves back to first He's not getting far from the bag A. J. Tucker, the center fielder, strides to the plate Tucker scuffs up the lines around the box Hunter squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The righthander Hunter's delivery Bounding ball to short Yount comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 And that will do it for FOFC Doby steps up to the plate for AL Post WWII It's the bottom of the 4th here at AL Post FOFC on top 4 to 2 Larry is still struggling to get over the infamous "Mendoza Line" His .197 average is very embarrassing to him He is 0 for 1 so far today He struck out in his last chance Doby is set Williams' 0-1 pitch... Doby taps one on the ground Jeff Nights charges in He boots it! He can't make the throw It'll be an error on Nights Nights has committed 1 error this afternoon Batting for AL Post WWII will be Yastrzemski Yastrzemski is 0 for 1 today Williams is slow to get ready He has a 3.26 ERA this year Now he's ready Here's the 3-1 offering Carl Yastrzemski swings at a breaking ball There it goes, way back towards right-center Tucker looks up Kiss that one good bye!! Yastrzemski takes Williams deep to tie it, 4-all! That one had some distance Williams glares in at Hunter as he steps in Now he's ready to go The outfield shades towards left for Hunter Hunter is waiting on the pitch Williams fires There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker Tucker circles under it... He makes the play One out Due up next is Robin Yount Yount departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Yount gets set He's 0 for 1 so far He's ready Williams brings it to the plate The change up from Williams... Swung on... There's a long shot to left-center Gunner and Tucker both converge on it... They are nearing the warning track... This ball is going outta here! HEY, HEY! Nobody on, one away for AL Post WWII Up now is Carew Williams is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Williams gets the sign from Hays The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch Carew pulls one to the right side It's going to scoot on through the infield Pflaggstettler will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Carew retreats to first after a wide turn Mantle now at the plate Reggie Jackson waits on deck FOFC is set up for two The left-hander Williams is now ready Now the delivery, here is is... Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Hays Carew dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Carew made it back Jackson is the batter Carew's the runner on first He's doing a little jig off first to rattle the pitcher Reggie steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jackson is 1 for 2 today He struck out last time up Jackson is set for the 3-0 pitch The lefthander Williams delivers Fastball, high and tight Ball Four Chin music... Jackson didn't like it Bright sun out... May be a problem for Brett Now he calls for the batboy... He's going to put some "black" under his eyes... George is in the batter's box and ready to face Williams Time is called... Brett has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Brett is set for the pitch Here's the 2-0 offering Brett hits it deep towards the gap Pflaggstettler is back to the warning track... To the fence... He leaps against the wall... He can't get it! Brett is at third, with a triple George clears the bases He now has 2 RBI's on the day Slowly coming up is Fisk for AL Post WWII He is finally in the batter's box AL Post WWII leads 7 to 4 We're in the bottom of the 4th Right-hander Rodney prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Fisk Brett is dancing off third Rodney is ignoring him Here's the pitch Bounced towards the hole Outstanding play by Gonzalez! Rodney takes the flip from Gonzalez Score It: 3-1 That's all for the Post-Americans... But the lead changes hands after a big, 5-run inning by AL Post WWII... 5 runs, 4 hits, one error and one man left on base... The Post-Americans now lead FOFC by 3 After 4 innings it's now 7-4, AL Post WWII Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler leading off David Gonzalez is on deck And Deacon Palmer is in the hole Pflaggstettler has a .316 average against righthanders this season He's ready The righthander delivers It's a high fly into center Mantle ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out FOFC with one away Hunter steps off the mound as he waits for David Gonzalez to come to the plate The first baseman, David Gonzalez will be up next for FOFC Fisk flashes the sign to Hunter Here's the 2 strike pitch Sinking line drive Caught by Carl Yastrzemski That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean is on top of Late 20th 2 to 0 Cuellar battling Maddux Japanese League and Negro League II are deadlocked at 1 Kawakami has hit his 5th homerun for Japanese League AL Pre WWII leads NL Post WWII 1 to 0 Left Outs is in front of Dead Ball Era 5 to 2 NL Pre WWII clipping Old Timers 5 to 1 Negro League I and Turn of Century are tied at 1 Palmer finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Palmer swinging from the right side facing the righty Hunter Palmer waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the righthander's delivery Palmer raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Brett just got his glove up in time Great reflexes That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 4 and a half innings AL Post WWII on top, 7-4 |
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Larry Doby stops at the on deck circle Puts a little more "Black" under his eyes It's very sunny here today Now he steps in Stepping in and then stepping out again Doby looks to third for a sign Doby waits for the delivery Here is the 2-0 pitch Fly ball to center Tucker is under it He makes the grab Rodney gets the first out in the inning Making his way up is Yastrzemski Yastrzemski can't seem to get settled at the plate Carl is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch The righthander Rodney delivers Changeup down low... Yastrzemski makes contact and hits one out to right Persimmon Pflaggstettler is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Rodney Two down James Rodney retires the first two batters in a row Up now for AL Post WWII is Hunter Two away, nobody on Right-hander Rodney eyes the righty Hunter Now James delivers Rodney misses low on that one Hunter draws the walk Number 1 today by Rodney Hunter takes a walking lead Holding the ball, Rodney watches Hunter... Now he fires to Gonzalez... The tag... SAFE! With a runner at first and two outs Yount walks to the plate This will be Yount's 4th time up today He is 1 for 2 with 1 walk The right-hander Rodney is set to deliver to Yount He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Hunter dives back in!... SAFE! Gonzalez tosses it back to Rodney Now here's the pitch Yount takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He's out on strikes So ends the bottom of the 5th For AL Post WWII No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base After 5 innings, AL Post WWII leads 7 to 4 Here's the left fielder Gunner To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Harry Hays And then Jeff Nights Gunner is 0 for 1 today He is currently batting .266 Doby, Mantle and Jackson are playing him deep The umpire says let's go Gunner is ready Righthander Hunter's delivery Fastball... Gunner jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Mantle after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Mickey Mantle! That's one away Hays is up now for FOFC Harry is hitting at .340 on the year He has 69 hits in 203 at bats This includes 2 doubles, 2 triples 10 home runs and 30 RBI's Hunter shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Catfish has excellent control of a myriad of pitches and he just throws strikes! The righthander delivers Sinking fastball... Hays goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Brett... He scoops it up, over to first... And Hays is out by a step Two down Hunter retires two in a row Next up is Jeff Nights, the FOFC shortstop... If he gets on, James Rodney would bat next Nights steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Nights waits The pitch to Nights... Slow ground ball Brett is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT 1-2-3, nothing across... The second baseman Carew will lead off for the Post-Americans He'll be followed by Mickey Mantle And then Reggie Jackson Rodney steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here's the 2-2 offering Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! One out The Post-Americans have a 3 run lead And it brings up Mickey Mantle On deck is Reggie Jackson George Brett in the hole Hays flashes the sign... Rodney waves it off... Now he's happy Rodney is way ahead in the count... He winds and delivers... Mantle swings STRIKE THREE! Rodney's fastball was too much for Mickey again He went down on three pitches That's 2 whiffs today for the AL Post WWII center fielder That's two away While George Brett heads for the on deck circle Reggie Jackson makes his way to the plate Jackson grips the bat handle He's ready Rodney throws the 2-2 pitch Jackson gets around on a fastball He sends one deep to right This could be big trouble... There goes Pflaggstettler after it He is really moving... At the warning track... Jumps... WHAT A CATCH! Holy Cow... Jackson is outta there! My Word!... very nice... Jackson can't believe it That's all for the Post-Americans here in the bottom of the 6th No runs, no hits and no errors So at this juncture... AL Post WWII leads 7 to 4 FOFC will send Treacy, Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker to face Catfish Hunter this inning Treacy is hitting .291 against righties Hunter gets the sign, it's one he likes Hunter will have to come in with this 3-0 pitch Here it comes... Curve in the dirt That's ball four Hunter can't get the 3-0 pitch over the plate Now here's Blade Treacy takes his lead Catfish is ready He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Treacy dives back in!... SAFE! Yastrzemski tosses it back to Hunter Now here's the pitch Blade rips a single to right field It falls in front of Jackson Reggie takes it on one bounce Treacy motors into third easily So with 2 on and no outs the All Stars send their center fielder, A. J. Tucker, up to face Hunter Good-hitting Persimmon Pflaggstettler is waiting in the on-deck circle We'll see how they pitch to Tucker Hunter likes the sign Catfish is obviously concerned Into the stretch... He looks over at Treacy, now at Blade Now the pitch Tucker drives the ball to center for extra bases Treacy scores Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Double for Tucker Persimmon Pflaggstettler makes his way to home plate Persimmon takes a couple of practice cuts Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Hunter fires Pflaggstettler pops it straight up Persimmon got fooled on this pitch... And it will be Fisk making the play One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean slipping by Late 20th 6 to 4 Cuellar battling Smoltz Negro League II is edging Japanese League 3 to 2 AL Pre WWII is on top of NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Grove and Spahn currently dueling Left Outs besting Dead Ball Era 11 to 6 NL Pre WWII toppling Old Timers 8 to 1 Ott has hit his 27th homerun for NL Pre WWII Quite a year for the slugger Negro League I with the lead over Turn of Century 4 to 1 And right here in AL Post WWII AL Post WWII on top 7 to 5 Now up in the FOFC seventh will be David Gonzalez Gonzalez wiggles the bat above his head Gonzalez tells the umpire he's ready Hunter brings it to the plate Gonzalez raps a pop-up just over the infield That will be trouble Rod Carew is running full tilt He dives... He's got it! Superior play by Rod Carew Two gone for FOFC The tying runs are on base... And up comes the third baseman, Deacon Palmer FOFC needs 2 runs They trail 7-5 Deacon comes to the plate batting .325 with 4 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today Palmer is set for the pitch Hunter's 2-0 pitch... Base hit to left for Palmer Blade scores Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Gunner finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Gunner adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Stan is 0 for 2 this afternoon Hunter is on the first-base side of the rubber... The pitch is on the way Hit on the ground to first Yastrzemski will take it himself Score It: 3 FOFC is retired... But they come up with 3 runs to tie it After 6 and a half innings, it's all even at 7 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Let's move along and get started here in the bottom of the 7th The game is everything that the score indicates George Brett will lead it off for AL Post WWII Tie score Hunter steps on the rubber Hunter goes into his windup Here it comes Slider pounded into the ground towards first It's by the diving Gonzalez... Blade chasing it down... There will be no play It's a base hit Fisk steps in to face Hunter 1 on, no outs here in the last half of the 7th Owen looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The stretch... the delivery Shallow fly ball to right Pflaggstettler has got a long run He can't catch up to it! Base hit for Fisk Brett takes third Post-Americans with runners on the corners Doby at bat Larry is batting .192 in 78 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Carl Yastrzemski Doby readies himself for the pitch Owen comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering He quick pitches Doby... and it's in there Strike three One down... Hunter has to continue to bear down Yastrzemski is ready to face Hunter Carl Yastrzemski is hitting .255 this year against righthanded pitchers Owen gets the sign from Hays Now Owen delivers Curve in the dirt... and Yastrzemski holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Hays asks the third base ump's opinion He motions it's a walk... Yastrzemski will take first Bases are tenanted Settling in at the plate is Hunter Hays flashes the sign to Hunter Owen rocks and fires It is a high hard one... Hunter goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up and out of the strike zone... Hunter couldn't hold back Robin Yount steps into the box AL Post WWII ahead 8 to 7 Hunter is ready quickly Hunter brings it to the plate It bounces in front of the plate and gets by Hays Brett will score, Fisk to third And Yastrzemski goes to second on the wild pitch Robin Yount steps into the box Hunter has the sign from Hays Here's the righthander's delivery Hot shot grounded to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That is the third out for AL Post WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 48294 AL Post WWII is making a defensive change Kaline will bat 4th and play right Fisk fires the ball down to Yount He starts it around the infield To Carew, Yastrzemski And then to Brett walking it over to Hunter Hays steps in to face the righthander Here we go in the top of the 8th Hays gets set He's 2 for 3 so far Hunter tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Catfish winds his right arm Lets it go Off speed pitch on the way... And Hays watches it go by for the third strike One up, one down Nobody on base, one away Nights steps into the batter's box Nights has hit 10 home runs this year Hunter is happy with the sign Hunter kicks and fires Nights hits a screamer at Robin Yount Yount takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Yastrzemski scoops it on one hop Nights is out! Nice play by Yastrzemski Two down Fisk asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Fisk and Hunter Gerald Gazelle will face Hunter Righty against righty Gazelle has 7 doubles this year Hunter adjusts his cap... Now he's set Hunter's into the windup... the delivery There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Mickey Mantle is at the wall... (Possible HR or Out Fielding ability: Good,) He's jumping for it... He can't get it! That's a homerun for Gerald Gazelle Now at the plate will be Blade second baseman for FOFC today Barrett is batting .263 with 2 home runs on the season He is 2 for 4 today Blade is set Hunter brings it to the plate Swung on and foul tipped Fisk hangs on to it Strike out for Hunter Number 3 on the day That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 7 and a half innings AL Post WWII has 8 runs, 11 hits and one error While FOFC has 8 runs, 11 hits and one error FOFC has left 5 stranded AL Post WWII has failed to bring home 8 Carew 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 The score is knotted at 8 Hunter looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Hunter brings it home Carew slaps a hard grounder past second Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Carew will hold with a clean single Apparently not afraid of Hunter Carew stretches out to his lead Slow curve... The speedy Carew heads for second Hays pegs it down He slipped on the throw But he got it off... Good slide... Carew is in there! Mickey Mantle steps into the box Mickey has 2 strike outs so far today He'll be looking to get a piece of this one Hunter looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Hays He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Hunter Now he is ready... The pitch is on the way 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 Gonzalez A backhand pickup by the FOFC firstsacker! Carew over to third easily Chris Chambliss is arguing that he took his foot off the bag but the play is going to stand And there's one away Al Kaline will try his luck against Hunter This is a very difficult background to hit against There is shade at home plate But, bright sun on the mound Kaline looks down toward the third base coach, Don Zimmer Hunter is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Hunter looks in... Now he's ready Here's his delivery Slow ground ball to the mound Carew breaks for home It's off Hunter's glove! Score It: E1 Carew scores from third! Kaline to first George Brett is up next AL Post WWII's third baseman finds 1 on with 1 out FOFC is set up for two Hunter wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The righthander Hunter delivers That's ball four Brett trots down to first Kaline is already down on second The Post-Americans' catcher is up next AL Post WWII has 2 on board with 1 out Fisk swinging from the right side facing the righty Hunter Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Hunter brings it to the plate Flyball to right it's caught Kaline might have a chance to move up... Pflaggstettler makes the catch... Kaline is tagging up at second... He makes it to third easily Larry Doby, the left fielder, strides to the plate Doby is 0 for 4 today Larry struck out last time up The umpire says let's go Doby is ready It's coming down the pike Doby reaches out and pokes it on the ground to right Base hit for Doby AL Post WWII adds to their lead AL Post WWII leads 10 to 8 Doby comes through in the clutch! Yastrzemski leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer day FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Yastrzemski is 1 for 3 today Yastrzemski waits for the delivery Hunter rocks and fires High Yastrzemski works out a walk AL Post WWII announces a pinch hitter for Catfish Hunter Ted Williams will come in to face the right handed Hunter He carries a .667 average as a pinch hitter Against righties he is hitting .296 this year The "Splendid Splinter" is now coming to bat Kronside gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign A check on the runners... the pitch Williams swings and lifts one toward left Gazelle drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's three down in the bottom of the 8th AL Post WWII goes into the ninth with a 2 run lead They are 19 and 32 at home in 1900 This can be compared to their 40 and 58 record overall Three more outs, and they can put another one in the win column! Rollie Fingers will be coming on to pitch for AL Post WWII Rollie has appeared in 33 games this season with a record of 3-6 He has 11 saves to his credit He has struggled this year with an ERA that stands at 5.71 AL Post WWII is making a defensive change Fox will bat 2nd and play second To lead off this inning is A. J. Tucker FOFC needs a pair to tie this game Rollie Fingers 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 Fingers Tucker hits a screamer at Rollie Fingers Fingers picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Yastrzemski off the bag Yastrzemski swipes with the glove Tucker is out! Nice play by Yastrzemski One out Persimmon Pflaggstettler is due up next The All Stars are down to their last 2 outs Persimmon Pflaggstettler is due up next Pflaggstettler is 0 for 3 today, with 1 walk Persimmon popped out in his last at bat He's ready And the cripple pitch... There's a checked swing... But Pflaggstettler gets a piece of it anyway It's a pop fly into left Doby comes in on it... Easy out Pflaggstettler couldn't get his bat out of the way Two gone for FOFC Time is running out for them Gonzalez coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away AL Post WWII leads 10 to 8 Fingers picks up a hot dog wrapper from the infield Now he looks down for the sign The sun comes out from behind the clouds It's been playing peek-a-boo all day Here's the 2-1 pitch There's a liner towards Fox Gonzalez hit it on the nose... Speared by Fox on his backhand side just off the ground! Gonzalez thought he had a sure hit He just can't buy a hit today David is 0 for 5 now And goes back and kicks the water cooler! OUCH... Careful Gonzalez, you only have two feet And that will do it for FOFC AL Post WWII wins 10 to 8 Hunter gets credit for the win Fingers notches the save Hunter takes the loss The hitting star for AL Post WWII was Mickey Mantle He was 2 for 5 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from AL Post WWII. |
7/14 Boxscore
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[1]BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Post WWII Post-Americans 7/14/1900 |
Manager Update
So I walk into tonight’s press conference knowing that I’m going to get hammered for last nights loss…man how 24 hours can change your emotions when you are a baseball manager. I sit down…and start to say, “Go ahead”…but I get interrupted before I even get to ahead… Lou Scribe, “Benton, tough loss, can you tell us about your emotions right now?” “Lou, I feel terrible. This is one we could have…” I pause for a while…”no probably should have won. That makes it very hard when you are a manager and probably harder for the players. This game gives and it takes away. Last night we won a game we probably shouldn’t have, and tonight we lose one we should have won. I’m disappointed.” “What do you say to the critics who would say this loss was your fault?” Lou follows up… “Nothing, because you aren’t going to convince them otherwise and you’re just going to look like a jackass for trying to defend yourself,” I state in a matter of fact tone. Tom O’Carver, “Benton, I’m not going to say the loss was your fault, but I do have to ask about the way you used your staff tonight….let’s start with… (I realize this is going to be several question and I sigh…) …Williams. Why leave him in so long in the fourth when he clearly was struggling?” “Well to start the error early in the inning didn’t help him, but the real reason I didn’t pull him was because every time I started to take him out there was a left handed batter at the plate. Carew, Brett…ugh…we just couldn’t get them out and I didn’t have a lefthander to put in with Bo out. I finally gave up and put Rodney in.” “I get going to Rodney, who pitched great for you, but why Hunter when you have Fozborg available and he’s been your best long guy all season, why not use him or Kronside…you were in the seventh at that point?” “Well to begin with I didn’t use Kronside because he told Sal he was beat after pitching in the last 2 ball games. I didn’t want to use him at all, but I was short-handed and I needed him to get that 1 out. That is all he would have pitched even if we had tied it in the ninth. As for not using Fozzy…he’s going to start tomorrow’s game. I was debating about swapping Mighty and Foz anyway, but once Bo went down and I lost my lefty out of the pen, I figured circumstances made the decision for me.” “While I might have been able to get a win last night by pitching Foz. It would have forced me to not push him into the rotation for several days. Meaning Mighty probably would have gotten another start and set the swap back even further. At that point Bo probably would have come off the DL before I could have changed the rotation and we’d have been vulnerable to left handed batters for a couple of weeks. Not something you want to be in this league. Lots of really good lefties around here.” "Gotta run guys...hopefully tonight will be better for us, and boy I can't wait to get home. This 17 game road trip is killing me..." |
7/15 Radio Broadcast - Game 99
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Sirr Fozborg with his 4 and 0 record Will be facing Billy Hamilton Here we go, well almost... Here comes Bullock out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start Fozborg's righthanded delivery... Fly ball to center Tucker is under it He makes the grab FOFC gets the first out of the inning The third baseman, King Kelly will be up next for Old Timers Kelly goes through his routine of settling in King waits... He steps out as Fozborg takes too long Now he's back in the box Fozborg's into the windup... the delivery Sinking fastball... Kelly swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Fozborg Sam Thompson will step in to face Fozborg next If he gets on, Ed Delahanty will follow Looking to Charley Gould for a sign Fozborg studies his sign Fozborg kicks and fires It's hit down the line Pflaggstettler ranges over quickly He's under it Easy out 1-2-3, nothing across... Barrett Blade stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Blade is hitting .242 against righties It's Galvin's 13th start this season He has a 14-5 won/loss mark so far The righthander Galvin delivers Stroked to third Clean single for Blade Barrett Blade wastes no time getting things going in the first inning All Stars' shortstop Nights is up next Galvin is happy with the sign Galvin brings it home Nights will try the hit and run! Big heater... In on the hands... Swung on and popped up Kelly is waiting... And that's an easy out One down for FOFC Persimmon Pflaggstettler is still in the on-deck circle and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking for a bat in the dugout Persimmon Pflaggstettler is entering the batter's box Benton Breeze has his big bopper, Jeeberoni Potpie, waiting in the on-deck circle Pflaggstettler looks down toward the third base coach Galvin shakes off the sign by Ewing We have Pud Galvin and Sirr Fozborg matched up in this one as we play in the bottom of the first Galvin looks at the runner The pitch Changeup, Pflaggstettler was looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Hamilton is at the warning track... Waits... Off the fence! Pflaggstettler's headed for third... Triple for Persimmon Pflaggstettler! Neither Delahanty nor Hamilton could get to that one Blade scores from first Facing Galvin now is Potpie Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle Gerald Gazelle waits in the hole Potpie has 15 doubles this year Ewing flashes the sign... Galvin shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Righthander Galvin's delivery Lunging after the change-up Potpie hits a grounder through to left... Scoring from third is Pflaggstettler Credit Potpie with a single and an RBI First base coach Joe Adcock wants a word with Potpie... Now we're all set to go... Deacon Palmer steps in Palmer swinging from the right side facing the righty Galvin Palmer awaits the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery Base hit to left for Palmer Potpie is being held at second by Dick Howser Potpie will stay at second Palmer at first, Potpie at second, one out Gazelle is now at bat 1st and 2nd, one man down Galvin wastes no time He has the sign from Ewing Kelly comes in a couple steps Yells something to Galvin The delivery Curve, at the belt... Gazelle times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Ed Delahanty retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Walking up to the plate now is Bullock A. J. Tucker waits on deck Galvin steps on the rubber And here is the 1-2 delivery It's a routine fly into left Delahanty ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Two gone for FOFC Two away, nobody on Tucker comes to the plate for FOFC Galvin has the sign he wants Now Pud delivers Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Ewing fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Tucker We've played through the first inning here at FOFC Stadium So far... FOFC on top 5 to 0 Ed Delahanty will step into the box to start the inning Old Timers would like to get some runners on board Delahanty wiggles the bat above his head Delahanty in the hole, 0-2 Here's his delivery Fastball, busted in on the hands Delahanty 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 Delahanty is called out on a close play One up, one down for Old Timers Brouthers is up next One gone, top of the 2nd George Davis moves out on deck Bullock flashes the sign... Fozborg waves it off... Now he's happy Fozborg kicks and delivers It's a sinker that's up in the strike zone Brouthers hits it deep towards the gap Tucker is back to the warning track... To the fence... He leaps against the wall... CAN'T QUITE GET IT!!!... Brouthers 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 7 of the season for Brouthers One man on, one out for Old Timers Coming to the plate is Davis George takes a couple of practice cuts Davis awaits the delivery The righthander Fozborg's delivery Change up... Davis hits a high fly ball Tucker drifting under it... He makes the catch, but trips... And he is unable to make the throw Brouthers scores on the sac fly And there's two away George Kelly will make his way to home plate He's the second baseman for Old Timers George Kelly is hitting .278 this year against righthanded pitchers George is set for the pitch Here's the windup and the 1-0 delivery George Kelly swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... CAUGHT! That one looked like it was gone That wraps up the inning for Old Timers Time to check out the rest of the scores Late 20th with the lead over Negro League II 3 to 0 Glavine comfortably ahead for Late 20th Left Outs and AL Pre WWII are scoreless Caribbean and Dead Ball Era have yet to score Japanese League and NL Post WWII have yet to score Negro League I and NL Pre WWII are tied at 1 Rogan and Hubbell currently dueling AL Post WWII and Turn of Century have yet to score And right here in FOFC FOFC on top 5 to 1 Sirr Fozborg, Barrett Blade, and Jeff Nights are the first three All Stars batters due up FOFC leads, 5-1 The right-hander Galvin is set to deliver to Fozborg Galvin goes into his windup Here it comes Swung on and hit sharply to third Kelly plays it on one bounce Over to Brouthers... Out of there! FOFC with one away Galvin steps off the mound as he waits for Barrett Blade to come to the plate Settling in at the plate is Blade Watching Galvin, Blade wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Now set, Blade waits for the pitch Way ahead in the count Galvin turns the 0-2 pitch loose What a pitch... strike three Galvin put that one on the black, a perfect pitch That's the second out of the inning It will be Nights to face Galvin Jeff is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon He popped out in his last plate appearance Nights waits patiently Pud rocks and fires There's a towering fly ball hit by Nights Delahanty sprints over, and makes the catch That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 5-1, FOFC Bullock fires the ball down to Nights He starts it around the infield To Blade, Potpie And then to Palmer walking it over to Fozborg Ewing steps in to face the righthander Here we go in the top of the 3rd Ewing has hit 5 home runs this year Fozborg is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Fozborg looks in... Now he's ready Fozborg rocks and fires Ground ball through the middle Blade ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! And there's one away Galvin is up now for Old Timers Galvin is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Galvin, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Fozborg Here's the 0-2 pitch Curve ball... Galvin swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Two down Sirr Fozborg retires the first two batters in order Hamilton gets set at the plate We'll see how they pitch to Hamilton Hamilton is set for the 3-2 pitch And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Hamilton bounces one high toward the mound Fozborg 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 Hamilton by a whisker The crowd appreciated that play Fozborg sets the Ancients down in order Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Stepping out, Pflaggstettler looks into the dugout Steps back in The umpire says let's go Pflaggstettler is ready Galvin brings it to the plate Hard ground ball to third Kelly comes up with it Over to Brouthers Got him! Score It: 5-3 Old Timers gets the first out of the inning Now batting will be Potpie The first baseman for FOFC Right-hander Galvin eyes the righty Potpie And the delivery by Galvin A slider by Galvin Potpie gets good wood on it... Delahanty back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 4 Deacon Palmer will face Galvin Righty against righty Deacon is hitting at .331 on the year He has 84 hits in 254 at bats This includes 14 doubles, 2 triples 4 home runs and 33 RBI's He's ready Galvin's righthanded delivery... There's a ground ball up the middle It gets by the pitcher It's headed into center field OH, George Kelly gets to the ball... But there won't be a throw Base hit for Palmer Gerald Gazelle will get a crack at Galvin next Billy Bullock would be up next... But only if Gazelle can reach safely Galvin looks down at Ewing for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Now ready, here it is... Bounding ball to short Taken by Davis His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the All Stars After 3 innings in FOFC this afternoon, FOFC ahead 5 to 1 Leading off now for Old Timers is Kelly Kelly is 0 for 1 today 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 Fozborg kicks, delivers Hard slider, away from the righthanded Kelly He reaches across for it... Lifts it high and deep... It's going to right-center... It's going... Going... GONE!!!, home run for Kelly!! Fozborg glares in at Thompson Sam Thompson just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Thompson is 0 for 1 today Fozborg has the sign from Bullock The righthander delivers Thompson 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 Thompson is out! Nice play by Potpie With one down, up next is Ed Delahanty To be followed by Dan Brouthers Delahanty finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Delahanty is 0 for 1 today Fozborg wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Here's the 3-1 offering Delahanty swings... He rips a ground ball towards Palmer It's by him! It's twisting into the left field corner Delahanty rounds first... He will return quickly to first as Gazelle gets a nice throw in to Blade Brouthers is up next Old Timers has a runner at first and one out Brouthers steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Brouthers awaits the delivery Fozborg goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Delahanty He lobs one to Potpie... Delahanty is back easily... We're ready again Now Fozborg comes home Swung on and lofted very high... and very deep... Tucker starts back, turns... He's at the fence... And hauls it in! Two down Stepping in the batter's box, Davis Delahanty at first, two away Davis can't seem to get settled at the plate Fozborg gets the sign, it's one he likes The pitch is on the way It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch Three away in the top of the 4th FOFC ahead 5 to 2 Let's go to the ticker And see how everyone else is faring Late 20th is in front of Negro League II 3 to 0 Glavine comfortably ahead for Late 20th Left Outs and AL Pre WWII are tied at 4 Caribbean is in front of Dead Ball Era 3 to 0 Mendez comfortably ahead for Caribbean Japanese League is on top of NL Post WWII 2 to 0 NL Pre WWII is on top of Negro League I 4 to 2 Haines and Rogan currently dueling AL Post WWII and Turn of Century have yet to score Newhouser and Rusie currently dueling Here's Billy Bullock leading off A. J. Tucker is on deck And Sirr Fozborg is in the hole Bullock is 0 for 1 today Galvin is ready quickly Now the delivery, here is is... Swung on and chopped down the third base line Kelly stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by King Kelly One out Due up next is A. J. Tucker Coming up for FOFC is Tucker Sirr Fozborg waits on deck The All Stars leading by 3 Galvin steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Here's the 0-1 offering Sinking line drive Caught by George Kelly Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 3 The All Stars have 6 hits on the afternoon Walking up now to the plate is Fozborg Fozborg steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Fozborg is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Galvin He's waiting for the pitch Galvin brings it to the plate Lined to second Kelly leaps He makes a nice play on it Score It: 4 That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Kelly is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Kelly grips the bat handle A count of one ball, one strike on Kelly Here's the righthander's windup and delivery Kelly hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Palmer dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the third baseman, Deacon Palmer! That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Nobody on, one away for Old Timers Up now is Ewing Right-hander Fozborg prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Ewing It's a full count... Fozborg winds and fires... He hits a tough grounder to the mound Fozborg grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Fozborg Sirr nods "UH HUH" Next up is Pud Galvin, the Old Timers pitcher... If he gets on, Billy Hamilton would bat next Galvin taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Galvin is set Fozborg's into his windup... the pitch Galvin swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Fozborg strikes out Pud Galvin That's all for Old Timers After 4 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, FOFC on top 5 to 2 |
7/15 Radio Broadcast continued
The second baseman Blade will start things off for the All Stars Blade is at .264 on the season Galvin tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Galvin's 3-2 pitch... Did he hold up his swing? YES! He walks Blade is on to lead it off. Nights up The All Stars have Blade on first Pud gets the sign from Ewing Galvin goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Blade He lobs one to Brouthers... Blade is back easily We're ready again Now Galvin comes home Nights maneuvers to hit behind the runner Nights slaps a slow bouncer in front of second Kelly races in He reaches down Scoops it up and fires to first Out! Blade advances on the play One down for FOFC Persimmon Pflaggstettler is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Up now is Pflaggstettler The All Stars have Blade on second The outfield's shaded towards left for Pflaggstettler He's 1 for 2 today Galvin looks down at Ewing for the sign Now he's ready... Galvin fires Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Delahanty And he has it One more chance for FOFC in the bottom of the 5th Potpie walks to the plate Galvin is slow to get ready He has a 3.56 ERA this year Now he's ready Galvin looks back towards second... The pitch Paaahhhhhpped it up....... Davis makes the easy catch! Potpie chokes in the clutch! That retires the side... Potpie fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base Here's Hamilton to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Late 20th is edging Negro League II 3 to 2 Left Outs and AL Pre WWII are deadlocked at 4 Roberts and Ruffing currently dueling Caribbean is on top of Dead Ball Era 5 to 3 Cepeda has hit his 14th homerun for Caribbean Japanese League is in front of NL Post WWII 4 to 1 Inao comfortably ahead for Japanese League NL Pre WWII slipping by Negro League I 4 to 2 Turn of Century is on top of AL Post WWII 2 to 0 Rusie and Newhouser currently dueling And in our contest FOFC ahead 5 to 2 Hamilton is 0 for 2 today Fozborg toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Bullock The pitch on the way, here it is... Hamilton hits a grounder to short This should be an out Jeff Nights bobbles it He can't make the throw It'll be an error on Nights Nights has committed 1 error in this afternoon's game The third baseman, King Kelly, is coming up King is a daring baserunner and likes to hit behind the runner Kelly is at .295 on the season Fozborg has the sign from Bullock Fozborg's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Hamilton dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg Now here's the pitch Kelly takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Kelly can't believe it He says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Fozborg One gone for Old Timers So with 1 on and 1 out the Ancients send their right fielder, Sam Thompson, up to face Fozborg Good-hitting Ed Delahanty is waiting in the on-deck circle Thompson looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 0 for 2 on the day for Sam Sam is eagerly awaiting Fozborg's pitch Now to the belt, here it is... There's a fly ball into straight-away left Gazelle one hands it... OUT! Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Ed Delahanty steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Hamilton is at first Ed is hitting at .360 on the year He has 127 hits in 353 at bats His speed has propelled him to 14 stolen bases Delahanty waits for the delivery The stretch... the delivery Belted right back at Nights He snares it just before it hits the ground That wraps up the inning for Old Timers So After 5 and a half innings FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and one error While Old Timers has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors Old Timers has left 2 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 Deacon Palmer stepping in He will be the first batter for FOFC We are in the bottom of the 6th FOFC on top 5 to 2 Palmer has been poison for Old Timers today He is 2 for 2 on the afternoon Galvin likes the sign The pitch is on the way Hard ground ball to the mound Taken by Galvin Over to Brouthers Got him! Score It: 1-3 That's one away Here comes Gerald Gazelle to the plate What a year this man is having It is a baseball axiom that there are only five things you can do in baseball Run, throw, catch, hit, and hit with power So far this season, Gazelle is doing it all! The All Stars' left fielder is quite a crowd favorite Gazelle is taking his practice swings Gerald is 1 for 2 this afternoon Gazelle cocks his bat Galvin leans back and fires Struck him out on a fastball Gazelle goes down swinging Two down Galvin retires two in a row Billy Bullock, the catcher, strides to the plate Bullock saunters to the plate The righthander is 0 for 2 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Galvin Bullock is hitting .248 versus righties this year Of his 15 homeruns, 10 came while facing righties Bullock waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Galvin brings it to the plate Over the outside corner Bullock hits the curve right to third... Kelly takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Bullock is out by a couple of steps As we head into the 7th the Ancients will try to get something going They trail by 3, 5-2 Old Timers will send Brouthers, George Davis, and George Kelly to face Sirr Fozborg this inning Brouthers has a .407 average against righthanders this season Brouthers is poised and ready for the pitch It's coming down the pike Brouthers rips one right on the nose This one is going to be trouble, no doubt about it Tucker is chasing it down... Brouthers is around second... A. J. finds the handle... He fires it to Palmer... Brouthers slides as the ball arrives... SAFE! Man alive... 2 triples on the afternoon for Dan Brouthers! One aboard, nobody out Up next is Davis George is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon He's batting .247 on the season George seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now He brings it home Bouncer up the middle and past Jeff Nights... Base hit into center field! FOFC's lead is trimmed by a run FOFC ahead 5 to 3 One on, no outs Coming up for Old Timers is Kelly Kelly digs into the box Kelly awaits the delivery Fozborg checks Davis on first... The 3-1 delivery Base hit to left for Kelly Charley Gould puts up the stop sign... Davis will stay at second Fozborg glares in at Ewing as he steps in Now he's ready to go Ewing is hitting .342 against righthanders Bullock flashes the sign... Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Fozborg brings it to the plate The high heater... Cut on... Ewing sends a hot smash to the left of third Palmer right in front of it... Takes it on the short hop Running to third... Just beats the sliding Davis... He holds onto the ball There is no chance to get Ewing But they get the force at third! Roger Connor is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Pud Galvin Slowly coming up is Connor for Old Timers He is finally in the batter's box FOFC ahead 5 to 3 Against lefthanders Connor is hitting .500 this season Set now is Connor The lefthander Mighty delivers Grounded towards the bag Palmer comes up with it Throw to second for one Could be two . . . Not in time! Score It: 5-4 Kelly takes third The runner on first, Ewing, is out Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Mighty Hamilton waltzes up to the batter's box Old Timers trails by 2 runs We're in the top of the 7th Billy steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Charley Gould relays the sign from Frank Selee Hamilton reached base on an error last time up and now is 0 for 3 The left-hander Mighty is now ready Here's the southpaw's delivery Change up, a gem... Hamilton is way out in front Heeee struck him out! Billy looked like Casey on that pitch That's it for Old Timers FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and one error While Old Timers has 3 runs, 6 hits and no errors Old Timers has now left 4 runners stranded It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Tommy Bond will be coming on to pitch for Old Timers Tommy has appeared in 29 games this season He has a record of 5-3 with 2 saves His ERA stands at 5.93 Leading off for the All Stars is the center fielder Tucker He'll be followed by Harry Hays And then Barrett Blade Tucker swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Bond Tucker waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Bond rocks and fires Hard ground ball to first Brouthers flips to Bond covering Score It: 3-1 One down for FOFC Harry Hays is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Hays finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Bond ready quickly, looks in for the sign Righthander Bond's delivery There's a ground ball into the hole Kelly and Davis converge on it It's picked by Davis who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! Up now for FOFC is Blade Two away, nobody on Watching Bond, Blade wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Barrett brings the bat back... It's coming down the pike Changeup down low... Blade makes contact and hits one out to center Billy Hamilton is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Bond That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 47994 Old Timers will send Kelly, Sam Thompson, and Ed Delahanty to face Al Mighty this inning King is hitting at .293 on the year He has 81 hits in 276 at bats His speed has propelled him to 20 stolen bases Mighty likes the sign Here's the 3-1 offering Nibbler, right to Mighty Over to Potpie for the easy out And there's one away Sam Thompson is up for Old Timers The tying run is on deck In the person of Ed Delahanty Benton Breeze is walking down to the water cooler Sam is batting .302 with 13 home runs on the season He is 0 for 3 today The count even at 1-1 Mighty fires Fastball... Thompson jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep right There goes Pflaggstettler after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Persimmon Pflaggstettler! That's two down for Mighty Old Timers will need to do better than that They are running out of time Ed Delahanty will step in to face Mighty next If he gets on, Dan Brouthers will follow We'll see how they pitch to Delahanty Delahanty waits on Mighty Mighty brings it to the plate Delahanty drives one into left Gerald Gazelle sprints over to make the play Old Timers comes up empty here in the top of the 8th No runs, no hits and no errors After 7 and a half innings, FOFC still out in front, 5-3 Nights leading off Jeff is hitting at .281 on the year He has 103 hits in 366 at bats Today, he is 0 for 3 Nights grounded out his last time up Jeff steadies his bat Waits patiently for Bond's pitch Here is the 0-2 pitch Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Davis... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Old Timers gets the first out here late in this contest One away, nobody on base Pflaggstettler stands ready at the plate Pflaggstettler wiggles the bat above his head Pflaggstettler is waiting on the pitch The pitch is on the way Swung on and popped up Ewing grabs it for the out Score It: 2 Old Timers gets the second out of the inning Jeeberoni Potpie will face Bond Righty against righty Potpie has 15 doubles this year Potpie gets set for the pitch Here's the 3-1 pitch Hard slider... Potpie swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Delahanty is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Jeeberoni Planting his right foot Palmer is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Palmer Palmer goes through his routine of settling in Palmer in the hole, 0-2 The windup, the pitch Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Palmer hits a Baltimore chop... The ball finally comes down into Kelly's waiting glove... King rifles it to first OUT!!! Good thing for Old Timers that Palmer is a slow runner That retires the side The All Stars score 1 run in the inning After 8 innings, FOFC ahead 6 to 3 Dan Brouthers leading off for Old Timers The best way to quiet the crowd is to get a few base runners on Brouthers scuffs up the lines around the box Knowles adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Knowles' righthanded delivery... Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on... It's a high bounding ball... Through the infield into right by Brouthers That's 3 hits for Brouthers this game Next up is George Davis, the Old Timers shortstop FOFC leads by a 3-run margin We're in the top of the 9th Davis has hit 6 home runs this year Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate Knowles needs to come in with this one Davis slaps a hard grounder towards second It is right at Blade... He has his glove down... Whoa! The ball "kangaroos" right over his head! It is on into the outfield Davis is on with a bad-hop single Brouthers takes second on that odd play And it brings up George Kelly On deck is Buck Ewing Tommy Bond in the hole Kelly digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Knowles Kelly tells the umpire he's ready Here comes the cripple pitch Bouncer to second...made to order doubleplay ball Blade has it on two hops...wrists it to Nights He evades the slide of Davis And completes the doubleplay to first Two down, Ancients at bat in the 9th inning... Old Timers trails the All Stars by 3 The Ancients are down to their final out Buck Ewing is due up Hays takes a trip out to the mound He wants to discuss something with Knowles Now Hays trots back Old Timers coach Charley Gould is saying something to the runner Brouthers at third... Now he slaps him on the back We're ready to go again Buck Ewing steps into the batter's box Sammy looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Brouthers is dancing off third Knowles is ignoring him Here's the pitch Swung on and missed by Ewing, he's down on strikes And that will do it for Old Timers FOFC wins 6 to 3 Fozborg gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Galvin takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 2 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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Impressive season so far. Pretty crazy with the amount of talent around that only one team is really keeping it close in the standings right now and only two others really have a shot at climbing into contention any time soon. Now time to ramp it up to another level and really leave these guys in our dust.
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Radio Broadcast 7/16 - Game 100
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Rob Nielsen with his 13 and 4 record Will be facing Billy Hamilton Here we go, well almost... Here comes Hays out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander Strike three swinging... Now that is something you don't see very often Hamilton rarely ever strikes out But Nielsen got him that time! So one up and one gone John Ward will make his way to home plate He's the shortstop for Old Timers Hitching up his pants... Ward gazes out to the mound Ward is set Nielsen brings it to the plate Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Ward! Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Nielsen Walking up to the plate now is Delahanty Sam Thompson waits on deck Delahanty has 31 doubles this year Ed seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now The fans want the "K" Rob winds and comes in with the 0-2 pitch And Delahanty will sit down... strike three called Rob Nielsen holds Old Timers scoreless in the first inning Blade 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 Blade steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Blade, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Keefe "Sir Timothy" fires the 2-1 pitch Slow ground ball Kelly is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT With one down, up next is Jeff Nights To be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler FOFC shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next Keefe shakes off the sign... Now the righty brushes off another one... Keefe has a fastball, change and curve Keefe brings it to the plate Shallow fly ball Delahanty charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! Two down Tim Keefe retires the first two batters in order Pflaggstettler is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle Tim Keefe 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 pitch Routine grounder to short Ward scoops it up Over to first for the out Tim Keefe holds the All Stars scoreless in the first The Old Timers clean-up hitter, Sam Thompson, to lead it off We're in the top of the 2nd We'll see how they pitch to Thompson Rob 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 Thompson Nielsen has allowed 5 home runs to lefties so far 10 to right-handers Here's the windup... and the pitch Swung on and popped up Potpie is waiting... And that's an easy out So one up and one gone Kelly is up now for Old Timers Kelly goes through his routine of settling in Kelly waits Here's the southpaw's delivery Kelly 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! Two down Nielsen retires the first two Old Timers batters Davis heads to the plate for Old Timers The infield is at regular depth Davis has a .229 average against lefthanders He is .252 overall Davis is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Nielsen He's waiting for the pitch Now Rob delivers Ground ball through the middle Nights ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! That wraps up the inning for Old Timers Time to check out the rest of the scores Late 20th slipping by Negro League II 2 to 0 Left Outs is beating AL Pre WWII 4 to 0 Caribbean is beating Dead Ball Era 5 to 1 NL Post WWII is on top of Japanese League 2 to 0 NL Pre WWII is edging Negro League I 3 to 2 Alexander battling Day Turn of Century is edging AL Post WWII 1 to 0 And in our matchup No score Potpie saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Keefe shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Tim has a myriad of pitches but his best is the change-up! McPhee comes in a couple steps Yells something to Keefe The delivery Potpie rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Potpie is around first, heading for two... Hamilton is up with it and fires it in quickly Jeeberoni pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the FOFC first baseman Jeeberoni also ups his hitting streak to 6 games! That is Potpie's 1st hit today Deacon Palmer steps into the box Palmer is one of the best hitters around Tim looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Tim rocks and fires It almost hits Deacon Palmer It goes all the way back to the screen Potpie takes third on the wild pitch Deacon Palmer steps into the box Potpie is 90 feet away Keefe shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Tim has a myriad of pitches but his best is the change-up! Now ready, here it is... Lined hard to third Davis snares it for the out! Score It: 5 That brings up K. A. Ton, the left fielder The right-hander Keefe is set to deliver to Ton Keefe's 2-2 pitch... Grounder topped to short Potpie heads for home Ward grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 Two away Hays leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Hays is hitting .292 against righties Harry is set for the pitch The windup, and the 3-2 pitch Hays swings and hits one down the line It's in for extra bases The ball is kicking around in the corner Hays is heading for second The ball comes in... A sharply hit double for Harry Hays While Rob Nielsen heads for the on deck circle A. J. Tucker makes his way to the plate A base hit should score Hays Keefe asks for a new ball... Rubs it down to get the shine off it... Now he steps on the rubber again And the delivery by Keefe Tucker smacks a fly to left Delahanty is waiting on it Pounds his mitt Ed takes it in That does it in the bottom of the 2nd Now a brief message from our hosts This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System We are pleased you joined us for today's ballgame Now back to baseball where After 2 innings, FOFC leads 1 to 0 The Old Timers catcher, Ewing, will lead off He'll be followed by Bid McPhee And then Tim Keefe Nielsen shakes off two signs Now he's ready Now the delivery, here is is... Fly ball to left Ton is under it He makes the grab That's one away Nielsen looks down at McPhee as he steps in Bid is ready to go McPhee is at .190 on the season Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Here's the 0-2 offering Curve in the dirt... and McPhee holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Hays asks the first base ump's opinion He says McPhee went around Strike three, swinging That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Nielsen Rob nods "UH HUH" Tim Keefe will step in to face Nielsen next If he gets on, Billy Hamilton will follow Keefe taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Keefe is set for the 2 strike pitch The pitch on the way, here it is... Right down the middle... strike three Keefe must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch That ends the inning After 2 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 1 Rob Nielsen, Barrett Blade, and Jeff Nights are due up Keefe looks down at Ewing for the sign Now he's ready Keefe throws the 2 strike pitch Nielsen swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Keefe strikes out Rob Nielsen One up, one down for FOFC Barrett Blade, the second baseman, strides to the plate Keefe eyes Blade intently And now the pitch... Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Keefe's obviously peeved at that call But Barrett tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first The All Stars will send Jeff Nights up to the plate Old Timers is set up for two Keefe is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Keefe gets the sign from Ewing The righthander Keefe delivers Nights drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Nights And the batter is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Jeeberoni Potpie is on-deck One out, man on second Tim peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Ward trying to slip in behind Nights Now he slips away Here's the 2-0 offering Persimmon Pflaggstettler swings He smashes it on a line... BINGO!!!... Stabbed by Davis to rob Pflaggstettler of a sure base hit Two down Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the All Stars Jeeberoni Potpie will get a crack at Keefe next Deacon Palmer would be up next... But only if Potpie can reach safely Potpie is 1 for 1 today The righthander pitching to Potpie... A righthanded batter Righties have a .250 average against Tim Keefe looks back towards second... The pitch Potpie jack-knifes out of the way But it's in there! Potpie was really fooled on that strike three That does it for FOFC here in the bottom of the 3rd But they pick up 1 run So After 3 innings, FOFC on top 2 to 0 Rob Nielsen, out there on the mound for FOFC prepares to face Billy Hamilton to get the 4th inning underway here in FOFC Stadium Hamilton digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Nielsen He's ready for the delivery Nielsen's windup... the delivery Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Ton And he pulls it in One gone for Old Timers And it brings up John Ward On deck is Ed Delahanty Sam Thompson in the hole Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The southpaw's 3-1 delivery Ward laces a hit into the outfield A. J. Tucker picks it up Fires it to the infield Ward holds with a single Planting his right foot Delahanty is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Delahanty Ed takes a couple of practice cuts Delahanty cocks his bat Nielsen goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Ward He lobs one to Potpie... Ward is back easily... We're ready again Now Nielsen comes home Screaming liner towards third Palmer makes a great catch! He fires it to Potpie OUT! Double Play! Score It: 5-3 That wraps up the inning for Old Timers By the way, Old Timers is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Deacon Palmer stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Palmer is batting .329 with 4 homeruns He has 14 doubles, 2 triples and 33 RBI's His OBP of .392 is why Old Timers doesn't like to see him leading off an inning or at bat at any time for that matter!! The umpire says let's go Here's the 0-1 offering Ground ball to third Davis comes up with it Over to first He just beat it out Ton digs in at the plate Ready now for Keefe to come set So far this season Ton is hitting .250 when facing righthanded pitching K. A. is ready for the delivery Keefe quick pitches the 0-2 offering Swing and a miss Strike three Ton goes down on strikes One down for FOFC Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle and A. J. Tucker is looking for a bat in the dugout Now batting will be Harry Hays The catcher is walking to the plate One on... one out FOFC up by 2 Hays can't seem to get settled at the plate Hays is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Palmer is dancing off first Now Tim delivers Hit towards the middle Smooth pickup by McPhee Over to second for one On to first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 That'll do it in the bottom of the 4th No runs, one hit and no errors FOFC ahead 2 to 0 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Leading off now for Old Timers is Thompson Sam looks at the sign from the coach at third Charley Gould flashes a series of them... Now Thompson taps the bat on home plate Thompson gets ready for Nielsen's pitch His bat is cocked Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery Smash to third Deacon Palmer boots the ball He's charged with an error That's 1 miscue for Palmer "Highpockets" is making his way to the plate Kelly is 0 for 1 today George grounded out last time up George steadies his bat Waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch Nielsen goes into his stretch... Looks at Thompson... He fires one to Potpie... Thompson dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Nielsen comes home Bouncer to third baseman Deacon Palmer... To Blade for one... Over to Potpie... in time The All Stars turn the doubleplay! Two gone for Old Timers Now here's Davis Davis is 0 for 1 today Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker Tucker circles under it... This one would end the inning... He makes the play And that will do it for Old Timers Here's the center fielder Tucker To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Rob Nielsen And then Barrett Blade Tucker is batting .295 with 4 homers this year Keefe steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Now to the belt, here it is... Fastball, lined to left... Base hit for Tucker... Delahanty over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Tucker at first Nielsen squares to bunt He bunts the ball . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by G.Davis the throw to first... Out Nielsen gets the job done. One out Due up next is Barrett Blade Barrett Blade will face Keefe Righty against righty Blade is 0 for 1 today Keefe steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign It's a full count... Keefe winds and fires... Drilled deep to center field Hamilton takes off after it He can't get to it Blade rounds first Hamilton has the ball Blade coasts into second He's got a double Tucker scores from second! Nights, the shortstop, moves into the batter's box FOFC ahead 3 to 0 Jeff Nights is hitting .279 this year against righthanded pitchers After getting set, Nights waits on the pitch Keefe's righthanded delivery... Hard ground ball to short Taken by Ward Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 And there's two away Looks like Pflaggstettler will be given a free pass here And he is... that's four wide ones Jeeberoni Potpie is the batter due up next Facing Keefe now is Potpie Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle K. A. Ton waits in the hole Right-hander Keefe eyes the righty Potpie Keefe stretches, checks his runners The pitch... Hit towards the middle Smooth pickup by Ward Over to Kelly Got him! Score It: 6-3 That's it for FOFC here in the bottom of the 5th They leave 2 runners stranded FOFC has 3 runs, 6 hits and one error While Old Timers has no runs, one hit and no errors |
Radio Broadcast 7/16 Continued
Buck Ewing to lead things off for Old Timers FOFC with a 3 run lead The visitors will try to quiet the crowd A few base runners would do the trick Ewing has hit 15 triples this year Ewing waits patiently The southpaw Nielsen delivers the 0-2 pitch Curve ball... Ewing 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 besting Negro League II 8 to 3 Martinez enjoying the big Late 20th lead Left Outs and AL Pre WWII are all knotted at 5 Snider has hit his 27th homerun for Left Outs He's really lighting it up this season Caribbean is beating Dead Ball Era 6 to 2 NL Post WWII besting Japanese League 5 to 0 NL Pre WWII clipping Negro League I 10 to 6 Turn of Century is edging AL Post WWII 2 to 1 Nobody on, one away for Old Timers Up now is McPhee The outfield shades towards left for McPhee McPhee is waiting on the pitch It's coming down the pike Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... McPhee hits it into the hole on the right side Blade ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And McPhee is out by a step at first Two out, nobody on FOFC ahead 3 to 0 We are going to have a pinch hitter Dan Brouthers will bat for Tim Keefe It will be the lefthand hitting, Brouthers against the lefty Nielsen Brouthers is hitting soutpaws for a .480 average Brouthers moseys up to the plate Billy Hamilton is heading for the on-deck circle Brouthers has managed a .480 average against lefthanders this year Two balls, two strikes, 2 down The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Strike three swinging... Now that is something you don't see very often Brouthers rarely ever strikes out But Nielsen got him that time! We head to the bottom of the 6th here in FOFC... Still 3-0, FOFC Candy Cummings will be coming on to pitch for Old Timers Candy has appeared in 32 games this season with a record of 2-5 In 45 innings, he has an 5.44 ERA Tim Keefe has finished his work here this evening Palmer is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Deacon is batting .332 with 4 home runs on the season He is 1 for 2 today Palmer waits for the pitch Cummings rocks and fires Palmer rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Davis Palmer takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Delahanty to get that ball in quickly K. A. Ton steps into the box One wouldn't expect Ton to bunt But you never can be sure Ton is poised and ready for the pitch He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Palmer dives back in!... SAFE! Kelly tosses it back to Cummings Now here's the pitch It bounces in front of the plate and gets by Ewing Palmer moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch K. A. Ton steps into the box Palmer is on second, nobody out Cummings is slow to get ready He has a 5.44 ERA this year Now he's ready Here's his delivery Ton swings very late He pops it foul Ewing gives chase Here comes Davis They are both at the rail... Just next to the screen Neither can make the play . . . Ton back in the box And here comes the next pitch Change up, on the inside corner... Ton 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 Ton is in at second standing with a double All Hamilton could do was keep him from getting a triple That'll bring up All Stars' catcher Harry Hays... All Stars with a runner in scoring position at second Harry comes to the plate batting .337 with 10 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Harry is eagerly awaiting Cummings' pitch Ton seems to be looking down at Ewing Maybe hopes to pick up a sign The pitch is on the way Swung on and missed, strike three! That breaking ball really had a nasty bend on it It ended up in the left-handed batter's box! And there's one away Tucker is up next One gone, bottom of the 6th Rob Nielsen moves out on deck Tucker will be batting lefty versus Cummings The switch hitter is 1 for 2 today .296 average on the year Last time up he singled Tucker, batting lefthanded Gets in his crouch... Ready to face the righthanded Cummings Candy looks over his shoulder at Ton Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Cummings jams him with a fastball Swung on and topped out toward short Ward is up with it... Over to Kelly at first And Tucker beats it out! Ton advances on the play Rob Nielsen steps into the box If it's deep enough, a fly ball could score Ton FOFC has 1 run already this inning Nielsen is set for the pitch The pitch is on the way The pitch is way inside It gets away from Ewing Ton is coming hard Ewing fires to Cummings And Ton barrels Candy over He dropped the ball! Both runners advanced on that wild pitch Now, FOFC ahead 5 to 0 Rob Nielsen steps into the box Stepping in and then stepping out again Nielsen looks to third for a sign He's ready Cummings brings it home Groundball to short Tucker is trying to advance to third base... A quick glance at the lead runner... The play is to first... And Nielsen is out The All Stars have Tucker on third Blade steps in Blade is 1 for 2 on the day He looks around at the Old Timers infield Kelly is kicking the dirt at first Davis is even with the bag at third McPhee and Ward are ready with hands on knees at second and short Blade is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Cummings He's waiting for the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery Paaahhhhhpped it up....... Drifting toward home plate... Ewing makes the catch! That wouldn't be a homerun in a phone booth... And that retires the side Here's Billy Hamilton leading off John Ward is on deck And Ed Delahanty is in the hole Hamilton steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Billy is 0 for 2 today Hamilton chokes up on the bat a little Nielsen goes into his windup Kicks his right leg high... Swung on and missed by Hamilton, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for Hamilton One down for Old Timers John Ward is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Old Timers John Ward is coming to the plate He is struggling so far in 1900 Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the All Stars ballboy Ward waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the 3-1 pitch Slider, in on the hands... Ward swings... There's a ground ball into the hole Palmer and Nights both stretching for it... Palmer makes the pickup, fires to first... SAFE!... The ball is off the glove of Potpie It rolls into the dugout... Ward is awarded secondbase He'll be given a base hit, and Palmer gets the error That's error number 2 of the game for FOFC So with 1 on and 1 out Old Timers sends their left fielder, Ed Delahanty, up to face Nielsen Hard-hitting Sam Thompson is walking towards the on-deck circle Delahanty is at .356 on the season Delahanty waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Nielsen fires Swung on, line drive, base hit to left Ton had to slide to stop that one There goes Ward to third Delahanty holds at first as the ball almost got by Ton K. A. couldn't come up throwing quickly enough Sam Thompson is the next batter in the top of the 7th Old Timers continues to trail FOFC Men on 1st and 3rd Nielsen has a 3-hitter going through 6 1/3 innings Nielsen looks to first... over his shoulder to third... The pitch A slider by Nielsen Thompson gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's the second out of the inning Kelly finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box George comes to the plate batting .270 with 11 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Kelly waits on Nielsen He's into the stretch Checks Delahanty at first Quick throw! He has to dive back in!... SAFE!... Close play Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen Now here's the pitch Kelly drives the ball to center for extra bases Ward scores Charley Gould will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Kelly That'll bring up Ancients' third baseman George Davis... Old Timers with a man in scoring position at second Davis adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... George is 0 for 2 this evening Nielsen adjusts his cap... Now he's set Nielsen will try to get Davis to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Big motion... Davis is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Nielsen pulled the string on him And that retires the side But not before Old Timers gets 2 runs to put an end to Rob Nielsen's hopes of a shutout After 6 and a half innings, FOFC is still on top, 5-2 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Nights leading off Watching Cummings, Nights wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Ewing flashes the sign... Cummings waves it off... Now he's happy Here's the 2-1 pitch Sinking fastball... Tailing away... Swung on... Nights hits a deep fly to left-center Back to the fence Hamilton is at the warning track He's a little out of control... Rights himself Can't get it... It bounces off the fence... Nights around first... Here's the throw... It's a rope... The slide... SAFE!! Two-base hit for Nights Walking up now to the plate is Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler is batting .302 with 15 HR's this year Cummings has the sign from Ewing Cummings' righthanded delivery... Drilled on the ground to short Ward comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 One out The All Stars have a 3 run lead Making his way up is Potpie Potpie wiggles the bat above his head The right-hander Cummings is set to deliver to Potpie Here's the 3-1 offering It's sinker, up in the strike zone... There's a hard ground ball into the hole Davis and Ward after it... It's fielded by Davis who fires to first SAFE!!!...Says the Ump It was a close play Potpie beat the throw by an eyelash!! Now batting will be Deacon Palmer The third baseman is walking to the plate Runners on the corners... only one out K. A. Ton is heading for the on-deck circle FOFC up by 3 Against righthanders Palmer is hitting .308 Cummings studies his sign Here's his delivery Palmer swings and lifts one toward left Delahanty drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Two down Ewing asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Ewing and Cummings And now here's K. A. Ton Harry Hays on deck... Two outs here in the bottom of the 7th K. A. is 1 for 3 this summer evening He doubled in his last plate appearance Ton tells the umpire he's ready The righthander Cummings' delivery There's a pop fly into short center Hamilton has got a long run He's got it Fine running catch! Score It: 8 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45216 Ewing is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box We'll see how they pitch to Ewing Buck is eagerly awaiting Knowles' pitch The righthander Knowles delivers Ewing hits a fly ball to right Persimmon Pflaggstettler camps under it He's got it That's one away Slowly coming up is McPhee for Old Timers He is finally in the batter's box FOFC leads 5 to 2 The outfield's shaded towards left for McPhee He's 0 for 2 today Knowles has the sign he wants Knowles kicks and fires It rides in on McPhee and hits him on the hands McPhee is in a lot of pain... We'll see if he can continue... He heads to first Candy Cummings is being called back to the dugout Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter Yep, Roger Connor steps out Frank Selee will play the percentages as he sends the left hand hitting Connor against the righty, Knowles In fact, Roger is batting a splendid .345 versus righties this season So the decision certainly is reasonable... We shall soon see how it works out McPhee is taking his lead from first Knowles looks McPhee back He is unable to get his normal lead Connor gets set in the batter's box The speedy McPhee is on first He probably won't be taking any chances, though Old Timers is trailing by 3 runs FOFC is set up for two Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! McPhee dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Knowles Now here's the pitch Connor sends a hot smash to first Potpie takes it on one hop Fires to Nights for one Back to Jeeberoni Potpie... Roger beats the relay That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Knowles Sammy nods "UH HUH" Connor moves away from first Knowles fires it behind Connor... Connor scrambles back in time Walking up to the plate now is Hamilton John Ward waits on deck Connor will be running if it's hit Knowles has been involved in one decision, so far He's 0-1 in 34 appearances Now Sammy delivers Smashed to second Blade comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 Three down in the 8th for Old Timers 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 Al Spalding will be coming on to pitch for Old Timers Al has appeared in 18 games this season with a record of 3-1 In 18 innings, he has an 3.50 ERA Candy Cummings has finished his work here this evening Here's Hays to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Late 20th besting Negro League II 9 to 4 Franco enjoying the big Late 20th lead AL Pre WWII with the lead over Left Outs 9 to 6 Mays comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII Caribbean clipping Dead Ball Era 6 to 2 NL Post WWII is giving it to Japanese League 5 to 0 NL Pre WWII is on top of Negro League I 10 to 8 Alexander battling Foster Turn of Century slipping by AL Post WWII 6 to 4 Mathewson battling Wilhelm And here in FOFC FOFC on top 5 to 2 Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National Harry takes a couple of practice cuts Spalding toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Ewing Al Spalding, with 18 appearances before today's game looks down for the sign from Ewing Spalding has great control He's looking for win number 4 He's into the windup Over the outside corner Hays hits the curve right to third... Davis takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Hays is out by a couple of steps One away in the bottom of the 8th for FOFC Here's A. J. Tucker Spalding adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Ewing Spalding brings it to the plate It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield McPhee takes off after it... Leaps... And Tucker is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Bid is very fine fielder! That's two away Ward comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Spalding Gerald Gazelle will be next up... Gazelle coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Gazelle is batting .283 with 18 round trippers in 1900 Gazelle, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Spalding The pitch is on the way There's a towering fly ball hit by Gazelle Hamilton sprints over, and makes the catch That's all for the All Stars After 8 full innings, they lead by 3 Ward saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Ward is 2 for 3 today John singled last time up Knowles is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Knowles looks in... Now he's ready We've got a full count... Knowles winds and fires... It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Old Timers with one away Knowles steps off the mound as he waits for Ed Delahanty to come to the plate Settling in at the plate is Delahanty Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Sammy rocks and fires Delahanty swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Knowles strikes out Ed Delahanty That's two up, two down Sam Thompson plants his left foot The lefthanded right fielder for Old Timers appears set Thompson has 27 doubles this year Knowles 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 Knowles Long fly to left Gazelle has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Thompson is retired on a fairly deep fly And that will do it for Old Timers FOFC wins 5 to 2 Nielsen gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Keefe takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeff Nights He was 2 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
7/16 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Old Timers Ancients At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/16/1900 |
7/17 Radio Broadcast - Game 101
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and AL Pre WWII The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Charlie Gehringer to lead it off for AL Pre WWII Babson goes into his windup And here's the 3-1 offering Checked swing by Gehringer Called ball four Hays motions down to the third base umpire He gives the "safe" sign with no hesitation Charlie walks to lead it off Simmons fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on On first is Gehringer He's a real speed merchant Simmons steps into the batter's box Simmons checks with Harlond Clift at third Right-hander Babson eyes the righty Simmons Here's the 3-2 offering Base hit to right for Simmons Harlond Clift puts up the stop sign... Gehringer will stay at second The "Sultan of Swat" is coming to the plate Ruth is hitting .350 with 40 homeruns Babe also has 23 doubles and 2 triples And has driven in a total of 92 runs Babson eyes Ruth intently The pitch on the way, here it is... Off speed pitch on the way... And Ruth watches it go by for the third strike With one gone AL Pre WWII will have Lou Gehrig coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Larrupin' Lou is up next Gehrig is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Set now is Gehrig Babson brings it home Gehrig drives the ball to left for extra bases Gehringer scores Harlond Clift plays it safe and stops him at third... Double for Gehrig The center fielder, Earl Averill is up for the Pre-Americans We are in the top of the 1st Earl, a lefty batter, will square off against Babson Of his 12 home runs, 10 are against righties Earl steadies his bat Waits patiently for Babson's pitch Here's the 1-2 offering Averill laces a high bouncer between first and second Potpie lunges to his right Up with it Turns and throws to Babson Just in time The runners advance That's the second out of the inning Dickey gets set at the plate 2 men away, Gehrig on third Babson steps on the rubber Gehrig is dancing off third Babson is ignoring him Here's the pitch Fastball Ball four Cronin now at the plate Joe Sewell waits on deck Cronin is hitting .268 against righties Cronin is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Babson brings it to the plate Hit on the ground to second Taken by Blade His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for AL Pre WWII By the way, AL Pre WWII is 6 and 4 in their last ten games AL Pre WWII has taken the field in the bottom of the first inning... Here's how they look, defensively In the outfield Simmons will play left Averill in center Ruth in right... Around the diamond Sewell will play the hot corner Cronin and Gehringer Make up the doubleplay combination... Over at first Gehrig And a battery of Lefty Gomez and Dickey behind the plate First batter for the All Stars Barrett Blade steps in Stepping in and then stepping out again Blade looks to third for a sign Lefty gets the sign from Dickey The lefty Gomez delivers Blade pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Simmons will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Blade retreats to first after a wide turn Facing Gomez now is Nights A. J. Tucker heads to the on deck circle Jeeberoni Potpie waits in the hole Dickey flashes the sign... Gomez shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Gomez fires Fastball, high and tight Ball Four Chin music... Nights didn't like it A. J. Tucker is entering the batter's box Benton Breeze has his big bopper, Jeeberoni Potpie, waiting in the on-deck circle A. J. is hitting at .297 on the year He has 126 hits in 424 at bats This includes 16 doubles, 6 triples 4 home runs and 42 RBI's The bat is cocked Now Lefty delivers Base hit to left for Tucker Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Blade is out! First base coach Joe Adcock wants a word with Tucker... Now we're all set to go... Jeeberoni Potpie steps in Potpie is at .291 on the season Gomez is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Gomez gets the sign from Dickey Way ahead in the count Gomez turns the 0-2 pitch loose Potpie goes after Gomez's fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Averill 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's the second out of the inning Gazelle, FOFC's left fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck The righthander, Gazelle has an average of .281 His success against lefties, like Gomez is better, however, at .317 Gazelle awaits the delivery Lefty checks the runners Here's the 2 strike offering The HIGH CHEESE......... STRIKE THREE SWINGING! FOFC is out of here in the bottom of the 1st This game is coming to you from FOFC Stadium in FOFC After 1 inning AL Pre WWII has 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and no errors Sewell is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Sewell wiggles the bat above his head Sewell readies himself for the pitch And the cripple pitch... It's popped up into foul territory Harry Hays is under it He grabs it for the out Score It: 2 That's one away Walking up to the plate now is Gomez Charlie Gehringer waits on deck Gomez steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Gomez waits for the delivery Babson brings it to the plate Slow ground ball Fouts is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Babson Settling in at the plate is Gehringer Gehringer is batting .303 with 10 homers this year Gehringer is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Babson He's waiting for the pitch It's coming down the pike A sharp breaking curve... Gehringer was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Pflaggstettler turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Charlie Gehringer can touch them all Al Simmons will face Babson Righty against righty Babson looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Babson kicks, delivers Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! That's all for AL Pre WWII After 1 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, AL Pre WWII leads 3 to 0 Persimmon Pflaggstettler, Harry Hays, and Dan Fouts are due up Gomez is on the third-base side of the rubber... Here's the 1-1 pitch Pflaggstettler hits a fly ball to left Al Simmons camps under it He's got it So one up and one gone Nobody on base, one away Hays steps into the batter's box Hays is batting .333 with 10 round trippers in 1900 Waiting for the pitch is Hays Gomez is into his windup Here's the pitch Sinking fastball... Hays swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Sewell... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two gone for FOFC Two out, nobody on Up now is Fouts Fouts has 7 doubles this year Fouts waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Gomez brings it to the plate Fouts swings at the change-up... Pounds it good!... It's going into deep left Simmons is racing back... He's at the fence... But he might as well wave that one goodbye It's gone! Quite a shot by Fouts Traveling about 430 feet That's home run number 13 for him He also has 24 RBI's now With AL Pre WWII leading in the bottom of the 2nd Here's Babson now up for FOFC On deck will be Barrett Blade Babson scuffs up the lines around the box Babson is poised and ready for the pitch The lefthander delivers Routine grounder to short Cronin scoops it up Over to first for the out That's all for the All Stars After 2 innings in FOFC this evening, AL Pre WWII leads 3 to 1 The AL Pre WWII right fielder, Ruth, will lead off He'll be followed by Lou Gehrig And then Earl Averill We'll see how they pitch to Ruth Babson adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Babson kicks and fires Here's a curve... Not a good one! Ruth turns on it a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run! Number 41 for Babe on the year He also has 93 RBI's now Here's the AL Pre WWII clean-up hitter, Lou Gehrig The FOFC outfield is playing Gehrig almost straight away Unusual for the power hitter But with Babson on the mound it is understandable Gehrig is waiting on the pitch Here is the 2-2 pitch Curve ball... Gehrig 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 Caribbean is in front of Japanese League 5 to 2 Cepeda has hit his 15th homerun for Caribbean Left Outs slipping by Negro League I 2 to 0 NL Pre WWII with the lead over AL Post WWII 3 to 0 Terry has hit his 4th homerun for NL Pre WWII Turn of Century and Dead Ball Era are scoreless Negro League II is in front of Old Timers 5 to 2 Late 20th is edging NL Post WWII 1 to 0 Nobody on, one away for AL Pre WWII Up now is Averill Averill goes through his routine of settling in Averill tells the umpire he's ready Babson rocks and fires Drilled on the ground to the mound Babson comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 FOFC gets the second out of the inning Babson glares in at Dickey Bill Dickey just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Dickey is batting .328 with 17 HR's this year Babson squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Now ready, here it is... Dickey skies one very high The ball drifts a bit Hays calls for it Puts it away! After 2 and a half innings AL Pre WWII ahead 4 to 1 Barrett Blade will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off He's ready for the delivery The pitch is on the way It's a routine fly into center Averill ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One out Jeff Nights is due up next Nights is up to see what he can do FOFC trails by 3 runs We're in the bottom of the 3rd Nights swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Gomez Nights waits patiently Here's his delivery A hot shot on the ground to Sewell He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Nights is out And there's two away With Jeeberoni Potpie on deck Batting now for FOFC is Tucker Tucker is one of the best hitters around Left-hander Lefty Gomez prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Tucker And the delivery by Gomez Tucker tries to hold up Dickey points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! That ends the inning After 3 innings, AL Pre WWII leads by 3 Joe Cronin, batting seventh will lead off for AL Pre WWII He will be followed by Joe Sewell and Lefty Gomez Joe steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Harlond Clift relays the sign from Miller Huggins Cronin grounded out last time up and now is 0 for 1 Joe is eagerly awaiting Babson's pitch Here's the 2-1 pitch Cronin hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to first for the out One out Due up next is Joe Sewell Sewell, the third baseman, moves into the batter's box AL Pre WWII leads 4 to 1 Against righthanders Sewell is hitting .260 Sewell is set Babson brings it to the plate Low fastball... Sewell swings... Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd Potpie snags it moving to his right Leads Babson perfectly racing to the bag... And he easily beats Sewell for the out Two men gone, nobody on AL Pre WWII leads by 3 Up now for AL Pre WWII is Gomez Two away, nobody on Looking to Harlond Clift for a sign Babson is happy with the sign Babson winds and delivers The 2-2 pitch Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! That's three outs, side retired The first baseman Potpie will start things off for the All Stars Potpie is 0 for 1 today Dickey flashes the sign to Gomez "Goofy" comes in with the 2 strike pitch... Hard slider... Potpie swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Simmons is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Jeeberoni Gazelle is up now for FOFC Gazelle is 0 for 1 today Gomez has the sign from Dickey Gomez goes into his windup And here's the 2-2 offering Gazelle cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Dickey Gazelle was badly fooled by Gomez's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Gerald was a little overanxious AL Pre WWII gets the first out of the inning One away, nobody on... bottom of the 4th The first base coach exhorting Pflaggstettler to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 today The left-hander Gomez is now ready The pitch is on the way Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Pflaggstettler hits it into the hole on the right side Gehringer ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Pflaggstettler is out by a step at first Two down... The All Stars are chipping away at the AL Pre WWII lead They've scored 1 run in the inning AL Pre WWII on top 4 to 2 Now here's Hays Hays has a .414 average against lefties Gomez is saying a few words to Gehringer... So far in 1900, Lefty has a 6 and 8 record with 6 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign Now to the belt, here it is... Big bender, low and inside... Swung on... Line single to Averill in center... Picking it up in a hurry is Averill... Hays takes a wide turn... But stays at first base as the throw comes in Fouts digs in at the plate Ready now for Gomez to come set Fouts gets set He's 1 for 1 so far The umpire says let's go Fouts is ready The stretch... the delivery Fouts drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Fouts Stepping in is Brian Babson All Stars with runners on second and third Babson digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Gomez Babson is ready Gomez's 0-2 pitch... Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 4 innings, AL Pre WWII has 4 runs, 4 hits and no errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors FOFC has left 4 on base AL Pre WWII has stranded 2 Charlie Gehringer up first for AL Pre WWII He is a threat to steal if he gets on Gehringer is hitting .288 against righthanders Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Here's the righthander's delivery Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 126 on the season for Babson One gone for AL Pre WWII AL Pre WWII left fielder, Al Simmons, is up next Simmons is 1 for 2 today Babson toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hays The righthander delivers Al Simmons offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Simmons couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Jeff Nights for the out Simmons never even left the batter's box Two down Brian Babson retires the first two batters in order Babe Ruth will step in to face Babson next If he gets on, Lou Gehrig will follow AL Pre WWII leads 4 to 2 Babson steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Now Brian delivers Change-up, Ruth is looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Gazelle is at the warning track... Waits... Hauls it in Babson sets the Pre-Americans down in order Here's Blade to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Caribbean is in front of Japanese League 6 to 3 Gonzalez has hit his 20th homerun for Caribbean Left Outs is giving it to Negro League I 6 to 1 NL Pre WWII is giving it to AL Post WWII 6 to 1 Turn of Century and Dead Ball Era are tied at 1 Negro League II is in front of Old Timers 5 to 2 NL Post WWII is edging Late 20th 2 to 1 Blade steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Barrett is 1 for 2 today Dickey flashes the sign... Gomez waves it off... Now he's happy Gomez goes into his windup And here's the 3-2 offering Curveball, breaking in on him DOWN HE GOES!... It missed him for ball four Blade's slow getting up... Here comes Tay Pemup the trainer... He looks OK, just shaken up a bit... Blade heads down to first 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 0 for 1 today Lefty is ready The southpaw Gomez's delivery on the 3-1 pitch Base hit to left for Nights Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Blade will stay at second Tucker squares around He bunts the ball . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by L.Gehrig the throw to first... Out Tucker gets the job done. One away in the bottom of the 5th for FOFC Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie The first baseman is walking to the plate Blade on third, Nights on second... one out AL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 2 runs Potpie is 1 for 2 today Gomez asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber Gomez checks the runners Slow ground ball to short Blade breaks for home Cronin grabs it Over to Gehrig Got him! Score It: 6-3 Two down Due up next is Gerald Gazelle Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the All Stars With two out Batting for FOFC now is Gazelle Gazelle taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready After getting set, Gazelle waits on the pitch Lefty rocks and fires Gazelle swings on a ball in on his fists It results in a pop up to short Cronin is under it... A few steps to his right... One hands it for the out Gazelle looked bad on that pitch That's all for the All Stars in the 5th inning They get 1 run across At the end of five... It's Pre-Americans 4, FOFC 3 |
7/17 Radio Broadcast Continued
AL Pre WWII will send Gehrig, Earl Averill, and Bill Dickey to face Brian Babson this inning Gehrig is 1 for 2 today Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Righthander Babson's delivery Good slider, inside part of the plate Gehrig gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! And there's one away Coming up for AL Pre WWII is Earl Averill Nobody on base, one out AL Pre WWII ahead 4 to 3 And Brian studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it The righthander Babson delivers Baltimore chop Into right for a single! Now batting will be Bill Dickey The catcher is walking to the plate One on... one out AL Pre WWII up by 1 Dickey is at .327 on the season Brian is getting his sign from Hays Hopefully it isn't for the gopher ball He has quite a tendency to deliver those up In 141 innings Brian has allowed lefties to blast 15 taters! He brings it home Dickey swings It is popped down the line Fouts is giving chase The ball is drifting foul... Dan dives... Great try, but no cigar . . . Dickey back in the box And here comes the next pitch Dickey hits a screamer at Barrett Blade Blade 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 AL Pre WWII So After 5 and a half innings AL Pre WWII has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 7 hits and no errors AL Pre WWII has left 2 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 5 Pflaggstettler 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 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 The southpaw's 1-2 delivery Ripped to third, but right at Sewell...easy out One up, one down Now batting will be Harry Hays The catcher is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out AL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 1 run Gomez steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here's the southpaw's delivery Fastball, lined to left... Base hit for Hays... Simmons over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Hays at first First base coach Joe Adcock wants a word with Hays... Now we're all set to go... Dan Fouts steps in Fouts scuffs up the lines around the box Gomez is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Gomez looks in... Now he's ready The lefthander Gomez comes home with it Hard slider... Fouts swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Simmons is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! A two run blast by Dan Ton leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Watching Gomez, Ton wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Ton waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The southpaw Gomez's delivery Ton hits a screamer at Joe Cronin Cronin takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Gehrig scoops it on one hop Ton is out! Nice play by Gehrig Barrett Blade will get a crack at Gomez next Jeff Nights would be up next... But only if Blade can reach safely Time is called... Blade has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Gomez wastes no time He has the sign from Dickey Gehringer comes in a couple steps Yells something to Gomez The delivery Long fly to center Averill has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Blade is retired on a fairly deep fly That'll do it in the bottom of the 6th 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors FOFC ahead 5 to 4 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Leading off now for AL Pre WWII is Cronin Cronin has a .288 average against lefthanders He is .270 overall Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Cronin was frozen on that fastball by Mighty High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch That's one away Sewell is up now for AL Pre WWII Sewell steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Joe is 0 for 2 today One strike on the batter, Sewell... Mighty rocks and fires A jug-handled curve Sewell goes out and gets it It's a liner to right Pflaggstettler will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Joe Sewell Gomez fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Pre-Americans pitcher Lefty Gomez will bat for himself Stepping in and then stepping out again Gomez looks to third for a sign Mighty adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays The stretch... the 1-2 delivery There's a high pop fly to the outfield A. J. Tucker moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Tucker grabs it with his bare hand for the out Two down Charlie Gehringer steps into the box FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Gehringer is 1 for 2 today Waiting for the pitch is Gehringer Al rocks and fires It bounces in front of the plate and gets by Hays Sewell moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch Charlie Gehringer steps into the box A base hit should score Sewell Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Now Al delivers Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing up just a bit is Gazelle And he pulls it in That retires the side... Gehringer fails to come through in the clutch For AL Pre WWII, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Jeff Nights, A. J. Tucker, and Jeeberoni Potpie are due up Nights has hit 10 home runs this year Dickey flashes the sign... Gomez shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The southpaw delivers Swung on and hit sharply to short Cronin plays it on one bounce Over to Gehrig... Out of there! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean slipping by Japanese League 7 to 5 Left Outs is giving it to Negro League I 6 to 1 NL Pre WWII toppling AL Post WWII 8 to 1 Turn of Century and Dead Ball Era are deadlocked at 1 Negro League II slipping by Old Timers 5 to 3 NL Post WWII is edging Late 20th 2 to 1 And in our contest FOFC ahead 5 to 4 Tucker pounds the plate Now he stares out at Gomez Tucker grips the bat handle The umpire says let's go Tucker is ready And "Goofy" wings it home... Struck him out on a fastball Tucker goes down swinging Two gone here in the bottom of the 7th We want to welcome the FOFC "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Up next for the All Stars Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman... If he gets on, Gerald Gazelle would bat next Potpie digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Gomez Gomez has the sign he wants The lefthander Gomez delivers Potpie hits a three hopper towards Joe Cronin Cronin scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's it for FOFC Still a 1 run deficit for AL Pre WWII By the way... coming in to today's game FOFC is 19 and 12 in one run games AL Pre WWII has a 23 and 13 record in these tight contests Simmons saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Al is batting .338 with 18 home runs on the season He is 1 for 3 today He's ready Mighty's into the windup... the delivery Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on and clubbed to left-center... Tucker backing up quickly... He grabs it for the out With one gone AL Pre WWII will have Babe Ruth coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it One away, nobody on base Ruth stands ready at the plate The outfield's shaded towards right With Ruth at the plate Babe steadies his bat And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch Mighty fires Ruth hits a deep fly Pflaggstettler retreats toward the fence He leaps... He's got it! That's two away Moseying up now is Gehrig Gehrig 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 Gehrig is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mighty He's waiting for the pitch The southpaw Mighty's delivery on the 3-2 pitch Fastball... low and away, ball four Mighty puts the tying run on base Not a good idea We are going to have a pinch runner for Lou Gehrig Miller Huggins will bring in Sam Rice for Lou Gehrig He's a threat to steal That brings up Earl Averill, the center fielder Mighty gets the sign, it's one he likes Mighty looks at the runner The pitch Hard slider... Averill swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Pflaggstettler is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! A two run blast by Earl Dickey coming up for AL Pre WWII Nobody on, two away Dickey a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Mighty A battle of lefties... Hays flashes the sign... Mighty waves it off... Now he's happy The pitch is on the way Dickey pulls one to the right side It's going to scoot on through the infield Pflaggstettler will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Dickey retreats to first after a wide turn Joe Cronin is up next AL Pre WWII's shortstop finds 1 on with 2 outs Cronin is at .270 on the season Cronin awaits the delivery Mighty goes into his stretch... Looks at Dickey... He fires one to Potpie... Dickey dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Mighty comes home Cronin takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He's out on strikes That's it in the top of the 8th After 7 and a half innings in FOFC, AL Pre WWII ahead 6 to 5 AL Pre WWII's defensive changes are... Greenberg will bat 4th and play 1B Gerald Gazelle up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Gerald is batting .275 with 18 home runs on the season He is 0 for 3 today Gerald steadies his bat Waits patiently for Gomez's pitch It's coming down the pike Curve ball, just misses the corner That'll be ball four and a walk Gomez has issued 3 bases on balls this evening Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps up to the plate Gazelle, with excellent speed, is at first Pflaggstettler looks for a sign from third Dick Howser delivers it to Persimmon Persimmon is 0 for 3 today lined out his last at bat Persimmon seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now The lefthander delivers Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler Gazelle is being held at second by Dick Howser Gazelle will stay at second Harry Hays, the catcher, strides to the plate Runners first and second Gomez has the sign from Dickey A check on the runners... the pitch Grounded down the line Sewell grabs it Over to second for one Could be two . . . Not in time! Score It: 5-4 Gazelle takes third The runner on first, Pflaggstettler, is out AL Pre WWII gets the first out here late in this contest All Stars with runners on the corners Fouts at bat Dan Fouts will step in to face Gomez He is 3 for 3 on the evening with 2 home runs! That impressive display of power has been good for 3 RBI's Fouts awaits the delivery Here's the 3-1 offering Bounced towards the hole Unbelievable play by Gehringer! Over to Greenberg Got him! Score It: 4-3 That's the second out of the inning It looks as though they'll put him on... Yes, Dickey is calling for the free pass And there's ball four That fills the bases for FOFC Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman, steps into the batter's box AL Pre WWII leads 6 to 5 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Gomez adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Dickey Gomez checks the runners Blade swings and lifts one toward center Averill drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's out number three Blade leaves the bases loaded So for FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and 3 men left on base The AL Pre WWII third baseman, Sewell, will lead off He'll be followed by Lefty Gomez And then Charlie Gehringer Sewell is taking his practice swings Joe is 1 for 3 this evening Sewell is set for the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery Swung on and drilled into left Gazelle going back... The ball is hit over his head And there's Sewell around first base coming into second and stands up for a double That's 19 doubles for Sewell on the year Gomez looks to lay one down He bunts the ball . . . Fielded by D.Fouts the throw to first... Out Gomez gets the job done. And there's one away Gehringer squares around He bunts at it . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by J.Kronside he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Fielders Choice To Pitcher Score It: 1-2 The runner on third, Sewell, is out AL Pre WWII ahead 6 to 5 with two away this inning Gehringer watches Kronside carefully As he stretches out his lead Fastball in on the fists... And there goes Gehringer on the steal! Hays comes up firing... The headfirst slide... Gehringer is OUT!... Outstanding throw by Hays! Jeff Nights, the All Stars' shortstop, is ready to lead off the bottom of the 9th He can be a nightmare for pitchers when he gets on He's one of the league's better base stealers Jeff is 1 for 3 this summer evening He's batting .283 on the season Gomez likes the sign Gomez kicks and fires A sharp breaking curve... Nights was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Simmons turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Jeff Nights can touch them all Gomez glares in at Tucker as he steps in Now he's ready to go Tucker swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Gomez Tucker is ready The southpaw winds and delivers Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 106 on the season for Gomez One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is still in the on-deck circle and Gerald Gazelle is looking for a bat in the dugout A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Jeeberoni Potpie Against lefthanders Potpie is hitting .283 this season Potpie, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Gomez Gomez brings it home Slider, down and in... Potpie manages to hit a shallow fly Averill charging hard... dives... Great diving catch by Averill! He slid several feet after making that stab One more chance for FOFC this inning Nobody on, two away Gazelle steps in for FOFC Gazelle says a few words to Dickey and smiles The righthanded batter is 0 for 3 on the day He'll be going against the lefty, Lefty Gomez Gerald is hitting .306 versus lefty pitching With 12 of his 18 homers coming against southpaw offerings Gomez is ready quickly Lefty winds Kicks... and delivers Long fly ball to left field This one is deep! Back she goes! Back! Back!! Back!!! HEY-HEY!!!! The fans are going wild here in FOFC!!! Gerald Gazelle has just won the game And his teammates gather at home plate They greet him as he crosses the plate!!! That is Gerald Gazelle's 19th home run of the year. FOFC wins 7 to 6 Kronside gets credit for the win Gomez takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Dan Fouts He was 3 for 4 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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7/18 Radio Broadcast - Game 102
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and AL Pre WWII The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Charlie Gehringer to lead it off for AL Pre WWII Now the delivery, here is is... Hard slider, paints the inside corner Gehringer gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Gehringer for the out One up, one down for AL Pre WWII Appling heads to the plate for AL Pre WWII The infield is at regular depth Left-hander John Williams prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Appling Williams' into his windup... the pitch Appling swings and hits one down the line It'll be in there for extra bases The ball is kicking around in the corner Appling is heading for second The ball comes in... A whistling two-bagger for Luke Appling The "Sultan of Swat" is coming to the plate Ruth is batting .349 with 41 homers this year Ruth is poised and ready for the pitch Here's the 3-1 pitch He lost him, ball four Ruth is having a great year His OBP of .436 is among the league's elite One away, Ruth at first, Appling at second Simmons steps into the batter's box Simmons digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Williams Williams is taking his sweet time out there Now he is finished fiddling around John is in quite a jam He gets the sign from Bullock After checking the runners Here comes the pitch Simmons drives the ball to left for extra bases Appling scores Harlond Clift is windmilling the runner home... The throw is coming home... Bullock is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Good,)... Ruth is out! Double for Simmons Larrupin' Lou is up next Bullock flashes the sign... Williams shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy And the delivery by Williams Right down the middle... strike three Gehrig must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch That wraps up the inning for AL Pre WWII By the way, AL Pre WWII is 5 and 5 in their last ten games AL Pre WWII has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively In the outfield from left to right Simmons in left... Dimaggio in center... And Ruth in right The infield, third to first Sewell will play the hot corner Appling is at short Over at second, Gehringer and at first base Gehrig Taking the mound is Grove and his battery mate is Ferrell FOFC second baseman, Barrett Blade, will lead off Blade goes through his routine of settling in After getting set, Blade waits on the pitch Lefty rocks and fires There's a towering fly ball hit by Blade Ruth sprints over, and makes the catch That's the first out of the inning Two more to go One out, nobody on base Jeff Nights is the batter Nights has 26 doubles this year Set now is Nights He brings it home Nights raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Sewell just got his glove up in time Great reflexes Two down Grove retires the first two FOFC batters All Stars' right fielder Gazelle is up next Grove wastes no time He has the sign from Ferrell Here's the 3-1 offering Gerald Gazelle swings at a breaking ball There it goes, way back towards left-center Dimaggio looks up Kiss that one good bye!! Gazelle takes Grove deep to tie it, 1 a piece! That one had some distance Potpie now at the plate K. A. Ton waits on deck Potpie wiggles the bat above his head The bat is cocked The lefthander Grove delivers Sinking fastball... Potpie swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Appling... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That'll do it in the bottom of the 1st One run, one hit and no errors The score is tied at 1 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... AL Pre WWII will send Dimaggio, Joe Sewell, and Rick Ferrell to face John Williams this inning Dimaggio is at .232 on the season Dimaggio is set The lefthander delivers Dimaggio hits a high pop into short left field Fouts sprints out Ton and Tucker sprint towards the infield K. A. Ton sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! It's ruled a double That will bring up third baseman, Joe Sewell Sewell has a .276 average against lefties Sewell gets ready for Williams' pitch His bat is cocked Now ready, here it is... Flyball to right it's caught Dimaggio might have a chance to move up... Gazelle makes the catch... Dimaggio is tagging up at second... He'll move up to third as the throw comes into second One away, Dimaggio at third Now up for AL Pre WWII, Ferrell Stepping out, Ferrell looks into the dugout Steps back in Ferrell cocks his bat Here's his delivery Fastball, busted in on the hands Ferrell manages to get a piece of it Bouncing it over the mound Nights cuts it off in front of the bag Rifles a throw to Potpie... And Ferrell is called out on a close play Dimaggio scores easily Two gone for AL Pre WWII Next up is Lefty Grove, the AL Pre WWII pitcher... If he gets on, Charlie Gehringer would bat next Grove a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Williams A battle of lefties... Lefty steadies his bat And waits patiently for Williams' pitch Williams' 0-2 pitch... Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Grove is outta there That retires the side The Pre-Americans score 1 run in the inning After 1 and a half innings, AL Pre WWII leads 2 to 1 K. A. Ton will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Ton is batting .271 with 9 HR's this year Grove shakes off two signs Now he's ready The southpaw delivers the 2-2 pitch There's a fly ball to Al Simmons Simmons circles under it... He makes the play One down for FOFC Dan Fouts is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Dan Fouts stands in for FOFC Grove gets the sign He rocks and fires Low and inside It hit him on the foot! Fouts tried to dance out of the way But it got him Billy Bullock is at the plate Bullock has hit 15 home runs this year Grove grips the ball He delivers Pounded on the ground to the mound Grove grabs it Over to second for one They might turn it . . . Not in time! Score It: 1-6 The runner on first, Palmer, is out Tucker is ready to bat On first is Bullock He's not known for his speed Grove is slow to get ready He has a 3.61 ERA this year Now he's ready Grove brings it to the plate Here's the change up... Waiting on it... Tucker drives one over Ruth's head... Ruth backing up quickly... He's got his legs twisted... But he rights himself in time Ruth recovers and makes the grab We head to the 3rd... The score is still AL Pre WWII 2, All Stars 1 Gehringer steps up to the plate for AL Pre WWII It's the top of the 3rd here at FOFC Stadium AL Pre WWII leads 2 to 1 Gehringer is at .302 on the season Williams is having a fine year so far His 10 victories make him 6th in the league in that category Now he's about ready It's coming down the pike Gehringer hits a three hopper towards Barrett Blade Blade scoops it and fires it to first for the out One down for AL Pre WWII Luke Appling is still in the on-deck circle and Babe Ruth is looking for a bat in the dugout Nobody on base, one away Appling steps into the batter's box Luke steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Harlond Clift relays the sign from Miller Huggins Appling doubled last time up and now is 1 for 1 Williams looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander Appling chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Williams Blade snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Williams Up next for the visiting Pre-Americans Babe Ruth, their right fielder Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Williams kicks and fires Babe Ruth offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Ruth couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Barrett Blade for the out Ruth never even left the batter's box That's it for AL Pre WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 and a half innings, AL Pre WWII has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, one hit and no errors AL Pre WWII has left 1 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Here's the pitcher Williams To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then Jeff Nights Williams grips the bat handle Williams tells the umpire he's ready Grove fires Struck him out on a fastball Williams goes down swinging One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean leads Japanese League 3 to 2 Gonzalez has hit his 21st homerun for Caribbean Left Outs leads Negro League I 2 to 1 NL Pre WWII with the lead over AL Post WWII 3 to 0 Jackson has hit his 4th homerun for NL Pre WWII Turn of Century leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Old Timers is edging Negro League II 3 to 2 Radbourn and Holland currently dueling NL Post WWII and Late 20th are deadlocked at 2 Bench has hit his 16th homerun for NL Post WWII Grove glares in at Blade as he steps in Now he's ready to go Blade looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 0 for 1 on the day for Barrett He readies his bat Blade will cut down on his swing as he has 2 strikes on him Grove is into his windup Here's the pitch Ground ball to the left side... Appling scoops it up Over to first for the putout Two up, two down Jeff Nights will make his way to home plate He's the shortstop for FOFC Nights is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Nights waits for the pitch The lefthander Grove comes home with it Routine grounder to short Appling scoops it up Over to first for the out 1-2-3, nothing across... It is the top of the 4th, AL Pre WWII ahead 2 to 1 Here come the "big guns" for AL Pre WWII Al Simmons will start things off Lou Gehrig will follow Simmons, AL Pre WWII's left fielder, is about ready He will see if he can add to AL Pre WWII's lead Al is batting .338 in 399 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Lou Gehrig Williams is ready quickly Williams brings it to the plate It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Nights takes off after it... Leaps... And Simmons is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Jeff is very fine fielder! That's one away Lou Gehrig, the first baseman, strides to the plate Gehrig is batting .327 with 26 HR's this year Williams studies his sign Williams' behind on the count Here's the 2-0 offering It's a drive into deep center Tucker goes to the warning track He jumps... Nabs it for the putout Two down John Williams retires the first two batters in order The "Yankee Clipper" is making his way to the plate Williams steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The southpaw's 2-2 delivery Slow ground ball Blade is charging it HE DROPS IT! That's an error That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC Dimaggio takes a short lead against the lefty Williams The runner can't seem to get a good lead Facing Williams now is Sewell Rick Ferrell heads to the on deck circle Lefty Grove waits in the hole Sewell is hitting .267 against southpaws 0 for 1 so far this game He flied out in his last at bat 2 down, Sewell behind in the count, 0-2 Williams brings it home Sewell takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Sewell can't believe it He says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Williams The right fielder Gazelle will start things off for the All Stars Gazelle looks for a sign from third Dick Howser delivers it to Gerald Gerald is 1 for 1 today homered his last at bat Waiting for the pitch is Gazelle Here is the 3-2 delivery from "Mose" Gazelle swings and sends a high fly to right It is hugging the line... Ruth is over at the fence... It's going to be close... It's just foul! Gazelle just missed on that one . . . Gazelle back in the box And here comes the next pitch Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Gazelle was frozen on that fastball by Grove High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch With one down, up next is Jeeberoni Potpie To be followed by K. A. Ton Potpie gets set at the plate We'll see how they pitch to Potpie Grove looks in for the sign He has to be careful with Potpie who has 25 homeruns this year Grove has allowed 20 round trippers already this season Now Lefty delivers Fastball... Swung on... Lined to left... Single for Potpie HE TRIPS OVER THE BAG AT FIRST!! The throw to first... He manages to scramble back safely... Potpie's not getting up Joe Adcock, the first base coach is calling for help Here comes the trainer, Tay Pemup... They are looking at his ankle... Now he's on his feet, walking a bit Looks like he'll be OK, at least for now Give him a single on the play The left fielder, K. A. Ton will be up next for FOFC AL Pre WWII is set up for two Grove adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Ferrell The southpaw Grove's delivery Ton hits a screamer at Joe Sewell Sewell picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play That's all for the All Stars... After 4 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, AL Pre WWII on top 2 to 1 Here is Rick Ferrell to start it off for AL Pre WWII Williams eyes Ferrell intently The pitch on the way, here it is... Ferrell swings hard... A squibber off his fists It's dribbling towards third Palmer charges in on it... Bare hands it... Flips it to first... Just in time to get Ferrell Nice play by Deacon Palmer Another step and Ferrell would be safe AL Pre WWII with one away Williams steps off the mound as he waits for Lefty Grove to come to the plate Lefty Grove makes his way to home plate Lefty looks at the sign from the coach at third Harlond Clift flashes a series of them... Now Grove taps the bat on home plate Bullock flashes the sign to Williams The lefty Williams delivers Curve ball... Grove swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean slipping by Japanese League 5 to 3 Cuellar battling Sugishita Left Outs is edging Negro League I 2 to 1 Snider has hit his 28th homerun for Left Outs NL Pre WWII is giving it to AL Post WWII 5 to 0 Turn of Century leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Old Timers slipping by Negro League II 7 to 5 Poles has hit his 7th homerun for Negro League II NL Post WWII and Late 20th are tied at 2 Marichal and Johnson currently dueling The second baseman, Charlie Gehringer is up for the Pre-Americans We are in the top of the 5th Charlie is in the midst of a 26 game hitting streak It has upped his average to .301 He grounded out his last at bat 0 for 2 so far this afternoon Looking to continue his streak John looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Williams The delivery It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Tucker grabs it for the out Williams sets the Pre-Americans down in order Palmer 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 The left-hander Grove is now ready Lefty winds... kicks... and delivers In the dirt And Palmer holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Planting his right foot Bullock is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Bullock Billy steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Billy is 0 for 1 today... Palmer kicks the dirt at first Joe Adcock says something to him Bullock waits patiently Grove brings it to the plate Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Simmons And he has it One gone for FOFC Tucker is the next hitter Palmer is on first AL Pre WWII won't watch him too closely AL Pre WWII is set up for two Lefty Grove still on the mound for the Pre-Americans... Grove has gone the distance so far He's given up 2 hits in 4 1/3 innings Grove goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Palmer He lobs one to Gehrig... Palmer is back easily We're ready again Now Grove comes home The big heater... Swung on... Tucker turned on that one in a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone A long home run by A. J. Tucker That's homer number 5 for him Williams is up now for FOFC The outfield shades towards left for Williams Grove is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Grove looks in... Now he's ready Now the delivery, here is is... Pounded on the ground to third Sewell grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 AL Pre WWII gets the second out of the inning With two out Batting for FOFC now is Blade And Lefty studies the sign from Ferrell... Now he's got it Grove kicks and fires Long fly to center Dimaggio has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Blade is retired on a fairly deep fly That retires the side... 2 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 5 innings, FOFC on top 3 to 2 |
7/18 Radio Broadcast - Continued
Appling saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Appling has managed a .294 average against lefthanders this year All set, Appling is ready for the pitch Williams goes into his windup Here it comes Ground ball through the middle Blade ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! One up, one down for AL Pre WWII Walking up to the plate now is Ruth Al Simmons waits on deck Babe is batting .348 so far this season He carries a 17 game hitting streak into today's game So far today, he's 0 for 1 Ruth waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled John will have to come in with this 3-0 delivery It's on its way... Williams loses him Ruth heads down to first 2 walks today for Ruth Simmons coming up FOFC out in front by 1 run We're in the top of the 6th Simmons is taking his practice swings Al is 1 for 2 this afternoon He lined out last time at bat Williams gets the sign, it's one he likes The pitch is on the way Base hit to center for Simmons Harlond Clift puts up the stop sign... Ruth will stay at second Lou Gehrig is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Gehrig is 0 for 2 today Lou flied out last time up He's in his crouch Gehrig can really swing that wood John checks the runners Steps off the rubber... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Gehrig takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He punches Gehrig out And there's two away Dimaggio leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Joe comes to the plate batting .234 with 5 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Dimaggio gets set for the pitch Williams checks the runners Bounced towards the hole Fielded nicely by Nights THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 6-3 That's all for AL Pre WWII After 5 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, FOFC ahead 3 to 2 Nights is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Nights looks down toward the third base coach Nights is ready Into the windup... here's the pitch Base hit to right for Nights Babe Ruth is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Gerald Gazelle is entering the batter's box Benton Breeze has his big bopper, Jeeberoni Potpie, waiting in the on-deck circle Gazelle is 1 for 2 today, with 1 strike outs Grove has the sign from Ferrell The pitch to Gazelle... Here's a high fastball, at the letters... Gazelle raps a hard grounder toward third Sewell 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 FOFC there With one gone FOFC will have Jeeberoni Potpie coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Gazelle takes his lead Grove looks Gazelle back... He's taking a shorter lead now The All Stars' first baseman is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out Jeeberoni, a right-handed hitter, will face the lefty Grove Of his 25 home runs, 7 are against southpaws Grove looks down at Ferrell for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Grove goes into his stretch... Looks at Gazelle... He fires one to Gehrig... Gazelle dives back in That's his best move to first... Gehrig lobs it back Now Grove comes home Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Potpie is outta there Two down Due up next is K. A. Ton Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the All Stars Coming to the plate is Ton Gazelle's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Grove Ton is hitting .267 with 9 homeruns K. A. also has 7 doubles and 2 triples And has driven in a total of 27 runs Ton looks very intent... He stares down at Grove... Cocks his bat He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Gazelle dives back in!... SAFE! Gehrig tosses it back to Grove Now here's the pitch Ton drives the ball to left for extra bases Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Gazelle scores! Double for Ton And now they're going to put Palmer on Ferrell is up and holding out his glove There's ball 3... and now ball 4 Billy Bullock is waiting on deck The All Stars will send Billy Bullock up to the plate Billy is hitting at .263 on the year He has 52 hits in 198 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Bullock flied out his last time up Palmer and Ton inch off first and second Bullock is waiting for the pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery Hit on the ground to short Appling comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That does it in the bottom of the 6th Now a brief message from our hosts This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System We are pleased you joined us for today's ballgame Now back to baseball where After 6 innings, FOFC ahead 4 to 2 The AL Pre WWII third baseman, Sewell, will lead off He'll be followed by Rick Ferrell And then Lefty Grove Against lefthanders Sewell is hitting .258 this season Williams is happy with the sign And here is the 1-2 delivery Grounded towards the sack Williams takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 So one up and one gone Coming up for AL Pre WWII is Rick Ferrell Nobody on base, one out Williams has the sign from Bullock Williams rocks and fires Slider, down and away... Ferrell reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Palmer is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Ton is hustling after it... Ferrell with the big turn... The throw from Ton goes into second And Ferrell holds at first Lefty Grove is scheduled to bat next, but... Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter Yes Heinie Manush is stepping out to the on-deck circle Miller Huggins will send Heinie up to face Williams Manush has a knack for getting on base His .364 OBP proves that He is hitting lefties at a .400 pace One on, one out Manush walks to the batter's box Manush is batting .300 with 2 round trippers in 1900 Williams is on the third-base side of the rubber... The southpaw delivers Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE! And Manush is punched out Two down Charlie Gehringer, will be up next Luke Appling hopes to get a chance as well One on... two away FOFC leads AL Pre WWII by 2 runs Charlie comes to the plate batting .300 with 11 home runs He is 0 for 3 so far today Williams steps on the rubber The pitch to Gehringer... Swung on by Gehringer... It will be a tough chance Gazelle is going after it... Gehringer will have himself a single to extend his hitting streak to a very impressive 27 games! 1 for 4 this afternoon Ferrell takes third Here comes the AL Pre WWII shortstop, Luke Appling Most believe he has quite a future in the big leagues Appling is at .239 on the season John Williams on the mound for the All Stars... Williams has gone the distance so far He's given up 6 hits and 2 runs And the delivery by Williams Appling drives the ball to center for extra bases Ferrell scores Harlond Clift will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Appling Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Babe Ruth Babe Ruth, the right fielder, strides to the plate The outfield's shaded towards right With Ruth at the plate Williams has the sign from Bullock The lefthander delivers It's in on the wrists Babe tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... Yes, Williams walks him Simmons walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat Al is batting at .339 with 18 home runs He is 2 for 3 so far today Simmons waits on Knowles Knowles brings it to the plate There's a weak fly ball in front of K. A. Ton He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out Three away in the top of the 7th We're all tied up at 4 Let's go to the ticker And see how everyone else is faring Caribbean with the lead over Japanese League 6 to 3 Negro League I with the lead over Left Outs 5 to 2 Wells has hit his 9th homerun for Negro League I NL Pre WWII is pounding AL Post WWII 9 to 2 Jackson has hit his 5th homerun for NL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era clipping Turn of Century 5 to 1 Old Timers slipping by Negro League II 7 to 5 Poles has hit his 7th homerun for Negro League II NL Post WWII slipping by Late 20th 5 to 3 Aaron has hit his 34th homerun for NL Post WWII It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Ted Lyons will be coming on to pitch for AL Pre WWII Ted has appeared in 27 games this season He has a record of 12-1 in 138 innings His ERA stands at 3.79 Tucker is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Tucker is hitting .294 against righties Lyons studies his sign Now Ted delivers Long fly to left Simmons has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Tucker is retired on a fairly deep fly One up, one down Coming up for FOFC is Harry Hays Nobody on base, one out Hays digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Lyons Right-hander Lyons eyes the righty Hays Lyons rocks and fires At the knees, looks like a sinker... Swung on and topped toward third... Sewell charging... Has to backhand it... He zips a throw to Gehrig... NOT IN TIME!! Score it an infield single for Hays Making his way up now is Barrett Blade The score is tied And Hays is on first Blade is batting .261 with 2 HR's this year Lyons wastes no time He has the sign from Ferrell Lyons brings it to the plate Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Blade is outta there The go-ahead run is on... And up comes shortstop Jeff Nights FOFC needs only the 1 run to break the 4-4 tie Nights is at .286 on the season Ted gets the sign from Ferrell Here's the righthander's delivery It's in on the hands Inside... ball four Nights trots to first as Hays takes second Now here's Gazelle Two men on, two men out The righthander pitching to Gazelle... A righthanded batter Righties have a .268 average against Ted Righthander Lyons' delivery Swung on...and it's in the air to the right side Backing just a bit is Ruth And he pulls it in That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 30566 Lou Gehrig leads off for AL Pre WWII Joe Dimaggio and Joe Sewell will follow We've got a dandy here today at FOFC Stadium We're all tied up at 4 Knowles is walking around the mound While we wait, let me mention He is 1st in saves this year He has 19... Now Sammy is ready... The righthander Knowles delivers Gehrig swings and misses for strike three Gehrig peers out at Knowles wondering about that pitch Knowles smiles back That's a strikeout for Knowles With one down Potpie yells something out to Knowles Sammy nods his head Dimaggio saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Dimaggio is taking his practice swings Joe is 1 for 3 this afternoon He grounded out last time at bat Joe seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now He brings it home Slider, down and away... Dimaggio reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Palmer is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Ton is hustling after it... Dimaggio with the big turn... The throw from Ton goes into second And Dimaggio holds at first Dimaggio studies Knowles intently... Now he's walking away from the base Knowles steps off the rubber Firing to first at the same time... He's a dead duck! Dimaggio trots meekly back to the dugout Two out, nobody on Up now is Sewell Right-hander Knowles eyes the lefty Sewell Knowles brings it to the plate Strike three swinging... Now that is something you don't see very often Sewell rarely ever strikes out But Knowles got him that time! That's it for AL Pre WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and one error While AL Pre WWII has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors AL Pre WWII has left 6 on base FOFC has stranded 5 Jeeberoni Potpie leads off for FOFC K. A. Ton and Deacon Palmer will follow FOFC will be looking to score one to take the lead We are late in the game Potpie adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeeberoni is 1 for 3 this afternoon Jeeberoni is eagerly awaiting Lyons' pitch With a 3-1 count Lyons kicks and fires Good slider, inside part of the plate Potpie gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Gehringer grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! With one gone FOFC will have K. A. Ton coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it The left fielder, Ton, is ready to bat The score is knotted at 4 in the bottom of the 8th Lyons looks down at Ferrell for the sign Now he's ready Now Ted delivers A hot shot on the ground to Sewell He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Ton is out (Guarding lines worked, he was robbed!) And the batter is Deacon Palmer Sammy Knowles is on-deck Deacon Palmer is hitting .307 this year against righthanded pitchers Palmer waits for the delivery The righthander Lyons' delivery It's a routine fly into center Dimaggio ranges over and reaches up This should wrap-up the inning... It's in the bank That's three outs, side retired The AL Pre WWII catcher, Ferrell, will lead off He'll be followed by Ted Lyons And then Charlie Gehringer Ferrell swinging from the right side facing the righty Knowles Waiting for the pitch is Ferrell It's coming down the pike Ferrell slaps a hard grounder past second Gazelle is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Ferrell will hold with a clean single We are going to have a pinch runner for Rick Ferrell Miller Huggins will bring in Sam Rice for Rick Ferrell He's a threat to steal Bunted... Palmer has it... His play is to first base A successful sacrifice for Lyons Rice now in scoring position That's one away Up next is the ex-Michigan U star, the reliable hitting Charlie Gehringer Gehringer is taking his practice swings Charlie is 1 for 4 this afternoon Gehringer waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Knowles looks back towards second... The pitch Gehringer pokes it to center It drops in front of Tucker AL Pre WWII goes out in front AL Pre WWII ahead 5 to 4 Appling digs in at the plate Ready now for Knowles to come set Appling is 2 for 4 today Luke doubled last time around Sammy looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Knowles' righthanded delivery... And Appling will sit down... strike three called Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Slowly coming up is Ruth for AL Pre WWII He is finally in the batter's box AL Pre WWII ahead 5 to 4 Ruth is at .348 on the season Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Mighty's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Gehringer dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Mighty Now here's the pitch Bounding ball to second Blade comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for AL Pre WWII So After 8 and a half innings AL Pre WWII has 5 runs, 10 hits and no errors While FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and one error AL Pre WWII has left 7 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 5 AL Pre WWII's defensive changes are... Dickey will bat 8th and play C Persimmon Pflaggstettler, A. J. Tucker and Harry Hays will be the first three men to face the pitcher Ted Lyons We are in the bottom of the 9th The outfield shades towards left for Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch The pitch is on the way Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Pflaggstettler hits it into the hole on the right side Gehringer ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Pflaggstettler is out by a step at first 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 6 to 3 Negro League I topped Left Outs 5 to 2 Paige the winner, he's now 10-9 Sutton takes the loss, his record drops to 7-5 NL Pre WWII smacked AL Post WWII 9 to 2 Jackson has hit his 5th homerun for NL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era toppled Turn of Century 5 to 1 Negro League II nipped Old Timers 8 to 7 Radbourn takes the loss, his record drops to 7-7 Manning the winner, he's now 12-8 NL Post WWII squeezed by Late 20th 6 to 4 Johnson takes the loss, his record drops to 8-12 Marichal the winner, he's now 13-8 Tucker is up now for FOFC Lyons has the sign he wants Lyons is into his windup Here's the pitch Tucker hits one on the ground to the left side A. J., who moves well, is motoring to first Sewell wings it quickly to Gehrig... OUT by a step Two gone for FOFC Now batting will be Harry Hays Harry is hitting at .340 on the year He has 73 hits in 215 at bats This includes 3 doubles, 2 triples 10 home runs and 30 RBI's All set, Hays is ready for the pitch Way ahead in the count Lyons turns the 0-2 pitch loose Hays swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Lyons strikes out Harry Hays And that will do it for FOFC AL Pre WWII wins 5 to 4 Lyons gets credit for the win Knowles takes the loss The hitting star for AL Pre WWII was Luke Appling He was 2 for 5 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
7/18 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/18/1900 |
That 7/17 win was rather dramatic.
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7/19 Radio Broadcast - Game 103
Howdy, folks, we're coming to you from Overshadow Pk today It's a beautiful night for baseball So sit back, put your feet up We are just about ready to begin Left Outs' Robin Roberts will bring his 6 and 12 record And face off against Sirr Fozborg He has a 5 and 0 record with a 3.14 ERA Roberts, a righthander, will open against Barrett Blade Righties hit at a .307 average against Roberts Robin rocks and fires Sinking fastball... Blade swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Vaughan... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step And there's one away Nights leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer evening Nights has 26 doubles this year Roberts looks down at Cochrane for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The 2-2 offering... Here's a curveball, up in the zone... It's juiced to deep center There goes Snider after it Racing hard... Reaching... Can't get it... It was just out of his reach! He chases it to the fence Nights around first, coasts into second As the throw comes in late Score that a two bagger takes a three step lead Here's Vaughan sneaking in behind second Roberts turns and fires to him... Nights dives back to second... OUT!!!... He was caught leaning the wrong way The fans love it! Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps into the box Pflaggstettler is at .300 on the season He is hitting .307 against righties Waiting for the pitch is Pflaggstettler Roberts' into the windup... the delivery There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Duke Snider 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 Snider! The second baseman Herman will lead off for the Leftovers He'll be followed by Mickey Cochrane And then Jimmie Foxx Herman is batting .266 with 3 HR's this year The right-hander Fozborg is set to deliver to Herman Fozborg brings it to the plate Herman raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Palmer just got his glove up in time Great reflexes Mickey Cochrane, the catcher, strides to the plate Fozborg squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Here's the pitch Hot line drive to second Tough chance for Blade He makes a nice play on it Score It: 4 That's the second out of the inning Jimmie Foxx is advancing to the plate No score as yet in the early going Foxx is at .312 on the season Fozborg tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Now Sirr delivers High heater, at the letters... Foxx swings from his heels... Drives one long and deep... Tucker backpedaling to the warning track... It's going, going, GONE! A deep blast to left-center That's homer number 25 for Foxx this year Left Outs ahead 1 to 0 Nobody on, two away McCovey steps in for Left Outs Fozborg gets the sign, it's one he likes He brings it home McCovey starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Fozborg walks him Here comes the "Silver Fox" to the plate McCovey will be running if it's hit Fozborg looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... The righthander delivers There goes McCovey... And it's ball four... McCovey pulls up and walks into second Two on, two outs... Robinson steps to the plate Robinson swinging from the right side facing the righty Fozborg The umpire says let's go Robinson is ready Here's the righthander's delivery Robinson takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He punches Robinson out That ends the bottom of the 1st After 1 inning, the Leftovers lead by 1 Potpie is coming to the plate He stops to towel off his face It's very humid today Looking to get something going Potpie has walloped 25 homers this year 7th in the league He'd like one here You should have seen his show in batting practice Potpie waiting on the delivery Here's his delivery Potpie tries to hold up Cochrane points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! So one up and one gone Palmer finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Palmer is batting .332 with 4 round trippers in 1900 Robin is ready Now ready, here it is... Fly ball to center Snider is under it He makes the grab That's out number two Sparky Anderson moving around Hollers something down at Roberts Robin nods "UH HUH" Gerald Gazelle is up to face Robin Roberts Roberts eyes Gazelle intently The pitch is on the way Slider, down at the knees... Cut on by Gazelle... He smashes a hard shot... It's through into left field... Vaughan made a great effort But the ball was just out of his reach Gazelle takes his lead from first... He's challenging Roberts' pickoff move Roberts steps away from the mound... Now Gazelle moves back to first He's not getting far from the bag The catcher, Billy Bullock will be up next for FOFC Left Outs on top 1 to 0 Roberts adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Cochrane The righthander Roberts delivers There's a drive to right by Bullock Robinson fields it on the short hop He fires it to second Bullock turns back and settles for a single Gazelle is now perched over at third Terrific play by Robinson Now here's Tucker A. J. takes a couple of practice cuts Tucker waits patiently Now to the belt, here it is... Hard ground ball to short Vaughan comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Here's Goose Goslin to lead off the inning for Left Outs We're looking at a beautiful, star filled night sky, just a great night for baseball! Goslin grips the bat handle 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 Fozborg brings it to the plate Ball four is the call Fozborg can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Fozborg Goslin takes first base Left Outs shortstop, Arky Vaughan, will be up next He will be followed by Robin Roberts One on... no one out Left Outs up by 1 Vaughan checks the coach, Tony LaRussa... May be a bunt here Right-hander Fozborg eyes the lefty Vaughan Fozborg goes into his stretch... Looks at Goslin... He fires one to Potpie... Goslin dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Fozborg comes home Fastball, high and tight Ball Four Chin music... Vaughan didn't like it Robin Roberts is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Fozborg is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Fozborg looks in... Now he's ready It's coming down the pike Slow ground ball to short Nights grabs it Throws to second He's out Over to first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Goslin takes third The runner on first, Vaughan, is out And there's one away Herman comes to the plate Leftovers with runners on first and third Herman is taking his practice swings Billy is 0 for 1 this evening Fozborg is happy with the sign Righthander Fozborg's delivery Bounding ball to short Nights comes up with it Throw to second for one They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That's all for the Leftovers in the 2nd inning No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base... We head to the 3rd... Left Outs on top 1 to 0 Here's the pitcher Fozborg To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then Jeff Nights Roberts wastes no time He takes the first sign Robin winds Kicks... and delivers Fozborg hits a high pop into short left field Foxx and Vaughan sprint towards the outfield Here comes Goslin Vaughan puts his glove out... Makes a super catch in front of Goslin!! One away in the top of the 3rd for FOFC FOFC sends the second baseman, Barrett Blade, up to the plate Blade can't seem to get settled at the plate He's ready Roberts brings it to the plate Long fly to center Snider has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Blade is retired on a fairly deep fly Two up, two down for FOFC Up next for the visiting All Stars Jeff Nights, their shortstop Nights has hit 11 home runs this year Roberts steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here's the 1-2 offering Sinking line drive Caught by Arky Vaughan That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Negro League I is in front of Japanese League 4 to 1 Smith comfortably ahead for Negro League I Late 20th is edging Caribbean 1 to 0 AL Post WWII slipping by Old Timers 2 to 0 AL Pre WWII with the lead over Dead Ball Era 3 to 0 NL Pre WWII is on top of NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Marquard and Koufax currently dueling Negro League II and Turn of Century are scoreless Cochrane is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Cochrane is at .271 on the season Mickey stands with bat ready Now the delivery, here is 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! One down for Left Outs Jimmie Foxx is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Left Outs Now batting will be Jimmie Foxx The third baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out Left Outs up by 1 Right hand hitting Foxx is 1 for 1 today He has banged out 25 home runs this year A very tough out for Fozborg The count two balls, two strikes on Foxx Fozborg is into his windup Here's the pitch Sinking fastball... Foxx swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step FOFC gets the second out of the inning McCovey, the first baseman, moves into the batter's box Left Outs on top 1 to 0 We'll see how they pitch to McCovey Right-hander Fozborg prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging McCovey Fozborg brings it to the plate Fozborg loses him McCovey heads down to first 2 walks today for McCovey Duke Snider is up next The Leftovers' center fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs So far this season Snider is hitting .295 when facing righthanded pitching Fozborg studies his sign Here's the 3-1 offering Snider connects on the Fozborg fastball... This one is really smoked... Gazelle starts back... Now he just stops to look Snider got all of this one.... HOME RUN! McCovey scores in front of him and waits to give Duke congratulations Walking up to the plate now is Robinson Goose Goslin waits on deck Robinson looks for a sign from third Tony LaRussa delivers it to Frank Frank is 0 for 1 today struck out his last at bat Fozborg is slow to get ready He has a 3.38 ERA this year Now he's ready Fozborg leans back and fires Frank Robinson hits a drive down the line If it stays fair it may be gone Gerald Gazelle is right at the foul pole He won't get it, it's a foul ball for Robinson Just to the left of the pole 318 feet from home plate . . . Robinson back in the box And here comes the next pitch The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Robinson held up, and draws a walk Fozborg isn't happy at all with that call Goose Goslin moves in to face Fozborg 1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 3rd Goslin is hitting .288 against righthanders Goslin looks very intent... He stares down at Fozborg... Cocks his bat The stretch... the delivery The Whiff! Fozborg punches Goslin out! That retires the side Left Outs with a 3 run lead It's Left Outs 3 and FOFC still looking to score their first run The big guys are due up for FOFC Pflaggstettler will lead it off He will be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie and Deacon Palmer Before getting ready Pflaggstettler checks out the defensive alignment Roberts is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Roberts gets the sign from Cochrane Roberts goes into his windup And here's the 3-0 offering Fastball... just outside Pflaggstettler will take first on the walk Persimmon knows how to get on base His OBP of .400 is among the league leaders Pflaggstettler at first, nobody out Potpie comes to the plate Jeeberoni is hitting at .288 on the year FOFC's cleanup hitter has knocked in 71 runs He has a fine .558 slugging average Roberts shakes off two signs Now he's ready Roberts kicks and fires Fastball down low... Potpie swings and hits one out to center Duke Snider is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Roberts Pflaggstettler trots back to first One out Due up next is Deacon Palmer Palmer coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Pflaggstettler on first, with one away Palmer digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Roberts Deacon is ready for the delivery Now Robin delivers Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Deacon looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! Two down Cochrane asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Cochrane and Roberts Pflaggstettler yells something to Roberts It sounded like a challenge from here I wouldn't be surprised... Pflaggstettler is great on the bases He wants to unnerve Robin No doubt he does! Roberts holds the runner Next up is Gerald Gazelle, the FOFC left fielder Gazelle goes through his routine of settling in Gazelle waits on Roberts The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate Roberts needs to come in with this one Drilled deep to center field Snider trying to track it down It's out of his reach Gazelle rounds first Snider corrals the ball Gazelle digging for 2nd He's slides in, Safe! Pflaggstettler takes third Bullock heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Roberts ready quickly, looks in for the sign And here is the 1-2 delivery The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Bullock swung, that's strike three Bullock isn't happy at all with that call That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 3 and a half innings Left Outs has 3 runs, 2 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 4 hits and no errors FOFC has left 4 stranded Left Outs has failed to bring home 4 Arky Vaughan to lead it off for Left Outs Vaughan swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Fozborg Fozborg adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Fozborg rocks and fires A hot shot on the ground to Blade He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Vaughan is out Nobody on base, one away Roberts steps into the batter's box Roberts steps out of the box... Looks towards Tony LaRussa for a sign Robin steadies his bat Waits patiently for Fozborg's pitch The pitch to Roberts... Roberts lines one over short for a single He rounds the bag hard and starts for second Oh, look at that throw by Gerald Gazelle Roberts scrambles back to first and holds Billy Herman makes his way to home plate Billy Herman is hitting .241 this year against righthanded pitchers The righthander pitching to Herman... A righthanded batter Righties have a .176 average against Sirr Fozborg goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Roberts He lobs one to Potpie... Roberts is back easily... We're ready again Now Fozborg comes home Bouncer to short...made to order doubleplay ball Nights has it on two hops...wrists it to Blade He evades the slide of Roberts The throw to Potpie... It just nips Herman! That's all for the Leftovers in the 4th inning No runs, one hit and no errors... We go to the 5th... Left Outs ahead 3 to 0 A. J. Tucker up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on A. J. is hitting at .296 on the year He has 128 hits in 433 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Tucker grounded out his last time up Tucker waits The pay-off pitch... Fastball, down and in... Tucker laces a hit into the outfield... Robinson picks it up Fires it quickly into the infield Tucker holds with a single Good start to the inning for FOFC Sirr Fozborg squares to bunt Foxx fields it, THEN DROPS THE BALL! Foxx picks it up and fires to first Fozborg is out by an eyelash Credit Fozborg with a sacrifice One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is still in the on-deck circle and Jeff Nights is looking for a bat in the dugout Here's Barrett Blade Barrett is 0 for 2 this summer evening He flied out in his last plate appearance He's ready for the delivery And the delivery by Roberts Just inside, BALL FOUR And Blade walks That's 2 walks given up by Roberts today Jeff Nights stands in for FOFC Nights is at .286 on the season Roberts nods, he's ready The pitch Hot shot grounded to the mound Roberts boots the ball! Score It: E1 Tucker takes third Blade takes second Nights to first So with 3 on and 1 out FOFC sends their right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to face Roberts Hard-hitting Jeeberoni Potpie is walking towards the on-deck circle Cochrane flashes the sign to Roberts Roberts fires Fastball down low... Pflaggstettler hits a grounder to short Vaughan takes it on the big hop Flips it to Herman Relay to first... A lightning double play! And that gets Left Outs out of quite a jam as Pflaggstettler grounds in to an inning ending twin-killing with the bases loaded So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Roberts In the top of the 5th for FOFC No runs, one hit, one error and 2 men left on base |
7/19 Radio Broadcast Continued
Cochrane saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Stepping out, Cochrane looks into the dugout Steps back in Cochrane waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch is on the way Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One away... Potpie is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Palmer also... Now they return to their positions Foxx pounds the plate Now he stares out at Fozborg Foxx is batting .313 with 25 HR's this year Fozborg is on the first-base side of the rubber... The pitch on the way, here it is... Right down the middle... strike three Foxx must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Fozborg Willie McCovey will be next up... Up next for the Leftovers Willie McCovey, the first baseman... If he gets on, Duke Snider would bat next Against righthanders McCovey is hitting .269 Fozborg toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Bullock Way ahead in the count Fozborg turns the 0-2 pitch loose Sinking fastball... McCovey goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Nights... He scoops it up, over to first... And McCovey is out by a step 1-2-3, nothing across... Jeeberoni Potpie will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Potpie is batting .287 with 25 homers this year Potpie concentrates He holds the bat down on the end And the cripple pitch... Potpie hits a three hopper towards Billy Herman Herman scoops it and fires it to first for the out One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League I is beating Japanese League 5 to 1 Smith comfortably ahead for Negro League I Late 20th leads Caribbean 2 to 1 AL Post WWII is in front of Old Timers 4 to 1 Jackson has hit his 20th homerun for AL Post WWII AL Pre WWII with the lead over Dead Ball Era 5 to 2 Gehrig has hit his 27th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII leads NL Post WWII 4 to 3 Turn of Century slipping by Negro League II 2 to 0 Joss and Wickware currently dueling And here in Left Outs Left Outs ahead 3 to 0 Coming up for FOFC is Deacon Palmer Nobody on base, one out Palmer is batting .330 with 4 HR's this year Cochrane flashes the sign... Roberts waves it off... Now he's happy Roberts' righthanded delivery... Palmer fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of short Vaughan is over quickly Easy out Two up, two down Gerald Gazelle will face Roberts Righty against righty Gazelle has been poison for Left Outs today He is 2 for 2 on the evening Roberts ready quickly, looks in for the sign Robin rocks and fires Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Gazelle swings way over it He was fooled completely Cochrane loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Gerald as he was heading for the dugout Three outs, just like that Sparky Anderson and Roberts exchange smiles as the pitcher steps into the dugout What a game he is pitching Here's Duke Snider to lead it off Snider is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Set now is Snider Here's the 2-1 pitch Snider swings... This one looks like it might go... Pflaggstettler is going back... He is at the fence... And it is over the fence! Home run! The Left Outs center fielder now has hit 2 here tonight! And that gives him 30 in 1900 That is Duke Snider's 30th home run of the year. Robinson gets set at the plate Robinson is hitting .258 with 11 homeruns Frank also has 11 doubles and 4 triples And has driven in a total of 37 runs Robinson awaits the pitch The righthander winds and delivers Baltimore chop Into center for a single! Goose Goslin steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Robinson is at first Goslin looks down at Tony LaRussa to get the sign The third base coach glances over at Sparky Anderson Now he relays the signal to Goslin Fozborg steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The righthander Fozborg's delivery Base hit to right for Goslin Tony LaRussa is waving Robinson to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Goslin at first Next up is Arky Vaughan, the Left Outs shortstop On-deck is Robin Roberts... He'll be followed by Billy Herman Vaughan steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Arky is 0 for 1 today Vaughan is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Fozborg He's waiting for the pitch Fozborg looks the runners back Now here's the delivery Vaughan chases the inside fastball... He hits a high fly ball... Pflaggstettler 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 Robinson is safe on the sac fly One away for Left Outs here in the bottom of the 6th Roberts looks to lay one down He bunts at it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by J.Potpie the throw to first... Out Roberts gets the job done. Herman saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box A base hit should score Goslin Fozborg has the sign from Bullock The home town crowd is yelling out to Goslin telling him to watch out as Blade sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Fozborg delivers the 3-1 offering Grounded towards the bag Potpie will take it himself Score It: 3 That's all for the Leftovers... After 6 innings here at Overshadow Pk in Left Outs, Left Outs leads 5 to 0 Bullock 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 is 1 for 2 today Roberts wastes no time He has the sign from Cochrane He brings it home Curve, at the belt... Bullock times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Goose Goslin retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! FOFC center fielder, A. J. Tucker, will be up next He will be followed by Sirr Fozborg Bases empty... no one out Left Outs leads FOFC by 4 runs Tucker is batting .297 with 5 homers this year Tucker awaits the pitch Here's the 0-1 pitch Grounded towards third Foxx scoops it LONG THROW... HE'S SAFE! Gunner gets set at the plate Gunner is one of the most feared sluggers Roberts tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Now Robin delivers Gunner hits a three hopper towards Billy Herman Herman scoops it and fires it to second... Out The throw to first... Out at first, it's a double play Roberts gets the second out of the inning I was talking to Robin 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 6.04 he needs to do something different! Up now for FOFC is Blade Two away, nobody on Blade has a .241 average against righthanders this season The right-hander Roberts is set to deliver to Blade Roberts' 3-1 pitch... Fly ball to center Snider is under it He makes the grab That's three outs, side retired It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The catcher Cochrane will start things off for the Leftovers Cochrane scuffs up the lines around the box Cochrane waits for the delivery The pitch to Cochrane... Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Cochrane swings way over it He was fooled completely Bullock loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Mickey as he was heading for the dugout One away in the bottom of the 7th for Left Outs And it brings up Jimmie Foxx On deck is Willie McCovey Duke Snider in the hole Foxx is 1 for 3 today Jimmie struck out last time around Foxx, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Hunter The pitch is on the way Fastball in on the fists... Swung on... It's pulled down the line by Foxx... Gazelle trying to run it down... Good play off the fence... Foxx has to stop at second As Gazelle fires a bullet into Palmer at third He has a double McCovey moseys up to the plate Duke Snider is heading for the on-deck circle We'll see how they pitch to McCovey He's ready Hunter looks back towards second... The pitch Right down the middle... strike three McCovey must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch And there's two away The power hitting center fielder, Duke Snider, is approaching the plate Duke has blasted some shots onto Bedford Avenue Duke Snider will step in to face Hunter He is 2 for 2 on the evening with 2 home runs! That impressive display of power has been good for 3 RBI's Snider is ready Here's his delivery Base hit to left for Snider Tony LaRussa plays it safe and stops him at third... Runner holds. Frank Robinson will face Hunter Righty against righty Frank comes to the plate batting .261 with 11 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Frank is eagerly awaiting Hunter's pitch Hunter brings it to the plate Looped to short Nights grabs it for the out Score It: 6 That is the third out for Left Outs here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46472 Here's Jeff Nights Leading off the inning for FOFC It's a beautiful, clear night sky One couldn't ask for a better night for baseball Nights is 1 for 3 today Roberts steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go It's coming down the pike Sinking fastball... Nights goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Vaughan... He scoops it up, over to first... And Nights is out by a step Left Outs gets the first out here late in this contest Slowly coming up is Pflaggstettler for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box Left Outs leads 5 to 1 Roberts looks down at Cochrane for the sign Now he's ready Robin rocks and fires Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 5 for Robin Roberts today 73 on the year That's two down for Roberts FOFC will need to do better than that They are running out of time With Left Outs leading in the top of the 8th Here's Potpie now up for FOFC On deck will be Deacon Palmer Potpie has hit 25 home runs this year Roberts' sittin' in the catbird seat... He has completely shut down the All Stars He also has a 4 run lead to work with With a 3-2 count, the pitch It's hit high and deep This one is deep! YOU CAN KISS THAT BALL GOOD-BYE! That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 26th home run of the year. Palmer leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Palmer is hitting .301 against righties All set, Palmer is ready for the pitch Roberts brings it to the plate Fastball... down and away... Roberts just misses the corner... ball four That's 3 walks given up by Roberts today So with 1 on and 2 outs FOFC sends their left fielder, Gerald Gazelle, up to face Roberts Hard-hitting Billy Bullock is walking towards the on-deck circle Gazelle is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Roberts likes the sign Roberts fires Gazelle rips a single to right field It falls in front of Robinson Frank takes it on one bounce Palmer motors into third easily Sparky Anderson is visiting the mound... He decides to let Roberts pitch to Bullock Billy Bullock will get a crack at Roberts next A. J. Tucker would be up next... But only if Bullock can reach safely Bullock is 2 for 3 today Roberts shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Robin has excellent control of many pitches and he just throws strikes! Roberts brings it home Belted right back at Foxx Jimmie makes the one-handed grab Three down for FOFC Now the Leftovers will be coming up for what they hope will be their last at bat of the evening They lead by 3, 5-2 Here's Goslin to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Negro League I is in front of Japanese League 5 to 2 Late 20th besting Caribbean 6 to 1 Sutter enjoying the big Late 20th lead AL Post WWII leads Old Timers 4 to 3 AL Pre WWII slipping by Dead Ball Era 5 to 3 Ruffing battling Bender NL Post WWII leads NL Pre WWII 5 to 4 Ott has hit his 30th homerun for NL Pre WWII Turn of Century is on top of Negro League II 2 to 0 And in our contest Left Outs on top 5 to 2 Goslin is batting .298 with 21 HR's this year And Owen studies the sign from Bullock... Now he's got it Hunter rocks and fires High heater from Hunter... Goslin cuts at it... Hits a bouncer right side... It goes by the diving Blade and Potpie It's into right for a single Goslin takes his turn and holds at first Vaughan is up now for Left Outs Look for a drag bunt As Vaughan checks for the sign Vaughan tells the umpire he's ready And the delivery by Hunter Vaughan will try the hit and run! Fastball, up in the strike zone Swung on... It's a swinging bunt... Nights charges in, barehands it THROWS TO SECOND!... OUT AT SECOND! Score this one a force out That's one away Sparky Anderson will send up a pinch hitter Willie Stargell steps out of the dugout! He will be up there against Hunter Stargell up The Leftovers have Vaughan on first FOFC is set up for two Owen gets the sign from Bullock Hunter's righthanded delivery... Stargell swings and lifts one toward right Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Two away now for Left Outs They're ahead by 3 The Leftovers have 9 hits on the evening That'll bring up Leftovers' second baseman Billy Herman... Leftovers with a runner in scoring position at second Right-hander Hunter eyes the righty Herman Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Hunter The delivery Great change up... Herman out in front... Gets a piece of it... It's a shallow fly towards Tucker Tucker charges, dives for it... He has it... Fine catch by the center fielder That ends the inning Left Outs threatens but does not score here in the bottom of the 8th Don Drysdale will be coming on to pitch for Left Outs Don has appeared in 45 games this season He has a record of 7-4 with 7 saves His ERA stands at 7.32 Left Outs is making a defensive change Boudreau will bat 8th and play short FOFC will send Tucker, Owen Hunter, and Barrett Blade to face Don Drysdale this inning Right-hander Drysdale eyes the lefty Tucker Here's the 1-2 offering Tucker cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Cochrane Tucker was badly fooled by Drysdale's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! A. J. was a little overanxious One gone for FOFC Gonzalez departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Gonzalez swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Drysdale Gonzalez waits patiently Here comes the cripple pitch Grounded towards first McCovey grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG SAFE! Blade is the next hitter Gonzalez is on first Left Outs won't watch him too closely 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 Drysdale earn his salary He's ready for the delivery Drysdale goes into his stretch... Looks at Gonzalez... He fires one to McCovey... Gonzalez dives back in That's his best move to first... McCovey lobs it back Now Drysdale comes home Ground ball to third Foxx comes up with it He tosses it to second... Gets the force Two down Cochrane asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Cochrane and Drysdale That'll bring up shortstop Jeff Nights... Left Outs out in front by 3 We're in the top of the 9th Nights wiggles the bat above his head Drysdale has the sign from Cochrane And "Big D" wings it home... Hit towards the middle Great pickup by Boudreau Over to McCovey Got him! Score It: 6-3 And that will do it for FOFC Left Outs wins 5 to 2 Roberts gets credit for the win Drysdale notches the save Fozborg takes the loss The hitting star for Left Outs was Duke Snider He was 3 for 3 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Left Outs. |
7/19 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Left Outs Leftovers 7/19/1900 |
Dynasty Update
All, I will be taking some time to address the computer settings of the other teams over the next few weeks. I'm going to take their current stats and adjust lineups, rotations, strategy, etc. I don't expect significant changes, but thought I'd keep you updated on what is happening in the background. |
7/20 Radio Broadcast - Game 104
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Ferguson Jenkins with his 8 and 8 record Will be facing A. J. Tucker Here we go, well almost... Here comes Cochrane out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start And the cripple pitch... Slow ground ball Herman is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One up, one down here in the top of the 1st Jeff Nights, the shortstop, strides to the plate We'll see how they pitch to Nights Nights waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled It's coming down the pike Nights swings and lifts one toward left Goslin drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's out number two Sparky Anderson moving around Hollers something down at Jenkins Ferguson nods "UH HUH" Jenkins looks down at Pflaggstettler as he steps in Persimmon is ready to go Jenkins steps on the rubber And the delivery by Jenkins Pflaggstettler 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 Pflaggstettler 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 Potpie moseys up to the plate Deacon Palmer is heading for the on-deck circle 2 men away, Pflaggstettler on third Jenkins looks down at Cochrane for the sign Now he's ready... Here's his delivery Grounded towards the hole Nice play by Herman Over to Robinson Got him! Score It: 4-3 Ferguson Jenkins holds FOFC scoreless in the first inning Arky Vaughan will lead it off in the first for Left Outs Vaughan is batting .310 with 9 HR's this year 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 the delivery, here is is... Arky Vaughan swings He really stings this one It rifles past Blade into right... Base hit for Vaughan... Pflaggstettler is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Vaughan is on with a sharp single Cochrane is up now for Left Outs Vaughan takes his lead Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy Now to the belt, here it is... Cochrane is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position With one gone Left Outs will have Harry Heilmann coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Walking up to the plate now is Heilmann Hack Wilson waits on deck Stepping in and then stepping out again Heilmann looks to third for a sign Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The stretch... the 1-1 delivery Bounced towards the hole Tremendous diving grab by Potpie! Potpie to Nielsen covering first Score It: 3-1 Two down Due up next is Hack Wilson Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the Leftovers Hack Wilson will get a crack at Nielsen next Frank Robinson would be up next... But only if Wilson can reach safely Wilson steps out of the box... Looks towards Tony LaRussa for a sign Rob is set to go... a quick look toward Hays again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag Left Outs' clean-up hitter is waiting Nielsen has allowed 10 taters to righties this year And 5 when facing lefties The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Base hit to left for Wilson Tony LaRussa is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Left Outs... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... Wilson is out going to 2nd! Deacon Palmer, Gerald Gazelle, and Harry Hays are due up Palmer a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Jenkins Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Jenkins' 1-1 pitch... A slider by Jenkins Palmer gets good wood on it... Heilmann back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! One up, one down The left fielder, Gazelle, is ready to bat Left Outs on top 1 to 0 in the top of the 2nd Jenkins is slow to get ready He has a 5.58 ERA this year Now he's ready Righthander Jenkins' delivery Gazelle hits one on the ground to the left side Gerald, who moves well, is motoring to first Vaughan wings it quickly to Robinson... OUT by a step That's the second out of the inning Up now for FOFC is Hays Two away, nobody on Hays is at .338 on the season He's ready The righthander Jenkins' delivery Hays takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Hays can't believe it and says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Jenkins And that will do it for FOFC Robinson is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Robinson swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Nielsen Robinson readies himself for the pitch Nielsen brings it to the plate Swung on and hit sharply to second Blade plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! Left Outs with one away Nielsen steps off the mound as he waits for Goose Goslin to come to the plate Nielsen glares in at Goslin Goose Goslin just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Goslin has hit 21 home runs this year Nielsen steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Nielsen The delivery Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! Two away now for Left Outs They're ahead by 1 The Leftovers have 2 hits on the evening Herman heads to the plate for Left Outs The infield is at regular depth Herman is at .259 on the season Nielsen has the sign he wants He brings it home He rips a grounder to the mound Nielsen grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That's all for the Leftovers After 2 innings in Left Outs this evening, Left Outs leads 1 to 0 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 hitting .238 against righties Jenkins is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Jenkins looks in... Now he's ready With a 2 strike count Jenkins kicks and fires Sinking line drive Caught by Arky Vaughan With one down, up next is Rob Nielsen To be followed by A. J. Tucker Coming up for FOFC is Rob Nielsen Nobody on base, one out Nielsen grips the bat handle Nielsen waits The righthander delivers Nielsen swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Jenkins strikes out Rob Nielsen Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away A. J. Tucker will step in to face Jenkins next If he gets on, Jeff Nights will follow Right-hander Jenkins eyes the lefty Tucker Here's the 0-2 offering Good slider, inside part of the plate Tucker gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Herman grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Three up, three down A perfect inning for Ferguson Jenkins in the top of the 3rd Leading off for the Leftovers is the third baseman Boudreau He'll be followed by Ferguson Jenkins And then Arky Vaughan Lou is batting .250 in 48 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Ferguson Jenkins After getting set, Boudreau waits on the pitch Nielsen goes into his windup And here's the 3-1 offering Boudreau hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Palmer dives... It's through for a base hit! He almost got his glove on it... Boudreau reaches on a sizzling single to left A nice try by the third baseman, Deacon Palmer Ferguson Jenkins squares to bunt And lays it down right to Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie looks at second But passes up a possible force play He fires to first to retire Jenkins But Boudreau moves up One down for Left Outs Arky Vaughan is still in the on-deck circle and Mickey Cochrane is looking for a bat in the dugout So that brings up the top of the order Arky Vaughan will step in Vaughan is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .312 on the year Vaughan cocks his bat The lefthander Nielsen delivers A sharp breaking curve... Vaughan was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Pflaggstettler turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Arky Vaughan can touch them all Now here's Cochrane Mickey is batting at .267 with 10 home runs He is 0 for 1 so far today Cochrane waits patiently Now ready, here it is... Cochrane waves half-heartedly at the curve Strike Three! Mickey looked fooled on that one 2 strike outs on the night And that is 3 for Nielsen Left Outs ahead 3 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Negro League I leads Japanese League 3 to 2 Late 20th leads Caribbean 1 to 0 Old Timers leads AL Post WWII 1 to 0 AL Pre WWII and Dead Ball Era are tied at 1 NL Post WWII is on top of NL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Seaver battling Grimes Negro League II and Turn of Century have yet to score While Hack Wilson heads for the on deck circle Harry Heilmann makes his way to the plate Heilmann scuffs up the lines around the box He's ready Nielsen brings it to the plate Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Heilmann hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into left for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle The center fielder, Hack Wilson will be up next for Left Outs Wilson is 1 for 1 today Hack singled last time around Nielsen's reaching for the resin bag He is having a fine year for FOFC Quite an important member of the staff Already with 14 wins, Rob has racked up 165 innings in 1900 Now he is ready to go Nielsen's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Heilmann dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen Now here's the pitch It's fouled off very high Just to the right of third base Nights circles under it... Waits... WATCH OUT! He caught it! Jeff had to bend over backwards to bring it in That wraps up the inning for Left Outs By the way, Left Outs is 5 and 5 in their last ten games FOFC will send Nights, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and Jeeberoni Potpie to face Ferguson Jenkins this inning Nights digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Jenkins All set, Nights is ready for the pitch Jenkins rocks and fires Ripped to third, but right at Boudreau...easy out That's one away Persimmon Pflaggstettler will face Jenkins Righty against righty So far this season Pflaggstettler is hitting .306 when facing righthanded pitching Pflaggstettler is waiting on the pitch Jenkins is into his windup Here's the pitch Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler holds up Looked like he went around from here But the man in blue says no Cochrane appeals to first Appeal fails Pflaggstettler will take first on the walk That's 1 walk today for Pflaggstettler Potpie finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Jenkins eyes Potpie intently Jenkins brings it home Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE! And Potpie is punched out 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 Pflaggstettler studies Jenkins intently... Now he's walking away from the base Pflaggstettler takes his lead... Jenkins is not paying enough attention Pflaggstettler extends his lead... the pitch It's a slow curve... He breaks for second! Cochrane displays his strong arm... Pflaggstettler sliding to the outside... Avoids the tag... He's safe Good throw by Cochrane Deacon Palmer steps into the box Palmer can't seem to get settled at the plate Deacon is ready for the delivery Jenkins brings it to the plate Palmer watches strike three glide by For that matter, he watched them all That won't get it done That ends the inning FOFC threatens but does not score here in the top of the 4th The first baseman Robinson will start things off for the Leftovers Frank is batting .259 with 11 home runs on the season He is 0 for 1 today Robinson is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Nielsen He's waiting for the pitch The southpaw Nielsen delivers the 2 strike pitch Robinson pulls one into left field Hooking away from Gazelle Gerald is there He's got it for the out And there's one away Goslin settles in at the plate Goslin is at .299 on the season Nielsen gets the sign from Hays He is 3rd in the league in strike outs He has 158 on the season Nielsen kicks and fires Inside That's ball four The Leftovers' second baseman is up next Left Outs has 1 on board with 1 out Herman is 0 for 1 today Nielsen shakes off two signs Now he's ready The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander Herman drives the ball to center for extra bases Tony LaRussa is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Herman Facing Nielsen now is Boudreau Ferguson Jenkins heads to the on deck circle Arky Vaughan waits in the hole Rob is ready Nielsen is behind in the count Here's the 2-0 offering 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! Herman over to third easily Darryl Evans is arguing that he took his foot off the bag but the play is going to stand Next up for the Leftovers is Ferguson Jenkins Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Jenkins And here is the 1-2 delivery Swung on... And Jenkins got a little piece of it But Hays held on to the tip, strike three After 4 innings tonight, the Leftovers lead by 4 Gazelle 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 Gerald is hitting at .289 on the year He has 44 hits in 152 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Gazelle grounded out his last time up Gazelle is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Ferguson rocks and fires Sinking fastball... Gazelle swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Boudreau... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One gone for FOFC And the batter is Harry Hays Barrett Blade is on-deck Looking for his first hit today Hays is 0 for 1 Ferguson is getting his sign from Cochrane Hopefully it isn't for the gopher ball He has quite a tendency to deliver those up In 166 innings Ferguson has allowed righties to crush 17 dingers! The pitch is on the way Fastball... Hays jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Wilson after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Hack Wilson! Two up, two down Planting his right foot Blade is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Blade Blade steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Barrett is 0 for 1 today Blade is set for the pitch The righthander winds and delivers Fastball, swung on... Driven to left-center, into the gap... Wilson goes back, back... He's not going to get it... It goes over his head!... He's got to chase it down... Has it, wings a strong throw to Boudreau But Blade slides in safely at third Just barely... A beautiful peg by Wilson Up for FOFC, Kris Terp Left Outs out in front by 4 We're in the top of the 5th Terp is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in 2 down, Jenkins ahead in the count... One ball, two strikes Jenkins' righthanded delivery... High chopper to second Herman picks it up on the short hop Over to first... In time Herman charged it nicely and made it look easy Score It: 4-3 That ends the inning After 4 and a half innings, Left Outs leads by 4 |
7/20 Radio Broadcast Continued
Arky Vaughan will lead off for the Leftovers The top of the line-up here for Left Outs Arky steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Arky is 2 for 2 today with 1 home run Arky steadies his bat Waits patiently for Rodney's pitch Now James delivers Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Vaughan swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Arky as he was heading for the dugout One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League I with the lead over Japanese League 6 to 3 Stearnes has hit his 15th homerun for Negro League I Caribbean is edging Late 20th 4 to 3 Pacheco has hit his 11th homerun for Caribbean Old Timers and AL Post WWII are tied at 1 AL Pre WWII and Dead Ball Era are tied at 1 NL Post WWII with the lead over NL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Turn of Century is edging Negro League II 2 to 1 And in our matchup Left Outs leads 4 to 0 "Black Mike" is up next Rodney is on the first-base side of the rubber... And now the pitch... A wave and a miss! Strike Three! "Slug" is coming to the plate Rodney wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Rodney goes into his windup Here it comes 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 Stepping in the batter's box, Wilson Heilmann at first, two away Wilson is at .288 on the season Hays flashes the sign to Rodney And the cripple pitch... Ground ball to second Blade comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That's it for Left Outs Here at Overshadow Pk, After 5 innings, Left Outs has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and no errors Left Outs has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 3 The All Stars will have their lead-off batter up appropriately enough to lead things off in the top of the 6th Tucker is getting a few last practice cuts in in Jeff Nights and Persimmon Pflaggstettler will follow And then FOFC's clean-up man, Jeeberoni Potpie would be due up next Left Outs on top 4 to 0 A. J. comes to the plate batting .297 with 5 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today A. J. is eagerly awaiting Jenkins' pitch The pay-off pitch... Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 5 for Ferguson Jenkins today 110 on the year Left Outs gets the first out of the inning Nights gets set at the plate The outfield shades towards left for Nights Nights tells the umpire he's ready The pitch to Nights... It's popped up into foul territory Mickey Cochrane is under it He grabs it for the out Score It: 2 Two up, two down for FOFC Jenkins is moving along with the efficiency of a well oiled machine Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Ferguson looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's the righthander's delivery Pflaggstettler takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Pflaggstettler is out on strikes After 5 and a half innings tonight, the Leftovers lead by 4 Frank Robinson, Goose Goslin, and Billy Herman are the first three Leftovers batters due up Left Outs leads, 4-0 Robinson looks for a sign from third Tony LaRussa delivers it to Frank Frank is 0 for 2 today flied out his last at bat Robinson gets ready for Rodney's pitch His bat is cocked The righthander Rodney delivers Robinson lifts a long fly ball... Heading into center... Hit pretty good, carrying very well... Tucker heading back... IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN! Making his way up is Goslin Rodney studies his sign The pitch is on the way Off-speed pitch... Goslin swings at it... its a high fly to deep center Tucker bolting after it... This one might carry all the way Tucker jumps for it... It bounds off the fence Goslin cruises into second as the throw comes in It's a two-bagger for Goose Goslin Herman pounds the plate Now he stares out at Rodney Herman has a .236 average against righthanders this season Herman waiting on the delivery Rodney fires Hard ground ball to the mound Rodney grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 One out Due up next is Lou Boudreau So that brings up Lou Boudreau the Left Outs third baseman Left Outs on top 5 to 0 James gets the sign from Hays Rodney looks back towards second... The pitch A curve is wide... But swung on and missed! Strike three! That is 3 on the evening for Rodney That'll bring up Leftovers' pitcher Ferguson Jenkins... Leftovers with a runner in scoring position at second Time is called... Jenkins has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again The right-hander Rodney is set to deliver to Jenkins James looks over his shoulder at Goslin Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Jenkins rips a sharp grounder to Jeff Nights It rolls up his arm Nights can't find the handle Jenkins is safe on the error by Nights Now batting for Left Outs will be their shortstop, Arky Vaughan The Leftovers are out in front by 5 We are in the bottom of the 6th Vaughan adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Arky is 2 for 3 this evening Vaughan gets set for the pitch The pitch on the way, here it is... Curve in the dirt... and Vaughan holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Hays asks the third base ump's opinion He motions it's a walk... Vaughan will take first Bases are tenanted Mickey Cochrane is up next Left Outs' catcher finds 3 on with 2 outs Rodney is happy with the sign Rodney checks all the baserunners Now he comes home with it Hot shot grounded to first Potpie to Rodney covering first Score It: 3-1 That's it for Left Outs Left Outs has 5 runs, 9 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and one error Left Outs has now left 5 runners stranded Here's the first baseman Potpie To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Deacon Palmer And then Gerald Gazelle The outfield is shading Potpie towards left He's 0 for 2 today Jenkins adjusts his cap... Now he's set With a 1-2 count... here's the pitch Potpie swings and hits a shot to deep left-center Wilson and Goslin are converging on the ball Looks like Wilson has the best shot at it He dives for it... WOW! He's got it! Fantastic play by Wilson While we wait for Deacon Palmer to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard Negro League I is in front of Japanese League 8 to 5 Charleston has hit his 19th homerun for Negro League I Caribbean is beating Late 20th 7 to 3 Old Timers and AL Post WWII are tied at 1 Dead Ball Era with the lead over AL Pre WWII 4 to 1 NL Post WWII is comfortably ahead of NL Pre WWII 6 to 0 Seaver enjoying the big NL Post WWII lead Turn of Century clipping Negro League II 7 to 3 Rusie comfortably ahead for Turn of Century And in our contest Left Outs on top 5 to 0 OK, let's see if FOFC can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 5 One away, nobody on base Palmer stands ready at the plate Palmer is 0 for 2 today Ferguson looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here comes the cripple pitch A slider by Jenkins Palmer gets good wood on it... Goslin back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! And there's two away Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle Harry Hays waits on deck Gerald is hitting at .288 on the year He has 44 hits in 153 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Gazelle grounded out his last time up Waiting for the pitch is Gazelle The pitch to Gazelle... Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Gazelle is outta there That's three up, three down Another scoreless inning for Ferguson Jenkins It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Heilmann saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Heilmann is taking his practice swings Harry is 2 for 3 this evening He singled last time at bat Heilmann readies himself for the pitch Rodney brings it home Heilmann rips one to right He hit it right on the nose... Pflaggstettler is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Persimmon Pflaggstettler One down for Left Outs Hack Wilson is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Left Outs Wilson steps in... He pounds the bat on the plate Now he is ready Wilson looks down toward the third base coach, Tony LaRussa Hack seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now James rocks and fires Curve in the dirt... and Wilson holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Hays asks the first base ump's opinion He says Wilson went around Strike three, swinging Two up, two down for the Leftovers We're in the bottom of the 7th "Robbie" is sauntering up to the plate Robinson has hit 12 home runs this year And James studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it Rodney brings it to the plate Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Robinson hits it into the hole on the right side Blade ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Robinson is out by a step at first That is the third out for Left Outs here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 33569 FOFC will send Hays, Barrett Blade, and James Rodney to face Ferguson Jenkins this inning Before getting ready Hays checks out the defensive alignment Hays is set for the pitch Jenkins is behind in the count Here's the 2-0 offering Fly ball to center Wilson is under it He makes the grab One up, one down for FOFC Blade departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Jenkins has the sign from Cochrane Now Ferguson delivers Blade hits a screamer at Lou Boudreau Boudreau takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Robinson scoops it on one hop Blade is out! Nice play by Robinson Two down Gunner gets set at the plate Gunner is hitting .257 against righties Ferguson is ready With a 2 strike count... here's the pitch A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! That's three outs, side retired Goslin leading off Hunter studies his sign Hunter kicks and fires Swung on and missed by Goslin, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for Goslin FOFC gets the first out here late in this contest Billy Herman will face Hunter Righty against righty Herman steps out of the box... Looks towards Tony LaRussa for a sign After getting set, Herman waits on the pitch The righthander Hunter delivers Another hook for strike three! Herman just stood there looking Left Outs leads 5 to 0 with two away this inning Boudreau is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Boudreau goes through his routine of settling in Boudreau waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Into the windup... here's the pitch Boudreau hits a deep fly ball into the alley Gerald Gazelle chases it down But the ball hits the base of the wall Gazelle hits the wall and falls to the ground Boudreau is into third with a triple Now they check on Gazelle He's okay That ball hit right at the base of the fence 399 feet from home plate Walking up to the plate now is Jenkins Left Outs leading in the game 2 men away, Boudreau on third Hunter looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Hays He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Hunter Now he is ready... It's coming down the pike He rips a grounder to second Taken by Blade Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side... Jenkins fails to come through in the clutch For Left Outs, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base The center fielder, A. J. Tucker, will lead off the inning Ferguson Jenkins has been tough FOFC has reached him for 2 hits in the game so far The outfield's shaded towards right With Tucker at the plate A. J. is ready for the delivery Here's the 2 strike offering A vicious cut by Tucker And what a breeze he creates! Strike three! A. J. gave it his Sunday punch... but missed One gone for FOFC in the top of the 9th Now batting will be Jeff Nights The shortstop is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out Left Outs leads FOFC by 5 runs Nights looking for his first base knock here this evening... He is 0 for 3 Jenkins is ready quickly The righthander Jenkins' delivery Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Vaughan... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's two down for Jenkins FOFC will need to do better than that They are running out of time Persimmon Pflaggstettler will get a crack at Jenkins next Jeeberoni Potpie would be up next... But only if Pflaggstettler can reach safely Persimmon comes to the plate batting .299 with 15 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Pflaggstettler is poised and ready for the pitch Jenkins brings it to the plate Base hit to center for Pflaggstettler Hack Wilson is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Jeeberoni Potpie, will be up next Deacon Palmer hopes to get a chance as well One on... two away Left Outs leads FOFC by 5 runs Pflaggstettler will be running if it's hit Jenkins looks down at Cochrane for the sign Now he's ready... Here's the righthander's delivery It busts inside on Potpie And he can't get out of the way He was hit by the pitch! Potpie gets up and brushes himself off He is staring out at Jenkins Potpie takes first base on the HBP Now batting will be Palmer The third baseman for FOFC Palmer has hit 4 home runs this year Jenkins adjusts his cap... Now he's set A quick check of the runners... And the pitch Fastball, just inside to Palmer So Palmer walks A rare walk today by Jenkins Only 2 issued in the game That is certainly part of the reason he now enjoys a 5 run lead Gerald Gazelle is up for FOFC The tying run is on deck In the person of Harry Hays Sparky Anderson is walking down to the water cooler Gerald is hitless on the evening, 0 for 3 He's due... He cocks the bat as he peers out at Jenkins The runners step away from their bases Jenkins is in a tough spot Jenkins brings it to the plate Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Goslin And he pulls it in And that will do it for FOFC Left Outs wins 5 to 0 Jenkins gets credit for the win He threw a shut-out at them Nielsen takes the loss The hitting star for Left Outs was Arky Vaughan He was 2 for 3 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Left Outs. |
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Left Outs Leftovers 7/20/1900 |
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Manager Update
I sit at my desk and replay the events of the past few days. Howser is sitting across from me drinking a beer and sitting quietly. He knows that I’m beating myself up right now and he available for moral support if needed. He gets up, grabs a beer out of the cooler and hands it to me saying, “Alright…speak already.” This breaks my introspection, I look up, offer a weak smile and take the beer. I open the beer, take a long pull and then say, “Wow, how quickly things change in this game. Just a few days ago we were cruising along, had a nice lead and we were hitting, pitching, and fielding great. Now we’ve lost 3 in a row and if I’m honest with myself, we could easily be on a 4 game losing streak. It took a ridiculous ninth inning for us to be Gomez earlier this week.” “Still a long way to go Benton…” Dick replies in a matter of fact tone. “Oh, I know. Don’t misunderstand, I’m not depressed. I still like our chances, I’m just looking back over things to determine if there was something I could have done differently that might have helped. You know, standard manager stuff.” “Have you come up with anything?” “A million things…” I pause…take another big tug on the beer…put it down, smirk and add, “and nothing at all…” “So do you have a plan moving forward?” Dick asks with his own smirk. “Yep, I was thinking we should try to win more,” at which point a rosin bag hits me in the shoulder. I roll my eyes because I know Sal’s at it again. I look past Dick to see Sal in the doorway. “I like that plan, I go tell the guys.” I flip the rosin bag back. “But seriously I’m wanted you to know I’m going to have a … um … ‘talk’ with the guys. They have to know in no uncertain terms that we can’t be giving up 5 runs in 6 innings and think we’ve done our job. I’ve got to get the ship righted with the staff. Don’t worry, I’ll get this thing straightened out on my end,” and he starts to walk away. I yell, “Sal, hang on…” He pokes his head back in, “Yeah, skip?” “Don’t beat them up too much. Our offense hasn’t be great lately either. In this losing streak the best we’ve done is 4 runs, and getting blanked tonight was painful.” “Oh, I know…but batters aren’t my responsibility.” I shake my head as he heads down the hall, knowing the staff is going to get an earful, but also knowing somehow, and for the life of me I can’t figure out how, he’ll chew on the hard for a bit, but ultimately, they’ll walk out of the meeting pumped up and loving Sal. I turn back to Dick and ask, “Where were we?” “The plan moving forward?” “Oh yeah. I’m not completely sure. For pitching we are kind of stuck without Bo in the pen. We desperately need the lefty late in games, and so right now we’ll have to stick with Mighty in the pen and Foz in the rotation. When Bo comes back we can reassess the rotation.” “And the batting order?” Dick continues. “I can’t decide. I’m leaning towards going back to our old lineup with Blade, Nights, Tucker, and Potpie at the top, but Blade is really struggling right now. His batting average has dropped almost 10 points this week, and Plaggsettler has played so well recently, I’ve liked having more power in the 3 hole. I’m just not sure.” Dick grabs a couple more beers, hands me one and says, “Honestly Benton, I don’t think it is really going to matter. We are just in a cold streak right now. It isn’t our first of the season and with about 50 games left it won’t be our last. Things are going to turn back around soon and we’ll just open up a 4 game lead again. Don’t stress this, just keep managing the way you’ve been. Play your hunches, make your decisions and move on. You’ve done a phenomenal job up until now. Hell, Kronside was just telling me the other day how impressed he’s been with the team. That he came into the season feeling like we weren’t going to have a shot, but everyday he looks at the standings and he’s amazed we have the best record in the league and most of the other teams can’t even remotely keep pace. I think the players respect you and the job you are doing, and Lord knows they play hard for you. Keep your chin up and stay positive and things will work out.” “Are you my assistant coach, or the team psychologist,” I ask? “Well, I think I should get paid for both roles…I hear that psychologist job pulls in a nice salary just to be on retainer, and I’ll bet no one has ever even called him yet this season.” “I know I haven’t, that’s what I have you for…” |
7/21 Radio Broadcast - Game 105
The pre-game ceremonies are over and we're ready to get this one going Barrett Blade strides to the plate and here I think we're ready... Carlton's finishing his warm-up tosses It will be lefty versus righty Blade is hitting .304 against southpaws Here's Carlton's windup And the lefthander comes home with it Bouncer in the hole and past Willie McCovey... Base hit into right field! That one had eyes on it Good piece of hitting by Blade Jeff Nights coming up No score... The ballgame is just under way Nights wiggles the bat above his head Nights readies himself for the pitch The lefthander delivers Nights hits a screamer at Arky Vaughan Vaughan picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play One more chance for FOFC in the top of the 1st With two out Batting for FOFC now is Tucker Tucker is batting .295 with 5 HR's this year Carlton is slow to get ready He has a 5.15 ERA this year Now he's ready Now to the belt, here it is... It's hit to the left of third It's a base knock! The ball glanced off of Vaughan's glove Vaughan retrieved it, but not in time to get Tucker A. J. is safe on first with a single No throw on the play The first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie, is up next Potpie swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Carlton OK, it's 3 and 0 Potpie is looking for his pitch Does he have the green light? Carlton goes into his stretch... Looks over at Tucker Fires to McCovey... Tucker is back easily... We're ready again Now Carlton comes home Hard slider... Potpie swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Goslin is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Jeeberoni Gerald Gazelle is next Gazelle has hit 20 home runs this year Carlton looking in He kicks and fires LINE DRIVE Foxx grabs it for the out Score It: 5 After one half inning FOFC on top 2 to 0 FOFC has taken the field in the bottom of the first inning... Here's how they look, defensively In the outfield Ton will play left Tucker in center Gazelle in right... Around the diamond Palmer will play the hot corner Nights and Blade Make up the doubleplay combination... Over at first Potpie And a battery of Brian Babson and Hays behind the plate First batter for the Leftovers Billy Herman steps in Stepping out, Herman looks into the dugout Steps back in Herman is poised and ready for the pitch Babson rocks and fires Drilled on the ground to first Potpie to Babson covering first Score It: 3-1 The Leftovers will send Mickey Cochrane up to the plate Cochrane goes through his routine of settling in Cochrane gets ready for Babson's pitch His bat is cocked Now Brian delivers Cochrane starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Babson walks him "Slug" is coming to the plate FOFC is set up for two Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Babson's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Cochrane dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch Low, ball four... Heilmann takes first Here comes the "Silver Fox" to the plate Duke is hitting at .297 on the year He has 93 hits in 313 at bats This includes 14 doubles, 2 triples 30 home runs and 84 RBI's Snider waits It's coming down the pike Grounded towards the middle Nice play by Blade Over to second for one They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 That's all for the Leftovers... As we head to the top of the second inning... FOFC on top 2 to 0 The All Stars get their turn to bat here in the top of the 2nd Deacon Palmer, K. A. Ton, and Harry Hays the first three FOFC batters They'll be facing the southpaw Steve Carlton Palmer is batting .325 with 4 round trippers in 1900 Palmer is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly The southpaw's 0-1 delivery There's a drive to left by Palmer Goslin picks the ball up on one bounce Fires it to second Palmer turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Goslin Planting his right foot Ton is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Ton Hitching up his pants... Ton gazes out to the mound Carlton looks down at Cochrane for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The southpaw Carlton delivers the 0-2 pitch Swung on and missed by Ton, he's down on strikes One down for FOFC Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle and Brian Babson is looking for a bat in the dugout Walking up to the plate now is Hays FOFC leading in the game Hays can't seem to get settled at the plate Harry is set for the pitch The lefthander Carlton comes home with it Base hit to right for Hays Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Palmer will stay at second Babson looks to lay one down He bunts it . . . Fielded by S.Carlton he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Force Play To Pitcher Score It: 1-5 The runner on second, Palmer, is out Hays takes second FOFC on top 2 to 0 with two away this inning The All Stars will send Barrett Blade up to the plate If he gets on, Jeff Nights would bat next Looking to Dick Howser for a sign The left-hander Carlton is now ready The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch Fastball, down the middle... Blade swings and skies one to left Goslin is at the fence... Looks up... Doesn't have a prayer... It's a homer for Blade! Number 3 for him this season He also has 20 RBI's Nights digs in at the plate Ready now for Carlton to come set Against lefthanders Nights is hitting .297 this season Carlton looks down at Cochrane for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Carlton brings it to the plate Curve ball... Nights swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! That's three outs, side retired Jimmie Foxx will step into the box to start the inning Left Outs would like to get some runners on board Babson asks for a new ball... Rubs it down to get the shine off it... Now he steps on the rubber again The pitch to Foxx... Fastball Ball four Facing Babson now is Goslin Willie McCovey heads to the on deck circle Arky Vaughan waits in the hole Goslin is hitting .300 with 21 homeruns Goose also has 17 doubles and 7 triples And has driven in a total of 63 runs Goslin is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Foxx is dancing off first Babson checks Foxx on first... The 2-1 delivery Here's a high fastball, at the letters... Goslin raps a hard grounder toward short Nights 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 Left Outs there One down for Left Outs Willie McCovey is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Left Outs The Leftovers' first baseman is up next Left Outs has 1 on board with 1 out The lefty hitting McCovey, will face the righty Babson 22 of his 22 home runs are against righties All set, McCovey is ready for the pitch Babson looks at the runner The pitch It's in on the hands Inside... ball four McCovey trots to first as Goslin takes second Vaughan leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer evening A sacrifice situation Vaughan looks to third for the sign I'll bet it will be a bunt Tony LaRussa goes through his routine Babson steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Babson looks over at McCovey Now back at Goslin He's coming home with it Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Vaughan looks at strike three And there's two away Sparky Anderson will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Willie Stargell steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Babson Stargell is batting .321 on the year .326 as a pinch hitter And that includes 3 home runs Stargell is up now for Left Outs Stargell is at .321 on the season Babson is making his 23rd start of the season He brings it home A sharp breaking curve... Stargell was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Tucker turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Willie Stargell can touch them all Now here's Herman Herman looks down toward the third base coach, Tony LaRussa Herman is ready Babson's behind on the count Here's the 2-0 offering Big bender, low and inside... Swung on... Line single to Tucker in center... Picking it up in a hurry is Tucker... Herman takes a wide turn... But stays at first base as the throw comes in Mickey Cochrane, will be up next Harry Heilmann hopes to get a chance as well One on... two away FOFC leads Left Outs by 2 runs Mickey Cochrane is hitting .269 this year against righthanded pitchers Mickey is eagerly awaiting Babson's pitch The pitch is on the way Bouncer to first Babson takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 That's all for Left Outs in the bottom of the 2nd They pick up 3 runs After 2 innings, FOFC still leads, 5-3 Herb Pennock will be coming on to pitch for Left Outs Herb has appeared in 54 games this season He has a record of 8-9 in 112 innings His ERA stands at 6.45 The FOFC center fielder, Tucker, will lead off He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie And then Gerald Gazelle Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting right-handed against the lefty Herb Pennock Pennock is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Pennock looks in... Now he's ready The southpaw Pennock's delivery Ground ball through the middle Herman ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! One out Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie The first baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 2 Potpie is batting .288 with 27 HR's this year Pennock eyes Potpie intently With a 0-2 count... here's the pitch Swung on and hit sharply to third Foxx plays it on one hop Over to McCovey... Out of there! FOFC on top 5 to 3 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Japanese League leads Negro League I 1 to 0 Caribbean is in front of Late 20th 3 to 0 Coimbre has hit his 13th homerun for Caribbean Old Timers and AL Post WWII are all knotted at 1 Dead Ball Era is giving it to AL Pre WWII 6 to 1 Johnson enjoying the big Dead Ball Era lead NL Post WWII slipping by NL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Negro League II and Turn of Century are scoreless Here's Gerald Gazelle Gerald is hitting at .282 on the year He has 44 hits in 156 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Gazelle lined out his last time up Gazelle awaits the delivery The pitch on the way, here it is... Gazelle hits a fly ball to left Goose Goslin camps under it This should wrap up the inning... That's it That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4 in their last ten games The power boys are due up for Left Outs Heilmann will lead it off He will be followed by Duke Snider and Jimmie Foxx Heilmann has 30 doubles this year Heilmann gets set for the pitch Now ready, here it is... Heilmann swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Babson strikes out Harry Heilmann One gone for Left Outs That'll bring up center fielder, Duke Snider... FOFC leads by 2 We're in the bottom of the 3rd The outfield's shaded towards right With Snider at the plate Snider awaits the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery Changeup down low... Snider makes contact and hits one out to center A. J. Tucker is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Babson Two gone for Left Outs Babson glares in at Foxx Jimmie Foxx just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off The umpire says let's go Babson's into his windup... the pitch Foxx 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 Foxx is out! Nice play by Potpie That ends the inning After 3 innings, FOFC leads by 2 Deacon Palmer to lead it off for FOFC Deacon is batting .327 with 4 home runs on the season He is 1 for 1 today Deacon stands with bat ready The lefthander Pennock delivers It's a high fly into left Goslin ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out And there's one away K. A. Ton, the left fielder, strides to the plate Herb is ready Now the delivery, here is is... The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Ton held up, and draws a walk Pennock isn't happy at all with that call Hays now at the plate Brian Babson waits on deck Hays is 1 for 1 today Harry singled last time up Cochrane flashes the sign... Pennock waves it off... Now he's happy The southpaw delivers Hays swings and misses Strike three Hays didn't have a good cut at that pitch That's the second out of the inning Up steps Brian Babson, the fine hitting pitcher for FOFC He is no gimmee by any means for Pennock And Herb studies the sign from Cochrane... Now he's got it Pennock brings it home Grounded into the hole Nice play by Vaughan He throws and gets the force at second Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Ton, is out That's it for FOFC Here at Overshadow Pk, After 3 and a half innings, FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Left Outs has 3 runs, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base Left Outs has stranded 2 Goslin will come up to lead off the bottom of the 4th for Left Outs So far this season Goslin is hitting .293 when facing righthanded pitching Goslin waits patiently Brian rocks and fires Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Goslin swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Goose as he was heading for the dugout "Stretch" will be up next Willie, a lefty batter, will square off against Babson Of his 22 home runs, 22 are against righties Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Babson The delivery Swung on... High fly ball into left Not hit well Ton is under it... He's got it Easy chance for K. A. That's two away Arky Vaughan will make his way to home plate He's the shortstop for Left Outs Babson has the sign from Hays With a 0-2 count Babson kicks and fires Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Vaughan was frozen on that fastball by Babson High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch That's all for the Leftovers... After 4 innings here at Overshadow Pk in Left Outs, FOFC leads 5 to 3 |
7/21 Radio Broadcast Continued
Blade is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box With 3 RBI's in the game Blade has 20 on the season Blade waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Pennock kicks and fires There's a hard bouncer to Foxx's left He's over... Makes the pick-up... Over to McCovey... Blade is out! A sparkling glove hand pick-up by Jimmie Foxx! One up, one down for FOFC Nights heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Nights is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Jeff certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Pennock earn his salary Nights awaits the delivery The southpaw winds and delivers Fastball, lined to center... Base hit for Nights... Snider over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Nights at first Tucker coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Nights on first, with one away Left Outs is set up for two Herb peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one And the delivery by Pennock The Whiff! Pennock punches Tucker out! Two down Cochrane asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Cochrane and Pennock So with 1 on and 2 outs FOFC sends their first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie, up to face Pennock Hard-hitting Gerald Gazelle is walking towards the on-deck circle Jeeberoni steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jeeberoni is 1 for 2 today with 1 home run He's ready Now Herb delivers There's a fly ball into straight-away left Goslin one hands it... Potpie is retired... and so is FOFC That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 4 and a half innings FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Left Outs has 3 runs, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 stranded Left Outs has failed to bring home 2 Herb Pennock, Billy Herman, and Mickey Cochrane are due up Babson has the sign from Hays The righthander Babson's delivery A jug-handled curve Pennock goes out and gets it It's a liner to center Tucker will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Herb Pennock The tying run comes to the plate, in the person of Billy Herman Leftovers with 1 runner on base The All Stars lead, 5-3 Herman is at .261 on the season Babson is happy with the sign The stretch... the delivery Swung on and missed... Herman is down on strikes One away here in the bottom of the 5th FOFC leads 5 to 3 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard Japanese League is edging Negro League I 1 to 0 Kaneda battling Williams Caribbean slipping by Late 20th 3 to 1 AL Post WWII leads Old Timers 2 to 1 Ryan battling Galvin Dead Ball Era besting AL Pre WWII 6 to 1 NL Post WWII toppling NL Pre WWII 8 to 1 Turn of Century leads Negro League II 2 to 1 Cochrane up The Leftovers have Pennock on first FOFC is set up for two Babson ready quickly, looks in for the sign Here comes the cripple pitch That's ball four Cochrane will trot down to first Pennock is now down on second Harry Heilmann is up next Left Outs' right fielder finds 2 on with 1 out Babson asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber The home town crowd is yelling out to Pennock telling him to watch out as Blade sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Babson delivers the 1-0 offering Curve, up high... Heilmann rips it to left... Babson hung that breaking ball However, Harry got under it just a bit Ton started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" One more chance for Left Outs this inning Duke Snider is up next The Leftovers' center fielder finds 2 on with 2 outs Snider is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Snider waits on Babson Babson brings it to the plate It's right down the pike! Strike three looking! Babson crossed Snider up that time That retires the side... Duke Snider fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Gerald Gazelle, Deacon Palmer, and K. A. Ton are due up for the All Stars FOFC leads, 5-3 Gazelle taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Gazelle is set for the pitch Herb winds Kicks... and delivers Change-up, Gazelle is looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Goslin is at the warning track... HE STUMBLES!!!... The ball rolls to the fence... Gazelle coasts into second... Gazelle will get a double from the offical scorer FOFC will send their third baseman Deacon Palmer up to the plate The on-deck batter K. A. Ton will be next Followed by Harry Hays Palmer is 1 for 2 today Herb looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The lefty Pennock delivers It's a curve up high... Palmer rips this one toward left-center Snider appears to have the best shot at it... But it is by him and to the fence... Palmer rounds first... A nice bounce right back to Snider Palmer cruises into second way ahead of the throw where he is in with a stand-up double! Of course, Gazelle scores easily and FOFC goes up by 3 Herb Pennock gets the hook! Sparky Anderson is walking to the mound They've signaled for the righthander Early Wynn will be coming on in relief He'll be the 3rd hurler used by the Leftovers this evening Herb Pennock hands the ball over to Sparky Anderson and walks off Early Wynn is 3-7 with an 4.74 ERA in 59 appearances That'll bring up All Stars' left fielder K. A. Ton... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second Ton looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 0 for 1 on the day for K. A. Wynn adjusts his cap... Now he's set Wynn brings it to the plate Fastball, low and inside... Ton goes down after it... He lines one deep to center... Snider is back at the fence... Waits... Jumps high... CAN'T GET IT!... It's a HOME RUN! K. A. comes through for FOFC That's number 10 for Ton The catcher, Hays, is ready to bat FOFC leads 8 to 3 in the top of the 6th Hays is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .335 on the year Hays cocks his bat Wynn's 3-1 pitch... Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on... It's a high bounding ball... Through the infield into left by Hays That's 2 hits for Hays this game Babson squares around He lays a beauty down the first base line Wynn and McCovey collide going for the ball McCovey recovers, picks it up and fires to first OUT!! Credit Brian Babson with a sacrifice That's one away The second baseman, Barrett Blade will be up next for FOFC One out, man on second Wynn adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Cochrane Early looks over his shoulder at Hays Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Curve, down low... Swung on and missed Strike three right by Blade Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it! Walking up to the plate now is Nights A. J. Tucker waits on deck A base hit should score Hays Wynn steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready "Gus" fires it home... Curve in the dirt... and Nights holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Nights will take first on the walk Number 1 today for Nights A. J. Tucker steps up to the plate Tucker is one of the best hitters around Wynn shakes off his sign Now he's set Here it comes Liner drilled to second Herman reaches He snares it for the out! Score It: 4 And that will do it for FOFC Jimmie Foxx is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Left Outs to get things going Right hand hitting Foxx is 0 for 1 today He has banged out 25 home runs this year A very tough out for Babson Babson steps on the rubber And the cripple pitch... Swung on, liner towards second... Blade leaps... He can't come up with it! No chance for either Blade or Gazelle That one had base hit written all over it Nobody out, Foxx at first Now up is Goslin Goslin is 0 for 2 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Palmer is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Brian gets the sign from Hays Babson's righthanded delivery... A low change-up by Babson... Goslin chases it... Manages a slow bouncer to Nights... He takes it, tosses it to Blade... Getting the force on Foxx The relay back to first... Not in time... Goslin beats the throw by a step With one down, up next is Willie McCovey To be followed by Arky Vaughan McCovey up The Leftovers have Goslin on first McCovey is 0 for 1 today Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging McCovey He brings it home Hard slider... And McCovey takes it right down the middle Strike three called With two gone, FOFC leads 8 to 3 in the bottom of the 6th Vaughan leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer evening Vaughan is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Arky certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Babson earn his salary Babson has a 4-hitter going through 5 2/3 innings Babson checks Goslin on first Now the 1-1 pitch Belted right back at Blade He snares it just before it hits the ground That wraps up the inning for Left Outs So After 6 innings FOFC has 8 runs, 11 hits and no errors While Left Outs has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors Left Outs has left 3 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 Potpie is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Potpie scuffs up the lines around the box Potpie is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Wynn He's waiting for the pitch Early rocks and fires Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! So one up and one gone Gerald Gazelle, the right fielder, strides to the plate Gerald comes to the plate batting .285 with 20 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today Gazelle waits It's coming down the pike Fastball... Gazelle jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep left There goes Goslin after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Goose Goslin! Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 5 Deacon Palmer will face Wynn Righty against righty Palmer wiggles the bat above his head Palmer gets set for the pitch The righthander Wynn delivers Slider, inside... Swung on... Palmer rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Wynn looks dejected on the mound Next up for FOFC is K. A. Ton Ton is hitting .259 against righthanders Ton waits for the delivery Righthander Wynn's delivery Hard slider, paints the inside corner Ton gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side McCovey grabs it... Races to first... Beats Ton for the out That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4 in their last ten games It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Sparky Anderson will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Frank Robinson steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Babson Robinson is batting .260 on the year with 12 home runs Robinson steps to the plate It's the bottom of the 7th here at Overshadow Pk FOFC on top 9 to 3 Robinson is batting .260 with 12 HR's this year Babson is saying a few words to Blade... So far in 1900, Brian has a 7 and 9 record with 3 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT While we wait for Billy Herman to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard Japanese League slipping by Negro League I 2 to 0 Late 20th and Caribbean are all knotted at 3 Piazza has hit his 17th homerun for Late 20th AL Post WWII is in front of Old Timers 4 to 1 Dead Ball Era besting AL Pre WWII 6 to 1 NL Post WWII toppling NL Pre WWII 8 to 1 Turn of Century leads Negro League II 2 to 1 OK, let's see if Left Outs can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 6 Herman finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Herman looks for a sign from third Tony LaRussa delivers it to Billy Billy is 1 for 3 today struck out his last at bat Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready And here is the 1-2 delivery Ripped to third, but right at Palmer...easy out That's the second out of the inning Mickey Cochrane will get a crack at Babson next Harry Heilmann would be up next... But only if Cochrane can reach safely Mickey is hitting at .264 on the year He has 89 hits in 337 at bats This includes 12 doubles, 2 triples 10 home runs and 44 RBI's After getting set, Cochrane waits on the pitch Babson winds and delivers Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Cochrane swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Mickey as he was heading for the dugout That is the third out for Left Outs here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 48956 Bob Lemon will be coming on to pitch for Left Outs Bob has appeared in 32 games this season He has a record of 2-6 in 49 innings His ERA stands at 8.88 FOFC will send Hays, Brian Babson, and Barrett Blade to face Bob Lemon this inning Hays has hit 10 home runs this year The righty shakes off the sign... Now he brushes off another one... Lemon's money pitch is a sinking fastball but he is slightly wild Lemon brings it to the plate Hays pounds a grounder toward Vaughan at short Arky moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Vaughan stayed with it Over to first and Hays is retired Nice play by the Left Outs short stop That's one away Treacy gets set at the plate Treacy is hitting .291 against righties Lemon is ready quickly Lemon fires Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Lemon's obviously peeved at that call But Sean tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first Blade comes to the plate One out, Treacy at first Blade is 2 for 4 today, with 1 home run Lemon gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign The righthander delivers Base hit to left for Blade Treacy is being held at second by Dick Howser Treacy will stay at second Nights is up now for FOFC Nights saunters to the plate The righthander is 1 for 3 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Lemon Nights is hitting .275 versus righties this year Of his 11 homeruns, 7 came while facing righties Nights, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Lemon Lemon rocks and fires He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Vaughan Over to second for one To first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That does it for FOFC in the top of the 8th The big guys are due up for Left Outs Heilmann will lead it off He will be followed by Duke Snider and Jimmie Foxx Heilmann has hit 17 home runs this year Jace gets the sign from Hays Now Jace delivers Fastball, up at the letters... Heilmann swings... Skies on to deep right Gazelle racing back... Back... At the wall... HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT! The ump is signaling no out Heilmann motors easily into second As Gazelle throws the ball in That'll be a two base error on him That should have been an easy catch Score It: E9 Heilmann to second The "Duke of Flatbush" will step in Hays flashes the sign... Kronside waves it off... Now he's happy Nights trying to slip in behind Heilmann Now he slips away Here's the 1-2 offering Snider tries to hold up, but can't... Strike three! Kronside took something off of that back door breaking ball He had Snider way out in front With one down Potpie yells something out to Kronside Jace nods his head That'll bring up Leftovers' third baseman Jimmie Foxx... Leftovers with a runner in scoring position at second Kronside shakes off two signs Now he's ready Here's the righthander's delivery Driven down the line Stan Gunner giving chase It one-hops the fence Foxx running hard out of the box Gunner corrals the ball Foxx digging for 2nd He's slides in, Safe! Heilmann scores from second! While Willie McCovey heads for the on deck circle Goose Goslin makes his way to the plate Goose is hitless on the evening, 0 for 3 He's due... Goose is eagerly awaiting Kronside's pitch Foxx seems to be looking down at Hays Maybe hopes to pick up a sign Here's the 3-1 offering In the dirt That's ball four McCovey saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Willie is 0 for 2 this summer evening He struck out in his last plate appearance Set now is McCovey Jace checks the runners Steps off the rubber... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch McCovey dribbles one toward Barrett Blade He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the umpire The first base coach is having a tizzy fit That's out number two All Stars' pitching coach, Sal Maglie, is out to talk with Kronside Looks like he wants to go over something with him Making his way up is Vaughan Vaughan is batting .310 with 10 round trippers in 1900 Arky waits... He steps out as Kronside takes too long Now he's back in the box Runners on second and third Kronside takes the full windup The arm comes around... And the 2 strike pitch Swung on and missed... Vaughan is down on strikes That does it for Left Outs here in the bottom of the 8th But they pick up 1 run So After 8 innings, FOFC ahead 9 to 4 Here's Tucker to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard These scores are final... Japanese League nipped Negro League I 3 to 2 Oh has hit his 36th homerun for Japanese League He must be eating his Wheaties Late 20th squeezed by Caribbean 5 to 3 AL Post WWII gets an easy win over Old Timers 8 to 2 Dead Ball Era spanked AL Pre WWII 6 to 1 NL Post WWII gets an easy win over NL Pre WWII 8 to 2 Negro League II nipped Turn of Century 3 to 2 Tucker is 1 for 4 today A. J. lined out last time around Full count on the batter, 3-2 Here's the righthander's windup and delivery It's a rocket over first McCovey leaps He's got it! Look at that smile on his face FOFC with one away Lemon steps off the mound as he waits for Jeeberoni Potpie to come to the plate Walking up to the plate now is Potpie Gerald Gazelle waits on deck Potpie is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .285 on the year He's ready Now Bob delivers Ground ball through the middle Herman ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! That's out number two Sparky Anderson moving around Hollers something down at Lemon Bob nods "UH HUH" Two away, nobody on Gazelle comes to the plate for FOFC Gazelle grips the bat handle The count is nothing and 2 Gazelle has to protect the plate And the delivery by Lemon Swung on and hit sharply to third Foxx plays it on one hop Over to McCovey... Out of there! And that retires the side Now batting for the Leftovers... Hack Wilson... He'll pinch hit for Bob Lemon Billy Herman is on-deck Wilson saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Wilson a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Knowles Hack steadies his bat Waits patiently for Knowles' pitch With a 1-2 count... here's the pitch It's a routine fly into left Gunner ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One away in the bottom of the 9th for Left Outs Nobody on, one away for Left Outs Up now is Herman Billy is batting .259 with 3 home runs on the season He is 1 for 4 today Hays flashes the sign... Knowles shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Knowles leans back and fires Checked swing Slow bouncer toward third Palmer scrambles in Picks it up Flicks it quickly to Potpie SAFE! Who shot Billy out of a cannon?! Cochrane is up next Left Outs has a runner at first and one out Cochrane has a .267 average against righthanders this season Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Knowles kicks and fires There's a high pop fly to the outfield Gerald Gazelle moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Gazelle grabs it with his bare hand for the out Harry Heilmann is entering the batter's box Sparky Anderson has his big bopper, Duke Snider, waiting in the on-deck circle Heilmann has hit 17 home runs this year Knowles tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... And the cripple pitch... Knowles' fastball is ripped toward first Potpie can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Herman 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 Heilmann and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Duke Snider Duke Snider, the Left Outs center fielder, steps into the batter's box FOFC on top 9 to 4 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Duke is batting .293 with 30 home runs on the season He is 0 for 4 today Snider tells the umpire he's ready Knowles' righthanded delivery... Knowles bores one right down the pike Strike three swinging! Superb fastball that time And that will do it for Left Outs FOFC wins 9 to 4 Babson gets credit for the win Carlton takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Barrett Blade He was 3 for 5 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Left Outs. |
7/21 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Left Outs Leftovers 7/21/1900 |
I admit that I haven't been in the Dynasty forum for quite a while, but Travis told me this was going on again. Very good stuff, though I really hope that 3 for 5 night spells a turn around for me at the plate...
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Glad you are back...I hope the 3 for 5 is a good sign too...we'll need you to play well down the stretch... |
7/22 Radio Broadcast - Game 106
What a great day for a baseball game If you can't be here today I hope you are outdoors listening One couldn't ask for a better sunny day The players are taking the field After a few warm-up pitches by Sutton We should be ready, in today's contest It will be Left Outs against FOFC OK, it looks like the game is about to begin The Leftovers' hurler winds and delivers Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Blade hits it into the hole on the right side Herman ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Blade is out by a step at first Sutton retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 1st Nights is up now for FOFC Nights goes through his routine of settling in Sutton looks down at Cochrane for the sign Now he's ready Sutton fires Nights tries to hold up Cochrane points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! Two down Sutton retires two in a row Settling in at the plate is Tucker Sutton is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Sutton looks in... Now he's ready Sutton brings it to the plate Hard slider, paints the inside corner Tucker gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Robinson grabs it... Races to first... Beats Tucker for the out After one-half inning It's FOFC nothing, the Leftovers coming up The second baseman Herman will start things off for the Leftovers John is ready Williams rocks and fires Line shot and it catches the mound! Nice bounce right to third Palmer takes his time and throws Herman out A sure hit turned into an easy out! Score It: 5-3 Left Outs with one away Williams steps off the mound as he waits for Mickey Cochrane to come to the plate Left Outs catcher, Mickey Cochrane, is up next Cochrane has a .250 average against lefthanders He is .263 overall Williams gets the sign, it's one he likes With a 2 strike count Williams kicks and fires Off speed pitch on the way... And Cochrane watches it go by for the third strike Two up, two down for the Leftovers Planting his right foot Heilmann is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Heilmann Heilmann is batting .331 with 17 homers this year Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Williams The delivery Heilmann 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 Heilmann retreats to first after a wide turn Two out, Heilmann at first Coming up is Jimmie Foxx Bullock flashes the sign... Williams waves it off... Now he's happy The southpaw Williams' delivery Foxx swings and misses Strike three Foxx didn't have a good cut at that pitch That wraps up the inning for Left Outs By the way, Left Outs is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Potpie 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 Sutton studies his sign Now to the belt, here it is... Swung on and drilled into center Wilson going back... The ball is hit over his head It hits off the 7 foot high fence And there's Potpie around first base coming into second and stands up for a double That's 17 doubles for Potpie on the year And it brings up Persimmon Pflaggstettler On deck is Deacon Palmer Gerald Gazelle in the hole Pflaggstettler is at .301 on the season Pflaggstettler awaits the delivery Sutton brings it to the plate Big motion... Pflaggstettler is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Sutton pulled the string on him That's one away And the batter is Deacon Palmer Gerald Gazelle is on-deck Deacon Palmer is hitting .300 this year against righthanded pitchers Palmer waiting on the delivery It's coming down the pike It's a fly ball to center Wilson is on his horse Running with the crack of the bat And he tracks it down nicely! Potpie holds second 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 7.47 he needs to do something different! Next up for FOFC is Gerald Gazelle Gazelle is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Gazelle is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Sutton He's waiting for the pitch Sutton brings it to the plate Great change up... Gazelle out in front... Gets a piece of it... It's a shallow fly towards Wilson Wilson charges, dives for it... He has it... Fine catch by the center fielder That does it in the top of the 2nd 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 and a half innings, No score Wilson saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Wilson grips the bat handle Wilson waits for the pitch Williams brings it to the plate Hot line drive to short Nights leaps He grabs it for the out Score It: 6 One down for Left Outs Frank Robinson is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Left Outs Nobody on base, one away Robinson steps into the batter's box Frank is batting .259 in 228 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Goose Goslin He's ready Williams kicks, delivers A hot shot on the ground to Blade He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Robinson is out That's the second out of the inning Goslin finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box We'll see how they pitch to Goslin Goslin is poised and ready for the pitch Williams brings it home Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That wraps up the inning for Left Outs Time to check out the rest of the scores Japanese League is edging Negro League I 1 to 0 Old Timers with the lead over AL Post WWII 5 to 2 Williams has hit his 21st homerun for AL Post WWII AL Pre WWII is pounding Dead Ball Era 7 to 0 Gehrig has hit his 28th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII is edging NL Post WWII 1 to 0 Turn of Century is on top of Negro League II 3 to 1 Young and Brewer currently dueling Here's the catcher Bullock To lead off the inning He'll be followed by John Williams And then Barrett Blade Bullock is batting .266 with 16 round trippers in 1900 All set, Bullock is ready for the pitch Here's the 3-2 pitch The pitch is just inside and Bullock holds up Cochrane points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! Now here's Williams The outfield shades towards left for Williams Williams readies himself for the pitch Sutton goes into his windup Here it comes There's a fly ball to Harry Heilmann Heilmann circles under it... He makes the play Two down Cochrane asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Cochrane and Sutton Now at the plate will be Blade second baseman for FOFC today Blade steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Barrett waits... He steps out as Sutton takes too long Now he's back in the box Here's the righthander's delivery Blade cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Cochrane Blade was badly fooled by Sutton's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Barrett was a little overanxious 1-2-3, nothing across... Arky Vaughan is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Left Outs to get things going 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 lefty Williams delivers Vaughan swings and hits one down the line It'll be in there for extra bases The ball is kicking around in the corner Vaughan is heading for second The ball comes in... A whistling two-bagger for Arky Vaughan Sutton squares, and bunts it down the line Palmer picks it up and fires to first OUT by a whisker Had Sutton been a left-handed hitter He might have had a hit Score it a sacrifice FOFC gets the first out of the inning Billy Herman is up next Left Outs' second baseman finds 1 on with 1 out Billy is hitting at .261 on the year He has 58 hits in 222 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Herman grounded out his last time up Herman waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The lefthander Williams delivers There's a major league pop-up Palmer is under it... Waiting... A quick step backward and makes the catch Two gone, Vaughan at third Batting now is Mickey Cochrane Cochrane looks for a sign from third Tony LaRussa delivers it to Mickey Mickey is 0 for 1 today struck out his last at bat Williams ready quickly, looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way Swings... HIt's up the middle, past the pitcher It's through into centerfield for a base hit Tucker is up with it off the grass And throws it in to Blade at second Vaughan scores easily That's RBI number 45 for Cochrane in 1900 Left Outs leads 1 to 0 Harry Heilmann is up next The Leftovers' right fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs Heilmann wiggles the bat above his head Williams eyes Heilmann intently Williams kicks and fires Hard slider... Heilmann swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Gazelle is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! A two run blast by Harry Jimmie Foxx will get a crack at Williams next Hack Wilson would be up next... But only if Foxx can reach safely Foxx having a great year in 1900 He is 8th in the league in slugging average with a fine .589 mark He also has 25 home runs Foxx concentrates He holds the bat down on the end Here's his delivery It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Blade is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! Left Outs is finally retired in the bottom of the 3rd... After a 3 run outburst, they lead FOFC by 3 Don Sutton, out there on the mound for Left Outs prepares to face Jeff Nights to get the 4th inning underway here in Overshadow Pk Nights is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Jeff certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Sutton earn his salary Nights is set for the 1-0 pitch Don winds his right arm Lets it go Sinking fastball... Nights goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Vaughan... He scoops it up, over to first... And Nights is out by a step And there's one away Next up is A. J. Tucker, the FOFC center fielder Sutton is on the first-base side of the rubber... Now ready, here it is... There's a towering fly ball hit by Tucker Wilson sprints over, and makes the catch Two out, nobody on Left Outs ahead 3 to 0 Potpie coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers Don looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Sutton's windup... the delivery Potpie swings, foul tipped Cochrane hangs on to it Strike out for Sutton Number 5 on the day Three up, three down for FOFC Leading off for the Leftovers is the center fielder Wilson He'll be followed by Frank Robinson And then Goose Goslin The right-handed Wilson will be facing the southpaw 5 of his 10 home runs come via this route Williams is happy with the sign The southpaw Williams delivers the 3-2 pitch Wilson rips one to right He hit it right on the nose... Pflaggstettler is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Persimmon Pflaggstettler One gone for Left Outs Walking up to the plate now is Robinson Goose Goslin waits on deck Robinson has hit 4 triples this year Williams steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The pitch on the way, here it is... There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Blade races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Robinson back in the box And here comes the next pitch Sinking fastball... Robinson swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Goose Goslin steps in against Williams Left-hander against left-hander Goslin scuffs up the lines around the box He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Goose brings the bat back... The windup, the pitch Fly ball to left Gazelle is under it He makes the grab That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 3-0, Left Outs |
7/22 Radio Broadcast Continued
FOFC will send up Persimmon Pflaggstettler, Deacon Palmer and Gerald Gazelle to face Sutton They'll try to get something going here in the top of the 5th Pflaggstettler has hit 15 home runs this year The righty shakes off the sign... Now Sutton shakes off another one... Don is a finesse pitcher and always in playing shape Sutton will have to come in with this 3-0 pitch Here it comes... 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 .402 OBP this year Palmer departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! 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 Here's the 3-2 offering There's a fly ball into straight-away right Heilmann one hands it... OUT! One away... Robinson is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Foxx also... Now they return to their positions Gazelle digs in at the plate Ready now for Sutton to come set Gazelle is taking his practice swings Gerald is 0 for 1 this afternoon Gazelle looks very intent... He stares down at Sutton... Cocks his bat Sutton's righthanded delivery... Gazelle watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Gerald, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Sutton just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate One more chance for FOFC this inning Pflaggstettler sneaks away from the base Big sweeping curve... Pflaggstettler is running on the pitch And here's the overhand throw... Nobody's covering second!... The throw sails into centerfield... Wilson is on the ball quickly... Pflaggstettler is unable to recover in time to take third... They are giving him a steal on the play Billy Bullock steps into the box Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Bullock, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Sutton The righthander Sutton delivers He lays off the pitch Ball four, he walks John Williams, the pitcher, strides to the plate Two men on, two men out The right-hander Sutton is set to deliver to Williams Don checks the runners Here's the 3-0 offering Williams drives the ball to center for extra bases Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Bullock is out! Double for Williams The shortstop Vaughan will lead off for the Leftovers He'll be followed by Don Sutton And then Billy Herman Vaughan looks down toward the third base coach, Tony LaRussa Williams toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Bullock The lefthander winds and delivers STRIKE THREE, CALLED! One down for Left Outs Don Sutton is still in the on-deck circle and Billy Herman is looking for a bat in the dugout Don Sutton is up to face John Williams Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock The southpaw delivers Fastball, lined to left... Base hit for Sutton... Gazelle over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Sutton at first Sutton sneaks away from the base Williams' throws over have been effective Sutton has a shorter lead now He must be getting tired diving back into the bag Herman is up next Left Outs has a runner at first and one out Looking for his first hit today Herman is 0 for 2 Herman is set The lefthander delivers It's popped up into foul territory Billy Bullock is under it He grabs it for the out Score It: 2 FOFC gets the second out of the inning So with 1 on and 2 outs Left Outs sends their catcher, Mickey Cochrane, up to face Williams Hard-hitting Harry Heilmann is walking towards the on-deck circle Sutton will be running if it's hit Williams likes the sign Now John delivers Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Mickey looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! That's all for the Leftovers After 5 innings in Left Outs this afternoon, Left Outs ahead 3 to 1 Barrett Blade up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Blade is 0 for 2 today Sutton has the sign he wants Don rocks and fires Lined to third Foxx makes a great catch! Score It: 5 Sutton retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 6th Nights gets set at the plate Nights has a .272 average against righthanders this season Jeff steadies his bat Waits patiently for Sutton's pitch And the delivery by Sutton Grounded towards third Foxx scoops it LONG THROW... HE'S OUT! And there's two away Tucker heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Tucker is 0 for 2 today Sutton tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Don will have to come in with this 3-0 delivery It's on its way... Soft liner to second Herman makes a nice play on it Score It: 4 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 5 and a half innings Left Outs has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 stranded Left Outs has failed to bring home 2 The big guys are due up for Left Outs Heilmann will lead it off He will be followed by Jimmie Foxx and Hack Wilson Heilmann is 2 for 2 today And John studies the sign from Bullock... Now he's got it It's a full count... Williams winds and fires... It's a routine fly into left Gazelle ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One out The Leftovers have a 2 run lead Coming up for Left Outs is Jimmie Foxx Nobody on base, one out Foxx is at .314 on the season Williams looks down at Bullock for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants He brings it home Foxx hits a screamer at Jeff Nights Nights picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Foxx is out! Nice play by Potpie Two gone for Left Outs Making his way up is Wilson Hack is 0 for 2 today Now he steps out a moment to adjust his belt He's back in the batter's box now John gets the sign from Bullock The southpaw's 2-0 delivery Slider, down and away... Wilson reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Palmer is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Gazelle is hustling after it... Wilson with the big turn... The throw from Gazelle goes into second And Wilson holds at first Slowly coming up is Robinson for Left Outs He is finally in the batter's box Left Outs leads 3 to 1 Frank is batting .257 with 12 home runs on the season He is 0 for 2 today Robinson is ready Here's the 1-1 offering Slider, inside... Swung on... Robinson rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Williams looks dejected on the mound Up next for the Leftovers Goose Goslin, the left fielder... If he gets on, Arky Vaughan would bat next Goslin is 0 for 2 today Williams steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Hit hard back through the box And it takes a funny hop over to third Palmer has got it and throws to first In time! That one caught a piece of the mound! Score It: 5-3 After 6 innings today, the Leftovers lead by 4 Cochrane fires the ball down to Vaughan He starts it around the infield To Herman, Robinson And then to Foxx walking it over to Sutton Potpie steps in to face the righthander Here we go in the top of the 7th Potpie is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .286 on the year Potpie is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Sutton's 0-1 pitch... Potpie pounds a grounder toward Vaughan at short Arky moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Vaughan stayed with it Over to first and Potpie is retired Nice play by the Left Outs short stop One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League I and Japanese League are all knotted at 2 Paige battling Sugishita Old Timers is crushing AL Post WWII 15 to 3 AL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead of Dead Ball Era 9 to 3 NL Post WWII and NL Pre WWII are tied at 1 Turn of Century is pounding Negro League II 10 to 3 Wilson has hit his 19th homerun for Negro League II Now batting will be Persimmon Pflaggstettler Sutton shakes off two signs Now he's ready Here comes the cripple pitch Pflaggstettler hits a fly ball to right Harry Heilmann camps under it He's got it That's out number two Sparky Anderson moving around Hollers something down at Sutton Don nods "UH HUH" Two out, nobody on Up now is Palmer Palmer is taking his practice swings Deacon is 0 for 2 this afternoon He flied out last time at bat The umpire says let's go Here's the pitch LINE DRIVE Vaughan makes a nice play on it Score It: 6 The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 6 and a half innings, Left Outs leads 5 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Vaughan is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Vaughan is at .310 on the season Rodney looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Here's his delivery Ground ball through the middle Nights ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! Walking up now to the plate is Sutton Sutton a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Rodney James looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Rodney goes into his windup Here it comes A wave and a miss! Strike Three! Sutton is down on strikes Number 1 here today for Rodney Two away now for Left Outs They're ahead by 4 The Leftovers have 7 hits on the afternoon Now batting for Left Outs will be their second baseman, Billy Herman The Leftovers are out in front by 4 We are in the bottom of the 7th We'll see how they pitch to Herman Herman tells the umpire he's ready James rocks and fires Herman 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 Left Outs here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 48639 Gerald Gazelle to lead it off for FOFC Gazelle is 0 for 2 today Gerald struck out last time around The count is nothing and 2 Gazelle has to protect the plate The righthander Sutton's delivery Fastball... Gazelle jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep right There goes Heilmann after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Harry Heilmann! Left Outs gets the first out here late in this contest Bullock is up now for FOFC Bullock is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Bullock awaits the delivery Sutton leans back and fires Bullock hits a fly ball to center Hack Wilson camps under it He's got it Two down Don Sutton retires the first two batters in order Fouts now at the plate Barrett Blade waits on deck Sutton's sittin' in the catbird seat... He has completely shut down the All Stars He also has a 4 run lead to work with And now the pitch... Hard slider... Fouts swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Heilmann is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Dan Walking up to the plate now is Blade Jeff Nights waits on deck Left Outs leads 5 to 2 Don peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The righthander Sutton delivers It's a smash over short Vaughan leaps Just over his outstretched glove Blade makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Jeff Nights, will be up next A. J. Tucker hopes to get a chance as well One on... two away Left Outs leads FOFC by 3 runs Blade will be running if it's hit Cochrane flashes the sign... Sutton waves it off... Now he's happy Righthander Sutton's delivery Nights drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Nights Sparky Anderson is on his way to the mound for Left Outs That will do it for Don Sutton today The right hander, Bob Lemon will be coming on He has 33 previous appearances He is 2 and 6 with a 8.53 ERA Tucker awaits A. J. Tucker makes his way to home plate A base hit should score Nights Bob gets the sign from Cochrane Lemon brings it to the plate Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Goslin And he has it FOFC gets 2 in the top of the 8th After 7 and a half innings, Left Outs leads by 2 Here's Cochrane to lead off the inning Before he does, lets check out how the Leftovers have been playing lately Left Outs is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Cochrane is batting .263 with 10 HR's this year Rodney gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign Now the delivery, here is is... Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Cochrane! One up, one down One out, nobody on base Left Outs ahead 5 to 3 in the eighth Here comes Harry Heilmann to face Rodney Heilmann is at .333 on the season Bullock flashes the sign to Rodney The pitch is on the way Heilmann 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! Rodney breathes a sigh of relief Two gone for Left Outs "The Beast" settles in... Foxx steps out of the box... Looks towards Tony LaRussa for a sign Jimmie steadies his bat Waits patiently for Rodney's pitch And the righthander starts to work on Foxx Here comes the pitch Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Fouts It's by him... Gazelle comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Foxx to a single Wilson is up next Two out with Foxx at first Wilson is one of the best hitters around Right-hander Rodney eyes the righty Wilson Now James delivers Wilson crushes it... Gerald Gazelle starts back... baaack.... baaaaack... But no chance for this blast... Wilson can put another notch in his bat handle... He gave that ball a very nice ride Two ribbies for the Left Outs center fielder Robinson leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer day Robinson wiggles the bat above his head Rodney wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock And the cripple pitch... Swung on... High fly ball into right Not hit well Pflaggstettler is under it... He's got it Easy chance for Persimmon That will do it for Left Outs Nip-and-tuck here at Overshadow Pk this afternoon FOFC coming in for their last shot They need 4 to tie, and only 5 to take the lead! Could be just a "wee" bit difficult... The heart of the order will be up for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie to lead things off in the top of the 9th Potpie grips the bat handle Jeeberoni is eagerly awaiting Lemon's pitch Lemon brings it to the plate Potpie fouls it back Way back into the upper deck . . . Potpie back in the box And here comes the next pitch Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Potpie was frozen on that fastball by Lemon High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch One down for FOFC Persimmon Pflaggstettler is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Coming up for FOFC is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Nobody on base, one out Pflaggstettler adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Persimmon is 0 for 2 this afternoon Waiting for the pitch is Pflaggstettler Lemon brings it to the plate It's a high fly to deep center Wilson is on his horse It is carrying to the fence Hack jumps... Leaping catch... No, it pops out of his glove Pflaggstettler will get a two-base hit Gonzalez strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out David Gonzalez is hitting .290 this year against righthanded pitchers Gonzalez cocks his bat Lemon looks back towards second... The pitch Gonzalez goes after the fastball... It's a base hit by Vaughan... Pflaggstettler 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 Here's Gerald Gazelle The infield is back They are looking for the double play The outfield's shaded towards left for Gazelle He's 0 for 3 today Gazelle waits on Lemon Lemon brings it to the plate Base hit to left for Gazelle Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Gonzalez will stay at second The tying run comes to the plate, in the person of Billy Bullock All Stars with 2 runners on base Leftovers have the lead, 7-4 Stepping in and then stepping out again Bullock looks to third for a sign Bullock awaits the pitch Here comes the cripple pitch Bullock tops one right to Vaughan Over to Robinson for the easy out Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Dan Fouts Dan Fouts is the next batter this sunny afternoon A single could plate two runs Lemon looks down at Cochrane for the sign Now he's ready Lemon checks the runners Hot shot grounded to second Herman grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 And that will do it for FOFC Left Outs wins 7 to 4 Sutton gets credit for the win Lemon notches the save Williams takes the loss The hitting star for Left Outs was Harry Heilmann He was 2 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Left Outs. |
7/22 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Left Outs Leftovers 7/22/1900 |
TSPC Television – SportsZone
3…2…1…floor producer points to Ken Dawl, one of the talking heads on the Total Sports Programming Channel that is currently hosting… “Good Morning, and welcome SportsZone…Ken Dawl here, along with my sidekick, like Robin to Batman, Dick Grayson.” Grayson smiles politely at the camera and thinks ‘wow, that’s original, I’ve only heard it, oh I don’t know…about a million times, and that’s only the fourth time you’ve used that same line to open the show with this week…IDIOT…’ Grayson doesn’t respond to Dawl’s inane comment and just starts reading the teleprompter, “Lots to talk about today, Football training camps are opening and there have already been some injuries that may impact the season, plus some interesting veteran cuts to talk about, but the big story right now is in Baseball…” Grayson, turns to Dawl, who is so busy primping his hair he missed his queue for the verbal handoff… “So Dawl, what’s going on in BASEBALL?”, Grayson emphasizes the last word to snap Ken out of his narcissistic indulgence, again thinking IDIOT… Dawl, with a startled look on his face initially recovers quickly, “Um…the baseball season has only about 50 games to go, and things are starting to tighten up. The American League is looking like a 4 team race with the AL Pre WW2 team making a charge, the Negro League Ones hanging tough, and the Old Timers and Late 20s scratching to stay relevant in the division.” Grayson jumps in, “As great as the AL is right now, the standings have been basically the same for most of the season. The real interesting development is in the National League, where the once dominate FOFC All-Stars currently lead by just a half a game.” Dawl, not missing the queue this time around, “It was less than 2 weeks ago when the FOFC team was sitting on a pretty comfortable 5 game lead, now they find themselves scrambling. To discuss this with us, we’ve brought in Lou Scribe, baseball writer from the National Herald, and former players and managers Roger Craig, and Gil Hodges…” Screen pans out and to the right where we see the three guests sitting at a table with Grayson, who obviously moved while Dawl was finishing up the introductions on a tight shot. “Guys, the big talk in baseball right now is what’s wrong with the FOFC All-Stars?…They’ve dominated the league until now, and currently they find themselves just a half a game up on the National Post War team.” Lou, not surprisingly jumps in first, “Actually, I think the FOFCers are finished. I think they are going to struggle the rest of the way, and backslide to the point where they might not even finish second.” Grayson, honestly surprised by the comment responds, “Wow, that’s a strong statement. They are sitting about 11 games up on third place, so for them to fall that far back they’d have to really play poorly down the stretch.” Hodges almost interupts, “I don’t know where you’re getting that opinion on the FOFCers from.” Lou defending his position, “I think the FOFCers got a great early start and really took the league by surprise, but at this point, I think these great Hall of Fame teams, as well as the Negro Leaguers, Japanese All-Starts and Caribbean team have figured them out. The book is out on them and these other teams now know what it takes to beat them.” Hodges, “So you think the entire team is like a rookie that other teams get a book on and they become a mediocre player once the book is out?” “I do.” Lou replies… Craig finally speaks, “And what evidence other than the losses recently makes you think a book is out on the FOFCers.” “Is there any better evidence than the losses?” Lou counters. Grayson directing traffic to prevent these short clipped responses focuses in on Scribe, “Lou, you make a good point that losses are an indicator a team isn’t playing well, but that doesn’t mean a book is out on them. Do you see anything specifically that caused you to come to this opinion?” “The biggest reason that I believe the FOFCers are in trouble is the pitching. Teams seems to have figured out those once dominating pitchers. Let’s look at some of the recent starts shall we…Williams last night 6 innings 5 earned runs, Nielsen, who at one time looked like a lock for the Premium Pitcher Award 4 innings, 4 earned runs, Fozborg, given a chance to start because Mighty had been struggling goes 6 innings, 5 runs…I’m seeing a very disturbing pattern.” Craig, “A few bad outings isn’t an indication of teams figuring players out. It could easily be a situation where the pitchers are tired, a bit of dead arm, or maybe it is mentally tired. It is a long season, and you aren’t going to pitch well the entire time. The key is to win when you don’t have your best stuff, and the FOFCers have done a decent job of that recently.” Lou, adding to his argument, “The offense is also scraping it around. Other than the 8 runs scored the other day in Babson’s start, I don’t think they’ve managed to push more than 4 across in a week. That’s not going to cut it in this league.” Hodges, “Lou, you’re right, the offense like the pitching isn’t playing well, but again, I don’t think that means that the league’s pitches now know what to do to get these guys out all the time.” “Oh really, let’s look at some of the pitchers that have shut them down recently shall we…Jenkins, who shut them out a few days back, 5.33 ERA, after the shutout. Sutton a 7.32 ERA with 7 and two-thirds strong innings, and Roberts with a 6.02 ERA and 8 terrific innings pitched. These aren’t the elite pitchers of the league, and they have the FOFCers tied in knots.” Grayson, “So Lou, what do you expect from the FOFCers the rest of the way?” Lou, “Sub 500 ball.” Grayson, “I believe the FOFCers have 47 games remaining, if they go 1 game under 500 the rest of the way, they would end up around 85 wins…is that about what you are thinking?” “That might be high actually...but If I remember correctly 85 wins was my prediction heading into the season, and right now I’m not seeing anything that would make me change that opinion for a better win total,” Lou states. Grayson, “Gil, thoughts?” Gil smiles, “Lou does make some good points, but I think the idea that a book is out on this team is a bit far-fetched. I think they are just playing poorly right now, and one thing we haven’t discussed is how well the Post War NL team is playing. I believe they’ve won 8 or 9 in a row. When you go on a win streak like that standings start to change. “ Craig steps in, “I’m not sure the FOFCers are going to win, because the Post War NL team seems to have hit their stride. Have you looked at the numbers those guys are putting up offensively. Aaron, Matthews, Mays, Morgan, Musial…every one of their starters are raking the ball…They are hard to stop. Plus their pitching is starting to kick in. Seaver looks like the front runner for the Premium Pitcher award, Koufax has found his rhythm, and the back half of the rotation is producing well enough for that offense.” “Ok, with that in mind, how do you see this playing out…” Grayson again, asking his quick question and getting out of the way so the expert can comment. “I think 85 wins is probably low. I think the FOFCer will win around 88 or 89, but I don’t think it will be enough. I think the Post NLers will win the division, and ultimately the Series.” “Hodges?” Grayson. “I’m a little different than Roger…I think the FOFCers are going to find a way to pull this out. I like their manager, he’s kept them on an even keel through this rough patch, and we all know in baseball, things always seem to come back to the middle. Extremes just don’t continue. So I expect FOFC to start playing better again, and I expect the red hot Post NLers to slow down. I think FOFC might still get to 90 wins…and in an 154 game season, that’s really good.” Pan to Ken Dawl, “Thanks guys, we’ll get back to our group to discuss the AL later in the show…” .......I turn the TV in my office off and head out to get some breakfast... |
7/23 Radio Broadcast - Game 107
A warm hello to you, Ladies and Gentleman Big game tonight for the FOFCers as they find themselves in a situation where they may not be in first place when this evening ends... Tonight FOFC will be doing battle with Old Timers Let's see how the Ancients shape up, defensively... From left to right in the outfield McCarthy is in left... Delahanty is in center... And Thompson is in right Around the infield, third to first it's Kelly playing third Davis at short Covering second is McPhee At first base Brouthers And the battery... Pitching, John Clarkson with Ewing behind the plate Okay, let's get it underway... Clarkson fires It's a high fly to deep center Delahanty is on his horse It is carrying to the fence Ed jumps It's off the wall Blade is around second But retreats to the bag as the throw comes in Jeff Nights steps into the box Nights is batting .281 with 11 HR's this year John looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Clarkson fires It gets past Ewing! It's scored a passed ball. The pitch didn't look that bad Clarkson must have crossed him up! Jeff Nights steps into the box Nights digs into the box Nights is ready for the pitch He delivers Long fly ball to center Ed Delahanty is running hard He's got it Fine running catch! That's deep enough to score Blade Score It: 8 Frank Selee will be bringing in a relief pitcher Candy Cummings has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Persimmon Pflaggstettler is coming to the plate Candy Cummings on in relief for the Ancients We're in the top of the 1st Cummings winds Kicks the left leg high... Hard slider, at the knees... Pflaggstettler clubs a deep drive to center... Delahanty turns, and races back after it... It goes off the wall! Pflaggstettler is steaming toward third Delahanty has it, throws... Not in time... Pflaggstettler has his triple Number 8 on the year for him So with 1 on and 1 out FOFC sends their first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie, up to face Cummings Hard-hitting Gerald Gazelle is walking towards the on-deck circle He's yelling something towards the mound! There must be bad blood between them! He's ready for the delivery Cummings brings it to the plate Lunging after the change-up Potpie hits a grounder through to left... Scoring from third is Pflaggstettler Credit Potpie with a single and an RBI Facing Cummings now is Gazelle Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle Harry Hays waits in the hole Cummings steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign And the cripple pitch... There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Davis races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? HE'S GOT IT!!! Nice play by Davis Score It: 6 Two gone for FOFC Palmer is up now for FOFC Palmer is batting .327 with 5 HR's this year Cummings likes the sign It's coming down the pike Base hit to right for Palmer Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Potpie will stay at second Harry Hays steps into the box Hays is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a fine .336 for FOFC He also has has contributed with 29 runs 3 doubles, 2 triples and 10 home runs Hays waiting on the delivery Cummings stretches, checks his runners The pitch... The pitch is low It bounces away from Ewing! He's got it But there's no throw. It's scored a wild pitch. Potpie takes third Palmer takes second Harry Hays steps into the box Hays grips the bat handle Candy is ready Now to the belt, here it is... Hard ground ball to short Davis comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for FOFC 2 runs, 4 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Old Timers is coming to bat FOFC has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively The fly chasers 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 Potpie Fozborg gets the nod as starter Behind the dish is Hays Old Timers left fielder, Tommy McCarthy, will lead off We'll see how they pitch to McCarthy Fozborg making his 5th start of the season The righthander Fozborg delivers There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by McCarthy No chance for either Nights or Gazelle That one had base hit written all over it King Kelly steps in now for the Ancients The All Stars lead in this one, 2-zip Kelly is at .295 on the season Sirr peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one He brings it home Kelly chases the sinker... Lines a hit into left... McCarthy's not slowing at all Rounds second heading to third... Gazelle throws in to Blade covering second... McCarthy is in at third without a play Thompson quickly moves into the batter's box Runners on at the corners Kelly on first represents the tying run Thompson is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Sam certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Fozborg earn his salary Thompson tells the umpire he's ready Here's his delivery Bouncer up the middle and past Jeff Nights... Base hit into center field! FOFC's lead is trimmed by a run FOFC ahead 2 to 1 Ed Delahanty steps in Thompson at first, Kelly at third, no one out Delahanty is at .352 on the season Sirr is set to go... a quick look toward Hays again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag Old Timers' clean-up hitter is waiting Fozborg has allowed 3 taters to righties this year And 6 when facing lefties Fozborg checks the runners The pitch is way inside at the knees Delahanty hits the dirt... It is a bad time for Sirr Fozborg to be getting so wild That loads them up for Old Timers Dan Brouthers makes his way to home plate Dan, a lefty batter, will square off against Fozborg Of his 4 home runs, 3 are against righties Set now is Brouthers The righthander Fozborg's delivery Brouthers flies out to right Charley Gould is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Kelly scores! Delahanty at first, Thompson at second, one out Davis is now at bat George is hitting at .245 on the year He has 80 hits in 326 at bats His speed has propelled him to 17 stolen bases He's ready Sirr checks the runners... Steps off the mound... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Curve, up high... Davis rips it to left... Fozborg hung that breaking ball However, George got under it just a bit Gazelle started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" Two down Due up next is Buck Ewing Let's see what happens now Ewing steps in Two out, Delahanty at first, Thompson at second Fozborg has the sign from Hays Now Sirr delivers A high fastball... Ewing swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Nights Jeff is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Ewing was looking for the breaking ball That wraps up the inning for Old Timers So After 1 inning Old Timers has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors Old Timers has left 2 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 As we get ready to start the top of the 2nd Tucker is talking to Ewing Tucker is hitting .292 with 5 homeruns A. J. also has 16 doubles and 6 triples And has driven in a total of 44 runs Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Cummings brings it to the plate It's a smash over first Brouthers leaps Just over his outstretched glove Tucker makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Sirr Fozborg squares to bunt And lays it down right to Buck Ewing Ewing looks at second But passes up a possible force play He fires to first to retire Fozborg But Tucker moves up And there's one away While Jeff Nights heads for the on deck circle Barrett Blade makes his way to the plate Blade has 14 doubles this year Blade, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Cummings Cummings rocks and fires Slider, over the inside corner... The swing... Blade rips one down the left field line McCarthy is after it... Rolling to the fence... Blade takes the wide turn at second... Keeps on running for third... The hurried throw by McCarthy in to Kelly Blade slides in around the tag Give Blade a triple on the play Tucker scored on the play That gives Blade 5 triples on the season Making his way up is Nights So far this season Nights is hitting .274 when facing righthanded pitching After getting set, Nights waits on the pitch Now ready, here it is... Nights rolls one toward Bid McPhee He scoops it and fires to first...close play OUT, says the first base umpire Joe Adcock throws his hands up in disbelief That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean is on top of Japanese League 2 to 0 Cuellar battling Inao Negro League II and AL Post WWII are scoreless Negro League I and Left Outs are all knotted at 1 NL Post WWII slipping by AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Mathews has hit his 36th homerun for NL Post WWII They must be feeding him lots of beef Dead Ball Era is edging Turn of Century 1 to 0 NL Pre WWII and Late 20th have yet to score And in our contest FOFC leads 4 to 2 With two out Batting for FOFC now is Pflaggstettler Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Persimmon is eagerly awaiting Cummings' pitch The windup, the pitch Good slider, inside part of the plate Pflaggstettler gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side McPhee grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Bid McPhee is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Old Timers to get things going Bid has been used sparingly for Old Timers He has only 49 at bats so far although we are deep into summer He is batting .245 in limited duty Fozborg eyes McPhee intently Here's the windup... and the pitch He bunts the ball! Potpie fields it and fires to first And he is . . . SAFE!!! A bunt base hit. Candy Cummings squares, and lays down a beauty of a bunt Harry Hays picks it up, he'll have to hurry OUT at first But the sacrifice works to perfection One down for Old Timers Tommy McCarthy is still in the on-deck circle and King Kelly is looking for a bat in the dugout McCarthy strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out McCarthy is batting .314 with 2 round trippers in 1900 Right-hander Fozborg eyes the righty McCarthy Sirr rocks and fires Flyball to right it's caught McPhee has a chance to move up... McPhee is trying to advance to third base... Here's the play... He's SAFE! Kelly digs in at the plate Ready now for Fozborg to come set 2 men away, McPhee on third 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 Fastball, in on the hands... Kelly hits it deep to left-center... It's into the gap... That will score a run Kelly moves into second standing up Tucker makes the play back in... It's a double Now here's Thompson Against righthanders Thompson is hitting .326 The umpire says let's go Thompson is ready Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Fozborg The delivery A slider by Fozborg Thompson gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's all for the Ancients After 2 innings in Old Timers this evening, FOFC leads 4 to 3 Potpie is walking to the plate Some in the crowd are razzing him He gives them a quick glance... Not smart! That has only encouraged them to get louder He should just let his bat answer back Jeeberoni is batting .286 in 353 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Gerald Gazelle Jeeberoni steadies his bat And waits patiently for Cummings' pitch Cummings brings it to the plate Potpie rips the curve to left-center... Delahanty racing back to the fence... He reaches for the drive... It's over his head! Potpie will lope into second with a double Here's Gerald Gazelle Potpie is on second, nobody out Cummings adjusts his cap... Now he's set Now the delivery, here is is... Gazelle takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Gazelle's outta there That's one away Walking up to the plate now is Palmer FOFC leading in the game Palmer swinging from the right side facing the righty Cummings Palmer in the hole, 0-2 Cummings looks back towards second... The pitch Base hit to right for Palmer Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Runner holds. A. J. Tucker gets the weighted donut from Hays Now Harry saunters to the plate 1 out and 2 on base Hays bats in the seventh slot in the order for FOFC FOFC leads 4 to 3 Candy gets the sign from Ewing Here's the 1-2 pitch Lined to first Tough chance for Brouthers Base hit! He couldn't get to it Potpie scores from third! Palmer takes third Here's A. J. Tucker Old Timers looking for two Cummings looks down at Ewing for the sign Now he's ready Cummings goes into the stretch... Watches the speedy Palmer at third... Looks at Hays... The pitch home Tucker smacks a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined straight to first Brouthers just got his glove up in time It saved his skin and a run! Cummings gets the second out of the inning I was talking to Candy before the game about how he pitches to various batters He said he goes over the batters before the game with Frank Selee and Ewing 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 6.02 he needs to do something different! Fozborg leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer evening Fozborg taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Cummings studies his sign The pitch to Fozborg... Sirr Fozborg swings It's a hot smash, left of McPhee WOWZA!... It is stabbed by Bid... robbing Fozborg of a sure base hit FOFC gets 1 in the top of the 3rd One run, 3 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base After 2 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 2 The Old Timers crowd has been pretty quiet Here is Delahanty to lead off He certainly will try to liven things up! If he can get on Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Delahanty is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Fozborg He's waiting for the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery Fozborg loses him Delahanty heads down to first 2 walks today for Delahanty Dan Brouthers steps into the box Brouthers is batting .404 with 4 HR's this year Hays flashes the sign to Fozborg He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Delahanty dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg Now here's the pitch The pitch gets away from Fozborg Hays can't handle it Charge a wild pitch to Fozborg Dan Brouthers steps into the box Delahanty is on second, nobody out The right-hander Fozborg is set to deliver to Brouthers Fozborg brings it to the plate 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 gone for Old Timers Davis now at the plate Buck Ewing waits on deck Right-hander Fozborg prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Davis Sirr looks over his shoulder at Delahanty Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Groundball to back to the mound Delahanty is trying to advance to third base... A quick glance at the lead runner... The play is to first... And Davis is out Ancients' catcher Ewing is up next Ewing is 0 for 1 today Right-hander Fozborg prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Ewing Sirr comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Change up, a beauty... Heeee struck him out! We head to the 4th... The score is still FOFC 5, Ancients 3 Barrett Blade stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Candy Cummings on in relief of John Clarkson The pitch on the way, here it is... Blade rips one to right He hit it right on the nose... Thompson is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Sam Thompson One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Nights Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck FOFC leads 5 to 3 Cummings ready quickly, looks in for the sign Cummings' righthanded delivery... Nights hits a fly ball to center Ed Delahanty camps under it He's got it Two down Candy Cummings retires the first two batters in order Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate Pflaggstettler is at .302 on the season Cummings steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Cummings kicks and fires Pflaggstettler starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Cummings walks him Pflaggstettler takes a walking lead Pflaggstettler has stolen 7 bases in 7 attempts in 1900 Cummings looks Pflaggstettler back... He's taking a shorter lead now Jeeberoni Potpie is up next Pflaggstettler, who can fly is at first Cummings will try to keep him close FOFC would like to add to their slim 2 run lead Pflaggstettler will be running if it's hit Cummings looks down at Ewing for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Cummings looks at the runner The pitch It is a high hard one... Potpie goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Potpie couldn't hold back So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Cummings In the top of the 4th for FOFC No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base The second baseman McPhee will lead off for the Ancients He'll be followed by Candy Cummings And then Tommy McCarthy McPhee is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in McPhee looks very intent... He stares down at Fozborg... Cocks his bat The pitch is on the way Just off the plate Ball four That lead-off walk is a killer! Cummings fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Planting his right foot Cummings is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Cummings Cummings checks with the coach, Charley Gould Fozborg shakes off two signs Now he's ready Here's the 1-2 offering Cummings swings and misses Strike three Cummings didn't have a good cut at that pitch With one down, up next is Tommy McCarthy To be followed by King Kelly McCarthy, Old Timers' left fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup King Kelly waits on deck Tommy steps out of the batter's box to get the sign McCarthy is 1 for 2 today He flied out last time up The bat is cocked Fozborg goes into his stretch... Looks at McPhee... He fires one to Potpie... McPhee dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Fozborg comes home McCarthy raps a sizzling ground ball It zips through the hole Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up Throws a strike to Nights No chance to get McPhee at third King Kelly, the Ancients' third baseman is up next Old Timers has 2 men on with 1 out Stepping out, Kelly looks into the dugout Steps back in Fozborg is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Fozborg gets the sign from Hays He's into the stretch Checks McCarthy at first Quick throw! He has to dive back in!... SAFE!... Close play Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg Now here's the pitch Hard line drive to short Base hit! Nights couldn't get to it McPhee scores from third! McCarthy takes third Thompson walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Ed Delahanty moves into the on deck circle Old Timers needs some runs FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Thompson is 1 for 2 today Fozborg is slow to get ready He has a 3.74 ERA this year Now he's ready Fozborg's 1-0 pitch... Base hit to center for Thompson McCarthy scores Charley Gould is waving Kelly to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Thompson at first Delahanty is up next One gone, bottom of the 4th Dan Brouthers moves out on deck Delahanty goes through his routine of settling in Waiting for the pitch is Delahanty Rodney looks the runners back Now here's the delivery Rodney comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Delahanty As Ed swings right through it for strike three Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Rodney The Ancients' first baseman is up next Old Timers has 2 on board with 2 outs The lefty hitting Brouthers, will face the righty Rodney 3 of his 4 home runs are against righties All set, Brouthers is ready for the pitch Rodney checks the runners Rodney bores one right down the pike Strike three swinging! Superb fastball that time That ends the inning for Old Timers Old Timers has 5 runs, 8 hits and no errors While FOFC has 5 runs, 9 hits and no errors Old Timers has now stranded 5 baserunners |
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Here's Gazelle to lead off the inning He is the left fielder for FOFC tonight The outfield shades towards left for Gazelle He's ready And the delivery by Cummings Ball four is the call Cummings can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Cummings Gazelle takes first base Candy Cummings gets the hook! Frank Selee is walking to the mound They've signaled for the righthander Tommy Bond will be coming on in relief He'll be the 3rd hurler used by the Ancients this evening Candy Cummings hands the ball over to Frank Selee and walks off Tommy Bond is 5-3 with an 5.65 ERA in 32 appearances Deacon Palmer, the third baseman, strides to the plate Palmer looks down toward the third base coach And Tommy studies the sign from Ewing... Now he's got it Bond's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Gazelle dives back in!... SAFE!... Brouthers tosses it back to Bond Now here's the pitch Base hit to left for Palmer Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Gazelle will stay at second Slowly coming up is Hays for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box The score is tied at 5 Before getting ready Hays checks out the defensive alignment Harry waits... He steps out as Bond takes too long Now he's back in the box Bond brings it home Hays goes after Bond's fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Delahanty is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... He goes up after it... And brings it down in the webbing! Harry just missed a homer on that one Only a long out for the FOFC catcher One down for FOFC... Kelly calls time as he comes to the mound to have a word with the pitcher I'm sure he wants Bond to bear down And not worry about the runners Men at first and second A. J. Tucker, a dangerous man at the plate... 3rd this year in the league in slugging average He's cruising along at a .388 pace Bond is taking his sweet time out there Now he is finished fiddling around Tommy is in quite a jam He gets the sign from Ewing After checking the runners Here comes the pitch And Tucker will sit down... strike three called One more chance for FOFC in the top of the 5th Ton moseys up to the plate Barrett Blade is heading for the on-deck circle Ton is at .272 on the season He is hitting .256 against righties Bond wastes no time He has the sign from Ewing A quick check of the runners... And the pitch Change of pace... Swung on and popped up Kelly is waiting... And that's an easy out He was certainly fooled on that pitch That's it for FOFC Old Timers has 5 runs, 8 hits and no errors While FOFC has 5 runs, 10 hits and no errors FOFC has now left 7 runners stranded George Davis up first for Old Timers He is a threat to steal if he gets on Davis is 0 for 2 today George grounded out last time around Hunter asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber Now Owen delivers Davis goes after the change up... Swung on and slammed to right-center... Pflaggstettler is going back, back... He hauls it in... nice catch FOFC gets the first out of the inning Nobody on base, one away Ewing steps into the batter's box Ewing has hit 16 triples this year Ewing is poised and ready for the pitch Here's the 2-2 offering It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Nights is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! That's the second out of the inning Settling in at the plate is McPhee McPhee is hitting .255 against righthanders Hunter is happy with the sign Owen winds Kicks... and delivers Pop-up Hays throws away the mask He makes the catch That's all for the Ancients... After 5 innings here at Cow Pasture Field in Old Timers, The score is knotted at 5 Barrett Blade is up to lead off the top of the 6th The FOFC second baseman is not the batter Bond 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 Blade has hit 3 home runs this year Tommy looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next He brings it home Sinking line drive Caught by King Kelly One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean is beating Japanese League 4 to 0 AL Post WWII is giving it to Negro League II 5 to 0 Newhouser enjoying the big AL Post WWII lead Negro League I leads Left Outs 4 to 3 Goslin has hit his 22nd homerun for Left Outs NL Post WWII besting AL Pre WWII 5 to 0 Dead Ball Era and Turn of Century are deadlocked at 1 Plank battling Waddell Late 20th slipping by NL Pre WWII 3 to 1 McGwire has hit his 10th homerun for Late 20th Coming up for FOFC is Jeff Nights Nobody on base, one out Nights wiggles the bat above his head Nights, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Bond Bond kicks, delivers Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Nights hits it into the hole on the right side McPhee ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Nights is out by a step at first 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... Persimmon Pflaggstettler up The score is tied Bond tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Tommy winds his right arm Lets it go Pflaggstettler takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Pflaggstettler can't believe it and says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Bond Bond sets the All Stars down in order Here's Tommy Bond to lead off the inning for Old Timers We're looking at a beautiful, star filled night sky, just a great night for baseball! Before getting ready Bond checks out the defensive alignment Bond waits for the delivery Hunter brings it to the plate There's a ground ball into the hole Palmer and Nights converge on it It's picked by Palmer who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! And there's one away Walking up to the plate now is McCarthy King Kelly waits on deck Hunter has the sign from Hays Hunter brings it home What a pitch... strike three Hunter put that one on the black, a perfect pitch That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Hunter King Kelly will be next up... Kelly coming up for Old Timers Nobody on, two away Kelly is 3 for 3 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Palmer is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short He's ready for the delivery Here's the 3-1 pitch King Kelly offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Kelly couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Deacon Palmer for the out Kelly never even left the batter's box That wraps up the inning for Old Timers By the way, Old Timers is 3 and 7 in their last ten games Potpie is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box The outfield's shaded towards left for Potpie He's 2 for 3 today Right-hander Bond prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Potpie The pitch is on the way A jug-handled curve Potpie goes out and gets it It's a liner to left McCarthy will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Jeeberoni Potpie Gerald Gazelle, the left fielder, strides to the plate Potpie takes his lead Bond squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Here comes the cripple pitch There's a routine pop by Gazelle George Davis moves under the ball He makes the routine catch 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! Potpie at first, one away Palmer is ready for the pitch 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 Bond earn his salary Palmer is ready Bond brings it to the plate He goes after the low slider At the knees... There's a fly ball into straight-away left McCarthy slides under it... one hands it... Almost drops it, but hangs on That could have been a costly error by McCarthy Two gone for FOFC Hays leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer evening Hays saunters to the plate The righthander is 1 for 3 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Bond Hays is hitting .291 versus righties this year Of his 10 homeruns, 4 came while facing righties Tommy is ready Now Tommy delivers Hays swings and lofts one softly into center Delahanty comes in... Now backs up a couple steps And makes the catch That'll do it for FOFC So we're still tied After 6 and a half innings Old Timers has 5 runs, 8 hits and no errors While FOFC has 5 runs, 11 hits and no errors It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Sam Thompson will lead it off for Old Timers We are coming into the bottom of the 7th Tight game Owen gets the sign from Hays Here's the windup... and the pitch Lined right back up the middle... Hunter has it...NO, he drops it But he'll pick it up in plenty of time To throw over and get his man at first Now Old Timers has one away Frank Selee is signalling something to Charley Gould Now he is up on the dugout steps calling out to Ed Delahanty The Ancients' manager is really into this game Tie score, late in the contest He wants to leave no stone unturned Walking up now to the plate is Delahanty So far this year Delahanty is batting .351 He has 34 doubles, 4 triples 9 homeruns with 77 RBI's and 17 stolen bases Hunter is ready quickly Hunter winds Kicks the left leg high... Delahanty 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 Delahanty is out! Nice play by Potpie Two up, two down for the Ancients Brouthers walks slowly to home plate Hunter's had mixed success against him in the past Brouthers can't seem to get settled at the plate Dan steadies his bat And waits patiently for Hunter's pitch The pitch is on the way Curve, at the belt... Brouthers times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Gerald Gazelle retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Up next for the Ancients The hometown shortstop, George Davis George will be facing the right-handed Hunter from the left side of the plate The Ancients switch hitter is hitting .243 on the year He hits righties at a .257 clip Hays flashes the sign to Hunter Hunter winds and delivers Belt high fastball, on the outside corner Grounded to short Nights ranging into the hole... He backhands it... Plants his right foot... Fires to first SAFE!...By a step Davis takes his lead Hunter looks the runner back With a runner at first and two outs Ewing walks to the plate Buck is batting .310 with 5 home runs on the season He is 0 for 3 today Hunter is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now It's coming down the pike Drilled on the ground to third Palmer grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 5-3 That is the third out for Old Timers here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45302 Tucker 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 Tucker is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Tommy Bond looks in at Ewing for the sign They have been in synch most of the night Bond has pitched 3 innings since coming on in the 6th Now we're set to go The pitch to Tucker... Tucker hits one on the ground to the left side A. J., who moves well, is motoring to first Kelly wings it quickly to Brouthers... OUT by a step One up, one down One out, nobody on base Old Timers leads 6 to 5 in the eighth Here comes Stan Gunner to face Bond Against righthanders Gunner is hitting .256 He should get a good one to knock The count 3 and 1 Stan gets the bat back... Bond fires Comebacker, right to Bond Over to Brouthers for the easy out Two down Ewing asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Ewing and Bond And now here's Barrett Blade Jeff Nights on deck... Two outs here in the top of the 8th Blade is 2 for 4 today Barrett lined out last time up Ewing flashes the sign... Bond waves it off... Now he's happy Here's the pitch Blade rips the curve to left-center... Delahanty racing back to the fence... He reaches for the drive... Can't quite reach it!!... Blade makes it easily into second That's a double for Blade Next up is Jeff Nights Blade is the runner on second He represents the tying run Bond is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Bond looks in... Now he's ready Davis trying to slip in behind Blade Now he slips away Here's the 2-0 offering Base hit to left for Nights Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Nights stretches his lead Nights held closely by Bond Persimmon Pflaggstettler will get a crack at Bond next Jeeberoni Potpie would be up next... But only if Pflaggstettler can reach safely Pflaggstettler is at .301 on the season He is hitting .308 against righties Pflaggstettler readies himself for the pitch The righthander Bond delivers Pflaggstettler gets under this one It's popped high in the air to third Kelly is waving everybody off Pflaggstettler is retired The All Stars refuse to go down quietly... They tie it here with 1 run We go to the Old Timers half of the 8th... It's all tied up... Ancients 6, All Stars 6 Here's Bid McPhee Leading off the inning for Old Timers It's a beautiful, clear night sky One couldn't ask for a better night for baseball The score is knotted at 6 Kronside studies his sign The righthander delivers Sinking fastball... McPhee swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One up, one down for Old Timers One away, nobody on base Bond stands ready at the plate Bond swinging from the right side facing the righty Kronside Kronside has the sign he wants Kronside kicks and fires Shallow fly ball Tucker charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! That's two away for the Ancients We have a real "nail-biter" here today McCarthy leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Tommy is 2 for 4 this summer evening He's batting .314 on the season Now set, McCarthy waits for the pitch Jace comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering There is a shot right up the middle Hit right on the nose by McCarthy It bounces right into the waiting glove of Tucker McCarthy has himself a single McCarthy inches away from the base The runner can't seem to get a good lead The third baseman, King Kelly, is up next McCarthy will be running if it's hit The right-hander Kronside is set to deliver to Kelly Kronside's righthanded delivery... Kelly is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position We head to the 9th... The scored is tied, 6-all It is the top of the 9th, The score is tied at 6 Here come the "big guns" for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie will start things off Gerald Gazelle will follow Potpie, FOFC's first baseman, is out at the plate He will see if he can get things going Potpie is 3 for 4 today Tommy Bond steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go And the cripple pitch... The pitch comes inside... Potpie rips the fastball... There's a high deep drive by Potpie It's still going... The wind is carrying that one... OUTTA HERE, it's gone Homer number 28 for Potpie He also has 76 RBI's and a .291 batting average Tommy Bond gets the hook! Frank Selee is walking to the mound They've signaled for the righthander Al Spalding will be coming on in relief He'll be the 4th hurler used by the Ancients this evening Tommy Bond hands the ball over to Frank Selee and walks off Al Spalding is 4-1 with an 3.58 ERA in 22 appearances Gazelle is up now for FOFC The outfield shades towards left for Gazelle Gazelle cocks his bat Here's the 1-1 offering Gazelle pounds a grounder toward Davis at short George moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Davis stayed with it Over to first and Gazelle is retired Nice play by the Old Timers short stop One down for FOFC Deacon Palmer is still in the on-deck circle and Harry Hays is looking for a bat in the dugout Next up is Deacon Palmer, the FOFC third baseman Time is called... Palmer has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Palmer gets set for the pitch Spalding brings it to the plate Good slider, inside part of the plate Palmer gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side McPhee grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard These scores are final... Caribbean squeezed by Japanese League 4 to 2 AL Post WWII ripped Negro League II 7 to 1 Negro League I nipped Left Outs 4 to 3 Goslin has hit his 22nd homerun for Left Outs NL Post WWII gets an easy win over AL Pre WWII 8 to 2 Turn of Century toppled Dead Ball Era 5 to 1 Waddell the winner, he's now 9-10 Bender takes the loss, his record drops to 4-5 Late 20th edged out NL Pre WWII 4 to 3 And in our contest FOFC ahead 7 to 6 And the batter is Harry Hays A. J. Tucker is on-deck Hays adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Harry is 1 for 4 this evening Spalding looks down at Ewing for the sign Now he's ready... Here's the righthander's delivery It's a pop-up in back of short Davis is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 8 and a half innings FOFC has 7 runs, 14 hits and no errors While Old Timers has 6 runs, 11 hits and no errors FOFC has left 9 stranded Old Timers has failed to bring home 8 Leading off for the Ancients is the right fielder Thompson He'll be followed by Ed Delahanty And then Dan Brouthers Sam is 2 for 4 today He precedes Ed Delahanty in the order as the first of the Old Timers "run producers" He has 27 doubles with 13 home runs so far in 1900 Sam steadies his bat Waits patiently for Kronside's pitch Here's the 1-2 offering Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Thompson was frozen on that fastball by Kronside High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch So one up and one gone So that brings up Ed Delahanty the Old Timers center fielder We'll see how they pitch to Delahanty Delahanty, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Kronside Now Jace delivers Fastball... just outside Delahanty will take first on the walk Ed knows how to get on base His OBP of .418 is among the league leaders Delahanty moves away from first It's a pitchout! Hays steps out... Delahanty takes off! Quickly out of his stance Hays fires... It's high... The catch... The tag... STOLEN BASE! Dan Brouthers steps into the box FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Brouthers is 1 for 3 today Kronside looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Kronside brings it to the plate Just off the plate Ball four Delahanty sneaks away from the base Delahanty is going on the pitch! It's a fastball at the knees... The throw... Low throw into the dirt... Bouncing off the bag and out into leftfield... Gunner is charging in... Davis gets up and heads for home... The long throw home... NOT IN TIME!!... Credit Delahanty with a stolen base and a run scored on the error George Davis steps into the box Runner on 3rd, 1 man out Hays flashes the sign... Kronside shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Righthander Kronside's delivery It's hit high and deep Gerald Gazelle giving chase This one is deep! HE JUMPS . . . HE CAN'T GET IT HOMERUN! The fans are going wild here in Old Timers!!! George Davis has just won the game And his teammates gather at home plate They greet him as he crosses the plate!!! That is George Davis' 7th home run of the year. Old Timers wins 9 to 7 Spalding gets credit for the win Kronside takes the loss The hitting star for Old Timers was George Davis He was 2 for 5 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Old Timers. |
7/23 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Old Timers Ancients 7/23/1900 |
Manager Update
Heading back to the clubhouse, I turn to Dick and ask, "Did the NL Post team win?" "Yep..." "Great...just great...a bad loss and now we are out of first to top it off..." |
7/24 Radio Broadcast - Game 108
Welcome everyone to Cow Pasture Field The players are on the field and we're almost ready to go As Barrett Blade prepares to face Radbourn let's check out the Old Timers defense At first base is Anson Davis is down at the hot corner Kelly and Ward are at second and short, respectively From left to right... Delahanty, Hamilton and Thompson and now Ewing is just settling in behind the plate Here's his delivery He rips a grounder to second Kelly comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 One gone for FOFC Nights gets set at the plate Nights can't seem to get settled at the plate One ball, one strike The pitch is on the way Jeff pops it up And Ward makes the play Persimmon Pflaggstettler will step in to face Radbourn next If he gets on, Jeeberoni Potpie will follow Persimmon takes a couple of practice cuts Persimmon is ready for the delivery Here's the 2 strike pitch Sinking fastball... Pflaggstettler swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Ward... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Radbourn In the top of the 1st for FOFC No runs, no hits and no errors 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 Gunner in left... Tucker in center... And Pflaggstettler in right The infield, third to first Fouts will play the hot corner Nights is at short Over at second, Blade and at first base Potpie Taking the hill is Nielsen and the backstop is Bullock Old Timers center fielder, Billy Hamilton, will lead off Hamilton grips the bat handle Hamilton waits patiently The lefthander winds and delivers He bunts the ball! Fouts fields it and fires to first And he is . . . OUT! Nobody on base, one away Ward steps into the batter's box Ward is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Ward waits Windup by Nielsen And the pitch Ward hits a three hopper towards Barrett Blade Blade scoops it and fires it to first for the out Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in order Delahanty is up now for Old Timers Delahanty is hitting .350 with 9 homeruns Ed also has 34 doubles and 4 triples And has driven in a total of 77 runs Delahanty awaits the pitch Nielsen throws the 2-2 pitch Pounded on the ground to first Potpie to Nielsen covering first Score It: 3-1 That wraps up the inning for Old Timers By the way, Old Timers is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Potpie is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Radbourn looks down at Ewing for the sign Now he's ready Way ahead in the count Radbourn turns the 0-2 pitch loose It's a high pop-up in back of short Ward is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out And there's one away The left fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next Gunner needs to get on... He has a .352 on base percentage Gunner cocks his bat He brings it home Gunner hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Davis dives... It's through for a base hit! He almost got his glove on it... Gunner reaches on a sizzling single to left A nice try by the third baseman, George Davis Billy Bullock will try his luck against Radbourn This is a very difficult background to hit against There is shade at home plate But, bright sun on the mound So far this season Bullock is hitting .249 when facing righthanded pitching Old Hoss gets the sign from Ewing The righthander delivers Bullock sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Delahanty Delahanty gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium left That's the second out of the inning Fouts steps in Gunner's trying to rattle Old Hoss Radbourn by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Fouts is at .271 on the season Radbourn wastes no time He has the sign from Ewing The stretch... the delivery Fouts swings It is popped down the line Kelly is giving chase The ball is drifting foul Kelly dives Got it! That does it in the top of the 2nd 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 and a half innings, No score Power hitting Sam Thompson will lead off Old Timers' clean-up hitter will see what he can do against FOFC's Rob Nielsen Thompson is at .298 on the season Thompson is ready The lefthander Nielsen delivers Sinking fastball... Thompson goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Nights... He scoops it up, over to first... And Thompson is out by a step FOFC gets the first out of the inning Anson departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Anson scuffs up the lines around the box He should get a good one to knock The count 3 and 1 Cap gets the bat back... Rob is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Nights takes off after it... Leaps... And Anson is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Jeff is very fine fielder! Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in a row "Highpockets" will be up next Kelly is batting .281 with 11 homers this year 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 leans back and fires And Kelly will sit down... strike three called 1-2-3, nothing across... A. J. Tucker up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Tucker is at .291 on the season Radbourn is slow to get ready He has a 3.60 ERA this year Now he's ready Old Hoss rocks and fires There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Ewing calls for it and makes the play As the ump signals a foul ball One down for FOFC Rob Nielsen is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Slowly coming up is Nielsen for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box We're scoreless The right-hander Radbourn is set to deliver to Nielsen Radbourn brings it home Ground ball through the middle Ward ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! Two up, two down for FOFC Blade coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Right-hander Radbourn eyes the righty Blade Radbourn brings it to the plate Hard slider, paints the inside corner Blade gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Anson grabs it... Races to first... Beats Blade for the out That does it for FOFC in the top of the 3rd George Davis stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Davis wiggles the bat above his head Now set, Davis waits for the pitch Nielsen brings it to the plate Davis swings hard... But he was fooled on the pitch Nubs it off the fists It's dribbling toward short Nights charges in on it... Bare hands it... Sidearms it to first... Davis beats it out by a whisker It was a bleeder... Davis' speed got him a hit on that one Looks good in tommorrow's box score He'll take it Davis sneaks away from the base Nielsen fires it behind Davis... Davis dives back... He's safe! Old Timers catcher, Buck Ewing, is up next Ewing checks with the coach, Charley Gould Ewing gets set for the pitch Nielsen goes into his stretch... Looks over at Davis Fires to Potpie... Davis is back easily... We're ready again Now Nielsen comes home Ewing drives the ball to left for extra bases Charley Gould is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Ewing Radbourn, the pitcher, moves into the batter's box Old Timers on top 1 to 0 Before getting ready Radbourn checks out the defensive alignment Nielsen adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock The lefty Nielsen delivers Nielsen comes in there with a dipsy-do And Radbourn is frozen stiff... He can only watch as the ball just nips the "black" of the plate... STRIKE THREE! One gone for Old Timers Hamilton moseys up to the plate John Ward is heading for the on-deck circle One out, man on second Bullock flashes the sign... Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Nielsen looks back towards second... The pitch Hamilton 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... What a day out here at beautiful Cow Pasture Field Sunny skies, a light summer breeze This is what makes baseball the national pastime Summer is what people think of when they think of their childhood It stirs up an incredible emotion within people And the sport synonymous with summer is baseball Now here's Ward Ward is 0 for 1 today Nielsen gets the sign, it's one he likes The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it And Ward will sit down... strike three called After 3 innings today, the Ancients lead by 1 The FOFC shortstop, Nights, will lead off He'll be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler And then Jeeberoni Potpie Nights has a .273 average against righthanders this season Nights is set Here's the righthander's windup and delivery Nights rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Hamilton is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Billy Hamilton One up, one down here in the top of the 4th Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Pflaggstettler Radbourn is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Radbourn gets the sign from Ewing The pitch to Pflaggstettler... Pflaggstettler tries to hold up, but can't He pops one into short right Thompson is coming in hard... Kelly is racing with his back to the infield And neither is going to get it! Pflaggstettler is on with the "excuse me" single! Potpie is ready to face Radbourn Jeeberoni Potpie is hitting .293 this year against righthanded pitchers Radbourn squeezes the resin bag... Peers in He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Pflaggstettler dives back in!... SAFE! Anson tosses it back to Radbourn Now here's the pitch Fastball Ball four Radbourn looks down at Gunner as he steps in Stan is ready to go Gunner swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Radbourn Stan is eagerly awaiting Radbourn's pitch Here's the righthander's delivery Gunner wallops the change to right It's hit very high and very deep Thompson turns after it... Races to warning track... But can only wave goodbye Stan was going for the downs on that one And he got it there! Bullock is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Against righthanders Bullock is hitting .247 Billy stands with bat ready Old Hoss winds his right arm Lets it go It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Ward for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That's out number two Frank Selee moving around Hollers something down at Radbourn Old Hoss nods "UH HUH" Dan Fouts is the next batter this sunny afternoon Ewing flashes the sign... Radbourn waves it off... Now he's happy Righthander Radbourn's delivery Drilled deep to right field This one is deep! BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK-BACK, GONE!!! That is Dan Fouts' 16th home run of the year. Tucker saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Tucker is hitting .284 against righties Radbourn steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Here's the 1-1 offering Slow ground ball Anson is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That retires the side... but not soon enough for Old Timers They lose the lead after allowing 4 runs The All Stars now are up by 3 We'll be right back... Leading off the bottom of the 4th is Ed Delahanty Delahanty is 0 for 1 today Ed grounded out last time up The umpire says let's go Delahanty is ready Now Rob delivers It's a routine fly into right Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out That's one away One out, nobody on base FOFC on top 4 to 1 in the fourth Here comes Sam Thompson to face Nielsen Thompson a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Nielsen A battle of lefties... Waiting for the pitch is Thompson Nielsen fires Good slider, inside part of the plate Thompson gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two down Anson finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box The righthander, Anson has an average of .273 His success against lefties, like Nielsen is better, however, at .306 Set now is Anson The 3-0 delivery by the lefthander He lays off the pitch Ball four, he walks George Kelly will make his way to home plate He's the second baseman for Old Timers Kelly is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... Nielsen goes into his stretch... Looks at Anson... He fires one to Potpie... Anson dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Nielsen comes home Nielsen loses him Kelly heads down to first The tying run comes to the plate, in the person of George Davis Ancients with 2 runners on base The All Stars lead, 4-1 Davis is 1 for 1 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Fouts is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Rob peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Here's his delivery Base hit to center for Davis Charley Gould will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Anson scores! While Old Hoss Radbourn heads for the on deck circle Buck Ewing makes his way to the plate Ewing has hit 5 home runs this year Nielsen likes the sign The home town crowd is yelling out to Kelly telling him to watch out as Blade sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Nielsen delivers the 3-2 offering Nielsen loses him Ewing heads down to first Davis and Kelly move up a base Bases are waterlogged Old Hoss Radbourn, the Old Timers pitcher, steps into the batter's box FOFC leads 4 to 2 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Radbourn digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen Nielsen steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The southpaw's 3-1 delivery Hit on the ground to short Nights comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 And that's the final out of the inning FOFC has 4 runs, 4 hits and no errors While Old Timers has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors Old Timers has left 3 men on base today Rob Nielsen, Barrett Blade, and Jeff Nights are due up And Old Hoss studies the sign from Ewing... Now he's got it Old Hoss winds... kicks... and delivers Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Radbourn punches him out! One up, one down for FOFC Barrett Blade makes his way to home plate Blade is at .267 on the season He is hitting .249 against righties Radbourn mops his brow with a big red bandanna It's a hot, muggy summer day Now the delivery, here is is... Sharp breaking curveball... Blade reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Ward... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Anson at first! Blade is out easily That's two away Up now for FOFC is Nights Two away, nobody on The outfield's shaded towards left for Nights He's 0 for 2 today After getting set, Nights waits on the pitch The windup, the pitch Nights hits a screamer at John Ward Ward picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Anson off the bag Anson swipes with the glove Nights is out! Nice play by Anson Radbourn sets them down in order Here in the top of the 5th The center fielder Hamilton will start things off for the Ancients Nielsen shakes off two signs Now he's ready Nielsen kicks and fires Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Hamilton hits it into the hole on the right side Blade ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Hamilton is out by a step at first With one down, up next is John Ward To be followed by Ed Delahanty The shortstop, John Ward will be up next for Old Timers Nielsen studies his sign The pitch is on the way He lays off the pitch Ball four, he walks Ward watches Nielsen move... He's moving away from the bag Fastball in the dirt Blocked nicely by Bullock And Ward is off and running! Bullock handles the pitch... Comes up firing with a lot of mustard on the throw Great job by Bullock!... Ward slides... OUT at second... As Ward slides directly into the tag Good throw by Bullock Planting his right foot Delahanty is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Delahanty FOFC ahead 4 to 2 Nielsen is ready quickly It's a full count... Nielsen winds and fires... It's wide... he missed with a slider Delahanty will stroll down to first He continues to get on base with regularity He has a .418 OBP this year Delahanty a few feet off the bag at first Delahanty is not working very hard to get a lead Sam Thompson steps into the box Nielsen has the sign from Bullock Nielsen's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Delahanty dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen Now here's the pitch The pitch is low It bounces away from Bullock! He's got it But there's no throw. It's scored a wild pitch. Delahanty takes second Sam Thompson steps into the box Thompson digs in Thompson cocks the bat He rocks and fires WATCH OUT! Nielsen has hit Thompson! Now Thompson gets up and brushes himself off He's not a big fan of "chin music" and he's letting Nielsen know about it! The ump tells Thompson to take his base Kelly will be the pinch runner Anson is up next FOFC on top 4 to 2 Kelly on first, Delahanty is down at second Two outs in the bottom of the 5th Infield playing back Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen A quick check of the runners... And the pitch Ground ball to second Taken by Blade Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side... Cap Anson fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Old Timers' defensive changes are... Kelly will bat 4th and play RF |
7/24 Radio Broadcast Continued
Pflaggstettler 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 Radbourn eyes Pflaggstettler intently Radbourn's behind on the count Here's the 2-0 offering There's a towering fly ball hit by Pflaggstettler Kelly sprints over, and makes the catch One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is still in the on-deck circle and Stan Gunner is looking for a bat in the dugout One away, nobody on base Potpie stands ready at the plate Potpie is 0 for 1 today He is currently batting .291 Delahanty, Hamilton and Kelly are playing him deep Potpie looks very intent... He stares down at Radbourn... Cocks his bat Radbourn rocks and fires Potpie hits a long drive It's hooking down the left field line If it's fair, it's out of here... It goes FOUL! . . . Potpie back in the box And here comes the next pitch Change up... Fools Potpie... He still manages to hit a grounder to first Anson BOOTS THE BALL!!! Potpie is safe at first on the error Score It: E3 Potpie to first Gunner, FOFC's left fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Billy Bullock waits on deck Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready And the delivery by Radbourn It's a rocket over second Kelly leaps He's got it! Quickly over to first Double play! That's all for FOFC After 5 and a half innings in Old Timers this afternoon, FOFC on top 4 to 2 To lead off this inning is George Kelly Old Timers needs a pair to tie this game The left-hander Nielsen is now ready Here's the 3-2 offering Kelly 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 Caribbean with the lead over Japanese League 5 to 2 Tiant Jr. comfortably ahead for Caribbean AL Post WWII is giving it to Negro League II 12 to 7 Negro League I is embarrassing Left Outs 13 to 2 Day and Negro League I are on cruise control NL Post WWII slipping by AL Pre WWII 8 to 6 Aaron has hit his 37th homerun for NL Post WWII Dead Ball Era with the lead over Turn of Century 3 to 0 NL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 3 to 1 Alexander and Maddux currently dueling The Ancients will send George Davis up to the plate Davis is looking for another hit He has 2 hits so far today He is hitting .252 on the year Davis waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Nielsen winds and delivers The 2-0 pitch Fastball up at the shoulders... Davis still goes after it... Rips one down the right field line Chasing after it is Pflaggstettler... He won't get it!... Davis is digging for third... Pflaggstettler has it, makes the hurried throw Fouts takes it on the short hop The slide... SAFE! at third That'll bring up catcher, Buck Ewing... FOFC leads by 2 We're in the bottom of the 6th The outfield shades towards left for Ewing Ewing tells the umpire he's ready The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Ewing flies out to center Charley Gould is giving the green light... Here's the play at the plate... Davis scores! Radbourn leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer day Radbourn steps out of the box... Looks towards Charley Gould for a sign Old Hoss waits... He steps out as Nielsen takes too long Now he's back in the box Here's his delivery Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bullock fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Radbourn That's it for Old Timers Here at Cow Pasture Field, After 6 innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 4 hits and no errors While Old Timers has 3 runs, 4 hits and one error Old Timers has left 4 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Here's the catcher Bullock To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Dan Fouts And then A. J. Tucker Right-hander Radbourn eyes the righty Bullock Here's the windup... and the pitch Sinking fastball... Bullock swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Ward... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step With one gone FOFC will have Dan Fouts coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Fouts heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Fouts is batting .274 with 16 homers this year Fouts awaits the delivery Radbourn brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Fouts goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Davis... He scoops it up, over to first... And Fouts is out by a step That's the second out of the inning Walking up to the plate now is Tucker Rob Nielsen waits on deck Tucker is at .290 on the season Set now is Tucker Righthander Radbourn's delivery It's a Texas Leaguer to right Here comes Kelly... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Tucker is on with a bloop single to right Tucker a few feet off the bag at first Tucker is held closely by Radbourn With a runner at first and two outs Gonzalez walks to the plate FOFC leads 4 to 3 Radbourn is saying a few words to Kelly... So far in 1900, Old Hoss has a 7 and 7 record with 8 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign And the cripple pitch... Smashed into left field It's a single for Gonzalez (Ballpark Double Effect) Tucker takes third Two on, two outs... Blade steps to the plate Blade is hitting .248 against righthanders Blade is set for the 1-0 pitch Old Hoss rocks and fires Blade swings and lifts one toward center Hamilton drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That does it for FOFC in the top of the 7th It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Billy Hamilton up first for Old Timers He is a threat to steal if he gets on Billy is 0 for 3 this summer afternoon He's batting .299 on the season Billy steadies his bat And waits patiently for Mighty's pitch The pitch is on the way Mighty comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Hamilton As he swings right through it for strike three So one up and one gone Coming up for Old Timers is John Ward Nobody on base, one out Ward is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk Ward is set for the pitch Now Al delivers Ward drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play Two gone for Old Timers Delahanty coming up for Old Timers Nobody on, two away So far this year Delahanty is batting .348 He has 34 doubles, 4 triples 9 homeruns with 77 RBI's and 19 stolen bases Mighty looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready Mighty leans back 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 Ed Delahanty is out That wraps up the inning for Old Timers So After 7 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Old Timers has 3 runs, 4 hits and one error Old Timers has left 6 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 3 Nights is coming to the plate He stops to towel off his face It's very humid today... He's looking to get something going FOFC on top 4 to 3 Radbourn steps on the rubber Now Old Hoss delivers Fastball... Nights swings... Bangs a deep drive... This one is really hit!... There's not much doubt about this one Over the fence... HOME RUN!! Another homer for Nights, number 12 Now at the plate will be Pflaggstettler right fielder for FOFC today Pflaggstettler is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Old Hoss gets the sign from Ewing Radbourn brings it to the plate Slider, down at the knees... Cut on by Pflaggstettler... He smashes a hard shot... It's through into left field... Ward made a great effort But the ball was just out of his reach Pflaggstettler watches Radbourn carefully As he stretches out his lead Potpie takes the low fastball Pflaggstettler breaks for second! The peg down... A hard rolling slide... Pflaggstettler knocks Ward off the bag... It's a stolen base with a nasty slide You know that wasn't necessary He went in with his spikes up Someone could have been seriously injured The fans here in Old Timers are unhappy If this was hockey that might have been called a boarding penalty! Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box Potpie is at .290 on the season He is hitting .292 against righties Potpie waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Radbourn fires Low and inside It hit him on the foot! Potpie tried to dance out of the way But it got him Stan Gunner is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Gunner is batting .266 with 12 HR's this year Ewing flashes the sign... Radbourn shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Now to the belt, here it is... Popped up to the right side... Anson is all by himself He handles it in fair ground One out Due up next is Billy Bullock Now batting will be Billy Bullock The catcher is walking to the plate Two on... one out FOFC up by 2 Bullock is 0 for 3 today, with no strike outs Radbourn is ready quickly After checking the runners Here comes the pitch STRIKE THREE! He swung on a ball that was in the dirt Bullock was overanxious up there That was almost a wild pitch That's two away Walking slowly up for FOFC is Fouts The outfield is playing him deep And shaded to the right They are showing respect for his power Fouts is at .272 on the season Old Hoss Radbourn on the mound for the Ancients... Radbourn has gone the distance so far He's given up 8 hits and 5 runs Radbourn looks over at Potpie... Now back at Pflaggstettler... He's coming home with it Hard line drive to second Kelly grabs it for the out Score It: 4 That's it here in the top of the 8th It's 5-3 in favor of the visitors from FOFC We'll be back in just a moment Kelly leading off Old Timers would like to get some runners on base The outfield shades towards left for Kelly Kelly waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Knowles kicks and fires Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Kelly! That's one away And the batter is Cap Anson George Kelly is on-deck Anson is hitless today, 0 for 2 Cap grounded out in his last at bat Anson waits for the pitch Knowles brings it to the plate A slider by Knowles Anson gets good wood on it... Gazelle back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! FOFC ahead 5 to 3 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Caribbean is beating Japanese League 6 to 2 Concepcion has hit his 4th homerun for Caribbean AL Post WWII is pounding Negro League II 15 to 8 Negro League I is crushing Left Outs 13 to 3 AL Pre WWII leads NL Post WWII 10 to 9 Ruth has hit his 42nd homerun for AL Pre WWII Quite a year for the slugger Dead Ball Era is edging Turn of Century 3 to 2 Chesbro battling Rusie NL Pre WWII leads Late 20th 3 to 2 Kelly finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Kelly grips the bat handle The righthander pitching to Kelly... A righthanded batter Righties have a .234 average against Sammy Into the windup... here's the pitch Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it This should do it... He grabs it for the out The Ancients are retired It's 5-3 as we come to the 9th Tucker will come up to lead off the top of the 9th for FOFC Tucker will be batting lefty versus Radbourn The switch hitter is 1 for 3 today .292 average on the year Last time up he singled Radbourn has the sign from Ewing Radbourn rocks and fires Fastball, down and in... Tucker laces a hit into the outfield... Kelly picks it up Fires it quickly into the infield Tucker holds with a single Good start to the inning for FOFC Stretching to his lead is Tucker He has this down to a science He is an outstanding base stealer He gives opposing teams fits Tucker is not working very hard to get a lead Gerald Gazelle will face Radbourn Righty against righty Old Hoss looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next It's coming down the pike Dribbler in front of home Ewing grabs it Throws to second He's out Could be two . . . Not in time! Score It: 2-6 The runner on first, Tucker, is out With one down Anson yells something out to Radbourn Old Hoss nods his head Gazelle stretches his lead Radbourn snaps a throw to Anson... It's close... SAFE Blade is the batter Gazelle's the runner on first He's doing a little jig off first to rattle the pitcher Blade goes through his routine of settling in Blade readies himself for the pitch Gazelle takes a walking lead Radbourn looks at the runner The pitch Blade is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position Two down Ewing asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Ewing and Radbourn Nights is up next Two out with Gazelle at first Nights is 1 for 4 on the day He looks around at the Old Timers infield Anson is kicking the dirt at first Davis is even with the bag at third Kelly and Ward are ready with hands on knees at second and short The umpire says let's go The pitch to Nights... Grounded down the line Davis comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 The All Stars are gone in the 9th... they get No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... We head to the bottom of the 9th... FOFC ahead 5 to 3 George Davis will step into the box to start the inning Old Timers would like to get some runners on board The outfield's shaded towards right With Davis at the plate He's ready for the delivery Here's the righthander's delivery Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Davis hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into center for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle One on, no outs Coming up for Old Timers is Ewing Buck is batting at .312 with 5 home runs He is 1 for 1 so far today Knowles likes the sign Knowles checks Davis on first Now the 2 strike pitch Here's a big breaking curve, inside... Ewing takes a cut at it... Hits a grounder to third Fouts comes up with the smooth pickup... He tosses it to second... That's one out The relay to first... Not in time Ewing beats the throw by a step One down for Old Timers Old Hoss Radbourn is still in the on-deck circle and Billy Hamilton is looking for a bat in the dugout Old Hoss Radbourn is scheduled to bat next, but... Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter Yes Dan Brouthers is stepping out to the on-deck circle Frank Selee will send Dan up to face Knowles Brouthers has a knack for getting on base His .470 OBP proves that He is hitting righties at a .402 pace Dan Brouthers is coming to the plate FOFC leads by 2 We're in the bottom of the 9th Brouthers is batting .403 with 5 round trippers in 1900 Waiting for the pitch is Brouthers Now ready, here it is... The hit and run is on! A low curveball to Brouthers He swings a bit late but hits it right up the middle Ewing is going to try for third Tucker is over, picks it up and fires to Fouts One bounce... The slide by Ewing... SAFE! Quick throw to second to hold Brouthers at first Now Blade fires it to first... Brouthers just dives back safely! Smart call by Frank Selee! Frank Selee will send in a pinch runner for Dan Brouthers Charlie Comiskey is trotting out to first base Billy Hamilton is up next for Old Timers One out, bottom of the 9th FOFC on top 5 to 3 John Ward is on deck Men on 1st and 3rd Kronside steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The righthander delivers A high fastball... Hamilton swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Bullock Billy is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Hamilton was looking for the breaking ball Two down Due up next is John Ward Let's see what happens now Frank Selee will pinch it for John Ward He wants Roger Connor to hit against Kronside Time to score some runs Connor has the runners on board He just needs to move them along Roger is batting .333; .317 as a pinch hitter Ed Delahanty will follow Coming up to the plate is Connor Ancients have runners at first and third Comiskey on first represents the tying run Connor has a .313 average against righthanders this season The bat is cocked Here's the 2-1 offering A high fastball... Connor swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Blade Barrett is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Connor was looking for the breaking ball Connor chokes in the clutch! And that will do it for Old Timers FOFC wins 5 to 3 Nielsen gets credit for the win Kronside notches the save Radbourn takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Stan Gunner He was 2 for 4 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Old Timers. |
7/24 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Old Timers Ancients 7/24/1900 |
7/25 Radio Broadcast - Game 109
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and Caribbean 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 Minnie Minoso to lead it off for Caribbean Babson winds and delivers Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! And there's one away Pacheco is up now for Caribbean Pacheco swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Babson Babson is slow to get ready He has a 3.63 ERA this year Now he's ready Here's the windup... and the pitch Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He makes the grab One more chance for Caribbean in the top of the 1st Up next for the visiting Estrellas Pancho Coimbre, their left fielder Coimbre is batting .305 with 14 HR's this year Babson has the sign he wants Babson brings it to the plate Just off the plate Ball four Walking up to the plate now is Cepeda Tony Oliva waits on deck Cepeda swinging from the right side facing the righty Babson Hays flashes the sign... Babson waves it off... Now he's happy Here's the 3-2 offering Babson just misses outside Ball four to Cepeda Runners at first and second Tony Oliva is due up He's a dangerous homerun hitter as evidenced by his being 2nd in the league in the long ball 11 to his credit Tony Oliva is hitting .308 this year against righthanded pitchers Oliva awaits the delivery Babson's righthanded delivery... A slider by Babson Oliva gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! After one-half inning It's Caribbean nothing, the All Stars coming up Here's the second baseman Blade To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jeff Nights And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler Blade is one of the best hitters around Mendez steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Here's the righthander's delivery Sinking fastball... Blade swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Concepcion... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step And there's one away Making his way up is Nights Jeff takes a couple of practice cuts Mendez wastes no time He has the sign from Gonzalez Now to the belt, here it is... Nights hits a screamer at Dave Concepcion Concepcion takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Cepeda scoops it on one hop Nights is out! Nice play by Cepeda That's the second out of the inning Persimmon Pflaggstettler is advancing to the plate No score as yet in the early going Pflaggstettler has 18 doubles this year Pflaggstettler is set The initial offering to Pflaggstettler is on its way... Pflaggstettler hits one on the ground to the left side Persimmon, who moves well, is motoring to first Concepcion wings it quickly to Cepeda... OUT by a step Three up, three down for FOFC Gonzalez will come up to lead off the top of the 2nd for Caribbean Scoreless game Gonzalez is hitting .307 against righties Gonzalez, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Babson Babson will try to get Gonzalez to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Nights is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! One down for Caribbean Omar Linares is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Caribbean Linares, Caribbean's third baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Dave Concepcion waits on deck We'll see how they pitch to Linares Waiting for the pitch is Linares And the righthander starts to work on Linares Here comes the pitch Linares rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Tucker is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by A. J. Tucker Two down Brian Babson retires the first two batters in order Up now for Caribbean is Concepcion Two away, nobody on Watching Babson, Concepcion wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Dave steadies his bat Waits patiently for Babson's pitch Babson goes into his windup And here's the 3-1 offering Concepcion hits a fly ball to left Stan Gunner camps under it He's got it 1-2-3, nothing across... Jeeberoni Potpie, Stan Gunner, and Harry Hays are due up Mendez has the sign from Gonzalez Mendez brings it to the plate Potpie hits a screamer at Omar Linares Linares picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Cepeda off the bag Cepeda swipes with the glove Potpie is out! Nice play by Cepeda With one gone FOFC will have Stan Gunner coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it One out, nobody on base Stan Gunner is the batter Against righthanders Gunner is hitting .259 Jose Mendez steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go With a 3-2 count, the pitch There's a shot off the bat of Stan Gunner But it's right at Pacheco who makes the catch of the line drive Gunner throws his bat into the dirt in disgust Scoreless game with two away this inning Next up is Harry Hays, the FOFC catcher... If he gets on, Deacon Palmer would bat next Mendez likes the sign Mendez fires Fly ball to right Oliva is under it This should do it... He grabs it for the out That's three up, three down FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors While Caribbean has no runs, no hits and no errors Jose Mendez is coming to the plate He loves to hit and is quite good at it too Babson will have to be careful Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Brian rocks and fires Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Nights It's by him... Gunner comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Mendez to a single The 5'10", 175 pound Havana-born Minnie Minoso is coming up to bat Minnie steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Matty Alou relays the sign from Felipe Alou Minoso struck out last time up and now is 0 for 1 The umpire says let's go He brings it home Curve painting the inside corner Swung on... Bounced right to short Fielded, the throw to 2nd... They get the force for the out That's one away Now up for Caribbean, Pacheco A real speedster Minoso is on first They'll need to keep an eagle-eye on him Pacheco can't seem to get settled at the plate Pacheco waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Babson brings it home Pacheco sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Tucker Tucker gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium center Two gone for Caribbean Coimbre digs in at the plate Ready now for Babson to come set Pancho is hitting at .305 on the year He has 129 hits in 423 at bats This includes 22 doubles, 4 triples 14 home runs and 55 RBI's Coimbre tells the umpire he's ready Babson goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Minoso He lobs one to Potpie... Minoso is back easily We're ready again Now Babson comes home Coimbre watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Pancho, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Babson just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate So ends the top of the 3rd For Caribbean No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 2 and a half innings, Scoreless game Deacon Palmer is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Palmer is batting .332 with 5 HR's this year Jose peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The pitch is on the way Change up... Palmer hits a fly ball to right Oliva is under it... He's got it One up, one down The center fielder, A. J. Tucker will be up next for FOFC Mendez steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Now Jose delivers Tucker swings and lines it on the nose to right Oliva picks it up on one bounce Flips it in to second Tucker rounds first and holds with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball that he was just "sitting" on Tucker takes a walking lead Tucker is held closely by Mendez Babson fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Babson is up next FOFC has a runner at first and one out Mendez looks down at Gonzalez for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The pitch to Babson... Babson hits one toward third Linares fronts it... Oops, he bobbles it... Now he has the handle... Long throw to first Babson is safe by two steps! Error on the play Barrett Blade is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Barrett is 0 for 1 this summer evening He grounded out in his last plate appearance Mendez is ready quickly The pitch is on the way Base hit to right for Blade Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Tucker is out! Now batting will be Jeff Nights Two men on, two men out Mendez adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez Jose comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Nights pops it straight up over the infield... And it will be Concepcion making the play That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Japanese League is edging Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Oh has hit his 38th homerun for Japanese League Negro League I leads Negro League II 1 to 0 Rogan and Redding currently dueling NL Post WWII is edging AL Post WWII 1 to 0 Morgan has hit his 18th homerun for NL Post WWII AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII have yet to score Left Outs leads Old Timers 1 to 0 Late 20th is comfortably ahead of Turn of Century 11 to 5 Johnson enjoying the big Late 20th lead And in our contest We're scoreless It's the Estrellas' turn at bat here in the top of the 4th Perucho Cepeda, Tony Oliva, and Miguel Gonzalez are due up to face righthander Brian Babson Babson adjusts his cap... Now he's set The kick and the pitch He rips a grounder to the mound Babson comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 With one down, up next is Tony Oliva To be followed by Miguel Gonzalez So that brings up Tony Oliva the Caribbean right fielder Oliva is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in He's ready Here comes the 3-1 "cripple pitch" The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Oliva held up, and draws a walk Babson isn't happy at all with that call One away, Oliva at first Gonzalez is coming to the plate Gonzalez is at .283 on the season Babson likes the sign Babson goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Oliva He lobs one to Potpie... Oliva is back easily... We're ready again Now Babson comes home Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Miguel looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! Two down With a runner at first and two outs Linares walks to the plate Linares is batting .240 with 14 homers this year Babson steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Now ready, here it is... Linares goes after Babson's fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Gunner is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... It's out of here! Omar just hit home run number 15 of this 1900 season Planting his right foot Concepcion is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Concepcion Brian Babson has struck out 3 and walked 3 He's rubbing up the ball as he looks over at Benton Breeze Babson's 1-0 pitch... Concepcion pulls one into left field Hooking away from Gunner Stan is there He's got it for the out That's it for Caribbean Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 and a half innings, Caribbean has 2 runs, 2 hits and one error While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and no errors Caribbean has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 2 Although behind by 2 runs FOFC does have the heart of their line-up coming up to face Jose Mendez Mendez's shut the door on FOFC so far Beautifully pitched game by Jose FOFC has only 2 hits Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 today Mendez is happy with the sign Righthander Mendez's delivery Fastball... Pflaggstettler jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep left There goes Coimbre after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Pancho Coimbre! One gone for FOFC One out, nobody on base Caribbean leads 2 to 0 in the fourth Here comes Jeeberoni Potpie to face Mendez And Jose studies the sign from Gonzalez... Now he's got it Here is the 0-1 pitch Drilled on the ground to short Concepcion grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 Two up, two down Gunner waltzes up to the batter's box FOFC trails by 2 runs We're in the bottom of the 4th Mendez steps on the rubber Pacheco comes in a couple steps Yells something to Mendez The delivery Hard ground ball to short Taken by Concepcion His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 The All Stars go down in order... After 4 full innings, it's 2-0 Estrellas Jose Mendez, Minnie Minoso, and Antonio Pacheco are due up for the Estrellas Caribbean leads, 2-0 Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Babson brings it to the plate Grounded towards the bag Palmer comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Dead Ball Era with the lead over Japanese League 4 to 1 Schalk has hit his 2nd homerun for Dead Ball Era Negro League II and Negro League I are all knotted at 1 Redding battling Rogan NL Post WWII is on top of AL Post WWII 2 to 0 Bench has hit his 17th homerun for NL Post WWII NL Pre WWII leads AL Pre WWII 1 to 0 Left Outs and Old Timers are deadlocked at 1 Late 20th toppling Turn of Century 12 to 5 Johnson enjoying the big Late 20th lead Minoso settles in at the plate Minnie is 0 for 2 this summer evening He's batting .265 on the season Minoso cocks his bat Now Brian delivers Let up pitch, inside and low Swung on... High hopping ball towards left... Into the hole... Stopped there by Nights before it gets through... He starts to throw but stops Minoso has the infield single Minoso watches Babson move... He's moving away from the bag Babson holds the runner close to the bag Antonio Pacheco strides to the plate Caribbean ahead 2 to 0 Antonio is hitting at .285 on the year He has 119 hits in 418 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Pacheco flied out his last time up Now set, Pacheco waits for the pitch Now the delivery, here is is... Pacheco is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position 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 Next up is Pancho Coimbre, the Caribbean left fielder Coimbre gets set He's 0 for 1 so far Coimbre waiting on the delivery Here's his delivery Routine grounder to second Blade comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for Caribbean So After 4 and a half innings Caribbean has 2 runs, 3 hits and one error While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and no errors Caribbean has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 |
7/25 Radio Broadcast Continued
Hays is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Mendez looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready... Mendez brings it to the plate He rips a grounder to short Taken by Concepcion Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 So one up and one gone Deacon Palmer is coming to the plate Caribbean leads by 2 We're in the bottom of the 5th 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 Mendez earn his salary He's ready for the delivery The pitch on the way, here it is... Smash to short Dave Concepcion boots the ball He's charged with an error That's 2 miscues for Caribbean this evening And it brings up A. J. Tucker On deck is Brian Babson Barrett Blade in the hole Tucker is 1 for 1 today Mendez is on the first-base side of the rubber... And the delivery by Mendez Tucker hits a screamer at Antonio Pacheco Pacheco picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play That's all for the All Stars No runs, no hits and one error... After five complete... Caribbean leads 2 to 0 Cepeda saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Cepeda looks down toward the third base coach Brian is set to go... a quick look toward Hays again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag Caribbean's clean-up hitter is waiting Babson has allowed 8 taters to righties this year And 16 when facing lefties Here's the 2 strike offering Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 139 on the season for Babson One out Due up next is Tony Oliva Tony Oliva steps up to the plate Oliva is one of the best hitters around Babson looking in Here's the pitch WATCH OUT! Babson has hit Oliva! Miguel Gonzalez is at the plate Gonzalez digs into the box Gonzalez is ready for the pitch Here comes the pitch Base hit to center for Gonzalez Oliva is racing towards third... The throw is going to third... Oliva is safe at third! And Gonzalez advances to second on the throw Dave Concepcion gets the weighted donut from Linares Now Omar saunters to the plate 1 out and 2 on base Linares bats in the seventh slot in the order for Caribbean Caribbean ahead 2 to 0 Linares is 1 for 2 today Hays flashes the sign... Babson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Babson kicks and fires This one is fogged right through! Swung on late by Linares Strike Three swinging! Babson gives him his Sunday Pitch to register strikeout number 6 this evening And there's two away Dave Concepcion will face Babson Righty against righty The outfield shades towards left for Concepcion He'll try to get the runners in He awaits the pitch Babson checks the runners Here's the 2 strike offering Swung on and missed... Concepcion is down on strikes That's it for Caribbean Caribbean has 2 runs, 4 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and no errors Caribbean has now left 6 runners stranded Fouts steps up to the plate for FOFC It's the bottom of the 6th at FOFC Stadium 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 Fouts waits on Mendez It's coming down the pike Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Fouts is outta there Caribbean gets the first out of the inning Coming up for FOFC is Barrett Blade Nobody on base, one out Blade has hit 3 home runs this year Jose gets the sign from Gonzalez Way ahead in the count Mendez turns the 0-2 pitch loose Blade lifts a medium foul ball towards the first base dugout Gonzalez gives chase as does Cepeda They both dive but can't come up with it Blade gets a reprieve . . . Blade back in the box And here comes the next pitch Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Blade swings way over it He was fooled completely Gonzalez loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Barrett as he was heading for the dugout 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 away, nobody on Nights comes to the plate for FOFC Mendez is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Mendez looks in... Now he's ready The righthander Mendez delivers Hot shot grounded to short Taken by Concepcion Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That ends the inning After 6 innings, Caribbean leads by 2 Here's Mendez to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Dead Ball Era leads Japanese League 5 to 4 Negro League II and Negro League I are tied at 2 Wilson has hit his 21st homerun for Negro League II AL Post WWII is on top of NL Post WWII 4 to 2 Doby has hit his 6th homerun for AL Post WWII AL Pre WWII slipping by NL Pre WWII 7 to 5 Ruth has hit his 43rd homerun for AL Pre WWII Left Outs and Old Timers are tied at 1 Late 20th winning over Turn of Century 12 to 6 Piazza has hit his 18th homerun for Late 20th And in our matchup Caribbean on top 2 to 0 Mendez scuffs up the lines around the box Mendez waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Rodney winds and delivers The 3-2 pitch It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Mendez checks his swing Hays appeals to the first base umpire He held up, ball four Never a good time for a lead-off walk But especially not late in the game Mendez takes his lead Rodney looks Mendez back... He's taking a shorter lead now Minoso fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Minoso looks to lay one down He bunts it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by J.Potpie the throw to first... Out Minoso gets the job done. 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! So with 1 on and 1 out the Estrellas send their second baseman, Antonio Pacheco, up to face Rodney Good-hitting Pancho Coimbre is waiting in the on-deck circle Pacheco is hitting .287 against righthanders Rodney has the sign from Hays The 0-2 pitch... Rodney lets it fly... Curveball, in and low Pacheco 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 Mendez is now perched over at third That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Rodney James nods "UH HUH" Pancho Coimbre, the left fielder, strides to the plate Coimbre wiggles the bat above his head Coimbre is set for the 3-2 pitch Mendez is dancing off third Rodney is ignoring him Here's the pitch Coimbre swings hard... Nobody is going to get this one... Yes sir! Coimbre will have himself a single And he extends his hitting streak to 12 games! 1 for 3 on the evening Mendez scores from third! A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Perucho Cepeda Perucho is batting .268 with 16 home runs on the season He is 0 for 2 today James Rodney on in relief for the All Stars We're in the top of the 7th Rodney goes into his stretch... Looks over at Coimbre Fires to Potpie... Coimbre is back easily... We're ready again Now Rodney comes home Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three That retires the side... After 6 and a half innings at FOFC Stadium here in FOFC, Caribbean has 3 runs, 5 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and no errors Caribbean has left 7 men on base FOFC has stranded only 2 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Persimmon Pflaggstettler stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Pflaggstettler is hitting .301 with 15 homeruns Persimmon also has 18 doubles and 8 triples And has driven in a total of 57 runs Persimmon seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Mendez leans back and fires Pflaggstettler gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Concepcion into the outfield... Base hit for Pflaggstettler Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman, strides to the plate Mendez looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready Now Jose delivers Fastball down low... Potpie swings and hits one out to center Minnie Minoso is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Mendez Pflaggstettler trots back to first Now batting will be Stan Gunner The left fielder is walking to the plate One on... one out Caribbean leads FOFC by 3 runs Caribbean has the outfield shaded towards right Gunner is 0 for 2 today Mendez tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Mendez fires Base hit to center for Gunner Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Pflaggstettler will stay at second Hays is up now for FOFC Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the All Stars ballboy Gonzalez flashes the sign... Mendez shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Mendez checks the runners Base hit to right for Hays Dick Howser is windmilling the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Gonzalez is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Great,)... Pflaggstettler is out at home! Trailing runners advance. Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Deacon Palmer The All Stars' third baseman is up next FOFC has 2 on board with 2 outs Palmer steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Deacon is 0 for 2 today Mendez looks down at Gonzalez for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The stretch... the pitch Palmer rips a scorcher towards the third base side Linares dives to his right Takes it on one hop He's up... Fires to first Cepeda scoops it out of the dirt OUT! Nice play That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 49220 Oliva is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Oliva is batting .307 with 11 HR's this year Rodney has the sign from Hays James rocks and fires It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! FOFC gets the first out here late in this contest Walking up to the plate now is Gonzalez Caribbean leading in the game Miguel is batting .284 with 22 home runs on the season He is 1 for 3 today Rodney wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Rodney brings it to the plate Sinking line drive Caught by Deacon Palmer That's two away Slowly coming up is Linares for Caribbean He is finally in the batter's box Caribbean on top 3 to 0 Looking to Matty Alou for a sign Linares is set for the pitch And the cripple pitch... Base hit to center for Linares A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! He's going to try for it! Here's the play... He's out! Exciting play, Linares will get credit for a single. A. J. Tucker, James Rodney and Barrett Blade will be the first three men to face the pitcher Jose Mendez We are in the bottom of the 8th So far this year Tucker is batting .294 He has 16 doubles, 6 triples 5 homeruns with 44 RBI's and 16 stolen bases Mendez is still mowing them down He brought his "A" game to FOFC Stadium this evening Mendez brings it home Grounded to the right side Cepeda comes up with it Waves off Mendez... Runs to the bag Out! And there's one away Nobody on base, one away Treacy steps into the batter's box Treacy, a switch-hitter, facing the right-handed Mendez Treacy waits patiently We've got a full count... Mendez winds and fires... Treacy pounds a grounder toward Pacheco at second Antonio moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Pacheco stayed with it Over to first and Treacy is retired Nice play by the Caribbean second baseman Two down Blade walks to the plate Blade is at .265 on the season Mendez looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready... And the delivery by Mendez Mendez misses low on that one Blade draws the walk Number 1 today by Mendez Now here's Nights Nights has hit 12 home runs this year The right-hander Mendez is set to deliver to Nights Here's the 3-2 offering Fastball, just inside to Nights So Nights walks A rare walk today by Mendez Only 2 issued in the game That is certainly part of the reason he now enjoys a 3 run lead Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the All Stars' right fielder is up next FOFC has 2 men on with 2 outs Two men on, two men out Right-hander Mendez prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Pflaggstettler It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... A slider by Mendez Pflaggstettler gets good wood on it... Coimbre back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's it for FOFC Caribbean has 3 runs, 6 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has no runs, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has now left 4 runners stranded Concepcion steps up to the plate for Caribbean It's the top of the 9th here at FOFC Stadium Caribbean on top 3 to 0 Concepcion is batting .272 with 4 round trippers in 1900 Hunter eyes Concepcion intently Here's the righthander's delivery Concepcion sends a wicked smash in the hole Palmer can't cut it off Nights makes a great backhand stab Leaps and fires to Potpie Dave is out on a bang-bang play! Great play by Jeff Nights! One down for Caribbean Jose Mendez is still in the on-deck circle and Minnie Minoso is looking for a bat in the dugout Nobody on, one away for Caribbean Up now is Mendez Hunter shakes off two signs Now he's ready Hunter brings it to the plate Looping fly to left Stan Gunner charges the ball It falls in front of him A hit for Jose Mendez the Caribbean pitcher Mendez watches Hunter as he inches away from the base Hunter steps away from the mound Now Mendez moves back to first Minoso is ready to face Hunter Minnie looks at the sign from the coach at third Matty Alou flashes a series of them... Now Minoso taps the bat on home plate Minnie waits... He steps out as Hunter takes too long Now he's back in the box The stretch... the 2 strike delivery Look out... Down he goes! It hit him! Minoso will be awarded first Doesn't appear to be hurt Mendez will advance to second Pacheco now at the plate Pancho Coimbre waits on deck Antonio is hitting at .283 on the year He has 119 hits in 420 at bats Today, he is 0 for 4 Pacheco grounded out his last time up Pacheco is set for the 0-2 pitch Here's his delivery Base hit to left for Pacheco Matty Alou is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Caribbean... Not cut-off... Mendez scores! Trailing runners advance. Pancho Coimbre steps into the box Coimbre is batting .305 with 14 HR's this year Owen looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The righthander Hunter's delivery The pitch is low It bounces away from Hays! He's got it But there's no throw. It's scored a wild pitch. Minoso scores from third! Pacheco takes third Pancho Coimbre steps into the box Coimbre is 1 for 3 today For the season, Pancho has 14 homers 22 doubles, and 4 triples He has scored 61 runs while driving in 56 Right-hander Hunter eyes the righty Coimbre Now Owen delivers 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! Cepeda gets set at the plate Cepeda is taking his practice swings Perucho is 0 for 3 this evening He struck out last time at bat Hunter adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Hunter's righthanded delivery... Cepeda cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Cepeda was badly fooled by Hunter's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Perucho was a little overanxious That retires the side... 3 runs cross the plate for Caribbean After 8 and a half innings, Caribbean on top 6 to 0 The All Stars will get their licks here in the bottom of the 9th Jeeberoni Potpie, Stan Gunner, and Harry Hays are scheduled to face Caribbean righthander Jose Mendez Here's Potpie stepping in... Jeeberoni is hitting at .287 on the year FOFC's cleanup hitter has knocked in 76 runs He has a fine .569 slugging average Potpie waiting on the delivery Mendez kicks and fires Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Potpie! FOFC with one away Mendez steps off the mound as he waits for Stan Gunner to come to the plate Walking up to the plate now is Gunner Harry Hays waits on deck Gunner is taking his practice swings Stan is 1 for 3 this evening Jose is ready He brings it home Hard slider, paints the inside corner Gunner gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Cepeda grabs it... Races to first... Beats Gunner for the out Two down All's quiet in the All Stars' dugout Some grim faces in there, right now Hays coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Mendez is pitching a beauty here this evening He has hung a 'horse collar' on the FOFC offense so far 0 runs on the scoreboard for FOFC... And Caribbean with a 6 run lead The righthander delivers Hays really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Minoso was positioned well and has a shot at it He is still running... He dives for it... It gets past him! Minnie gets up in a hurry Fires it in to Linares on a line but Hays has himself a stand-up double That'll bring up All Stars' third baseman Deacon Palmer... All Stars with a runner in scoring position at second Palmer is hitting .299 against righthanders Mendez is one out away from a 6-hit shutout The pitch is on the way Struck him out on a terrible pitch That was right over the heart of the plate with no movement on it... and Palmer swung right over the top of it! Lucky Mr. Mendez! And that will do it for FOFC Caribbean wins 6 to 0 Mendez gets credit for the win He threw a shut-out at them Babson takes the loss The hitting star for Caribbean was Omar Linares He was 2 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Caribbean Estrellas At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/25/1900 |
7/26 Radio Broadcast - Game 110
The pre-game ceremonies are over and we're ready to get this one going Minnie Minoso strides to the plate and here I think we're ready... Williams' finishing his warm-up tosses It will be lefty versus righty Minoso is hitting .360 against southpaws Here's his delivery Minoso rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Fouts spears it! A shot hit right on the screws but right at the FOFC third baseman One down for Caribbean Antonio Pacheco is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Caribbean Now batting will be the second baseman, Antonio Pacheco Pacheco is batting .285 with 11 HR's this year John Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Williams brings it to the plate Pacheco 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 Pacheco is out! Nice play by Potpie Two out, nobody on Up now is Linares Hays flashes the sign... Williams shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Now John delivers Here's a curveball, up in the zone... It's juiced to deep center There goes Tucker after it Racing hard... Reaching... Can't get it... It was just out of his reach! He chases it to the fence Linares around first, coasts into second As the throw comes in late Score that a two bagger Cepeda gets set at the plate Cepeda has hit 16 home runs this year John gets the sign from Hays The pitch to Cepeda... It's in on the wrists Perucho tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... Yes, Williams walks him Miguel Gonzalez is up next Caribbean's catcher finds 2 on with 2 outs Williams is slow to get ready He has a 3.70 ERA this year Now he's ready Williams brings it to the plate Gonzalez swings awkwardly... strike three Williams took something off of that breaking ball He had Gonzalez way out in front That ends the inning Caribbean threatens but does not score here in the top of the 1st 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 .265 with 3 HR's this year Tiant Sr. is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Tiant Sr. looks in... Now he's ready The southpaw Tiant Sr.'s delivery Slow ground ball Concepcion is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is still in the on-deck circle and Gerald Gazelle is looking for a bat in the dugout FOFC center fielder, A. J. Tucker, is up next Tiant Sr. steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Struck him out on a fastball Tucker goes down swinging That's the second out of the inning Gazelle walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat Gazelle is batting .272 with 20 round trippers in 1900 Gazelle readies himself for the pitch Tiant Sr. brings it to the plate The pitch is just inside and Gazelle holds up Gonzalez points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Gerald trots down to first... ball four Jeeberoni Potpie steps up to the plate Gazelle, with excellent speed, is at first Potpie is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Tiant Sr. looks down at Gonzalez for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Tiant Sr.'s into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Gazelle dives back in!... SAFE!... Espino tosses it back to Tiant Sr. Now here's the pitch Low inside fastball, at the knees... Cut on... Potpie rips a single to right field... Oliva takes it on one bounce... With his afterburners on, Gazelle heads into third ahead of the throw K. A. Ton steps in Ton digs in O.K. Ton is ready He deals WATCH OUT! Tiant Sr. has hit Ton! Now Ton gets up and brushes himself off He's not thrilled with being drilled! The ump tells Ton to take his base Fouts is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Fouts is one of the most feared sluggers Luis is ready It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Ground ball to short Concepcion grabs it Over to second for the force Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Ton, is out That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 1 inning, FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors While Caribbean has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 3 on base Caribbean has stranded 2 As we get ready to start the top of the 2nd Espino is talking to Hays Espino grips the bat handle After getting set, Espino waits on the pitch The lefthander Williams delivers Did he hold up his swing? YES! He walks Tony Oliva plants his left foot The lefthanded right fielder for Caribbean appears set Oliva looks down at Matty Alou to get the sign The third base coach glances over at Felipe Alou Now he relays the signal to Oliva Tony is eagerly awaiting Williams' pitch The southpaw delivers Base hit to right for Oliva Matty Alou puts up the stop sign... Espino will stay at second Next up is Dave Concepcion, the Caribbean shortstop On-deck is Luis Tiant Sr.... He'll be followed by Minnie Minoso Williams is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Williams gets the sign from Hays The pitch is on the way Concepcion rips a solid shot to center Tucker ranges to his right... He is juggling it!... Finally finds the handle Whew! Runners can't advance With one down, up next is Luis Tiant Sr. To be followed by Minnie Minoso Tiant Sr. finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Luis takes a couple of practice cuts Tiant Sr. is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Williams He's waiting for the pitch And the delivery by Williams Pounded on the ground to short Taken by Nights Throws to second He's out To first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That wraps up the inning for Caribbean By the way, Caribbean is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Bottom of the All Stars' order coming up The catcher, Harry Hays will lead off Tiant Sr. looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready Now Luis delivers Hays hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Linares dives... It's through for a base hit! He almost got his glove on it... Hays reaches on a sizzling single to left A nice try by the third baseman, Omar Linares Nights, FOFC's shortstop, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup John Williams waits on deck Nights is batting .278 with 12 homers this year Tiant Sr. adjusts his cap... Now he's set The stretch... the delivery Nights rolls one toward Omar Linares He scoops it and fires to second... close play OUT The relay to first OUT there too, it's a twin-killing Two down Gonzalez asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Gonzalez and Tiant Sr. Williams coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Tiant Sr. steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Tiant Sr. kicks and fires Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Williams hits it into the hole on the right side Pacheco ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Williams is out by a step at first That's all for the All Stars in the 2nd inning No runs, one hit and no errors... We head to the 3rd... We're scoreless Minnie Minoso stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Watching Williams, Minoso wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Minoso is set for the 0-2 pitch John rocks and fires Minoso hits one on the ground to the left side Minnie, who moves well, is motoring to first Fouts wings it quickly to Potpie... OUT by a step Caribbean with one away Williams steps off the mound as he waits for Antonio Pacheco to come to the plate Facing Williams now is Pacheco Omar Linares heads to the on deck circle Perucho Cepeda waits in the hole Pacheco is batting .284 with 11 HR's this year Williams squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Now to the belt, here it is... Pacheco taps one on the ground Jeff Nights charges in He boots it! He can't make the throw It'll be an error on Nights Nights has committed 1 error this evening Pacheco sneaks away from the base Williams' move keeps Pacheco guessing He's not getting a very good lead Linares comes to the plate One out, Pacheco at first Linares goes through his routine of settling in Set now is Linares Williams goes into his stretch... Looks over at Pacheco Fires to Potpie... Pacheco is back easily... We're ready again Now Williams comes home Grounded down the line Potpie will take it himself Score It: 3 Two away Two outs, Pacheco at second Cepeda is ready Cepeda has 24 doubles this year Cepeda is ready The southpaw Williams delivers the 3-1 pitch Hot shot grounded to short Nights grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for Caribbean Time to check out the rest of the scores Dead Ball Era is on top of Japanese League 3 to 1 McGinnity battling Sugishita Negro League I leads Negro League II 2 to 1 AL Post WWII and NL Post WWII are deadlocked at 4 Hunter battling Marichal AL Pre WWII is on top of NL Pre WWII 6 to 4 Old Timers is running roughshod over Left Outs 10 to 0 Turn of Century is on top of Late 20th 2 to 0 And here in FOFC No score Barrett Blade, A. J. Tucker and Gerald Gazelle will be the first three men to face the pitcher Luis Tiant Sr. We are in the bottom of the 3rd The outfield shades towards left for Blade Tiant Sr. likes the sign Here's the 2 strike offering Curve in the dirt... and Blade 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 Blade went around Strike three, swinging One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC FOFC sends the center fielder, A. J. Tucker, up to the plate Tucker has hit 5 home runs this year Tiant Sr. eyes Tucker intently Tiant Sr. brings it to the plate Change-up, Tucker is looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Minoso is racing back... HE STUMBLES on the warning track!!!... He can't make the catch... The ball rolls to the fence... Tucker coasts into second... As the throw is way too late Tucker will get a double from the official scorer That'll bring up All Stars' right fielder Gerald Gazelle... All Stars with a runner in scoring position at second Gazelle steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Tiant Sr. wastes no time He has the sign from Gonzalez The lefthander Tiant Sr. comes home with it Routine fly to left Cepeda starts in Now he starts backpedaling... Faster... Just does catch up to it! Tucker scampers back to second Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie Tiant Sr. gets the sign, it's one he likes He brings it home It's a high pop behind the plate Gonzalez, Espino, and Linares all converge on the ball THEY COLLIDE!! OH!, Gonzalez makes a one-handed grab of the foul pop That's all for the All Stars No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... We've played three, here... We're scoreless Leading off now for Caribbean is Gonzalez Hays flashes the sign... Williams waves it off... Now he's happy The southpaw's 3-2 delivery Gonzalez starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Williams walks him And it brings up Hector Espino On deck is Tony Oliva Dave Concepcion in the hole Hector checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings Now he steps into the box Waiting for the pitch is Espino The stretch... the 3-1 delivery Espino sends a scorcher to short Nights takes it on one hop Fires to Blade for one Back to Potpie for the double play! Two gone for Caribbean Tony Oliva, the right fielder, strides to the plate Oliva is at .308 on the season Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Here's the southpaw's delivery 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 wraps up the inning for Caribbean So After 3 and a half innings FOFC has no runs, 3 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 4 The left fielder Ton will start things off for the All Stars Against lefthanders Ton is hitting .308 this season Left-hander Luis Tiant Sr. prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Ton Luis winds Kicks... and delivers In the dirt And Ton holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Fouts pounds the plate Now he stares out at Tiant Sr. He checks third for the sign I'd be shocked if he bunts however Fouts is poised and ready for the pitch It's coming down the pike Fouts gets good wood on it! Right at Dave Concepcion... He leaps up high... It's past him! Ton had to wait on that to see if it would be caught He'll have to stop at second on that wicked line single by Fouts Hays fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Harry Hays will make his way to home plate He's the catcher for FOFC Hays is hitting .339 with 10 homeruns Harry also has 4 doubles and 2 triples And has driven in a total of 31 runs He's ready And here is the 1-2 delivery Grounded towards the middle Outstanding play by Pacheco! Throw to second for one They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 Two gone here in the bottom of the 4th We want to welcome the FOFC "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Nights leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Nights is 0 for 1 today Tiant Sr. tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Tiant Sr.'s 1-1 pitch... Grounded towards the hole Nice play by Pacheco Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That's all for the All Stars After 4 innings in FOFC this evening, No score Here's the shortstop Concepcion To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Luis Tiant Sr. And then Minnie Minoso 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 Here's the 3-2 pitch The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Concepcion held up, and draws a walk Williams isn't happy at all with that call Luis Tiant Sr. makes his way to home plate Williams shakes off two signs Now he's ready The lefty Williams delivers Tiant Sr. hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to second... Out The throw to first... Out at first, it's a double play That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Dead Ball Era is edging Japanese League 3 to 2 McGinnity battling Sugishita Negro League I leads Negro League II 2 to 1 NL Post WWII is on top of AL Post WWII 7 to 5 AL Pre WWII leads NL Pre WWII 6 to 5 Old Timers besting Left Outs 10 to 5 Turn of Century slipping by Late 20th 3 to 1 Joss and Martinez currently dueling Settling in at the plate is Minoso Looking to Matty Alou for a sign Williams studies his sign Williams winds his left arm Lets it go Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Fouts It's by him... Ton comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Minoso to a single Coming to the plate is Pacheco Minoso's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Williams Minoso will be running if it's hit 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 Williams goes into his stretch... Looks at Minoso... He fires one to Potpie... Minoso dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Williams comes home Pacheco goes after Williams' fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Tucker is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... He goes up after it... And brings it down in the webbing! Antonio just missed a homer on that one Only a long out for the Caribbean second baseman That's all for Caribbean After 4 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, Scoreless game |
7/26 Radio Broadcast Continued
John Williams to lead it off for FOFC Williams can't seem to get settled at the plate Williams gets set for the pitch The southpaw Tiant Sr.'s delivery on the 0-2 pitch Good slider, inside part of the plate Williams gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Pacheco grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's one away The second baseman, Barrett Blade will be up next for FOFC Barrett is hitting at .263 on the year He has 76 hits in 289 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored 42 runs this year Luis looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's the pitch Blade rips the curve to left-center... Minoso racing back to the fence... He reaches for the drive... Can't quite reach it!!... Blade makes it easily into second That's a double for Blade Now here's Tucker A. J. is hitting at .294 on the year He has 136 hits in 462 at bats Today, he is 1 for 2 Tucker doubled his last time up He's ready Here's his delivery Slider... Swung on and pounded to right-center... It'll be over Oliva's head!... He's chasing after it... Tucker rounds second... Here's the peg in to Linares at third... Tucker slides hard... A bad bounce, but Linares knocks it down... The ball rolls just a few feet... Tucker jumps to his feet, but isn't going anywhere He'll get a triple from the scorer on that hit! Blade scored easily from second Gazelle steps in... He pounds the bat on the plate Now he is ready Tiant Sr. steps on the rubber Tucker is dancing off third Tiant Sr. is ignoring him Here's the pitch Gazelle swats a major league fly to left Cepeda drifts back He lurches forward... He makes the grab This is plenty deep enough to score Tucker Sacrifice fly and an RBI for Gazelle He has 37 RBI's now, this year One more chance for FOFC in the bottom of the 5th Jeeberoni Potpie will step in to face Tiant Sr. next If he gets on, K. A. Ton will follow 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 Potpie, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Tiant Sr. Now ready, here it is... Low slider... Potpie takes a big rip at it... Lofts a deep fly ball... It could be going... IT IS!!... HOME RUN FOR FOFC! Ton is up now for FOFC Ton digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Tiant Sr. Ton tells the umpire he's ready Pacheco comes in a couple steps Yells something to Tiant Sr. The delivery It's grounded past the mound Pacheco races to his right Concepcion to his left Concepcion scoops it up Throws on one bounce to Espino... K. A. beats it out! Dan Fouts is up next The All Stars' third baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Fouts has hit 16 home runs this year Tiant Sr. is on the third-base side of the rubber... He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Ton dives back in!... SAFE! Espino tosses it back to Tiant Sr. Now here's the pitch Bouncer to second Taken by Pacheco Over to Espino Got him! Score It: 4-3 The side is retired 3 runs, 4 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 Linares is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Linares is batting .246 with 15 HR's this year Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go John winds... kicks... and delivers It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Fouts takes off after it... Leaps... And Linares is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Dan is very fine fielder! One up, one down Here's the Caribbean clean-up hitter, Perucho Cepeda Cepeda has hit 16 home runs this year John is set to go... a quick look toward Hays again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag Caribbean's clean-up hitter is waiting Williams has allowed 11 taters to righties this year And 3 when facing lefties The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander Williams loses him Cepeda heads down to first 2 walks today for Cepeda Gonzalez coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Cepeda on first, with one away Gonzalez is at .283 on the season Williams is ready quickly Williams rocks and fires Base hit to left for Gonzalez Matty Alou puts up the stop sign... Cepeda will stay at second Here comes Espino to the plate Look in the Caribbean dugout The players have their caps turned around! They want Espino to get on They're looking to close the 3 run gap on FOFC Williams is working on a shutout He's yielded 4 hits so far Checks the runners Here's his delivery Change up... Espino was way out in front... Strike Three 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... Dave Concepcion gets the weighted donut from Oliva Now Tony saunters to the plate 2 outs and 2 on base Oliva bats in the seventh slot in the order for Caribbean FOFC ahead 3 to 0 Tony is 1 for 2 this summer evening He grounded out in his last plate appearance All set, Oliva is ready for the pitch Williams checks the runners Grounded down the line Potpie to Williams covering first Score It: 3-1 That does it for Caribbean in the top of the 6th Harry Hays will get things started for FOFC He'll be followed by Jeff Nights and John Williams If any of them get on, lead-off hitter, Barrett Blade, will step in Now Hays approaches home plate Hays is at .338 on the season The left-hander Tiant Sr. is now ready Here's the 0-1 offering Hays pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Cepeda will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Hays retreats to first after a wide turn One on, no outs Coming up for FOFC is Nights Expect a bunt here with Nights up He is one of the better bunters Nights looks very intent... He stares down at Tiant Sr.... Cocks his bat He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Hays dives back in!... SAFE! Espino tosses it back to Tiant Sr. Now here's the pitch The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! It's a rainbow shot toward right Oliva reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One out The All Stars have a 3 run lead Williams squares as Tiant Sr. delivers the pitch Omar Linares charges and picks up the bunt He fires to first in time Credit a sacrifice to Williams And there's two away Blade is ready to face Tiant Sr. Blade has hit 5 triples this year Blade awaits the delivery Concepcion trying to slip in behind Hays Now he slips away Here's the 2 strike offering It's a blooper hit by Blade down the line Linares dives across the foul line But it looks like he short-hops it... Wait, the umpire rules Linares caught the ball He's calling Blade out!! Somehow he caught it! That's all for the All Stars... After 6 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, FOFC leads 3 to 0 The Caribbean shortstop, Concepcion, will lead off He'll be followed by Luis Tiant Sr. And then Minnie Minoso Concepcion is 0 for 1 today Williams has the sign from Hays Williams leans back and fires Dribbler in front of home Hays grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 2-3 And there's one away Felipe Alou will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Keith Hernandez steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Williams Hernandez is batting .244 on the year He has 2 homers and 9 RBI's in 1900 Making his way up is Hernandez Left-hander John Williams prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Hernandez Williams brings it to the plate Ripped to third, but right at Fouts...easy out Williams gets another one We're in the top of the 7th and Williams has allowed only 4 hits And the batter is Minnie Minoso Antonio Pacheco is on-deck Watching Williams, Minoso wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Minnie waits... He steps out as Williams takes too long Now he's back in the box It's coming down the pike Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Fouts It's by him... Ton comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Minoso to a single Here's Antonio Pacheco Antonio seems to always make contact He rarely strikes out Today he is 0 for 3... Naturally with no strike outs Hays flashes the sign... Williams shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Williams rocks and fires Pacheco drives the ball to left for extra bases Matty Alou will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Pacheco Slowly coming up is Linares for Caribbean He is finally in the batter's box FOFC leads 3 to 1 A base hit should score Pacheco 2 down, Williams ahead in the count... One ball, two strikes The lefthander Williams delivers Off speed pitch on the way... And Linares watches it go by for the third strike That wraps up the inning for Caribbean After 6 and a half innings, FOFC has 3 runs, 9 hits and one error While Caribbean has one run, 6 hits and no errors Caribbean has stranded 8 so far If they could have driven across only a couple of those runners they might be in the lead right now instead of trailing by 2 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Fernando Valenzuela will be coming on to pitch for Caribbean Fernando has appeared in 39 games this season with a record of 5-7 In 104 innings, he has an 5.63 ERA Luis Tiant Sr. has finished his work here this evening Tucker saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Tucker is 2 for 3 on the day He looks around at the Caribbean infield Espino 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 Tucker waits patiently Fernando rocks and fires Change up... Fools Tucker... He still manages to hit a grounder to first Espino BOOTS THE BALL!!! Tucker is safe at first on the error Score It: E3 Tucker to first Tucker at first, nobody out Gazelle comes to the plate Gerald checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings Now he steps into the box Gazelle waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The southpaw Valenzuela delivers the 3-1 pitch Fastball, at the letters... Gazelle crunches it... There's a high belt... Driven deep into left-centerfield... Minoso running to the fence... It's outta here HOME RUN 21 for Gazelle this year! Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman, strides to the plate Potpie is batting .290 with 29 round trippers in 1900 Fernando Valenzuela on in relief for the Estrellas We're in the bottom of the 7th The pitch is on the way Base hit to center for Potpie Minnie Minoso is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Felipe Alou is visiting the mound... He decides to stick with Fernando Valenzuela FOFC left fielder, K. A. Ton, will be up next He will be followed by Dan Fouts One on... no one out FOFC up by 4 FOFC ahead 5 to 1 Fernando is ready Valenzuela goes into his stretch... Looks over at Potpie Fires to Espino... Potpie is back easily... We're ready again Now Valenzuela comes home Curve, at the belt... Ton times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Tony Oliva retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Fouts is up now for FOFC Fouts is batting .270 with 16 HR's this year Valenzuela looks down at Gonzalez for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Valenzuela brings it to the plate Fouts really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Minoso was positioned well and has a shot at it He is still running... At the fence... He dives for it... OUT!!! Caribbean gets the first out of the inning Now up in the FOFC seventh will be Harry Hays Hays is batting .340 with 10 HR's this year Valenzuela has the sign from Gonzalez Here's the 2 strike pitch Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Gonzalez fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Hays Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 6 runs FOFC has 12 hits on the evening Walking up to the plate now is Nights John Williams waits on deck Valenzuela steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he slides his foot back into position He's ready Now Fernando delivers A hanging curve... Nights laces it hard just to the right of Concepcion He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Jeff... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Two out, Nights at first Coming up is John Williams We'll see how they pitch to Williams Williams is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly The southpaw's 1-2 delivery Swing and a miss Strike three Williams goes down on strikes That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 innings, FOFC has 7 runs, 13 hits and one error While Caribbean has one run, 6 hits and one error FOFC has left 7 on base Caribbean has stranded 8 The Caribbean left fielder, Cepeda, will lead off He'll be followed by Miguel Gonzalez And then Hector Espino FOFC ahead 7 to 1 John looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The pitch to Cepeda... Sinking line drive Caught by Jeff Nights And there's one away Gonzalez is up next One gone, top of the 8th Hector Espino moves out on deck Miguel is batting .285 with 22 home runs on the season He is 1 for 2 today Gonzalez tells the umpire he's ready He brings it home Williams loses him Gonzalez heads down to first 2 walks today for Gonzalez Now batting will be Hector Espino The first baseman is walking to the plate One on... one out FOFC leads Caribbean by 6 runs Hector is hitting at .239 on the year He has 27 hits in 113 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Espino struck out his last time up Hector is ready for the delivery The pitch on the way, here it is... Belted right back at Blade He snares it just before it hits the ground That's the second out of the inning Tony Oliva steps into the box Oliva is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .307 on the year Tony steadies his bat And waits patiently for Williams' pitch Now the delivery, here is is... Fastball off the catcher's mitt Rolls all the way to the backstop Hays is after it... as Gonzalez moves on to second No throw... Looked like Hays was crossed-up on the pitch Score it a passed ball on Hays Tony Oliva steps into the box A base hit should score Gonzalez Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The lefty Williams delivers Hanging curve... Swung on... Oliva turned that one around in a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run Ton didn't even move Concepcion coming up for Caribbean Nobody on, two away Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The pitch is on the way It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Nights for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That ends the inning After 7 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 4 Here's Blade to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Dead Ball Era leads Japanese League 3 to 2 McGinnity battling Fujimoto Negro League II is in front of Negro League I 6 to 3 NL Post WWII clipping AL Post WWII 9 to 5 Marichal comfortably ahead for NL Post WWII AL Pre WWII is in front of NL Pre WWII 8 to 5 Old Timers is beating Left Outs 11 to 7 Turn of Century leads Late 20th 3 to 2 And in our matchup FOFC leads 7 to 3 Blade is 1 for 4 today Barrett fouled out last time up After getting set, Blade waits on the pitch And the delivery by Valenzuela Curve ball... Blade swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Tucker digs in at the plate Ready now for Valenzuela to come set The outfield's shaded towards left for Tucker He's 2 for 4 today Tucker gets set for the pitch Valenzuela brings it home Tucker swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Valenzuela strikes out A. J. Tucker Two up, two down for FOFC Here comes Gerald Gazelle to the plate What a year this man is having It is a baseball axiom that there are only five things you can do in baseball Run, throw, catch, hit, and hit with power So far this season, Gazelle is doing it all! The All Stars' right fielder is quite a crowd favorite Gerald takes a couple of practice cuts Valenzuela adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez Valenzuela kicks and fires Gazelle cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Gonzalez Gazelle was badly fooled by Valenzuela's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Gerald was a little overanxious That's three down in the bottom of the 8th FOFC goes into the ninth with a 4 run lead They are 38 and 15 at home in 1900 This can be compared to their 70 and 40 record overall Three more outs, and they can put another one in the win column! Felipe Alou is bringing on Pablo Mesa to hit for Fernando Valenzuela Mesa will be facing Williams Mesa knows how to bunt very well... And he can run like a deer FOFC would be wise not to forget He might bunt for a hit Mesa saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Mesa has hit 2 home runs this year Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The lefty winds and delivers High heater... Mesa goes after it... Rips a line drive into the gap That looks like an easy two-bagger A. J. Tucker races to the ball Cuts it off, spins and fires it in Blade takes the relay Fires to Nights... The slide... Safe at second Mesa has himself a double Minoso saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Minoso a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Knowles Minnie is set for the pitch The righthander delivers Minoso swings and misses, strike three! Minnie chased a curve ball in the dirt One gone for Caribbean Antonio Pacheco steps into the box Pacheco is at .285 on the season Hays flashes the sign... Knowles waves it off... Now he's happy Here's the righthander's delivery Knowles loses hit footing! and the pitch sails to the backstop! Hays retrieves it quickly. Score that as a REALLY wild pitch! Mesa takes third Antonio Pacheco steps into the box Pacheco is hitting .288 against righties Sammy gets the sign from Hays The righthander Knowles delivers Pacheco reaches out and pokes it on the ground to center Base hit for Pacheco FOFC's lead narrows by a run FOFC ahead 7 to 4 Omar Linares up All Stars out in front by three We're in the top of the 9th Linares has hit 15 home runs this year Knowles is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Pacheco dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Knowles Now here's the pitch And Linares will sit down... strike three called That's two away At the plate now for Caribbean is Cepeda Cepeda has a .257 average against righthanders this season The righthander pitching to Cepeda... A righthanded batter Righties have a .222 average against Sammy Knowles' righthanded delivery... Pounded on the ground to short Taken by Nights His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 And that will do it for Caribbean FOFC wins 7 to 4 Williams gets credit for the win Tiant Sr. takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Gerald Gazelle He was 1 for 3 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Caribbean Estrellas At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/26/1900 |
7/27 Radio Broadcast - Game 111
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and Caribbean 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 Minnie Minoso to lead it off for Caribbean Fozborg brings it to the plate 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 Roberto Avila steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Minoso is at first Roberto checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings... Now he steps into the box Set now is Avila Fozborg goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Minoso He lobs one to Potpie... Minoso is back easily... We're ready again Now Fozborg comes home The Estrellas try the hit and run! Avila misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Hays comes up firing... Hook slide... Out! Nice throw Roberto Avila will make his way to home plate He's the second baseman for Caribbean Avila is batting .195 with no HR's this year Fozborg steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Sirr will have to come in with this 3-0 delivery It's on its way... Curve in the dirt That's ball four Fozborg can't get the 3-0 pitch over the plate While Perucho Cepeda heads for the on deck circle Pancho Coimbre makes his way to the plate Watching Fozborg, Coimbre wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Coimbre awaits the delivery Fozborg's 3-0 pitch... Base hit to left for Coimbre Avila is racing towards third... The throw is going to third... Avila is safe at third! And Coimbre advances to second on the throw Perucho Cepeda will face Fozborg Righty against righty 2nd and 3rd, 1 man down Fozborg is taking his time out there Perucho could write a letter while he's waiting Now Fozborg's finished fiddling around He is in quite a jam He gets the sign from Hays Fozborg checks the runners Cepeda sends one way high in the air It is drifting toward the first base dugout Hays is over... Ouch!... That ball got a fan right in the breadbasket He even lost the souvenir After stopping it with his abdomen It bounced to a kid a couple seats away . . . Cepeda back in the box And here comes the next pitch Outside slider... He goes after it... Cepeda smashes a very high fly into deep left Ton and Tucker converge on it Tucker pulls up.. So does Ton!!... They both can only look up... That ball is outta here! One away, nobody on... top of the 1st The first base coach exhorting Oliva to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Oliva is hitting .309 with 12 homeruns Tony also has 25 doubles and 6 triples And has driven in a total of 52 runs Oliva waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the righthander's delivery Over the outside corner Oliva hits the curve right to third... Palmer takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Oliva is out by a couple of steps Two down Settling in at the plate is Gonzalez Gonzalez can't seem to get settled at the plate Fozborg adjusts his cap... Now he's set Way ahead in the count Fozborg turns the 0-2 pitch loose Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Fozborg punches him out! That retires the side... but not before 3 runs cross the plate for Caribbean After one half inning, Caribbean ahead 3 to 0 Barrett Blade makes his way to the plate He will get things started in the All Stars half of the first FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Already behind by 3 runs they need some baserunners Blade has hit 3 home runs this year Cuellar shakes off two signs Now he's ready With a 3-2 count, the pitch Ball four is the call Cuellar can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Cuellar Blade takes first base Tucker settles in at the plate Tucker is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in A. J. seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Cuellar checks Blade on first... The 3-2 delivery It's in on the hands Inside... ball four Tucker trots to first as Blade takes second Potpie walks to the plate Cuellar peers in for the sign Potpie is a formidable opponent Mike has allowed 20 home runs versus righties this year And Jeeberoni is no ordinary hitter The southpaw's 1-2 delivery Change up... Potpie was way out in front... Strike Three One down for FOFC Gerald Gazelle is still in the on-deck circle and Deacon Palmer is looking for a bat in the dugout Gazelle gets set at the plate The righthander, Gazelle has an average of .273 His success against lefties, like Cuellar is better, however, at .316 Gazelle gets set for the pitch The pitch is on the way Base hit to center for Gazelle Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Blade scores! Trailing runners advance. That brings up Deacon Palmer, the third baseman Palmer wiggles the bat above his head Palmer is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Cuellar checks the runners Here's the 0-1 offering Base hit to left for Palmer Tucker scores Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Gazelle scores! Ton comes to the plate One out, Palmer at first Before getting ready Ton checks out the defensive alignment K. A. steadies his bat And waits patiently for Cuellar's pitch The southpaw delivers Ton sends a scorcher to third Linares takes it on one hop Fires to Avila for one Back to Cepeda for the double play! That's all for the All Stars... As we head to the top of the second inning... The score is tied at 3 Omar Linares up first for Caribbean He is a threat to steal if he gets on Against righthanders Linares is hitting .266 Fozborg adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays The windup, the pitch Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Linares was frozen on that fastball by Fozborg High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch One away in the top of the 2nd Coming up for Caribbean is Dave Concepcion Nobody on base, one out Concepcion needs to get on... He has a .300 on base percentage Concepcion is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Fozborg He's waiting for the pitch Here's the 3-2 offering Sinking fastball... Concepcion swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Fozborg retires the first two Caribbean batters Now here's Cuellar The outfield's shaded towards right With Cuellar at the plate Cuellar is set for the pitch The righthander Fozborg's delivery Cuellar swings... He rips a ground ball towards Palmer It's by him! It's twisting into the left field corner Cuellar rounds first... He will return quickly to first as Ton gets a nice throw in to Blade Walking up to the plate now is Minoso Roberto Avila waits on deck Minoso is batting .278 with 4 homers this year Fozborg looks a bit nervous right now Understandably, with Cuellar bopping around down at first The Caribbean basestealing terror has 48 stolen bases in 1900 In one quick moment the go-ahead run could be at second But only one more chance for Caribbean this inning The pitch is on the way Base hit to center for Minoso Matty Alou puts up the stop sign... Cuellar will stay at second Avila digs in at the plate Ready now for Fozborg to come set Avila has a .200 average against righthanders this season Avila is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Fozborg He's waiting for the pitch A check on the runners... the pitch STRIKE THREE! He swung on a ball that was in the dirt Avila was overanxious up there That was almost a wild pitch That's all for the Estrellas No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base... We go to the bottom of the 2nd... The score is tied at 3 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 The right-handed Hays will be facing the southpaw 6 of his 10 home runs come via this route Harry is ready for the delivery Cuellar brings it to the plate Change-up, Hays is looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Minoso is at the warning track... Waits... Hauls it in One gone for FOFC The shortstop, Jeff Nights will be up next for FOFC Jeff is taking his sweet time getting ready The umpire says a few words to Jeff... Now we're set to go Nights tells the umpire he's ready Mike Cuellar, with 27 appearances before today's game looks down for the sign from Gonzalez Cuellar has great control He's looking for win number 9 He's into the windup Fastball... Swung on... Lined to left... Single for Nights HE TRIPS OVER THE BAG AT FIRST!! The throw to first... He manages to scramble back safely... Nights' not getting up Joe Adcock, the first base coach is calling for help Here comes the trainer, Tay Pemup... They are looking at his ankle... Now he's on his feet, walking a bit Looks like he'll be OK, at least for now Give him a single on the play Fozborg squares, and bunts it down the line Cuellar picks it up and fires to first OUT by a step Had Fozborg been a left-handed hitter He might have had a hit Instead, credit Sirr Fozborg with a sacrifice One more chance for FOFC this inning That will bring up second baseman, Barrett Blade Cuellar tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch Base hit to center for Blade Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Tucker is up now for FOFC Tucker scuffs up the lines around the box Tucker is poised and ready for the pitch Cuellar brings it home Hard slider... And Tucker takes it right down the middle Strike three called FOFC is out of here in the bottom of the 2nd This game is coming to you from FOFC Stadium in FOFC After 2 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 4 hits and no errors While Caribbean has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors The big guns are due up for Caribbean Coimbre will lead it off He will be followed by Perucho Cepeda and Tony Oliva Pancho is 1 for 1 today He precedes Perucho Cepeda in the order as the first of the Caribbean "run producers" He has 22 doubles with 14 home runs so far in 1900 Coimbre gets ready for Fozborg's pitch His bat is cocked Fozborg kicks and fires Slow ground ball Nights is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT 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 Cepeda has hit 17 home runs this year Fozborg gets the sign, it's one he likes Now to the belt, here it is... It's a high fly ball into shallow right Gazelle runs in... He calls for it... Blade yells "take it" And Gazelle puts it away Cepeda is retired on a lazy fly to right FOFC on top 4 to 3 with two away this inning Up now for Caribbean is Oliva Two away, nobody on Oliva is a lefthanded batter A dangerous long ball threat 2nd in the league in home runs He has smacked 12 so far in 1900 Tony waits... He steps out as Fozborg takes too long Now he's back in the box Fozborg brings it to the plate Grounded towards the sack Palmer comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 We head to the bottom of the 3rd here in FOFC... Still 4-3, FOFC The first baseman Potpie will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle And then Deacon Palmer Potpie is 0 for 1 today He is currently batting .291 Coimbre, Minoso and Oliva are playing him deep Jeeberoni is eagerly awaiting Cuellar's pitch Cuellar winds and delivers The 3-1 pitch Let up pitch, inside and low Swung on... High hopping ball towards left... Into the hole... Stopped there by Concepcion before it gets through... He starts to throw but stops Potpie has the infield single And it brings up Gerald Gazelle On deck is Deacon Palmer K. A. Ton in the hole Gazelle grips the bat handle The umpire says let's go Gazelle is ready Now the delivery, here is is... Swing and a miss Strike three Gazelle goes down on strikes One out The All Stars have a 1 run lead Palmer coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Potpie on first, with one away Palmer is 1 for 1 today Deacon singled last time up Mike gets the sign from Gonzalez The stretch... the delivery Base hit to left for Palmer Potpie is being held at second by Dick Howser Potpie will stay at second And the batter is K. A. Ton One down here in the bottom of the 3rd Potpie is down at second Palmer is kicking the dirt up at first He's ready to set sail If Ton can get a hit FOFC ahead 4 to 3 Ton looks for a sign from third Dick Howser delivers it to K. A. K. A. is 0 for 1 today grounded out his last at bat Ton, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Cuellar Here's the southpaw's delivery Fastball... just outside And Ton will take first on the walk Everybody will move up a base... Bases are loaded, with Harry Hays due up Harry Hays, the All Stars' catcher is up next FOFC has 3 men on with 1 out Hays is at .338 on the season Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The 0-2 pitch... Cuellar lets it fly... LINE DRIVE Linares grabs it for the out Now he races to the bag . . . OUT! Double Play! Score It: 5 That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Caribbean has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 on base Caribbean has stranded 2 Here's the catcher Gonzalez To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Omar Linares And then Dave Concepcion Fozborg is slow to get ready He has a 4.01 ERA this year Now he's ready Fozborg's righthanded delivery... Swung on and hit sharply to second Blade plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! So one up and one gone Omar Linares is at the plate Linares stares out at the mound Linares is ready for the pitch Here's the 1-1 delivery WATCH OUT! Fozborg has hit Linares! Coming to the plate is Concepcion One down and runner at first Concepcion has hit 4 home runs this year Sirr peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Righthander Fozborg's delivery There's a fly ball into straight-away left Ton one hands it... OUT! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Dead Ball Era bombing Japanese League 13 to 2 Johnson and Dead Ball Era are on cruise control Negro League II and Negro League I have yet to score NL Post WWII is beating AL Post WWII 10 to 6 NL Pre WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 4 to 3 Old Timers leads Left Outs 2 to 1 Turn of Century leads Late 20th 2 to 1 Lajoie has hit his 14th homerun for Turn of Century And in our matchup FOFC on top 4 to 3 Stepping in the batter's box, Cuellar Linares at first, two away Cuellar digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Fozborg Fozborg is ready quickly The stretch... the 2 strike delivery Grounded towards the sack Taken by Palmer Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 5-3 Jeff Nights, Sirr Fozborg, and Barrett Blade are due up Nights is 1 for 1 today Jeff singled last time around All set, Nights is ready for the pitch Now ready, here it is... Slider, down and away... Nights reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Linares is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Coimbre is hustling after it... Nights with the big turn... The throw from Coimbre goes into second And Nights holds at first Fozborg fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Fozborg shows bunt It's a beauty! Mike Cuellar has no chance at second So Fozborg gets the sacrifice Cuellar has the first out in the bottom of the 4th Gonzalez trots out to the mound Says a few words to Mike... With the runner on second... Probably making sure of the signs Blade strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Against lefthanders Blade is hitting .321 this season He's ready for the delivery Avila comes in a couple steps Yells something to Cuellar The delivery Blade watches strike three glide by For that matter, he watched them all That won't get it done All Stars' center fielder Tucker is up next Tucker digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Cuellar Cuellar looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready... The southpaw Cuellar's delivery on the 2-2 pitch Tucker goes after the low slider... Lofts a shallow fly towards Minoso He's racing in for it... Catches it at his knees HE KICKS IT LOOSE!!! He's chasing it down Tucker walks into second on the error Minoso should've had that one Score It: E8 Nights scores from second! Tucker to second The All Stars' first baseman is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs A base hit should score Tucker The left-hander Cuellar is now ready Mike rocks and fires Smashed to short Concepcion comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the All Stars After 4 innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC on top 5 to 3 Minoso saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box 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 brings it to the plate Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to center for a base hit No chance to get that one Now batting will be the second baseman, Roberto Avila Minoso takes his lead Fozborg studies his sign Here's the 3-1 offering Avila will try the hit and run! Avila hits a screamer at Jeff Nights Nights picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play Two gone for Caribbean Pancho Coimbre, the left fielder, strides to the plate Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants He brings it home Grounded towards the bag Taken by Palmer Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 5-3 That wraps up the inning for Caribbean So After 4 and a half innings FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Caribbean has 3 runs, 6 hits and one error Caribbean has left 3 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 It is the bottom of the 5th, FOFC ahead 5 to 3 Here come the "big guns" for FOFC Gerald Gazelle will start things off Deacon Palmer will follow Gazelle, FOFC's right fielder, has chosen his weapon The All Stars' cleanup hitter glares down at Cuellar Cuellar is saying a few words to Avila... So far in 1900, Mike has a 8 and 11 record with 4 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign The lefty Cuellar delivers Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 5 for Mike Cuellar today 133 on the year With one down, up next is Deacon Palmer To be followed by K. A. Ton Nobody on base, one away Palmer steps into the batter's box 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 Cuellar earn his salary Deacon stands with bat ready Cuellar rocks and fires What a pitch... strike three Cuellar put that one on the black, a perfect pitch Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 2 The All Stars have 7 hits on the evening Planting his right foot Ton is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Ton Stepping out, Ton looks into the dugout Steps back in Mike is ready Cuellar fires Cuellar loses him Ton heads down to first 2 walks today for Ton First base coach Joe Adcock wants a word with Ton... Now we're all set to go... Harry Hays steps in Mike Cuellar still on the mound for the Estrellas... Cuellar has gone the distance so far He's given up 7 hits in 4 2/3 innings Here's his delivery Cuellar's fastball is ripped toward first Cepeda can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Ton 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 Hays and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Jeff Nights Nights stands ready at the plate Two outs, Hays at first, Ton at third 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd Mike looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander In there, called strike three Nights didn't like it That does it for FOFC in the 5th They leave 2 on base 5 stranded so far today Power hitting Perucho Cepeda will lead off Caribbean's clean-up hitter will see what he can do against FOFC's Sirr Fozborg Cepeda is at .266 on the season Fozborg is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Fozborg gets the sign from Hays The pitch on the way, here it is... It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Nights takes off after it... Leaps... And Cepeda is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Jeff is very fine fielder! One out Due up next is Tony Oliva Caribbean right fielder, Tony Oliva, is up next Fozborg ready quickly, looks in for the sign The righthander Fozborg delivers There's a checked swing... But Oliva gets a piece of it anyway It's a pop fly into left Ton comes in on it... Easy out Oliva couldn't get his bat out of the way Two out, nobody on FOFC leads 5 to 3 Nobody on, two away Gonzalez steps in for Caribbean Gonzalez has 12 doubles this year Gonzalez looks very intent... He stares down at Fozborg... Cocks his bat Here's the 3-1 pitch Routine grounder to short Nights scoops it up Over to first for the out 1-2-3, nothing across... Leading off for the All Stars is the pitcher Fozborg He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then A. J. Tucker Time is called... Fozborg has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Cuellar has the sign from Gonzalez And the cripple pitch... Fozborg chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Cuellar Avila snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! One away for FOFC here in the bottom of the 6th So that brings up Barrett Blade the FOFC second baseman Blade steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Barrett is 1 for 2 today Blade awaits the delivery The southpaw Cuellar delivers the 1-2 pitch Fly ball to right Oliva is under it He grabs it for the out Two up, two down for the All Stars Up now for FOFC is Tucker Two away, nobody on Tucker steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign He's ready Cuellar kicks and delivers Slider, inside... Swung on... Tucker rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Cuellar looks dejected on the mound Jeeberoni Potpie, will be up next Gerald Gazelle hopes to get a chance as well Bases empty... one more chance for FOFC here FOFC up by 3 Potpie is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .292 on the year Potpie awaits the delivery Cuellar brings it home Potpie gets around on a fastball He sends one deep to left This could be big trouble... There goes Coimbre after it He is really moving... At the warning track... Jumps... WHAT A CATCH! Holy Cow... Potpie is outta there! My Word!... very nice... Potpie can't believe it That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 6 innings FOFC has 6 runs, 9 hits and no errors While Caribbean has 3 runs, 6 hits and one error FOFC has left 4 stranded Caribbean has failed to bring home 3 |
7/27 Radio Broadcast Continued
Caribbean will send Linares, Dave Concepcion, and Mike Cuellar to face Sirr Fozborg this inning Fozborg is ready quickly Fozborg brings it to the plate Base hit to center for Linares A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Here comes Concepcion to the plate The players in Caribbean's dugout have their caps turned around It's for good luck They're looking to close the gap on FOFC The trail by 3 Concepcion is 0 for 2 today Fozborg likes the sign And the delivery by Fozborg Concepcion raps a hard grass-cutter toward third Palmer 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 Caribbean there That's one away Felipe Alou will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Pablo Mesa steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Fozborg Mesa is batting .226 on the year He has 2 round trippers and 24 RBI's Now up in the Caribbean seventh will be Pablo Mesa Stepping in and then stepping out again Mesa looks to third for a sign Hays flashes the sign... Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Sirr rocks and fires Mesa drives the ball to center for extra bases Matty Alou is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Mesa Minoso waltzes up to the batter's box Caribbean trails by 2 runs We're in the top of the 7th Minoso is taking his practice swings Minnie is 3 for 3 this evening He singled last time at bat Minoso cocks his bat Now Sirr delivers WATCH OUT! Fozborg has hit Minoso! Now Minoso gets up and brushes himself off He's not a big fan of "chin music" and he's letting Fozborg know about it! The ump tells Minoso to take his base Avila saunters up to the batter's box All Stars have runners at first and second Minoso on first represents the tying run Avila is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk Roberto grounded out in his last at bat Avila is poised and ready for the pitch The runners take their leads Fozborg brings it to the plate Flyball to right it's caught Mesa might have a chance to move up... Gazelle makes the catch... Mesa is tagging up at second... He'll move up to third as the throw comes into second The tying runs are on base... And up comes the left fielder, Pancho Coimbre Caribbean needs 2 runs They trail 6-4 Coimbre goes through his routine of settling in Waiting for the pitch is Coimbre Righthander Fozborg's delivery Hit towards the middle Smooth pickup by Blade Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side The Estrellas score 1 run in the inning After 6 and a half innings, FOFC on top 6 to 4 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Fernando Valenzuela will be coming on to pitch for Caribbean Fernando has appeared in 40 games this season He has a record of 5-7 in 106 innings His ERA stands at 5.77 Gerald Gazelle, Deacon Palmer, and K. A. Ton are the first three All Stars batters due up FOFC leads, 6-4 Gonzalez flashes the sign... Valenzuela waves it off... Now he's happy Here's the southpaw's delivery Gazelle swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Valenzuela strikes out Gerald Gazelle And there's one away One away, nobody on base Palmer stands ready at the plate Palmer is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Valenzuela steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he slides his foot back into position He's ready He brings it home Palmer really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Minoso was positioned well and has a shot at it He is still running... He dives for it... It gets past him! Minnie gets up in a hurry Fires it in to Linares on a line but Palmer has himself a stand-up double The All Stars' left fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out Ton swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Valenzuela The bat is cocked "El Toro" lets loose with the 1-2 pitch It's a slow ground ball to the left of short Concepcion makes the easy pick up Over to first... Ton is safe! The throw pulled Cepeda off the bag Concepcion may have had too much time on that one Caribbean has 2 errors in the game so far Harry Hays is up next FOFC's catcher finds 2 on with 1 out Hays is at .339 on the season Valenzuela is on the third-base side of the rubber... The lefty Valenzuela delivers Hays flies out to center Dick Howser wisely holds the runner at third... Runner holds. Jeff Nights will get a crack at Valenzuela next Sirr Fozborg would be up next... But only if Nights can reach safely Jeff is batting .280 with 12 home runs on the season He is 2 for 3 today Nights, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Valenzuela The pitch to Nights... Nights swings on a ball in on his fists It results in a pop up to short Concepcion is under it... A few steps to his right... One hands it for the out Nights looked bad on that pitch Nights chokes in the clutch! Three away here in the bottom of the 7th After 7 innings FOFC ahead 6 to 4 The official attendance has just been announced 50011 fans here at FOFC Stadium this evening Cepeda leading off Caribbean would like to get some runners on base Perucho looks at the sign from the coach at third Matty Alou flashes a series of them... Now Cepeda taps the bat on home plate Perucho is set for the pitch Here's his delivery It's a high pop just behind the plate Hays, Potpie, and Palmer all converge on the ball THEY COLLIDE!! And the ball drops untouched No error charged . . . Cepeda back in the box And here comes the next pitch Swung on and hit sharply to third Palmer plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! FOFC gets the first out of the inning Tony Oliva plants his left foot The lefthanded right fielder for Caribbean appears set Oliva, a lefthand hitter stands ready He's hitting .306 currently He was practicing hitting to leftfield earlier today in batting practice Hays flashes the sign to Kronside The pitch is on the way Curve, down and in... Oliva swings at it... It's pulled down the line Past Palmer... Pflaggstettler racing to the corner... He takes it nicely off the fence... Oliva steams into second... There will be no play on him It's a double Miguel Gonzalez makes his way to home plate Gonzalez has hit 22 home runs this year And Jace studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it Kronside fires Struck him out on a terrible pitch That bounced in front of the plate! and Gonzalez couldn't hold up his swing! Almost broke his back trying though... That's two away That'll bring up Estrellas' third baseman Omar Linares... Caribbean with a man in scoring position at second Linares grips the bat handle Linares waiting on the delivery It's a full count... Kronside winds and fires... Slider... Swung on and pounded to right-center... It'll be over Pflaggstettler's head!... He's chasing after it... Linares rounds second... Here's the peg in to Palmer at third... Linares slides hard... A bad bounce, but Palmer knocks it down... The ball rolls just a few feet... Linares jumps to his feet, but isn't going anywhere He'll get a triple from the scorer on that hit! Oliva scored easily from second Concepcion finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Concepcion a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Kronside Concepcion waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Kronside rocks and fires A high hopper to third Palmer comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 That's it for Caribbean Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 6 runs, 10 hits and no errors While Caribbean has 5 runs, 10 hits and 2 errors Caribbean has left 6 on base FOFC has stranded 8 Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Valenzuela steps on the rubber And now the pitch... Shallow fly ball Coimbre charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Pflaggstettler stops at first That's a single The second baseman, Barrett Blade, is up next Fernando Valenzuela on in relief for the Estrellas We're in the bottom of the 8th The stretch... the 3-1 delivery Blade laces a hit into the outfield Pancho Coimbre picks it up Fires it to the infield Blade holds with a single Felipe Alou is visiting the umpire... He'll be making a double switch Adolfo Luque has been called from the bullpen And Rodolfo Puente will come in as the shortstop A. J. Tucker, the center fielder, strides to the plate Tucker has hit 6 home runs this year Adolfo gets the sign from Gonzalez Here's the righthander's delivery The All Stars try the hit and run! Tucker rolls one toward Roberto Avila He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the first base umpire A. J. Tucker is turning red with rage As he glares at the umpire Better be careful Caribbean gets the first out here late in this contest It looks as though they'll put him on... Yes, Gonzalez is calling for the free pass And there's ball four That fills the bases for FOFC Gazelle is up now for FOFC Gerald comes to the plate batting .273 with 21 home runs He is 1 for 4 so far today Potpie on first, Blade on second, Pflaggstettler on third Luque adjusts his cap... Now he's set The righthander Luque's delivery Srike three! Well that is 4 on the evening for Gazelle He earns himself a silver sombrero! Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 1 The All Stars have 12 hits on the evening Walking up to the plate now is Palmer Jace Kronside waits on deck With 2 RBI's in the game Palmer has 37 on the season All set, Palmer is ready for the pitch Here's the 1-2 offering Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Coimbre And he has it That retires the side... Deacon Palmer fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Here's Puente to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard These scores are final... Dead Ball Era beat up on Japanese League 15 to 4 Inao takes the loss, his record drops to 5-11 Johnson the winner, he's now 15-7 Negro League I spanked Negro League II 6 to 1 NL Post WWII nipped AL Post WWII 11 to 10 NL Pre WWII edged out AL Pre WWII 8 to 7 Dean the winner, he's now 7-4 Coveleski takes the loss, his record drops to 6-7 Old Timers is the winner over Left Outs 6 to 2 Turn of Century edged out Late 20th 6 to 5 And right here in FOFC FOFC ahead 6 to 5 Before getting ready Puente checks out the defensive alignment Kronside looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Kronside kicks, delivers He rips a grounder to the mound Kronside comes up with it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 One away, two to go in the top of the 9th Minoso pounds the plate Now he stares out at Kronside Kronside is happy with the sign It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Minnie raps a high bouncer toward third Palmer snatches it on the third hop Overhands one to first Easy out Two down Kronside retires two in a row Felipe Alou is bringing on Alejandro Ohms to hit for Roberto Avila Ohms will be facing Kronside Ohms knows how to bunt very well... And he can run like a deer FOFC would be wise not to forget He might bunt for a hit Ohms gets set at the plate Ohms wiggles the bat above his head Kronside is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Kronside looks in... Now he's ready Kronside winds and delivers The 1-1 pitch Comebacker, right to Kronside Over to Potpie for the easy out And that will do it for Caribbean FOFC wins 6 to 5 Fozborg gets credit for the win Kronside notches the save Cuellar takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Deacon Palmer He was 3 for 5 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
7/27 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Caribbean Estrellas At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/27/1900 |
7/28 Radio Broadcast - Game 112
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Rob Nielsen with his 15 and 5 record Will be facing Jackie Robinson Here we go, well almost... Here comes Bullock out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start Here's the windup... and the pitch Sinking line drive Caught by Jeff Nights One away in the top of the 1st for Left Outs Billy Herman, the third baseman, strides to the plate Herman has a .304 average against lefthanders He is .255 overall He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Billy brings the bat back... Now Rob delivers Fastball... and it hits Herman... or did it? No, it didn't!!! It's ball four... Herman will take first base on a walk One on, one out Heilmann walks to the batter's box FOFC is set up for two Nielsen adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Here's the 0-2 pitch Heilmann pulls this one down the line Gunner is at the warning track The ball is hooking... Just foul! . . . Heilmann back in the box And here comes the next pitch Changeup... Ties Heilmann up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! That's two away Foxx digs in at the plate Ready now for Nielsen to come set Jimmie is hitting at .311 on the year Left Outs' cleanup hitter has knocked in 89 runs He has a fine .575 slugging average Foxx concentrates He holds the bat down on the end The pitch on the way, here it is... Base hit to left for Foxx Herman is being held at second by Tony LaRussa Herman will stay at second Now here's Wilson Wilson has 9 doubles this year Wilson waits Here's the southpaw's delivery Off speed pitch on the way... And Wilson watches it go by for the third strike That's three outs, side retired The second baseman Blade will start things off for the All Stars Blade is at .267 on the season The former Michigan State player has a smooth throwing delivery Roberts kicks and fires Sinking line drive Caught by Arky Vaughan And there's one away Tucker settles in at the plate Roberts wastes no time He has the sign from Foxx Here's the 1-0 offering Ground ball to the left side... Vaughan scoops it up Over to first for the putout And there's two away And now here's Jeeberoni Potpie Persimmon Pflaggstettler on deck... Two outs here in the bottom of the 1st Potpie digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Roberts Jeeberoni is set for the pitch Now the delivery, here is is... Swung on... And there's a high fly ball into right Heilmann is under it, waits... He's got it That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Robinson saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Robinson is batting .257 with 13 round trippers in 1900 Robinson looks very intent... He stares down at Nielsen... Cocks his bat The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Extra base hit to center for Robinson A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! He's going to try for it! Here's the play... He's safe! Triple for Robinson Nobody out, Robinson at third Goslin steps up to the plate Goslin a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Nielsen A battle of lefties... Nielsen has the sign he wants Now Rob delivers Goslin works the walk... Passes the baton to Arky Vaughan who will see if he can get Robinson in from third Arky Vaughan steps into the box Vaughan is batting .314 with 10 HR's this year Rob gets the sign from Bullock He brings it home The pitch is way inside It gets away from Bullock Robinson is coming hard Bullock fires to Nielsen And Robinson barrels Rob over He dropped the ball! Both runners advanced on that wild pitch Now, Left Outs ahead 1 to 0 Arky Vaughan steps into the box Vaughan has a .351 average against lefties Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Rob rocks and fires Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three One down for Left Outs Robin Roberts is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Left Outs Nielsen glares in at Roberts as he steps in Now he's ready to go Rob looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The southpaw delivers the 0-1 pitch He rips a grounder to short Nights grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Nielsen Rob nods "UH HUH" Robinson is up now for Left Outs A base hit should score Goslin Nielsen adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock The southpaw delivers Robinson hits a high pop into short left field Palmer and Nights sprint towards the outfield Here comes Gunner Nights puts his glove out... Makes a lucky catch in front of Gunner!! That wraps up the inning for Left Outs Time to check out the rest of the scores AL Post WWII and Japanese League are scoreless Old Timers slipping by Caribbean 2 to 0 Turn of Century and Negro League I have yet to score AL Pre WWII is edging Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Negro League II is on top of NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Brewer battling Koufax Late 20th is on top of NL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Pflaggstettler 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 Pflaggstettler a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Roberts Pflaggstettler gets ready for Roberts' pitch His bat is cocked Here's the righthander's delivery It's a routine fly into left Goslin ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Facing Roberts now is Gunner Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle Billy Bullock waits in the hole Against righthanders Gunner is hitting .259 Roberts is happy with the sign The pitch is on the way Hit in the air to right This one has distance... Harry Heilmann turns and races back to the fence He measures it carefully... Jumps and... It's gone! Just over the wall With one swing of the bat... FOFC is back in this ball game The game is tied, 1-all Roberts glares in at Palmer Deacon Palmer just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Palmer grips the bat handle Palmer awaits the pitch The pitch to Palmer... Hit right back to Roberts On to first and Palmer is gone That's two away Vaughan comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Roberts Billy Bullock will be next up... Next up is Billy Bullock, the FOFC catcher... If he gets on, Jeff Nights would bat next Bullock is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a respectable .257 for FOFC Billy steadies his bat Waits patiently for Roberts' pitch Roberts brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Bullock swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Vaughan... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's all for the All Stars... After 2 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, The score is tied at 1 Left Outs will send Herman, Harry Heilmann, and Jimmie Foxx to face Rob Nielsen this inning Against lefthanders Herman is hitting .304 this season Herman awaits the delivery Nielsen rocks and fires Drilled on the ground to short Nights comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 One away in the top of the 3rd for Left Outs One out, nobody on base Harry Heilmann is the batter We'll see how they pitch to Heilmann Heilmann waits for the delivery The lefthander delivers Over the outside corner Heilmann hits the curve right to second... Blade takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Heilmann is out by a couple of steps Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in order 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 Rob is set to go... a quick look toward Bullock again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag Left Outs' clean-up hitter is waiting Nielsen has allowed 10 taters to righties this year And 6 when facing lefties It's a full count... Nielsen winds and fires... The pitch is just inside and Foxx holds up Bullock points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Jimmie trots down to first... ball four Two out, Foxx at first Coming up is Hack Wilson Foxx will be running if it's hit Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Nielsen goes into his stretch... Looks over at Foxx Fires to Potpie... Foxx is back easily... We're ready again Now Nielsen comes home Wilson swings... Bounced to the right side of first... It's by Potpie and through... For a single... Pflaggstettler charging fast... Fields it smoothly...throws to third... Cut off by Nights... Foxx slides safely into third "Robbie" is sauntering up to the plate Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Robinson waits for the pitch The southpaw Nielsen delivers the 0-2 pitch He is way out in front STRIKE THREE swinging Nielsen had him fishing as he pulled the string on that pitch That ends the inning for Left Outs FOFC has one run, one hit and no errors While Left Outs has one run, 3 hits and no errors They have now stranded 5 baserunners Jeff Nights is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Jeff takes a couple of practice cuts Now set, Nights waits for the pitch Roberts brings it to the plate 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! Roberts gets the first out in the inning FOFC pitcher, Rob Nielsen, is up next The right-hander Roberts is set to deliver to Nielsen Into the windup... here's the pitch Hard ground ball to first Robinson to Roberts covering first Score It: 3-1 Next up is Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman Blade is 0 for 1 today Roberts rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Roberts is behind in the count Here's the 2-0 offering There's a line drive in the gap by Blade That looks like an easy two-bagger Hack Wilson dives to get the ball And fires it in to second Blade has himself a double Foxx heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Tucker. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . A. J. Tucker will get a crack at Roberts next Jeeberoni Potpie would be up next... But only if Tucker can reach safely A base hit should score Blade Roberts is on the first-base side of the rubber... Roberts brings it to the plate Base hit to right for Tucker Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Tucker watches Roberts move... He's moving away from the bag Tucker is unable to take the lead he wants There he goes! The throw from Foxx... Robinson picks the bad throw out of the dirt Applies the tag... Tucker is out Fine play by Robinson On a bad throw by Foxx Goslin is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Nielsen likes the sign Now ready, here it is... He rips a grounder to second Taken by Blade His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 Nielsen retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 4th Vaughan pounds the plate Now he stares out at Nielsen Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The lefty Nielsen delivers Arky Vaughan swings at a breaking ball There it goes, way back towards right-center Tucker looks up Kiss that one good bye!! Vaughan takes Nielsen deep to tie it, 2-all! That one had some distance Walking up to the plate now is Roberts Jackie Robinson waits on deck Roberts wiggles the bat above his head Rob Nielsen steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Nielsen brings it home Roberts hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to first for the out Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Nielsen Jackie Robinson makes his way to home plate Nielsen is slow to get ready He has a 3.17 ERA this year Now he's ready Here's the 2-2 pitch Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's all for Left Outs After 3 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, We're all tied up at 2 Jeeberoni Potpie, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and Stan Gunner are due up Roberts studies his sign The pitch is on the way Slider, outside... Potpie reaches for it... Gets some wood on it It's rolling towards Vaughan... He scoops it up smoothly Firing to Robinson in one motion... Close play... SAFE!... by a whisker Robinson is arguing the call But to no avail That's a single for Potpie Pflaggstettler finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Pflaggstettler is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Pflaggstettler waits patiently He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Potpie dives back in!... SAFE! Robinson tosses it back to Roberts Now here's the pitch Curve, at the belt... Pflaggstettler times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Goose Goslin retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! And the batter is Stan Gunner Deacon Palmer is on-deck Gunner can't seem to get settled at the plate Right-hander Roberts prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Gunner Robin comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering What a pitch... strike three Roberts put that one on the black, a perfect pitch With one down, up next is Deacon Palmer To be followed by Billy Bullock Coming up for FOFC is Deacon Palmer Nobody on base, one out The righty shakes off the sign Now Roberts shakes off another one FOFC leads 4 to 2he ex-Michigan State two sport star has a smooth flowing delivery and is a power pitcher with excellent control The righthander Roberts' delivery Palmer takes a cut at the slider... There's a line drive... Going over the head of Hack Wilson My word! Look at that ball go!! That's a home run!! And that left the yard in a hurry Roberts can't believe it Homer number 6 for Deacon Palmer this year To go with his 38 RBI's Next up for FOFC is Billy Bullock Bullock is batting .256 with 16 HR's this year Roberts steps on the rubber Roberts brings it to the plate Right down the middle... strike three Bullock must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch One more chance for FOFC in the bottom of the 4th Nights, FOFC's shortstop, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Rob Nielsen waits on deck Nights is 0 for 1 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 All set, Nights is ready for the pitch It's coming down the pike Curve in the dirt... and Nights holds up Looked like he went around from here But the man in blue says no Foxx appeals to first Appeal fails Nights will take first on the walk That's 1 walk today for Nights Rob Nielsen steps in He's not much with the bat Roberts looking in Here's the 3-2 pitch Smashed to the mound Roberts boots the ball! Score It: E1 Nights takes second Nielsen to first Sparky Anderson will be bringing in a relief pitcher Herb Pennock has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go The All Stars' second baseman is up next FOFC has 2 on board with 2 outs Blade has hit 3 home runs this year The left-hander Pennock is now ready A check on the runners... the pitch A high foul, straight back Foxx doesn't know where the ball is Pennock is pointing him to it Now Foxx sees it... near the screen Nope, he can't make the catch... The ball is on the screen . . . Blade back in the box And here comes the next pitch Looped to short Arky Vaughan waiting for it He puts it away Blade chokes in the clutch! Score It: 6 That's it for FOFC FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Left Outs has 2 runs, 4 hits and one error FOFC has now left 2 runners stranded Here's Billy Herman leading off Harry Heilmann is on deck And Jimmie Foxx is in the hole Billy is 0 for 1 this summer evening He grounded out in his last plate appearance Herman waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The 1-1 delivery by the lefthander Herman rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Palmer spears it! A shot right at the FOFC third baseman Piece of cake! One out Due up next is Harry Heilmann Heilmann gets set at the plate Heilmann is hitless today, 0 for 2 Harry grounded out in his last at bat Nielsen adjusts his cap... Now he's set Nielsen leans back and fires Swung on and popped up back of first Blade is running after it... Potpie is backpedaling... Watch out!... They almost collided! And the ball drops free just beyond the dugout A lack of communication cost FOFC there . . . Heilmann back in the box And here comes the next pitch Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into right It's in for a base hit... Pflaggstettler quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Heilmann dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Heilmann with a single Jimmie Foxx is up next for Left Outs One out, top of the 5th FOFC leads 5 to 2 Hack Wilson is on deck Jimmie, a right-handed hitter, will face the lefty Nielsen Of his 25 home runs, 7 are against southpaws Rob peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Nielsen checks Heilmann on first Now the 3-2 pitch Curve in the dirt... and Foxx holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate ump says no Bullock loses on his appeal to first Foxx will take first on the walk Wilson moseys up to the plate Frank Robinson is heading for the on-deck circle The outfield's shaded towards left for Wilson He's 1 for 2 today Rob is ready Nielsen looks over at Foxx... Now back at Heilmann... He's coming home with it Big slow curve... and it's in there Strike three FOFC gets the second out of the inning So with 2 on and 2 outs Left Outs sends their first baseman, Frank Robinson, up to face Nielsen Hard-hitting Goose Goslin is walking towards the on-deck circle The outfield shades towards left for Robinson The umpire says let's go Checks the runners Here's his delivery Pounded on the ground to the mound Taken by Nielsen His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 That's the third out of the inning Left Outs leaves even more ducks on the pond They have stranded 7 so far today Hence, their 3 run deficit The All Stars will send Tucker, Jeeberoni Potpie, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler up to the plate this inning A. J. is batting .295 in 471 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie Pennock is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Pennock looks in... Now he's ready Pennock goes into his windup And here's the 2 strike offering Fastball... Tucker jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep right There goes Heilmann after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Harry Heilmann! One up, one down Slowly coming up is Potpie for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 5 to 2 Potpie is 1 for 2 today Jeeberoni singled last time up Herb Pennock on in relief of Robin Roberts The lefthander Pennock delivers It's a routine fly into left Goslin ranges over and reaches up He drops it!! Potpie stops at first on the error Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up next FOFC's right fielder finds 1 on with 1 out Persimmon is hitting at .305 on the year He has 111 hits in 364 at bats Today, he is 1 for 2 Pflaggstettler hit a two-run homer his last time up Pflaggstettler is poised and ready for the pitch Pennock looks at the runner The pitch Pflaggstettler connects on the Pennock fastball... This one is really smoked... Wilson starts back... Now he just stops to look Pflaggstettler got all of this one.... HOME RUN! Potpie scores in front of him and waits to give Persimmon congratulations Making his way up is Gunner Gunner is looking for lightning to strike again He's boomed 1 homerun earlier today Stan is 1 for 2... Batting .266 on the season Pennock steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The lefthander Pennock comes home with it There's a fly ball to Hack Wilson Wilson circles under it... He makes the play Two gone for FOFC Palmer coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Pennock is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Pennock gets the sign from Foxx Here's the pitch Routine grounder to short Vaughan scoops it up Over to first for the out That ends the bottom of the 5th After 5 innings, the All Stars lead by 5 |
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Goose Goslin up first for Left Outs He is a threat to steal if he gets on Goslin is hitting .293 with 22 homeruns Goose also has 19 doubles and 7 triples And has driven in a total of 67 runs 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 And the cripple pitch... He hits a tough grounder to second Blade comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 One down for Left Outs Arky Vaughan is still in the on-deck circle and Herb Pennock is looking for a bat in the dugout Settling in at the plate is Vaughan Arky steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Arky is 1 for 2 today with 1 home run Arky waits... He steps out as Nielsen takes too long Now he's back in the box Here's the 1-1 offering The swing at the sharp curveball... It's a fly ball towards short center... Coming in quickly is the centerfielder Tucker... Still coming... Diving... NOT IT TIME! He blocks it with his body... And Vaughan has a single Great effort by Tucker But the block kept Vaughan at first Shows why he is considered great defensively We are going to have a pinch hitter Chick Hafey will bat for Herb Pennock It will be the righthand hitting, Hafey against the lefty Nielsen Hafey is hitting southpaws for a .167 average Vaughan at first, one out Chick Hafey is ready at the plate Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Hafey Here's his delivery Hafey rolls one toward Barrett Blade He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the first base umpire The first base coach throws his hands up in disbelief That's two away So that brings up the top of the order Jackie Robinson will step in Robinson is one of the best hitters around Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Nielsen's 3-1 pitch... Swung on and popped up That's Nights' ball He's got it Robinson chokes in the clutch! Score It: 6 That wraps up the inning for Left Outs So After 5 and a half innings FOFC has 7 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Left Outs has 2 runs, 6 hits and 2 errors Left Outs has left 8 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 Bob Lemon will be coming on to pitch for Left Outs Bob has appeared in 36 games this season with a record of 2-7 In 55 innings, he has an 9.38 ERA Herb Pennock has finished his work here this evening Billy Bullock stepping in He will be the first batter for FOFC We are in the bottom of the 6th FOFC on top 7 to 2 Billy comes to the plate batting .255 with 16 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Bullock waits for the delivery Windup by Lemon And the pitch Bullock gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Vaughan into the outfield... Base hit for Bullock Jeff Nights will make his way to home plate He's the shortstop for FOFC Nights has hit 12 home runs this year And Bob studies the sign from Foxx... Now he's got it Here's the 0-1 offering Fastball down low... Nights swings and hits one out to left Goose Goslin is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Lemon Bullock trots back to first That's one away Nielsen heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth We'll see how they pitch to Nielsen Set now is Nielsen Here comes the cripple pitch Lemon's pitch is a sinking fastball Nielsen tries to hold up Ball four Foxx points down to third He did not go around Barrett Blade, the All Stars' second baseman is up next FOFC has 2 men on with 1 out So far this year Blade is batting .268 He has 17 doubles, 5 triples 3 homeruns with 22 RBI's and 7 stolen bases Blade waiting on the delivery The righthander Lemon's delivery Big slow curve... and it's in there Strike three That's the second out of the inning Now batting will be the center fielder, A. J. Tucker Tucker is 1 for 3 today For the season, A. J. has 6 homers 17 doubles, and 7 triples He has scored 75 runs while driving in 47 Right-hander Lemon prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Tucker It's coming down the pike Tucker hits a pop into short right field Out goes Robinson and Robinson In comes Heilmann Robinson waves his hands in the air He makes the catch over his shoulder Pretty play by Robinson Tucker chokes in the clutch! That's all for the All Stars After 6 full innings, they lead by 5 Left Outs will send Herman, Harry Heilmann, and Jimmie Foxx to face Rob Nielsen this inning Billy steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Tony LaRussa relays the sign from Sparky Anderson Herman lined out last time up and now is 0 for 2 The umpire says let's go Herman is ready The 0-2 pitch... Nielsen lets it fly... Herman pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Gunner will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Herman retreats to first after a wide turn Planting his right foot Heilmann is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Heilmann Here's the look to third I expect Heilmann to swing away... He is 1 for 3 today With a .329 average for the year Heilmann waits on Nielsen Nielsen goes into his stretch... Looks at Herman... He fires one to Potpie... Herman dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Nielsen comes home Curveball, down in the dirt... Good stop by Bullock keeping it in front of him That's a walk for Heilmann Benton Breeze is talking to Chuck Tanner, the bench coach and Sal Maglie, the pitching coach That was a poor series of pitches by Nielsen They may be concerned he's starting to lose it It doesn't look like they are too worried, however That'll bring up catcher Jimmie Foxx... FOFC out in front by 5 We're in the top of the 7th Foxx has hit 25 home runs this year Rob Nielsen is shooting for victory number 16 Rob checks the runners Steps off the rubber... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Change of pace Foxx is way out in front STRIKE THREE swinging Number 6 so far today for Nielsen While we wait for Hack Wilson to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard Japanese League clipping AL Post WWII 5 to 1 Old Timers winning over Caribbean 6 to 0 Radbourn enjoying the big Old Timers lead Negro League I slipping by Turn of Century 2 to 0 AL Pre WWII is on top of Dead Ball Era 3 to 1 Gehrig has hit his 29th homerun for AL Pre WWII Negro League II besting NL Post WWII 8 to 3 NL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 5 to 3 Waner has hit his 10th homerun for NL Pre WWII And in our contest FOFC on top 7 to 2 OK, let's see if Left Outs can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 5 Walking up to the plate now is Wilson Frank Robinson waits on deck Wilson has hit 11 home runs this year Rob is ready The lefthander delivers Base hit to left for Wilson Tony LaRussa won't risk sending the runner home... Runners hold. Frank Robinson steps into the box As Nielsen prepares to throw... I notice Benton Breeze conversing with Chuck Tanner in the dugout They have got to be pleased with Nielsen's performance today A check on the runners... the pitch The pitch is low It bounces away from Bullock! He's got it But there's no throw. It's scored a wild pitch. Herman scores from third! Heilmann takes third Wilson takes second Frank Robinson steps into the box Nielsen studies his sign Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Nielsen The delivery Sinker over the inside corner Ripped at... Robinson manages a grounder to Palmer... No problem with the hop... The throw... Wide of the bag at first The ball caroms into right field Pflaggstettler runs it down Robinson jogs into second Give Palmer a a two base throwing error Score It: E5 Heilmann scores from third! Wilson scores from second! Robinson to second Here's Goose Goslin Goslin scuffs up the lines around the box After getting set, Goslin waits on the pitch The southpaw's 2-0 delivery Groundball to back to the mound Robinson will hold at second base Goslin is retired on the groundout Vaughan is up now for Left Outs Vaughan has been poison for FOFC today He is 2 for 3 on the evening Vaughan gets set for the pitch The lefty Nielsen delivers A slider by Nielsen Vaughan gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's all for Left Outs After 6 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC on top 7 to 5 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The big guns are due up for FOFC Potpie will lead it off He will be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler and Stan Gunner Potpie is 1 for 3 today Jeeberoni reached base on an error last time up Lemon asks for a new ball Rubs it down... Now he steps on the rubber Lemon kicks and fires Potpie pounds it on the ground toward the pitcher Lemon Lemon swipes at it... He only succeeds at knocking it in front of him That will be an error on Bob Lemon Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up to face Bob Lemon Persimmon Pflaggstettler will step in to face Lemon He is 2 for 3 on the evening with 2 home runs! That impressive display of power has been good for 4 RBI's Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Here's the 1-0 offering Persimmon Pflaggstettler swings He rips it hard... WOW!... Stabbed by Arky Vaughan Great play; superb reaction time One down for FOFC Stan Gunner is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Stan Gunner, the left fielder, strides to the plate Gunner taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Lemon steps on the rubber Lemon fires Gunner connects on the curve... This one is really smoked... Heilmann starts back... Now he just stops to look Gunner got all of this one.... See ya, It's a home run! Potpie scores in front of him Palmer, the third baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC ahead 9 to 5 Palmer is hitting .332 with 6 homeruns Deacon also has 16 doubles and 2 triples And has driven in a total of 38 runs The count is nothing and 2 Palmer has to protect the plate The righthander delivers There's a drive to left by Palmer Goslin picks the ball up on one bounce Fires it to second Palmer turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Goslin Bullock gets set at the plate Left Outs is set up for two Lemon wastes no time He has the sign from Foxx Lemon checks Palmer on first Now the 3-2 pitch Bullock hits a screamer at Bob Lemon Lemon picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 48293 Sparky Anderson will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Willie Stargell steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Rodney Stargell is batting .321 on the year He has 7 homers and 25 RBI's in 1900 Willie Stargell stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Stargell looks down toward the third base coach Right-hander Rodney eyes the lefty Stargell Rodney's righthanded delivery... Stargell swings and hits one down the line It'll be in there for extra bases Pflaggstettler plays it off the wall on a hop Stargell is heading for second Pflaggstettler turns and fires Stargell slides head first... and beats the throw A whistling two-bagger for Willie Stargell One on, nobody out Robinson strides up to the plate Jackie is batting .275 with 5 home runs on the season He is 0 for 4 today Robinson is ready Here's the 2 strike pitch Struck him out on a terrible pitch That was right over the heart of the plate with no movement on it... and Robinson swung right over the top of it! Lucky Mr. Rodney! Herman finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box We're in the top of the 8th Rodney squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Rodney rocks and fires A curve is wide... But swung on and missed! Strike three! That is 2 on the evening for Rodney One more chance for Left Outs this inning Harry Heilmann will get a crack at Rodney next Jimmie Foxx would be up next... But only if Heilmann can reach safely Harry is taking his sweet time getting ready The umpire says a few words to Harry... Now we're set to go Heilmann, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Rodney The pitch is on the way Change-up, Heilmann is looking for it He takes a big rip at the pitch It's towards the big gap in left center and it's in there for a base hit... Stargell scores easily from second Next up is Jimmie Foxx, the Left Outs catcher... If he gets on, Hack Wilson would bat next James Rodney on in relief of Rob Nielsen And the delivery by Rodney Fastball, at the letters... Foxx crunches it... There's a high belt... Driven deep into left-centerfield... Tucker running to the fence... It's outta here HOME RUN 26 for Foxx this year! Hack Wilson will face Rodney Righty against righty Wilson grips the bat handle The bat is cocked Righthander Rodney's delivery Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 3 for James Rodney today 65 on the year Three down for Left Outs Now the All Stars will be coming up for what they hope will be their last at bat of the evening They lead by 1, 9-8 Don Drysdale will be coming on to pitch for Left Outs Don has appeared in 48 games this season with a record of 7-4 In 65 innings, he has an 7.06 ERA Bob Lemon has finished his work here this evening The shortstop Nights will start things off for the All Stars Nights gets set He's 0 for 2 so far Drysdale shakes off the sign from Foxx And another... Still another... Looks like Drysdale doesn't want to pitch to Nights Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting Now he's finally ready Here's the windup... and the pitch High heater, at the letters... Nights swings from his heels... Drives one long and deep... Wilson backpedaling to the warning track... It's going, going, GONE! A deep blast to left-center That's homer number 13 for Nights this year FOFC ahead 10 to 8 Fouts saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Fouts, a switch-hitter, facing the right-handed Drysdale Fouts tells the umpire he's ready Now to the belt, here it is... Grounded towards first Robinson grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG SAFE! Coming up for FOFC is Blade A. J. Tucker waits on deck The All Stars leading by 2 Drysdale is rubbing the ball up Pitchers develop very calloused hands over the course of a season They want to get the ball as rough as they can Now Don delivers Blade just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Robinson races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... Left Outs gets the first out of the inning Pounding the plate with his bat Tucker awaits the pitch Tucker swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Drysdale A. J. is eagerly awaiting Drysdale's pitch And "Big D" wings it home... Base hit to center for Tucker Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Fouts scores! Trailing runner advances. So that brings up Jeeberoni Potpie the FOFC first baseman Potpie is taking his practice swings Jeeberoni is 1 for 4 this evening Potpie awaits the delivery The home town crowd is yelling out to Tucker telling him to watch out as Robinson sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Drysdale delivers the 2-2 offering Flyball to right it's caught Tucker might have a chance to move up... Heilmann makes the catch... Tucker is tagging up at second... He makes it to third easily Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves in to face Drysdale 1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 8th Pflaggstettler is batting .306 with 17 HR's this year Drysdale looks down at Foxx He shakes him off once... Again... Don has got to be a little concerned with Pflaggstettler up there as the FOFC right fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening The pitch is on the way Bounced past the mound Nice play by Vaughan Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the All Stars After 8 innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC ahead 11 to 8 Left Outs will send Robinson, Goose Goslin, and Arky Vaughan to face James Rodney this inning Rodney has the sign from Bullock Rodney is way ahead in the count... He winds and delivers... Robinson takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Robinson is out on strikes Left Outs with one away Rodney steps off the mound as he waits for Goose Goslin to come to the plate Goslin steps in... He pounds the bat on the plate Now he is ready Goslin is no push-over in the number 7 slot He is batting .292 in 411 at bats Arky Vaughan makes his way to the on-deck circle Goslin is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mighty He's waiting for the pitch The lefthander winds and delivers Swung on and popped up Blade is waiting... And that's an easy out Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away That brings up Arky Vaughan, the shortstop Bullock flashes the sign... Mighty shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Mighty brings it to the plate The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Vaughan held up, and draws a walk Mighty isn't happy at all with that call Ralph Kiner is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Don Drysdale Ralph Kiner is up for Left Outs The tying run is on deck In the person of Jackie Robinson Benton Breeze is walking down to the water cooler Mighty ready quickly, looks in for the sign Mighty goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Vaughan He lobs one to Potpie... Vaughan is back easily... We're ready again Now Mighty comes home Kiner drives the ball to center for extra bases Tony LaRussa is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Kiner Sparky Anderson will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Duke Snider steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Knowles Snider is batting .287 on the year He has 32 round trippers and 87 RBI's The "Duke of Flatbush" will step in A base hit should score Kiner Sammy looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Knowles brings it to the plate Snider pulls this one down the line Pflaggstettler is at the warning track The ball is hooking... Just foul! . . . Snider back in the box And here comes the next pitch Slider... Swung on and pounded to right-center... It'll be over Pflaggstettler's head!... He's chasing after it... Snider rounds second... Here's the peg in to Fouts at third... Snider slides hard... A bad bounce, but Fouts knocks it down... The ball rolls just a few feet... Snider jumps to his feet, but isn't going anywhere He'll get a triple from the scorer on that hit! Kiner scored easily from second Billy Herman, will be up next Harry Heilmann hopes to get a chance as well Snider on third... two gone in the top of the 9th FOFC leads Left Outs by 1 run Herman digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Knowles Billy is ready for the delivery Knowles brings it to the plate Herman swings and lifts one toward right Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... And that will do it for Left Outs FOFC wins 11 to 10 Nielsen gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Roberts takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 2 for 5 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
7/28 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Left Outs Leftovers At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/28/1900 |
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