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7/29 Radio Broadcast - Game 113
Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium The players are on the field and we're almost ready to go As Jackie Robinson prepares to face Babson let's check out the FOFC defense At first base is Potpie Fouts is down at the hot corner Blade and Nights are at second and short, respectively From left to right... Ton, Tucker and Gazelle and now Hays is just settling in behind the plate The windup, the pitch Good slider, inside part of the plate Robinson gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One down for Left Outs Mickey Cochrane is still in the on-deck circle and Willie McCovey is looking for a bat in the dugout Walking up to the plate now is Cochrane Willie McCovey waits on deck Cochrane needs to get on... He has a .357 on base percentage Babson is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Babson gets the sign from Hays Here's the windup and the 0-2 delivery Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Cochrane swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Mickey as he was heading for the dugout And there's two away McCovey finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box The lefty, McCovey has a seasonal average of .257 His success against righties, like Babson is better, however, at .262 Set now is McCovey Babson brings it to the plate McCovey swings and hits a high fly to right It is right along the line... Gazelle is over at the fence... reaches... It's going to be close... Just out of the reach of Gazelle Foul ball into the seats He would have had a chance in most other parks Only a smidgen of foul ground out there at FOFC Stadium . . . McCovey back in the box And here comes the next pitch It hits McCovey He just stands there Now he says a few words to Babson Brian answers something back The umpire steps in between And motions McCovey to first Here comes the "Silver Fox" to the plate He's yelling something towards the mound! There must be bad blood between them! Snider waiting on the delivery And the delivery by Babson Snider swings a bit late on the heater... He still pops it pretty good towards left Unfortunately for Duke, Ton is standing right there Easy out That wraps up the inning for Left Outs By the way, Left Outs is 3 and 7 in their last ten games Left Outs has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively In the outfield from left to right Goslin in left... Snider in center... And Robinson in right The infield, third to first Robinson will play the hot corner Vaughan is at short Over at second, Herman and at first base McCovey Carlton gets the nod as starter The masked man behind the dish is Cochrane FOFC second baseman, Barrett Blade, will lead off Blade has hit 3 home runs this year Carlton likes the sign Steve winds Kicks... and delivers It's a routine fly into center Snider ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out FOFC with one away Carlton steps off the mound as he waits for Jeff Nights to come to the plate Nights gets set at the plate Nights is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Nights waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Carlton's 2-2 pitch... A hanging curve... Nights laces it hard just to the right of Robinson He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Jeff... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in And it brings up Gerald Gazelle On deck is Jeeberoni Potpie K. A. Ton in the hole Gazelle has 9 doubles this year Gazelle gets set for the pitch Carlton kicks and fires Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three Two gone here in the bottom of the 1st We want to welcome the FOFC "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Stepping in the batter's box, Potpie Nights at first, two away Potpie is batting .290 with 29 HR's this year Carlton tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Carlton looks at the runner The pitch Hard ground ball to second Taken by Herman Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 1 inning, FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors While Left Outs has no runs, no hits and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base Left Outs has stranded 1 Left Outs will send Robinson, Goose Goslin, and Arky Vaughan to face Brian Babson this inning Robinson has a .279 average against righthanders this season Babson adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Babson The delivery In the dirt And Robinson holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Goslin is up now for Left Outs Goslin checks for the sign He has 7 triples this year Goslin is ready Babson's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Robinson dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch The runner goes Goslin likes the hit and run... Goslin misses the pitch! The steal attempt... The throw by Hays... Right on the money... Robinson is out by a mile Babson glares in at Goslin Goose Goslin just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Goslin is hitting .289 against righties Goslin waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Windup by Babson And the pitch The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Goslin held up, and draws a walk Babson isn't happy at all with that call While Billy Herman heads for the on deck circle Arky Vaughan makes his way to the plate Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Righthander Babson's delivery Base hit to right for Vaughan Tony LaRussa is waving Goslin to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Vaughan at first Planting his right foot Herman is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Herman Stepping in and then stepping out again Herman looks to third for a sign Babson squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Babson checks the runners at first and third Goslin bluffs a move toward home Babson doesn't flinch Here's the 2-2 offering Dribbler to the mound Babson dives and grabs it! Over to second for one To first Not in time! Score It: 1-6 Goslin scores from third! The runner on first, Vaughan, is out FOFC gets the second out of the inning Making his way up is Carlton Carlton grips the bat handle Carlton is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Babson He's waiting for the pitch Babson goes into his stretch... Looks at Herman... He fires one to Potpie... Herman dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Babson comes home It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That does it for Left Outs here in the top of the 2nd But they pick up 1 run So After 1 and a half innings, Left Outs leads 1 to 0 K. A. Ton stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Carlton is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Carlton looks in... Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Sinking fastball... Ton swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Vaughan... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One down for FOFC Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle and Dan Fouts is looking for a bat in the dugout Harry Hays steps in now for the All Stars The Leftovers lead in this one, 1-zip Left-hander Steve Carlton prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Hays And the lefthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Hays lifts a long fly ball... Heading into right... Hit pretty good, carrying very well... Robinson heading back... IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN! Next up for FOFC is Dan Fouts Fouts is at .273 on the season Carlton has the sign from Cochrane Now the delivery, here is is... Swung on...and hit way, way up Under it is Cochrane...and he's got it Left Outs gets the second out of the inning Tucker moseys up to the plate Brian Babson is heading for the on-deck circle The score is tied at 1 Carlton is happy with the sign Carlton brings it to the plate Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Babson departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Time is called... Babson has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again He's ready Carlton fires Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Babson looks at strike three The All Stars are retired in their half of the 2nd They pick up 1 run to tie it up We've played two here in FOFC It's all even at 1 Robinson heads for the plate leading off this inning for Left Outs Against righthanders Robinson is hitting .286 Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The righthander Babson delivers Hard slider, paints the inside corner Robinson gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Robinson for the out FOFC gets the first out of the inning "Black Mike" is up next Mickey is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon He struck out in his last plate appearance Mickey steadies his bat Waits patiently for Babson's pitch Babson is behind in the count Here's the 2-0 offering There's a shot off the bat of Mickey Cochrane But it's right at Blade who makes the catch of the line drive Cochrane throws his bat into the dirt in disgust Two up, two down for Left Outs And now here's Willie McCovey Duke Snider on deck... Two outs here in the top of the 3rd Willie McCovey is hitting .262 this year against righthanded pitchers The umpire says let's go McCovey is ready Babson kicks, delivers Inside slider... McCovey hits it over the bag at first Gazelle giving chase... He plays it nicely in the corner off the fence McCovey doesn't slow down rounding first... Here's the throw from Gazelle... But McCovey is into second with a double Now here's Snider Duke is hitting at .288 on the year He has 98 hits in 340 at bats This includes 14 doubles, 4 triples 32 home runs and 88 RBI's Duke steadies his bat And waits patiently for Babson's pitch Here's the 1-1 pitch Grounded towards the middle Nights dives and grabs it! Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side... Snider fails to come through in the clutch For Left Outs, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Barrett Blade, Jeff Nights, and Gerald Gazelle are due up Blade is 0 for 1 today Steve looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Now ready, here it is... Slider, inside corner of the plate... Swung on... Slashed over the infield... Single for Blade... He takes a big turn and holds up McCovey and Blade are cracking up Joe Adcock must've told 'em a good joke We'll have to ask what it was after the game Next up for the All Stars is Jeff Nights Blade takes his lead Carlton gets the sign, it's one he likes Carlton rocks and fires Nights maneuvers to hit behind the runner Smashed to first McCovey trots to the bag The hit and run moves the runner up. Score It: 3 One gone for FOFC That'll bring up All Stars' right fielder Gerald Gazelle... All Stars with a runner in scoring position at second Gazelle is 0 for 1 today Carlton steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The lefty Carlton delivers Gazelle rips one hard to left Goose Goslin is on his horse as he retreats to the fence He is looking up... Will he have a chance??? And this ball is caught! Two down Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the All Stars Jeeberoni Potpie is up next FOFC's first baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Potpie goes through his routine of settling in Steve is getting his sign from Cochrane Hopefully it isn't for the gopher ball He has quite a tendency to deliver those up In 158 innings Steve has allowed righties to crush 17 dingers! Here's the 1-1 offering There's a routine pop by Potpie Vaughan moves under it and makes the routine catch Potpie chokes in the clutch! That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores AL Post WWII and Japanese League are deadlocked at 2 Ryan and Kaneda currently dueling Old Timers and Caribbean are all knotted at 1 Keefe and Valenzuela currently dueling Turn of Century leads Negro League I 3 to 2 Dihigo has hit his 9th homerun for Negro League I Dead Ball Era slipping by AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Negro League II and NL Post WWII are all knotted at 3 Late 20th slipping by NL Pre WWII 4 to 2 Johnson battling Hubbell And in our contest The score is knotted at 1 Frank Robinson up first for Left Outs He is a threat to steal if he gets on Frank looks at the sign from the coach at third Tony LaRussa flashes a series of them... Now Robinson taps the bat on home plate Now set, Robinson waits for the pitch Babson brings it to the plate Robinson swings He sends one into the deepest part of the park That's going to get through to the wall Robinson rounds second... The throw not nearly in time, a triple The left fielder, Goose Goslin, is up next Goslin is batting .291 with 22 HR's this year Babson ready quickly, looks in for the sign Now Brian delivers Goslin flies out to left Tony LaRussa is giving the green light... Here's the play at the plate... Robinson scores! Nobody on base, one away Vaughan steps into the batter's box Vaughan is 1 for 1 today Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Vaughan Babson's righthanded delivery... Long fly to left Ton has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Vaughan is retired on a fairly deep fly That's two away Settling in at the plate is Herman Billy is hitting at .253 on the year He has 64 hits in 253 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Herman hit into a force play his last time up Babson adjusts his cap... Now he's set Babson winds and delivers The 3-2 pitch Drilled on the ground to short Nights comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's all for Left Outs After 3 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, Left Outs on top 2 to 1 Ton is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Ton gets set He's 0 for 1 so far K. A. is ready for the delivery The lefty winds and delivers Ton swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Carlton strikes out K. A. Ton And there's one away Harry Hays, the catcher, strides to the plate Hays wiggles the bat above his head Hays awaits the pitch The pitch to Hays... That's hit down the line IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . WILL IT STAY FAIR??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Hays back in the box And here comes the next pitch Hays rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Robinson spears it! A shot right at the Left Outs third baseman Piece of cake! Two down Carlton gets the first two batters here in the bottom of the 4th The third baseman, Dan Fouts will be up next for FOFC Fouts is 0 for 1 today Dan fouled out last time around Carlton peers in for the sign Fouts is a formidable opponent Steve has allowed 17 home runs versus righties this year And Dan is no ordinary hitter Carlton throws the 2-2 pitch Curve...Swung on by Fouts... Lined right back over the mound... Through into center field for a single A. J. Tucker is up next The All Stars' center fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs Tucker, a switch-hitter, batting right-handed against the lefty Steve Carlton Tucker waits patiently The pitch on the way, here it is... That's ball four Tucker will trot down to first Fouts is now down on second Two on, two outs... Babson steps to the plate Carlton looks down at Cochrane for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Checks the runners Here's his delivery Hot shot grounded to third Taken by Robinson Over to McCovey Got him! Score It: 5-3 That ends the inning After 4 innings, Left Outs leads by 1 Steve Carlton, Jackie Robinson, and Mickey Cochrane are due up for the Leftovers Left Outs leads, 2-1 Babson studies his sign Now Brian delivers Steve Carlton hits a high pop fly on the infield Jeeberoni Potpie calls everyone off The ball drifts a bit... But Potpie is there to make the play That's one away Robinson, the third baseman, moves into the batter's box Left Outs ahead 2 to 1 Robinson is 0 for 2 today Jackie grounded out last time up Robinson waits for the delivery Babson leans back and fires Change-up, Robinson is looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Tucker is at the warning track... HE STUMBLES!!!... The ball rolls to the fence... Robinson coasts into second... Robinson will get a double from the offical scorer Cochrane saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Cochrane digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Babson Cochrane readies himself for the pitch Babson brings it home A slider by Babson Cochrane gets good wood on it... Gazelle back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Babson Brian nods "UH HUH" That'll bring up Willie McCovey Duke Snider will follow if McCovey gets aboard Hays is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Babson's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it McCovey steps into the box Willie is batting at .260 with 24 home runs He is 1 for 1 so far today Brian is ready Babson looks back towards second... The pitch Just inside, BALL FOUR And McCovey walks That's 3 walks given up by Babson today A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Duke Snider Snider scuffs up the lines around the box Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready A check on the runners... the pitch Snider offers at the pitch, but checks his swing Oh, Duke couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Blade for the out Snider never even left the batter's box That retires the side... Duke Snider fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Here's Blade to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard AL Post WWII is edging Japanese League 3 to 2 Fisk has hit his 7th homerun for AL Post WWII Caribbean is in front of Old Timers 6 to 3 Valenzuela comfortably ahead for Caribbean Negro League I leads Turn of Century 4 to 3 Day battling Mathewson Dead Ball Era is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 NL Post WWII is in front of Negro League II 6 to 3 Late 20th with the lead over NL Pre WWII 6 to 3 And in our contest Left Outs on top 2 to 1 Steve peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The lefthander winds and delivers Curveball... Up in the strike zone... Swung on and drilled into center Snider racing back... The ball is hit over his head It hits off the 7 foot high fence And there's Blade around first base Snider with a strong throw... But off the bag Barrett comes into second sliding with a double That's 18 doubles for Blade on the year Up next for the All Stars The shortstop, Jeff Nights On-deck is Gerald Gazelle To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie Jeff takes a couple of practice cuts Cochrane flashes the sign to Carlton The lefthander Carlton comes home with it Flyball to right it's caught Blade might have a chance to move up... Robinson makes the catch... Blade is tagging up at second... He'll move up to third as the throw comes into second Gazelle now at the plate Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck We'll see how they pitch to Gazelle Carlton eyes Gazelle intently The 0-2 pitch... Carlton lets it fly... The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Gazelle swung, that's strike three Gazelle isn't happy at all with that call One more chance for FOFC in the bottom of the 5th The All Stars have Blade on third Potpie steps in Potpie is at .288 on the season Carlton asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber Here's his delivery Potpie swings... And hits nothing but air! Strike three! Boy, whatta aggitatin' curve ball! We head to the 6th... The score is still Left Outs 2, All Stars 1 |
7/29 Radio Broadcast Continued
Here's the right fielder Robinson To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Goose Goslin And then Arky Vaughan Robinson swinging from the right side facing the righty Babson Babson has the sign he wants Here's the righthander's delivery Robinson gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Nights into the outfield... Base hit for Robinson Goose Goslin will make his way to home plate He's the left fielder for Left Outs Goose checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings Now he steps into the box Babson is on the first-base side of the rubber... Brian rocks and fires It's a scorching liner to the second baseman OUT! Blade didn't have to move! Robinson stays put One out Arky Vaughan is due up next Robinson extends his lead towards second The speedy Robinson gets a big lead Here's a change-up inside... And he's OFF! Here's the peg down... Hook slide... Out! Nice throw Arky Vaughan will get a crack at Babson next Billy Herman would be up next... But only if Vaughan can reach safely Vaughan has hit 8 triples this year Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The righthander delivers Grounded towards the bag Babson takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 That wraps up the inning for Left Outs So After 5 and a half innings Left Outs has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 6 hits and no errors Left Outs has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 Ton steps up to the plate for FOFC It's the bottom of the 6th at FOFC Stadium The righthander, Ton has an average of .273 His success against lefties, like Carlton is better, however, at .311 And Steve studies the sign from Cochrane... Now he's got it The pitch is on the way Fastball... down and away... Carlton just misses the corner... ball four That's 2 walks given up by Carlton today Hays digs in at the plate Ready now for Carlton to come set Carlton steps on the rubber Carlton looks at the runner The pitch Curveball, breaking away Hays swings... Hits a slow grounder to short Vaughan is charging... Picks up the ball barehanded Then throws wildly over McCovey's head It's into rightfield There will be no play on Hays He's into second easily on the error Score It: E6 Ton takes third Hays to second Fouts gets set at the plate 2 men in scoring position Carlton peers in for the sign Fouts is a formidable opponent Steve has allowed 17 home runs versus righties this year And Dan is no ordinary hitter The 2-2 delivery by the lefthander Fouts is waiting Dan need wait no more... he's outta here Just another victim of Carlton's breaking ball One out Due up next is A. J. Tucker Tucker leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate A. J. is hitting at .297 on the year He has 141 hits in 475 at bats This includes 17 doubles, 7 triples 6 home runs and 48 RBI's A. J. steadies his bat And waits patiently for Carlton's pitch Now Steve delivers Groundball down the line That's into the outfield for extra bases! Tucker coasts into second He's got a double Ton scores from third! Hays scores from second! Up now is Palmer The All Stars have Tucker on second Palmer is batting .334 with 6 HR's this year Here's some stats on Carlton up to this point in the game... So far in 5 1/3 innings, Steve has allowed 3 runs on 7 hits He has given up 2 walks while striking out 6 The southpaw delivers the 2-2 pitch Base hit to left for Palmer Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Blade up The All Stars have Palmer on first Blade steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Blade is waiting on the pitch The pitch is on the way Blade sends a scorcher to third Robinson takes it on one hop Fires to Herman for one Back to McCovey for the double play! That's all for the All Stars After 6 innings in FOFC this afternoon, FOFC on top 4 to 2 It's the Leftovers' turn at bat here in the top of the 7th Billy Herman, Steve Carlton, and Jackie Robinson are due up to face righthander James Rodney Billy is batting .252 with 3 home runs on the season He is 0 for 2 today Set now is Herman Now James delivers Herman is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position One up, one down We are going to have a pinch hitter Willie Stargell will bat for Steve Carlton It will be the lefthand hitting, Stargell against the righty Rodney Stargell is hitting righties for a .346 average Nobody on, one away for Left Outs Up now is Stargell Stargell has hit 7 home runs this year Rodney studies his sign The 0-2 pitch... Rodney lets it fly... Struck him out on a fastball Stargell goes down swinging FOFC on top 4 to 2 with two away this inning Now batting will be Robinson The third baseman for Left Outs Robinson is batting .275 with 5 HR's this year Rodney adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Here's his delivery Robinson hits a three hopper towards Dan Fouts Fouts scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's it for Left Outs Here at FOFC Stadium, After 6 and a half innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors While Left Outs has 2 runs, 5 hits and one error Left Outs has left 5 on base FOFC has stranded 6 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Early Wynn will be coming on to pitch for Left Outs Early has appeared in 64 games this season He has a record of 3-7 in 128 innings His ERA stands at 4.86 The shortstop Nights will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle And then Jeeberoni Potpie Before getting ready Nights checks out the defensive alignment All set, Nights is ready for the pitch The pitch to Nights... Nights swings and lines it on the nose to left Goslin picks it up on one bounce Flips it in to second Nights rounds first and holds with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball that he was just "sitting" on Nights watches Wynn carefully As he stretches out to his lead Wynn looks Nights back... He's taking a shorter lead now The All Stars' right fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with no outs Gazelle has had trouble making contact He has 2 strike outs this afternoon He's in his crouch Gazelle can really swing that wood Wynn quick pitches the 0-2 offering Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Cochrane Nights dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Nights made it back With one down, up next is Jeeberoni Potpie To be followed by K. A. Ton Here's Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie gets set He's 0 for 3 so far Potpie awaits the delivery He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Nights dives back in!... SAFE! McCovey tosses it back to Wynn Now here's the pitch Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Potpie looks at strike three That's the second out of the inning K. A. Ton will get a crack at Wynn next Harry Hays would be up next... But only if Ton can reach safely Ton is taking his practice swings K. A. is 0 for 2 this afternoon He drew a walk last time at bat Ton concentrates He holds the bat down on the end Wynn will have to come in with this one A 3-0 count... Wynn delivers... Fastball juuust outside Ball four! Ton tosses his bat away and trots down to first Wynn serves up four stright wide ones The catcher, Hays, is ready to bat FOFC on top 4 to 2 in the bottom of the 7th Harry steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Harry is 1 for 3 today with 1 home run Hays waits patiently Early checks the runners Steps off the rubber... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Drilled on the ground to short Vaughan grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46993 Here's the catcher Cochrane To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Willie McCovey And then Duke Snider Cochrane steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Mickey is 0 for 3 today Knowles is on the third-base side of the rubber... And the lefthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Shallow fly ball Tucker charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! So one up and one gone Knowles glares in at McCovey as he steps in Now he's ready to go McCovey is 1 for 1 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Fouts is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short McCovey is set for the pitch Knowles kicks and fires McCovey swings at the change-up... Pounds it good!... It's going into deep right Pflaggstettler is racing back... He's at the fence... But he might as well wave that one goodbye It's gone! Quite a shot by McCovey Traveling about 420 feet That's home run number 25 for him He also has 69 RBI's now The "Duke of Flatbush" will step in Snider can't seem to get settled at the plate The left-hander Knowles is now ready The lefthander delivers Curve ball... Snider swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Two gone for Left Outs FOFC on top 4 to 3, two outs Robinson is up to see what he can do Left-hander Bo Knowles prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Robinson Bo winds... kicks... and delivers Robinson swings and smacks a line drive into left Gazelle comes over and plays it on one hop A single for the Left Outs right fielder Two out base knock It is surprising how often they lead to trouble... We'll see... Goose Goslin steps up to the plate Robinson, with excellent speed, is at first Goose is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon He's batting .291 on the season Goslin is ready Bo rocks and fires It's popped up into foul territory Harry Hays is under it He makes a nice play on it Score It: 2 That's all for Left Outs in the top of the 8th They pick up 1 run After 7 and a half innings, FOFC still leads, 4-3 Dan Fouts, A. J. Tucker, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler are due up Left Outs has the outfield shaded towards right Fouts is 1 for 3 today Fouts waits for the delivery Righthander Wynn's delivery Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Fouts! With one down McCovey yells something out to Wynn Early nods his head At the plate now for FOFC is Tucker Tucker is 2 for 2 today A. J. doubled last time around A. J. is set for the pitch Here's the windup... and the pitch Slow ground ball Robinson is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 1 Pflaggstettler pounds the plate Now he stares out at Wynn Persimmon Pflaggstettler is hitting .308 this year against righthanded pitchers Pflaggstettler awaits the delivery And the righthander starts to work on Pflaggstettler Here comes the pitch Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Cochrane asks the first base ump's opinion He says Pflaggstettler went around Strike three, swinging That's all for the All Stars After 8 full innings, they lead by 1 Here's Arky Vaughan leading off Billy Herman is on deck And Early Wynn is in the hole Vaughan is 1 for 3 today Arky grounded out last time up Vaughan waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Knowles brings it to the plate Vaughan rips the curve to left-center... Gazelle racing back to the fence... He reaches for the drive... It's over his head! Vaughan will lope into second with a double Herman finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Vaughan is on second, nobody out Knowles tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's the 0-2 offering Herman swings and misses, strike three! Billy chased a curve ball in the dirt One down for Left Outs Early Wynn is still in the on-deck circle and Jackie Robinson is looking for a bat in the dugout Sparky Anderson will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Harry Heilmann steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Knowles Heilmann is batting .331 on the year He has 18 round trippers and 65 RBI's Harry Heilmann will be coming up Sparky Anderson loves the pop in his bat Heilmann has a .309 average against righthanders this season Knowles is ready quickly Knowles' behind on the count Here's the 2-0 offering Grounded towards the sack Fouts grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 5-3 That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard These scores are final... AL Post WWII edged out Japanese League 6 to 5 Caribbean cuffed Old Timers 9 to 6 Valenzuela the winner, he's now 6-7 Keefe takes the loss, his record drops to 8-13 Negro League I nipped Turn of Century 5 to 4 Dead Ball Era nipped AL Pre WWII 3 to 2 NL Post WWII nipped Negro League II 7 to 6 Banks has hit his 38th homerun for NL Post WWII Late 20th topped NL Pre WWII 7 to 4 Hubbell takes the loss, his record drops to 10-13 Johnson the winner, he's now 10-12 And in our matchup FOFC ahead 4 to 3 Sparky Anderson has called for Hack Wilson Hack will come up now to bat for Jackie Robinson against Knowles Wilson is batting .353 as a pinch hitter He has 2 pinch home runs Here's the 5'6", 190 pound Ellwood City, Pa.-born Hack Wilson sauntering to the plate The outfield shades towards left for Wilson Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Here comes the cripple pitch Wilson hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to first for the out And that will do it for Left Outs FOFC wins 4 to 3 Babson gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Carlton takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Harry Hays He was 1 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
7/29 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Left Outs Leftovers At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/29/1900 |
7/29 Standings
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LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball |
7/29 Press Conference
Lou Scribe, “Benton, you’ve been able to scratch your way back into first place. How do you feel about your team’s play right now?” “I feel like I’m going to have a heart attack. Three 1 run wins in a row will do that to a guy. But honestly, I’ve very proud of the guys. They have responded well to adversity, they worked hard and have really focused on the task at hand, and it’s enabled us to get back into first place?” Dan Reader, “You’re in first place.” “Yes Dan, we are, by a half a game,” I respond and quickly look for the next question. Scribe, “What do you attribute the better play recently to?” “Lou, honestly, it’s been pretty well rounded. We’ve gotten better starts from the guys, which always sets the tone, but we are getting timely hitting and just all-in-all playing better baseball.” Hack Jobb, “Benton, why has this team been so streaky this season. You jump up by 5 then find yourself scrambling to hold the lead, then you’re back up by 5…” “I wish I knew so I could cut out the bad stretches. I believe some of it is related to who we are playing and who the NL Posters are playing. There is a significant difference in talent from team to team, and based on where you are in your schedule, you could be benefiting from being in a soft spot or suffering from hitting a streak of good or hot teams. I just hope that we get on our own hot streak now that we’ve started playing better.” Tom O’Carver, “Bo Knowles is coming back…any idea what that will do to your pen and rotation?” “Bo will fall into his normal spot as the lefty late. As for the rotation, Nielsen, Babson, Williams are all doing great. I tried Foz in that fourth spot with Mighty filling Bo’s left handed arm in the pen, but that didn’t work too well. Foz really struggled after initially getting off to a good start. I’ll probably put Mighty back out there in the fourth spot, and I’m not sure if I’ll use Hunter or Foz when I actually need a fifth in the rotation.” “Have you thought about moving Rodney into the rotation?” Jobb with a follow up… “Oh sure, but why would I. He’s been lights out in his current role. He was awesome tonight, and has been all year. I think I like him right where he is.” |
7/30 Radio Broadcast - Game 114
It's just about time for baseball! Welcome baseball fans from around the country The Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System takes great pleasure in presenting you this afternoon's contest between visiting Left Outs and FOFC John Williams will be on the mound for the All Stars He currently has a fine 11 and 2 record This will be his 21st start... 1 have been completed In his 129 innings, he has struck out 69 He will go up against Left Outs' Ferguson Jenkins Jenkins is at 9 and 8 with a 3.77 ERA Jackie Robinson, Left Outs' second baseman, will lead-off He has earned this slot with a fine .365 OBP Billy Herman and Harry Heilmann will follow We'll be right back! Williams winds and delivers The 1-1 pitch Robinson gets around on a fastball He sends one deep to left This could be big trouble... There goes Gunner after it He is really moving... At the warning track... Jumps... WHAT A CATCH! Holy Cow... Robinson is outta there! My Word!... very nice... Robinson can't believe it So one up and one gone Nobody on, one away for Left Outs Up now is Herman John gets the sign from Hays Williams kicks and delivers Fastball... Herman jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Tucker after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by A. J. Tucker! That's two away Heilmann is up now for Left Outs Heilmann has a .398 average against lefthanders He is .330 overall Heilmann waits patiently Here's his delivery LINE DRIVE Terp reaches He makes a great catch! Score It: 6 Three up, three down for Left Outs While the Leftovers take the field let me run through the All Stars' batting order Barrett Blade, A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni Potpie will be the first three to face off against Jenkins The clean-up hitter for FOFC is Persimmon Pflaggstettler He will be followed by Stan Gunner, then Deacon Palmer The bottom third of the line-up will have Harry Hays batting seventh, Kris Terp in the eighth spot, and John Williams will bat ninth Here's Blade to lead things off Jenkins ready quickly, looks in for the sign Jenkins rocks and fires Slider, down at the knees... Cut on by Blade... He smashes a hard shot... It's through into left field... Vaughan made a great effort But the ball was just out of his reach Blade watches Jenkins as he inches away from the base Jenkins' move keeps Blade guessing He doesn't have a very good lead He's running with the pitch! Foxx is up and firing down... Throws a frozen rope to Vaughan... The slide... Out by a mile! While Jeeberoni Potpie heads for the on deck circle A. J. Tucker makes his way to the plate Tucker has a .289 average against righthanders this season Jenkins toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Foxx Ferguson rocks and fires Hard slider... Tucker swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Wilson is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by A. J. Potpie finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Potpie is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Potpie awaits the delivery Jenkins winds Kicks the left leg high... Sinker grounded to the left side... Herman moving behind the bag... Gets his glove on it... Here's a strong throw across the diamond... SAFE!!! Score it a single for Potpie! Walking up now to the plate is Pflaggstettler Left Outs is set up for two Jenkins is slow to get ready He has a 5.21 ERA this year Now he's ready The righthander Jenkins' delivery Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Foxx Potpie dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Potpie made it back Potpie takes a walking lead Potpie breaks for second on the slider Foxx takes the pitch... The throw... Wide of the bag... Potpie slides in safely with a stolen base! Number 2 in 1900 Stan Gunner steps into the box Gunner is batting .269 with 14 round trippers in 1900 Jenkins shakes off the sign by Foxx We have Ferguson Jenkins and John Williams matched up in this one as we play in the bottom of the first Jenkins brings it to the plate Paaahhhhhpped it up....... Robinson makes the easy catch! Gunner chokes in the clutch! That's all for the All Stars in the bottom of the 1st They get 1 run After 1 inning, FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Foxx is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Williams kicks and fires Swung on and popped up Palmer is waiting... And that's an easy out FOFC gets the first out of the inning The free swinging, power hitting center fielder, Hack Wilson, is coming up to bat Wilson is batting .287 with 11 homers this year Wilson is waiting on the pitch Williams' into the windup... the delivery He rips a grounder to short Terp grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Williams John nods "UH HUH" Making his way up is Robinson Frank takes a couple of practice cuts John peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one It's coming down the pike There's a high pop down the left field line It's going to go into foul territory Palmer and Terp are chasing it down the line Palmer makes the catch over his shoulder going away That wraps up the inning for Left Outs Time to check out the rest of the scores AL Post WWII is beating Japanese League 4 to 0 Newhouser comfortably ahead for AL Post WWII Old Timers and Caribbean have yet to score Turn of Century is on top of Negro League I 2 to 0 AL Pre WWII slipping by Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 Grove and McGinnity currently dueling Negro League II slipping by NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Holland and Spahn currently dueling NL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 2 to 0 Klein has hit his 11th homerun for NL Pre WWII Deacon Palmer stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Palmer digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Jenkins Palmer readies himself for the pitch The righthander delivers Hot line drive to short Vaughan tries it He snares it for the out! Score It: 6 One up, one down Hays, FOFC's catcher, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Kris Terp waits on deck Hays is no push-over in the number 7 slot He is batting .336 in 244 at bats Kris Terp makes his way to the on-deck circle Jenkins is happy with the sign Jenkins' righthanded delivery... Outside fastball... lashed at by Hays... Pop fly...Shallow right... Dropping quickly... Heilmann pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Hays... As Heilmann fields it on one bounce Kris Terp is up to face Ferguson Jenkins Jenkins has the sign from Foxx Now the delivery, here is is... Terp drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Hays scores! Trailing runner advances. Double for Terp John Williams moves in to face Jenkins 1 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 2nd Williams grips the bat handle The bat is cocked Here's the 3-1 offering He rips a grounder to third Herman comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 2 The All Stars have 5 hits on the afternoon The All Stars' second baseman is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs Before getting ready Blade checks out the defensive alignment Blade waiting on the delivery Here's the 3-1 offering Driven down the line Goose Goslin is running hard It's out of his reach Blade rounds first Goslin has the ball Blade digging for 2nd He's slides in, Safe! Terp scores from third! Tucker digs in at the plate Ready now for Jenkins to come set Tucker is at .299 on the season Ferguson looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Vaughan trying to slip in behind Blade Now he slips away Here's the 0-1 offering There's a jam shot off the hands of Tucker It's a routine catch of the soft liner by Jackie Robinson That retires the side... but not before 2 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 2 innings, FOFC leads 3 to 0 Goslin is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Now to the belt, here it is... Good slider, inside part of the plate Goslin gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! With one down, up next is Arky Vaughan To be followed by Ferguson Jenkins Now here's Vaughan The outfield's shaded towards right With Vaughan at the plate Vaughan is poised and ready for the pitch Williams brings it to the plate It's hit down the line Gunner ranges over quickly He's under it Easy out Two up, two down Now batting will be Ferguson Jenkins Time is called... Jenkins has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again And John studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 1-2 pitch Struck him out on a fastball Jenkins goes down swinging That wraps up the inning for Left Outs By the way, Left Outs is 2 and 8 in their last ten games As we get ready to start the bottom of the 3rd Potpie is talking to Foxx Potpie is 1 for 1 today Jeeberoni singled last time up The umpire says let's go Potpie is ready Into the windup... here's the pitch Hard liner up the middle It takes a crazy bounce! It deflects to Vaughan Here's the play at first Just in time! That ball got a piece of Jenkins What a fluky play! Score It: 6-3 And there's one away Coming up for FOFC is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Nobody on base, one out Jenkins studies his sign Now ready, here it is... Changeup down low... Pflaggstettler makes contact and hits one out to center Hack Wilson is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Jenkins Two down Foxx asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Foxx and Jenkins Jenkins looks down at Gunner as he steps in Stan is ready to go Gunner is at .267 on the season Now set, Gunner waits for the pitch The pitch to Gunner... Gunner rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Wilson is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Hack Wilson That's all for the All Stars No runs, no hits and no errors... We've played three, here... FOFC ahead 3 to 0 The Left Outs second baseman, Robinson, will lead off He'll be followed by Billy Herman And then Harry Heilmann Jackie is hitting at .273 on the year He has 99 hits in 362 at bats Left Outs' leadoff hitter... Jackie has scored 58 runs on the season Jackie steadies his bat And waits patiently for Williams' pitch The windup, and the 2 strike pitch The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Robinson swung, that's strike three Robinson isn't happy at all with that call So one up and one gone Herman saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Herman is at .249 on the season Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The 2-0 delivery by the lefthander Herman laces a hit into the outfield A. J. Tucker picks it up Fires it to the infield Herman holds with a single One away, Herman at first Heilmann is coming to the plate Harry looks at the sign from the coach at third Tony LaRussa flashes a series of them... Now Heilmann taps the bat on home plate Harry steadies his bat Waits patiently for Williams' pitch Williams brings it home Hit right back to Williams Turns and throws to second for one On to first and Heilmann is gone as well We head to the bottom of the 4th here in FOFC... Still 3-0, FOFC Leading off the bottom of the 4th is Deacon Palmer FOFC ahead 3 to 0 Jenkins looks down at Foxx for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Righthander Jenkins' delivery Palmer rips the curve to left-center... Turning at the sound of the bat Wilson is racing back to the fence... He reaches up for the drive... It's over his head! He plays the bounce off the fence But he needn't hurry Palmer will lope into second with a double Hays gets set at the plate Palmer is on second, nobody out Jenkins wastes no time He has the sign from Foxx The pitch is on the way Drilled on the ground to third Herman comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 One out Due up next is Kris Terp All Stars' shortstop Terp is up next One out, man on second Jenkins is ready quickly The pitch is on the way Waist high fastball... It's juiced to deep center There goes Wilson after it... Racing hard... He dives... Just misses it! It bangs off the wall Terp heading for second He pulls up with a two bagger The throw was cut off Also give Kris an RBI on the play One on, one out Coming up next is Williams Williams wiggles the bat above his head Right-hander Jenkins prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Williams And the delivery by Jenkins And Williams will sit down... strike three called One more chance for FOFC this inning Planting his right foot Blade is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Blade Against righthanders Blade is hitting .253 Blade cocks his bat Jenkins' 0-2 pitch... Fastball, swung on and clubbed to left-center It's over Goslin's head rolling to the fence Blade motors into second Terp scores... Blade is trying for third... Goslin picks up the ball, throws to third... Blade slides into third... The throw bounces... Good grab by Herman... Blade does a hook slide around the tag It'll be scored a triple A. J. Tucker is up next The All Stars' center fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs Tucker is batting .299 with 7 HR's this year Jenkins looks down at Foxx for the sign Now he's ready... The righthander Jenkins delivers The ball breaks low and outside Tucker tries to hold up The umpire signals strike three! That retires the side The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning After 4 innings, FOFC on top 5 to 0 Jimmie Foxx leading off for Left Outs The best way to quiet the crowd is to get a few base runners on Foxx is 0 for 1 today Williams steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready He brings it home Sinking fastball... Foxx swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's one away The center fielder, Hack Wilson will be up next for Left Outs We'll see how they pitch to Wilson Williams has the sign from Hays It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Slow ground ball Palmer is charging it HE DROPS IT! That's an error That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC Robinson is up next One gone, top of the 5th Goose Goslin moves out on deck Frank steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Tony LaRussa relays the sign from Sparky Anderson Robinson fouled out last time up and now is 0 for 1 Frank seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Williams goes into his stretch... Looks at Wilson... He fires one to Potpie... Wilson dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Williams comes home Robinson is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That's the second out of the inning Two out, Wilson at first Coming up is Goose Goslin Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Williams looks at the runner The pitch He hits a tough grounder to second Blade comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium After 4 and a half innings FOFC leads 5 to 0 We'll be right back... Leading off for the All Stars is the first baseman Potpie He'll be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler And then Stan Gunner Potpie saunters to the plate The righthander is 1 for 2 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Jenkins Potpie is hitting .288 versus righties this year Of his 29 homeruns, 20 came while facing righties Potpie, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Jenkins Jenkins fires Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 128 on the season for Jenkins One gone for FOFC One out, nobody on base Persimmon Pflaggstettler is the batter Pflaggstettler has 18 doubles this year Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Jenkins kicks and fires Pflaggstettler hits a screamer at Billy Herman Herman picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Robinson off the bag Robinson swipes with the glove Pflaggstettler is out! Nice play by Robinson Two down Jenkins retires the first two FOFC batters Up now for FOFC is Gunner Two away, nobody on Jenkins squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Windup by Jenkins And the pitch Fastball... and it hits Gunner... or did it? The umpire is saying it did But Jenkins is yelling that the ball bounced first Doesn't matter what he says, Gunner gets first Gunner inches away from first base Another throw... Jenkins' five throws over have been effective Gunner has a small lead now He must be getting tired from diving back in! Palmer is up next Two out with Gunner at first The righthander pitching to Palmer... A righthanded batter Righties have a .285 average against Ferguson He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Gunner dives back in!... SAFE! Robinson tosses it back to Jenkins Now here's the pitch There's a Texas Leaguer in front of Hack Wilson He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 5 innings, FOFC has 5 runs, 9 hits and one error While Left Outs has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 3 on base Left Outs has stranded 1 |
7/30 Radio Broadcast Continued
Vaughan steps up to the plate for Left Outs It's the top of the 6th at FOFC Stadium Williams is pitching a beauty here this afternoon He has hung a 'horse collar' on the Left Outs offense so far 0 runs on the scoreboard for Left Outs... And FOFC with a 5 run lead The southpaw delivers the 3-2 pitch Change up, Vaughan is fooled... Manages to get a piece of it Hits a grounder in the hole... Terp fields it cleanly... Double pumps... And throws it very high Potpie cannot reach it! The ball bounces off the grandstand Into right field Vaughan races for second... Here's the throw from Pflaggstettler... The slide... Not in time, Safe at second! Base hit for Vaughan, and a throwing error on Terp That's error number 2 of the game for FOFC We are going to have a pinch hitter Enos Slaughter will bat for Ferguson Jenkins It will be the lefthand hitting, Slaughter against the lefty Williams Slaughter is hitting soutpaws for a .667 average Slaughter heads to the plate for Left Outs The infield is at regular depth Slaughter scuffs up the lines around the box Waiting for the pitch is Slaughter It's a full count... Williams winds and fires... Base hit to center for Slaughter Tony LaRussa is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score That brings up Jackie Robinson, the second baseman Robinson has hit 5 home runs this year Williams rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Now John delivers Robinson lifts a medium foul ball towards the first base dugout Hays gives chase as does Potpie They both dive but can't come up with it Robinson gets a reprieve . . . Robinson back in the box And here comes the next pitch There's a dunker in front of Stan Gunner He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out While we wait for Billy Herman to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard AL Post WWII toppling Japanese League 7 to 0 Caribbean besting Old Timers 5 to 0 Turn of Century and Negro League I are all knotted at 4 AL Pre WWII is beating Dead Ball Era 6 to 2 Negro League II winning over NL Post WWII 6 to 0 Holland enjoying the big Negro League II lead NL Pre WWII besting Late 20th 7 to 2 Grimes enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead And here in FOFC FOFC ahead 5 to 1 OK, let's see if Left Outs can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 4 Herman is up next Left Outs has a runner at first and one out Watching Williams, Herman wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch All set, Herman is ready for the pitch Williams goes into his stretch... Looks over at Slaughter Fires to Potpie... Slaughter is back easily... We're ready again Now Williams comes home Herman chases the sinker... Lines a hit into right... Slaughter's not slowing at all Rounds second heading to third... Pflaggstettler throws in to Blade covering second... Slaughter is in at third without a play Harry Heilmann steps in Heilmann is batting .328 with 18 HR's this year Williams looks in Here's the pitch STRIKE THREE! Heilmann goes down swinging. Jimmie Foxx steps into the box Williams stares in The pitch Time is called by the umpire! Williams is a little upset He's been called for a balk! They are issuing a free pass to Foxx Here's the 3-0 pitch Ball four, Foxx takes his base Wilson departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate Left Outs trails by 3 runs We're in the top of the 6th Against lefthanders Wilson is hitting .303 this season Hack is set for the pitch The southpaw's 0-2 delivery Wilson is way out in front of a change-up Strike Three Number 5 today for Williams That ends the inning After 5 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 3 Early Wynn will be coming on to pitch for Left Outs Early has appeared in 65 games this season with a record of 3-7 In 130 innings, he has an 4.79 ERA Ferguson Jenkins has finished his work here this afternoon Harry Hays is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Wynn likes the sign Way ahead in the count Wynn turns the 0-2 pitch loose Fastball, swung on... Driven to left-center, into the gap... Goslin goes back, back... He's not going to get it... It goes over his head!... He's got to chase it down... Has it, wings a strong throw to Herman But Hays slides in safely at third Just barely... A beautiful peg by Goslin Nobody out, Hays at third Terp steps up to the plate With 2 RBI's in the game Terp has 4 on the season Terp is ready Wynn will try to get Terp to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Terp flies out to right Dick Howser will send the runner home... Here's the play at the plate... Foxx is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Poor,)... Hays scores! One away, nobody on base Treacy stands ready at the plate Right-hander Wynn prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Treacy "Gus" fires it home... Fly ball to center Wilson is under it He makes the grab With two out Batting for FOFC now is Blade Blade is taking his practice swings Barrett is 3 for 3 this afternoon He tripled last time at bat Foxx flashes the sign to Wynn Robinson comes in a couple steps Yells something to Wynn The delivery Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Foxx fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Blade That's all for the All Stars... After 6 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, FOFC ahead 6 to 2 Frank Robinson leads off the inning Hays flashes the sign... Kronside waves it off... Now he's happy Kronside goes into his windup Here it comes Kronside comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Robinson As he swings right through it for strike three Kronside retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 7th Walking up to the plate now is Goslin Arky Vaughan waits on deck Goslin is hitting .288 against righthanders Goslin is ready The righthander delivers Goslin swings and lifts one toward right Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Kronside Jace nods "UH HUH" Vaughan is up now for Left Outs Vaughan is at .319 on the season Kronside tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The righthander Kronside delivers Ground ball to short Terp ranges into the hole He backhands it Plants his right foot And fires it to first SAFE! Lou Boudreau is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Early Wynn Here's Lou Boudreau Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the All Stars ballboy Set now is Boudreau And the delivery by Kronside Boudreau drives the ball to center for extra bases Tony LaRussa is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Boudreau Slowly coming up is Robinson for Left Outs He is finally in the batter's box FOFC ahead 6 to 3 Robinson is hitless today, 0 for 3 Jackie flied out in his last at bat The bat is cocked Kronside brings it to the plate It's a shallow fly by Robinson Gunner runs in, calls for it He makes the catch with a snap of his glove Robinson is out So Left Outs leaves a runner down at second FOFC leads by 3 We will be right back... It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Herb Pennock will be coming on to pitch for Left Outs Herb has appeared in 59 games this season He has a record of 8-9 in 120 innings His ERA stands at 6.30 A. J. Tucker, Jeeberoni Potpie, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler are the first three All Stars batters due up FOFC leads, 6-3 A. J. is hitting at .298 on the year He has 143 hits in 480 at bats This includes 18 doubles, 7 triples 7 home runs and 51 RBI's Tucker readies himself for the pitch Here's his delivery Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Herman It's by him... Goslin comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Tucker to a single Tucker watches Pennock move... He's moving away from the bag Potpie takes the curve... Now Tucker extends his lead... Pennock is not paying enough attention The pitch... And Tucker breaks for second! The peg down by Foxx... Too high... Tucker slides in safely under the throw Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box Pennock gets the sign, it's one he likes The lefthander Pennock delivers Hit towards the middle Vaughan grabs it Over to Robinson HE BEATS THE THROW! Potpie has himself an infield hit Tucker takes third Pflaggstettler steps in to face Pennock 2 on, no outs here in the last half of the 7th Pflaggstettler can't seem to get settled at the plate The umpire says let's go Pflaggstettler is ready The lefthander delivers Fastball... just inside That'll be ball four and a walk That loads them up for FOFC The left fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next Gunner adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Stan is 0 for 2 this afternoon Gunner cocks his bat There is no place for Pennock to put Gunner He will have to give him something to hit Pennock brings it to the plate Gunner bends backward at the waist But he gets nipped on the chest by a fastball Didn't hurt... Anyone but Left Outs, that is FOFC baserunners all move up 90 feet Now FOFC ahead 7 to 3 here in the bottom of the 7th And it brings up Deacon Palmer On deck is Harry Hays Kris Terp in the hole Pennock looks down at Foxx for the sign Now he's ready Pennock fires Base hit to left for Palmer Potpie scores Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Now up in the FOFC seventh will be Harry Hays Harry steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Hays is 2 for 3 today He tripled last time up Pennock asks for a new ball Rubs it down... Now he steps on the rubber Pennock kicks and fires Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Goslin And he has it One down, two to go... Herb Pennock has to bear down now Kris Terp, the shortstop, strides to the plate Terp is at .176 on the season Left-hander Herb Pennock prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Terp Herb checks the runners... Goes into the stretch The pitch A slider by Pennock Terp gets good wood on it... Wilson back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's the second out of the inning K. A. Ton will come up next This game is a laugher for FOFC They're up by 6 runs FOFC leads 9 to 3 Ton grips the bat handle Ton awaits the delivery Now Herb delivers Grounder... in the hole A diving stop by Billy Herman! He's up with it... the throw It gets away! It's a bad throw... Ton will advance to second Give Ton a hit... He takes second on the error by Herman Score It: Single + E5 Gunner scores from second! Palmer scores from first! Ton to third That'll bring up Barrett Blade A. J. Tucker will follow if Blade gets aboard Foxx is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Pennock's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Blade steps into the box Barrett is hitting at .275 on the year He has 85 hits in 309 at bats Today, he is 3 for 4 Blade struck out his last time up Blade gets set for the pitch Herb rocks and fires Bounced towards the hole Fielded nicely by Herman THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 5-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 7 innings FOFC has 11 runs, 14 hits and 2 errors While Left Outs has 3 runs, 6 hits and one error FOFC has left 5 stranded Left Outs has failed to bring home 4 The Left Outs third baseman, Herman, will lead off He'll be followed by Harry Heilmann And then Jimmie Foxx Herman is 2 for 3 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Palmer is even with the bag at third Blade and Terp are ready with hands on knees at second and short Herman waiting on the delivery The pitch is on the way Changeup down low... Herman makes contact and hits one out to left Stan Gunner is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Hunter Left Outs with one away Hunter steps off the mound as he waits for Harry Heilmann to come to the plate Pounding the plate with his bat Heilmann awaits the pitch Heilmann gets set He's 0 for 3 so far Heilmann waits patiently The righthander Hunter's delivery Heilmann drives one into right Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints over to make the play Two out, nobody on FOFC on top 11 to 3 Jimmie Foxx is coming to the plate Jimmie is batting .312 with 26 home runs on the season He is 0 for 2 today Hunter shakes off two signs Now he's ready Hunter's 2 strike pitch... Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 69 on the season for Hunter Hunter shuts down Left Outs here in the top of the 8th So FOFC still with the lead as we go to a commercial break The center fielder Tucker will start things off for the All Stars Tucker has hit 7 home runs this year Pennock wastes no time He has the sign from Foxx Now Herb delivers Fastball, lined to left... Base hit for Tucker... Goslin over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Tucker at first Tucker takes his lead Tucker does not get a good lead Potpie up The All Stars have Tucker on first Pennock studies his sign Pennock's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Tucker dives back in!... SAFE!... Robinson tosses it back to Pennock Now here's the pitch Double play ball Vaughan has it on one bounce Robinson for one Robinson for two Vaughan to Robinson to Robinson Two down Persimmon Pflaggstettler is next Pennock has the sign He rocks and fires Hit hard back through the box And it takes a funny hop over to the mound Pennock has got it and throws to first In time! That one caught a piece of the mound! Score It: 1-3 And that will do it for FOFC Here's Wilson to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard These scores are final... AL Post WWII topped Japanese League 7 to 4 Caribbean spanked Old Timers 5 to 0 Tiant Sr. the winner, he's now 10-9 Welch takes the loss, his record drops to 9-7 Negro League I nipped Turn of Century 5 to 4 Dead Ball Era nipped AL Pre WWII 7 to 6 Negro League II smacked NL Post WWII 7 to 0 NL Pre WWII ripped Late 20th 9 to 3 Waner has hit his 11th homerun for NL Pre WWII And in our matchup FOFC on top 11 to 3 Hunter steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Hunter's righthanded delivery... Hard slider, at the knees... Wilson clubs a deep drive to center... Tucker turns, and races back after it... It goes off the wall! Wilson is steaming toward third Tucker has it, throws... Not in time... Wilson has his triple Number 2 on the year for him Left Outs first baseman, Frank Robinson, will be up next He will be followed by Goose Goslin Wilson on third... no one out FOFC leads Left Outs by 8 runs Robinson has hit 13 home runs this year Owen looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's the 3-1 offering There's a "clothes line" drive toward left Gunner quickly comes in for it... Not going to get this one... Now Stan flips it to Blade at second Wilson scores easily... One on, no outs Coming up for Left Outs is Goslin Goose is 0 for 3 this summer afternoon He's batting .288 on the season All set, Goslin is ready for the pitch He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Robinson dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Hunter Now here's the pitch Goslin pulls it on the ground It's in the hole and past Jeeberoni Potpie... Base hit into right field! Tony LaRussa puts up the stop sign for Robinson He'll hold at second Vaughan finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Vaughan digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Hunter Vaughan cocks his bat The runners stretch out to their leads Owen checks the runners Here's the 0-2 offering Vaughan rips a hanging curve to deep right-center He really walloped this one... Tucker doesn't even have time to wave goodbye It is long gone! The Left Outs shortstop really smoked it Now batting for Left Outs... Mickey Cochrane... He'll pinch hit for Herb Pennock Cochrane with a .266 average on the season Cochrane gets set at the plate Cochrane has a .271 average against righthanders this season The right-hander Rodney is set to deliver to Cochrane Here's the righthander's delivery Rodney misses low on that one Cochrane draws the walk Number 1 today by Rodney That'll bring up second baseman Jackie Robinson... FOFC out in front by 4 We're in the top of the 9th Robinson is at .271 on the season Rodney steps on the rubber The stretch... the delivery There's a drooper in front of A. J. Tucker He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out With one down Potpie yells something out to Rodney James nods his head Coming to the plate is Herman One down and runner at first Herman steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Billy is 2 for 4 today Herman awaits the delivery Rodney brings it to the plate There's a quail shot in front of A. J. Tucker He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out And there's two away "Slug" is coming to the plate Harry is batting .327 with 18 home runs on the season He is 0 for 4 today Harry is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch Rodney goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Cochrane He lobs one to Potpie... Cochrane is back easily... We're ready again Now Rodney comes home Ground ball to second Blade grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 And that will do it for Left Outs FOFC wins 11 to 7 Williams gets credit for the win Jenkins takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Barrett Blade He was 3 for 5 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Left Outs Leftovers At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/30/1900 |
7/31 Radio Broadcast - Game 115
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and Late 20th So folks, pull up a chair and spend part of your evening with us The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Rickey Henderson to lead it off for Late 20th The lefty Mighty delivers There's a ground ball into the hole Palmer and Nights converge on it It's fielded by Palmer who fires to first SAFE is the call by the ump Close play!! So with 1 on and no outs Late 20th sends their left fielder, Tony Gwynn, up to face Mighty Hard-hitting Kirby Puckett is walking towards the on-deck circle Gwynn has a .275 average against lefthanders He is .322 overall Mighty is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Mighty looks in... Now he's ready The southpaw delivers Gwynn drives the ball to center for extra bases Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign... Double for Gwynn Settling in at the plate is Puckett Al gets the sign from Hays Here's the southpaw's delivery Broken bat ground ball to second Henderson heads for home Blade comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 One gone in the top of the 1st Up next is Mike Piazza He's having a fine year so far Now batting will be Mike Piazza The catcher is walking to the plate Gwynn on third... one out Late 20th up by 1 Piazza is batting .317 with 21 round trippers in 1900 Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Al rocks and fires Slow curve... There's a deep drive ripped into the gap That looks like an easy two-bagger Stan Gunner picks it up on one bounce just short of the warning track Spins and throws... Not nearly in time Piazza cruises into second without a play McGwire, Late 20th's first baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Cal Ripken waits on deck Mighty has the sign from Hays Mighty brings it to the plate McGwire goes after Mighty's fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Tucker is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... It's out of here! Mark just hit home run number 11 of this 1900 season Now here's Ripken Ripken has 28 doubles this year Cal waits... He steps out as Mighty takes too long Now he's back in the box Here's the 3-1 offering Ripken hits a screamer at Barrett Blade Blade picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Ripken is out! Nice play by Potpie Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Mighty Wade Boggs will step in to face Mighty next If he gets on, Craig Biggio will follow Boggs is at .274 on the season Mighty shakes off two signs Now he's ready Mighty brings it to the plate Curve ball... Boggs swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! After one-half inning It's Late 20th 4, All Stars coming up Let's set the Late 20th defense as Barrett Blade steps in Piazza will be catching Martinez He's a righthand hurler Covering first will be McGwire Playing second is Biggio His double play partner at short is Ripken Boggs is at thirdbase Playing the outfield from left to right Will be Gwynn, Henderson and Puckett Now here is FOFC's leadoff hitter The righty hitting second baseman, Barrett Blade Blade is batting .274 with 3 HR's this year Martinez has the sign from Piazza Martinez leans back and fires The pitch is just inside and Blade holds up Piazza points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Barrett trots down to first... ball four Tucker walks up to the plate Tucker has hit 7 home runs this year Right-hander Martinez eyes the lefty Tucker Martinez goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Blade He lobs one to McGwire... Blade is back easily... We're ready again Now Martinez comes home Swung on and hit back at Martinez He picks it up, turns and fires to Ripken Over to first... Twin killing! A Bang Bang play turned into an easy 1-6-3 double play by Martinez That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Jeeberoni Potpie to get a new bat Let's point out that FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Potpie heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Potpie wiggles the bat above his head Potpie is poised and ready for the pitch Here's the pitch Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Piazza fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Potpie That's all for the All Stars here in the bottom of the 1st No runs, no hits and no errors So at this juncture... Late 20th ahead 4 to 0 Here's the second baseman Biggio To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Pedro Martinez And then Rickey Henderson Craig takes a couple of practice cuts Al is ready Now ready, here it is... Biggio is down That was way inside No call yet... Now the umpire motions Craig to first Pedro Martinez squares to bunt And lays it down right to Deacon Palmer Palmer looks at second But passes up a possible force play He fires to first to retire Martinez But Biggio moves up One down for Late 20th Rickey Henderson is still in the on-deck circle and Tony Gwynn is looking for a bat in the dugout So that brings up the top of the order Rickey Henderson will step in Henderson digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mighty Henderson waits for the delivery Here's his delivery Down and away Henderson reaches for the fastball... Line drive single to left... Biggio to third and around it... Gunner is up with the ball and throws home But it's cut off by Palmer Allowing the run to score "Captain Video" is coming up next Gwynn steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Gwynn is set The pitch is on the way Base hit to left for Gwynn Henderson is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Gwynn at first The third base coach, Jimmy Williams, is talking to the runner Henderson... Kirby Puckett steps to the plate Kirby is hitting at .313 on the year He has 114 hits in 364 at bats This includes 26 doubles, 7 triples 15 home runs and 45 RBI's He's waiting on the pitch... Still waiting... Now he steps out of the box We have a game of cat and mouse going on OK, now we're ready to go The southpaw's 2-1 delivery Lined hard to second Blade makes a great catch! He fires it to Palmer OUT! Double Play! Score It: 4-5 That's all for Late 20th After 1 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, Late 20th ahead 5 to 0 Persimmon Pflaggstettler will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Persimmon is batting .301 in 372 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Stan Gunner Pflaggstettler cocks his bat It's coming down the pike Pflaggstettler starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Martinez walks him Stan Gunner, the left fielder, strides to the plate Gunner is batting .266 with 14 HR's this year Martinez asks for a new ball... Rubs it down to get the shine off it... Now he steps on the rubber again Now Pedro delivers The Whiff! Martinez punches Gunner out! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League II is edging Japanese League 1 to 0 Mathis battling Inao Negro League I is beating Caribbean 4 to 0 AL Post WWII leads Left Outs 1 to 0 Kaline has hit his 10th homerun for AL Post WWII AL Pre WWII is edging NL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Gehrig has hit his 30th homerun for AL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era is on top of NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Cicotte battling Seaver Old Timers is in front of Turn of Century 3 to 0 Apparently not afraid of Martinez Pflaggstettler stretches out to his lead The runner unable to take a big lead Martinez keeps looking him back Now batting will be Deacon Palmer The third baseman is walking to the plate One on... one out Late 20th leads FOFC by 5 runs Palmer grips the bat handle Martinez gets the sign, it's one he likes The pitch to Palmer... Palmer takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Palmer can't believe it He says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Martinez That's the second out of the inning With a runner at first and two outs Hays walks to the plate Hays is no push-over in the number 7 slot He is batting .339 in 248 at bats Jeff Nights makes his way to the on-deck circle Harry stands with bat ready He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Pflaggstettler dives back in!... SAFE! McGwire tosses it back to Martinez Now here's the pitch Base hit to right for Hays Pflaggstettler is racing towards third... The throw is going to third... Kirby Puckett throws the ball away for an error! With Late 20th leading in the bottom of the 2nd Here's Nights now up for FOFC On deck will be Al Mighty Nights is at .282 on the season Martinez rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Martinez rocks and fires A curve is wide... But swung on and missed! Strike three! That is 4 on the evening for Martinez That's all for the All Stars... After 2 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, Late 20th ahead 5 to 1 Mike Piazza, Mark McGwire, and Cal Ripken are due up Piazza has hit 21 home runs this year Mighty is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now The lefthander delivers The pitch is just inside and Piazza holds up Hays points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! So one up and one gone McGwire gets set at the plate Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Mighty The delivery Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He grabs it for the out That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Mighty Al nods "UH HUH" That'll bring up Cal Ripken Wade Boggs will follow if Ripken gets aboard Hays is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Mighty's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Ripken steps into the box Left-hander Al Mighty prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Ripken The southpaw Mighty delivers the 3-2 pitch Let up pitch, inside and low Swung on... High hopping ball towards left... Into the hole... Stopped there by Nights before it gets through... He starts to throw but stops Ripken has the infield single Boggs is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Mighty is ready quickly Mighty goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Ripken He lobs one to Potpie... Ripken is back easily We're ready again Now Mighty comes home There's a high pop down the right field line It's going to go into foul territory Potpie and Blade are chasing it down the line Potpie makes the catch over his shoulder going away That's it for Late 20th Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 and a half innings, Late 20th has 5 runs, 7 hits and one error While FOFC has one run, one hit and no errors Late 20th has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Kris Terp to lead it off for FOFC in the bottom of the 3rd Terp is really struggling His batting average of .173 is embarrassing to him He's trying everything to break out of his slump But, as Johnny Bench once said "Slumps are like sleeping in a soft bed Easy to get into and hard to get out of" Late 20th ahead 5 to 1 Martinez looks down at Piazza for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants And the delivery by Martinez Strike three swinging... Now that is something you don't see very often Terp rarely ever strikes out But Martinez got him that time! One up, one down While A. J. Tucker heads for the on deck circle Barrett Blade makes his way to the plate Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Martinez is happy with the sign Windup by Martinez And the pitch Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Blade is outta there Two gone for FOFC Now batting will be A. J. Tucker Tucker is one of the best hitters around Martinez is slow to get ready He has a 4.03 ERA this year Now he's ready Martinez will try to get Tucker to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Strike Three! Martinez has now struck out 7 and we are only in third inning! We head to the 4th... The score is still Late 20th 5, All Stars 1 Late 20th will send Biggio, Pedro Martinez, and Rickey Henderson to face Sirr Fozborg this inning Biggio taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Fozborg toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hays Now Sirr delivers There's a ground ball between first and second OH, Potpie snags it in short right field He throws it to the pitcher covering the bag OUT is the call What a play by Potpie Late 20th with one away Fozborg steps off the mound as he waits for Pedro Martinez to come to the plate Planting his right foot Martinez is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Martinez Martinez digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Fozborg Martinez is waiting on the pitch Fozborg's 2-1 pitch... Sinking fastball... Martinez swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's two away Slowly coming up is Henderson for Late 20th He is finally in the batter's box Late 20th on top 5 to 1 Henderson is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in And Sirr studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it Fozborg brings it home Slow curve coming in It hits Henderson in the side Henderson is grinning out at Fozborg... who is laughing back They're both cracking up 'Cause the pitch was so slow It couldn't hurt a flea Henderson inches away from first base Fozborg looks the runner back The left fielder, Tony Gwynn, is up next We'll see how they pitch to Gwynn Fozborg steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Here's the 0-2 pitch Gwynn drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play That's it here in the top of the 4th It's 5-1 in favor of the visitors from Late 20th We'll be back in just a moment The All Stars will send Potpie, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and Stan Gunner up to the plate this inning Jeeberoni is an outstanding hitting first baseman This is attested to by the fact that he's not only 6th in the league in homers with 29 but his 77 RBI's has him rated 8th in that department as well! After getting set, Potpie waits on the pitch Martinez brings it to the plate Strike Three! Martinez has now struck out 8 and we are only in fourth! That's one away Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Pflaggstettler is ready Way ahead in the count Martinez turns the 0-2 pitch loose Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Pflaggstettler! Two down Martinez retires the first two FOFC batters Walking slowly up for FOFC is Gunner The outfield is playing him deep And shaded to the right They are showing respect for his power The Late 20th outfield is playing Gunner almost straight away Unusual for the power hitter But with Martinez on the mound it is understandable Pedro looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The pitch on the way, here it is... It's a routine fly into right Puckett ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Puckett grabs it for the out That's all for the All Stars After 4 innings in FOFC this evening, Late 20th ahead 5 to 1 Kirby Puckett up first for Late 20th He is a threat to steal if he gets on So far this season Puckett is hitting .319 when facing righthanded pitching The umpire says let's go Puckett is ready Now to the belt, here it is... There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Puckett No chance for either Nights or Gunner That one had base hit written all over it Piazza departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Mike is taking his sweet time getting ready The umpire says a few words to Mike... Now we're set to go He's in his crouch Piazza can really swing that wood Fozborg looks at the runner The pitch This one is hit deep He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... Hit high and very deep... Tucker was positioned well and has a shot at it He is on the warning track... At the fence... He jumps... OUT!!! Puckett will need to hurry to get back to first and does... just in time FOFC gets the first out of the inning McGwire is up next One gone, top of the 5th Cal Ripken moves out on deck McGwire saunters to the plate The righthander is 1 for 2 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Fozborg McGwire is hitting .246 versus righties this year Of his 11 homeruns, 6 came while facing righties McGwire waits Fozborg fires McGwire slaps a slow bouncer in front of second Blade races in He reaches down Scoops it up and fires to first Out! Puckett advances on the play Two down That brings up Cal Ripken, the shortstop Ripken is taking his practice swings Cal is 1 for 2 this evening Cal steadies his bat Waits patiently for Fozborg's pitch Nights trying to slip in behind Puckett Now he slips away Here's the 2 strike offering Ripken hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to first for the out That wraps up the inning for Late 20th Time to check out the rest of the scores Negro League II is on top of Japanese League 2 to 0 Negro League I toppling Caribbean 7 to 0 Left Outs with the lead over AL Post WWII 4 to 1 McCovey has hit his 26th homerun for Left Outs NL Pre WWII and AL Pre WWII are deadlocked at 2 Dead Ball Era leads NL Post WWII 4 to 3 Aaron has hit his 40th homerun for NL Post WWII Old Timers clipping Turn of Century 5 to 1 And in our contest Late 20th leads 5 to 1 The third baseman Palmer will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Harry Hays And then Jeff Nights Against righthanders Palmer is hitting .300 Deacon steadies his bat And waits patiently for Martinez's pitch The righthander Martinez delivers He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Ripken Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Walking up to the plate now is Hays Jeff Nights waits on deck Hays a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Martinez Harry is ready for the delivery He brings it home Slider, outside... Hays reaches for it... Gets some wood on it It's rolling towards Ripken... He scoops it up smoothly Firing to McGwire in one motion... Close play... SAFE!... by a whisker McGwire is arguing the call But to no avail That's a single for Hays And it brings up Jeff Nights On deck is Sirr Fozborg Barrett Blade in the hole Nights is batting .281 with 13 homers this year All set, Nights is ready for the pitch Martinez checks Hays on first Now the 2-2 pitch Base hit to left for Nights Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Hays will stay at second Gonzalez digs in at the plate Ready now for Martinez to come set 1st and 2nd, one man down The right-hander Martinez is set to deliver to Gonzalez Martinez's righthanded delivery... Curve, up high... Gonzalez rips it to left... Martinez hung that breaking ball However, David got under it just a bit Gwynn started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" Next up for the All Stars is Barrett Blade Blade has hit 3 home runs this year Martinez looks in for the sign from Piazza Martinez's been mowing the All Stars down today Already with 9 strike outs and we're only in the bottom of the 5th We've got a full count... Martinez winds and fires... Strike Three! Martinez has now struck out 10 and we are only in fifth inning! That's it for FOFC Late 20th has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has now left 3 runners stranded |
7/31 Radio Broadcast Continued
Wade Boggs leads it off Wade steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Boggs is 0 for 2 today He fouled out last time up Owen Hunter steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Hunter winds and delivers The 0-2 pitch It's a routine fly into left Gunner ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One out Due up next is Craig Biggio Facing Hunter now is Biggio Pedro Martinez heads to the on deck circle Rickey Henderson waits in the hole Biggio can't seem to get settled at the plate Biggio waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch is on the way Good slider, inside part of the plate Biggio gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two out, nobody on Late 20th ahead 5 to 1 Two away, nobody on Martinez comes to the plate for Late 20th Looking to Jimmy Williams for a sign Martinez awaits the delivery Hunter brings it to the plate Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! And that will do it for Late 20th Here's A. J. Tucker to lead it off Martinez is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... Here's the 1-1 offering Hard ground ball to second Biggio comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 So one up and one gone One away, nobody on... bottom of the 6th The first base coach exhorting Potpie to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Martinez is looking in for the sign... He has struck out 10 this evening He has the sign... Martinez winds and delivers Curve, at the belt... Potpie times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Tony Gwynn retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Persimmon Pflaggstettler Piazza flashes the sign... Martinez shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Here's the righthander's delivery Fastball, at the letters... Pflaggstettler crunches it... There's a high belt... Driven deep into left-centerfield... Gwynn running to the fence... It's outta here HOME RUN 18 for Pflaggstettler this year! Gunner finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Gunner is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Martinez has the sign he wants Martinez kicks and fires Hard slider... And Gunner takes it right down the middle Strike three called Up next for the All Stars The hometown third baseman, Deacon Palmer Palmer swinging from the right side facing the righty Martinez Right-hander Martinez eyes the righty Palmer Martinez brings it to the plate And Palmer is down on strikes... Martinez keeps mowing them down That one gives him 12 this evening That retires the side The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning After 6 innings, Late 20th leads 5 to 3 Henderson saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Henderson steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Rickey is 2 for 2 today Hunter is ready quickly Now Owen delivers Henderson hits one on the ground to the left side Rickey, who moves well, is motoring to first Nights wings it quickly to Potpie... OUT by a step One down for Late 20th Tony Gwynn is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Late 20th Gwynn gets set at the plate Gwynn gets set He's 2 for 3 so far Hunter steps on the rubber Here's the 2 strike offering Comebacker, right to Hunter Over to Potpie for the easy out Two down Puckett coming up for Late 20th Nobody on, two away The outfield shades towards left for Puckett Hunter has the sign from Hays The righthander Hunter's delivery Puckett swings and smacks a line drive into left Gunner comes over and plays it on one hop A single for the Late 20th right fielder Two out base knock It is surprising how often they lead to trouble... We'll see... A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Mike Piazza Owen peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The pitch to Piazza... Hit on the ground to short Nights grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for Late 20th So After 6 and a half innings Late 20th has 5 runs, 9 hits and one error While FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors Late 20th has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Late 20th is making a defensive change Carter will bat 4th and catch Bottom of the lineup coming up for FOFC Harry Hays will step in to face Martinez to start the bottom of the 7th Jeff Nights, then Owen Hunter will follow FOFC needs some base runners, and soon Harry is 2 for 2 this summer evening He singled in his last plate appearance Hays waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled He brings it home Hanging curve... Swung on... Hays turned that one around in a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run Gwynn didn't even move Next up is Jeff Nights, the FOFC shortstop On-deck is Owen Hunter... He'll be followed by Barrett Blade Nights has 28 doubles this year Carter flashes the sign... Martinez waves it off... Now he's happy Now the delivery, here is is... Nights pops one straight up And it will be Carter making the play One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League II leads Japanese League 2 to 1 Negro League I toppling Caribbean 10 to 3 Left Outs clipping AL Post WWII 5 to 1 NL Pre WWII and AL Pre WWII are tied at 3 NL Post WWII and Dead Ball Era are tied at 4 Old Timers is beating Turn of Century 5 to 1 Galvin comfortably ahead for Old Timers And right here in FOFC Late 20th leads 5 to 4 Coming up for FOFC is K. A. Ton Nobody on base, one out Ton is at .278 on the season Pedro Martinez still on the mound for the Modern Stars... Martinez has gone the distance so far He's given up 6 hits in 6 1/3 innings Here's the 3-1 pitch Fastball... low and away, ball four Martinez puts the tying run on base Not a good idea Bobby Cox is visiting the mound... He decides to stick with Pedro Martinez One on, one out Blade walks to the batter's box Before getting ready Blade checks out the defensive alignment Blade awaits the delivery Martinez brings it to the plate Blade grounds one to third Boggs juggles it Over to first Barrett beats it out! Boggs will get an error on the play That's error number 2 of the game for Late 20th Tucker is up now for FOFC Tucker looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Martinez eyes Tucker intently Pedro checks the runners Here's the 3-2 offering Grounder topped to short Ripken comes up with it Throw to second for one On to first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Ton takes third The runner on first, Blade, is out Two gone for FOFC Time is running out for them Potpie finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Jeeberoni comes to the plate batting .289 with 30 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today Potpie tells the umpire he's ready Here's his delivery A sharp breaking curve... Potpie was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Gwynn turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Jeeberoni Potpie can touch them all Well, as Jerry Coleman would say... John Smoltz has just finished "throwing up in the bullpen" He'll come on here in the bottom of the 7th Smoltz has 34 previous appearances His record stands at 4 and 4 He has 1 save He sports a 5.16 ERA Pedro Martinez is walking slowly off the mound Pflaggstettler departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Pflaggstettler is hitting .305 against righties Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Smoltz brings it to the plate Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Pflaggstettler takes his lead Smoltz looks Pflaggstettler back... He's taking a shorter lead now The All Stars' left fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs Gunner is taking his practice swings Stan is 0 for 3 this evening Gunner waits for the pitch Here's the 2-2 offering It's a rainbow shot toward center Henderson reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 47407 McGwire saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Mark is hitting at .243 on the year He has 45 hits in 185 at bats Today, he is 1 for 3 McGwire grounded out his last time up Mark is set for the pitch Knowles brings it home Fastball... and it hits McGwire... or did it? No, it didn't!!! It's ball four... McGwire will take first base on a walk Cal Ripken will make his way toward the plate He glances down at McGwire McGwire runs like he has cement in his shoes Knowles won't have to worry about him going Cal steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Jimmy Williams relays the sign from Bobby Cox Ripken grounded out last time up and now is 1 for 3 Cal seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Sammy rocks and fires Fastball, a dandy... Steee Rike THREE swinging! Cal looked like Casey on that pitch Went for the HIGH CHEESE! With one down Potpie yells something out to Knowles Sammy nods his head McGwire at first, one out Wade Boggs is ready at the plate Boggs is batting .272 with 5 round trippers in 1900 Knowles adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays The pitch is on the way Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Boggs is outta there That's out number two Benton Breeze moving around Hollers something down at Knowles Sammy nods "UH HUH" Craig Biggio will step in to face Knowles next If he gets on, John Smoltz will follow Biggio digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Knowles Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Now Sammy delivers Fastball... Swung on... Biggio connects... It is way back there... Gazelle doesn't even move That ball is history! Even Gazelle admired that one Home run number 3 for Biggio The score is tied at 7 in the top of the 8th Up steps John Smoltz, the fine hitting pitcher for Late 20th He is no gimmee by any means for Knowles Smoltz a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Knowles Smoltz cocks his bat It's coming down the pike Curve in the dirt... and Smoltz holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Hays asks the first base ump's opinion He says Smoltz went around Strike three, swinging The Modern Stars refuse to go down quietly... They tie it here with 2 runs We go to the FOFC half of the 8th... It's all tied up... All Stars 7, Modern Stars 7 Leading off for the All Stars is the third baseman Palmer He'll be followed by Harry Hays And then Jeff Nights Palmer looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 0 for 3 on the day for Deacon Palmer waits for the delivery Here's the pitch Base hit to center for Palmer Rickey Henderson is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Harry Hays makes his way to home plate Hays has hit 12 home runs this year Smoltz likes the sign The righthander delivers Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Carter Palmer dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Palmer made it back That's one away Jeff Nights, the shortstop, strides to the plate Nights is 1 for 3 today Right-hander Smoltz prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Nights The pitch is on the way Swung on and popped up back of first Biggio is running after it... McGwire is backpedaling... Watch out!... They almost collided! And the ball drops free just beyond the dugout A lack of communication cost Late 20th there . . . Nights back in the box And here comes the next pitch Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Nights is outta there That's two away for the All Stars We have a real "nail-biter" here today Stepping in the batter's box, Gazelle Palmer at first, two away So far this season Gazelle is hitting .215 when facing righthanded pitching John looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Smoltz's 1-2 pitch... It is a high hard one... Gazelle goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Gazelle couldn't hold back We head to the 9th... The scored is tied, 7-all Rickey Henderson, Tony Gwynn, and Kirby Puckett are due up Rickey is hitting at .255 on the year He has 82 hits in 321 at bats His speed has propelled him to 26 stolen bases Knowles studies his sign And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Henderson tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! One away for Late 20th here in the top of the 9th One away, nobody on base Gwynn stands ready at the plate Right-hander Knowles prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Gwynn The righthander Knowles delivers Good slider, inside part of the plate Gwynn gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's the second out of the inning Kirby Puckett up The score is tied Puckett swinging from the right side facing the righty Knowles Puckett is waiting on the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery Puckett cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Puckett was badly fooled by Knowles' big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Kirby was a little overanxious The Modern Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 8 and a half innings, The score is tied at 7 |
7/31 Radio Broadcast Continued
Barrett Blade is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Blade is 0 for 3 today Barrett reached base on an error last time up Smoltz adjusts his cap... Now he's set Smoltz kicks and fires Swung on and hit sharply to short Ripken plays it on one bounce Over to McGwire... Out of there! One out A. J. Tucker is due up next One out, nobody on base A. J. Tucker is the batter Late 20th has the outfield shaded towards right Tucker is 0 for 4 today He's ready for the delivery Righthander Smoltz's delivery Tucker rips one to right He hit it right on the nose... Puckett is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Kirby Puckett Two up, two down for the All Stars Up now for FOFC is Potpie Two away, nobody on Jeeberoni Potpie will step in to face Smoltz He is 2 for 4 on the evening with 2 home runs! That impressive display of power has been good for 4 RBI's Smoltz looks down at Carter He shakes him off once... Again... John has got to be a little concerned with Potpie up there as the FOFC first baseman has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Smoltz's righthanded delivery... Pop-up Carter throws away the mask He makes the catch And we go to extra innings! Carter steps up to the plate for Late 20th It's the top of the 10th here at FOFC Stadium The score is tied at 7 Carter looks down toward the third base coach Gary steadies his bat And waits patiently for Knowles' pitch And the delivery by Knowles Routine grounder to first Potpie scoops it up Over to first for the out And there's one away McGwire pounds the plate Now he stares out at Knowles McGwire adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Mark is 1 for 3 this evening Knowles has the sign from Hays Knowles goes into his windup And here's the 1-1 offering A hot shot on the ground to Nights He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and McGwire is out Two up, two down for Late 20th Making his way up is Ripken Cal is batting .286 with 12 home runs on the season He is 1 for 4 today Knowles is walking around the mound While we wait, let me mention He is 1st in saves this year He has 21... Now Sammy is ready... Knowles rocks and fires Ripken starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Knowles walks him We are going to have a pinch runner for Cal Ripken Bobby Cox will bring in Ozzie Smith for Cal Ripken He's a threat to steal Smith takes a three step lead Smith gets a great jump... The pitch... There goes the runner! Hays up quickly and throwing... SAFE... The throw was too late Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Wade Boggs Wade Boggs steps into the box Boggs is hitting .272 with 5 homeruns Wade also has 23 doubles and 3 triples And has driven in a total of 48 runs Boggs waits patiently Knowles fires There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Hays calls for it and makes the play As the ump signals a foul ball That's all for Late 20th After 9 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, We're all tied up at 7 Late 20th's defensive changes are... Smith will bat 6th and play SS Persimmon Pflaggstettler leads off for FOFC Sammy Knowles and Deacon Palmer will follow We've got a dandy here today at FOFC Stadium Smoltz is rubbing the ball up Pitchers develop very calloused hands over the course of a season They want to get the ball as rough as they can John winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... Pflaggstettler swings and misses Strike three! Smoltz overpowered him again He went down on three pitches That's 2 whiffs today for the FOFC right fielder One gone for FOFC Walking slowly up for FOFC is Fouts The outfield is playing him deep And shaded to the right They are showing respect for his power Right-hander Smoltz eyes the lefty Fouts The 2-2 offering... Dan Fouts swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... It's CAUGHT! Puckett robs the All Stars with a great catch at the fence The score is tied at 7 with two away Let's check some other scores as well These scores are final... Negro League II ripped Japanese League 7 to 1 Inao takes the loss, his record drops to 5-12 Mathis the winner, he's now 6-8 Negro League I humiliated Caribbean 13 to 3 Left Outs toppled AL Post WWII 6 to 2 NL Pre WWII easily defeated AL Pre WWII 8 to 3 Faber takes the loss, his record drops to 5-9 Vance the winner, he's now 9-4 Dead Ball Era edged out NL Post WWII 8 to 7 Old Timers is the winner over Turn of Century 5 to 1 Deacon Palmer coming up It's a tie game in the bottom of the 10th Stepping out, Palmer looks into the dugout Steps back in Palmer looks very intent... He stares down at Smoltz... Cocks his bat Smoltz quick pitches him Palmer raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Boggs just got his glove up in time Great reflexes That retires the side For FOFC, No runs, no hits and no errors Late 20th will try to push one across in the top of the 11th Here's Craig Biggio leading off John Smoltz is on deck And Rickey Henderson is in the hole Biggio has hit 3 home runs this year Kronside wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Kronside brings it to the plate Struck him out on a fastball Biggio goes down swinging One down, nobody on Game tied Now batting for Late 20th... Ryne Sandberg... He'll pinch hit for John Smoltz Sandberg with a .267 average on the season Nobody on base, one away Sandberg steps into the batter's box Sandberg goes through his routine of settling in Sandberg awaits the delivery Here comes the pitch Fly ball to left Gazelle is under it He makes the grab Two gone for Late 20th The center fielder, Rickey Henderson will be up next for Late 20th Henderson needs to get on... He has a .365 on base percentage Hays flashes the sign to Kronside Jace comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Henderson swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Kronside strikes out Rickey Henderson That wraps up the inning for Late 20th By the way, Late 20th is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Dennis Eckersley will be coming on to pitch for Late 20th Dennis has appeared in 18 games this season with a record of 2-1 In 31 innings, he has an 4.99 ERA John Smoltz has finished his work here this evening The catcher Hays will start things off for the All Stars Harry Hays will step in to face Eckersley He is 3 for 4 on the evening with 1 home run! He is batting a lusty .345 Harry takes off his cap... He brushes some hair off his forehead He taps his bat on the plate He's ready to go Here's the offering Hays pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Gwynn will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Hays retreats to first after a wide turn (Guarding Lines Effect) Nights squares as Eckersley delivers the pitch Mark McGwire charges and picks up the bunt He fires to first in time Credit a sacrifice to Nights With one gone FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Up now is Gazelle The All Stars have Hays on second Gazelle is 0 for 1 today Gerald struck out last time around Gazelle concentrates He holds the bat down on the end The home town crowd is yelling out to Hays telling him to watch out as Biggio sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Eckersley delivers the 2-0 offering It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Smith for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! One more chance for FOFC in the bottom of the 11th Blade now at the plate A. J. Tucker waits on deck Winning run is in scoring position Eckersley needs to get Blade out He would like to strike him out Eckersley tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... And the cripple pitch... A slider by Eckersley Blade gets good wood on it... Puckett back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That retires the side... Blade fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Late 20th will send Gwynn, Kirby Puckett, and Gary Carter to face Jace Kronside this inning Jace gets the sign from Hays And here is the 1-2 delivery Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Gwynn! One down for Late 20th Kirby Puckett is still in the on-deck circle and Gary Carter is looking for a bat in the dugout Puckett walks to the plate Puckett is 2 for 5 today For the season, Kirby has 15 homers 26 doubles, and 7 triples He has scored 45 runs while driving in 45 Kronside steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Here's the 2-2 pitch Puckett hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Fouts dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the third baseman, Dan Fouts! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard These scores are final... Negro League II gets an easy win over Japanese League 7 to 1 Negro League I pulverized Caribbean 13 to 3 Left Outs is the winner over AL Post WWII 6 to 2 NL Pre WWII easily defeated AL Pre WWII 8 to 3 Hartnett has hit his 19th homerun for NL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era edged out NL Post WWII 8 to 7 Old Timers toppled Turn of Century 5 to 1 And in our contest The score is knotted at 7 Here's the Late 20th clean-up hitter, Gary Carter Kronside squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Kronside kicks and fires Swung on and hit on the nose to left Gazelle picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Carter is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it McGwire is up next Two out with Carter at first McGwire scuffs up the lines around the box McGwire, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Kronside Kronside goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Carter He lobs one to Potpie... Carter is back easily... We're ready again Now Kronside comes home High foul pop Behind home plate Hays is back Near the screen And it pops out of his mitt! McGwire will get another swing. Score It: E2 Carter holds at first Late 20th first baseman, Mark McGwire, is up next Mark takes a couple of practice cuts McGwire waits The All Stars fans are standing They want the strikeout from "Mister Closer" Jace winds and delivers the 0-2 pitch Swung on and missed Strike Three! McGwire couldn't lay off the high fast ball Number 4 on the day for Kronside That wraps up the inning for Late 20th So After 11 and a half innings FOFC has 7 runs, 10 hits and one error While Late 20th has 7 runs, 11 hits and 2 errors Late 20th has left 7 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 Here's the center fielder Tucker To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler We're in the bottom of the 12th Eckersley tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Eckersley is into his windup Here's the pitch There's a ground ball into the hole Boggs and Smith converge on it It's picked by Boggs who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! One down, nobody on Game tied Jeeberoni Potpie is entering the batter's box Benton Breeze has his big bopper, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, waiting in the on-deck circle Eckersley looks down at Carter He shakes him off once... Again... Dennis has got to be a little concerned with Potpie up there as the FOFC first baseman has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Eckersley brings it to the plate Potpie pounds a grounder toward Boggs at third Wade moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Boggs stayed with it Over to first and Potpie is retired Nice play by the Late 20th third baseman Two down Eckersley retires two in a row Persimmon Pflaggstettler will face Eckersley Righty against righty Pflaggstettler is batting .303 with 18 HR's this year Eckersley steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way It's a smash over second Biggio leaps Just over his outstretched glove Pflaggstettler makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Pflaggstettler watches Eckersley carefully As he stretches out to his lead Pflaggstettler gets a great jump... The pitch... There goes the runner! The throw by Carter... SAFE... Pflaggstettler is in there with a pop-up slide! The throw a bit too late Carter heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Fouts. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . Dan Fouts steps into the box The game is riding on this pitch... Here we go! Eckersley adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Carter And the delivery by Eckersley Base hit to center for Fouts Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Pflaggstettler scores! FOFC wins 8 to 7 Kronside gets credit for the win Eckersley takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 2 for 6 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
7/31 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Late 20th Modern Stars At 1000 FOFC All Stars 7/31/1900 |
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Nice win boys!
On a side note, still crazy to see names like Biggio, Sandberg, Henderson, Gwynn, Puckett, Carter and McGwire. It's like a who's who of some of my favorite hitters growing up. |
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Yeah, that's what makes this so much fun for me to. If I do this again next year the Late 20s stars will look a bit different. I'll rework them to put some of the recent HOF inductees on that team... Blyleven Larkin Santo and anyone else I'm forgetting... Then I'll add players to split this into a modern stars... Jeter Jones Bonds (pre-PED) Griffey and the Late 20s... Not sure what other positions I'll need to fill after the split, but I'll figure it out... |
8/1 Radio Broadcast - Game 116
I see by the clock that we're ready to go here in FOFC Henderson steps in to start things off for Late 20th Let's set the FOFC defense for you Battery mates are Nielsen and Hays Covering the corners at first and third Will be Potpie and Fouts The keystone combo has Blade at second And Nights playing short In the outfield From left to right Its Ton, Tucker and Gazelle Now Henderson steps into the batter's box This game's about to begin Henderson finishes his stretching Let's play some ball... Nielsen goes into his windup Here it comes Sharp breaking curveball... Henderson reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Fouts... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Potpie at first! Henderson is out easily One gone in the top of the 1st Up next is Tony Gwynn He's having a fine year so far Gwynn leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The pitch to Gwynn... Gwynn pulls one to the right side It's going to scoot on through the infield Gazelle will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Gwynn retreats to first after a wide turn Puckett gets set at the plate FOFC is set up for two Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Now Rob delivers The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! Grounded down the line Potpie takes it to the bag himself The hit and run moves the runner up. Score It: 3 That's the second out of the inning Here's Mike Piazza Mike takes a couple of practice cuts Mike stands with bat ready The lefthander Nielsen delivers Curve over the plate... Piazza connects! Ton is off to the races... That ball is hit hard... K. A. is at the warning track... And makes the catch! That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for Late 20th No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base FOFC is coming to bat As we go to the bottom of the first let's set the defensive alignment for Late 20th Glavine and Piazza are the battery mates McGwire will man first base Boggs is at the hot corner Ripken and Biggio form the keystone combination From left to right it is Gwynn, Henderson and Puckett Now Barrett Blade steps in Blade is at .270 on the season Glavine shakes off the sign by Piazza We have Tom Glavine and Rob Nielsen matched up in this one as we play in the bottom of the first Glavine brings it to the plate HIT HIM!! Blade jogs down to first Barrett took one for the team to get on Tucker up The All Stars have Blade on first Tucker has 18 doubles this year Tucker gets set for the pitch Biggio comes in a couple steps Yells something to Glavine The delivery FOFC tries the hit and run! Tucker goes after the outside slider Hammers it into the ground... Biggio gloves it... Throws quickly to first... Tucker is out easily on the hard grounder Blade is safely down at second The hit and run moves the runner up. That's one away Next up for the All Stars is Gerald Gazelle One out, man on second Glavine steps on the rubber The pitch on the way, here it is... Gazelle swings and lifts one toward left Gwynn drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Two gone for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie will get a crack at Glavine next Dan Fouts would be up next... But only if Potpie can reach safely Potpie has a .292 average against lefthanders He is .289 overall Left-hander Tom Glavine prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Potpie Way ahead in the count Glavine turns the 0-2 pitch loose Potpie takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Potpie's outta there So it is nothing across for the All Stars in the bottom of the 1st After 1 inning FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors While Late 20th has no runs, one hit and no errors McGwire saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Nielsen gets the sign, it's one he likes Now to the belt, here it is... The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal McGwire swung, that's strike three McGwire isn't happy at all with that call With one down, up next is Cal Ripken To be followed by Wade Boggs Facing Nielsen now is Ripken Wade Boggs heads to the on deck circle Craig Biggio waits in the hole Nielsen steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Rob rocks and fires Sinking fastball... Ripken swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's two away Boggs now at the plate Craig Biggio waits on deck Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy Now Rob delivers There's a high pop down the left field line It's going to go into foul territory Fouts and Nights are chasing it down the line Jeff dives, but can't make the play Foul ball . . . Boggs back in the box And here comes the next pitch Boggs pounds it on the ground toward the pitcher Nielsen Nielsen swipes at it... He only succeeds at knocking it in front of him That will be an error on Rob Nielsen Biggio is up next Two out with Boggs at first Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Nielsen quick pitches the 0-2 offering Nielsen comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Biggio As Craig swings right through it for strike three Nielsen punches him out That's all for the Modern Stars No runs, no hits, one error and one man left on base... We go to the bottom of the 2nd... We're scoreless Fouts saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Dan will be facing the lefty Glavine from the right side of the plate Of his 16 home runs, 6 are against southpaws Glavine studies his sign Now ready, here it is... Fouts pulls this one down the line Gwynn is at the warning track The ball is hooking... Just foul! . . . Fouts back in the box And here comes the next pitch Swung on and hit sharply to second Biggio plays it on one bounce Over to McGwire... Out of there! One down for FOFC Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle and K. A. Ton is looking for a bat in the dugout Walking up to the plate now is Hays K. A. Ton waits on deck Harry is batting .348 in 253 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by K. A. Ton 1 down, Hays behind in the count, 0-2 The lefty Glavine delivers What a pitch... strike three Glavine put that one on the black, a perfect pitch Two gone here in the bottom of the 2nd We want to welcome the FOFC "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Up now for FOFC is Ton Two away, nobody on Ton has managed a .326 average against lefthanders this year Glavine is on the third-base side of the rubber... Here's the 2-2 pitch Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to center for a base hit No chance to get that one At the plate now for FOFC is Nights Nights is at .282 on the season Piazza flashes the sign... Glavine shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Nights looks at strike three That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings, FOFC has no runs, one hit and one error While Late 20th has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base Late 20th has stranded 2 Tom Glavine stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Glavine is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Hays flashes the sign to Nielsen Here's the southpaw's delivery Hard slider... And Glavine takes it right down the middle Strike three called One gone for Late 20th And it brings up Rickey Henderson On deck is Tony Gwynn Kirby Puckett in the hole Henderson swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Nielsen He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Rickey brings the bat back... The lefthander delivers The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Henderson held up, and draws a walk Nielsen isn't happy at all with that call Now up for Late 20th, Gwynn A real speedster Henderson is on first They'll need to keep an eagle-eye on him Gwynn gets set He's 1 for 1 so far He's ready for the delivery Nielsen rocks and fires Gwynn hits a blooper just beyond the infield It looks like that one will drop Jeff Nights dives toward the outfield grass AND SNAGS THE BALL BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND Scoreless game with two away Let's check some other scores as well Japanese League clipping Negro League II 4 to 0 Negro League I is edging Caribbean 1 to 0 Williams battling Cuellar Left Outs and AL Post WWII are tied at 3 Pennock battling Feller NL Pre WWII is on top of AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Dead Ball Era slipping by NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Old Timers is edging Turn of Century 2 to 1 Taking his lead is Henderson Henderson takes his lead... Nielsen fires it to first... OUT! Henderson was leaning the wrong way Nielsen caught him napping Rob Nielsen is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Nielsen looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Glavine eyes Nielsen intently Here is the 0-2 pitch Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Nielsen swings way over it He was fooled completely Piazza loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Rob as he was heading for the dugout So one up and one gone Blade is up next One gone, bottom of the 3rd A. J. Tucker moves out on deck Tom Glavine steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Now the delivery, here is is... Blade sends a routine ground ball to first McGwire takes it on one hop Flips it to Glavine Easy out That's two away for the All Stars I had a chance to grab a snack before the game Had to hurry, though... Wasn't hungry enough to eat 8 slices so I had them cut the pizza into 6... Now here's Tucker Tucker is 0 for 1 today Glavine toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Piazza He brings it home Tucker cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Piazza Tucker was badly fooled by Glavine's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! A. J. was a little overanxious That's three outs, side retired Here's the right fielder Puckett To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Mike Piazza And then Mark McGwire Puckett needs to get on... He has a .362 on base percentage Puckett awaits the delivery With a 0-1 count, the pitch A hot shot on the ground to Blade He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Puckett is out And there's one away One away, nobody on base Piazza stands ready at the plate Nielsen shakes off two signs Now he's ready The southpaw delivers It's fouled into short right field Gazelle is coming in Potpie is going back Both are converging on the stands Jeeberoni leans over the rail Just beyond his reach . . . Piazza back in the box And here comes the next pitch There's a towering fly ball hit by Piazza Gazelle sprints over, and makes the catch Two down McGwire digs in at the plate Ready now for Nielsen to come set McGwire is 0 for 1 today Nielsen rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Nielsen brings it to the plate It's hit down the line Gazelle ranges over quickly He's under it Easy out 1-2-3, nothing across... The big guys are due up for FOFC Gazelle will lead it off He will be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie and Dan Fouts Gazelle is 0 for 1 today Gerald flied out last time up Tom peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Here's the windup... and the pitch Gazelle swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Glavine strikes out Gerald Gazelle One up, one down for FOFC The first baseman, Potpie, is ready to bat No score in the bottom of the 4th Potpie has hit 31 home runs this year Glavine has the sign from Piazza Glavine winds and delivers The 0-2 pitch Potpie slaps a hard grounder past short Gwynn is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Potpie will hold with a clean single Now batting will be the third baseman, Dan Fouts Fouts wiggles the bat above his head Fouts looks very intent... He stares down at Glavine... Cocks his bat Glavine checks Potpie on first Now the 2-0 pitch Swung on...and hit way, way up Under it is Piazza...and he's got it Two down Piazza asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Piazza and Glavine The All Stars' catcher is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs Hays scuffs up the lines around the box Glavine steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Glavine brings it to the plate Base hit to left for Hays Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Potpie will stay at second It will be Ton to face Glavine Ton is one of the most feared sluggers Tom is ready Glavine kicks and fires Ton drives the ball to left for extra bases Potpie scores Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Hays scores! Double for Ton Piazza heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Nights. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are going to put Nights on Piazza holds out his glove That's ball four Nielsen finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Glavine squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Checks the runners Here's his delivery He rips a grounder to second Taken by Biggio Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 4 innings FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and one error While Late 20th has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 4 stranded Late 20th has failed to bring home 2 Cal Ripken to lead things off for Late 20th FOFC with a 2 run lead The visitors will try to quiet the crowd A few base runners would do the trick Cal looks at the sign from the coach at third Jimmy Williams flashes a series of them... Now Ripken taps the bat on home plate The count one ball, one strike on Ripken Nielsen brings it to the plate Drilled on the ground to short Nights comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 So one up and one gone Making his way up is Boggs Boggs is 0 for 1 today Nielsen adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays It's coming down the pike Good slider, inside part of the plate Boggs gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Japanese League is in front of Negro League II 4 to 1 Negro League I is in front of Caribbean 4 to 1 AL Post WWII slipping by Left Outs 8 to 6 NL Pre WWII is in front of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Dead Ball Era is giving it to NL Post WWII 5 to 0 Bender enjoying the big Dead Ball Era lead Old Timers is edging Turn of Century 2 to 1 And here in FOFC FOFC leads 2 to 0 Biggio makes his way to home plate Late 20th down by 2 runs We're in the top of the 5th Rob looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch Swung on and missed by Biggio, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for Biggio That wraps up the inning for Late 20th By the way, Late 20th is 4 and 6 in their last ten games We're back at the top of the All Stars' order Barrett Blade coming up Barrett is hitting at .269 on the year He has 85 hits in 316 at bats This includes 19 doubles, 6 triples 3 home runs and 24 RBI's He's ready The lefthander Glavine comes home with it There's a drive to left by Blade Gwynn picks the ball up on one bounce Fires it to second Blade turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Gwynn Blade stretches his lead Glavine is paying a lot of attention to Blade They want to hold Blade close He's excellent on the basepaths Now he throws over... Blade dives back in... SAFE! Tucker walks up to the plate Tucker gets the sign from third He is 0 for 2 A. J. is set for the pitch The stretch... the 0-2 delivery It is a high hard one... Tucker goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Tucker couldn't hold back With one gone FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Gerald Gazelle is entering the batter's box Benton Breeze has his big bopper, Jeeberoni Potpie, waiting in the on-deck circle And Tom studies the sign from Piazza... Now he's got it The southpaw Glavine delivers the 2 strike pitch Base hit to left for Gazelle Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Blade will stay at second Men at first and second Jeeberoni Potpie, a dangerous man at the plate... 10th this year in the league in slugging average He's cruising along at a .573 pace Potpie taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Set now is Potpie Glavine fires Screaming liner towards short Ripken makes a great catch! Score It: 6 Two down Due up next is Dan Fouts Let's see what happens now FOFC third baseman, Dan Fouts, is up next Fouts steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Dan is 0 for 2 today Fouts waits patiently The pitch is on the way A slider by Glavine Fouts gets good wood on it... Gwynn back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That retires the side... Dan Fouts fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often |
8/1 Radio Broadcast Continued
Tom Glavine will start the top of the 6th for Late 20th Late 20th needs some runs Now, FOFC on top 2 to 0 Glavine looks down toward the third base coach Tom is ready for the delivery And the delivery by Nielsen Hard slider, paints the inside corner Glavine gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Glavine for the out FOFC gets the first out of the inning Rickey Henderson is coming to the plate Henderson has a .264 average against lefties Nielsen likes the sign The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Slow ground ball Fouts is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two up, two down for Late 20th Nielsen is moving along with the efficiency of a well oiled machine Gwynn is up now for Late 20th Tony is 1 for 2 this summer evening He popped out in his last plate appearance Nielsen is slow to get ready He has a 3.06 ERA this year Now he's ready Nielsen goes into his windup Here it comes Gwynn swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Nielsen strikes out Tony Gwynn That's three outs, side retired The All Stars will send Hays, K. A. Ton, and Jeff Nights up to the plate this inning Harry steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Hays is 1 for 2 today He singled last time up Hays awaits the delivery Glavine's 1-0 pitch... Swung on... Smashed on the ground... It's over the bag! Puckett is chasing it into the corner in right field It'll be extra bases! Harry Hays motoring into second base But Kirby Puckett plays it perfectly Spins and throws It's wide of the bag Hays slides in with a double That was a nasty curve he chased K. A. Ton, the left fielder, strides to the plate Ton is batting .289 with 11 HR's this year Tom Glavine still on the mound for the Modern Stars... Glavine has gone the distance so far He's given up 7 hits in 5 innings Glavine will try to get Ton to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Ton swings late and slices one to right It's curving toward the foul line... Puckett won't get there in time It's a fair ball as it hits right on the line! It takes two bounces... Now a fan reaches over the railing and gloves it! Well, that stops that play right there! Ton will get a ground rule double on it... And the fan will be escorted out of the ball park... You can't do that folks That ball was still in play Hays scores on the play One on, nobody out Nights strides up to the plate Jeff, a right-handed hitter, will face the lefty Glavine Of his 13 home runs, 4 are against southpaws Nights is set for the pitch The home town crowd is yelling out to Ton telling him to watch out as Biggio sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Glavine delivers the 1-2 offering Nights hits a three hopper towards Cal Ripken Ripken scoops it and fires it to first for the out One out The All Stars have a 3 run lead Nielsen strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Nielsen goes through his routine of settling in Rob steadies his bat Waits patiently for Glavine's pitch And here's the pay-off pitch... Swung on and chopped toward second Biggio races in He bare hands it! Underhands one to first... One hopper! GOT HIM! What a nice play by McGwire A backhand pickup by the Late 20th firstsacker! Ton over to third easily Joe Adcock is arguing that he took his foot off the bag but the play is going to stand FOFC ahead 3 to 0 with two away this inning Two gone, Ton at third Batting now is Barrett Blade Blade is 1 for 2 today Glavine has the sign from Piazza The southpaw Glavine's delivery on the 2-0 pitch Bounced towards the hole Nice play by Boggs THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 5-3 And that will do it for FOFC Puckett leading off Late 20th would like to get some runners on base Nielsen has the sign he wants Here's the 0-1 offering There is a shot right up the middle Hit right on the nose by Puckett It bounces right into the waiting glove of Tucker Puckett has himself a single Nobody out, Puckett at first Now up is Piazza Piazza is at .314 on the season Nielsen ready quickly, looks in for the sign The stretch... the delivery It is a high hard one... Piazza goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Piazza couldn't hold back One away While we wait for the next batter Let's take a ten second station break This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System Your four sports network! McGwire coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Puckett on first, with one away McGwire adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Mark is 0 for 2 this evening McGwire gets ready for Nielsen's pitch His bat is cocked Nielsen goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Puckett He lobs one to Potpie... Puckett is back easily We're ready again Now Nielsen comes home McGwire raps a sizzling ground ball It zips through the hole Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up Throws a strike to Nights No chance to get Puckett at third Ripken heads to the plate for Late 20th The infield is at regular depth Men on 1st and 3rd Nielsen has the sign from Hays Nielsen checks the runners Here's the 3-1 offering Ripken drives the ball to center for extra bases Puckett scores Jimmy Williams puts up the stop sign... Double for Ripken Wade Boggs is up next Late 20th's third baseman finds 2 on with 1 out Boggs wiggles the bat above his head Waiting for the pitch is Boggs Nielsen brings it to the plate Boggs flies out to left Jimmy Williams won't risk sending the runner home... Runner holds. Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Craig Biggio Craig Biggio next The All Stars up by two runs We're in the top of the 7th Nielsen adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Nielsen brings it to the plate Curveball, Biggio lets it go by The umpire signals STRIKE THREE! Biggio looks imploringly at him No words, but a very long look Now he walks slowly back to the dugout That's it for Late 20th Here at FOFC Stadium, After 6 and a half innings, FOFC has 3 runs, 8 hits and one error While Late 20th has one run, 4 hits and no errors Late 20th has left 4 on base FOFC has stranded 7 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! A. J. Tucker, Gerald Gazelle, and Jeeberoni Potpie are due up Tucker, a switch-hitter, up there right-handed against the southpaw Tom Glavine The umpire says let's go Tucker is ready The lefthander Glavine delivers Tucker hits a screamer at Cal Ripken Ripken picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls McGwire off the bag McGwire swipes with the glove Tucker is out! Nice play by McGwire One down for FOFC Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Gazelle saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gazelle has a .305 average against lefthanders He is .263 overall Glavine likes the sign Here's the southpaw's delivery Excellent sinker pitch, outside... Gazelle gets good wood on it anyway There's no doubt, that one is outta here!! Gazelle circles the bases As Glavine asks for a new ball from the umpire Now FOFC leads 4 to 1 Batting for FOFC will be Potpie Potpie is 1 for 3 today Glavine is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Glavine gets the sign from Piazza It's coming down the pike Good slider, inside part of the plate Potpie gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Biggio grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 3 Dan Fouts, the third baseman, strides to the plate Fouts is batting .270 with 16 homers this year Tom Glavine on the mound for the Modern Stars... He has pitched deep into this game Glavine has given up 9 hits and 4 runs The southpaw Glavine's delivery on the 2-2 pitch Glavine comes in there with a dipsy-do And Fouts just freezes as he watches it curve over the outside corner... STRIKE THREE! 8 this evening... 58 on the season for Tom Glavine That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Japanese League jumping all over Negro League II 10 to 1 Ochiai has hit his 2nd homerun for Japanese League Negro League I is giving it to Caribbean 6 to 1 AL Post WWII clipping Left Outs 10 to 6 Jackson has hit his 22nd homerun for AL Post WWII NL Pre WWII is edging AL Pre WWII 3 to 2 Dead Ball Era is giving it to NL Post WWII 5 to 0 Old Timers with the lead over Turn of Century 4 to 1 Radbourn comfortably ahead for Old Timers Bobby Cox will send up a pinch hitter Paul Molitor steps out of the dugout! He will be up there against Nielsen Molitor steps up to the plate for Late 20th It's the top of the 8th at FOFC Stadium Molitor digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen Nielsen is ready quickly Nielsen brings it home Fastball, up at the letters... Molitor swings... Skies on to deep right Pflaggstettler racing back... Back... At the wall... HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT! The ump is signaling no out Molitor motors easily into second As Pflaggstettler throws the ball in That'll be a two base error on him That should have been an easy catch Score It: E9 Molitor to second So that brings up the top of the order Rickey Henderson will step in Henderson is taking his practice swings Rickey is 0 for 2 this evening He grounded out last time at bat After getting set, Henderson waits on the pitch And the delivery by Nielsen WATCH OUT! Nielsen has hit Henderson! Now Henderson gets up and brushes himself off He's not thrilled with being drilled! The ump tells Henderson to take his base Gwynn finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Gwynn is 1 for 3 today Tony struck out last time up Nielsen is having a fine year so far His 16 victories make him 1st in the league in that category Now he's about ready Rob checks the runners... Steps off the mound... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch STRIKE THREE... Change of pace Gwynn is way out in front swinging Number 8 so far today for Nielsen One down for Late 20th... Fouts calls time as he comes to the mound to have a word with the pitcher I'm sure he wants Nielsen to bear down And not worry about the runners Here comes Puckett to the plate Look in the Late 20th dugout The players have their caps turned around! They want Puckett to get on They're looking to close the 3 run gap on FOFC 1st and 2nd, one man down Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy Rob checks the runners Here's the 2 strike offering Dribbler to first Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 Two down Due up next is Mike Piazza Let's see what happens now Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Mike Piazza Piazza departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Looking for his first hit today Piazza is 0 for 3 Piazza is ready Nielsen needs a strikeout He checks the runners... The pitch Low and inside... ball four Piazza gets a free ticket to first That loads them up for Mark McGwire "Big Mac" is coming to the plate McGwire is one of the most feared sluggers Rob gets the sign from Hays Nielsen checks all the baserunners... Now he comes home with it Swung on Foul tip... Strike three as Hays holds on to it Mark didn't come through this time Three down in the 8th for Late 20th They trail by 3 It's always a bad sign when you are down by as many runs as you have outs to score them in Bruce Sutter will be coming on to pitch for Late 20th Bruce has appeared in 46 games this season with a record of 1-3 In 80 innings, he has an 3.38 ERA Tom Glavine has finished his work here this evening Late 20th's defensive changes are... Molitor will bat 9th and play 1B Harry Hays, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and Jeff Nights are the first three All Stars batters due up FOFC leads, 4-1 Hays steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Harry is 2 for 3 today Hays gets set for the pitch Bruce winds Kicks... and delivers A slider by Sutter Hays gets good wood on it... Puckett back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! One out The All Stars have a 3 run lead The right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, is up next Sutter looks down at Piazza for the sign Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Fly ball to center Henderson is under it He makes the grab That's two away Ripken comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Sutter Jeff Nights will be next up... Walking up to the plate now is Nights Rob Nielsen waits on deck Nights has hit 13 home runs this year Sutter studies his sign Sutter goes into his windup And here's the 1-1 offering Nights hits a deep fly ball into the alley Rickey Henderson chases it down But the ball hits the base of the wall Henderson hits the wall and falls to the ground Nights is into third with a triple Now they check on Henderson He's okay That ball hit right at the base of the fence 399 feet from home plate David Gonzalez will get a crack at Sutter next Barrett Blade would be up next... But only if Gonzalez can reach safely Gonzalez is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Gonzalez is poised and ready for the pitch The righthander Sutter delivers There's a high pop down the left field line It's going to go into foul territory Boggs and Ripken are chasing it down the line Cal dives, but can't make the play Foul ball . . . Gonzalez back in the box And here comes the next pitch He rips a grounder to second Taken by Biggio Over to Molitor Got him! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side FOFC comes up empty-handed Here in the bottom of the 8th No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Late 20th will send Ripken, Wade Boggs, and Craig Biggio to face James Rodney this inning Rodney takes the first sign Rodney winds Kicks the left leg high... Ripken hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Fouts dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the third baseman, Dan Fouts! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Japanese League smacked Negro League II 10 to 3 Bessho the winner, he's now 6-17 Brewer takes the loss, his record drops to 7-12 Negro League I cuffed Caribbean 6 to 3 Gibson has hit his 18th homerun for Negro League I AL Post WWII clubbed Left Outs 13 to 6 NL Pre WWII nipped AL Pre WWII 3 to 2 Mays takes the loss, his record drops to 10-8 Marquard the winner, he's now 5-10 Dead Ball Era easily defeated NL Post WWII 5 to 0 Old Timers squeezed by Turn of Century 7 to 5 And in our matchup FOFC on top 4 to 1 Wade Boggs plants his left foot The lefthanded third baseman for Late 20th appears set Bo is ready Now Bo delivers Struck him out on a fastball Boggs goes down swinging Two down Biggio coming up for Late 20th Nobody on, two away Hays flashes the sign to Knowles The windup, the pitch Strike three swinging! Biggio goes down on strikes for the 4th time this evening! And that will do it for Late 20th FOFC wins 4 to 1 Nielsen gets credit for the win Glavine takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was K. A. Ton He was 3 for 3 He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
8/1 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Late 20th Modern Stars At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/1/1900 |
8/2 Radio Broadcast - Game 117
Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium The players are on the field and we're almost ready to go As Nellie Fox prepares to face Babson let's check out the FOFC defense At first base is Potpie Palmer is down at the hot corner Blade and Nights are at second and short, respectively From left to right... Ton, Tucker and Pflaggstettler and now Hays is just settling in behind the plate The righthander Babson's delivery It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One away in the top of the 1st for AL Post WWII Coming up for AL Post WWII is Robin Yount Nobody on base, one out Yount goes through his routine of settling in Yount tells the umpire he's ready Now Brian delivers Long drive Way back... back It's heading towards the fence K. A. Ton has a chance It pops out of his mitt! Ton is charged with the error Ton has committed 1 error in this evening's game The "Mick" steps in to face Brian Babson Mantle, a switch-hitter, facing the right-handed Babson Mickey steadies his bat And waits patiently for Babson's pitch Babson's righthanded delivery... Here's a curve... Not a good one! Mantle turns on it a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run! Number 35 for Mickey on the year He also has 90 RBI's now Killebrew saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Hays flashes the sign... Babson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Babson is into his wind-up And the 3-2 pitch is on its way... Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Killebrew hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into left for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Jackson is up now for AL Post WWII Reggie Jackson is hitting .255 this year against righthanded pitchers Jackson is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Here's the righthander's delivery Belted right back at Blade He snares it just before it hits the ground Two down AL Post WWII sends the left fielder, Carl Yastrzemski, up to the plate The outfield's shaded towards right With Yastrzemski at the plate The umpire says let's go Babson brings it to the plate Smashed to first Potpie will take it himself Score It: 3 And we go to the home-half of the first inning It's AL Post WWII 2, All Stars coming up The second baseman Blade will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker And then Jeeberoni Potpie Blade can't seem to get settled at the plate Blade readies himself for the pitch Ryan brings it to the plate Slow ground ball Fox is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One up, one down for FOFC Now here's Tucker A. J. is hitting at .295 on the year He has 145 hits in 492 at bats This includes 18 doubles, 7 triples 7 home runs and 51 RBI's Ryan adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Berra The righthander delivers Good slider, inside part of the plate Tucker gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Fox grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's the second out of the inning The first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie, is up next Ryan squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Ryan brings it to the plate Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Ryan punches him out! That'll do it in the bottom of the 1st No runs, no hits and no errors AL Post WWII ahead 2 to 0 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... AL Post WWII will send Brett, Yogi Berra, and Nolan Ryan to face Brian Babson this inning Hays flashes the sign to Babson Babson rocks and fires Topped in front of home Taken by Hays His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 2-3 With one down, up next is Yogi Berra To be followed by Nolan Ryan Nobody on, one away for AL Post WWII Up now is Berra Berra has hit 13 home runs this year Brian peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one He brings it home Berra rips a fastball down the line This one may have the distance... But will it be fair? It is heading right at the foul pole... It is.... A foul ball! . . . Berra back in the box And here comes the next pitch Slider pounded into the ground towards first It's by the diving Potpie... Blade chasing it down... There will be no play It's a base hit Ryan squares around He bunts it . . . It's popped up... Caught by D.Palmer a poor bunt by Ryan That's two away With a runner at first and two outs Fox walks to the plate AL Post WWII leads 2 to 0 Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Fox Babson's 3-1 pitch... Bouncer to first Potpie to Babson covering first Score It: 3-1 That wraps up the inning for AL Post WWII Time to check out the rest of the scores Old Timers with the lead over Caribbean 3 to 0 NL Post WWII is edging Negro League I 1 to 0 Negro League II with the lead over AL Pre WWII 7 to 4 Cronin has hit his 11th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII slipping by Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 Japanese League is edging Turn of Century 1 to 0 Sugishita and Joss currently dueling Left Outs slipping by Late 20th 2 to 0 The right fielder Pflaggstettler will start things off for the All Stars Ryan steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Ryan brings it home Pflaggstettler pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Yastrzemski will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Pflaggstettler retreats to first after a wide turn Pflaggstettler watches Ryan as he inches away from the base Big bender... Pflaggstettler is off to the races Berra pumps... but no throw, he holds onto the ball He is SAFE! K. A. Ton steps into the box Ton is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup K. A. certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Ryan earn his salary Ryan is ready quickly Nolan looks over his shoulder at Pflaggstettler Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Sinker, low and away... Ton reaches out for it... Connects... Lifting a high fly... Yastrzemski giving chase... Still going, at the warning track... He runs out of room HOME RUN! That ball just kept carrying FOFC puts two runs on the board And the game is tied! Hays leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Ryan is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now The pitch is on the way Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Berra fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Hays One gone for FOFC One away, nobody on base Palmer stands ready at the plate Palmer steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Palmer is ready The righthander Ryan's delivery Palmer hits a pop into short left field Brett sprints out Yastrzemski and Mantle sprint towards the infield Carl Yastrzemski sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Nights is up next FOFC has a runner at first and one out Nights scuffs up the lines around the box Ryan shakes off two signs Now he's ready The righthander Ryan delivers Nights lifts a flyball towards Mickey Mantle Mantle seems to be having trouble picking up the ball Mantle stumbles... he sticks his glove up... The ball drops out of the pocket for an error Brian Babson gets a round of applause Nights is on second, Palmer on third The fans want some runs Ryan tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Ryan checks the runners Dribbler to second Palmer breaks for home Taken by Fox Over to Killebrew Got him! Score It: 4-3 That's two away now However, the All Stars take the lead on the play FOFC ahead 3 to 2 FOFC second baseman, Barrett Blade, is up next 2 men away, Nights on third Right-hander Ryan prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Blade Ryan fires Grounded to short Yount comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That will do it for FOFC but not before they ring up 3 runs to overtake the Post-Americans by 1 The score now stands at 3-2, All Stars Yount is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Stepping in and then stepping out again Yount looks to third for a sign Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Now to the belt, here it is... Yount tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! And there's one away Pounding the plate with his bat Mantle awaits the pitch Mantle is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Mantle gets ready for Babson's pitch His bat is cocked And the delivery by Babson Mantle swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Babson strikes out Mickey Mantle Two down Babson gets the first two batters here in the top of the 3rd Walking up to the plate now is Killebrew Reggie Jackson waits on deck Killebrew is 1 for 1 today Harmon singled last time around Harmon is ready for the delivery Here's the 2 strike pitch Killebrew hits a screamer at Jeff Nights Nights takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Potpie scoops it on one hop Killebrew is out! Nice play by Potpie That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 2 and a half innings FOFC on top, 3-2 A. J. Tucker stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Tucker is 0 for 1 today Ryan is on the first-base side of the rubber... Ryan winds and delivers The 2 strike pitch Struck him out on a fastball Tucker goes down swinging One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Now batting will be Jeeberoni Potpie The first baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 1 FOFC ahead 3 to 2 Ryan has the sign from Berra Fox comes in a couple steps Yells something to Ryan The delivery Fastball, way high Ball four Ryan walks him Nolan is certainly not known for his control Pflaggstettler walks to the plate Pflaggstettler is hitting .306 with 18 homeruns Persimmon also has 18 doubles and 8 triples And has driven in a total of 62 runs Ryan is slow to get ready He has a 5.62 ERA this year Now he's ready Ryan brings it to the plate Pflaggstettler slices one into the right-field corner Tailing near the foul pole Jackson can't get to it It's in there for extra bases Pflaggstettler is heading for second... Now he churns toward third... And he'll make it easily! Potpie scores from first One away, Pflaggstettler at third Now up for FOFC, Ton Runner on 3rd, 1 man out Ryan looks down at Berra for the sign Now he's ready... The pitch is on the way Hit to third... and right at Brett He juggled that ball a bit, but held on Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 2 The All Stars have 4 hits on the evening Harry Hays is up next FOFC's catcher finds 1 on with 2 outs Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Hays waits on Ryan Way ahead in the count Ryan turns the 0-2 pitch loose Big slow curve... And it's in there... Hays looks at strike three That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 8 and 2 in their last ten games Reggie Jackson will start the top of the 4th for AL Post WWII AL Post WWII needs some runs Now, FOFC leads 4 to 2 Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Babson leans back and fires Jackson lines one just to the right of Potpie It's past him into right field! Pflaggstettler hustles over and fires it back into second So Jackson is on with a line single to right Carl Yastrzemski, the left fielder, strides to the plate Yastrzemski steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Carl is 0 for 1 today Jackson kicks the dirt at first Babson is saying a few words to Blade... So far in 1900, Brian has a 9 and 10 record with 3 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign Babson goes into his stretch... Looks at Jackson... He fires one to Potpie... Jackson dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Babson comes home Grounded towards the middle Nice play by Nights Throws to second He's out To first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 Two gone for AL Post WWII Batting for AL Post WWII will be Brett Brett is 0 for 1 today Babson steps on the rubber And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Line shot over Potpie Deep down the line Pflaggstettler is racing back... Reaches up It's off his glove The ball is bouncing off the fence George is rounding second The throw... Safe! Triple number 5 on the year for George Brett The bad-ball hitting catcher, Yogi Berra, is now batting Berra is hitting .262 against righties Yogi steadies his bat Waits patiently for Babson's pitch Brett is dancing off third Babson is ignoring him Here's the pitch Change up, a beauty... Heeee struck him out! That's it for AL Post WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 and a half innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 4 hits and one error While AL Post WWII has 2 runs, 5 hits and one error AL Post WWII has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 2 Here's the third baseman Palmer To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jeff Nights And then Brian Babson Palmer is 1 for 1 today Deacon singled last time up Ryan has the sign from Berra Ryan's windup... the delivery The pitch is just inside and Palmer holds up Berra points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! One out The All Stars have a 2 run lead The shortstop, Jeff Nights will be up next for FOFC Nights has hit 13 home runs this year Ryan eyes Nights intently And the cripple pitch... Slider, down and in... Nights manages to hit a shallow fly Yastrzemski charging hard... dives... Great diving catch by Yastrzemski! He slid several feet after making that stab Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 2 Babson finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Brian takes a couple of practice cuts Ryan wastes no time He has the sign from Berra It's coming down the pike Babson takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Babson is out on strikes Easy inning for Ryan So after four complete... FOFC leads 4 to 2 AL Post WWII will send up Nolan Ryan, Nellie Fox and Robin Yount to face Babson They'll try to get something going here in the top of the 5th Babson steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The kick and the pitch Ryan swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Babson strikes out Nolan Ryan One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Old Timers and Caribbean are all knotted at 4 Keefe battling Tiant Jr. NL Post WWII bombing Negro League I 9 to 1 Negro League II is destroying AL Pre WWII 13 to 4 NL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead of Dead Ball Era 9 to 3 Japanese League with the lead over Turn of Century 4 to 1 Late 20th leads Left Outs 3 to 2 Now batting will be Nellie Fox Against righthanders Fox is hitting .242 He's ready for the delivery Now ready, here it is... It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Blade takes off after it... Leaps... And Fox is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Barrett is very fine fielder! Two down Brian Babson retires the first two batters in order Yount coming up for AL Post WWII Nobody on, two away Yount adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Robin is 0 for 2 this evening Yount is waiting on the pitch Here's the windup... and the pitch Yount swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Palmer and skips out to Ton Yount rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Yount returns to first as K. A. gets a nice throw in to Blade Mantle gets set at the plate Yount will be running if it's hit Babson looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Yount dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch Base hit to center for Mantle Yount is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Mantle at first Killebrew is ready to face Babson Killebrew is 1 for 2 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Palmer is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Hays flashes the sign... Babson waves it off... Now he's happy Here's the 2 strike offering Slow curve... And he chased it! STRIKE THREE! Killebrew just couldn't hold up That pitch was a real tantalizer But Killebrew fails in the clutch this time We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium After 4 and a half innings FOFC ahead 4 to 2 We'll be right back... Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC Barrett is hitting at .269 on the year He has 86 hits in 320 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Blade grounded out his last time up Blade waits patiently Here's the pitch HIT HIM!! Blade jogs down to first Barrett took one for the team to get on Taking his lead is Blade Ryan looks Blade back He is unable to get his normal lead First base coach Joe Adcock wants a word with Blade... Now we're all set to go... A. J. Tucker steps in Blade takes his lead at first Tucker checks for the sign again Ryan rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Ryan goes into his stretch... Looks over at Blade Fires to Killebrew... Blade is back easily... We're ready again Now Ryan comes home The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Smashed to first Killebrew takes it to the bag himself The hit and run moves the runner up. Score It: 3 That's one away Planting his right foot Potpie is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Potpie Jeeberoni is batting .288 in 396 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler Ryan adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Berra The pitch on the way, here it is... Potpie takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Potpie's outta there With two out Batting for FOFC now is Pflaggstettler Persimmon is hitting at .308 on the year He has 117 hits in 380 at bats His speed has propelled him to 10 stolen bases Pflaggstettler awaits the delivery We've got a full count... Ryan winds and fires... That one is a grass cutter towards third Brett fronts it... OOPS! It takes a big hop! George manages to come up with it on the heel of his glove Rolls the ball into his free hand On to first It is off target... Killebrew one hops it into his glove Out! Killebrew can't get out of the way and Persimmon runs right into him Nice play as that ball was thrown on the rightfield side of the bag Lucky the collision didn't hurt anyone That retires the side FOFC comes up empty-handed Here in the bottom of the 5th No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base To lead off this inning is Reggie Jackson AL Post WWII needs a pair to tie this game FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Jackson is 1 for 2 today Jackson waits for the delivery The pitch to Jackson... Jackson swings very late He pops it foul Hays gives chase Here comes Palmer They are both at the rail... Just next to the screen Neither can make the play . . . Jackson back in the box And here comes the next pitch Smashed to the mound Babson grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 One down for AL Post WWII Carl Yastrzemski is still in the on-deck circle and George Brett is looking for a bat in the dugout And it brings up Carl Yastrzemski On deck is George Brett Yogi Berra in the hole Yastrzemski is 0 for 2 today The right-hander Babson is set to deliver to Yastrzemski Brian winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... Fastball, paints the outside corner Swung on by Yastrzemski Grounded hard at Nights... Scooped up, fired to first... OVER THE HEAD OF Potpie... Bounces into the dugout Yastrzemski scampers into second That'll be a two base error Score It: E6 Yastrzemski to second Brett heads to the plate for AL Post WWII The infield is at regular depth George steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Brett is 1 for 2 today He tripled last time up The count even at 1-1 Here's his delivery Curveball, in and low Brett hits it to Potpie at first Takes it cleanly... Races to the bag... It's going to be close... And... Out is the call That could have gone either way Yastrzemski is now perched over at third Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Babson Now batting #8, Yogi Berra... #8 Brian Babson is reaching for the resin bag... He pops it up and gives it a squeeze... Babson is having a fine year for FOFC His 9 wins is 13th in the league Yastrzemski is dancing off third Babson is ignoring him Here's the pitch Grounded into the hole Smooth pickup by Blade His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's all for AL Post WWII After 5 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC ahead 4 to 2 |
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Ton saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box The righthander pitching to Ton... A righthanded batter Righties have a .269 average against Nolan The windup, the pitch Ton hits a pop into short right field Fox sprints out Jackson and Mantle sprint towards the infield Reggie Jackson sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Next up for FOFC is Harry Hays With Harry's hitting ability I'd be looking for him to swing away What do you think?... Harry seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Nolan rocks and fires It's the hit and run play by FOFC... Hays misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Berra is up and firing... OUT! The ball was there waiting for Ton Hays is up next One gone, bottom of the 6th Deacon Palmer moves out on deck Nolan Ryan still on the mound for the Post-Americans... Ryan has gone the distance so far He's given up 5 hits in 5 1/3 innings Righthander Ryan's delivery Baltimore chop Into left for a single! Hays at first, one out Deacon Palmer is ready at the plate The outfield's shaded towards left for Palmer He's 1 for 2 today The righty shakes off the sign... Now Nolan shakes off another one... Nolan has a 95 MPH fastball but has control problems We've got a full count... Ryan winds and fires... Fastball... just outside And Palmer will take first on the walk Walk number 2 issued by Ryan this evening Nights, the shortstop, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 4 to 2 Nights is 0 for 2 today Ryan is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Ryan gets the sign from Berra Here's the 3-1 offering Base hit to left for Nights Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Runners hold. Facing Ryan now is Gonzalez Barrett Blade heads to the on deck circle A. J. Tucker waits in the hole Against righthanders Gonzalez is hitting .299 Ryan finds himself in quite a jam He has to be careful with Gonzalez But he needs to throw strikes Ryan adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Berra Here's the 2 strike pitch It is a high hard one... Gonzalez goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up and out of the strike zone... Gonzalez couldn't hold back Two down Barrett Blade is due up next Barrett Blade will get a crack at Ryan next A. J. Tucker would be up next... But only if Blade can reach safely Ryan has the sign from Berra Ryan brings it home The ball bounces in the dirt Berra blocks it nicely That's ball four Blade makes his way to first Bases remain loaded but it could have been worse Only one run scores... Ryan's walked 3 today A. J. Tucker, the All Stars' center fielder is up next FOFC has 3 men on with 2 outs The outfield's shaded towards right With Tucker at the plate Berra flashes the sign... Ryan shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Ryan brings it to the plate Tucker hits a pop into short right field Out goes Killebrew and Fox In comes Jackson Fox waves his hands in the air And makes the catch over his shoulder Pretty play by Fox Tucker chokes in the clutch! That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 6 innings FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and 2 errors While AL Post WWII has 2 runs, 7 hits and one error FOFC has left 5 stranded AL Post WWII has failed to bring home 6 Rod Carew is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Nolan Ryan Rod Carew up first for AL Post WWII He is a threat to steal if he gets on Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the All Stars ballboy He's ready Sirr has to bear down now... The wind-up, the 3-1 delivery... Carew swings hard It's off the handle The ball and half the bat are heading for short Nights makes the right choice Scoops up the ball Tosses to first Rod is too quick! AL Post WWII second baseman, Nellie Fox, will be up next He will be followed by Robin Yount One on... no one out FOFC leads AL Post WWII by 3 runs 0 for 3 today Fox looks for a sign from third Don Zimmer with the hand signals Nellie stands with bat ready The righthander Fozborg delivers Fox raps a hard grass cutter toward second Blade takes two steps to his left Scoops it up Over to second for one Back to first for the deuce! Two out, nobody on FOFC on top 5 to 2 Nobody on, two away Yount steps in for AL Post WWII Yount is 1 for 3 today Robin singled last time around Now set, Yount waits for the pitch Fozborg's 1-2 pitch... Yount lays down a bunt! Palmer has it and throws to first Just in time! It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Whitey Ford will be coming on to pitch for AL Post WWII Whitey has appeared in 58 games this season with a record of 4-4 In 98 innings, he has an 5.14 ERA Nolan Ryan has finished his work here this evening Ahead by 3 runs here in the bottom of the 7th FOFC hopes to add to their lead The heart of their line-up is coming up Potpie is at .287 on the season Ford steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Now Whitey delivers Potpie takes a cut at the slider... There's a line drive... Going over the head of Reggie Jackson My word! Look at that ball go!! That's a home run!! And that left the yard in a hurry Ford can't believe it Homer number 32 for Jeeberoni Potpie this year To go with his 82 RBI's FOFC right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, will be up next He will be followed by Gerald Gazelle Bases empty... no one out FOFC up by 4 Pflaggstettler is 2 for 3 today For the season, Persimmon has 18 homers 18 doubles, and 9 triples He has scored 69 runs while driving in 63 The umpire says let's go Pflaggstettler is ready The pitch is on the way Swung on and hit sharply to third Brett plays it on one hop Over to Killebrew... Out of there! One down for FOFC Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle FOFC leading in the game Ford looks down at Berra for the sign Now he's ready Ford's windup... the delivery There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Gazelle No chance for either Yount or Yastrzemski That one had base hit written all over it Coming to the plate is Hays Gazelle's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Ford Hays looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 1 for 3 on the day for Harry Harry is ready for the delivery Ford kicks and fires WATCH OUT! Hays IS BEANED! He'll go down to first And Gazelle will move to second Palmer gets set at the plate Palmer adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Deacon is 1 for 2 this evening Palmer waits for the delivery Way ahead in the count Ford turns the 0-2 pitch loose Base hit to left for Palmer Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Gazelle scores! Nights is up now for FOFC Jeff is hitting at .282 on the year He has 122 hits in 432 at bats Today, he is 1 for 3 Nights singled his last time up The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... A quick check of the runners... And the pitch Curve ball is wide Nights lets it go Ball four! So Ford's full count pitch misses FOFC loads the bases Settling in at the plate is Fozborg Nights on first, Palmer on second Hays on third Ford looks down at Berra for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Ford checks all the baserunners... Now he comes home with it Fastball, down and in... Swung on... It's a dribbler toward third... Brett up with it... Throws to the plate... In plenty of time for the force play... The throw to first... Fozborg is safe at first... They are unable to turn the double play But AL Post WWII did get the lead runner The bases are still loaded for Barrett Blade up next That's the second out of the inning Slowly coming up is Blade for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 7 to 2 Ford tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch Blade drives the ball to center for extra bases Nights and Palmer will score Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Berra is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Good,)... Fozborg scores! Trailing runner advances. Double for Blade A. J. Tucker, the center fielder, strides to the plate Tucker steps out of the batter's box to get the sign A. J. is 0 for 4 today After getting set, Tucker waits on the pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery Tucker laces a hit into the outfield Carl Yastrzemski picks it up He fires it to the infield Tucker holds at first Next up is Jeeberoni Potpie, the FOFC first baseman... FOFC out in front by 9 It's the bottom of the 7th Potpie is 1 for 3 on the day He looks around at the AL Post WWII infield Killebrew is kicking the dirt at first Brett is even with the bag at third Fox and Yount are ready with hands on knees at second and short Ford is happy with the sign He brings it home There's a drive to right by Potpie Jackson fields it on the short hop He fires it to second Potpie turns back and settles for a single Tucker is now perched over at third Terrific play by Jackson Now up in the FOFC seventh will be Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle Whitey gets the sign from Berra And the delivery by Ford Fastball, at the letters... Pflaggstettler crunches it... There's a high belt... Driven deep into left-centerfield... Mantle running to the fence... It's outta here HOME RUN 19 for Pflaggstettler this year! Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle Harry Hays waits on deck Ford wastes no time He has the sign from Berra The southpaw Ford's delivery on the 0-1 pitch Gazelle gets a fastball... Takes his cut at it... Drills a long drive Going way back... back... It's headed out of here It's GONE!!... Home Run for Gazelle Gazelle and the All Stars are beating up on AL Post WWII this evening Hays now at the plate Deacon Palmer waits on deck Hays is at .350 on the season Whitey Ford on in relief of Nolan Ryan Ford brings it to the plate Fastball... Swung on... Lined to left... Single for Hays HE TRIPS OVER THE BAG AT FIRST!! The throw to first... He manages to scramble back safely... Hays' not getting up Joe Adcock, the first base coach is calling for help Here comes the trainer, Tay Pemup... They are looking at his ankle... Now he's on his feet, walking a bit Looks like he'll be OK, at least for now Give him a single on the play Joe Torre is motioning to the Post-Americans bullpen He's waving his right arm We're going to see the right handed Hoyt Wilhelm He'll be the 3rd pitcher for AL Post WWII this evening So far in 1900, Wilhelm has 55 appearances In 92 innings this year Hoyt has a 4-4 record, with 5 saves His ERA stands at 6.38 Wilhelm's just about finished warming up And now here's Deacon Palmer Jeff Nights on deck... Two outs here in the bottom of the 7th Palmer is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a fine .340 for FOFC He also has has contributed with 40 runs 17 doubles, 2 triples and 6 home runs Palmer awaits the pitch Wilhelm will try to get Palmer to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Grounded towards the bag Brett grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46241 Mantle leading off AL Post WWII would like to get some runners on base The outfield is shading Mantle towards right He's hoping to pop this one, I'm sure Mantle tells the umpire he's ready The pitch to Mantle... Groundball off the change-up... Past Potpie at first... It's rolling into the outfield grass... Mantle gets a base hit Killebrew moseys up to the plate Reggie Jackson is heading for the on-deck circle Killebrew is batting .220 with 21 homers this year Fozborg wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Fozborg checks Mantle on first Now the 3-1 pitch That's ball four Killebrew trots down to first Mantle is already down on second Reggie Jackson is ready for AL Post WWII Nobody out, Killebrew at first, Mantle at second Jackson can't seem to get settled at the plate Reggie steadies his bat Waits patiently for Fozborg's pitch Sirr rocks and fires Drilled deep to right field This one is deep! IT MIGHT BE, IT MAY BE, IT IS!!! He really got into that one! That is Reggie Jackson's 23rd home run of the year. That'll bring up left fielder Carl Yastrzemski... FOFC way out in front FOFC leads 15 to 5 FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Yastrzemski is 0 for 3 today Sirr looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Fozborg's into his windup... the pitch Yastrzemski lines one just to the right of Potpie It's past him into right field! Pflaggstettler hustles over and fires it back into second So Yastrzemski is on with a line single to right One on, no outs Coming up for AL Post WWII is Brett Fozborg ready quickly, looks in for the sign Here's his delivery It's a scorching liner to the second baseman OUT! Blade didn't have to move! Yastrzemski stays put One gone for AL Post WWII Berra finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Yogi comes to the plate batting .266 with 13 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today Sirr is ready Righthander Fozborg's delivery Berra drives the ball to center for extra bases Don Zimmer won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Berra Joe Torre has called for Larry Doby Larry will come up now to bat for Hoyt Wilhelm against Rodney Doby is batting .263 as a pinch hitter He has 1 pinch home run Larry Doby moves in to face Rodney 2 on, 1 out here in the top of the 8th Doby is batting .242 with 7 round trippers in 1900 Larry is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch Rodney needs a strikeout He checks the runners... The pitch Long fly ball to center field Tucker turns and runs He grabs it Nice play! Yastrzemski is tagging up He'll make it easily Score It: 8 Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Rodney That'll bring up Post-Americans' second baseman Nellie Fox... AL Post WWII with a man in scoring position at second Fox is taking his practice swings Nellie is 0 for 4 this evening Hays flashes the sign to Rodney Rodney looks back towards second... The pitch He rips a grounder to first Potpie to Rodney covering first Score It: 3-1 FOFC heads to the bottom of the 8th with a 9 run lead While they have scored 15 runs... the visitors from AL Post WWII have countered with only 6 It looks like FOFC may add to their impressive 7 game winning streak Jim Palmer will be coming on to pitch for AL Post WWII Jim has appeared in 37 games this season He has a record of 7-7 in 91 innings His ERA stands at 6.35 Leading off for the All Stars is the shortstop Nights He'll be followed by Dan Fouts And then Barrett Blade Nights is batting .282 with 13 HR's this year Right-hander Palmer prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Nights Palmer brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Yount... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Caribbean clipping Old Timers 8 to 4 NL Post WWII toppling Negro League I 9 to 2 Negro League II is pounding AL Pre WWII 13 to 6 Cronin has hit his 11th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Pre WWII is in front of Dead Ball Era 9 to 6 Japanese League leads Turn of Century 4 to 3 Nomura has hit his 18th homerun for Japanese League Left Outs is edging Late 20th 5 to 4 And here in FOFC FOFC on top 15 to 6 One out, nobody on base Dan Fouts is the batter Fouts is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Dan certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Palmer earn his salary Fouts waits The kick and the pitch Curve ball... Fouts swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 9 runs FOFC has 16 hits on the evening So that brings up the top of the order Barrett Blade will step in Blade has hit 6 triples this year Blade, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Palmer Now Jim delivers There's a fly ball to Reggie Jackson Jackson circles under it... He makes the play So that will be all for FOFC here in the last of the 8th The All Stars will be adding to their 7 game win streak if Rodney can close this game out We now head into the 9th AL Post WWII will send Yount, Mickey Mantle, and Harmon Killebrew to face James Rodney this inning Robin Yount is hitting .300 this year against righthanded pitchers He's ready It's coming down the pike Slider, outside... Yount reaches for it... Gets some wood on it It's rolling towards Fouts... He scoops it up smoothly Firing to Potpie in one motion... Close play... SAFE!... by a whisker Potpie is arguing the call But to no avail That's a single for Yount The "Commerce Comet" is striding to the plate Mickey looks down at third base for a sign Yount leads from first... Chris Chambliss yells some encouragement Mantle awaits the delivery The righthander Rodney's delivery Mantle drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play Harmon Killebrew is up next for AL Post WWII One out, top of the 9th FOFC leads 15 to 6 Reggie Jackson is on deck Killebrew gets set He's 1 for 3 so far Rodney looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Rodney goes into his stretch... Looks at Yount... He fires one to Potpie... Yount dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Rodney comes home It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch FOFC gets the second out of the inning Now batting will be Jackson The right fielder for AL Post WWII Yount will be running if it's hit Rodney is ready quickly Rodney goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Yount He lobs one to Potpie... Yount is back easily... We're ready again Now Rodney comes home There goes Yount... And it's ball four... Yount pulls up and walks into second Yaz steps in... Yastrzemski has hit 6 home runs this year Rodney has the sign from Hays A check on the runners... the pitch Yastrzemski swings very late He pops it foul Hays gives chase Here comes Fouts They are both at the rail... Just next to the screen Neither can make the play . . . Yastrzemski back in the box And here comes the next pitch Fly ball into left-center field Tucker coming over... Wait, now Gazelle is over... He waves off Tucker and makes the catch So a put out for left fielder Gerald Gazelle And that will do it for AL Post WWII FOFC wins 15 to 6 Babson gets credit for the win Ryan takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 3 for 5 with a homerun He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
8/2 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 AL Post WWII Post-Americans At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/2/1900 |
8/3 Radio Broadcast - Game 118
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Al Mighty with his 6 and 7 record Will be facing Luis Aparicio Here we go, well almost... Here comes Hays out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start Al is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Swung on and popped up Nights is waiting... And that's an easy out Nobody on, one away for AL Post WWII Up now is Carew Carew goes through his routine of settling in Mighty is ready quickly Here's Mighty's windup And the lefthander comes home with it Carew sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Mighty Easy out One more chance for AL Post WWII in the top of the 1st The "Mick" steps in to face Al Mighty Mantle is hitting .295 with 35 homeruns Mickey also has 13 doubles and 4 triples And has driven in a total of 90 runs Mantle tells the umpire he's ready Here's the windup... and the pitch There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Mantle No chance for either Nights or Ton That one had base hit written all over it Killebrew leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Against lefthanders Killebrew is hitting .226 this season Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... The southpaw Mighty's delivery on the 3-0 pitch Mighty's pitch is a rising fastball Killebrew tries to hold up Ball four Hays points down to first He did not go around Kaline now at the plate Carlton Fisk waits on deck Left-hander Al Mighty prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Kaline Now ready, here it is... Kaline takes inside, for a ball... Kaline will trot down to first... He walks to load the bases Mantle and Killebrew move up Carlton Fisk is up next for AL Post WWII Carlton Fisk will get a crack at Mighty next Carl Yastrzemski would be up next... But only if Fisk can reach safely Fisk is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Fisk is set for the pitch The southpaw delivers Grounded to second Taken by Blade His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's out number three Fisk leaves the bases loaded So for AL Post WWII, No runs, one hit, no errors and 3 men left on base AL Post WWII has taken the field In the home-half of the first inning Let's take a moment To line up the visitors' defense... In leftfield for AL Post WWII this evening is Yastrzemski... with Mantle in center and Kaline in right Around the diamond, from third to first It's Robinson, Aparicio, Carew and Killebrew... The battery consists of Newhouser on the mound and Fisk behind the plate... First batter for the All Stars will be Barrett Blade Blade grips the bat handle Blade gets set for the pitch The kick and the pitch Fastball... Blade jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Mantle after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Mickey Mantle! A. J. Tucker, the center fielder, strides to the plate Tucker, a switch-hitter, facing the left-handed Newhouser Tucker is waiting on the pitch Newhouser is into his windup Here's the pitch Tucker fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of third Robinson is over quickly Easy out Two down Hal Newhouser retires the first two batters in order Now batting will be Gazelle The right fielder for FOFC The righthander, Gazelle has an average of .275 His success against lefties, like Newhouser is better, however, at .324 Newhouser studies his sign Newhouser fires Curveball, breaking in on him DOWN HE GOES!... It missed him for ball four Gazelle's slow getting up... Here comes Tay Pemup the trainer... He looks OK, just shaken up a bit... Gazelle heads down to first Gazelle edges away from the bag Gazelle holding close to the bag Newhouser watching him closely Jeeberoni Potpie is up next FOFC's first baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs The right-handed Potpie will be facing the southpaw 10 of his 32 home runs come via this route Newhouser is happy with the sign The lefthander Newhouser comes home with it Long fly ball to left field This one is deep! IT MIGHT BE, IT MAY BE, IT IS!!! That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 33rd home run of the year. Ton gets set at the plate We'll see how they pitch to Ton Waiting for the pitch is Ton And now the pitch... Ton lines one over short for a single He rounds the bag hard and starts for second Oh, look at that throw by Carl Yastrzemski Ton scrambles back to first and holds And now here's Dan Fouts Harry Hays on deck... Two outs here in the bottom of the 1st Dan takes a couple of practice cuts He's ready The lefty Newhouser delivers Fouts laces a hit into the outfield Al Kaline picks it up Fires it to the infield Fouts holds with a single Walking up to the plate now is Hays FOFC leading in the game Hays is batting .352 with 12 homers this year He's ready Newhouser rocks and fires Hays reaches out and pokes it on the ground to center Base hit for Hays FOFC adds to their lead FOFC leads 3 to 0 Now here's Nights 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd Newhouser has the sign he wants He's into the stretch Checks Hays at first Quick throw! He has to dive back in!... SAFE!... Close play Killebrew tosses it back to Newhouser Now here's the pitch Nights pops a fastball straight up Who will take it?... And it will be Aparicio making the play That retires the side FOFC with a 3 run lead It's FOFC 3 and AL Post WWII still looking to score their first run Yastrzemski saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Carl is batting .259 in 135 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Brooks Robinson And Al studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it Mighty's into the windup... the delivery Yastrzemski rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Tucker is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by A. J. Tucker One down for AL Post WWII Brooks Robinson is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for AL Post WWII Robinson moseys up to the plate Hal Newhouser is heading for the on-deck circle Robinson has a .333 average against lefthanders He is .329 overall Mighty steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Now Al delivers Robinson gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Nights into the outfield... Base hit for Robinson Newhouser squares as Mighty delivers the pitch Al Mighty charges and picks up the bunt He fires to first Just in time to nail Newhouser, the sacrifice works Two gone for AL Post WWII The shortstop, Luis Aparicio will be up next for AL Post WWII Hays flashes the sign... Mighty waves it off... Now he's happy Mighty brings it to the plate Pounded on the ground to the mound Taken by Mighty Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 That's all for AL Post WWII After 1 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC on top 3 to 0 The pitcher Mighty will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then A. J. Tucker Newhouser gets the sign, it's one he likes The lefthander Newhouser delivers Swung on and chopped down the third base line Robinson stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by Brooks Robinson One up, one down for FOFC Blade is up next One gone, bottom of the 2nd A. J. Tucker moves out on deck Fisk flashes the sign to Newhouser The 2-1 delivery by the lefthander Swung on and popped up Aparicio is waiting... And that's an easy out Two down Fisk asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Fisk and Newhouser Tucker heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth A. J. will be facing the left-handed Newhouser from the right side of the plate The switch hitting center fielder is 0 for 1 Tucker lined out his last time at bat Tucker gets ready for Newhouser's pitch His bat is cocked It's coming down the pike Tucker swings He sends one to the deepest part of right-center That's going to get through to the fence Tucker rounds second... The throw not nearly in time, a triple A. J. Tucker now has 8 three-baggers this season Gazelle is up now for FOFC Gazelle has 9 doubles this year Newhouser looks down at Fisk for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw delivers the 3-0 pitch He misses outside Ball four Facing Newhouser now is Potpie K. A. Ton heads to the on deck circle Dan Fouts waits in the hole Potpie is at .293 on the season Hal is ready The southpaw Newhouser delivers the 1-0 pitch Hard ground ball to third Robinson grabs it Tosses to second He's out Score It: 5-4 The runner on first, Gazelle, is out That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings, FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While AL Post WWII has no runs, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 on base AL Post WWII has stranded 4 As we head into the 3rd the Post-Americans will send up Rod Carew They need 3 runs to catch FOFC as they trail 3 to 0 Looking for his first hit today Carew is 0 for 1 Carew is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mighty He's waiting for the pitch Al rocks and fires Carew lofts a fly to deep right Gazelle trots slowly under it... He makes the catch One down for AL Post WWII Mickey Mantle is still in the on-deck circle and Harmon Killebrew is looking for a bat in the dugout Mantle finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Mantle has managed a .408 average against lefthanders this year Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Mighty brings it to the plate The pitch is just inside and Mantle holds up Hays points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Mickey trots down to first... ball four Settling in at the plate is Killebrew The FOFC outfield is playing Killebrew almost straight away Unusual for the power hitter But with Mighty on the mound it is understandable Mighty is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Mighty looks in... Now he's ready The pitch on the way, here it is... Low and away...Swung on... Lined into left... Ton coming on fast... He can't get it... has to take it on one hop... Throws it in to second Score that a single for Killebrew That pitch looked like a fastball But it sure had a lot of movement on it Walking up now to the plate is Kaline Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants After checking the runners Here comes the pitch Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Nights Over to second for one Over to first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Mantle takes third The runner on first, Killebrew, is out Two down Due up next is Carlton Fisk Let's see what happens now Slowly coming up is Fisk for AL Post WWII He is finally in the batter's box FOFC ahead 3 to 0 The outfield shades towards left for Fisk Fisk awaits the delivery Here's the southpaw's delivery Fastball... just inside That'll be ball four and a walk That loads them up for AL Post WWII That'll bring up Carl Yastrzemski FOFC leads by a 3-run margin We're in the top of the 3rd Before getting ready Yastrzemski checks out the defensive alignment Mighty has the sign from Hays The southpaw Mighty's delivery Hit on the ground to short Nights comes up with it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 That ends the inning After 2 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 3 Ton up now to lead off Newhouser is slow to get ready He has a 4.76 ERA this year Now he's ready Newhouser is into his windup Here's the pitch Bounced towards the hole Fielded nicely by Carew Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 And there's one away Coming up for FOFC is Dan Fouts Nobody on base, one out Fouts looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Fouts is ready Now to the belt, here it is... Fouts rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Robinson Fouts takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Yastrzemski to get that ball in quickly Hays saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Hays is taking his practice swings Harry is 1 for 1 this evening Hays readies himself for the pitch The stretch... the 2-1 delivery Hays raps a hard grass cutter toward short Aparicio takes two steps to his left Scoops it up Over to second for one Back to first for the deuce! The side is retired No runs, one hit and no errors Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz Brooks Robinson stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Robinson has a .385 average against lefties Mighty likes the sign Mighty kicks, delivers There's a ground ball into the hole Fouts and Nights converge on it It's picked by Fouts who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! With one down, up next is Hal Newhouser To be followed by Luis Aparicio And it brings up Hal Newhouser On deck is Luis Aparicio Rod Carew in the hole Al Mighty steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Mighty brings it to the plate LINE DRIVE Blade snares it for the out! Score It: 4 Two up, two down Luis Aparicio will step in to face Mighty next If he gets on, Rod Carew will follow Aparicio steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Luis is 0 for 2 today Aparicio cocks his bat The pitch is on the way A high fastball... Aparicio swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Hays Harry is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Aparicio was looking for the breaking ball That's out number three A perfect inning for Mighty here in the top of the 4th Here's Nights to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Old Timers clipping Caribbean 6 to 2 Negro League I is giving it to NL Post WWII 9 to 4 Stearnes has hit his 17th homerun for Negro League I Negro League II and AL Pre WWII have yet to score NL Pre WWII leads Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Hornsby has hit his 15th homerun for NL Pre WWII Turn of Century is edging Japanese League 1 to 0 Late 20th is pounding Left Outs 7 to 0 And here in FOFC FOFC ahead 3 to 0 Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National Nights is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Jeff certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Newhouser earn his salary Nights waits patiently Here's the 0-2 offering There's a ground ball up the middle It gets by the pitcher It's headed into center field OH, Rod Carew gets to the ball... But there won't be a throw Base hit for Nights Mighty looks to lay one down He bunts it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by H.Newhouser the throw to first... Out Mighty gets the job done. One out The All Stars have a 3 run lead One away, one on As Blade walks from the on deck circle Newhouser adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Fisk The home town crowd is yelling out to Nights telling him to watch out as Carew sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Newhouser delivers the 3-2 offering It's in on the wrists Barrett tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... Yes, Newhouser walks him Now batting will be A. J. Tucker The center fielder is walking to the plate Two on... one out FOFC up by 3 Tucker can't seem to get settled at the plate A. J. is ready for the delivery Newhouser brings it home Base hit to left for Tucker Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Nights scores! Trailing runners advance. Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle The right fielder is walking to the plate Blade on third, Tucker on second... one out FOFC up by 4 Gazelle is batting .275 with 23 HR's this year Hal looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The southpaw's 0-2 delivery The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Gazelle swung, that's strike three Gazelle isn't happy at all with that call That's out number two Post-Americans' pitching coach, Mel Stottlemyer, is out to talk with Newhouser Looks like he wants to go over something with him Planting his right foot Potpie is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Potpie A single could plate two runs Hal is set to go... a quick look toward Fisk again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag FOFC's clean-up hitter is waiting Newhouser has allowed 9 taters to righties this year And 6 when facing lefties Here's his delivery Swung on... And Potpie got a little piece of it But Fisk held on to the tip, strike three That's three outs, side retired |
8/3 Radio Broadcast Continued
Here's the second baseman Carew To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Mickey Mantle And then Harmon Killebrew Carew is 0 for 2 today Mighty steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Al is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Carew chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Mighty Nights snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! While Harmon Killebrew heads for the on deck circle Mickey Mantle makes his way to the plate Al Mighty has shut AL Post WWII out, so far He has a 3-hitter going here in the top of the 5th Here's the 3-1 offering Mantle lifts a long fly ball... Heading into left... Hit pretty good, carrying very well... Ton heading back... IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN! Killebrew walks to the plate Killebrew is 1 for 1 today He is currently batting .221 Ton, Tucker and Gazelle are playing him deep The bat is cocked Here's the 3-0 pitch Curveball, high in the strike zone... Killebrew goes after it... There's a high fly... going deep K. A. Ton leaps at the fence... He can't get it... It's gone A home run for Harmon Killebrew Kaline is ready to face Mighty Kaline is 0 for 1 today Mighty adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Mighty kicks and fires A jug-handled curve Kaline goes out and gets it It's a liner to left Ton will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Al Kaline One on, one out Fisk walks to the batter's box Fisk gets set He's 0 for 1 so far Fisk waits on Mighty Mighty looks at the runner The pitch Here's a big breaking curve, inside... Fisk takes a cut at it... Hits a grounder to third Fouts comes up with the smooth pickup... He tosses it to second... That's one out The relay to first... Not in time Fisk beats the throw by a step Two down Two out, Fisk at first Coming up is Carl Yastrzemski The outfield's shaded towards right With Yastrzemski at the plate The count is nothing and 2 Yastrzemski has to protect the plate Mighty goes into his stretch... Looks over at Fisk Fires to Potpie... Fisk is back easily... We're ready again Now Mighty comes home The Whiff! Mighty punches Yastrzemski out! That wraps up the inning for AL Post WWII By the way, AL Post WWII is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Ton is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box K. A. is hitting at .305 on the year He has 43 hits in 141 at bats This includes 10 doubles, 2 triples 12 home runs and 37 RBI's Ton awaits the delivery The lefthander delivers STRIKE THREE, CALLED! One out Due up next is Dan Fouts One out, nobody on base Dan Fouts is the batter Fouts is one of the most feared sluggers The left-hander Newhouser is now ready "Prince Hal" fires it homeward... Ball four is the call Newhouser can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Newhouser Fouts takes first base FOFC catcher, Harry Hays, is up next Hays steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Hays looks very intent... He stares down at Newhouser... Cocks his bat Newhouser goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Fouts He lobs one to Killebrew... Fouts is back easily... We're ready again Now Newhouser comes home Line drive Caught by Robinson Over to first DOUBLE PLAY! So it is nothing across for the All Stars in the bottom of the 5th After 5 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and no errors While AL Post WWII has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors Robinson comes to the plate leading off FOFC ahead 4 to 2 Mighty has a 6-hitter going through 5 innings Mighty's 1-1 pitch... Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Old Timers is beating Caribbean 6 to 2 Negro League I is crushing NL Post WWII 14 to 4 Negro League II is edging AL Pre WWII 1 to 0 NL Pre WWII slipping by Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 Turn of Century winning over Japanese League 6 to 0 Late 20th jumping all over Left Outs 10 to 1 George Kell is going to bat for Hal Newhouser AL Post WWII needs baserunners desperately Kell knows how to get on base He has a .368 OBP He hits left handers at a .400 clip He steps out of the dugout and makes his way to the plate Walking up to the plate now is Kell Luis Aparicio waits on deck George looks at the sign from the coach at third Don Zimmer flashes a series of them... Now Kell taps the bat on home plate Kell awaits the pitch Now Al delivers Looped to left...and it will drop for a hit So that brings up the top of the order Luis Aparicio will step in Aparicio swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Mighty Mighty adjusts his cap... Now he's set The pitch to Aparicio... There's a fly ball into straight-away left Ton one hands it... OUT! Two gone for AL Post WWII Carew is up now for AL Post WWII Carew is 0 for 3 today Al peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Mighty checks Kell on first... The 2-1 delivery Ripped to third, but right at Fouts...easy out And that retires the side Whitey Ford will be coming on to pitch for AL Post WWII Whitey has appeared in 59 games this season with a record of 4-4 with 3 saves He's been man-handled by the opposition this year His ERA stands at 6.02 Nights saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Ford wastes no time He has the sign from Fisk The lefthander Ford delivers It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Nights checks his swing Fisk appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Jeff So one up and one gone One away, nobody on base Pflaggstettler stands ready at the plate Persimmon takes a couple of practice cuts He's ready for the delivery Ford brings it to the plate Extra base hit to center for Pflaggstettler Mickey Mantle is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up The All Stars' second baseman is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out Blade has 20 doubles this year Blade waits for the delivery Ford brings it to the plate Flyball to left it's caught Pflaggstettler has a chance to move up... Pflaggstettler is trying to advance to third base... Here's the play... He's OUT! Starting the top of the 7th for AL Post WWII is Mantle Fozborg shakes off two signs Now he's ready Sirr rocks and fires In the dirt And Mantle holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning The tying run comes to the plate, in the person of Harmon Killebrew Post-Americans with 1 runner on base All Stars have the lead, 4-2 Harmon is batting .223 in 430 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Al Kaline Harmon stands with bat ready Fozborg goes into his stretch... Looks over at Mantle Fires to Potpie... Mantle is back easily... We're ready again Now Fozborg comes home Grounded into the hole Nice play by Nights Throw to second for one Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Fozborg Kaline coming up for AL Post WWII Nobody on, two away Kaline can't seem to get settled at the plate The right-hander Fozborg is set to deliver to Kaline Fozborg rocks and fires Swung on and hit sharply to third Fouts plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! That's all for AL Post WWII After 6 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC on top 4 to 2 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Here's the center fielder Tucker To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle And then Jeeberoni Potpie A. J. steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Tucker is 2 for 3 today He singled last time up Tucker is set for the 3-1 pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery There's a towering fly ball hit by Tucker Mantle sprints over, and makes the catch With one gone FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle The left fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 2 Fisk flashes the sign... Ford shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Ford brings it to the plate Swung on and missed by Gazelle, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for Gazelle That's two away Aparicio comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Ford Jeeberoni Potpie will be next up... Jeeberoni Potpie will step in to face Ford next If he gets on, Sirr Fozborg will follow Ford is ready quickly The pitch is on the way There's a fly ball to Mickey Mantle Mantle circles under it... He makes the play That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 4-2, FOFC Fisk steps up to the plate for AL Post WWII It's the top of the 8th here at FOFC Stadium FOFC leads 4 to 2 Fisk has a .324 average against righthanders this season Fozborg adjusts his cap... Now he's set With a 1-2 count Fozborg kicks and fires Fisk swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Fozborg strikes out Carlton Fisk And there's one away AL Post WWII sends the left fielder, Carl Yastrzemski, up to the plate Yastrzemski is taking his practice swings Carl is 0 for 3 this evening He struck out last time at bat Yastrzemski waiting on the delivery Into the windup... here's the pitch Yastrzemski hits a grounder into the hole Jeeberoni Potpie somehow reaches the ball... But he's in no position to make a throw Base hit for Yastrzemski Yastrzemski at first, one out Brooks Robinson is ready at the plate Brooks is hitting at .329 on the year He has 25 hits in 76 at bats Today, he is 1 for 3 Robinson grounded out his last time up All set, Robinson is ready for the pitch Fozborg goes into his stretch... Looks at Yastrzemski... He fires one to Potpie... Yastrzemski dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Fozborg comes home Brooks Robinson hits a drive to left-center A. J. Tucker is at the warning track Reaches up... Jumps... And snares it for the out I'm impressed! Two down Joe Torre will send up a pinch hitter Yes, George Brett steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Fozborg Brett is batting .263 on the year He has 17 round trippers and 59 RBI's Now batting will be George Brett Brett is batting .263 with 17 HR's this year Fozborg studies his sign Fozborg brings it home Fastball, at the knees... Brett takes a rip at it... It's a grounder hit right at Blade... Moving towards second... He grabs it... And just steps on the bag For the easy forceout That's it for AL Post WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 9 hits and no errors While AL Post WWII has 2 runs, 8 hits and no errors AL Post WWII has left 10 on base FOFC has stranded 6 Jim Palmer will be coming on to pitch for AL Post WWII Jim has appeared in 38 games this season He has a record of 7-7 in 92 innings His ERA stands at 6.28 Here's Gunner to get us started in the bottom of the 8th Stepping out, Gunner looks into the dugout Steps back in Gunner is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Palmer He's waiting for the pitch The righthander Palmer delivers Gunner really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Kaline has a shot at it He leaps for it at the fence... OUT!!! One up, one down Nobody on base, one away Fouts steps into the batter's box Fouts adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Dan is 2 for 2 this evening Fouts waits Palmer kicks and delivers Fouts starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Palmer walks him Hays coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Fouts on first, with one away Jim looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Now the delivery, here is is... Hays swings and lifts one toward left Yastrzemski drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 2 The All Stars have 9 hits on the evening Stepping in the batter's box, Nights Fouts at first, two away Nights is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Nights waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the righthander's delivery Curve ball... Low and away... Nights reaches for it... Pops it straight up Two players have a chance for it And it will be Carew making the play So that will be all for FOFC here in the last of the 8th The All Stars will be adding to their 8 game win streak if Fozborg can close this game out We now head into the 9th Here's Luis Aparicio leading off Rod Carew is on deck And Mickey Mantle is in the hole Kronside ready quickly, looks in for the sign Here's the 3-2 pitch There's a ground ball into the hole Fouts and Nights converge on it It's fielded by Fouts who fires to first SAFE is the call by the ump Close play!! Carew steps in Aparicio's trying to rattle Jace Kronside by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Carew goes through his routine of settling in Rod is ready for the delivery He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Aparicio dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Kronside Now here's the pitch Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Carew is outta there That's one away The "Commerce Comet" is striding to the plate Right-hander Kronside eyes the lefty Mantle Kronside checks Aparicio on first Now the 0-1 pitch Grounded into the hole Nice play by Blade Throws to second He's out Over to first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 And that will do it for AL Post WWII FOFC wins 4 to 2 Mighty gets credit for the win Kronside notches the save Newhouser takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 1 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
8/3 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 AL Post WWII Post-Americans At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/3/1900 |
Manager Update
The team is continuing to play well...after congratulating the guys and making sure they know that I'm proud of the efforts, I head into my office, and I turn on the TV... TSPC Television – SportsZone I catch the show already in progress, but ironically they are talking about us... "...in Baseball things have taken a pretty serious turn of events. The FOFC team is back to playing great ball." "Yes they are..." The second host, who I don't recognize chimes in, "They have now won 9 in a row and they have reopened a lead on the NL Post War team by 4.5 games." "This division has been a real see-saw all season, the FOFCers up by 5, then the lead cut to 1, back to 5, back to 1, up by 3, then trailing to now finding themselves clearly back in the drivers seat." "But that could come to a quick change as the NL Post War team has a series with these red hot FOFCers starting tomorrow". "We have brought in...." CLICK I turn off the TV...I want to revel in my good feelings not get stressed about our next series starting tomorrow... |
After getting the guys through the morning workout, I quick step it to the office knowing the 11:00 show on the DLB Channel was coming on and they would, after hitting the major highlights from last night lead with a breakdown of our series with the Post Nationals…I am interested now to hear what they have to say.
DLB Channel “Welcome to the DLB Channel, I’m David Belcher your host and with me today are some great baseball heroes, Lou Burdette, Dom DiMaggio, and Dan Quisenberry. We’ll start by breaking down last nights action, and there is no better place to start than with the red hot FOFCers…these guys lost first place not that long ago, and since they’ve ripped off 9 straight wins. That’s one way to prove… I walk back into the club house, throw together a quick sandwich and get a bottle of water before heading back into the office to pick up on the show. “ …and the poor Japanese All Stars, just can’t catch a break dropping another one to the Turn of the Century team…this time getting shut out 6 to 0. We’ll be back to talk about league news and the upcoming games,” I sit through a commercial about low rate car insurance, some analgesic balm I’ve never heard of, and some ambulance chasing lawyer before the show comes back up… “With the season coming down the home stretch, and both leagues currently being led by 4.5 games, this week could be very important, but even more important in the National League where the top two teams will be squaring off. I’ve got my panel of Burdette, DiMaggio, and Quisenberry to help me break this down, and fellas, I have to say, for early August, this series could be about a crucial as it gets.” Dom starts things off, “Remember it may be only early August, but the league doesn’t play 162 games, and with most teams sitting around 120 games, then we are only talking about another 30 to 35 to go. You really don’t want fall 6 or more back with 30 to go. That’s pretty hard to make up.” David says, “You think so?” “Well, think about it. If you’re down 6 games and you go 20 and 10 over the last 30, the team you’re chasing only needs to play .500 ball and they still win the division, and playing .667 ball isn’t easy.” “But the NL Posters have shown the ability to do just that,” Burdette chimes in to defend his contemporaries. “Oh, they certainly have, and I wouldn’t diminish their abilities in any way, I’m only pointing out how serious the series is for the Post Nationals,” Dom qualifies. David, steering the conversation asks, “Dan, what do you see as the key to this series?” “It’s got to be the pitching. Both teams can hit, but they have to be able to pitch out of problems to get the wins and it will be interesting to see who’s able to accomplish that.” “What do you think will happen?” Dan follows up. “We’ll these two teams have played 8 times this year with the NL Post team winning 7 of them. I’d say that indicates the Posters are sitting in a prime spot to make up some ground. However, the posters have a problem right now. Gaylord Perry got hurt a few games back, and the Post team is short on arms to begin with. This lack of bullpen depth is really going to impact that team’s ability to match up late and to uses fresh arms. I think this will potentially cost the NL Post team a game or two in this series.” “Remember when the FOFCers were playing poorly and dropping games, Bo Knowles was hurt, and that really limited Benton’s ability to use his standard bullpen rotations. They dropped several games late and they scrapped it around for about 3 weeks while they waiting on Bo to heal. This is what the NL Posters are dealing with now,” Dom explains. Burdette adds, “The Posters are going to need their starters to get deep into games, but I don’t think that will be a problem. It’s not like they aren’t throwing great arms at the FOFCers. The series will start with Seaver going for the Posters, and he’s got to be a serious candidate for the pitcher of the year award. Then after talking with the guys on the team, it looks like they could go any number of ways with the second starter but it will probably be Gibson or Marichal. The third game looks like maybe Koufax. So I think the Posters feel good about the arms they are using, and I’m confident they’ll get to the 7 inning to ease the burden on the pen arms.” Quisenberry counters, “You’re right some impressive arms, but I’ll bet Benton is pretty pleased the way his rotation is lining up for this series. He’ll start with Williams, then he’ll have Nielsen, who is probably the leader in the clubhouse when it comes to Pitcher of the Year voting, and he’ll bring Babson out third. These guys aren’t slouches.” “No they aren’t,” agrees Dom, “but they do tend to give up home runs and you don’t want to do that against the NL Posters. The Posters have 3 guys with 40 Homeruns already…Aaron, Matthews, and Banks, and they have several more that might still get to that number. This team kills mistakes and the FOFC pitchers make quite a few typically. In fact, it is this power that has really lead to that 7-1 split in the first 8 games between these two teams, and honestly, I think it is going to be that power that allows the Posters to close in on the FOFC players and it will make this stretch run very entertaining.” |
8/4 Radio Broadcast - Game 119
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And what a game we have for you tonight! This series has been circled on the calenders for weeks now and we're finally going to see it play out on the field. Tonight's match up features 13 and 1 Tom Seaver against 12 and 2 Jimmy Williams, you know it doesn't get much better than this. And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and NL Post WWII The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Joe Morgan to lead it off for NL Post WWII Williams goes into his windup And here's the 3-2 offering What a pitch... strike three Williams put that one on the black, a perfect pitch One away Roberto Clemente, a fine hitter, is due up next Willie Mays will follow One out, nobody on base Roberto Clemente is the batter Watching Williams, Clemente wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Clemente is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Williams He's waiting for the pitch The lefthander delivers Fastball, belt high... Swung on... Clemente drills a drive down the line Stan Gunner racing towards the line... Dives for it, but can't make the play He does knock it down... He recovers quickly, tossing the ball in Nights has it as Clemente coasts into second base with a double Almost a great snag by Gunner Facing Williams now is Mays Hank Aaron heads to the on deck circle Stan Musial waits in the hole Mays is batting .307 with 29 homers this year Williams steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign We've got a full count... Williams winds and fires... It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Nights for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! NL Post WWII with one more chance to take the lead One on, two out, score tied NL Post WWII is 4 and 6 in their last ten games NL Post WWII left fielder, Hank Aaron, is up next A base hit should score Clemente Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Hays He brings it home Aaron hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to first for the out That ends the inning NL Post WWII threatens but does not score here in the top of the 1st NL Post WWII has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively In the outfield from left to right Aaron in left... Mays in center... And Clemente in right The infield, third to first Mathews will play the hot corner Banks is at short Over at second, Morgan and at first base Musial Seaver gets the nod as starter The masked man behind the dish is Campanella FOFC second baseman, Barrett Blade, will lead off So far this season Blade is hitting .247 when facing righthanded pitching Blade waits Here's the righthander's delivery Blade hits a screamer at Ernie Banks Banks picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Musial off the bag Musial swipes with the glove Blade is out! Nice play by Musial One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is still in the on-deck circle and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking for a bat in the dugout A. J. Tucker is up to face Tom Seaver He told me in the pregame show That he was seeing the ball very good in practice The right-hander Seaver is set to deliver to Tucker The windup, the pitch Sinking fastball... Tucker swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Banks... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Seaver retires two in a row Potpie digs in at the plate Ready now for Seaver to come set Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers Seaver steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Seaver brings it to the plate Ground ball through the middle Morgan ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! 1-2-3, nothing across... NL Post WWII will send Musial, Roy Campanella, and Ernie Banks to face John Williams this inning Musial grips the bat handle John is ready Now John delivers Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Musial One out Due up next is Roy Campanella "Campy" is coming to the plate We'll see how they pitch to Campanella Campanella waits for the delivery And the delivery by Williams Curve, at the belt... Campanella times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Stan Gunner retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! The slim Ernie Banks is now batting "Mr. Cub" holds his bat high wiggles it nervously as he gets ready foor the pitch Ernie, of course, carries a big load for NL Post WWII He is not only 2nd in the league in home runs with 40 But, also, 2nd in RBI's with 93 and 4th in slugging with a .613 mark No pitcher likes to see him at the plate John peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Williams kicks and fires He hits a tough grounder to the mound Williams comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 NL Post WWII leads 1 to 0 with two away this inning Two away, nobody on Mathews comes to the plate for NL Post WWII Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Williams throws the 3-2 pitch It's wide... he missed with a slider Mathews will stroll down to first He continues to get on base with regularity He has a .405 OBP this year Seaver is up now for NL Post WWII Williams has the sign from Hays The lefthander Williams delivers Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Nights THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 6-3 NL Post WWII gets 1 in the top of the 2nd One run, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 1 and a half innings, NL Post WWII leads by 1 The All Stars will send Pflaggstettler, Stan Gunner, and Deacon Palmer up to the plate this inning Campanella flashes the sign... Seaver waves it off... Now he's happy Seaver fires Pflaggstettler raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Mathews just got his glove up in time Great reflexes One down for FOFC Stan Gunner is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Nobody on base, one away Gunner steps into the batter's box The lefty hitting Gunner, will face the righty Seaver 14 of his 14 home runs are against righties Gunner is set Way ahead in the count Seaver turns the 0-2 pitch loose Screaming liner towards second Tough chance for Morgan He makes a great catch! Score It: 4 Two down Campanella asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Campanella and Seaver That brings up Deacon Palmer, the third baseman Palmer is at .339 on the season Seaver is on the first-base side of the rubber... Seaver rocks and fires Palmer is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That ends the inning After 2 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 1 Morgan is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Morgan has a .263 average against lefthanders He is .264 overall Morgan is ready The southpaw Williams' delivery Joe raps a high bouncer toward third Palmer snatches it on the third hop Overhands one to first Easy out One away Roberto Clemente, a fine hitter, is due up next Willie Mays will follow Clemente finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Roberto is batting at .330 with 17 home runs He is 1 for 1 so far today Clemente is waiting on the pitch Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Williams The delivery Clemente drives one into right Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints over to make the play Two up, two down Mays departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate The right-handed Mays will be facing the southpaw 11 of his 29 home runs come via this route He's ready for the delivery Here's the southpaw's delivery It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Nights takes off after it... Leaps... And Mays is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Jeff is very fine fielder! That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII Time to check out the rest of the scores NL Pre WWII is in front of Caribbean 4 to 1 Grimes comfortably ahead for NL Pre WWII AL Pre WWII is edging Negro League I 1 to 0 AL Post WWII is edging Dead Ball Era 1 to 0 Hunter battling Plank Japanese League and Left Outs are scoreless Negro League II and Turn of Century are scoreless Late 20th is edging Old Timers 2 to 1 Carter has hit his 8th homerun for Late 20th And here in FOFC NL Post WWII ahead 1 to 0 Hays will come up to lead off the bottom of the 3rd Seaver eyes Hays intently Seaver brings it to the plate Slow ground ball Banks is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT NL Post WWII gets the first out of the inning Now batting will be Jeff Nights The shortstop is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out NL Post WWII leads FOFC by 1 run Right-hander Seaver eyes the righty Nights Seaver quick pitches him The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Nights held up, and draws a walk Seaver isn't happy at all with that call John Williams shows bunt And lays it down right to Stan Musial Musial looks at second But passes up a sure force play He fires to first to retire Williams But Nights moves up FOFC was in luck that time... Credit John Williams with a sacrifice That's the second out of the inning The All Stars' second baseman is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs A base hit should score Nights Seaver looks down at Campanella for the sign Now he's ready Tom rocks and fires Fastball... just outside And Blade will take first on the walk Tucker pounds the plate Now he stares out at Seaver Against righthanders Tucker is hitting .281 Tucker waiting on the delivery Now Tom delivers Base hit to right for Tucker Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Nights is out at home! Hank Aaron to lead it off for NL Post WWII Aaron has hit 41 home runs this year Williams rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign And now the pitch... Aaron swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Williams strikes out Hank Aaron And there's one away NL Post WWII firstsacker, Stan Musial will be up next The Post-Nationals, like all teams, like to see a lot of offensive production out of their firstbasemen Certainly, Musial has not disappointed Musial is one of the best hitters around Left-hander John Williams prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Musial The southpaw delivers Fastball, busted in on the hands Musial manages to get a piece of it Bouncing it over the mound Nights cuts it off in front of the bag Rifles a throw to Potpie... And Musial is called out on a close play Two men gone, nobody on NL Post WWII leads by 1 Walking up to the plate now is Campanella Ernie Banks waits on deck Campanella steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Roy is 1 for 1 today Campanella awaits the delivery Williams winds and delivers There is a shot right up the middle Hit right on the nose by Campanella It bounces right into the waiting glove of Tucker Campanella has himself a single Here's the 6'1", 180 pound Ernie Banks coming up to bat Banks is 0 for 1 today Ernie grounded out last time around He should get a good one to knock The count 3 and 1 Ernie gets the bat back... It's coming down the pike Ground ball to short Nights comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That's it here in the top of the 4th It's 1-0 in favor of the visitors from NL Post WWII We'll be back in just a moment The first baseman Potpie will start things off for the All Stars Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers Seaver adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Campanella The righthander Seaver delivers Ball four is the call Seaver can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Seaver Potpie takes first base One on, no outs Coming up for FOFC is Pflaggstettler Persimmon takes a couple of practice cuts Seaver looks down at Campanella for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Seaver looks at the runner The pitch Double play ball Banks has it on one bounce Morgan for one Musial for two Banks to Morgan to Musial Two out, nobody on NL Post WWII leads 1 to 0 Nobody on, two away Gunner steps in for FOFC Gunner swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Seaver Now set, Gunner waits for the pitch Seaver's righthanded delivery... Gunner hits a fly ball to center Willie Mays camps under it This should wrap up the inning... That's it We head to the 5th... The score is still NL Post WWII 1, All Stars 0 Mathews saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Mathews is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Eddie certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Williams earn his salary Mathews looks very intent... He stares down at Williams... Cocks his bat It's a full count... Williams winds and fires... Knee high fastball... Mathews hits a deep fly... Pflaggstettler retreating to the fence... He times his leap... He's got it! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games NL Pre WWII with the lead over Caribbean 7 to 4 Gonzalez has hit his 23rd homerun for Caribbean AL Pre WWII leads Negro League I 1 to 0 Faber and Day currently dueling AL Post WWII leads Dead Ball Era 2 to 1 Left Outs leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Turn of Century with the lead over Negro League II 4 to 1 Young comfortably ahead for Turn of Century Late 20th leads Old Timers 2 to 1 Now batting will be Tom Seaver The pitcher is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out NL Post WWII up by 1 Stepping in and then stepping out again Seaver looks to third for a sign Seaver tells the umpire he's ready Williams brings it home Seaver hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to first for the out Two gone for NL Post WWII Now here's Morgan Morgan has a .261 average against lefties Morgan waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Williams is into his windup Here's the pitch Good slider, inside part of the plate Morgan gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium After 4 and a half innings NL Post WWII leads 1 to 0 We'll be right back... |
8/4 Radio Broadcast Continued
Palmer will come up to lead off the bottom of the 5th FOFC's fans are looking for some runs from their team Palmer looks down toward the third base coach Palmer, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Seaver "Tom Terrific" fires it home... Ripped to third, but right at Mathews...easy out That's one away Harry Hays, the catcher, strides to the plate Hays is 0 for 1 today Tom Seaver steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The righthander delivers Swung on and hit sharply to short Banks plays it on one hop Over to Musial... Out of there! That's two away Banks comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Seaver Jeff Nights will be next up... Up next for the All Stars Jeff Nights, the shortstop... If he gets on, John Williams would bat next Nights has hit 13 home runs this year Seaver looks down at Campanella for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Sharp breaking curveball... Nights reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Banks... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Musial at first! Nights is out easily That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 5 innings, NL Post WWII has one run, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 2 on base NL Post WWII has stranded 3 Roberto Clemente, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron are due up Clemente is 1 for 2 today Roberto flied out last time up Williams is happy with the sign And the cripple pitch... Sharp slider, catches the outside corner Clemente swings at it... Hammers a hard grounder right at third Picked up smoothly... Throw to first... IT'S OFF THE BAG!!... Potpie grabs it, turns back to the bag NOT IN TIME! Clemente is SAFE! That'll be an error on that play Score It: E5 Clemente to first Next up for NL Post WWII is Willie Mays Williams ready quickly, looks in for the sign He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Clemente dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch Mays gets under this one It's popped high in the air to third Palmer is waving everybody off Mays is retired With one gone NL Post WWII will have Hank Aaron coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Hank Aaron steps into the box Aaron has hit 41 home runs this year Williams is having a fine year so far His 12 victories make him 6th in the league in that category Now he's about ready Now to the belt, here it is... Aaron fouls one straight up the chute Hays makes the catch, but wait... The first base umpire rules Williams has balked Clemente takes second Hank Aaron steps into the box Hank is batting .318 in 421 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Stan Musial The umpire says let's go Aaron is ready Here's his delivery Hard slider... And Aaron takes it right down the middle Strike three called Two down They are going to put Musial on Musial watches ball four He takes his base Campanella is up next NL Post WWII on top 1 to 0 Musial on first, Clemente is down at second Two outs in the top of the 6th Infield playing back Campanella is at .224 on the season Hays flashes the sign to Williams A check on the runners... the pitch Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Gunner And he has it That retires the side... Campanella fails to come through in the clutch For NL Post WWII, No runs, no hits, one error and 2 men left on base Here's John Williams leading off Barrett Blade is on deck And A. J. Tucker is in the hole Williams steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign He's ready Here's the windup... and the pitch Another hook for strike three! Williams just stood there looking FOFC with one away Seaver steps off the mound as he waits for Barrett Blade to come to the plate And it brings up Barrett Blade On deck is A. J. Tucker Jeeberoni Potpie in the hole Blade has 20 doubles this year Seaver has the sign he wants The pitch is on the way Blade rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Banks Blade takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Aaron to get that ball in quickly Taking his lead is Blade Blade is not working very hard to get a lead Tucker moves into the batter's box The All Stars have the tying run at first NL Post WWII is set up for two Seaver adjusts his cap... Now he's set Seaver brings it to the plate Tucker drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Tucker Potpie steps into the batter's box 02 at second, Blade at third A dangerous RBI man at the plate... Potpie readies himself Potpie taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Jeeberoni seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Seaver needs a strikeout He checks the runners... The pitch Hit in the air to center... Mays waits for it to come down... He has it... Blade is tagging up! Here he comes... Here comes the throw home... He's... SAFE! The game is tied! It's all even now at 1 Sacrifice fly and an RBI for Potpie That's two away And Pflaggstettler will be trotting down to first They've put him on intentionally Stan Gunner is the batter due up next Stan Gunner plants his left foot The lefthanded left fielder for FOFC appears set The score is tied at 1 Seaver looks down at Campanella for the sign Now he's ready... The pitch to Gunner... Hot shot grounded to second Taken by Morgan His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 The All Stars bounce back in their half of the 6th They pick up 1 run to tie it up We head to the 7th... It's all tied up... All Stars 1, Post-Nationals 1 Ernie Banks, batting seventh will lead off for NL Post WWII He will be followed by Eddie Mathews and Tom Seaver Banks is batting .285 with 40 HR's this year Williams squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Now ready, here it is... Banks hits a screamer at Deacon Palmer Palmer takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Potpie scoops it on one hop Banks is out! Nice play by Potpie So one up and one gone Mathews gets set at the plate Mathews is at .303 on the season John Williams has fanned 4 and walked 2 He's allowed 3 hits today He's pitching a fine game The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 2-1 pitch A hard drive down the line Stan Gunner is running hard It's in there for extra bases! Mathews rounds first Gunner has the ball Mathews motors into second Two-bagger! Tony Perez will hit for Tom Seaver Perez is batting .263 with 2 home runs He also has 7 RBI's on the year He's batting .313 against southpaws One away, one on As Perez walks from the on deck circle Perez swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Williams Perez, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Williams Williams looks back towards second... The pitch Perez rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Palmer Deacon fields it cleanly Looks Mathews back to second Now fires it over to first... Easy out Williams gets another one We're in the top of the 7th and Williams has allowed only 4 hits That'll bring up Post-Nationals' second baseman Joe Morgan... NL Post WWII with a man in scoring position at second Morgan is taking his practice swings Joe is 0 for 3 this afternoon He grounded out last time at bat Morgan awaits the pitch The southpaw Williams delivers the 2-1 pitch Joe Morgan swings He smashes it on a line... BINGO!!!... Stabbed by Blade to rob Morgan of a sure base hit That's all for NL Post WWII After 6 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, We're all tied up at 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Warren Spahn will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Warren has appeared in 46 games this season with a record of 7-7 with 4 saves He's been man-handled by the opposition this year His ERA stands at 5.50 Leading off now for FOFC is Palmer We'll see how they pitch to Palmer Spahn has the sign from Campanella Here's the 3-1 offering Deacon Palmer offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Palmer couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Ernie Banks for the out Palmer never even left the batter's box That's one away Harry Hays, the catcher, strides to the plate Spahn toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Campanella The southpaw's 1-2 delivery Hays sends a routine ground ball to first Musial takes it on one hop Flips it to Spahn Easy out That's two away Nights finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Looking for his first hit today Nights is 0 for 1 Spahn steps on the rubber He brings it home Grounded towards the sack Spahn takes the flip from Musial Score It: 3-1 That'll do it for FOFC So we're still tied After 7 innings FOFC has one run, 3 hits and one error While NL Post WWII has one run, 4 hits and no errors Roberto Clemente leads off for NL Post WWII Willie Mays and Hank Aaron will follow We've got a dandy here today at FOFC Stadium We're in the top of the 8th Kronside is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now The pitch on the way, here it is... Clemente swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Kronside strikes out Roberto Clemente One down for NL Post WWII Willie Mays is still in the on-deck circle and Hank Aaron is looking for a bat in the dugout Mays walks up to the plate Mays goes through his routine of settling in Mays cocks his bat The righthander Kronside's delivery Mays swings hard... Nobody is going to get this one... Yes sir! Mays will have himself a single And he extends his hitting streak to 12 games! 1 for 4 on the afternoon Jace Kronside watches Mays As he moves away from the bag Mays is going on the pitch! It's a fastball at the knees... Hays takes it He double clutches... But then fires a missile... Mays sliding to the outside... Avoids the tag... He's safe Good throw by Hays Hank Aaron steps into the box Stepping in and then stepping out again Aaron looks to third for a sign Aaron is ready Jace rocks and fires A high foul, straight back Hays doesn't know where the ball is Kronside is pointing him to it Now Hays sees it... near the screen Nope, he can't make the catch... The ball is on the screen . . . Aaron back in the box And here comes the next pitch Big motion... Aaron is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Kronside pulled the string on him That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard NL Pre WWII is edging Caribbean 7 to 6 Gonzalez has hit his 23rd homerun for Caribbean Negro League I clipping AL Pre WWII 5 to 1 Foster comfortably ahead for Negro League I Dead Ball Era is on top of AL Post WWII 4 to 2 Plank and Wilhelm currently dueling Left Outs is edging Japanese League 2 to 1 Sutton battling Fujimoto Negro League II slipping by Turn of Century 7 to 5 Late 20th is pounding Old Timers 9 to 2 And in our matchup The score is tied at 1 Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Stan Musial Stan Musial will get a crack at Kronside next Roy Campanella would be up next... But only if Musial can reach safely Stan steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Musial is 0 for 2 today He was intentionally walked last time up Set now is Musial Kronside brings it to the plate Curve in the dirt... and Musial holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Musial will take first on the walk Number 2 today for Musial Campanella, NL Post WWII's catcher, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Ernie Banks waits on deck Campanella a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Kronside Campanella waits on Kronside Checks the runners Here's his delivery Low and inside... ball four Campanella gets a free ticket to first That loads them up for Ernie Banks So with 3 on and 2 outs NL Post WWII sends their shortstop, Ernie Banks, up to face Kronside Hard-hitting Eddie Mathews is walking towards the on-deck circle Banks is taking his practice swings Ernie is 0 for 3 this afternoon He grounded out last time at bat Batter Banks in the hole, 0-2 Kronside wipes his forehead and adjusts his cap He's one strike away from pitching out of a real jam Kronside is in a tough spot The pitch is on the way It is a high hard one... Banks goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up and out of the strike zone... Banks couldn't hold back And that's the final out of the inning FOFC has one run, 3 hits and one error While NL Post WWII has one run, 5 hits and no errors NL Post WWII has left 9 men on base today Dan Fouts will face Warren Spahn to lead things off The crowd is coming to life Dan is batting .275 in 178 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Barrett Blade Dan steadies his bat Waits patiently for Spahn's pitch Spahn winds and delivers Fouts hits a deep ball Aaron retreats toward the wall He leaps... He's got it! One up, one down here in the bottom of the 8th Spahn glares in at Blade as he steps in Barrett just glares back Blade steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Barrett is 1 for 2 today Spahn wastes no time He has the sign from Campanella The pitch is on the way He rips a grounder to first Musial to Spahn covering first Score It: 3-1 That's the second out of the inning Up now for FOFC is Tucker Two away, nobody on Tucker is taking his practice swings A. J. is 2 for 3 this afternoon Spahn is slow to get ready He has a 5.43 ERA this year Now he's ready It's coming down the pike Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Tucker swings way over it He was fooled completely Campanella loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags A. J. as he was heading for the dugout That does it for FOFC here in their half of the eighth As we head into the ninth this game is all tied up at 1 runs apiece Quite a pitcher's duel, indeed! Mathews saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Kronside shakes off two signs Now he's ready Kronside's righthanded delivery... Mathews chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Kronside Nights snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! One up, one down for NL Post WWII Pounding the plate with his bat Spahn awaits the pitch Spahn grips the bat handle Spahn tells the umpire he's ready This is a situation where the injury to Perry is a problem. The Post Nationals can't afford to go deeper into their pen so they are going to let Spahn hit for himself. This late in a tied game and I'm sure they would prefer to pinch hit for the lefty. Here's the righthander's delivery Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Spahn Two up, two down Kronside looks down at Morgan as he steps in Joe is ready to go Morgan gets set He's 0 for 4 so far Morgan waits for the pitch Kronside goes into his windup And here's the 2-0 offering Morgan hits a fly ball to center A. J. Tucker camps under it This should wrap up the inning... That's it That's all for NL Post WWII After 8 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, The score is knotted at 1 Here's Potpie to lead off the bottom of the 9th He's the go ahead run Jeeberoni is hitting at .290 on the year He has 117 hits in 404 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Potpie hit a sac fly his last time up Potpie readies himself for the pitch The lefthander Spahn comes home with it Long fly ball to left-center This one is deep! IT'S GOING, GOING, GONE!!! That was a LONG home run! The fans are going wild here in FOFC!!! Jeeberoni Potpie has just won the game And his teammates gather at home plate They greet him as he crosses the plate!!! That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 34th home run of the year. FOFC wins 2 to 1 Kronside gets credit for the win Spahn takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 1 for 2 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/4/1900 |
8/5 Newspaper Recaps
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NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball Date: 8/5/1900 |
Sweet mercy that was a lot more interesting than it should have been.
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…”before we wrap up the show for today, let’s take one more moment to break down the big series between the FOFCers and the NL Post War Stars, “ states David Belcher. Hack Jobb, “After the dramatic win last night the FOFCers are sitting on a 5.5 game lead, and the entire tone of this series changes. Not only did the FOFCers open the lead, but they rollout their ace Rob Nielsen tonight. The NL Post War guys have to feel some pressure with this situation. They desperately need to win tonight. No word has come out of the Posters camp to announce tonight’s starting pitcher. I’m guessing they will counter with Gibson, but it could be Marichal.“ "You have to believe, even though they were going against Williams with a 12-2 record they the Post Warriors felt Seaver gave them a decided advantage in the opening game of the series,” Gil Hodges states, “Now they are scrambling and it will be interesting to see how they handle this.” “The game tonight is about as must see as a summer game can be,” Belcher sums up. “Tune in, it could be very exciting tonight.” |
8/5 Radio Broadcast - Game 120
Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium The players are on the field and we're almost ready to go As Joe Morgan prepares to face Nielsen let's check out the FOFC defense At first base is Potpie Palmer is down at the hot corner Blade and Nights are at second and short, respectively From left to right... Ton, Tucker and Pflaggstettler and now Bullock is just settling in behind the plate The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Struck him out on a fastball Morgan goes down swinging With one gone NL Post WWII will have Roberto Clemente coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it One away, nobody on... top of the 1st The first base coach exhorting Clemente to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Clemente has managed a .319 average against lefthanders this year Clemente is poised and ready for the pitch Here's the windup... and the pitch Curveball... Up in the strike zone... Swung on and drilled into center Tucker racing back... The ball is hit over his head It hits off the 7 foot high fence And there's Clemente around first base Tucker with a strong throw... But off the bag Roberto comes into second sliding with a double That's 30 doubles for Clemente on the year Mays is up now for NL Post WWII Bullock flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy It's coming down the pike Mays jack-knifes out of the way But it's in there! Mays was really fooled on that strike three NL Post WWII with one more chance to take the lead One on, two out, score tied NL Post WWII is 4 and 6 in their last ten games So with 1 on and 2 outs the Post-Nationals send their left fielder, Hank Aaron, up to face Nielsen Good-hitting Stan Musial is waiting in the on-deck circle Hank, of course, carries a big load for NL Post WWII He is not only 3rd in the league in home runs with 41 But, also, 1st in RBI's with 101 and 3rd in slugging with a .652 mark No pitcher likes to see him at the plate Nielsen steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Nielsen brings it to the plate Grounded towards the bag Nielsen takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for NL Post WWII No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base FOFC is coming to bat Barrett Blade is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Blade is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Barrett certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Marichal earn his salary Blade is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly The righthander Marichal delivers Baltimore chop Into left for a single! Here's A. J. Tucker A. J. checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings... Now he steps into the box Tucker awaits the delivery And the cripple pitch... The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Tucker just gets a piece of it He 'drizzles' it to second Morgan races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... One out Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie Jeeberoni Potpie is up next FOFC's first baseman finds 1 on with 1 out Marichal looks down at Campanella for the sign Now he's ready... Righthander Marichal's delivery Base hit to center for Potpie Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Blade scores! While K. A. Ton heads for the on deck circle Persimmon Pflaggstettler makes his way to the plate Pflaggstettler is batting .308 with 19 round trippers in 1900 Pflaggstettler is set The righthander Marichal's delivery Slider, down at the knees... Pflaggstettler swings and lifts one deep to left This one has a chance... Aaron is at the warning track... Bye, Bye Baby!!... Number 20 on the year for Persimmon Pflaggstettler One out, nobody on base K. A. Ton is the batter K. A. is hitting at .303 on the year He has 43 hits in 142 at bats This includes 10 doubles, 2 triples 12 home runs and 37 RBI's Ton tells the umpire he's ready He brings it home Slider, down and away... Ton reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Mathews is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Aaron is hustling after it... Ton with the big turn... The throw from Aaron goes into second And Ton holds at first Deacon Palmer, the third baseman, strides to the plate Palmer grips the bat handle Palmer is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Marichal He's waiting for the pitch The pitch on the way, here it is... The Whiff! Marichal punches Palmer out! Two gone here in the bottom of the 1st We want to welcome the FOFC "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Billy Bullock will face Marichal Righty against righty Bullock looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Right-hander Marichal eyes the righty Bullock Marichal goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Ton He lobs one to Musial... Ton is back easily We're ready again Now Marichal comes home Bounding ball to short Banks grabs it Over to Musial Got him! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side FOFC with a 3 run lead It's FOFC 3 and NL Post WWII still looking to score their first run NL Post WWII will send Musial, Roy Campanella, and Ernie Banks to face Rob Nielsen this inning Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Musial Now Rob delivers There's a deep fly ball to Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler circles under it... He hauls it in on the warning track That's the first out of the inning Two more to go "Campy" is coming to the plate Nielsen ready quickly, looks in for the sign Now to the belt, here it is... Big bender, low and inside... Swung on... Line single to Tucker in center... Picking it up in a hurry is Tucker... Campanella takes a wide turn... But stays at first base as the throw comes in Banks comes to the plate One out, Campanella at first Banks is batting .284 with 40 HR's this year Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen The stretch... the delivery Banks pulls a slider over third... And it's snared by Palmer! Palmer half fell and half dove To grab that ball before it hit the ground Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Nielsen Eddie Mathews will get a crack at Nielsen next Juan Marichal would be up next... But only if Mathews can reach safely Mathews has a lot of patience up there His 57 walks in 339 at bats is proof positive In other words, he can get on for you He can also do it with the stick Eddie seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Nielsen's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Campanella dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen Now here's the pitch Swung on and lofted very high... and deep... Pflaggstettler starts back, turns... He's at the fence... And he pulls it in! That's all for the Post-Nationals No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... We go to the bottom of the 2nd... FOFC on top 3 to 0 Jeff Nights stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate So far this season Nights is hitting .273 when facing righthanded pitching The count is nothing and 2 Nights has to protect the plate The pitch to Nights... Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 138 on the season for Marichal That's one away Nielsen is up next One gone, bottom of the 2nd Barrett Blade moves out on deck Nielsen is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Marichal is happy with the sign Marichal brings it to the plate Nubbed just up the first base line... Campanella is out quickly, and makes the play to first Easy out... Boy, oh boy That's the second out of the inning That will bring up second baseman, Barrett Blade Blade is batting .271 with 3 HR's this year Juan is ready Here's the 1-1 pitch Blade hits one on the ground to the left side Barrett, who moves well, is motoring to first Banks wings it quickly to Musial... OUT by a step That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean is on top of NL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Negro League I and AL Pre WWII are scoreless AL Post WWII and Dead Ball Era are scoreless Left Outs is embarrassing Japanese League 9 to 1 Foxx has hit his 27th homerun for Left Outs Turn of Century is on top of Negro League II 3 to 1 Late 20th is edging Old Timers 2 to 1 As we head into the 3rd NL Post WWII will send up Juan Marichal They need 3 runs to catch FOFC as they trail by a 3 to 0 count Marichal wiggles the bat above his head Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready The pitch is on the way Fly ball to left Ton is under it He makes the grab And it brings up Joe Morgan On deck is Roberto Clemente Willie Mays in the hole Morgan is hitting .255 against southpaws 0 for 1 so far this game He struck out in his last at bat Morgan awaits the delivery Nielsen kicks and delivers Morgan swings at the change-up... Pounds it good!... It's going into deep center Tucker is racing back... He's at the fence... But he might as well wave that one goodbye It's gone! Quite a shot by Morgan Traveling about 465 feet That's home run number 19 for him He also has 42 RBI's now Clemente departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The southpaw delivers He lays off the pitch Ball four, he walks Now here's Mays Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander Mays swings hard... Nobody is going to get this one... Yes sir! Mays will have himself a single And he extends his hitting streak to 13 games! 1 for 2 on the afternoon Clemente takes second Aaron, NL Post WWII's left fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Stan Musial waits on deck Nielsen gets the sign from Bullock He is 4th in the league in strike outs He has 181 on the season The southpaw Nielsen's delivery on the 2-2 pitch Aaron is way out in front of a change-up Strike Three Number 3 today for Nielsen Walking up to the plate now is Musial Roy Campanella waits on deck The left-hander Nielsen is now ready A quick check of the runners... And the pitch There's a routine pop by Musial Barrett Blade moves under the ball And makes the routine catch That's all for NL Post WWII After 2 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, FOFC leads 3 to 1 Here's the center fielder Tucker To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler Tucker has hit 7 home runs this year The right-hander Marichal is set to deliver to Tucker Juan rocks and fires Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Marichal punches him out! One gone for FOFC in the bottom of the 3rd Planting his right foot Potpie is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Potpie Potpie taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Marichal is ready quickly The righthander delivers Potpie swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Marichal strikes out Jeeberoni Potpie Two down Juan Marichal retires the first two batters in a row Up now for FOFC is Pflaggstettler Two away, nobody on Pflaggstettler is 1 for 1 today Marichal has the sign from Campanella Here's the 2-0 offering Sharp breaking curveball... Pflaggstettler reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Banks... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Musial at first! Pflaggstettler is out easily That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 innings, FOFC has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors While NL Post WWII has one run, 4 hits and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base NL Post WWII has stranded 4 Roy Campanella, Ernie Banks, and Eddie Mathews are due up Nielsen adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock The pitch is on the way Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He makes the grab With one gone NL Post WWII will have Ernie Banks coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Banks finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Banks Here's the pitch STRIKE THREE, CALLED! FOFC on top 3 to 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Caribbean is comfortably ahead of NL Pre WWII 6 to 0 Tiant Sr. enjoying the big Caribbean lead Negro League I is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Dead Ball Era is in front of AL Post WWII 3 to 0 Johnson comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era Left Outs is embarrassing Japanese League 9 to 1 Jenkins enjoying the big Left Outs lead Negro League II is edging Turn of Century 4 to 3 Brewer battling Waddell Old Timers is in front of Late 20th 5 to 2 Kelly has hit his 13th homerun for Old Timers Next up is Eddie Mathews, the NL Post WWII third baseman... If he gets on, Juan Marichal would bat next Mathews steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Eddie is 0 for 1 today Mathews waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Nielsen brings it to the plate Mathews swings and lifts one toward right Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... 1-2-3, nothing across... K. A. Ton will start the bottom of the 4th for FOFC Benton Breeze looking for some insurance runs Now, FOFC leads by only 2 Ton has hit 12 home runs this year Marichal is on the first-base side of the rubber... Here's the windup... and the pitch Hot shot grounded to first Musial flips to Marichal covering Score It: 3-1 One up, one down One away, nobody on base Palmer stands ready at the plate Palmer is at .334 on the season He is hitting .296 against righties Juan peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Marichal fires Let up pitch, inside and low Swung on... High hopping ball towards left... Into the hole... Stopped there by Banks before it gets through... He starts to throw but stops Palmer has the infield single Slowly coming up is Bullock for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC ahead 3 to 1 NL Post WWII is set up for two Juan Marichal is reaching for the resin bag... He pops it up and gives it a squeeze... Marichal is having a fine year for NL Post WWII His 16 wins is 3rd in the league Here's the righthander's delivery Bullock launches one deep to left Aaron turns and starts to chase after it... Now he only looks up This is back, back, back, back... Way out of FOFC Stadium! A towering blast by Billy Bullock Two runs will score for FOFC Nights steps in... He pounds the bat on the plate Now he is ready Nights goes through his routine of settling in Juan Marichal steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go We've got a full count... Marichal winds and fires... The pitch is just inside and Nights holds up Campanella points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! Two down The All Stars will send Rob Nielsen up to the plate Marichal has the sign from Campanella Marichal brings it home Nielsen is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position And that retires the side The NL Post WWII pitcher, Marichal, will lead off He'll be followed by Joe Morgan And then Roberto Clemente Marichal can't seem to get settled at the plate Juan steadies his bat And waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch Nielsen will try to get Marichal to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Marichal is outta there NL Post WWII with one away Nielsen steps off the mound as he waits for Joe Morgan to come to the plate Joe Morgan is next FOFC leads 5 to 1 Bullock flashes the sign Nielsen has it Here's the 0-1 delivery IT HITS Morgan! Clemente heads to the plate for NL Post WWII The infield is at regular depth Roberto takes a couple of practice cuts After getting set, Clemente waits on the pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery Clemente rolls one toward Barrett Blade He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the first base umpire The first base coach throws his hands up in disbelief Two gone for NL Post WWII Here's speedy 5'10 1/2", 170 pound Willie Mays coming to the plate Looking to Bill Russle for a sign The bat is cocked Nights trying to slip in behind Morgan Now he slips away Here's the 3-1 offering Fastball... just outside And Mays will take first on the walk Hank Aaron is next Aaron digs in Aaron cocks the bat Here comes the pitch Fastball OUCH! It hit Aaron! Here's Stan Musial Musial asks the ump for time Now he's back in Nielsen has the sign Here's the 1-2 pitch Swung on and hit to shallow left Ton has got a long run He's got it Fine running catch! Score It: 7 And that retires the side Blade steps up to the plate for FOFC It's the bottom of the 5th here at FOFC Stadium FOFC ahead 5 to 1 Blade is taking his practice swings Barrett is 1 for 2 this afternoon He grounded out last time at bat Blade waits patiently Here's his delivery Struck him out on a fastball Blade goes down swinging One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Here's A. J. Tucker Marichal wastes no time He has the sign from Campanella Marichal kicks and fires Low fastball, at the knees Tucker goes after it... Lines a single to right... A. J. rounds first... TRIPS ON THE BAG!! The throw is into second The relay to first... Not in time... Tucker manages to crawl to the bag He's really hurting Here comes Tay Pemup... They are calling for Ben Dover, the team doc This could be real serious Let's take a short commercial break while they work on him... Welcome back folks... Tucker is on his feet... Benton Breeze wants him to come out A. J. wants to stay in And... It looks like he'll stay in Jeeberoni Potpie is now up One away, Tucker at first Potpie is 1 for 2 today Marichal has the sign he wants Now ready, here it is... Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Potpie looks at strike three And there's two away Coming to the plate is Pflaggstettler Tucker's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Marichal Persimmon is hitting at .309 on the year He has 120 hits in 388 at bats His speed has propelled him to 10 stolen bases Pflaggstettler in the hole, 0-2 Now Juan delivers There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Hank Aaron is at the wall... (Possible HR or Out Fielding ability: Great,) He's jumping for it... He's got it!!! What a great play by Aaron! |
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Campanella saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Campanella is batting .230 with 5 HR's this year Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Here is the 3-2 pitch Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Ernie Banks will make his way to home plate He's the shortstop for NL Post WWII Banks is batting .283 on the year He is hitting with great power He checks down at third for the sign Ernie will be hitting away You can be sure of that Tommy Lasorda won't ignore his .605 slugging average! Banks awaits the pitch The lefty Nielsen delivers Bouncer in the hole It's past Blade into right field An opposite field hit! Campanella is tearing around second Coach Bill Russle is waving him on to third He'll make it easily Eddie Mathews steps into the box Nielsen has a 6-hitter going through 5 innings Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Nielsen The delivery The pitch gets away from the catcher, Bullock Campanella will score Banks takes second on the passed ball Eddie Mathews steps into the box Mathews is taking his practice swings Eddie is 0 for 2 this afternoon Nielsen looks in for the sign He has to be careful with Mathews who has 39 homeruns this year Nielsen has allowed 18 round trippers already this season The lefthander delivers Mathews just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Blade races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... FOFC gets the first out of the inning Tommy Lasorda will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Mike Schmidt steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Nielsen Schmidt is batting .235 on the year He has 11 homers and 23 RBI's in 1900 Settling in at the plate is Schmidt Schmidt digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen Nielsen peers in for the sign Schmidt is a formidable opponent Rob has allowed 10 home runs versus righties this year And Mike is no ordinary hitter And the delivery by Nielsen Schmidt is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That's two away Morgan walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Roberto Clemente moves into the on deck circle NL Post WWII needs some runs Morgan is 1 for 2 today Nielsen is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Nielsen looks in... Now he's ready The count is full And the pay-off pitch... Nielsen misses just outside No more than the width of a razor blade But it's... Ball Four 3 walks given up by Nielsen today Roberto Clemente steps into the box Clemente is hitting .328 with 17 homeruns Roberto also has 30 doubles and 8 triples And has driven in a total of 60 runs Nielsen eyes Clemente intently The southpaw Nielsen's delivery It's low and it gets away from Bullock! It's rolling to the backstop Now Bullock has it too late, the damage is done. It's scored a wild pitch. Banks scores from third! Morgan takes second Roberto Clemente steps into the box Against lefthanders Clemente is hitting .321 this season Clemente readies himself for the pitch Rob looks over his shoulder at Morgan Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Screaming liner towards third Palmer reaches It's into the outfield for a base hit! Morgan scores from second! Mays moseys up to the plate Hank Aaron is heading for the on-deck circle Mays is 1 for 2 today Nielsen rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Nielsen checks Clemente on first Now the 1-1 pitch Mays cracks a drive to deep left-center He really smacked this baby... This ball is going out of here in a hurry Bye, bye baseball! Man alive... what a blast by the NL Post WWII center fielder Two away, nobody on Aaron comes to the plate for NL Post WWII Hank will be facing the left-handed Nielsen from the right side of the plate He has a .315 average overall But southpaws are his nemesis... He has only a .244 average against lefty hurlers Aaron waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it It's a routine fly into right Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up This should wrap-up the inning... It's in the bank That'll do it in the top of the 6th 5 runs, 4 hits and no errors NL Post WWII leads 6 to 5 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Phil Niekro will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Phil has appeared in 50 games this season He has a record of 5-3 in 76 innings His ERA stands at 4.03 Ton leading off Phil is ready Here's the 3-1 offering There's a ground ball into the hole Mathews and Banks converge on it It's fielded by Mathews who fires to first SAFE is the call by the ump Close play!! FOFC third baseman, Deacon Palmer, is up next Right-hander Niekro prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Palmer Niekro brings it to the plate Swung on and missed... Palmer is down on strikes And there's one away Bullock is up now for FOFC Bullock grips the bat handle Bullock waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled We've got a full count... Niekro winds and fires... There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Willie Mays is at the wall... (Possible HR or Out Fielding ability: Great,) He's jumping for it... He's got it!!! What a great play by Mays! All Stars' shortstop Nights is up next Niekro gets the sign, it's one he likes The stretch... the 2 strike delivery Hard ground ball to short Banks comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the All Stars After 6 innings in FOFC this afternoon, NL Post WWII leads 6 to 5 Stan Musial, Roy Campanella, and Ernie Banks are due up Stan steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Musial is 0 for 3 today He flied out last time up Musial waits on Nielsen He brings it home Musial swings He sends one into the deepest part of the park That's going to get through to the wall Musial rounds second... The throw not nearly in time, a triple Next up for NL Post WWII is Roy Campanella The outfield shades towards left for Campanella After getting set, Campanella waits on the pitch And the delivery by Rodney The ball breaks low and outside Campanella tries to hold up The umpire tells him to take his base Coming up is Banks for NL Post WWII Runners on first and third... A dangerous homerun hitter at the plate 4th in the league in home runs this year with 40 Banks waiting for the pitch Banks has hit 40 home runs this year James gets the sign from Hays Here's the righthander's delivery He quick pitches Banks... and it's in there Strike three One down, two to go... James Rodney has to bear down now Here's the man with the perfect swing, Eddie Mathews, coming up to the plate Rodney has the sign from Hays Rodney brings it home There's a long drive... Its' way back there... A. J. Tucker is at the wall... (Possible HR or Out Fielding ability: Great,) He's jumping for it... He's got it!!! What a great play by Tucker! We are going to have a pinch hitter Billy Williams will bat for Phil Niekro It will be the lefthand hitting, Williams against the righty Rodney Williams is hitting righties for a .181 average Billy Williams steps into the box Billy wants desperately to break out of his slump All set, Williams is ready for the pitch The stretch... the delivery It's in the dirt and bounces away Campanella heads to second And he'll make it on the wild pitch Billy Williams steps into the box Williams has a .181 average against righthanders this season Williams is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Rodney He's waiting for the pitch Rodney fires Williams goes after the fastball... It's a base hit by Nights... Campanella only moves down to third and that's where he'll hold as the ball was hit very sharply making it impossible for him to score Up next is Joe Morgan Joe is an ex-Boston College basketball and ice hockey star Morgan is 1 for 2 today, with 1 home run Set now is Morgan It's coming down the pike Morgan drives the ball to right for extra bases Campanella scores Bill Russle will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII... Not cut-off... Hays is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Great,)... Williams is out at home! Double for Morgan It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Tommy Lasorda will relieve Phil Niekro to start off the bottom of the 7th Jim Bunning comes in as the 3rd pitcher today Bunning is 4 and 13 in 1900 He has pitched 75 innings and has a 5.06 ERA, striking out 48 while allowing 39 walks Hays saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Bunning is ready quickly The righthander Bunning delivers Sharp breaking curveball... Hays reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Banks... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Musial at first! Hays is out easily While we wait for Barrett Blade to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard Caribbean jumping all over NL Pre WWII 14 to 2 Gonzalez has hit his 24th homerun for Caribbean AL Pre WWII is edging Negro League I 3 to 2 Dead Ball Era is pounding AL Post WWII 8 to 1 Left Outs is running roughshod over Japanese League 15 to 3 Foxx has hit his 28th homerun for Left Outs Negro League II leads Turn of Century 4 to 3 Wilson has hit his 28th homerun for Negro League II Old Timers besting Late 20th 7 to 2 And in our matchup NL Post WWII ahead 8 to 5 OK, let's see if FOFC can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 3 FOFC sends the second baseman, Barrett Blade, up to the plate Campanella flashes the sign... Bunning waves it off... Now he's happy Bunning will try to get Blade to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Blade swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Bunning strikes out Barrett Blade That's the second out of the inning Bunning glares in at Tucker A. J. Tucker just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Tucker is 1 for 3 today A. J. singled last time around Tucker waits Righthander Bunning's delivery Swung on and hit sharply to second Morgan plays it on one hop Over to Musial... Out of there! That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 50003 Here's Roberto Clemente leading off Willie Mays is on deck And Hank Aaron is in the hole Clemente a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Rodney Clemente awaits the delivery Rodney brings it to the plate It's a high fly into left Ton ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out Mays saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Mays is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Willie certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Rodney earn his salary Rodney is slow to get ready He has a 3.18 ERA this year Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Mays swings and hits a shot to deep left-center Tucker and Ton are converging on the ball Looks like Tucker has the best shot at it He dives for it... WOW! He's got it! Fantastic play by Tucker Two down Walking up to the plate now is Aaron Stan Musial waits on deck Rodney squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Rodney kicks and fires Swung on and popped up Nights is waiting... And that's an easy out Rodney sets the Post-Nationals down in order It's the bottom of the 8th Jeeberoni Potpie, FOFC's first baseman, will lead it off Persimmon Pflaggstettler is on deck FOFC will try to cut into NL Post WWII's lead The Post-Nationals lead by 3 So far this season Potpie is hitting .285 when facing righthanded pitching Potpie readies himself for the pitch Bunning rocks and fires Slider, outside... Potpie reaches for it... Gets some wood on it It's rolling towards Banks... He scoops it up smoothly Firing to Musial in one motion... Close play... SAFE!... by a whisker Musial is arguing the call But to no avail That's a single for Potpie Pounding the plate with his bat Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch Pflaggstettler looks for a sign from third Dick Howser delivers it to Persimmon Persimmon is 1 for 3 today flied out his last at bat Bunning adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Campanella Now Jim delivers Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Potpie will stay at second K. A. Ton will face Bunning Righty against righty K. A. is batting .310 with 12 home runs on the season He is 2 for 3 today Jim looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Potpie on second, Pflaggstettler on first They're dancing off the bags Here's the 3-2 offering Base hit to left for Ton Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Runners hold. Deacon Palmer coming up Palmer asks the ump for time Now he's back in Palmer is ready for the pitch Here's the 1-2 delivery Grounded towards the bag Musial boots the ball! Score It: E3 Potpie scores from third! Pflaggstettler takes third Ton takes second Palmer to first Stan Gunner now up Gunner has hit 14 home runs this year The bases are loaded Bunning nods, he's ready Here comes the pitch Base hit to center for Gunner Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Runners hold. Nights gets set at the plate Nights is one of the best hitters around Bunning looks down at Campanella for the sign Now he's ready... Bunning checks the runners Dribbler to short Banks comes up with it Throws home for the out! Score It: 6-2 The runner on third, Ton, is out Palmer takes third Gunner takes second One down... Bunning has to continue to bear down Hays walks up to the plate Hays wiggles the bat above his head Harry steadies his bat Waits patiently for Bunning's pitch Now Jim delivers He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Banks Fires and nails Palmer going home! On to first He's OUT, a home to first double play Score It: 6-2-3 That ends the inning After 8 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 1 Musial steps up to the plate for NL Post WWII It's the top of the 9th at FOFC Stadium Hays flashes the sign... Fozborg shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Fozborg winds and delivers Musial pounds a grounder toward Nights at short Jeff moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Nights stayed with it Over to first and Musial is retired Nice play by the FOFC short stop One out Roy Campanella is due up next Campanella, the catcher, moves into the batter's box NL Post WWII leads 8 to 7 Campanella is at .242 on the season Fozborg tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The righthander delivers There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Campanella No chance for either Nights or Ton That one had base hit written all over it (Ballpark Double Effect) Banks is up next NL Post WWII has a runner at first and one out Banks adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Ernie is 1 for 4 this afternoon Banks is waiting on the pitch Here's the 2 strike pitch The Whiff! Fozborg punches Banks out! FOFC gets the second out of the inning Eddie Mathews, the third baseman, strides to the plate FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Mathews is 0 for 3 today Eddie waits... He steps out as Fozborg takes too long Now he's back in the box He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Campanella dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg Now here's the pitch Base hit to right for Mathews Third base coach Bill Russle doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Campanella will stay at second The pitcher, Jim Bunning will be up next for NL Post WWII Bunning can't seem to get settled at the plate Bunning waits for the delivery Sirr checks the runners... Goes into the stretch The pitch Base hit to center for Bunning Bill Russle is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by NL Post WWII... Not cut-off... Campanella is out at home! |
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Last of the 9th, final chance for FOFC Time for the All Stars to go to work... They trail the Post-Nationals by 1 Benton Breeze will send up second baseman Barrett Blade, then A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni Potpie to face Post-Nationals' Jim Bunning Blade is taking his practice swings Barrett is 1 for 4 this afternoon He struck out last time at bat The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... The pitch to Blade... It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Blade checks his swing Campanella appeals to the first base umpire He held up, ball four Never a good time for a lead-off walk But especially not late in the game Tucker is the batter Blade's the runner on first He's doing a little jig off first to rattle the pitcher Blade with his lead at first The third base coach, Dick Howser, gives the signs Campanella flashes the sign to Bunning The pitch is on the way He goes after the low slider At the knees... There's a fly ball into straight-away left Aaron slides under it... one hands it... Not the prettiest play, but Tucker is out NL Post WWII gets the first out of the inning... Bunning needs two more outs to stop FOFC Tommy Lasorda is walking to the mound Jim Bunning will head for the showers They've signaled for the righthander Bob Gibson will be coming on in relief for NL Post WWII Gibson will be the 4th pitcher used by NL Post WWII this afternoon Jim Bunning hands the ball over to Tommy Lasorda Now he walks off the field... Gibson is almost finished warming up... Here are some scores from around the league... These scores are final... Caribbean beat up on NL Pre WWII 14 to 5 Tiant Sr. the winner, he's now 11-9 Rixey takes the loss, his record drops to 7-11 AL Pre WWII nipped Negro League I 5 to 4 Dead Ball Era jumped all over AL Post WWII 9 to 1 Johnson the winner, he's now 16-8 Feller takes the loss, his record drops to 10-17 Left Outs humbled Japanese League 16 to 4 Negro League II edged out Turn of Century 5 to 4 Old Timers clubbed Late 20th 9 to 2 And in our matchup NL Post WWII leads 8 to 7 We're back again Gibson has a 8-5 record so far this year And an ERA of 5.30 in 26 appearances One away, Blade at first Potpie is coming to the plate Potpie is 2 for 4 today He is currently batting .293 Aaron, Mays and Clemente are playing him deep The umpire says let's go Potpie is ready Gibson looks at the runner The pitch Fastball right down the middle Potpie slams a grounder... Into the gap between first and second Musial runs it down on the outfield grass Looks towards second... Can't get Blade... He throws to Gibson covering first... THE THROW GETS AWAY!!!... Both runners advance a base on the error That's error number 2 of the game for NL Post WWII Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves in to face Gibson 2 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 9th Pflaggstettler is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Before the game Gibson said he really enjoyed watching Pflaggstettler hit He did admit, however, pitching to Persimmon quickly dimmed his enthusiasm Here's the 3-1 offering Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler Blade scores Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Potpie is out at home! Trailing runner advances. Ton digs in at the plate Ready now for Gibson to come set Ton is hitting .287 against righties Ton waits for the pitch The crowd is on their feet! They are anxious for the pitch Bob looks over his shoulder at Pflaggstettler Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Pounded on the ground to second Taken by Morgan Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 And we go to extra innings! Morgan is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Joe steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Joe is 2 for 3 today with 1 home run Morgan waits anxiously for the delivery It's a full count... Fozborg winds and fires... Ball four is the call Fozborg can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Fozborg Morgan takes first base Clemente is stepping in to face Fozborg Potpie is way in on the grass at first Palmer is in at third They are guarding against the bunt Expect a bunt here despite Clemente's average They need a run We're all tied up at 8 Waiting for the pitch is Clemente Sirr will have to come in with this 3-0 delivery It's on its way... Fastball...missed inside Ball four! Clemente hands his bat to the batboy and hustles down to first Fozborg lost him on four pitches Mays pounds the plate Now he stares out at Knowles Mays scuffs up the lines around the box Mays waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Knowles checks the runners Mays rips a solid shot to center Tucker ranges to his right... He is juggling it!... Finally finds the handle Whew! Runners can't advance That's one away With one out, and two men on Aaron strides purposefully to the plate Against righthanders Aaron is hitting .342 Hank is set for the pitch The righthander Knowles' delivery A slider by Knowles Aaron gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Knowles Facing Knowles now is Musial Roy Campanella heads to the on deck circle Ernie Banks waits in the hole Stan is 1 for 5 this summer afternoon He grounded out in his last plate appearance Now set, Musial waits for the pitch Knowles' 3-0 pitch... Low and inside... ball four Musial gets a free ticket to first That loads them up for Roy Campanella Campanella finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Roy is batting at .254 with 5 home runs He is 3 for 4 so far today NL Post WWII has loaded the bases Knowles shakes off the sign from Hays And another... Still another... Looks like Knowles doesn't want to pitch to Campanella Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting Now he's finally ready Knowles brings it to the plate Campanella swings and lifts one toward center Tucker drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That retires the side... Campanella fails to come through in the clutch For NL Post WWII, No runs, no hits, no errors and 3 men left on base We've got ourselves a honey of a ballgame All tied up in the bottom of the 10th Deacon Palmer will see if he can get on base to start things off for the All Stars Palmer is 1 for 4 on the day He looks around at the NL Post WWII infield Musial is kicking the dirt at first Mathews is even with the bag at third Morgan and Banks are ready with hands on knees at second and short Palmer tells the umpire he's ready Into the windup... here's the pitch Struck him out on a fastball Palmer goes down swinging With one down Musial yells something out to Gibson Bob nods his head Making his way up is Gazelle Gibson looks down at Campanella for the sign Now he's ready Gibson's righthanded delivery... Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 107 on the season for Gibson That's two away for the All Stars We have a real "nail-biter" here today Jeff Nights will get a crack at Gibson next Harry Hays would be up next... But only if Nights can reach safely Nights is one of the best hitters around Gibson is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Gibson gets the sign from Campanella Gibson brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Banks... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That retires the side For FOFC, No runs, no hits and no errors NL Post WWII will try to push one across in the top of the 11th Bottom of the order for NL Post WWII coming to bat The shortstop, Ernie Banks will lead off Knowles likes the sign The 2-2 offering... Srike three! Well that is 4 on the afternoon for Banks He earns himself a silver sombrero! With one down, up next is Eddie Mathews To be followed by Bob Gibson Mathews settles in at the plate Mathews steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Mathews is set for the pitch Sammy comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Mathews! That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Bob Gibson to get a new bat Let's point out that NL Post WWII is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Tommy Lasorda will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Orlando Cepeda steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Knowles Cepeda is batting .279 on the year He has 5 round trippers and 16 RBI's Orlando Cepeda will step in to face Knowles next If he gets on, Joe Morgan will follow Orlando Cepeda is hitting .284 this year against righthanded pitchers Knowles adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays The All Stars fans are standing They want the strikeout from "Mister Closer" Sammy winds and delivers the 0-2 pitch Grounded down the line Palmer grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 That's it for NL Post WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 10 and a half innings, FOFC has 8 runs, 14 hits and no errors While NL Post WWII has 8 runs, 14 hits and 2 errors NL Post WWII has left 13 on base FOFC has stranded 6 Warren Spahn will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Warren has appeared in 47 games this season He has a record of 7-8 in 130 innings His ERA stands at 5.48 The All Stars will send Hays, Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker up to the plate this inning Harry is hitting at .344 on the year He has 93 hits in 270 at bats This includes 5 doubles, 3 triples 12 home runs and 34 RBI's He's ready for the delivery The lefthander Spahn comes home with it Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Mathews It's by him... Aaron comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Hays to a single Blade looks to lay one down He bunts the ball . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by W.Spahn he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Force Play To Pitcher Score It: 1-6 The runner on first, Hays, is out One away here in the bottom of the 11th The score is tied at 8 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard These scores are final... Caribbean man-handled NL Pre WWII 14 to 5 Tiant Sr. the winner, he's now 11-9 Rixey takes the loss, his record drops to 7-11 AL Pre WWII edged out Negro League I 5 to 4 Hoyt the winner, he's now 8-5 Foster takes the loss, his record drops to 3-3 Dead Ball Era jumped all over AL Post WWII 9 to 1 Johnson the winner, he's now 16-8 Feller takes the loss, his record drops to 10-17 Left Outs humbled Japanese League 16 to 4 Foxx has hit his 28th homerun for Left Outs Negro League II edged out Turn of Century 5 to 4 Wright has hit his 14th homerun for Negro League II Old Timers smacked Late 20th 9 to 2 Martinez takes the loss, his record drops to 6-7 Radbourn the winner, he's now 10-8 Blade represents what could be the winning run And A. J. Tucker is coming up The All Stars need only to get 1 run in, to end this game right now Tucker swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Spahn Tucker is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Blade is dancing off first The southpaw's 1-2 delivery Base hit to left for Tucker Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Blade will stay at second Jeeberoni Potpie is next 1st and 2nd, one man down Spahn stares in He rocks and fires Routine grounder to the mound Taken by Spahn Throws to second He's out Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 1-6-3 And that retires the side Joe Morgan stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Morgan is looking for another hit He has 2 hits so far today He is hitting .264 on the year Joe steadies his bat And waits patiently for Knowles' pitch Here's his delivery Morgan hits a pop into short right field Blade sprints out Pflaggstettler and Tucker sprint towards the infield Persimmon Pflaggstettler sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Morgan takes a walking lead Morgan has stolen 34 of 43 bases this year Knowles tosses another quick one to first... Even the speedy Morgan looks a bit tentative now... He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead Roberto Clemente is up next to face Knowles A tough situation to bunt as FOFC has the corners playing way in Time is called... Clemente has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Roberto is eagerly awaiting Knowles' pitch He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Morgan dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Knowles Now here's the pitch Knowles just misses outside Ball four to Clemente Willie Mays, the NL Post WWII center fielder, steps into the batter's box The score is tied at 8 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Mays is taking his practice swings Willie is 2 for 5 this afternoon Mays, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Knowles Sammy checks the runners Here's the 0-2 offering STRIKE THREE! He swung on a ball that was in the dirt Mays was overanxious up there That was almost a wild pitch So we have one out now for NL Post WWII 2 runners on board as Hank Aaron rubs his bat with the pine tar one last time Hank Aaron will be coming up Tommy Lasorda loves the pop in his bat Knowles has the sign from Hays Knowles stretches, checks his runners The pitch... Curve, up high... Aaron rips it to left... Knowles hung that breaking ball However, Hank got under it just a bit Gazelle started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" Two down Due up next is Stan Musial Let's see what happens now Stan Musial, the first baseman, strides to the plate Musial is 1 for 5 today, with 1 walk Now set, Musial waits for the pitch The pitch is on the way There's a routine pop by Musial Barrett Blade moves under the ball And makes the routine catch Musial chokes in the clutch! That ends the inning for NL Post WWII FOFC has 8 runs, 16 hits and no errors While NL Post WWII has 8 runs, 15 hits and 2 errors NL Post WWII has now stranded 15 baserunners Pflaggstettler, the right fielder, up leading off the bottom of the 12th Campanella flashes the sign... Spahn waves it off... Now he's happy The lefthander Spahn delivers Spahn misses low on that one Pflaggstettler draws the walk Number 1 today by Spahn Terp squares to bunt It's dribbled down the third base line Mathews bare hands it... Sidearm toss to first Just in time! Nice play Credit Kris Terp with a sacrifice And there's one away Palmer finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Campanella flashes the sign... Spahn shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Spahn brings it to the plate Base hit to left for Palmer Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Hank Aaron throws the ball away for an error! FOFC wins 9 to 8 Knowles gets credit for the win Spahn takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 3 for 5 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/5/1900 |
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..."impressive come back win by the FOFCers. They were cruising early, ran into problems but overcame them to open the lead in the division to 6.5 games." "This was baseball at its best. I don't think I've ever seen a game, in all my years in the sport, when there were 3 plays where homeruns were robbed. These guys gave there all in this one, and the NL Posters have to feel pretty down right about now. They had a chance to even the series and it slipped away. Once again the small pen really hurt this team. I'll bet next year they look to add another arm or two to that pen," Lou Scribe reports... |
8/6 Radio Broadcast - Game 121
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Brian Babson with his 10 and 10 record Will be facing Red Schoendienst Here we go, well almost... Here comes Hays out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start Now Brian delivers He rips a grounder to the mound Babson grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 With one gone NL Post WWII will have Roberto Clemente coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it The right fielder, Roberto Clemente, is up next Babson has the sign from Hays Brian rocks and fires Low and outside Ball four Hank Aaron moves in to face Babson 1 on, 1 out here in the top of the 1st Hank Aaron is hitting .312 for the year with 41 homers He is having a great year Babson is happy with the sign It's coming down the pike The runner goes Aaron likes the hit and run... Fastball, down the middle... Swung on... Aaron strokes a deep shot... Gunner and Tucker dashing to the fence... They don't have a chance HOME RUN! Aaron picks up a couple of RBI's as Clemente scores ahead of him Hays wanted Babson to throw that pitch down at the knees, not up at the letters That was a costly mistake for FOFC So that brings up Willie Mays the NL Post WWII center fielder Willie is hitting at .306 on the year NL Post WWII's cleanup hitter has knocked in 83 runs He has a fine .585 slugging average Mays waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Babson winds and delivers Change up... Mays hits a fly ball to right Gazelle is under it... He's got it That's two away Mathews is ready to face Babson Mathews is hitting .295 against righthanders Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Mathews Babson's 0-1 pitch... Swung on and hit sharply to second Blade plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! That's three outs here in the top of the first At the end of one half inning, for NL Post WWII 2 runs, one hit and no errors FOFC is coming to bat Blade, FOFC's second baseman, leads off for the All Stars NL Post WWII drew first blood They scored 2 runs in the top half of the first Blade has hit 3 home runs this year Koufax steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The pitch on the way, here it is... Slow ground ball Schoendienst is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT NL Post WWII gets the first out of the inning Tucker finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box A. J. will be facing the lefty Koufax from the right side of the plate Of his 7 home runs, 5 are against southpaws Tucker is waiting on the pitch Now Sandy delivers Ground ball through the middle Schoendienst ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! Two up, two down for FOFC Gerald Gazelle, will be up next Jeeberoni Potpie hopes to get a chance as well Bases empty... one more chance for FOFC here NL Post WWII leads FOFC by 2 runs Gazelle is at .271 on the season The left-hander Koufax is now ready Here's the 0-1 offering Slider, inside... Swung on... Gazelle rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Koufax looks dejected on the mound Potpie is up now for FOFC Koufax tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Now Sandy delivers A hot shot on the ground to Schoendienst He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Potpie is out That's all for the All Stars... As we head to the top of the second inning... NL Post WWII ahead 2 to 1 Ernie Banks, Johnny Bench, and Orlando Cepeda are due up Ernie is 4th in the league in home runs with a 40 so far in 1900 He's ready Windup by Babson And the pitch Banks hits a deep fly to left-center Tucker is at the warning track He stumbles a little... Rights himself It bounces off the fence... Two-base hit for Banks Bench digs in at the plate Ready now for Babson to come set Babson steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The pitch to Bench... Change up, on the inside corner... Bench was looking for it... He hammers the pitch... It's a deep fly to left-center It's into the alley... That will score a run Bench is in at second standing with a double All Gunner could do was keep him from getting a triple Cepeda steps in... He pounds the bat on the plate Now he is ready Cepeda is batting .278 with 5 HR's this year Babson is slow to get ready He has a 3.66 ERA this year Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Groundball to short Bench will hold at second base Cepeda is retired on the groundout Koufax is up next One gone, top of the 2nd Red Schoendienst moves out on deck Hays flashes the sign to Babson And the delivery by Babson There's the heater... Strike three swinging! Koufax will take his seat Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Babson Schoendienst leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Red is hitting at .267 on the year He has 24 hits in 90 at bats NL Post WWII's leadoff hitter... Red has scored 15 runs on the season Babson has the sign from Hays Babson brings it to the plate There's a foul into the chest protector of Hays . . . Schoendienst back in the box And here comes the next pitch It's in on the wrists Red tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... Yes, Babson walks him Roberto Clemente, the NL Post WWII right fielder, steps into the batter's box NL Post WWII leads 3 to 1 He has a chance here to drive home at least one The outfield shades towards left for Clemente Clemente awaits the delivery The righthander Babson's delivery Hit on the ground to first Potpie flips to Babson covering Score It: 3-1 That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII By the way, NL Post WWII is 3 and 7 in their last ten games Stan Gunner is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Gunner is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in The umpire says let's go Gunner is ready With a 2 strike count... here's the pitch Curve ball... Gunner swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! So one up and one gone All Stars' catcher Hays is up next Harry is hitting at .347 on the year He has 94 hits in 271 at bats This includes 5 doubles, 3 triples 12 home runs and 34 RBI's Hays tells the umpire he's ready The southpaw's 1-1 delivery Hays gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Banks into the outfield... Base hit for Hays Hays at first, one away Fouts is ready for the pitch Koufax gets the sign from Bench He is 3rd in the league in strike outs He has 183 on the season The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander The Whiff! Koufax punches Fouts out! Two down Nights, FOFC's shortstop, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Brian Babson waits on deck Nights is at .277 on the season Koufax squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Koufax goes into his stretch... Looks over at Hays Fires to Cepeda... Hays is back easily... We're ready again Now Koufax comes home Ground ball to short Banks grabs it Over to Cepeda Got him! Score It: 6-3 That ends the inning After 2 innings, NL Post WWII leads by 2 As we get ready to start the top of the 3rd Aaron is talking to Hays Aaron is batting .314 with 42 round trippers in 1900 Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Babson brings it home Big breaking ball... Aaron swings and lifts one deep to left This one has a chance... Gunner is at the warning track... He waits... Stan you can tell that one Goodbye! Number 43 on the year for Hank Aaron A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Willie Mays Mays digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Babson Brian is ready Babson rocks and fires Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Babson punches him out! That's one away Mathews settles in at the plate Against righthanders Mathews is hitting .294 Mathews gets ready for Babson's pitch His bat is cocked Now the delivery, here is is... Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 3 for Brian Babson today 150 on the year Two men gone, nobody on NL Post WWII leads by 3 Banks coming up for NL Post WWII Nobody on, two away The right-hander Babson is set to deliver to Banks And the cripple pitch... Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on... It's a high bounding ball... Through the infield into center by Banks That's 2 hits for Banks this game Walking up to the plate now is Bench NL Post WWII leading in the game Bench is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .242 on the year Bench is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Babson He's waiting for the pitch Babson's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Banks dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch There's a Texas Leaguer in front of Stan Gunner He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out That retires the side The Post-Nationals score 1 run in the inning After 2 and a half innings, NL Post WWII on top 4 to 1 Babson, the All Stars pitcher, will step in to start things off He is no breather for opposing pitchers Babson swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Koufax Koufax is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Koufax gets the sign from Bench The lefthander Koufax delivers Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bench fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Babson One up, one down for FOFC Planting his right foot Blade is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Blade Barrett is batting at .266 with 3 home runs He is 0 for 1 so far today Blade, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Koufax Koufax fires Blade hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Mathews dives... It's through for a base hit! He almost got his glove on it... Blade reaches on a sizzling single to left A nice try by the third baseman, Eddie Mathews A. J. Tucker is the next batter in the bottom of the 3rd FOFC continues to trail NL Post WWII Tucker has a .333 average against lefthanders He is .297 overall Tucker waits patiently The southpaw Koufax's delivery on the 3-1 pitch Fastball, high and tight Ball Four Chin music... Tucker didn't like it Gerald Gazelle is entering the batter's box Benton Breeze has his big bopper, Jeeberoni Potpie, waiting in the on-deck circle Gazelle is 1 for 1 today Koufax is on the third-base side of the rubber... Koufax will try to get Gazelle to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate There's the heater... Strike three swinging! Gazelle will take his seat That's out number two Post-Nationals' pitching coach, Johnny Podres, is out to talk with Koufax Looks like he wants to go over something with him Jeeberoni Potpie, the All Stars' first baseman is up next FOFC has 2 men on with 2 outs Potpie is taking his practice swings Jeeberoni is 0 for 1 this afternoon The bat is cocked Checks the runners Here's his delivery And a quick throw to first by Koufax But Tucker is back easily... Now to the plate... low, ball four... That loads 'em up FOFC left fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next Gunner is 0 for 1 today Koufax looks down at Bench for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The lefthander Koufax comes home with it Bouncer to second Taken by Schoendienst Over to Cepeda Got him! Score It: 4-3 And that's the final out of the inning NL Post WWII has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 men on base today Brian Babson, out there on the mound for FOFC prepares to face Orlando Cepeda to get the 4th inning underway here in FOFC Stadium Cepeda goes through his routine of settling in Cepeda is poised and ready for the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery There's a liner over short Solidly stroked by Cepeda... Would you look at that! Nights leaped two stories into the air and robbed Cepeda of a sure base hit Orlando is disgusted... but tips his hat to Nights just the same That ball had base hit written all over it With one down, up next is Sandy Koufax To be followed by Red Schoendienst And it brings up Sandy Koufax On deck is Red Schoendienst Roberto Clemente in the hole Looking to Bill Russle for a sign Koufax waits Brian comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering And Koufax will sit down... strike three called That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Babson Red Schoendienst will be next up... Schoendienst is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Schoendienst has a .267 average against righthanders this season Babson eyes Schoendienst intently Here's the righthander's windup and delivery It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That's all for NL Post WWII After 3 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, NL Post WWII leads 4 to 1 Here's Harry Hays leading off Dan Fouts is on deck And Jeff Nights is in the hole Hays steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready He's ready for the delivery The 2-2 offering... Changeup down low... Hays makes contact and hits one out to center Willie Mays is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Koufax One up, one down here in the bottom of the 4th Dan Fouts makes his way to home plate Fouts wiggles the bat above his head All set, Fouts is ready for the pitch Now to the belt, here it is... Sharp breaking curveball... Fouts reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Banks... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Cepeda at first! Fouts is out easily Two down Sandy Koufax retires the first two batters in order Up now for FOFC is Nights Two away, nobody on Nights is 0 for 1 today, with no strike outs Sandy Koufax steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The pitch is on the way Ground ball to the left side... Banks scoops it up Over to first for the putout That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 4 innings, NL Post WWII has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base NL Post WWII has stranded 3 Clemente is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Clemente is 0 for 1 today Hays flashes the sign... Babson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Babson kicks and delivers Clemente swings hard... But he was fooled on the pitch Nubs it off the fists It's dribbling toward third Fouts charges in on it... Bare hands it... Sidearms it to first... Clemente beats it out by a whisker It was a bleeder... Clemente's speed got him a hit on that one Looks good in tommorrow's box score He'll take it Here's the 6', 180 lbs. "Hammerin' Hank" coming up to bat Hank Aaron will step in to face Babson He is 2 for 2 on the afternoon with 2 home runs! That impressive display of power has been good for 3 RBI's Babson looks down at Hays He shakes him off once... Again... Brian has got to be a little concerned with Aaron up there as the NL Post WWII left fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this afternoon Babson goes into his stretch... Looks at Clemente... He fires one to Potpie... Clemente dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Babson comes home Aaron hits a roller to Dan Fouts Fouts comes up with it and throws It's in the dirt Potpie can't come up with it That'll be a throwing error on Fouts That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC Willie Mays is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Willie is 0 for 2 this summer afternoon He's batting .305 on the season Mays waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the 3-2 offering Ripped to third, but right at Fouts...easy out So we have one out now for NL Post WWII 2 runners on board as Eddie Mathews rubs his bat with the pine tar one last time Walking up to the plate now is Mathews Ernie Banks waits on deck Mathews is batting .301 with 39 homers this year Eddie steadies his bat Waits patiently for Babson's pitch After checking the runners Here comes the pitch Stroked to first Clean single for Mathews NL Post WWII adds to their lead NL Post WWII leads 5 to 1 Now here's Banks Babson gets the sign, it's one he likes Babson checks the runners Hit on the ground to short Taken by Nights Throw to second for one To first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 NL Post WWII gets 1 in the top of the 5th One run, 2 hits, one error and one man left on base After 4 and a half innings, NL Post WWII leads by 4 Sean Treacy will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Koufax adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bench Here's the windup... and the pitch Treacy hits a three hopper towards Red Schoendienst Schoendienst scoops it and fires it to first for the out One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is still in the on-deck circle and A. J. Tucker is looking for a bat in the dugout Walking up now to the plate is Blade Blade is 1 for 2 today, with no strike outs Koufax is ready quickly Koufax goes into his windup Here it comes Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Tucker steps in Blade's trying to rattle Sandy Koufax by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink NL Post WWII is set up for two Koufax looks down at Bench for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw delivers Fastball down low... Tucker swings and hits one out to center Willie Mays is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Koufax Blade trots back to first NL Post WWII ahead 5 to 1 with two away this inning Gazelle saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gazelle is 1 for 2 today, with 1 strike outs Sandy Koufax still on the mound for the Post-Nationals... Koufax has gone the distance so far He's given up 4 hits in 4 2/3 innings He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Blade dives back in!... SAFE! Cepeda tosses it back to Koufax Now here's the pitch Fastball, at the letters... Gazelle crunches it... There's a high belt... Driven deep into left-centerfield... Mays running to the fence... It's outta here HOME RUN 25 for Gazelle this year! Potpie saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Koufax asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber It's a full count... Koufax winds and fires... Off speed pitch on the way... And Potpie watches it go by for the third strike That's all for the All Stars in the 5th inning They get 2 runs across At the end of five... It's Post-Nationals 5, FOFC 3 |
8/6 Radio Broadcast Continued
Bench saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Bench's bat has been very quiet so far this season In 398 at bats, he is only batting .241 He's also strikeout prone Fozborg adjusts his cap... Now he's set Fozborg throws the 3-2 pitch Slow ground ball Nights is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Fozborg gets the first out in the inning "The Baby Bull" is making his way to the plate Sirr Fozborg on in relief for the All Stars We're in the top of the 6th Fozborg is into his windup Here's the pitch Swung on and drilled into right Gazelle going back... The ball is over his head And there's Cepeda around first base heading for second Gazelle chases down the ball, throws... It's on the money... The slide... SAFE!... Cepeda has himself a double That's 11 doubles for Cepeda on the year That made it 314 feet to the right field corner It bounced off the 10 foot high fence just left of the foul pole Sandy Koufax steps into the box Koufax a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Fozborg Fozborg wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The righthander Fozborg delivers There's a ball in front of the plate... Hays gets in front to block it... But it's off his mitt to his left Cepeda is off for third base... Hays picks up the ball and from his knees Whips it to Fouts... Cepeda slides... SAFE!! Score it a wild pitch on Sirr Fozborg Sandy Koufax steps into the box Before getting ready Koufax checks out the defensive alignment After getting set, Koufax waits on the pitch Cepeda is dancing off third Fozborg is ignoring him Here's the pitch Fastball off Hays' mitt Rolls all the way to the backstop Hays is after it... but the run will score No throw... Looked like Hays was crossed-up on the pitch Score it a passed ball on Hays Sandy Koufax steps into the box We'll see how they pitch to Koufax Sandy is ready for the delivery Fozborg brings it to the plate Koufax is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position Two gone for NL Post WWII Walking up to the plate now is Schoendienst Roberto Clemente waits on deck Red is 0 for 2 this summer afternoon He lined out in his last plate appearance Fozborg adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Fozborg brings it to the plate Schoendienst swings... Hits the fastball on the ground... Down the line at first... Potpie trying to backhand it... Can't get a glove on it It's into right field for a hit Roberto Clemente, the right fielder, strides to the plate Fozborg steps on the rubber Fozborg's righthanded delivery... There's a fly ball into straight-away left Gunner one hands it... Clemente is retired... and so is NL Post WWII That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII So After 5 and a half innings NL Post WWII has 6 runs, 9 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and one error NL Post WWII has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 Palmer will come up to lead off the bottom of the 6th FOFC's fans are looking for some runs from their team Palmer goes through his routine of settling in The left-hander Koufax is now ready The pitch is on the way A hot shot on the ground to Banks He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Palmer is out One up, one down Nobody on base, one away Hays steps into the batter's box Bench flashes the sign to Koufax And the delivery by Koufax Slow ground ball Banks is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One more chance for FOFC this inning Dan Fouts, third baseman for the All Stars is up next Fouts steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Sandy gets the sign from Bench Now ready, here it is... Fouts rips the curve to left-center... Aaron racing back to the fence... He leaps up for the drive... Can't quite get it!!... Fouts around first... Aaron quickly runs it down Fires a strong throw... Off the mark.. Fouts makes it easily into second That's a double for Fouts Nights is up now for FOFC Nights adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeff is 0 for 2 this afternoon Jeff steadies his bat And waits patiently for Koufax's pitch Koufax brings it to the plate That's a major league pop up! Banks grabs it for the out Score It: 6 That's all for the All Stars... After 6 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, NL Post WWII on top 6 to 3 The big guns are due up for NL Post WWII Aaron will lead it off He will be followed by Willie Mays and Eddie Mathews Hank Aaron will be up next... He is 2 for 3 on the afternoon Aaron has also smacked out 2 home runs! This impressive display of power has been good for 3 RBI's Rodney looks down at Hays He shakes him off once... Again... James has got to be a little concerned with Aaron up there as the NL Post WWII left fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this afternoon The righthander delivers Sinking fastball... Aaron swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step NL Post WWII with one away Rodney steps off the mound as he waits for Willie Mays to come to the plate Willie Mays will face Rodney Righty against righty Looking to Bill Russle for a sign Mays concentrates He holds the bat down on the end The righthander Rodney delivers Long fly to center Tucker has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Mays is retired on a fairly deep fly One more chance for NL Post WWII in the top of the 7th Walking slowly up for NL Post WWII is Mathews The outfield is playing him deep And shaded to the right They are showing respect for his power Mathews swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Rodney Mathews waiting on the delivery Rodney rocks and fires Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Mathews hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into center for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle The Dallas-born power hitting, Ernie Banks, is approaching the plate Rodney likes the sign Rodney brings it to the plate It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Nights for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII Time to check out the rest of the scores NL Pre WWII and Caribbean are all knotted at 3 Frisch has hit his 7th homerun for NL Pre WWII Negro League I is embarrassing AL Pre WWII 8 to 0 Paige enjoying the big Negro League I lead Dead Ball Era toppling AL Post WWII 7 to 0 Japanese League slipping by Left Outs 3 to 1 Sugishita battling Wynn Turn of Century besting Negro League II 5 to 0 Old Timers is edging Late 20th 4 to 3 Brouthers has hit his 7th homerun for Old Timers And right here in FOFC NL Post WWII on top 6 to 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Here's the left fielder Ton To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then A. J. Tucker Ton has 10 doubles this year Ton waits Here's the southpaw's delivery Ton starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Koufax walks him One on, no outs Coming up for FOFC is Blade Blade taps the plate Looks to Dick Howser for the sign Blade is set for the pitch Now Sandy delivers Blade is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position Settling in at the plate is Tucker So far this year Tucker is batting .296 He has 19 doubles, 8 triples 7 homeruns with 53 RBI's and 17 stolen bases Koufax looks down at Bench for the sign Now he's ready The lefthander Koufax delivers Tucker golfs a shot into shallow center Mays is coming hard... He dives... Beautiful catch! Ton retreats quickly to first A. J. kicks the dirt in disbelief Two down Due up next is Gerald Gazelle Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the All Stars Gazelle is up next Two out with Ton at first Gazelle is 2 for 3 today, with 1 strike outs Koufax asks for a new ball Rubs it down... Now he steps on the rubber Here's the 2-1 offering Gazelle sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Aaron Aaron gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium left Koufax gets the last out here in the home half of the 7th The All Stars strand 1 NL Post WWII still leads 6-3 Bench leading off Bench is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting only .241 so far this year At 1 for 3 in this game He grounded out in his last at bat Johnny steadies his bat Waits patiently for Rodney's pitch Here's the windup and the 2 strike delivery Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Bench was frozen on that fastball by Rodney High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch While Sandy Koufax heads for the on deck circle Orlando Cepeda makes his way to the plate The outfield's shaded towards left for Cepeda He's 1 for 3 today Waiting for the pitch is Cepeda Rodney's into his windup... the pitch Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Cepeda! Two up, two down here in the top of the 8th Tommy Lasorda will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Billy Williams steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Rodney Williams is batting .201 on the year He has 4 round trippers and 21 RBI's Here's Billy Williams Billy Williams is hitting .186 this year against righthanded pitchers The umpire says let's go Williams is ready Righthander Rodney's delivery Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 72 on the season for Rodney That's it for NL Post WWII Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 and a half innings, NL Post WWII has 6 runs, 10 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 6 hits and one error NL Post WWII has left 6 on base FOFC has stranded 6 Phil Niekro will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Phil has appeared in 51 games this season He has a record of 5-3 with 2 saves His ERA stands at 3.97 NL Post WWII is making a defensive change Schmidt will bat 5th and play third Potpie is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Bench flashes the sign... Niekro waves it off... Now he's happy It's coming down the pike Potpie hits a fly ball to right Roberto Clemente camps under it He's got it With one down Cepeda yells something out to Niekro Phil nods his head One out, nobody on base NL Post WWII leads 6 to 3 in the eighth Here comes Deacon Palmer to face Niekro Palmer is batting .334 with 6 round trippers in 1900 Niekro studies his sign The pitch to Palmer... Palmer swings and hits one down the line It's in for extra bases The ball is kicking around in the corner Palmer is heading for second The ball comes in... The slide... The tag... SAFE!... A sharply hit double for Deacon Palmer Hays gets set at the plate We'll see how they pitch to Hays Niekro adjusts his cap... Now he's set Phil looks over his shoulder at Palmer Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch A hot shot on the ground to Banks He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Hays is out Palmer stays put That's the second out of the inning David Gonzalez moves in to face Niekro 1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 8th Niekro rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Here's the 2-2 pitch Hard ground ball into left field David Gonzalez has a base hit Palmer takes third Jeff Nights will get a crack at Niekro next K. A. Ton would be up next... But only if Nights can reach safely Nights has hit 13 home runs this year Bench flashes the sign... Niekro shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Niekro brings it home He rips a grounder to second Schoendienst comes up with it Over to Cepeda Got him! Score It: 4-3 The All Stars are retired It's 6-3 as we come to the 9th The NL Post WWII second baseman, Schoendienst, will lead off He'll be followed by Roberto Clemente And then Hank Aaron Schoendienst is hitting .273 against righties Schoendienst waits for the pitch Into the windup... here's the pitch Schoendienst hits a pop into short right field Blade sprints out Gazelle and Tucker sprint towards the infield Gerald Gazelle sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Clemente, the right fielder, moves into the batter's box NL Post WWII on top 6 to 3 1 for 3 today Clemente looks for a sign from third Bill Russle with the hand signals Clemente, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Kronside Here's the righthander's delivery Soft liner to third Palmer snares it for the out! Score It: 5 One down for NL Post WWII Hank Aaron is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for NL Post WWII So with 1 on and 1 out the Post-Nationals send their left fielder, Hank Aaron, up to face Kronside Good-hitting Willie Mays is waiting in the on-deck circle Hank looks at the sign from the coach at third Bill Russle flashes a series of them... Now Aaron taps the bat on home plate Aaron is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Schoendienst is dancing off first Here's his delivery Aaron takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He's out on strikes That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard These scores are final... NL Pre WWII spanked Caribbean 8 to 3 Negro League I humbled AL Pre WWII 8 to 0 Mays takes the loss, his record drops to 10-9 Paige the winner, he's now 13-9 Dead Ball Era ripped AL Post WWII 7 to 1 Japanese League cuffed Left Outs 4 to 1 Carlton takes the loss, his record drops to 6-9 Sugishita the winner, he's now 3-12 Turn of Century spanked Negro League II 5 to 0 Old Timers edged out Late 20th 6 to 5 Sutter takes the loss, his record drops to 1-4 Keefe the winner, he's now 9-14 Schoendienst extends his lead towards second Inside slider... Mays ducks down... And there goes Schoendienst! Hays has the pitch And here's the overhand throw... Late throw by Hays... No chance to get Schoendienst sliding in safely Willie Mays steps into the box A base hit should score Schoendienst Before the game Kronside said he really enjoyed watching Mays hit He did admit, however, pitching to Willie quickly dimmed his enthusiasm Kronside looks back towards second... The pitch High and away Ball four Mike Schmidt is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Schmidt is batting .233 with 11 homers this year The bat is cocked Kronside brings it to the plate STRIKE THREE! He swung on a ball that was in the dirt Schmidt was overanxious up there That was almost a wild pitch That's it here in the top of the 9th It's 6-3 in favor of the visitors from NL Post WWII We'll be back in just a moment The left fielder Ton will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then A. J. Tucker NL Post WWII leads 6 to 3 Niekro toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Bench He brings it home Curve in the dirt... and Ton holds up Looked like he went around from here But the man in blue says no Bench appeals to first Appeal fails Ton will take first on the walk That's 2 walks today for Ton Next up is Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman On-deck is A. J. Tucker... He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle Ton takes his lead Niekro steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Niekro goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Ton He lobs one to Cepeda... Ton is back easily We're ready again Now Niekro comes home Blade hits a three hopper towards Mike Schmidt Schmidt scoops it and fires it to second... Out The throw to first... Out at first, it's a double play And there's two away Niekro looks down at Tucker as he steps in A. J. is ready to go Tucker grips the bat handle Now set, Tucker waits for the pitch Niekro's 2 strike pitch... Tucker cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bench Tucker was badly fooled by Niekro's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! A. J. was a little overanxious And that will do it for FOFC NL Post WWII wins 6 to 3 Koufax gets credit for the win Niekro notches the save Babson takes the loss The hitting star for NL Post WWII was Hank Aaron He was 2 for 5 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
8/6 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/6/1900 |
8/6 Post Game Press Conference
I walk in and sit down, and before I can say anything Lou fires off a question... Lou, "Your win streak ends at 11, but you have to be feeling good about the team right now?" "Lou, I'm feeling good right now. Win streaks are good for confidence, it's always nice when you win a series against a team as good as the NL Posters, and a 5 and a half game lead sure beats a 1 game lead or a 1 game back situation. But let's be honest. We are a long way from the finish line, and things can change quickly. For instance. while we opened a lead, we also turn around and play the Negro League 1 team, and the NL Posters get to match up with the Japanese All-Stars. There is a huge difference in the level of competition there. If they sweep and we get swept, then our lead is gone and it is back to nail biting time." "You couldn't pull this one out," Dan Reader...states or asks...I'm not sure. "Um, nope, we didn't. We had some opportunities, but we just didn't get the timely hit or make the clutch pitch we needed to." Hack Jobb, "Benton, what do you think needs to happen down the stretch to hold off the NL Post War team?" "We have to keep pitching well first and foremost. The guys really turned it around recently and they have been giving us quality starts. If that continues well have a chance to win each time out. The hitting has been solid most of the year, and hopefully that will keep up." Jobb follows up, "How good do you think you need to play?" "I'm not sure I follow." I express... Jobb clarifying, "Do you thing .500 ball will be enough to get to the series?" "Oh, now I see...you know, I'm not sure. I haven't really thought about it. We have about 28 games left. If we go 14 - 14, then the Posters would have to win 20 and only drop 8...yeah, .500 might be enough, but I'd prefer that we not settle for .500 ball." Tom McCarver, "Benton, why start the left handed hitting Gunner against a strong lefty starter like Koufax, when you had KA Ton and Persimmon on the bench." "Actually, we were scheduled to give Pflaggsettler a day off, and Ton was going to start, but he wasn't feeling well at the beginning of the game, so we stuck Gunner in. We could have gone with Tracey, but Gunner is much better defensively, and I wanted to give Babson all the support in the field I could. We ended up sticking Ton in once he started to perk up." |
8/7 Radio Broadcast - Game 122
It's just about time for baseball! Welcome baseball fans from around the country The Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System takes great pleasure in presenting you this evening's contest between visiting FOFC and Negro League I Hilton Smith will be on the mound for the Ones He currently has a fine 15 and 5 record This will be his 24th start... 7 have been completed In his 177 innings, he has struck out 79 He will go up against FOFC's Al Mighty Mighty is at 7 and 7 with a 3.62 ERA Barrett Blade, FOFC's second baseman, will lead-off He has earned this slot with a fine .361 OBP A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni Potpie will follow We'll be right back! Here's the 2-1 offering It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Dandridge is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! That's one away Pounding the plate with his bat Tucker awaits the pitch Tucker goes through his routine of settling in Tucker waits Now the delivery, here is is... Shallow fly ball Torriente charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Tucker stops at first That's a single Apparently not afraid of Smith Tucker stretches out to his lead Excellent lead... The slider from Smith... Tucker takes off on the pitch!... Fastball at the belt... The peg down... Dihigo slaps a high tag on Tucker... He's called SAFE WOW is Dihigo upset with that call! Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box One out, man on second Smith eyes Potpie intently Hilton looks over his shoulder at Tucker Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Curveball, in and low Potpie hits it to Leonard at first Takes it cleanly... Races to the bag... It's going to be close... And... Out is the call That could have gone either way Tucker is now perched over at third That's two away Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler scuffs up the lines around the box Right-hander Smith prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Pflaggstettler The pitch is on the way Bounced past the mound Taken by Wells Over to first NOT IN TIME! That's an infield hit for Pflaggstettler! Tucker scores from third! With two out Batting for FOFC now is Hays FOFC on top 1 to 0 Smith is on the first-base side of the rubber... Smith's righthanded delivery... Base hit to right for Hays Third base coach Dick Howser is motioning Pflaggstettler to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Hays at first Gunner is up now for FOFC Gunner is at .257 on the season Right-hander Smith eyes the lefty Gunner Hilton is obviously concerned Into the stretch... He looks over at Pflaggstettler, now at Hays Now the pitch Screaming liner towards second Dihigo leaps He makes a great catch! Score It: 4 That's it for FOFC here in the top of the 1st They leave two runners stranded FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors While Negro League I has no runs, no hits and no errors FOFC has taken the field In the home-half of the first inning Let's take a moment To line up the visitors' defense... In leftfield for FOFC this evening is Gunner... with Tucker in center and Pflaggstettler in right Around the diamond, from third to first It's Palmer, Nights, Blade and Potpie... The battery consists of Mighty on the mound and Hays behind the plate... First batter for the Ones will be Cool Papa Bell Bell, a switch-hitter, batting right-handed against the lefty Al Mighty Bell waits for the delivery The southpaw Mighty's delivery on the 1-2 pitch Bell hits a three hopper towards Barrett Blade Blade scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's one away Planting his right foot Dandridge is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Dandridge Ray tucks in his shirt, jiggles his butt Now checks with the coach at third Dandridge tells the umpire he's ready Here's his delivery Swung on and sliced down the line Blade runs over He's near the dugout steps Reaches in... The ball bounces into the dugout . . . Dandridge back in the box And here comes the next pitch Dandridge rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Dandridge is around first, heading for two... Pflaggstettler is up with it and fires it in quickly Ray pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the Negro League I third baseman Ray also ups his hitting streak to 11 games! That is Dandridge's 1st hit today Charleston strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Charleston is at .283 on the season Mighty has the sign from Hays Mighty brings it home Routine fly to center Tucker starts in Now he starts backpedaling... Faster... Just does catch up to it! Dandridge scampers back to second Two down And the batter is Josh Gibson Buck Leonard is on-deck The FOFC outfield is playing Gibson almost straight away Unusual for the power hitter But with Mighty on the mound it is understandable Gibson readies himself for the pitch The pitch is on the way Big motion... Gibson is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Mighty pulled the string on him Al Mighty holds the Ones scoreless in the first Deacon Palmer stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Palmer taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Smith steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Smith kicks and fires There's a fly ball to Cristobal Torriente Torriente circles under it... He makes the play One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games NL Post WWII and Japanese League have yet to score Gibson and Kaneda currently dueling Dead Ball Era is edging Negro League II 1 to 0 Walsh and Holland currently dueling AL Post WWII with the lead over Turn of Century 4 to 1 Newhouser comfortably ahead for AL Post WWII Old Timers leads Left Outs 2 to 1 Welch battling Lemon AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII have yet to score Caribbean is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 Tiant Jr. battling Glavine And in our contest FOFC ahead 1 to 0 The shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next Smith looks down at Gibson for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Hilton rocks and fires Slow ground ball Wells is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two up, two down Walking up to the plate now is Mighty Barrett Blade waits on deck The outfield's shaded towards right With Mighty at the plate Mighty gets set for the pitch Smith goes into his windup And here's the 1-2 offering Good slider, inside part of the plate Mighty gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Dihigo grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! 1-2-3, nothing across... Leading off for the Ones is the first baseman Leonard He'll be followed by Willie Wells And then Cristobal Torriente Leonard is batting .285 with 20 round trippers in 1900 Set now is Leonard The southpaw Mighty delivers the 3-2 pitch Hit hard to the right of Nights... And it's caught in the air by a diving Palmer! One gone for Negro League I Wells is up next One gone, bottom of the 2nd Cristobal Torriente moves out on deck Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Now Al delivers The pitch is just inside and Wells holds up Hays points down at the first base umpire He went around That is strike three! Two down Al Mighty retires the first two batters in order Negro League I right fielder, Cristobal Torriente, is up next Torriente a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Mighty A battle of lefties... Torriente gets ready for Mighty's pitch His bat is cocked The pitch to Torriente... A hot shot on the ground to Nights He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Torriente is out We head to the 3rd... The score is still FOFC 1, Ones 0 The FOFC second baseman, Blade, will lead off He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker And then Jeeberoni Potpie Blade can't seem to get settled at the plate Barrett seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Smith winds and delivers The 0-2 pitch Off speed pitch on the way... And Blade watches it go by for the third strike One up, one down A. J. Tucker, the center fielder, strides to the plate A. J. has 1 of All Stars' 3 hits The Ones' pitching has been tough Smith looks down at Gibson for the sign Now he's ready With a 0-2 count... here's the pitch It's a Texas Leaguer to center Here comes Bell... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Tucker is on with a bloop single to center Tucker at first, one out Jeeberoni Potpie is ready at the plate Potpie is hitting .288 against righthanders He's ready for the delivery And the delivery by Smith Potpie chases the high fastball... Hammers a LONG towering drive... Hit to deep left center... HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE! A big blast by Potpie! Walking up now to the plate is Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler is batting .314 with 20 HR's this year Gibson flashes the sign to Smith Windup by Smith And the pitch Sinking fastball... Pflaggstettler swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Dandridge... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's the second out of the inning Slowly coming up is Hays for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 3 to 0 Harry is hitting at .348 on the year He has 96 hits in 276 at bats This includes 5 doubles, 3 triples 12 home runs and 34 RBI's The bat is cocked Smith's into the windup... the delivery Hays hits a screamer at Willie Wells Wells takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Leonard scoops it on one hop Hays is out! Nice play by Leonard That retires the side FOFC with a 3 run lead It's FOFC 3 and Negro League I still looking to score their first run Here's the second baseman Dihigo To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Hilton Smith And then Cool Papa Bell Dihigo is at .288 on the season Mighty squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Mighty brings it to the plate Dihigo swings... He rips a ground ball towards Palmer It's by him! It's twisting into the left field corner Dihigo rounds first... He will return quickly to first as Gunner gets a nice throw in to Blade Hilton Smith is being called back to the dugout Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter Yep, here comes Mule Suttles Dusty Baker will play the percentages as he sends the right hand hitting Suttles against the southpaw, Mighty In fact, Mule is batting a splendid .303 versus lefties this season So the decision certainly is reasonable... We shall soon see how it works out Suttles is up to see what he can do Negro League I trails by 3 runs We're in the bottom of the 3rd Suttles steps out of the box... Looks towards Bill Madlock for a sign Suttles is waiting on the pitch Mighty's 1-1 pitch... It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One down for Negro League I Cool Papa Bell is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League I One on, one out Bell walks to the batter's box Bell, a switch-hitter, facing the left-handed Mighty Now set, Bell waits for the pitch Mighty checks Dihigo on first Now the 2 strike pitch Swung on and missed... Bell is down on strikes Two gone for Negro League I Dandridge digs in at the plate Ready now for Mighty to come set Dandridge is 1 for 1 today Ray doubled last time around Waiting for the pitch is Dandridge The lefthander delivers Dandridge hits a deep fly ball into the alley Tucker chases it down The ball hits the base of the wall 399 feet from home plate Tucker smacks the wall and falls to the ground A. J. is after it as Ray heads for second Dandridge does not slow down... He is digging for third... Finally, Tucker has the ball... Here's the throw... SAFE, Dandridge slides under the tag by Nights Textbook hook slide Dandridge has himself a triple And there goes Mighty's shutout But FOFC still leads by 2 Oscar Charleston plants his left foot The lefthanded left fielder for Negro League I appears set Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off The umpire says let's go Dandridge is dancing off third Mighty is ignoring him Here's the pitch Charleston looks at ball four That pitch wasn't even close... Must have got away from Mighty Now there are runners at the corners Josh Gibson will get a crack at Mighty next Buck Leonard would be up next... But only if Gibson can reach safely 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd Mighty is slow to get ready He has a 4.07 ERA this year Now he's ready Mighty checks the runners A slider by Mighty Gibson gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That wraps up the inning for Negro League I By the way, Negro League I is 8 and 2 in their last ten games Dusty Baker relieves starter Hilton Smith to start the inning Rube Foster will come on for Negro League I... Foster currently sports a 3-5 record with a 5.38 ERA in 47 previous outings He has pitched a total of 84 innings Stan Gunner up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Gunner is at .256 on the season Foster toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Gibson It's coming down the pike Hard inside slider... The swing... Gunner hits a grounder into the hole Dihigo makes an incredible stop... But he's in no position to make a throw Score that a single Next up is Deacon Palmer, the FOFC third baseman Palmer has 19 doubles this year Rube is ready Foster rocks and fires Changeup... Ties Palmer up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! One away in the top of the 4th for FOFC While Al Mighty heads for the on deck circle Jeff Nights makes his way to the plate Before getting ready Nights checks out the defensive alignment He's ready He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Gunner dives back in!... SAFE! Leonard tosses it back to Foster Now here's the pitch Nights hits a hot line drive at Dandridge Ray reaches up and makes a fine catch Gunner dives back quickly to first Nice hit, but right at Dandridge And there's two away Two out, Gunner at first Coming up is Al Mighty Gunner will be running if it's hit Foster rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign The stretch... the 1-2 delivery Grounded to first Leonard to Foster covering first Score It: 3-1 That's all for FOFC After 3 and a half innings in Negro League I this evening, FOFC on top 3 to 1 Here's Leonard to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard NL Post WWII leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Dead Ball Era is on top of Negro League II 2 to 0 Baker has hit his 12th homerun for Dead Ball Era AL Post WWII is in front of Turn of Century 4 to 1 Old Timers and Left Outs are all knotted at 3 AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII have yet to score Caribbean leads Late 20th 1 to 0 Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Mighty brings it to the plate Struck him out on a fastball Leonard goes down swinging And there's one away Settling in at the plate is Wells Wells is 0 for 1 today Mighty steps on the rubber Mighty quick pitches him Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Mighty Cristobal Torriente will be next up... Up next for the Ones Cristobal Torriente, the right fielder... If he gets on, Martin Dihigo would bat next Torriente is at .270 on the season Mighty gets the sign, it's one he likes Here's the 0-1 pitch There's a high pop fly to the outfield A. J. Tucker moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Tucker grabs it with his bare hand for the out The Ones go down in order... After 4 full innings, it's 3-1 All Stars For FOFC here in the top of the 5th, it will be the top of the order Barrett Blade will lead things off A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni Potpie will follow... Blade is 0 for 2 on the day He looks around at the Negro League I infield Leonard is kicking the dirt at first Dandridge is even with the bag at third Dihigo and Wells are ready with hands on knees at second and short Foster looks down at Gibson for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Now Rube delivers There's a routine pop by Blade Wells moves under it and makes the catch FOFC with one away Foster steps off the mound as he waits for A. J. Tucker to come to the plate One away, nobody on base Tucker stands ready at the plate A. J. Tucker is hitting .286 this year against righthanded pitchers Tucker awaits the delivery The pitch on the way, here it is... Tucker swings It's a quail shot into shallow left field Wells is running with his back to the infield He reaches up... What a grab! Two down Gibson asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Gibson and Foster Jeeberoni Potpie will step in to face Foster next If he gets on, Persimmon Pflaggstettler will follow Jeeberoni steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jeeberoni is 1 for 2 today with 1 home run 2 down, Foster ahead in the count... One ball, two strikes Foster fires Potpie rips a high drive into left Charleston races to the wall Reaches up And pulls it down for the out Foster sets the All Stars down in order The Ones will send Dihigo, Rube Foster, and Cool Papa Bell up to the plate this inning Dihigo steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Dihigo cocks his bat The lefthander Mighty delivers Dihigo swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mighty strikes out Martin Dihigo One out Due up next is Rube Foster Up next for the Ones The hometown pitcher, Rube Foster Foster digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mighty Mighty steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready And the cripple pitch... Foster starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Mighty walks him Bell finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Mighty studies his sign We've got a full count... Mighty winds and fires... Base hit to left for Bell Third base coach Bill Madlock doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Foster will stay at second Negro League I sends the third baseman, Ray Dandridge, up to the plate Dandridge is looking for another hit He has 2 hits so far today He is hitting .339 on the year The left-hander Mighty is now ready Mighty will try to get Dandridge to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate There's a ground ball into the hole Palmer goes left Nights sprints to his right It's picked by Nights who fires to first NOT IN TIME! Charleston leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Charleston is 0 for 1 today Mighty ready quickly, looks in for the sign Now ready, here it is... Bounced towards the hole Nice play by Potpie Over to second for one They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 3-1 That does it for Negro League I in the bottom of the 5th |
8/7 Radio Broadcast Continued
Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler leading off Harry Hays is on deck And Stan Gunner is in the hole Time is called... Pflaggstettler has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Pflaggstettler is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly He brings it home Routine grounder to short Wells scoops it up Over to first for the out One down for FOFC Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle and Stan Gunner is looking for a bat in the dugout Hays, FOFC's catcher, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Stan Gunner waits on deck Hays a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Foster Gibson flashes the sign... Foster waves it off... Now he's happy The righthander delivers Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 43 on the season for Foster That's the second out of the inning Up now for FOFC is Gunner Two away, nobody on Gunner is hitting .259 against righties Gunner waits for the pitch Dihigo comes in a couple steps Yells something to Foster The delivery Swung on and hit on the nose to right Torriente picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Gunner is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it Deacon Palmer will face Foster Righty against righty Deacon steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Palmer struck out last time up and now is 0 for 2 Palmer is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Gunner is dancing off first Righthander Foster's delivery Palmer hits a sharp grounder to Willie Wells It rolls up his arm Wells can't find the handle Palmer is safe on the error by Wells Jeff Nights is up next FOFC's shortstop finds 2 on with 2 outs Against righthanders Nights is hitting .266 Foster likes the sign Rube checks the runners Steps off the rubber... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Bouncer to short Wells comes up with it Over to second for the force Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Palmer, is out That retires the side... Nights fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, one error and 2 men left on base Gibson steps to the plate It's the bottom of the 6th here at Black Diamond Pk FOFC ahead 3 to 1 Josh comes to the plate batting .285 with 20 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Gibson looks very intent... He stares down at Mighty... Cocks his bat Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery Long drive Way back... back It's heading towards the fence A. J. Tucker has a chance He grabs it on the run! With one down, up next is Buck Leonard To be followed by Willie Wells Buck Leonard now up Leonard stares out at the mound Mighty nods, he's ready He delivers WATCH OUT! Mighty has hit Leonard! Wells comes to the plate One out, Leonard at first Wells has 21 doubles this year Mighty takes the first sign Mighty rocks and fires A slider by Mighty Wells gets good wood on it... Gunner back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Mighty Next up for the Ones is Cristobal Torriente Torriente has hit 11 home runs this year Mighty wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Here's the 2 strike offering Cristobal Torriente hits a drive to left-center Stan Gunner is at the warning track Reaches up... Jumps... And snares it for the out I'm impressed! That wraps up the inning for Negro League I Time to check out the rest of the scores NL Post WWII leads Japanese League 1 to 0 Dead Ball Era slipping by Negro League II 2 to 0 Turn of Century is edging AL Post WWII 5 to 4 Mathewson battling Newhouser Left Outs slipping by Old Timers 5 to 3 NL Pre WWII leads AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Hubbell and Hoyt currently dueling Caribbean clipping Late 20th 7 to 3 Dan Fouts, Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker are due up for the All Stars FOFC leads, 3-1 Fouts is at .275 on the season He's ready The pitch is on the way In the dirt And Fouts holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Barrett Blade will face Foster Righty against righty Blade looks down at Dick Howser to get the sign The third base coach glances over at Benton Breeze Now he relays the signal to Blade Blade tells the umpire he's ready He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Fouts dives back in!... SAFE! Leonard tosses it back to Foster Now here's the pitch WATCH OUT! Blade IS BEANED! He'll go down to first And Fouts will move to second Tucker looks to lay one down He bunts the ball . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by R.Dandridge the throw to first... Out Tucker gets the job done. One down, two to go... Rube Foster has to bear down now Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box 2nd and 3rd, 1 man down Foster is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now Foster brings it home It's inside and bounds off the catcher's mitt That'll be a passed ball Dusty Baker is visiting the mound... He decides to let Foster pitch to Potpie Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box Potpie is at .293 on the season Foster adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gibson The pitch is on the way Sinker that stays up, belt high... Potpie goes after it... Deep fly ball, way back... Torriente moving under on it He grabs it for the out No chance for a play on the runner Who scores for FOFC Two gone for FOFC Pflaggstettler pounds the plate Now he stares out at Foster Pflaggstettler is taking his practice swings Persimmon is 1 for 3 this evening He's ready It's coming down the pike Fly ball to left Charleston is under it He makes the grab That's it in the top of the 7th After 6 and a half innings in Negro League I, FOFC on top 5 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The Ones will send Dihigo, Rube Foster, and Cool Papa Bell up to the plate this inning Kronside wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Way ahead in the count Kronside turns the 0-2 pitch loose Dihigo hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Fouts dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the third baseman, Dan Fouts! One down for Negro League I Rube Foster is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League I The announcer introduces Turkey Stearnes He'll pinch hit for Rube Foster Benton Breeze trots out to talk to Kronside Lefties hit Jace at a .231 clip On the other hand... Stearnes has a .275 average against right handers Making his way up is Stearnes Kronside steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The pitch to Stearnes... It's a sinker, up in the strike zone Stearnes hits it deep into the alley Tucker is back to the warning track... To the fence... He leaps in the air... Just out of his reach!... It's in for extra bases... A. J. picks it up quickly Spins, throws... Not a strong throw but they have no chance Stearnes is at second with a stand-up double Almost a fine play by A. J. Tucker Well give him an "A" for effort Bell finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Bell goes through his routine of settling in He cocks his bat Bell has choked up, just trying to make contact He has 2 strikes on him Kronside brings it to the plate Bell tries to hold up, but can't... Strike three! Kronside took something off of that back door breaking ball He had Bell way out in front With FOFC leading in the bottom of the 7th Here's Dandridge now up for Negro League I On deck will be Oscar Charleston Kronside has the sign he wants The righthander delivers Fastball Ball four Oscar Charleston is up next The Ones' left fielder finds 2 on with 2 outs FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Charleston is 0 for 2 today The count is nothing and 2 Charleston has to protect the plate Righthander Kronside's delivery A sinking fastball... Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE That is the third out for Negro League I here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 47107 Bill Foster will be coming on to pitch for Negro League I Bill has appeared in 37 games this season with a record of 3-3 In 57 innings, he has an 2.06 ERA Rube Foster has finished his work here this evening Negro League I's defensive changes are... Stearnes will bat 9th and play LF Hays is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Hays is batting .345 with 12 HR's this year Foster likes the sign The southpaw Foster delivers the 2-2 pitch Struck him out on a fastball Hays goes down swinging That's one away Stan Gunner steps in against Foster Left-hander against left-hander Gunner is at .263 on the season Foster looks down at Gibson for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Here's his delivery There's a fly ball to Turkey Stearnes Stearnes circles under it... He makes the play FOFC on top 5 to 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well NL Post WWII and Japanese League are deadlocked at 1 Gibson and Kaneda currently dueling Dead Ball Era slipping by Negro League II 2 to 0 Walsh and Manning currently dueling Turn of Century slipping by AL Post WWII 6 to 4 Old Timers is giving it to Left Outs 10 to 5 NL Pre WWII is on top of AL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Hornsby has hit his 18th homerun for NL Pre WWII Caribbean clipping Late 20th 7 to 3 Kronside coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Foster looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Gibson He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Foster Now he is ready... The lefthander Foster comes home with it Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Kronside swings way over it He was fooled completely Gibson loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Jace as he was heading for the dugout That's it for FOFC Here at Black Diamond Pk, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Negro League I has one run, 6 hits and one error FOFC has left 5 on base Negro League I has stranded 8 Power hitting Josh Gibson will lead off Negro League I's clean-up hitter will see what he can do against FOFC's Jace Kronside Gibson is at .284 on the season Hays flashes the sign to Kronside Kronside's 0-2 pitch... Gibson is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position So one up and one gone Leonard is up now for Negro League I Buck is 0 for 2 this summer evening He was hit by a pitch in his last plate appearance Leonard waits for the delivery Kronside kicks and fires Off speed pitch on the way... And Leonard watches it go by for the third strike Leonard stood there like a bump on a log 2 strike outs for Leonard today Two gone for Negro League I Time is running out for them Two out, nobody on Up now is Wells Wells wiggles the bat above his head Wells is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Kronside He's waiting for the pitch Jace rocks and fires Wells hits a high pop into short left field Fouts and Nights sprint towards the outfield Here comes Gunner Nights puts his glove out... Makes a super catch in front of Gunner!! So ends the bottom of the 8th For Negro League I No runs, no hits and no errors After 8 innings, FOFC on top 5 to 1 FOFC will send Nights, Dan Fouts, and Barrett Blade to face Bill Foster this inning The left-hander Foster is now ready Bill will have to come in with this 3-0 delivery It's on its way... Curve in the dirt That's ball four Foster can't get the 3-0 pitch over the plate Nights takes a walking lead Foster steps away from the mound Now Nights moves back to first At the plate is Fouts Late in the game FOFC up by 4 Nights takes his lead Foster shakes off two signs Now he's ready He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Nights dives back in!... SAFE! Leonard tosses it back to Foster Now here's the pitch Fouts hits a screamer at Willie Wells Wells picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play Two down Walking up to the plate now is Blade A. J. Tucker waits on deck We'll see how they pitch to Blade Blade, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Foster The Ones' hurler winds and delivers Blade swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Dandridge and skips out to Stearnes Blade rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Blade returns to first as Turkey gets a nice throw in to Dihigo Blade watches Foster carefully As he stretches out his lead The runner can't seem to get a good lead Tucker now at the plate Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Tucker is 2 for 3 today, with 0 home runs Gibson flashes the sign... Foster waves it off... Now he's happy The southpaw's 0-1 delivery There's a fly ball into straight-away right Torriente one hands it... Tucker is retired... and so is FOFC The All Stars are gone in the 9th... they get No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... We head to the bottom of the 9th... FOFC on top 5 to 1 Cristobal Torriente is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Negro League I to get things going Torriente is 0 for 3 today For the season, Cristobal has 11 homers 15 doubles, and 5 triples He has scored 41 runs while driving in 38 Set now is Torriente The 2-2 offering... Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Torriente! So one up and one gone Martin Dihigo is next Dihigo asks the ump for time Now he's back in O.K. Dihigo is ready He winds and deals Fastball OUCH! It hit Dihigo! Coming to the plate is Stearnes One down and runner at first Stearnes gets set He's 1 for 1 so far Stearnes waits for the pitch Now Jace delivers Drilled deep to left field This one is deep! THAT BALL'S SINGIN' WITH THE ANGELS NOW!!! That is Turkey Stearnes' 18th home run of the year. The Ones are down to their last 2 outs It will be up to Cool Papa Bell Hays flashes the sign... Kronside shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The righthander Kronside's delivery Cool Papa Bell swings at a breaking ball There it goes, way back towards right-center Tucker looks up Kiss that one good bye!! Back-to-back home runs for Negro League I! FOFC on top 5 to 4... That one had some distance Now batting for Negro League I... Jelly Gardner... He'll pinch hit for Ray Dandridge Gardner with a .375 average on the season And it brings up Jelly Gardner On deck is Bill Foster Josh Gibson in the hole Gardner looks down toward the third base coach Right-hander Knowles prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Gardner Knowles' into the windup... the delivery The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Gardner held up, and draws a walk Knowles isn't happy at all with that call Dusty Baker will send up a pinch hitter Biz Mackey steps out of the dugout! He will be up there against Knowles Here's Biz Mackey... Negro League I has rallied back They've scored 3 runs and now trail FOFC by only 1 It's now 5-4, FOFC in the bottom of the 9th Mackey is at .300 on the season He is hitting .278 against righties Biz is ready for the delivery The stretch... the delivery Hit towards the middle Nice play by Blade Throws to second He's out Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 And that will do it for Negro League I FOFC wins 5 to 4 Mighty gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Smith takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 1 for 3 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Negro League I. |
8/7 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Negro League I Ones 8/7/1900 |
8/8 Radio Broadcast - Game 123
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Leon Day with his 8 and 3 record Will be facing Barrett Blade Here we go, well almost... Here comes Gibson out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start Day winds Kicks the left leg high... Blade rips one to right He hit it right on the nose... Torriente is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Cristobal Torriente One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC The center fielder, A. J. Tucker, is up next Tucker digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Day Set now is Tucker Here's his delivery Swung on and popped up Wells is waiting... And that's an easy out That's two away Wells comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Day Jeeberoni Potpie will be next up... Potpie now at the plate Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck Potpie needs to get on... He has a .370 on base percentage After getting set, Potpie waits on the pitch Day brings it to the plate It's a routine fly into left Charleston ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Charleston grabs it for the out That does it for FOFC in the top of the 1st FOFC has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively In the outfield from left to right Ton in left... Tucker in center... And Pflaggstettler in right The infield, third to first Palmer will play the hot corner Nights is at short Over at second, Blade and at first base Potpie Williams gets the nod as starter Donning the "tools of ignorance" is Hays Negro League I center fielder, Turkey Stearnes, will lead off The outfield's shaded towards right With Stearnes at the plate Stearnes waits for the delivery Williams' 3-2 pitch... Stearnes slaps a hard grounder past second Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Stearnes will hold with a clean single Ray Dandridge shows bunt And lays it down right to Harry Hays Hays looks at second But passes up a sure force play He fires to first to retire Dandridge But Stearnes moves up Negro League I was in luck that time... Credit Ray Dandridge with a sacrifice And there's one away Oscar Charleston plants his left foot The lefthanded left fielder for Negro League I appears set Charleston can't seem to get settled at the plate Charleston waits for the pitch The southpaw delivers Flyball to center it's caught Stearnes has a chance to move up... Stearnes is trying to advance to third base... Here's the play... He's OUT! The FOFC right fielder, Pflaggstettler, will lead off He'll be followed by K. A. Ton And then Harry Hays Pflaggstettler is batting .311 with 20 HR's this year Day has the sign from Gibson Day's righthanded delivery... Slow ground ball Wells is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Negro League I gets the first out of the inning K. A. Ton will face Day Righty against righty Ton is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup K. A. certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Day earn his salary Ton is waiting on the pitch Day brings it to the plate Ton hits a fly ball to left Oscar Charleston camps under it He's got it Two down FOFC sends the catcher, Harry Hays, up to the plate Before getting ready Hays checks out the defensive alignment Hays is set Righthander Day's delivery Sinking fastball... Hays swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wells... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 1 and a half innings, Scoreless game It's the Ones' turn at bat here in the bottom of the 2nd Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, and Willie Wells the first three scheduled batters to face the lefty John Williams Here's Gibson, now... Gibson has managed a .261 average against lefthanders this year John is ready Williams goes into his windup Here it comes Gibson rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Tucker is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by A. J. Tucker One down for Negro League I Buck Leonard is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League I Negro League I first baseman, Buck Leonard, is up next The left-hander Williams is now ready Now to the belt, here it is... Leonard takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Leonard is out on strikes Two up, two down for the Ones Nobody on, two away Wells steps in for Negro League I Wells steps out of the box... Looks towards Bill Madlock for a sign Wells is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Williams He's waiting for the pitch He brings it home He decked him! This draws a reaction from the crowd The umpire signals him to first It nipped him on the arm on the way down The Ones' right fielder is up next Negro League I has 1 on board with 2 outs Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Williams rocks and fires Smashed to short Nights grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for Negro League I Time to check out the rest of the scores NL Post WWII and Japanese League are scoreless Dead Ball Era and Negro League II are scoreless Turn of Century and AL Post WWII are all knotted at 1 Killebrew has hit his 23rd homerun for AL Post WWII Old Timers is edging Left Outs 3 to 2 Anson has hit his 5th homerun for Old Timers AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII are scoreless Late 20th leads Caribbean 1 to 0 And in our contest Scoreless game FOFC will send Palmer, Jeff Nights, and John Williams to face Leon Day this inning Deacon is hitting at .333 on the year He has 107 hits in 321 at bats This includes 19 doubles, 2 triples 6 home runs and 44 RBI's Deacon is ready for the delivery Leon is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes Palmer hits a screamer at Leon Day Day picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Leonard off the bag Leonard swipes with the glove Palmer is out! Nice play by Leonard One up, one down Nobody on base, one away Nights steps into the batter's box Stepping in and then stepping out again Nights looks to third for a sign Nights is set for the pitch Day will have to come in with this 3-0 pitch Here it comes... Curve in the dirt That's ball four Day can't get the 3-0 pitch over the plate One on, one out Williams walks to the batter's box Williams digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Day Williams waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch is on the way Bounced past the mound Smooth pickup by Wells Over to Leonard Got him! Score It: 6-3 Barrett Blade is up next FOFC's second baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Blade is batting .268 with 3 homers this year Blade gets set for the pitch The righthander Day's delivery Blade hits a grounder towards first base Leonard fields it and tosses to Leonard at first base Out, no wait, he's safe Leonard dropped the throw Charge the error to Leonard That's error number 1 of the game for Negro League I It will be Tucker to face Day Tucker has hit 8 triples this year Day gets the sign, it's one he likes Day checks the runners The Whiff! Swung on the HIGH CHEESE! So ends the top of the 3rd For FOFC No runs, no hits, one error and 2 men left on base After 2 and a half innings, We're scoreless Dihigo is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Martin will be facing the left-handed Williams from the right side of the plate He has a .289 average overall But Martin murders southpaws with a .383 average Dihigo readies himself for the pitch The lefthander Williams delivers Dihigo hits a three hopper towards Barrett Blade Blade scoops it and fires it to first for the out That's one away Up steps Leon Day, the fine hitting pitcher for Negro League I He is no gimmee by any means for Williams Day goes through his routine of settling in Day gets ready for Williams' pitch His bat is cocked The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 3-2 pitch Ground ball to third Palmer comes up with it Over to first He just beat it out Day a few feet off the bag at first Williams steps away from the mound... Now Day moves back to first He's not getting far from the bag Ones' center fielder Stearnes is up next Turkey is batting .291 with 18 home runs on the season He is 1 for 1 today He readies his bat Stearnes will cut down on his swing as he has 2 strikes on him He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Day dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Potpie calls for it and makes the play! As the ump signals a foul ball Two gone for Negro League I Here's Ray Dandridge Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Williams looks at the runner The pitch Dandridge gets under this one It's popped high in the air to short Nights is waving everybody off Dandridge is retired That's all for the Ones After 3 innings in Negro League I this evening, No score Leon Day, out there on the mound for Negro League I prepares to face Jeeberoni Potpie to get the 4th inning underway here in Black Diamond Pk Potpie is 0 for 1 today The righthander pitching to Potpie... A righthanded batter Righties have a .199 average against Leon Now Leon delivers Potpie dribbles a roller to Leon Day Day comes up with it and throws It's in the dirt Leonard can't come up with it That'll be a throwing error on Day That's error number 2 of the game for Negro League I Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the right fielder, strides to the plate Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle Day is ready quickly Leon comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Curve ball... Low and away... Pflaggstettler reaches for it... Pops it straight up Two players have a chance for it And it will be Gibson making the play With one gone FOFC will have K. A. Ton coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it One away, Potpie at first Ton is coming to the plate Negro League I is set up for two Day peers in for the sign Leon has allowed only 4 home runs versus righties this year And this is in over 107 innings But K. A. is no ordinary hitter Day goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Potpie He lobs one to Leonard... Potpie is back easily We're ready again Now Day comes home Good slider, inside part of the plate Ton gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Dihigo grabs it... To second for one Over to first... OUT! Smooth "DP" by Negro League I That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 3 and a half innings Negro League I has no runs, 2 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 stranded Negro League I has failed to bring home 2 Here's Charleston to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard NL Post WWII and Japanese League have yet to score Dead Ball Era with the lead over Negro League II 3 to 0 Chesbro comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era Turn of Century and AL Post WWII are deadlocked at 1 Left Outs is giving it to Old Timers 8 to 3 AL Pre WWII and NL Pre WWII are deadlocked at 3 Caribbean leads Late 20th 2 to 1 And here in Negro League I Scoreless game Remember, Negro League I is 1st in the American Charleston is 0 for 1 today Oscar flied out last time around Charleston waits for the pitch His bat is coiled And the cripple pitch... There's a drive to right by Charleston Pflaggstettler scoops it up Fires it to second Charleston turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Pflaggstettler Here's Josh Gibson Gibson is batting .283 with 20 HR's this year Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw delivers the 3-2 pitch Williams' fastball is ripped toward first Potpie can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Charleston was off and running with the crack of the bat He is on his way to third... They'll have a chance to get him... Here's the throw... SAFE! A nice shot by Gibson and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Buck Leonard Ones with runners on the corners Leonard at bat Leonard is one of the best hitters around Williams is taking his time out there Buck could write a letter while he's waiting Now Williams' finished fiddling around He is in quite a jam He gets the sign from Hays Here's the southpaw's delivery Change up, a gem... Heeee struck him out! Making his way up is Wells He looks to third first Now he steps in The corners are playing in Wells has a .310 average against lefties Williams has the sign he wants He's into the stretch Checks Gibson at first Quick throw! He has to dive back in!... SAFE!... Close play Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch Low and outside Ball four Cristobal Torriente moves in to face Williams 3 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 4th Torriente is 0 for 1 today There is no place for Williams to put Torriente He will have to give him something to hit Williams studies his sign The pitch to Torriente... Torriente takes ball four Wait a second The umpire signals STRIKE THREE! A late call Torriente is beside himself! He better calm down If not.. He'll have to watch from the clubhouse Williams needs one more out to get out of this jam Dihigo finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Dihigo is 0 for 1 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Palmer is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Dihigo awaits the delivery Now John delivers Dihigo swings and lifts one toward right Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's all for the Ones in the 4th inning No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 3 men left on base... We go to the 5th... Scoreless game Hays saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Hays is at .343 on the season Day adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gibson The pitch is on the way Hays sends a routine ground ball to first Leonard takes it on one hop Flips it to Day Easy out One away... Leonard is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Dandridge also... Now they return to their positions Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Palmer Palmer wiggles the bat above his head Waiting for the pitch is Palmer Leon rocks and fires Smashed to short Wells grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 Two down Day retires two in a row Nights walks to the plate Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Nights looks very intent... He stares down at Day... Cocks his bat Dihigo comes in a couple steps Yells something to Day The delivery Nights swings It's a drooper into shallow left field Wells is running with his back to the infield He reaches up... What a grab! That's it for FOFC Here at Black Diamond Pk, After 4 and a half innings, Negro League I has no runs, 4 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 on base Negro League I has stranded 5 Here's Day to lead off the inning Before he does, lets check out how the Ones have been playing lately Negro League I is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Day scuffs up the lines around the box Leon is set for the pitch Now the delivery, here is is... A sharp breaking curve... Day was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Ton turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Leon Day can touch them all Walking up to the plate now is Stearnes Ray Dandridge waits on deck Stearnes digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Williams Stearnes tells the umpire he's ready Here's the pitch Stearnes starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Williams walks him Dandridge squares as Williams delivers the pitch Deacon Palmer charges and picks up the bunt He fires to first Just in time to nail Dandridge, the sacrifice works One out The Ones have a 1 run lead Charleston strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out Williams has the sign from Hays It's coming down the pike Fastball, up at the letters... Charleston swings... Skies on to deep right Pflaggstettler racing back... Back... At the wall... HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT! The ump is signaling no out Charleston motors easily into second As Pflaggstettler throws the ball in That'll be a two base error on him That should have been an easy catch Score It: E9 Stearnes scores from second! Charleston to second One on, one out Coming up next is Gibson Gibson swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Williams Now set, Gibson waits for the pitch Williams kicks and fires A slider by Williams Gibson gets good wood on it... Ton back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Williams Buck Leonard is coming to the plate Leonard is 0 for 2 today John Williams is having a good year He is 6th in wins with 12 Now Williams is looking for a sign Williams brings it to the plate There's a "clothes line" drive toward left Ton quickly comes in for it... Not going to get this one... Now K. A. flips it to Blade at second Charleston scores easily... Leonard comes through in the clutch! Wells pounds the plate Now he stares out at Williams Willie takes a couple of practice cuts Williams is slow to get ready He has a 3.56 ERA this year Now he's ready He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Leonard dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch There's a fly ball into straight-away right Pflaggstettler one hands it... OUT! That retires the side Negro League I with a 3 run lead It's Negro League I 3 and FOFC still looking to score their first run |
8/8 Radio Broadcast Continued
It's the All Stars' turn at bat here in the top of the 6th John Williams, Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker are due up to face righthander Leon Day John looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Williams taps the bat on home plate Williams waiting on the delivery The righthander delivers What a pitch... strike three Day put that one on the black, a perfect pitch While we wait for Barrett Blade to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard NL Post WWII is edging Japanese League 1 to 0 Dead Ball Era with the lead over Negro League II 3 to 0 AL Post WWII leads Turn of Century 2 to 1 Hunter and Joss currently dueling Left Outs is embarrassing Old Timers 13 to 5 NL Pre WWII leads AL Pre WWII 6 to 5 Alexander and Faber currently dueling Late 20th slipping by Caribbean 4 to 2 Linares has hit his 18th homerun for Caribbean And in our matchup Negro League I leads 3 to 0 OK, let's see if FOFC can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 3 Up next for the visiting All Stars Barrett Blade, their second baseman Barrett is 0 for 2 this summer evening He reached base on an error in his last plate appearance Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready The windup, the pitch Blade swings very late He pops it foul Gibson gives chase Here comes Dandridge They are both at the rail... Gibson makes the play And there's two away Tucker is ready to face Day A. J. will be facing the right-handed Day from the left side of the plate The switch hitter is 0 for 2 today He struck out in his last at bat He's ready for the delivery Day brings it to the plate Comebacker, right to Day Over to Leonard for the easy out We're in the middle of the 6th Negro League I still leads 3-0 Cristobal Torriente, Martin Dihigo, and Leon Day are due up Cristobal is batting .265 in 324 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Martin Dihigo Williams is having a fine year so far His 12 victories make him 6th in the league in that category Now he's about ready The lefty Williams delivers Torriente swings hard It's off the handle The ball and half the bat are heading for second Blade makes the right choice Scoops up the ball Tosses to first Cristobal is too quick! Martin Dihigo is up next to face Williams A tough situation to bunt as FOFC has the corners playing way in Dihigo looks down at Bill Madlock to get the sign The third base coach glances over at Dusty Baker Now he relays the signal to Dihigo Williams is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Williams gets the sign from Hays The lefthander delivers Base hit to center for Dihigo Bill Madlock puts up the stop sign... Torriente will stay at second Day squares He bunts it . . . Fielded by D.Palmer the throw to first... Out Day gets the job done. One down for Negro League I Turkey Stearnes is still in the on-deck circle and Ray Dandridge is looking for a bat in the dugout Next up for the Ones is Turkey Stearnes Stearnes looks down toward the third base coach Stearnes waits patiently Now ready, here it is... Slider, inside... Swung on... Stearnes rocks this one... He got all of it... It's going... Going... GONE! Man, he really crunched it! Williams looks dejected on the mound Slowly coming up is Dandridge for Negro League I He is finally in the batter's box Negro League I ahead 6 to 0 Dandridge is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in All set, Dandridge is ready for the pitch The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! Two men gone, nobody on Negro League I leads by 6 Up now for Negro League I is Charleston Two away, nobody on Williams tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The pay-off pitch... Charleston really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Pflaggstettler was positioned well and has a shot at it Still going back... At the warning track... It's high off the wall Charleston flies around first Could get three... Pflaggstettler plays the carom perfectly Spins and throws back to Potpie... Charleston with the wide turn at second has to scramble back Here's the throw to second... NO DICE! He slides in under the tag Charleston has himself two-bagger Gibson moseys up to the plate Buck Leonard is heading for the on-deck circle Gibson has a .262 average against lefthanders He is .284 overall Gibson waits for the pitch His bat is coiled John looks over his shoulder at Charleston Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Base hit to center for Gibson Bill Madlock is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Charleston scores! Buck Leonard steps into the box Leonard swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Williams Williams shakes off two signs Now he's ready Williams brings it to the plate It's in the dirt and bounces away Gibson heads to second And he'll make it on the wild pitch Buck Leonard steps into the box Hays flashes the sign... Williams waves it off... Now he's happy The lefty Williams delivers There's a bouncer down to Nights He fronts it... And muffs it! Error on Jeff Nights He was just eaten up by that ball! Willie Wells will get a crack at Williams next Cristobal Torriente would be up next... But only if Wells can reach safely Wells is batting .310 with 10 HR's this year Williams likes the sign The pitch to Wells... Hit on the ground to short Taken by Nights His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That ends the inning for Negro League I Negro League I has 7 runs, 11 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has no runs, no hits and 2 errors They have now stranded 7 baserunners It's the All Stars' turn at bat here in the top of the 7th Jeeberoni Potpie, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and K. A. Ton are due up to face righthander Leon Day Potpie is batting .291 with 35 round trippers in 1900 Day is pitching a beauty here this evening He has hung a 'horse collar' on the FOFC hitters so far no hits allowed so far And Negro League I with a 7 run lead Day brings it to the plate Smash to second Martin Dihigo boots the ball He's charged with an error That's 3 miscues for Negro League I this evening Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the right fielder, strides to the plate Pflaggstettler is at .310 on the season Day gets ready... We don't want to jinx him But he hasn't allowed a hit yet Day checks Potpie on first... The 2 strike delivery Persimmon Pflaggstettler hits this one on the nose It is going high and deep... Stearnes is giving chase... But this one is going, going... GONE! And for Day, a particularly bad way to lose a no-hitter! That is Persimmon Pflaggstettler's 21st home run of the year. Now here's Ton Ton adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... K. A. is 0 for 2 this evening Ton is set Day is into his windup Here's the pitch Ton laces a hit into the outfield Oscar Charleston picks it up Fires it to the infield Ton holds with a single Hays walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Deacon Palmer moves into the on deck circle FOFC needs some runs Hays is 0 for 2 today, with 0 home runs Gibson flashes the sign to Day Now Leon delivers Swung on and missed by Hays, he's down on strikes One down for FOFC Deacon Palmer is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC And the batter is Deacon Palmer Jeff Nights is on-deck Palmer is batting .331 with 6 HR's this year And Leon studies the sign from Gibson... Now he's got it Day brings it to the plate Palmer hits a screamer at Ray Dandridge Dandridge picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play That retires the side The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning After 6 and a half innings, Negro League I ahead 7 to 2 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Cristobal Torriente up first for Negro League I He is a threat to steal if he gets on Torriente has hit 11 home runs this year Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Here's the windup... and the pitch There's a check swing by Torriente It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Harry Hays makes the catch against the stands One gone for Negro League I Martin Dihigo will face Hunter Righty against righty Dihigo is hitting .248 against righties Owen Hunter on in relief of John Williams And the delivery by Hunter Right down the middle... strike three Dihigo must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch One more chance for Negro League I this inning The pitcher, Day, is ready to bat Negro League I ahead 7 to 2 in the bottom of the 7th We'll see how they pitch to Day Owen is ready Here comes the cripple pitch Slider, down at the knees... Cut on by Day... He smashes a hard shot... It's through into left field... Nights made a great effort But the ball was just out of his reach Day watches Hunter carefully As he stretches out his lead Day breaks for second on the slider Here's the peg... SAFE... Day is in there with a pop-up slide! The throw a bit too late Turkey Stearnes steps into the box Hunter is happy with the sign Hunter fires Hard ground ball to short Nights comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That is the third out for Negro League I here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46056 Here's the shortstop Nights To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Owen Hunter And then Barrett Blade Nights is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Nights readies himself for the pitch Leon winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... There's a high pop in front of the plate Looks like the ball is drifting foul Gibson calls for it and makes the play As the ump signals a foul ball FOFC with one away Day steps off the mound as he waits for Owen Hunter to come to the plate Treacy is up now for FOFC Sean takes a couple of practice cuts Treacy gets set for the pitch The righthander Day's delivery Hard slider, paints the inside corner Treacy gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Leonard grabs it... Races to first... Beats Treacy for the out Two down Gibson asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Gibson and Day Next up is Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman... If he gets on, A. J. Tucker would bat next Barrett is hitting at .267 on the year He has 92 hits in 345 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored 51 runs this year Leon gets the sign from Gibson It's coming down the pike Grounded towards the bag Leonard to Day covering first Score It: 3-1 That's it for FOFC Here at Black Diamond Pk, After 7 and a half innings, Negro League I has 7 runs, 12 hits and 3 errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 2 hits and 2 errors FOFC has left 2 on base Negro League I has stranded 9 Here's Ray Dandridge leading off Oscar Charleston is on deck And Josh Gibson is in the hole Dandridge grips the bat handle Dandridge waits for the delivery We've got a full count... Fozborg winds and fires... Sinking fastball... Dandridge swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step So one up and one gone Coming up for Negro League I is Oscar Charleston Nobody on base, one out We're in the bottom of the 8th Fozborg eyes Charleston intently The righthander Fozborg delivers Charleston pounds a grounder toward Palmer at third Deacon moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Palmer stayed with it Over to first and Charleston is retired Nice play by the FOFC third baseman That's the second out of the inning The 6'1", 215 pound Josh Gibson is up next Gibson is known for his awesome power Fozborg has the sign from Hays Here's the righthander's delivery Fozborg comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Gibson As he swings right through it for strike three That's all for the Ones No runs, no hits and no errors... At the end of eight full innings... Negro League I leads 7 to 2 The FOFC center fielder, Tucker, will lead off He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler Tucker is batting .295 with 7 HR's this year Day studies his sign Day's righthanded delivery... Slow ground ball Dihigo is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT So one up and one gone Potpie heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Potpie a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Day He's ready Leon rocks and fires Jeeberoni Potpie swings It's a line drive... Sizzles past Wells into left... Base hit for Potpie... Charleston is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Potpie is on with a sharp single Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate Pflaggstettler digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Day Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate Day needs to come in with this one Grounded towards the middle Wells grabs it Over to first NOT IN TIME! Pflaggstettler has himself an infield hit Potpie takes second One away, Pflaggstettler at first, Potpie at second Ton steps into the batter's box Ton is 1 for 3 today, with 0 home runs Leon looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Day brings it home Hot shot grounded into right field Base hit for Ton Potpie scores from second! Pflaggstettler takes third There is going to be a change in pitchers Leon Day will hit the showers Rube Foster will be coming on in relief We are in the top of the 9th here at Black Diamond Pk Negro League I leads 7 to 3 So with 2 on and 1 out the All Stars send their catcher, Harry Hays, up to face Foster Good-hitting Deacon Palmer is waiting in the on-deck circle Hays is 0 for 3 today For the season, Harry has 12 homers 5 doubles, and 3 triples He has scored 37 runs while driving in 34 The umpire says let's go Hays is ready Here's the 1-2 pitch Hays drives the ball to center for extra bases Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Double for Hays While Jeff Nights heads for the on deck circle Deacon Palmer makes his way to the plate Palmer is at .330 on the season Palmer waiting on the delivery Righthander Foster's delivery Base hit to left for Palmer Ton scores Dick Howser wisely holds the runner at third... Runner holds. Webster McDonald is still warming up in the bullpen He has been up throwing softly before Now he is all business With the go-ahead run at the plate it looks like Dusty Baker is about to make a change Yes, here he comes... So that will be all for Rube Foster He will be heading for the showers McDonald is on his way to the mound for Negro League I They still have a 2 run lead but FOFC is obviously threatening here in the top of the 9th It will be McDonald's job to put out the fire Walking up to the plate now is Nights Sirr Fozborg waits on deck Men on 1st and 3rd McDonald adjusts his cap... Now he's set A check on the runners... the pitch Dribbler to third Taken by Dandridge Throws to second He's out Over to first Not in time! Score It: 5-4 Hays scores from third! The runner on first, Palmer, is out Negro League I on top 7 to 6 with two away this inning Batting for FOFC will be Gonzalez Webster peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Here's the 3-1 offering There's a duck snort in front of Cristobal Torriente He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out And that will do it for FOFC Negro League I wins 7 to 6 Day gets credit for the win McDonald notches the save Williams takes the loss The hitting star for Negro League I was Turkey Stearnes He was 2 for 4 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Negro League I. |
8/8 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Negro League I Ones 8/8/1900 |
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8/9 Radio Broadcast - Game 124
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and Turn of Century The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Jim O'Rourke to lead it off for Turn of Century Nielsen rocks and fires O'Rourke swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Nielsen strikes out Jim O'Rourke One down for Turn of Century Jesse Burkett is still in the on-deck circle and Joe Kelley is looking for a bat in the dugout One out, nobody on base Jesse Burkett is the batter Burkett is at .319 on the season Jesse stands with bat ready Nielsen brings it to the plate There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker Tucker circles under it... He makes the play That's the second out of the inning Kelley is up now for Turn of Century Nielsen squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The southpaw delivers Sinking fastball... Kelley swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's three outs, side retired As Barrett Blade steps in to lead off FOFC's half of the first Let me set up the defense for Turn of Century Young's battery mate is O'Rourke Around the horn from first to third Kelley at first, Lajoie at second, Collins the third sacker Wagner will be playing short Crawford, Flick and Burkett will patrol the outfield from left to right Blade, FOFC's second baseman, steps in Blade is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Barrett certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Young earn his salary The umpire says let's go Blade is ready The righthander Young's delivery It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Lajoie is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! So one up and one gone Tucker heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Watching Young, Tucker wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Tucker waits Young's 0-2 pitch... There is a shot right up the middle Hit right on the nose by Tucker It bounces right into the waiting glove of Flick Tucker has himself a single Tucker watches Young carefully As he stretches out to his lead Young continues to hold the runner close Pflaggstettler up The All Stars have Tucker on first Pflaggstettler looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Cy peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The pitch to Pflaggstettler... There goes Tucker... And it's ball four... Tucker pulls up and walks into second Potpie now at the plate Harry Hays waits on deck Jeeberoni takes a couple of practice cuts Cy is ready Now to the belt, here it is... Young is really bringing it AND HE BRINGS IT RIGHT INTO Potpie's EAR! HOLY MANOLI! Potpie is on the ground but is moving slightly Now he's up... and is helped down to first That loads 'em up for Harry Hays That will bring up catcher, Harry Hays Hays a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Young Young studies his sign Young checks the runners Base hit to left for Hays Tucker scores Dick Howser is windmilling the runner home... The throw is coming home... Pflaggstettler scores! Hays at first, Potpie at second, one out Gunner is now at bat Stan is batting .261 in 218 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Deacon Palmer Gunner looks very intent... He stares down at Young... Cocks his bat Cy checks the runners Steps off the mound Again he's into the stretch The pitch Driven down the line Burkett trying to track it down HE MAKES A BEAUTIFUL CATCH! Excellent play by Burkett! Score It: 9 FOFC ahead 2 to 0 with two away this inning So FOFC has something going here in the bottom of the 1st 2 on with 2 runs in Righthanded Deacon Palmer stepping to the plate Against righthanders Palmer is hitting .294 Young tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's the righthander's delivery Swung on...and it's in the air to the right side Backing just a bit is Burkett And he pulls it in The side is retired 2 runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz Lajoie saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Before getting ready Lajoie checks out the defensive alignment Nielsen adjusts his cap... Now he's set Nielsen fires It's a routine fly into right Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One down for Turn of Century Honus Wagner is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Turn of Century While Sam Crawford heads for the on deck circle Honus Wagner makes his way to the plate Nielsen is having a fine year so far His 17 victories make him 2nd in the league in that category Now he's about ready The lefthander delivers Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! That's two away Big Sam is making his way to the plate Crawford is hitting .291 with 5 homeruns Sam also has 8 doubles and 2 triples And has driven in a total of 29 runs He's ready for the delivery Here's the 1-2 pitch A sharp breaking curve... Crawford was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Pflaggstettler turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Sam Crawford can touch them all Jimmy Collins, the third baseman, strides to the plate The outfield shades towards left for Collins Jimmy is ready for the delivery Here's the 3-1 offering Jimmy Collins hits a high pop fly on the infield Jeff Nights calls everyone off The ball drifts a bit... But Nights is there to make the play That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century By the way, Turn of Century is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Here's the shortstop Nights To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Rob Nielsen And then Barrett Blade Jeff Nights is hitting .263 this year against righthanded pitchers Nights is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Young He's waiting for the pitch Here's the windup and the 3-1 delivery Nights rips the curve to left-center... Flick racing back to the fence... He reaches for the drive... It's over his head! Nights will lope into second with a double Nielsen looks to lay one down He bunts at it . . . Fielded by J.Collins the throw to first... close play... Out Nielsen gets the job done. One away in the bottom of the 2nd for FOFC The All Stars have Nights on third Blade steps in Blade swinging from the right side facing the righty Young Right-hander Young eyes the righty Blade The pitch is on the way High Blade works out a walk The center fielder, A. J. Tucker will be up next for FOFC So far this year Tucker is batting .296 He has 19 doubles, 8 triples 7 homeruns with 53 RBI's and 18 stolen bases O'Rourke flashes the sign... Young waves it off... Now he's happy Young brings it to the plate Grounded towards the bag Kelley grabs it Throws home for the out! Score It: 3-2 The runner on third, Nights, is out Blade takes second That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Negro League I is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 Rogan and Maddux currently dueling Left Outs besting Negro League II 5 to 0 AL Pre WWII is on top of Japanese League 2 to 0 Gomez and Bessho currently dueling Dead Ball Era slipping by NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Plank battling Marichal NL Pre WWII leads Caribbean 1 to 0 Old Timers is in front of AL Post WWII 3 to 0 Radbourn comfortably ahead for Old Timers And right here in FOFC FOFC ahead 2 to 1 Pflaggstettler is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Pflaggstettler is batting .313 with 21 round trippers in 1900 Young steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign And the delivery by Young A slider by Young Pflaggstettler gets good wood on it... Crawford back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's all for the All Stars After 2 full innings, they lead by 1 Turn of Century will send Flick, Cy Young, and Jim O'Rourke to face Rob Nielsen this inning Flick wiggles the bat above his head Nielsen shakes off two signs Now he's ready The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it STRIKE THREE, CALLED! One out Cy Young is due up next Young finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Looking to Dode Criss for a sign Nielsen likes the sign The lefty Nielsen delivers Pounded on the ground to third Palmer grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Nielsen Jim O'Rourke will get a crack at Nielsen next Jesse Burkett would be up next... But only if O'Rourke can reach safely FOFC leads 2 to 1 Nielsen gets the sign from Hays He is 4th in the league in strike outs He has 187 on the season Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Nielsen The delivery High and away Ball four Burkett moseys up to the plate Joe Kelley is heading for the on-deck circle Burkett can't seem to get settled at the plate Burkett is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Here's the 2-0 offering There's a routine pop by Burkett Jeeberoni Potpie moves under the ball He makes the routine catch That ends the inning After 2 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 1 Jeeberoni Potpie, Harry Hays, and Stan Gunner are due up Potpie is at .292 on the season Cy looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's his delivery Curve in the dirt... and Potpie holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no O'Rourke asks the first base ump's opinion He says Potpie went around Strike three, swinging One down for FOFC Harry Hays is still in the on-deck circle and Stan Gunner is looking for a bat in the dugout Hays pounds the plate Now he stares out at Young Stepping out, Hays looks into the dugout Steps back in Young ready quickly, looks in for the sign Young winds and delivers Hot shot grounded to short Wagner grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 Two up, two down for the All Stars The left fielder, Gunner, is ready to bat FOFC on top 2 to 1 in the bottom of the 3rd Gunner is batting .260 with 14 homers this year Young looks down at O'Rourke for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Cy Young, with 31 appearances before today's game looks down for the sign from O'Rourke Young has great control He's looking for win number 12 He's into the windup Routine grounder to second Lajoie scoops it up Over to first for the out And that retires the side The big guys are due up for Turn of Century Kelley will lead it off He will be followed by Nap Lajoie and Honus Wagner Joe is hitting at .314 on the year He has 120 hits in 382 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Kelley grounded out his last time up Joe steadies his bat Waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch He brings it home Ripped to third, but right at Palmer...easy out One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League I is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 Rogan battling Maddux Left Outs winning over Negro League II 6 to 0 AL Pre WWII bombing Japanese League 8 to 0 Gehrig has hit his 33rd homerun for AL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era is beating NL Post WWII 4 to 0 Caribbean is giving it to NL Pre WWII 6 to 1 Martinez enjoying the big Caribbean lead Old Timers is in front of AL Post WWII 4 to 1 Up next is Nap Lajoie the ex-Providence hack driver Nap is hitting at .382 on the year He has 163 hits in 427 at bats This includes 25 doubles, 7 triples 15 home runs and 84 RBI's Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw Nielsen delivers the 2 strike pitch And Lajoie will sit down... strike three called Two down Nielsen retires the first two Turn of Century batters "The Flying Dutchman" will be up next Wagner is 0 for 1 today Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Here is the 3-1 pitch Grounded towards the hole Nice play by Blade His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's it for Turn of Century Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 and a half innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has one run, one hit and no errors Turn of Century has left 1 on base FOFC has stranded 4 Bottom of the All Stars' order coming up The third baseman, Deacon Palmer will lead off Looking for his first hit today Palmer is 0 for 1 Deacon seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Young kicks and fires Palmer swings and misses Strike three Palmer didn't have a good cut at that pitch One gone for FOFC Nights gets set at the plate Young wastes no time He has the sign from O'Rourke The righthander delivers Off-speed pitch... Nights swings at it... Hits a high fly to deep center Flick bolting after it... This one might carry all the way Flick jumps for it... It bounds off the fence It's a two-bagger for Jeff Nights Walking up now to the plate is Nielsen The outfield's shaded towards right With Nielsen at the plate The count is nothing and 2 Nielsen has to protect the plate Now the delivery, here is is... Off speed pitch on the way... And Nielsen watches it go by for the third strike Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 1 The All Stars have 4 hits on the evening Blade, the second baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 2 to 1 Young steps on the rubber Young rocks and fires He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Wagner His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That ends the bottom of the 4th No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 4 innings, FOFC leads by 1 Sam Crawford to lead things off for Turn of Century FOFC with a 1 run lead The visitors will try to quiet the crowd A few base runners would do the trick Crawford taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Waiting for the pitch is Crawford Nielsen brings it home Crawford hits a three hopper towards Barrett Blade Blade scoops it and fires it to first for the out With one down, up next is Jimmy Collins To be followed by Elmer Flick Coming up for Turn of Century is Jimmy Collins Nobody on base, one out Collins is 0 for 1 today Nielsen is ready quickly The pitch is on the way Ground ball to third Palmer comes up with it Over to first He just beat it out Elmer Flick is up next Turn of Century's center fielder finds 1 on with 1 out Flick is 0 for 1 today Nielsen has the sign from Hays The pitch on the way, here it is... Flick pulls it on the ground It's in the hole and past Jeeberoni Potpie... Base hit into right field! Dode Criss puts up the stop sign for Collins He'll hold at second Collins takes his lead... He appears to be challenging Nielsen Nielsen watching Collins... Turns and fires to Blade... Did he get back?... Yes says the umpire That was close Young lays it down the first base line Potpie charges in Scoops it up Turns and fires to first Just got him! Nice bunt Credit Cy Young with a sacrifice Two down O'Rourke digs in at the plate Ready now for Nielsen to come set FOFC leads 2 to 1 Nielsen rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Nielsen brings it to the plate Swung on and missed... O'Rourke is down on strikes That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century So After 4 and a half innings FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has one run, 3 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 3 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 5 A. J. Tucker will start the bottom of the 5th for FOFC Benton Breeze looking for some insurance runs Now, FOFC leads by only 1 Tucker is hitting .284 against righthanders Cy Young still on the mound for the Centurions... Young has gone the distance so far He's given up 4 hits in 4 innings Young's righthanded delivery... Long fly to right Burkett has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Tucker is retired on a fairly deep fly With one gone FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it And it brings up Persimmon Pflaggstettler On deck is Jeeberoni Potpie Harry Hays in the hole Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 today, with 1 walk Persimmon flied out in his last at bat One strike on the batter, Pflaggstettler... Righthander Young's delivery It's a Texas Leaguer to left Here comes Crawford... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Pflaggstettler is on with a bloop single to left Potpie is up next FOFC has a runner at first and one out Potpie digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Young Young is on the first-base side of the rubber... Young goes into his stretch... Looks at Pflaggstettler... He fires one to Kelley... Pflaggstettler dives back in That's his best move to first... Kelley lobs it back Now Young comes home Potpie sends a scorcher to third Collins takes it on one hop Fires to Lajoie for one Back to Kelley for the double play! And that retires the side |
8/9 Radio Broadcast - Continued
Turn of Century will send Burkett, Joe Kelley, and Nap Lajoie to face Rob Nielsen this inning Burkett is batting .318 with 7 HR's this year And Rob studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it Nielsen is into his rocking motion Now his left arm comes around That's hit down the line IT'S WAY BACK THERE . . . WILL IT STAY FAIR??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Burkett back in the box And here comes the next pitch He hits a tough grounder to the mound Taken by Nielsen Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 And there's one away Now here's Kelley Stepping in and then stepping out again Kelley looks to third for a sign Kelley waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the southpaw's delivery Fastball... down and away... Nielsen just misses the corner... ball four That's 2 walks given up by Nielsen today Kelley studies Nielsen intently... Now he's walking away from the base Kelley is running on the pitch A slider away... Hays takes the pitch... The throw... Great throw! Kelley will be a dead duck That's why Hays is one of the best And the batter is Nap Lajoie Honus Wagner is on-deck Lajoie grips the bat handle Lajoie is waiting on the pitch The All Stars' hurler winds and delivers Good slider, inside part of the plate Lajoie gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's all for Turn of Century After 5 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC on top 2 to 1 O'Rourke fires the ball down to Wagner He starts it around the infield To Lajoie, Kelley And then to Collins walking it over to Young Hays steps in to face the righthander Here we go in the bottom of the 6th Hays has a .303 average against righthanders this season Harry is set for the pitch Young's into the windup... the delivery Hays hits a deep fly to left-center Flick is at the warning track He stumbles a little... Rights himself He's got it... nice recovery by Flick One out Due up next is Stan Gunner One away, nobody on base Gunner stands ready at the plate Stan, a lefty batter, will square off against Young Of his 14 home runs, 14 are against righties Gunner gets set for the pitch It's coming down the pike It's a high fly to deep center Flick is on his horse It is carrying to the fence Elmer jumps It's off the wall Gunner is around second But retreats to the bag as the throw comes in Making his way up is Palmer Young has the sign he wants Now ready, here it is... Flyball to right it's caught Gunner might have a chance to move up... Burkett makes the catch... Gunner is tagging up at second... He makes it to third easily Walking up to the plate now is Nights Rob Nielsen waits on deck Nights is hitting .267 against righties Young adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from O'Rourke It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Nights swings... Curveball, popped straight up Drifting towards short Wagner is there Jeff is out Nights leaves Gunner stranded The home town folks quiet down Nights chokes in the clutch! That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Late 20th is edging Negro League I 2 to 1 Sandberg has hit his 11th homerun for Late 20th Left Outs is comfortably ahead of Negro League II 6 to 0 AL Pre WWII is running roughshod over Japanese League 10 to 0 Dead Ball Era with the lead over NL Post WWII 5 to 2 Caribbean is giving it to NL Pre WWII 6 to 1 Old Timers is comfortably ahead of AL Post WWII 8 to 2 And in our contest FOFC on top 2 to 1 Wagner leading off Turn of Century would like to get some runners on base Honus comes to the plate batting .311 with 10 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Wagner is set for the 1-1 pitch The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Wagner swings and hits a loud foul Potpie drifts over to the first base stands Reaches in... It's out of play . . . Wagner back in the box And here comes the next pitch Slider, down at the knees... Cut on by Wagner... He smashes a hard shot... It's through into left field... Nights made a great effort But the ball was just out of his reach Wagner inches away from first base Wagner is unable to take the lead he wants Crawford, Turn of Century's left fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Jimmy Collins waits on deck Crawford is 1 for 2 today Rob Nielsen is having a good year He is 2nd in wins with 17 Now Nielsen is looking for a sign And the delivery by Nielsen Grounded towards the bag Potpie trots to the bag Score It: 3 And there's one away Wagner extends out slowly toward third Wagner can steal third as easily as second He's a speedster and has fine technique Nielsen holds the runner Next up is Jimmy Collins Wagner is the runner on second He represents the tying run Collins is at .258 on the season Nielsen steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he slides his foot back into position He's ready Nielsen brings it to the plate Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing up just a bit is Gunner And he pulls it in Two gone for Turn of Century Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Elmer Flick Flick finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Flick is 1 for 2 today Nielsen, allowing only 4 hits today, and pitching well otherwise, will certainly do no harm to his 5th place standing in ERA in the league The southpaw delivers Fastball, belt high, away... Flick goes after it... There's a fly ball to Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run That does it in the top of the 7th Now a brief message from our hosts This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System We are pleased you joined us for today's ballgame Now back to baseball where After 6 and a half innings, FOFC on top 2 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Kris Terp, Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker are the first three All Stars batters due up FOFC leads, 2-1 Terp has 7 doubles this year Set now is Terp Young brings it to the plate There's a checked swing... But Terp gets a piece of it anyway It's a pop fly into center Flick comes in on it... Easy out Terp couldn't get his bat out of the way One away While we wait for the next batter Let's take a ten second station break This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System Your four sports network! Young glares in at Blade as he steps in Now he's ready to go Barrett steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Blade is 0 for 2 today He grounded out last time up Blade is set for the 2-2 pitch Young winds Kicks the left leg high... Blade swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Young strikes out Barrett Blade That's two away Wagner comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Young A. J. Tucker will be next up... Here's A. J. Tucker Tucker is at .295 on the season Young adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from O'Rourke The righthander winds and delivers Ball four is the call Young can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Young Tucker takes first base Taking his lead is Tucker Another throw... Young's five throws over have been effective Tucker has a small lead now He must be getting tired from diving back in! Pflaggstettler is up now for FOFC Watching Young, Pflaggstettler wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch After getting set, Pflaggstettler waits on the pitch Young checks Tucker on first... The 1-1 delivery There's a shallow flyball struck by Pflaggstettler Elmer Flick runs in, calls for the ball He makes the catch Pflaggstettler is out That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 47738 We are going to have a pinch hitter Hughie Jennings will bat for Cy Young It will be the righthand hitting, Jennings against the righty Kronside Jennings is hitting righties for a .321 average Here is Hughie Jennings to start it off for Turn of Century Jennings can't seem to get settled at the plate Hughie is ready for the delivery The righthander Kronside delivers Jennings swings and hits one down the line It'll be in there for extra bases The ball is kicking around in the corner Jennings is heading for second The ball comes in... A whistling two-bagger for Hughie Jennings That'll bring up Centurions' catcher Jim O'Rourke... Turn of Century with a man in scoring position at second Jim takes a couple of practice cuts The bat is cocked Here's the 2 strike offering Kronside comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for O'Rourke As he swings right through it for strike three With one down Potpie yells something out to Kronside Jace nods his head Jennings takes his lead... He appears to be challenging Kronside Jennings is running on the pitch A slider away... Hays is up, firing... SAFE, Jennings gets under the tag attempt by Fouts Jesse Burkett steps into the box Burkett is at .317 on the season Kronside has the sign from Hays Here's the righthander's delivery There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Nights races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? NO, IT'S A FOUL BALL!!! . . . Burkett back in the box And here comes the next pitch Sinker that stays up, belt high... Burkett goes after it... Deep fly ball, way back... Tucker moving under on it He grabs it for the out No chance for a play on the runner Who scores for Turn of Century Two out, nobody on The score is knotted at 2 Planting his right foot Kelley is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Kelley Kelley grips the bat handle He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Joe brings the bat back... Jace rocks and fires Kronside loses him Kelley heads down to first 2 walks today for Kelley Kelley watches Kronside as he inches away from the base Kronside's throws over have been effective Kelley has a shorter lead now He must be getting tired diving back into the bag Nap Lajoie moves in to face Kronside 1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th Lajoie wiggles the bat above his head Lajoie waits on Kronside Kronside's 3-1 pitch... Fastball, high and tight Ball Four Chin music... Lajoie didn't like it Honus Wagner, the shortstop, strides to the plate Two men on, two men out Kronside looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Hays He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Kronside Now he is ready... Kronside checks the runners Wagner drives one into left Gerald Gazelle sprints over to make the play That retires the side... but not before the Centurions score 1 run to tie it up After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors Kid Nichols will be coming on to pitch for Turn of Century Kid has appeared in 46 games this season with a record of 6-3 In 83 innings, he has an 4.43 ERA Cy Young has finished his work here this evening Turn of Century's defensive changes are... Jennings will bat 9th and play SS The first baseman Potpie will start things off for the All Stars Potpie digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Nichols He's ready The pitch is on the way Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Potpie swings way over it He was fooled completely O'Rourke loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Jeeberoni as he was heading for the dugout One down for FOFC Harry Hays is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC So that brings up Harry Hays the FOFC catcher With 2 RBI's in the game Hays has 37 on the season Hays is set for the pitch Here's the 2 strike pitch Hays rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Collins Jimmy fields it cleanly Over to first quickly... Easy out That's two away Gazelle coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Nichols steps on the rubber Here's his delivery Shallow fly ball Flick charging HE DIVES... HE CAN'T GET IT! Gazelle stops at first That's a single Gazelle is taking his lead from first Curve down at the knees... Gazelle is heading for second O'Rourke takes the pitch... fires... Low throw... Gazelle slides... OUT!... Jennings dug that ball out of the dirt and applied the tag... Close play First up for Turn of Century in the top of the 9th is Crawford against Kronside The Turn of Century left fielder will be followed by Jimmy Collins and Elmer Flick The score is knotted at 2 Crawford swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Kronside Crawford is set Kronside brings it to the plate Hard slider, paints the inside corner Crawford gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Potpie grabs it... Races to first... Beats Crawford for the out One gone for Turn of Century Nobody on base, one away Collins steps into the batter's box Jimmy is batting .257 with 5 home runs on the season He is 1 for 3 today Collins cocks his bat Righthander Kronside's delivery Ripped to third, but right at Fouts...easy out Two down Jace Kronside retires the first two batters in a row Elmer Flick will get a crack at Kronside next Hughie Jennings would be up next... But only if Flick can reach safely Elmer Flick is hitting .313 this year against righthanded pitchers Kronside is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Kronside looks in... Now he's ready Kronside's righthanded delivery... It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Tucker grabs it for the out That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century So After 8 and a half innings FOFC has 2 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 6 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 7 Bottom of the All Stars' order coming up The third baseman, Dan Fouts will lead off Stepping in and then stepping out again Fouts looks to third for a sign Right-hander Nichols prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Fouts It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Fastball, down and in... Fouts laces a hit into the outfield... Flick picks it up Fires it quickly into the infield Fouts holds with a single Good start to the inning for FOFC Up next for the All Stars The hometown shortstop, Jeff Nights O'Rourke flashes the sign... Nichols shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Nichols goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Fouts He lobs one to Kelley... Fouts is back easily... We're ready again Now Nichols comes home The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Nichols' fastball is ripped toward short Jennings can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Fouts was off and running with the crack of the bat He is on his way to third... They'll have a chance to get him... Here's the throw... SAFE! A nice shot by Nights and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Jace Kronside Great call by manager Benton Breeze! And Nights was able to carry it out Next up for the All Stars is David Gonzalez Nichols adjusts his cap... Now he's set It's coming down the pike Drilled deep to center field Elmer Flick giving chase He's got it Fouts is tagging up He'll make it easily Score It: 8 That's one away FOFC wins 3 to 2 Kronside gets credit for the win Nichols takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeff Nights He was 3 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Turn of Century Centurions At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/9/1900 |
8/10 Radio Broadcast - Game 125
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and Turn of Century 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 Jesse Burkett to lead it off for Turn of Century Babson brings it home Hard line drive to second Blade grabs it for the out Score It: 4 One up, one down for Turn of Century Wee Willie Keeler, the right fielder, strides to the plate Keeler is hitting .342 against righthanders Babson adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays The windup, and the 2-2 pitch High heater from Babson... Keeler cuts at it... Hits a bouncer right side... It goes by the diving Blade and Potpie It's into right for a single Keeler takes his turn and holds at first Keeler takes a three step lead Babson's move keeps Keeler guessing He doesn't have a very good lead The third baseman, Joe Kelley, is up next Joe is hitting at .313 on the year He has 120 hits in 383 at bats This includes 24 doubles, 5 triples 7 home runs and 49 RBI's Kelley is set for the 2-0 pitch The righthander Babson delivers Look out... Down he goes! It hit him! Kelley will be awarded first Doesn't appear to be hurt Keeler will advance to second Keeler takes his lead Babson steps off the rubber Looks Keeler back to the bag Here's the 6'1", 195 pound Nap Lajoie strolling to the plate The righthander pitching to Lajoie... A righthanded batter Righties have a .223 average against Brian Babson brings it home Fastball, low and inside... Lajoie goes down after it... He lines one deep to left... Ton is back at the fence... Waits... CAN'T GET IT!... It's a homer for Lajoie! Nap comes through for Turn of Century That's number 16 for him Coming up for Turn of Century is Honus Wagner Nobody on base, one out Wagner is batting .312 with 10 HR's this year Babson 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 At the knees, looks like a sinker... Swung on and topped toward short... Nights charging... Has to backhand it... He zips a throw to Potpie... NOT IN TIME!! Score it an infield single for Wagner Wagner takes his lead from first... He's challenging Babson's pickoff move Wagner does not get a good lead Beckley is the batter Wagner's the runner on first He's doing a little jig off first to rattle the pitcher Beckley is hitting .268 against righties Beckley is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly The righthander Babson's delivery Towering popup back of home Hays calls for it He puts it away Score It: 2 Two gone for Turn of Century Two outs, with a man at first Duffy is the next batter Hugh is hitting at .271 on the year He has 130 hits in 479 at bats His speed has propelled him to 36 stolen bases The umpire says let's go Duffy is ready Babson goes into his stretch... Looks over at Wagner Fires to Potpie... Wagner is back easily... We're ready again Now Babson comes home A slider by Babson Duffy gets good wood on it... Ton back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! And that retires the side While the Centurions take the field let me run through the All Stars' batting order Barrett Blade, A. J. Tucker and Jeeberoni Potpie will be the first three to face off against Waddell The clean-up hitter for FOFC is K. A. Ton He will be followed by Gerald Gazelle, then Dan Fouts The bottom third of the line-up will have Harry Hays batting seventh, Jeff Nights in the eighth spot, and Brian Babson will bat ninth Here's Blade to lead things off We'll see how they pitch to Blade Blade is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Waddell He's waiting for the pitch Rube rocks and fires Routine grounder to short Wagner scoops it up Over to first for the out One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is still in the on-deck circle and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking for a bat in the dugout A. J. Tucker makes his way to home plate Waddell eyes Tucker intently Windup by Waddell And the pitch Tucker slaps a hard grounder past short Burkett is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Tucker will hold with a clean single Settling in at the plate is Potpie The Turn of Century outfield is playing Potpie almost straight away Unusual for the power hitter But with Waddell on the mound it is understandable Waddell adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bresnahan Here's the 2-0 pitch Base hit to left for Potpie Dick Howser is waving Tucker to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Potpie at first Ton gets set at the plate Waddell has the sign he wants Now the delivery, here is is... Fastball... just outside Ton will take first on the walk That will load 'em up for Gerald Gazelle Facing Waddell now is Gazelle Dan Fouts heads to the on deck circle Harry Hays waits in the hole Gazelle swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Waddell Gazelle readies himself for the pitch Here's the 1-2 offering The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Gazelle swung, that's strike three Gazelle isn't happy at all with that call Two down Bresnahan asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bresnahan and Waddell Dan Fouts is up next FOFC's third baseman finds 3 on with 2 outs Against lefthanders Fouts is hitting .329 this season Fouts looks very intent... He stares down at Waddell... Cocks his bat Waddell brings it to the plate Base hit to right for Fouts Tucker scores Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Bresnahan is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Great,)... Potpie is out at home! Turn of Century will send Bresnahan, Rube Waddell, and Jesse Burkett to face Brian Babson this inning Bresnahan a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Babson Bresnahan waits patiently Now Brian delivers Sinking fastball... Bresnahan swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's the first out of the inning Two more to go One out, nobody on base Rube Waddell is the batter Babson toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hays Babson goes into his windup And here's the 2 strike offering Waddell cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Waddell was badly fooled by Babson's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Rube was a little overanxious With two gone, Turn of Century leads 3 to 1 in the top of the 2nd The left fielder, Jesse Burkett will be up next for Turn of Century Babson steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The pitch to Burkett... There's a check swing by Burkett It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Harry Hays makes the catch against the stands That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 3-1, Turn of Century The catcher Hays will start things off for the All Stars Waddell ready quickly, looks in for the sign Waddell's 2-0 pitch... It's a high fly into right Keeler ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Nights is ready to face Waddell Nights has hit 13 home runs this year Waddell steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The pitch on the way, here it is... Swung on and popped up Kelley is waiting... And that's an easy out That's two away Nobody on, two away Babson steps in for FOFC The outfield shades towards left for Babson Waddell tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Now Rube delivers Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Babson hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into center for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Blade finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Blade goes through his routine of settling in Blade is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Waddell He's waiting for the pitch The 3-2 delivery by the lefthander Waddell just misses outside Ball four to Blade First base coach Joe Adcock wants a word with Blade... Now we're all set to go... A. J. Tucker steps in Waddell rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Waddell kicks and fires Hard slider... And Tucker takes it right down the middle Strike three called That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings, Turn of Century has 3 runs, 3 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 on base Turn of Century has stranded 1 Keeler steps to the plate It's the top of the 3rd here at FOFC Stadium Turn of Century leads 3 to 1 Babson adjusts his cap... Now he's set And here is the 1-2 delivery Keeler hits a fly ball to left K. A. Ton camps under it He's got it That's one away Now here's Kelley Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Kelley Babson winds Kicks the left leg high... Kelley rips the curve to left-center... Tucker racing back to the fence... He reaches for the drive... Can't quite reach it!!... Kelley makes it easily into second That's a double for Kelley A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Nap Lajoie Brian gets the sign from Hays Now ready, here it is... High Lajoie works out a walk Honus Wagner is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Wagner is at .313 on the season Hays flashes the sign to Babson Babson checks the runners Base hit to left for Wagner Dode Criss is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Beckley walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat 1st and 2nd, one man down Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Beckley Babson checks the runners Off speed pitch on the way... And Beckley watches it go by for the third strike That's the second out of the inning Roger Bresnahan gets the weighted donut from Duffy Now Hugh saunters to the plate 2 outs and 2 on base Duffy bats in the seventh slot in the order for Turn of Century Turn of Century ahead 4 to 1 Duffy is hitting .271 with 5 homeruns Hugh also has 18 doubles and 3 triples And has driven in a total of 54 runs The bat is cocked Babson will try to get Duffy to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Duffy laces a clean base hit into the outfield He rounds first, but will hold there Both runners move up 90 feet Bresnahan is up now for Turn of Century Bresnahan is batting .272 with 4 homers this year Babson is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Babson looks in... Now he's ready Big pitch... Brian will have to come in with this one Babson delivers... Babson's pitch is low and outside Babson had trouble getting the breaking ball over That forces in a run Babson needs to throw strikes Clutch walk by Bresnahan The bases are still loaded for Rube Waddell Turn of Century pitcher, Rube Waddell, is up next Babson steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Babson brings it to the plate Routine grounder to third Fouts comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century So After 2 and a half innings Turn of Century has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 Here's the first baseman Potpie To lead off the inning He'll be followed by K. A. Ton And then Gerald Gazelle Jeeberoni is hitting at .292 on the year He has 124 hits in 425 at bats Today, he is 1 for 1 Potpie singled his last time up Waddell peers in for the sign Potpie is a formidable opponent Rube has allowed 15 home runs versus righties this year And Jeeberoni is no ordinary hitter And the delivery by Waddell Sharp breaking curveball... Potpie reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Kelley... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Beckley at first! Potpie is out easily One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Late 20th leads Negro League I 1 to 0 Left Outs leads Negro League II 1 to 0 AL Pre WWII is edging Japanese League 2 to 1 Ochiai has hit his 6th homerun for Japanese League NL Post WWII is edging Dead Ball Era 2 to 1 Koufax battling Johnson Caribbean and NL Pre WWII are scoreless Cuellar and Rixey currently dueling AL Post WWII and Old Timers are scoreless Ton is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Waddell ready quickly, looks in for the sign The southpaw's 2-1 delivery HIT HIM!! Ton jogs down to first K. A. took one for the team to get on The right fielder, Gazelle, is ready to bat Turn of Century leads 5 to 1 in the bottom of the 3rd Turn of Century is set up for two Waddell shakes off two signs Now he's ready Waddell fires Double play ball Wagner has it on one bounce Lajoie for one Beckley for two Wagner to Lajoie to Beckley Jesse Burkett, Wee Willie Keeler, and Joe Kelley are due up for the Centurions Turn of Century leads, 5-1 Burkett is 0 for 2 today Brian is ready With a 0-2 count, the pitch Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 3 for Brian Babson today 154 on the year One out Due up next is Wee Willie Keeler Now batting will be Wee Willie Keeler Keeler taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Hays flashes the sign... Babson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Here's the 2-1 offering It's a Texas Leaguer to right Here comes Gazelle... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Keeler is on with a bloop single to right Keeler sneaks away from the base Babson wheels and fires to Potpie... He's OUT!!!... No the ball is loose, Keeler is safe They had almost had him One on, one out Kelley walks to the batter's box FOFC is set up for two Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Babson checks Keeler on first... The 2-2 delivery Kelley hops out of the way Hays makes a great stop Wait... Kelley is showing off his shoe to the umpire Now he has been awarded first! Must have hit his foot! Up next for the visiting Centurions Nap Lajoie, their second baseman Lajoie is at .381 on the season Babson gets the sign from Hays He is 10th in the league in strike outs He has 154 on the season Righthander Babson's delivery Grounded down the line Potpie will take it himself Score It: 3 Two down Due up next is Honus Wagner Let's see what happens now Looks like they want nothing to do with Wagner He's too good in the clutch... They'll put him on to set up the force Slowly coming up is Beckley for Turn of Century He is finally in the batter's box Turn of Century leads 5 to 1 Beckley digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Babson Beckley waits on Babson Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Babson The delivery A high hopper to first Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 That ends the inning for Turn of Century Turn of Century has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors They have now stranded 7 baserunners After Fouts gets a new bat He will lead off the bottom of the 4th Apparently he found his bat was broken when he tapped the plate with it Fouts looks for a sign from third Dick Howser delivers it to Dan Dan is 1 for 1 today singled his last at bat All set, Fouts is ready for the pitch Here's his delivery Hard slider... Smashed on the ground... It's by Kelley for a hit! Burkett is chasing it into the corner in left field Dan Fouts is around first digging for second But Burkett cuts it off Fouts with a big turn at second Has to hold up as the throw comes in He's at second with a double Harry Hays steps into the box Fouts is on second, nobody out Waddell is ready quickly The southpaw delivers The pitch is low It bounces away from Bresnahan! He's got it But there's no throw. It's scored a wild pitch. Fouts takes third Harry Hays steps into the box Hays is 1 for 2 today Waddell wastes no time He has the sign from Bresnahan Waddell brings it to the plate Hays laces a hit into the outfield Jesse Burkett picks it up He fires it to the infield Hays holds at first The All Stars Jeff Nights comes up to the plate On-deck is Brian Babson Followed by Barrett Blade Hays takes his lead Waddell is saying a few words to Lajoie... So far in 1900, Rube has a 9 and 12 record with 5 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign Waddell rocks and fires There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Jesse Burkett 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 Jeff Nights Kris Terp is coming to the plate He is struggling so far in 1900 And Rube studies the sign from Bresnahan... Now he's got it The southpaw Waddell delivers the 2-1 pitch Fastball, busted in on the hands Terp manages to get a piece of it Bouncing it over the mound Lajoie cuts it off in front of the bag Rifles a throw to Beckley... And Terp is called out on a close play One gone for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Blade A. J. Tucker waits on deck Blade has 20 doubles this year Blade waits for the delivery The lefty Waddell delivers Blade is hit! That ball hit him on the arm Barrett is squeezing his elbow The trainer, Tay Pemup is out to check him He'll stay in He gets a nice round of applause He heads to first All Stars' center fielder Tucker is up next Turn of Century is set up for two Waddell has the sign from Bresnahan The stretch... the delivery Base hit to left for Tucker Blade is racing towards third... The throw is going to third... Jesse Burkett throws the ball away for an error! Planting his right foot Potpie is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Potpie Potpie steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign The left-hander Waddell is now ready The lefthander delivers Base hit to left for Potpie Dick Howser is windmilling the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Connie Mack will be bringing in a relief pitcher Amos Rusie has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go The All Stars' left fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out Ton looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Rusie looks down at Bresnahan for the sign Now he's ready... "The Hoosier Thunderbolt" fires it home.. There's a ground ball into the hole Kelley and Wagner converge on it It's picked by Kelley who fires to first SAFE is the call by the ump Close play!! Gerald Gazelle moves in to face Rusie 2 on, 1 out here in the bottom of the 4th Gazelle is hitless today, 0 for 2 Gerald grounded out in his last at bat Gerald is eagerly awaiting Rusie's pitch The pitch is on the way A sinking fastball... Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE That's out number two Centurions' pitching coach, Will Bill Donovan, is out to talk with Rusie Looks like he wants to go over something with him That will bring Fouts up again as FOFC has "batted around" They have scored 5 runs already this inning Two men still on Dan doubled to start this inning Dan steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Fouts is 2 for 2 today He doubled last time up Fouts waits for the pitch Rusie looks over at Ton... Now back at Potpie... He's coming home with it Routine grounder to second Taken by Lajoie Over to Beckley Got him! Score It: 4-3 The Centurions finally get the side out But the damage has been done... 5 runs cross the plate for the All Stars After 4 innings, FOFC ahead 6 to 5 |
8/10 Radio Broadcast - Continued
The Turn of Century center fielder, Duffy, will lead off He'll be followed by Roger Bresnahan And then Amos Rusie Fozborg likes the sign And the cripple pitch... Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Duffy hits it into the hole on the right side Blade ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Duffy is out by a step at first Turn of Century with one away Fozborg steps off the mound as he waits for Roger Bresnahan to come to the plate Next up is Roger Bresnahan, the Turn of Century catcher Looking to Dode Criss for a sign Bresnahan awaits the delivery Fozborg is into his rocking motion Now his right arm comes around A hanging curve... Bresnahan laces it hard just to the right of Nights He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Roger... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Rusie coming to bat Walking slowly from the on deck circle Bresnahan on first, with one away FOFC is set up for two Fozborg steps on the rubber Fozborg's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Bresnahan dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg Now here's the pitch Bouncer in the hole It's past Blade into right field An opposite field hit! Bresnahan is tearing around second Coach Dode Criss is waving him on to third He'll make it easily Rusie slowly moves away from the base Fozborg continues to hold the runner close Jesse Burkett is up next for Turn of Century One out, top of the 5th FOFC on top 6 to 5 Wee Willie Keeler is on deck Fozborg has the sign from Hays Fozborg checks the runners at first and third Bresnahan bluffs a move toward home Fozborg doesn't flinch Here's the 3-1 offering Grounded towards the sack Potpie grabs it Fires and nails Bresnahan going home! Score It: 3-2 The runner on third, Bresnahan, is out Rusie takes second That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Late 20th is edging Negro League I 1 to 0 Clemens and Williams currently dueling Negro League II clipping Left Outs 5 to 1 AL Pre WWII leads Japanese League 2 to 1 Dead Ball Era slipping by NL Post WWII 4 to 2 Johnson battling Koufax NL Pre WWII besting Caribbean 5 to 0 AL Post WWII and Old Timers are scoreless Two on, two outs... Keeler steps to the plate Keeler is 2 for 3 today Wee Willie singled last time up Sirr peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The righthander delivers Keeler swings awkwardly... strike three Fozborg took something off of that breaking ball He had Keeler way out in front That retires the side... Keeler fails to come through in the clutch For Turn of Century, No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base The catcher Hays will start things off for the All Stars Hays wiggles the bat above his head Hays awaits the delivery With a 2-2 count Rusie kicks and fires Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 104 on the season for Rusie That's one away Nights is up now for FOFC Nights is looking for lightning to strike again He's boomed 1 homerun earlier today Jeff is 1 for 2... Batting .276 on the season The umpire says let's go Nights is ready Rusie's 3-1 pitch... Nights pulls one to the left side It's going to scoot on through the infield Burkett will retrieve it without difficulty He tosses it back in to second as Nights retreats to first after a wide turn Deacon Palmer steps in Palmer digs into the box Palmer cocks the bat He rocks and fires Grounded towards the sack Kelley grabs it Throw to second for one Over to first Double Play! Score It: 5-4-3 And that retires the side Kelley saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box So far this season Kelley is hitting .324 when facing righthanded pitching Fozborg studies his sign The righthander Fozborg's delivery Fastball... just outside Kelley will take first on the walk Joe knows how to get on base His OBP of .407 is among the league leaders Nap Lajoie steps up to the plate Kelley, with excellent speed, is at first Lajoie digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Fozborg Fozborg adjusts his cap... Now he's set The pitch to Lajoie... The runner goes Lajoie likes the hit and run... Lajoie misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Hays comes up throwing! Snaps a beauty to first... The tag... SAFE! Lajoie leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate The outfield's shaded towards left for Lajoie He's 1 for 2 today Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Kelley dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Fozborg Now here's the pitch Liner drilled to third Palmer makes a great catch! Score It: 5 One down for Turn of Century Honus Wagner is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Turn of Century Honus Wagner steps into the box Tapping the plate is Wagner He has 33 steals this year 7th in the league! If he gets on Fozborg will have to watch him closely Wagner tells the umpire he's ready Fozborg brings it to the plate It's low and it gets away from Hays! It's rolling to the backstop Now Hays has it too late, the damage is done. It's scored a wild pitch. Honus Wagner steps into the box Wagner is batting .317 with 10 HR's this year Fozborg is happy with the sign Fozborg's righthanded delivery... Wagner hits a fly ball in the left field corner K. A. Ton is chasing it It's in there for extra bases! Wagner pulls up at second base He's just batted in the tying run Wagner stretches his lead Fozborg turns and fires a strike to Nights... Wagner dives back... He's safe! Wagner represents the go-ahead run 1 on, 1 out here in the top of the 6th Jake Beckley is walking toward home plate Fozborg likes the sign Way ahead in the count Fozborg turns the 0-2 pitch loose Beckley just gets a piece of it He 'drizzles' it to second Blade races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... And there's two away Hugh Duffy, the center fielder, strides to the plate Duffy has hit 5 home runs this year Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Fozborg fires He hits a tough grounder to short Nights comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century By the way, Turn of Century is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Barrett Blade will face Amos Rusie to lead things off The crowd is coming to life Blade is 0 for 1 today Bresnahan flashes the sign to Rusie Rusie quick pitches him Curve ball... Blade swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! One up, one down A. J. Tucker up The score is tied A. J. will be facing the right-handed Rusie from the left side of the plate The switch hitter is 2 for 3 today He singled in his last at bat Tucker, batting lefthanded Gets in his crouch... Ready to face the righthanded Rusie And the delivery by Rusie Slow ground ball Beckley is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two up, two down for FOFC Potpie coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Potpie is 2 for 3 today Amos is ready Here's the 2-2 offering Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Potpie hits it into the hole on the right side Lajoie ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Potpie is out by a step at first That's all for the All Stars After 6 innings in FOFC this evening, The score is tied at 6 Bresnahan is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Bresnahan is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .275 on the year Bresnahan, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Fozborg Fozborg's into the windup... the delivery Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Late 20th and Negro League I are all knotted at 1 Left Outs is on top of Negro League II 7 to 5 Pennock battling Manning AL Pre WWII is edging Japanese League 2 to 1 Dead Ball Era is edging NL Post WWII 4 to 3 NL Pre WWII is embarrassing Caribbean 8 to 0 Rixey enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead AL Post WWII is edging Old Timers 1 to 0 Amos Rusie will face Fozborg Righty against righty Rusie is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Amos is set for the pitch Fozborg goes into his windup And here's the 2-2 offering Struck him out on a fastball Rusie goes down swinging Two down Fozborg retires the first two Turn of Century batters Walking up to the plate now is Burkett Wee Willie Keeler waits on deck Against righthanders Burkett is hitting .333 Fozborg looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Fozborg kicks and fires A hanging curve... Burkett laces it hard just to the right of Nights He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Jesse... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Here's Wee Willie Keeler Wee Willie is 8th in the league in batting with a .336 average Wee Willie steadies his bat And waits patiently for Fozborg's pitch Here's the 3-1 offering Keeler chases the sinker... Lines a hit into left... Burkett's not slowing at all Rounds second heading to third... Ton throws in to Blade covering second... Burkett is in at third without a play Joe Kelley, the Turn of Century third baseman, steps into the batter's box The score is tied at 6 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Kelley has hit 5 triples this year Full count on the batter, 3-2 Hunter checks the runners He quick pitches Kelley... and it's in there Strike three That ends the inning for Turn of Century FOFC has 6 runs, 11 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 6 runs, 12 hits and one error Turn of Century has now stranded 12 baserunners It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The All Stars will get their licks here in the bottom of the 7th K. A. Ton, Gerald Gazelle, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler are scheduled to face Turn of Century righthander Amos Rusie Here's Ton stepping in... Ton is 1 for 1 today Amos Rusie 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 There's a line drive in the gap by Ton That looks like an easy two-bagger Hugh Duffy dives to get the ball And fires it in to second Ton has himself a double Gazelle moseys up to the plate Persimmon Pflaggstettler is heading for the on-deck circle Gazelle has hit 25 home runs this year Rusie is slow to get ready He has a 3.75 ERA this year Now he's ready Here's his delivery Fastball, belt high, away... Gazelle goes after it... There's a fly ball to Keeler Keeler is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run One down for FOFC Persimmon Pflaggstettler is still in the on-deck circle and Harry Hays is looking for a bat in the dugout Rusie looks down at Pflaggstettler as he steps in Persimmon is ready to go Pflaggstettler has 19 doubles this year Pflaggstettler is set Rusie brings it to the plate A high pop-up to short Wagner is under it... He backpedals Got it just in fair territory Fake pump towards second Ton gets back to the bag Two gone for FOFC Bresnahan heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Hays. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are issuing a free pass to Hays Bresnahan holds out his glove That's ball four Nights steps in to face Rusie 2 on, 2 outs here in the last half of the 7th Two men on, two men out Rusie wastes no time He has the sign from Bresnahan Rusie rocks and fires Grounded towards the hole Fielded nicely by Wagner Tosses to second He's out Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Hays, is out That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 47054 Nap Lajoie, Honus Wagner, and Jake Beckley are due up Lajoie is batting .380 with 16 round trippers in 1900 The bat is cocked The righthander delivers It's a smash over third Palmer leaps Just over his outstretched glove Lajoie makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Lajoie takes his lead from first... He's challenging Hunter's pickoff move Lajoie is held closely by Hunter Wagner fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on "The Flying Dutchman" will be up next Honus looks at the sign from the coach at third Dode Criss flashes a series of them... Now Wagner taps the bat on home plate Right-hander Hunter eyes the righty Wagner Hunter brings it to the plate Base hit to center for Wagner Dode Criss puts up the stop sign... Lajoie will stay at second Beckley squares to bunt It's dribbled down the third base line Palmer bare hands it... Sidearm toss to first... Just in time! Nice play by Palmer to get Beckley Jake's typically great bunt almost ended up a hit! One down, two to go... Owen Hunter has to bear down now They are going to put Duffy on Duffy takes ball four First base coach Ray Chapman wants a word with Duffy... Now we're all set to go... Roger Bresnahan steps in Roger is hitting at .274 on the year He has 78 hits in 285 at bats This includes 12 doubles, 3 triples 4 home runs and 31 RBI's Bresnahan gets set for the pitch Turn of Century has the bases loaded Hunter is taking a little extra time out there Hunter looks at all the runners A 3-0 count Here's the pitch Bresnahan flies out to left Dode Criss is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Lajoie scores! Rusie steps in Two out, Duffy at first, Wagner at second Stepping out, Rusie looks into the dugout Steps back in Rusie is ready Now to the belt, here it is... Grounded towards the bag Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 Three down for Turn of Century Still a 1 run deficit for FOFC Let me point out that coming in to today's game Turn of Century is 24 and 25 in one run games FOFC has a 28 and 14 record in these tight contests Palmer saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Palmer has hit 6 home runs this year Amos Rusie on in relief of Rube Waddell Amos rocks and fires Ball four is the call Rusie can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Rusie Palmer takes first base FOFC second baseman, Barrett Blade, will be up next He will be followed by Owen Hunter One on... no one out Turn of Century leads FOFC by 1 run Palmer takes his lead Rusie looks down at Bresnahan for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Here comes the cripple pitch A low change-up by Rusie... Blade chases it... Manages a slow bouncer to Kelley... He takes it, tosses it to Lajoie... Getting the force on Palmer The relay back to first... Not in time... Blade beats the throw by a step One away in the bottom of the 8th for FOFC David Gonzalez steps into the box Gonzalez, a lefthand hitter stands ready He's hitting .298 currently He was practicing hitting to leftfield earlier today in batting practice David steadies his bat Waits patiently for Rusie's pitch Rusie goes into his stretch... Looks over at Blade Fires to Beckley... Blade is back easily... We're ready again Now Rusie comes home It goes wide, and off the mitt of Bresnahan It rolls a few feet away And Blade decides to go for second He's safe It's a passed ball David Gonzalez steps into the box Bresnahan flashes the sign... Rusie shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The pitch is on the way Base hit to center for Gonzalez Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Blade scores! Trailing runner advances. There is going to be a pitching change Amos Rusie will head to the dugout as Vic Willis will come on here in the bottom of the 8th Willis has appeared in 33 games His record is 9-6 with a 3.92 ERA over 44 innings The All Stars' first baseman is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 1 out Potpie looks for a sign from third Dick Howser delivers it to Jeeberoni Jeeberoni is 2 for 4 today grounded out his last at bat Potpie is waiting on the pitch It's coming down the pike Curveball, in and low Potpie hits it to Beckley 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 Gonzalez is now perched over at third Two down Bresnahan asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bresnahan and Willis We're all tied up at 7, two outs Ton is up to see what he can do Willis has the sign from Bresnahan Willis brings it to the plate Ton swings and lifts one toward center Duffy drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... We head to the 9th... The scored is tied, 7-all Here's Burkett to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard These scores are final... Negro League I nipped Late 20th 4 to 3 Negro League II edged out Left Outs 8 to 7 AL Pre WWII nipped Japanese League 4 to 3 NL Post WWII squeezed by Dead Ball Era 6 to 4 Banks has hit his 41st homerun for NL Post WWII NL Pre WWII man-handled Caribbean 10 to 1 Hornsby has hit his 19th homerun for NL Pre WWII AL Post WWII nipped Old Timers 3 to 2 Burkett is 1 for 5 today Jesse singled last time around Jesse seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Now Bo delivers Grounded towards first Gonzalez grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG OUT! One away Wee Willie Keeler, a fine hitter, is due up next Joe Kelley will follow And the batter is Wee Willie Keeler Joe Kelley is on-deck Wee Willie steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Keeler is 3 for 5 today He singled last time up Keeler readies himself for the pitch The southpaw Knowles delivers the 0-2 pitch Keeler rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Gonzalez spears it! A shot hit right on the screws but right at the FOFC first baseman Two down Up now for Turn of Century is Kelley Two away, nobody on Against lefthanders Kelley is hitting .292 this season Knowles is on the third-base side of the rubber... The lefthander delivers The pitch is just inside and Kelley holds up Hays points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Joe trots down to first... ball four Kelley a few feet off the bag at first Curve, inside corner... Kelley's on his way to second! He couldn't resist after getting a very nice lead Hays up quickly and throwing... It's way over the head of shortstop, Nights... Blade takes it, however, backing up the play... Kelley has himself an easy stolen base Nap Lajoie steps into the box Nap is batting .381 with 16 home runs on the season He is 2 for 4 today Waiting for the pitch is Lajoie The lefty Knowles delivers Stroked to third Clean single for Lajoie Turn of Century will take the lead Turn of Century leads 8 to 7 Wagner gets set at the plate Wagner grips the bat handle Bo looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Bo comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Wagner drives the ball to left for extra bases Dode Criss is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Turn of Century... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... All runners are safe! Double for Wagner Beckley finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Beckley is 0 for 4 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Gonzalez is kicking the dirt at first Palmer is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Beckley is set for the pitch Wagner is dancing off third Knowles is ignoring him Here's the pitch Lined to center... And it will drop in for a base hit Hugh Duffy moves in to face Knowles 1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 9th Duffy is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Hugh certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Knowles earn his salary Hays flashes the sign... Knowles waves it off... Now he's happy The southpaw's 1-1 delivery Base hit to center for Duffy Dode Criss puts up the stop sign... Beckley will stay at second Roger Bresnahan is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Bresnahan has a .255 average against righthanders this season Rodney tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Rodney brings it home There's a long drive... Its' way back there... K. A. Ton is at the wall... (Possible HR or Out Fielding ability: Average,) He's jumping for it... He's got it!!! What a great play by Ton! Here's the center fielder Gazelle To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler And then Harry Hays Gazelle is batting .274 with 25 homers this year Willis is on the first-base side of the rubber... Here's the 2 strike pitch Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Gazelle swings way over it He was fooled completely Bresnahan loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Gerald as he was heading for the dugout With one gone FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Next up for FOFC is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler gets set He's 0 for 1 so far Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch Now Vic delivers Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Burkett And he pulls it in That's two away Wagner comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Willis Harry Hays will be next up... Hays walks from the on deck circle Now he steps into the batter's box Turn of Century ahead 10 to 7 Hays is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a fine .341 for FOFC He also has has contributed with 39 runs 6 doubles, 3 triples and 12 home runs Hays waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Righthander Willis' delivery Fastball... Swung on... Lined to left... Single for Hays HE TRIPS OVER THE BAG AT FIRST!! The throw to first... He manages to scramble back safely... Hays' not getting up Joe Adcock, the first base coach is calling for help Here comes the trainer, Tay Pemup... They are looking at his ankle... Now he's on his feet, walking a bit Looks like he'll be OK, at least for now Give him a single on the play Jeff Nights, will be up next Deacon Palmer hopes to get a chance as well One on... two away Turn of Century leads FOFC by 3 runs Nights is at .277 on the season Nights awaits the pitch Willis goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Hays He lobs one to Beckley... Hays is back easily... We're ready again Now Willis comes home Swung on and missed... Nights is down on strikes And that will do it for FOFC Turn of Century wins 10 to 7 Willis gets credit for the win Knowles takes the loss The hitting star for Turn of Century was Nap Lajoie He was 3 for 5 with a homerun He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Turn of Century Centurions At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/10/1900 |
8/11 Radio Broadcast - Game 126
The pre-game ceremonies are over and we're ready to get this one going Hugh Duffy strides to the plate... I think we're ready... Mighty's finishing his warm-up tosses It will be lefty versus righty Duffy is hitting .209 against southpaws Time for you to relax... So sit back, put your feet up and let Benton Breeze and Connie Mack do the worrying for you... Here's the windup... and the pitch Over the outside corner Duffy hits the curve right to third... Palmer takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Duffy is out by a couple of steps So one up and one gone Now getting set at the plate is Keeler Turn of Century would like him to get on He can really motor Keeler grips the bat handle After getting set, Keeler waits on the pitch The southpaw delivers 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! That's the second out of the inning Kelley is up now for Turn of Century Time is called... Kelley has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Kelley waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Mighty's 3-2 pitch... Fly ball to left Gunner is under it He makes the grab That's out number three A perfect inning for Mighty here in the top of the 1st Turn of Century has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively The ball hawks from left to right Crawford in left... Duffy in center... And Keeler in right The infield, third to first Collins will play the hot corner Jennings is at short Over at second, Lajoie and at first base Kelley Mathewson gets the nod as starter Behind the dish is Bresnahan FOFC second baseman, Barrett Blade, will lead off Blade can't seem to get settled at the plate He's ready for the delivery The righthander delivers Slow ground ball Jennings is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT With one down, up next is A. J. Tucker To be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler Tucker is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Tucker is hitting .282 against righties Tucker is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mathewson He's waiting for the pitch Here's the 3-2 offering Baltimore chop Into left for a single! Persimmon Pflaggstettler is advancing to the plate No score as yet in the early going Turn of Century is set up for two Mathewson wastes no time He has the sign from Bresnahan Mathewson brings it to the plate Pflaggstettler sends a scorcher to short Jennings takes it on one hop Fires to Lajoie for one Back to Kelley for the double play! Here's the second baseman Lajoie To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Sam Crawford And then Jimmy Collins Lajoie has a .383 average against lefties Nap seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Now to the belt, here it is... Curve ball... Lajoie 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 Negro League I is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 Left Outs is edging Negro League II 1 to 0 AL Pre WWII with the lead over Japanese League 3 to 0 Mays comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era and NL Post WWII have yet to score Caribbean is in front of NL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Cepeda has hit his 19th homerun for Caribbean AL Post WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0 Mantle has hit his 38th homerun for AL Post WWII And right here in FOFC No score Crawford moseys up to the plate Jimmy Collins is heading for the on-deck circle Mighty studies his sign Mighty leans back and fires It's a smash over third Palmer leaps Just over his outstretched glove Crawford makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly That will bring up third baseman, Jimmy Collins Jimmy is hitting at .256 on the year He has 57 hits in 223 at bats This includes 8 doubles, 3 triples 5 home runs and 26 RBI's Collins waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Now the delivery, here is is... Ground ball to third Palmer comes up with it He tosses it to second... Gets the force Roger Bresnahan steps into the box Bresnahan swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Mighty Roger stands with bat ready Mighty goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Collins He lobs one to Potpie... Collins is back easily... We're ready again Now Mighty comes home It's low and it gets away from Hays! It's rolling to the backstop Now Hays has it too late, the damage is done. It's scored a wild pitch. Collins takes second Roger Bresnahan steps into the box Bresnahan needs to get on... He has a .390 on base percentage Roger is set for the pitch The pitch is on the way Bresnahan smacks a fly to center Tucker is waiting on it Pounds his mitt A. J. takes it in That retires the side... Bresnahan fails to come through in the clutch For Turn of Century, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Jeeberoni Potpie stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Potpie swinging from the right side facing the righty Mathewson Mathewson rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Now Christy delivers Potpie hits a three hopper towards Nap Lajoie Lajoie scoops it and fires it to first for the out One out Due up next is Harry Hays FOFC catcher, Harry Hays, is up next Hays is hitting .344 with 12 homeruns Harry also has 6 doubles and 3 triples And has driven in a total of 38 runs Mathewson shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Christy has a fine array of pitches including a fade-away pitch! Righthander Mathewson's delivery Harry raps a high bouncer toward third Collins snatches it on the third hop Overhands one to first Easy out Two up, two down for the All Stars We're in the bottom of the 2nd With two out Batting for FOFC now is Gunner Mathewson has the sign he wants Mathewson brings it to the plate Comebacker, right to Mathewson Over to Kelley for the easy out That's all for the All Stars... After 2 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, Scoreless game Turn of Century will send Jennings, Christy Mathewson, and Hugh Duffy to face Al Mighty this inning Jennings scuffs up the lines around the box Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The kick and the pitch Strike three swinging... Now that is something you don't see very often Jennings rarely ever strikes out But Mighty got him that time! Turn of Century with one away Mighty steps off the mound as he waits for Christy Mathewson to come to the plate And it brings up Christy Mathewson On deck is Hugh Duffy Wee Willie Keeler in the hole Mathewson is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Mathewson gets ready for Mighty's pitch His bat is cocked Here's the southpaw's delivery Punched just up the first base line... Hays is out quickly and makes the play to first 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 Now here's Duffy Duffy 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 He's ready Al rocks and fires The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Duffy held up, and draws a walk Mighty isn't happy at all with that call Duffy sneaks away from the base Keeler takes the low fastball Duffy breaks for second! Hays up from his crouch, firing down... And the throw sails into the outfield! Hays overdid it on those Wheaties this morning! Wee Willie Keeler steps into the box Keeler swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Mighty Keeler gets set for the pitch The pitch on the way, here it is... Keeler hits a fastball off the handle It's popped weakly to short Nights doesn't have to move One hands it Wee Willie rubs his right hand as he heads for the dugout That one had to sting That's all for Turn of Century After 2 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, Scoreless game Deacon Palmer will get things started for FOFC He'll be followed by Jeff Nights and Al Mighty If any of them get on, lead-off hitter, Barrett Blade, will step in Now Palmer approaches home plate So far this season Palmer is hitting .290 when facing righthanded pitching Palmer cocks his bat Mathewson brings it to the plate Palmer pops one straight up And it will be Jennings making the play One away in the bottom of the 3rd for FOFC Jeff Nights will face Mathewson Righty against righty Stepping in and then stepping out again Nights looks to third for a sign Christy looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Mathewson brings it to the plate Nights swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mathewson strikes out Jeff Nights Two down Mathewson retires the first two FOFC batters Next up for the All Stars is Al Mighty Mathewson steps on the rubber The righthander Mathewson's delivery Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 112 on the season for Mathewson That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Turn of Century will send Kelley, Nap Lajoie, and Sam Crawford to face Al Mighty this inning Kelley has managed a .290 average against lefthanders this year Al Mighty 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 Mighty In the dirt And Kelley holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Lajoie heads to the plate for Turn of Century The infield is at regular depth Lajoie digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mighty Hays flashes the sign... Mighty waves it off... Now he's happy The lefthander Mighty delivers Curve painting the inside corner Swung on... Bounced right to the mound Fielded, the throw to 2nd... They get the force for the out One down for Turn of Century Sam Crawford is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Turn of Century One away, Lajoie at first Crawford is coming to the plate FOFC is set up for two Mighty fidgets with the resin bag Lajoie just stares at him, confidently The pitch is on the way Base hit to left for Crawford Lajoie is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Crawford at first Here's Jimmy Collins FOFC looking for two Collins is at .254 on the season Mighty is happy with the sign Mighty kicks and fires Bouncer in the hole and past Blade into right field An opposite field hit! Lajoie scores the game's first run as Crawford takes third Planting his right foot Bresnahan is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Bresnahan Bresnahan is batting .272 with 4 HR's this year Mighty squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Mighty checks the runners at first and third Crawford bluffs a move toward home Mighty doesn't flinch Here's the 2-1 offering Bresnahan drives the ball to center for extra bases Crawford scores Dode Criss will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by Turn of Century... It's cut-off The run scores Here's the play on the trail runner... Bresnahan is out trying for third! Double for Bresnahan Making his way up is Jennings He looks to third first Now he steps in The corners are playing in Jennings is taking his practice swings Hughie is 0 for 1 this afternoon All set, Jennings is ready for the pitch And the lefthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Jennings lays one down to the left of the mound Mighty and Hays are after it Mighty has it Over to first Just in time! Close, but Jennings couldn't beat that one out Barrett Blade will step into the box to start the inning FOFC would like to get some runners on board Barrett is hitting at .261 on the year He has 92 hits in 353 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter has scored 53 runs this year Mathewson has the sign from Bresnahan Here's the righthander's delivery Blade is hit! That ball hit him on the arm Barrett is squeezing his elbow The trainer, Tay Pemup is out to check him He'll stay in He gets a nice round of applause He heads to first Tucker departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate FOFC trails by 3 runs We're in the bottom of the 4th A. J. looks down at the third base coach He gets the sign from Dick Howser Blade takes his lead A. J. waits... He steps out as Mathewson takes too long Now he's back in the box He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Blade dives back in!... SAFE! Kelley tosses it back to Mathewson Now here's the pitch Tucker rips a line shot to the second baseman OUT! Lajoie didn't have to move! One blink and that would have been past him! Blade stays put One gone for FOFC Pflaggstettler up The All Stars have Blade on first Pflaggstettler goes through his routine of settling in Persimmon steadies his bat Waits patiently for Mathewson's pitch The righthander Mathewson delivers Swung on and popped up back of first Lajoie is running after it... Kelley is backpedaling... Watch out!... They almost collided! And the ball drops free just beyond the dugout A lack of communication cost Turn of Century there . . . Pflaggstettler back in the box And here comes the next pitch Pflaggstettler watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Persimmon, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Mathewson just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate Turn of Century ahead 3 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Negro League I is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 Negro League II is edging Left Outs 2 to 1 Robinson has hit his 17th homerun for Left Outs AL Pre WWII is crushing Japanese League 10 to 0 Dead Ball Era is on top of NL Post WWII 2 to 0 NL Pre WWII leads Caribbean 4 to 3 Old Timers is on top of AL Post WWII 3 to 1 Mantle has hit his 38th homerun for AL Post WWII Quite a year for the slugger Coming to the plate is Potpie Blade's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Mathewson Potpie steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Jeeberoni is ready for the delivery It's coming down the pike Curve ball... Low and away... Potpie reaches for it... Pops it straight up Two players have a chance for it And it will be Jennings making the play We head to the 5th... The score is still Turn of Century 3, All Stars 0 Christy Mathewson to lead it off for Turn of Century Hays flashes the sign... Mighty shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Now ready, here it is... Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Mathewson So one up and one gone Settling in at the plate is Duffy Duffy has 18 doubles this year The bat is cocked The lefthander delivers Sinking fastball... Duffy 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 Keeler coming up for Turn of Century Nobody on, two away Left-hander Al Mighty prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Keeler The lefty Mighty delivers Keeler rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Palmer spears it! A shot right at the FOFC third baseman Piece of cake! That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 3-0, Turn of Century Here's Harry Hays leading off Stan Gunner is on deck And Deacon Palmer is in the hole Hays has hit 12 home runs this year Mathewson is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Mathewson looks in... Now he's ready Here's the 2 strike offering Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Hays! One down for FOFC Stan Gunner is still in the on-deck circle and Deacon Palmer is looking for a bat in the dugout Facing Mathewson now is Gunner Deacon Palmer heads to the on deck circle Jeff Nights waits in the hole Watching Mathewson, Gunner wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Mathewson eyes Gunner intently Mathewson rocks and fires Gunner checks his swing WAIT The home plate ump is pointing towards first base He's ruling the pitch touched the uniform of Gunner Gunner is awarded first base That'll bring up Deacon Palmer Turn of Century leads by a 3-run margin We're in the bottom of the 5th Palmer is hitting .289 against righthanders Palmer is ready Mathewson checks Gunner on first... The 1-1 delivery A low change-up by Mathewson... Palmer chases it... Manages a slow bouncer to Collins... He takes it, tosses it to Lajoie... Getting the force on Gunner The relay back to first... Not in time... Palmer beats the throw by a step Turn of Century leads 3 to 0 with two away this inning Nights is ready to bat On first is Palmer He's not known for his speed Mathewson looks down at Bresnahan for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants He brings it home Bounding ball to short Jennings comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 5 innings, Turn of Century has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and one error FOFC has left 1 on base Turn of Century has stranded 2 |
8/11 Radio Broadcast Continued
The big guns are due up for Turn of Century Kelley will lead it off He will be followed by Nap Lajoie and Sam Crawford And Al studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it The 2-2 offering... Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Kelley hits it into the hole on the right side Blade ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Kelley is out by a step at first One away Nap Lajoie, a fine hitter, is due up next Sam Crawford will follow Lajoie finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Lajoie is 0 for 2 today Mighty ready quickly, looks in for the sign Mighty goes into his windup Kicks his right leg high... There's a hard bouncer to Palmer's left He's over... Makes the pick-up... Over to Potpie... Lajoie is out! A sparkling glove hand pick-up by Deacon Palmer! And there's two away Sam Crawford plants his left foot The lefthanded left fielder for Turn of Century appears set Crawford gets set He's 2 for 2 so far Crawford tells the umpire he's ready Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Mighty The delivery Pounded on the ground to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 The Centurions go down in order, 1-2-3 After 5 and a half innings, Turn of Century ahead 3 to 0 Starting the bottom of the 6th for FOFC is Treacy Treacy is at .261 on the season Treacy waits for the delivery Now Christy delivers Fly ball to right Keeler is under it He makes the grab Mathewson gets the first out in the inning Barrett Blade steps in now for the All Stars The Centurions lead in this one, 3-zip Mathewson looks down at Bresnahan for the sign Now he's ready... The windup, the pitch Blade hits a deep fly ball into the alley Hugh Duffy chases it down But the ball hits the base of the wall Duffy hits the wall and falls to the ground Blade is into third with a triple Now they check on Duffy He's okay That ball hit right at the base of the fence 399 feet from home plate A. J. Tucker, the center fielder, strides to the plate Tucker digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Mathewson Tucker waits patiently The pitch to Tucker... Swung on and missed by Tucker, he's down on strikes Two gone for FOFC Slowly coming up is Pflaggstettler for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box Turn of Century ahead 3 to 0 Pflaggstettler has hit 21 home runs this year Mathewson likes the sign "Big Six" lets loose with the 2-1 pitch... Pflaggstettler swings and lifts one toward right Keeler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That retires the side... Persimmon Pflaggstettler fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Collins 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 Collins is one of the best hitters around Fozborg steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Here's the 1-1 pitch There's a fly ball to A. J. Tucker Tucker circles under it... He makes the play And there's one away With Hughie Jennings on deck Batting now for Turn of Century is Bresnahan Bresnahan has a .254 average against righthanders this season Waiting for the pitch is Bresnahan Fozborg winds and delivers Bresnahan really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Tucker was positioned well and has a shot at it He is still running... At the fence... He dives for it... OUT!!! Two men gone, nobody on Turn of Century leads by 3 Up now for Turn of Century is Jennings Two away, nobody on Fozborg has the sign from Hays Fozborg's righthanded delivery... It hits Jennings on the elbow Jennings throws the bat away and sprints to first base Christy Mathewson steps into the box Mathewson wiggles the bat above his head Mathewson waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's his delivery It gets past Hays! It's scored a wild pitch. The pitch didn't look that bad Fozborg must have crossed him up! Jennings takes second Christy Mathewson steps into the box We'll see how they pitch to Mathewson Mathewson awaits the delivery Now Sirr delivers That one is a grass cutter towards short Nights fronts it... OOPS! It takes a big hop! Jeff manages to come up with it on the heel of his glove Rolls the ball into his free hand On to first It is off target... Potpie one hops it into his glove Out! Potpie can't get out of the way and Christy runs right into him Nice play as that ball was thrown on the rightfield side of the bag Lucky the collision didn't hurt anyone That ends the top of the 7th No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base After 6 and a half innings, Turn of Century leads by 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Power hitting Jeeberoni Potpie will lead off FOFC's clean-up hitter will see what he can do against Turn of Century's Christy Mathewson Potpie is hitting .282 against righties Potpie is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly The righthander Mathewson's delivery Potpie cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bresnahan Potpie was badly fooled by Mathewson's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Jeeberoni was a little overanxious One gone for FOFC Hays is up now for FOFC Hays is 0 for 2 today The righthander pitching to Hays... A righthanded batter Righties have a .253 average against Christy And the cripple pitch... Routine grounder to second Lajoie scoops it up Over to first for the out That's two down for Mathewson FOFC will need to do better than that They are running out of time Stan Gunner will get a crack at Mathewson next Deacon Palmer would be up next... But only if Gunner can reach safely Gunner is batting .261 with 14 round trippers in 1900 Stan is ready for the delivery Here's the pitch Mathewson misses low on that one Gunner draws the walk Number 1 today by Mathewson Palmer gets set at the plate Palmer steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Mathewson's is working on a shutout here at FOFC Stadium this afternoon He is throwing as hard now as when the game started Righthander Mathewson's delivery Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Palmer is outta there That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 50105 Hugh Duffy, Wee Willie Keeler, and Joe Kelley are due up for the Centurions Turn of Century leads, 3-0 Duffy has hit 5 home runs this year Fozborg is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Fozborg gets the sign from Hays Sirr winds... kicks... and delivers There's a base hit towards Stan Gunner Hugh Duffy decides to go for two Much to the surprise of Gunner Here's the throw to second SAFE, Duffy just beats the tag That's 19 doubles on the year for Duffy That'll bring up Centurions' right fielder Wee Willie Keeler... Turn of Century with a man in scoring position at second Duffy is on second, nobody out Hays flashes the sign... Fozborg waves it off... Now he's happy The righthander delivers Keeler smacks a fly to center Tucker is waiting on it Pounds his mitt A. J. takes it in And there's one away Kelley, Turn of Century's first baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Nap Lajoie waits on deck One out, man on second Sirr Fozborg on in relief for the All Stars We're in the top of the 8th Fozborg's righthanded delivery... Struck him out on a terrible pitch That bounced in front of the plate! and Kelley couldn't hold up his swing! Almost broke his back trying though... Two down Larry is now coming to bat The outfield shades towards left for Lajoie Lajoie is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Fozborg He's waiting for the pitch Fozborg brings it to the plate It's in on the wrists Nap tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... No, my mistake The umpire was signaling strike three That's 2 strike outs for Lajoie today That's it for Turn of Century Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 and a half innings, Turn of Century has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and one error Turn of Century has left 4 on base FOFC has stranded 4 The shortstop Nights will start things off for the All Stars Nights has hit 14 home runs this year Mathewson rubbing the ball... has a chance to improve his record to 12-10 with a win It's coming down the pike Nights pounds a grounder toward Jennings at short Hughie moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Jennings stayed with it Over to first and Nights is retired Nice play by the Turn of Century short stop One up, one down One out, nobody on base David Gonzalez is the batter Gonzalez steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Mathewson shakes off two signs Now he's ready Way ahead in the count Mathewson turns the 0-2 pitch loose And Gonzalez will sit down... strike three called That's two away Blade leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Blade is one of the best hitters around Mathewson has the sign from Bresnahan And the righthander starts to work on Blade Here comes the pitch Pounded on the ground to the mound Mathewson grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 Three down in the 8th for FOFC 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 Here's the left fielder Crawford To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jimmy Collins And then Roger Bresnahan James peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Here's the windup... and the pitch Sinking fastball... Crawford swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One away here in the top of the 9th Turn of Century ahead 3 to 0 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard These scores are final... Negro League I toppled Late 20th 4 to 0 Paige the winner, he's now 14-9 Martinez takes the loss, his record drops to 6-8 Left Outs squeezed by Negro League II 8 to 6 Goslin has hit his 25th homerun for Left Outs AL Pre WWII humbled Japanese League 17 to 3 Lazzeri has hit his 3rd homerun for AL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era ripped NL Post WWII 7 to 1 Gibson takes the loss, his record drops to 9-6 Walsh the winner, he's now 10-14 NL Pre WWII nipped Caribbean 4 to 3 Old Timers edged out AL Post WWII 3 to 2 So that brings up Jimmy Collins the Turn of Century third baseman Collins is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Hays flashes the sign... Rodney shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Rodney fires Curve in the dirt... and Collins 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 Collins went around Strike three, swinging One more chance for Turn of Century this inning Bresnahan finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box James Rodney steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The righthander Rodney delivers The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Bresnahan swung, that's strike three Bresnahan isn't happy at all with that call That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century So After 8 and a half innings Turn of Century has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and one error Turn of Century has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 FOFC's center fielder, Tucker, will lead off the inning Christy Mathewson has been tough He's got a shutout going Turn of Century leads 3 to nothing Tucker is taking his practice swings A. J. is 1 for 3 this afternoon A. J. steadies his bat And waits patiently for Mathewson's pitch Here comes the cripple pitch Grounded towards first Kelley grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG SAFE! First base coach Joe Adcock wants a word with Tucker... Now we're all set to go... Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps in Pflaggstettler checks for the sign Mathewson looks down at Bresnahan for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Mathewson quick pitches the 0-2 offering Pflaggstettler drives one into right Wee Willie Keeler sprints over to make the play With one down Kelley yells something out to Mathewson Christy nods his head Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box Potpie goes through his routine of settling in Potpie concentrates He holds the bat down on the end Mathewson kicks and fires It's in the dirt and bounces away Tucker heads to second And he'll make it on the wild pitch Jeeberoni Potpie steps into the box Potpie a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Mathewson Mathewson is working on a shutout He's yielded 3 hits so far Christy rocks and fires WATCH OUT! Mathewson has hit Potpie! That'll bring up catcher Harry Hays... Turn of Century out in front by 3 We're in the bottom of the 9th 1st and 2nd, one man down Christy Mathewson is shooting for victory number 12 A check on the runners... the pitch STRIKE THREE... Change of pace Hays is way out in front swinging Number 9 so far today for Mathewson That's out number two Centurions' pitching coach, Will Bill Donovan, is out to talk with Mathewson Looks like he wants to go over something with him Walking up to the plate now is Gunner Deacon Palmer waits on deck Gunner is batting .261 with 14 homers this year Stan is eagerly awaiting Mathewson's pitch Mathewson checks the runners Fastball... just outside And Gunner will take first on the walk Everybody will move up a base... Bases are loaded, with Deacon Palmer due up That'll bring up Deacon Palmer Jeff Nights will follow if Palmer gets aboard Bresnahan is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Mathewson's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Palmer steps into the box Stepping out, Palmer looks into the dugout Steps back in Deacon is set for the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Christy Mathewson here this afternoon And that will do it for FOFC Turn of Century wins 3 to 0 Mathewson gets credit for the win He threw a shut-out at them Mighty takes the loss The hitting star for Turn of Century was Roger Bresnahan He was 1 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
8/11 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Turn of Century Centurions At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/11/1900 |
8/12 Radio Broadcast - Game 127
I see by the clock that we're ready to go here in FOFC Duffy steps in to start things off for Turn of Century Let's set the FOFC defense for you Battery mates are Williams and Hays Covering the corners at first and third Will be Potpie and Palmer The keystone combo has Blade at second And Nights playing short In the outfield From left to right Its Ton, Tucker and Pflaggstettler Now Duffy steps into the batter's box This game's about to begin Duffy finishes his stretching Let's play some ball... Williams goes into his windup Here it comes The pitch is just inside and Duffy holds up Hays points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Hugh trots down to first... ball four Duffy watches Williams move... He's moving away from the bag The runner can't seem to get a good lead Jesse Burkett coming up No score... The ballgame is just under way John is ready He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Duffy dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch Base hit to center for Burkett Third base coach Dode Criss is motioning Duffy to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Burkett at first So with 2 on and no outs the Centurions send their first baseman, Joe Kelley, up to face Williams Good-hitting Nap Lajoie is waiting in the on-deck circle Kelley has 25 doubles this year Hays flashes the sign... Williams shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Here's the 3-0 offering Base hit to left for Kelley Duffy scores Third base coach Dode Criss doesn't want to gamble Nothing ventured, nothing gained... Burkett will stay at second Nap Lajoie steps into the box Lajoie is hitting .379 with 16 homeruns Nap also has 25 doubles and 7 triples And has driven in a total of 88 runs Nap is eagerly awaiting Williams' pitch Williams looks over at Kelley... Now back at Burkett... He's coming home with it It's low and it gets away from Hays! It's rolling to the backstop Now Hays has it too late, the damage is done. It's scored a passed ball. Nap Lajoie steps into the box Lajoie is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Williams fires Swung on and rocked toward Jeff Nights He leaps in the air... Just out of his reach! The runners are on the move The throw comes in quickly Kelley will have to hold at third But Burkett scores on that hot shot! Honus Wagner steps in Lajoie at first, Kelley at third, no one out Runners at the corners Williams tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Now ready, here it is... Bounced past the mound Great pickup by Nights Throw to second for one Over to first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Kelley scores from third! The runner on first, Lajoie, is out One gone for Turn of Century Taking his lead is Wagner Williams tries to pick the runner... Wait a minute ... What's going on? A balk has been called! Williams must have done something wrong The ump caught him in the act! Wagner takes his lead... He appears to be challenging Williams The runner unable to take a big lead Williams keeps looking him back Sam Crawford steps into the box Williams is slow to get ready He has a 3.93 ERA this year Now he's ready Williams brings it to the plate There's the heater... Strike three swinging! Crawford will take his seat FOFC gets the second out of the inning Collins now at the plate Roger Bresnahan waits on deck Watching Williams, Collins wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch 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 Williams' delivery Big motion... Collins is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Williams pulled the string on him That's three outs, side retired Blade saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Blade has hit 3 home runs this year Rusie making his 23rd start of the season The righthander Rusie's delivery Blade hits a three hopper towards Amos Rusie Rusie scoops it and fires it to first for the out Rusie retires the first batter to face him in the bottom of the 1st A. J. Tucker is up to face Amos Rusie He told me in the pregame show That he was seeing the ball very good in practice Tucker scuffs up the lines around the box Tucker waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled And now the pitch... It's a high fly into center Duffy ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out Two down Persimmon Pflaggstettler is coming to the plate Persimmon Pflaggstettler is hitting .310 this year against righthanded pitchers Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Here's his delivery Checked swing Slow bouncer toward short Wagner scrambles in Picks it up Flicks it quickly to Kelley SAFE! Who shot Persimmon out of a cannon?! Potpie moseys up to the plate K. A. Ton is heading for the on-deck circle Potpie wiggles the bat above his head Waiting for the pitch is Potpie The stretch... the 1-0 delivery A slider by Rusie Potpie gets good wood on it... Duffy back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Amos Rusie holds the All Stars scoreless in the first Bresnahan saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Bresnahan is batting .272 with 4 HR's this year Williams has the sign he wants Williams rocks and fires Bresnahan 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 Rusie fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Rusie squares Rusie bunts it foul for the third strike... That's a strikeout! Williams glares in at Duffy as he steps in Now he's ready to go Duffy is batting .273 with 5 HR's this year Williams is making his 24th start of the season Williams goes into his stretch... Looks over at Bresnahan Fires to Potpie... Bresnahan is back easily... We're ready again Now Williams comes home A low change-up by Williams... Duffy chases it... Manages a slow bouncer to Nights... He takes it, tosses it to Blade... Getting the force on Bresnahan The relay back to first... Not in time... Duffy beats the throw by a step FOFC gets the second out of the inning Duffy sneaks away from the base Duffy held closely by Williams The right fielder, Jesse Burkett, is up next John looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The lefthander Williams delivers Burkett laces a hit into the outfield A. J. Tucker picks it up Fires it to the infield Burkett holds with a single So with 2 on and 2 outs Turn of Century sends their first baseman, Joe Kelley, up to face Williams Hard-hitting Nap Lajoie is walking towards the on-deck circle Joe is batting .314 with 7 home runs on the season He is 1 for 1 today Williams is happy with the sign The pitch is on the way He rips a grounder to short Nights grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side... Kelley fails to come through in the clutch For Turn of Century, No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Ton steps to the plate It's the bottom of the 2nd here at FOFC Stadium Turn of Century leads 3 to 0 Ton is hitting .304 against righties Ton readies himself for the pitch Way ahead in the count Rusie turns the 0-2 pitch loose Ton takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Ton can't believe it and says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Rusie While we wait for Deacon Palmer to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard Late 20th is on top of Negro League I 2 to 0 Left Outs and Negro League II are all knotted at 1 Beckwith has hit his 25th homerun for Negro League II Japanese League slipping by AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 NL Pre WWII is edging Caribbean 1 to 0 Ott has hit his 33rd homerun for NL Pre WWII AL Post WWII leads Old Timers 2 to 1 OK, let's see if FOFC can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 3 Facing Rusie now is Palmer Harry Hays heads to the on deck circle Jeff Nights waits in the hole Palmer has hit 6 home runs this year Rusie steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready With a 2 strike count... here's the pitch Palmer cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bresnahan Palmer was badly fooled by Rusie's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Deacon was a little overanxious That's the second out of the inning The catcher, Harry Hays will be up next for FOFC Hays is no push-over in the number 7 slot He is batting .339 in 295 at bats Jeff Nights makes his way to the on-deck circle Rusie shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Amos has a fine arsenal of pitches but mostly uses a power fastball! Rusie kicks and fires Hays hits a screamer at Honus Wagner Wagner takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Kelley scoops it on one hop Hays is out! Nice play by Kelley We head to the 3rd... The score is still Turn of Century 3, All Stars 0 Power hitting Nap Lajoie will lead off Turn of Century's clean-up hitter will see what he can do against FOFC's John Williams Lajoie can't seem to get settled at the plate Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Now to the belt, here it is... Long fly to center Tucker has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Lajoie is retired on a fairly deep fly That's one away Settling in at the plate is Wagner John peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one John comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering It's a high pop-up in back of third Palmer is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out Two away Sam Crawford, the left fielder, strides to the plate Crawford is at .293 on the season Crawford cocks his bat The pitch on the way, here it is... Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into center It's in for a base hit... Tucker quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Crawford dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Crawford with a single Here's the 5'7 1/2", 160 pound Jimmy Collins coming up to bat Collins goes through his routine of settling in John gets the sign from Hays Williams goes into his stretch... Looks at Crawford... He fires one to Potpie... Crawford dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Williams comes home He hits a tough grounder to the mound Williams grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That's it for Turn of Century Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 and a half innings, Turn of Century has 3 runs, 6 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors Turn of Century has left 4 on base FOFC has stranded 1 The All Stars will send Nights, John Williams, and Barrett Blade up to the plate this inning Jeff is batting .275 in 466 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by John Williams Bresnahan flashes the sign... Rusie waves it off... Now he's happy Rusie winds and delivers The 1-2 pitch Hard slider, at the knees... Nights clubs a deep drive to center... Duffy turns, and races back after it... It goes off the wall! Nights is steaming toward third Duffy has it, throws... Not in time... Nights has his triple Number 3 on the year for him And it brings up John Williams On deck is Barrett Blade A. J. Tucker in the hole Nights is 90 feet away Rusie studies his sign Righthander Rusie's delivery Williams swings and misses Strike three Williams didn't have a good cut at that pitch Barrett Blade steps into the box Blade grips the bat handle Now set, Blade waits for the pitch Now Amos delivers It's in the dirt and bounces away Here comes Nights to score He'll make it without a throw Wild pitch on Rusie Barrett Blade steps into the box Blade is 0 for 2 today Rusie wastes no time He has the sign from Bresnahan Rusie goes into his windup Here it comes Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Blade hits it into the hole on the right side Lajoie ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Blade is out by a step at first And now here's A. J. Tucker Persimmon Pflaggstettler on deck... Two outs here in the bottom of the 3rd Tucker is at .297 on the season Rusie looks down at Bresnahan for the sign Now he's ready... Rusie's behind on the count Here's the 2-0 offering Fly ball to right Burkett is under it He grabs it for the out That retires the side The All Stars score 1 run in the inning After 3 innings, Turn of Century on top 3 to 1 John Williams, out there on the mound for FOFC prepares to face Roger Bresnahan to get the 4th inning underway here in FOFC Stadium Williams looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Here's the southpaw's delivery Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Bresnahan And there's one away And the batter is Amos Rusie Hugh Duffy is on-deck Rusie digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Williams Amos is set for the pitch The lefty Williams delivers Comebacker, right to Williams Over to Potpie for the easy out 'Come back, Little Sheba' And there's two away Turn of Century center fielder, Hugh Duffy, is up next The outfield shades towards left for Duffy Williams is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Williams looks in... Now he's ready John rocks and fires Lifted in the air, back this way The catcher, Hays, will take it for the out Williams sets the Centurions down in order Here's the right fielder Pflaggstettler To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie And then K. A. Ton Pflaggstettler is 1 for 1 on the day He looks around at the Turn of Century infield Kelley is kicking the dirt at first Collins is even with the bag at third Lajoie and Wagner are ready with hands on knees at second and short Rusie looks down at Bresnahan for the sign Now he's ready Here's the righthander's delivery There's a towering fly ball hit by Pflaggstettler Burkett sprints over, and makes the catch FOFC with one away Rusie steps off the mound as he waits for Jeeberoni Potpie to come to the plate Nobody on base, one away Potpie steps into the batter's box Potpie is 0 for 1 today Rusie has the sign from Bresnahan The pitch is on the way Potpie tries to hold up Bresnahan points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! Two up, two down for FOFC K. A. Ton will face Rusie Righty against righty Ton is batting .323 with 12 HR's this year Rusie peers in for the sign Ton is a formidable opponent Amos has allowed 9 home runs versus righties this year And K. A. is no ordinary hitter Rusie leans back and fires Struck him out on a fastball Ton goes down swinging That's all for the All Stars After 4 innings in FOFC this afternoon, Turn of Century ahead 3 to 1 Jesse Burkett is up to lead off the top of the 5th The Turn of Century right fielder is not the batter Williams 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 Burkett is taking his practice swings Jesse is 2 for 2 this afternoon Hays flashes the sign to Williams Williams is into his windup Here's the pitch There's a bunt between the mound and first Williams and Potpie are after it Potpie grabs it Over to first Just in time! One out, nobody on base Joe Kelley is the batter Joe is hitting at .313 on the year He has 122 hits in 390 at bats His speed has propelled him to 26 stolen bases After getting set, Kelley waits on the pitch Here's the 2 strike offering Kelley really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Tucker was positioned well and has a shot at it He is still running... At the fence... He dives for it... OUT!!! Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Williams Here's the Turn of Century clean-up hitter, Nap Lajoie Lajoie is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Nap certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Williams earn his salary Set now is Lajoie Here is the 2 strike pitch At the knees, looks like a sinker... Swung on and topped toward third... Palmer charging... Has to backhand it... He zips a throw to Potpie... NOT IN TIME!! Score it an infield single for Lajoie Wagner is up now for Turn of Century Honus is hitting at .319 on the year He has 129 hits in 405 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Wagner popped out his last time up The left-hander Williams is now ready Now John delivers Wagner is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That's all for Turn of Century After 4 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, Turn of Century leads 3 to 1 |
8/12 Radio Broadcast Continued
The third baseman Palmer will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Harry Hays And then Jeff Nights Palmer looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Rusie wastes no time He has the sign from Bresnahan Rusie brings it home Sinking fastball... Palmer swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wagner... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Late 20th is in front of Negro League I 3 to 0 Glavine comfortably ahead for Late 20th Left Outs and Negro League II are all knotted at 2 Beckwith has hit his 25th homerun for Negro League II Japanese League is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 NL Pre WWII is edging Caribbean 1 to 0 Ott has hit his 33rd homerun for NL Pre WWII They must be feeding him lots of beef AL Post WWII is in front of Old Timers 4 to 1 Hays finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Hays looks for a sign from third Dick Howser delivers it to Harry Harry is 0 for 1 today grounded out his last at bat Hays is set Rusie brings it to the plate Hays chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Rusie Lajoie snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! Two gone for FOFC 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 1 for 1 tonight His 1 run is the only one scored by FOFC so far... They trail 3-1 Right-hander Rusie prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Nights The righthander delivers It's a routine fly into center Duffy ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Duffy grabs it for the out We head to the 6th... The score is still Turn of Century 3, All Stars 1 The Centurions get their turn to bat here in the top of the 6th Sam Crawford, Jimmy Collins, and Roger Bresnahan the first three Turn of Century batters They'll be facing the southpaw John Williams Crawford adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Sam is 1 for 2 this afternoon Crawford gets set for the pitch It's coming down the pike Off speed pitch on the way... And Crawford watches it go by for the third strike So one up and one gone Walking up to the plate now is Collins Turn of Century leading in the game Collins is at .253 on the season Williams shakes off two signs Now he's ready Here's the 2 strike pitch Collins goes after Williams' fastball... He gets under it a little... But it is going way back in left-center Ton is retreating after it quickly He is right at the fence... He goes up after it... And brings it down in the webbing! Jimmy just missed a homer on that one Only a long out for the Turn of Century third baseman Turn of Century leads 3 to 1 with two away this inning Now here's Bresnahan Bresnahan is taking his practice swings Roger is 1 for 2 this afternoon He struck out last time at bat Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Williams' windup... the delivery Curve ball... Bresnahan swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! 1-2-3, nothing across... Gunner is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Wonder if Gunner will try to bunt for a hit Rusie gets the sign, it's one he likes Rusie kicks and delivers There's a fly ball to Hugh Duffy Duffy circles under it... He makes the play One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is still in the on-deck circle and A. J. Tucker is looking for a bat in the dugout Next up for the All Stars is Barrett Blade Rusie is on the first-base side of the rubber... And the delivery by Rusie That's hit deep to left field Crawford trying to track it down He's on the warning track HE JUMPS . . . HE'S GOT IT!!! Score It: 7 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... A. J. Tucker plants his left foot The lefthanded center fielder for FOFC appears set Tucker is batting .297 with 7 HR's this year Rusie likes the sign Rusie's righthanded delivery... Over the outside corner Tucker hits the curve right to second... Lajoie takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Tucker is out by a couple of steps And that will do it for FOFC Turn of Century will send Rusie, Hugh Duffy, and Jesse Burkett to face Jace Kronside this inning Rusie digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Kronside Kronside adjusts his cap... Now he's set Now the delivery, here is is... Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Rusie swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Amos as he was heading for the dugout With one down, up next is Hugh Duffy To be followed by Jesse Burkett So that brings up the top of the order Hugh Duffy will step in Duffy is 0 for 2 today Hugh fouled out last time around Duffy waits patiently And the righthander starts to work on Duffy Here comes the pitch Slider, down and away... Duffy 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... Duffy with the big turn... The throw from Ton goes into second And Duffy holds at first Duffy yells something to Kronside It sounded like a challenge from here I wouldn't be surprised... Duffy is great on the bases He wants to unnerve Jace No doubt he does! Duffy takes his lead... Kronside fires it to first... It's close... SAFE One away, Duffy at first Burkett is coming to the plate Burkett has hit 7 home runs this year Kronside looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready And the delivery by Kronside He goes after the low slider At the knees... There's a fly ball into straight-away right Pflaggstettler slides under it... one hands it... Not the prettiest play, but Burkett is out Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away He's off to the races! Hays pegs it down He slipped on the throw But he got it off... Nights applies the tag... Duffy is safe!... Nights can't handle the throw cleanly Joe Kelley steps into the box Kelley has 25 doubles this year The right-hander Kronside is set to deliver to Kelley Jace looks over his shoulder at Duffy Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Waist high fastball... It's juiced to deep center There goes Tucker after it... Racing hard... He dives... Just misses it! It bangs off the wall Kelley heading for second He pulls up with a two bagger The throw was cut off Also give Joe an RBI on the play Nap Lajoie steps into the box Against righthanders Lajoie is hitting .381 Nap seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now The righthander delivers Swung on and missed... The ball gets away from Hays and rolls back to the screen Kelley is around third... He thinks about it... but he retreats to third as Hays retrieves the ball Passed ball charged to Hays Nap Lajoie steps into the box The outfield shades towards left for Lajoie He's ready Now Jace delivers Hard slider... And Lajoie takes it right down the middle Strike three called That ends the top of the 7th One run, 2 hits, no errors and one man left on base After 6 and a half innings, Turn of Century leads by 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The right fielder Pflaggstettler will start things off for the All Stars Rusie will improve his record to 11-5 with a victory here in FOFC Lajoie comes in a couple steps Yells something to Rusie The delivery Sinking fastball... Pflaggstettler swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wagner... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Potpie, FOFC's first baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup K. A. Ton waits on deck Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the All Stars ballboy The bat is cocked He brings it home Towering popup back of home Bresnahan grabs it for the out Score It: 2 That's two quick outs for Amos Rusie FOFC will need to do better than that They are running out of time Ton finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box K. A. steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Ton is 0 for 2 today He struck out last time up Rusie adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bresnahan Rusie's into his windup... the pitch Sharp breaking curveball... Ton reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Wagner... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Kelley at first! Ton is out easily That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 47184 Honus Wagner stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Kronside studies his sign Here's the windup... and the pitch Fastball, down and in... Wagner laces a hit into the outfield... Tucker picks it up Fires it quickly into the infield Wagner holds with a single Good start to the inning for Turn of Century Wagner studies Kronside intently... Now he's walking away from the base The runner can't seem to get a good lead Nobody out, Wagner at first Now up is Crawford Stepping out, Crawford looks into the dugout Steps back in Crawford waits patiently The stretch... the 1-0 delivery It's the hit and run play by Turn of Century... Slow ground ball to first Potpie will take it himself Score It: 3 One down for Turn of Century Jimmy Collins is still in the on-deck circle and Roger Bresnahan is looking for a bat in the dugout Roger Bresnahan gets the weighted donut from Collins Now Jimmy saunters to the plate 1 out and 1 on base Collins bats in the seventh slot in the order for Turn of Century Turn of Century on top 4 to 1 One out, man on second Hunter rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Hunter kicks and fires Collins rips a line drive over short It's through into deep left field Gazelle finally catches up with it The runner scores! Jimmy has to hold at first with a single At the plate now for Turn of Century is Bresnahan We're in the top of the 8th Hunter eyes Bresnahan intently Hunter goes into his stretch... Looks at Collins... He fires one to Potpie... Collins dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Hunter comes home Hunter just misses outside Ball four to Bresnahan Rusie is up now for Turn of Century Rusie goes through his routine of settling in Rusie, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Hunter Here's the righthander's delivery Rusie will try the hit and run! Rusie offers at the pitch, but checks his swing Oh, Amos couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Palmer for the out Rusie never even left the batter's box Two down So that brings up the top of the order Hugh Duffy will step in Duffy has a .301 average against righthanders this season Duffy waits on Hunter A check on the runners... the pitch Hard line drive to first It's over Potpie's head for a single! Collins scores from second! Bresnahan takes third Duffy edges away from the bag Hunter holds the runner close to the bag Burkett saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd Owen gets the sign from Hays Hunter brings it home Bouncer to second Blade grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 And that's the final out of the inning Turn of Century has 6 runs, 12 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 8 men on base today Palmer saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Palmer wiggles the bat above his head He's ready It's coming down the pike A liner over third Collins jumps Can't reach it Crawford fronts it It's through his legs! He recovers Throw to second Man, Palmer is still at first! Buy that man some "PF Flyers" Hays is ready to bat On first is Palmer He's not known for his speed Harry stares down at Dick Howser for the sign Palmer leads away from first Hays cocks his bat The righthander Rusie's delivery It's a rainbow shot toward left Crawford reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Late 20th besting Negro League I 5 to 0 Negro League II with the lead over Left Outs 6 to 3 Hill has hit his 12th homerun for Negro League II Japanese League and AL Pre WWII are deadlocked at 2 Suzuki and Hoyt currently dueling NL Pre WWII slipping by Caribbean 2 to 0 AL Post WWII is running roughshod over Old Timers 12 to 2 Brett has hit his 19th homerun for AL Post WWII And here in FOFC Turn of Century ahead 6 to 1 Now batting will be Jeff Nights The shortstop is walking to the plate One on... one out Turn of Century leads FOFC by 5 runs Nights is 1 for 2 today, with no strike outs Bresnahan flashes the sign to Rusie Rusie brings it to the plate Nights hits a high pop into short left field Collins and Wagner sprint towards the outfield Here comes Crawford Wagner puts his glove out... Makes a lucky catch in front of Crawford!! Two down Bresnahan asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bresnahan and Rusie Making his way up is Gazelle Rusie steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Rusie brings it to the plate 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 Rusie just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate FOFC comes up empty here in the bottom of the 8th No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 8 innings, Turn of Century still out in front, 6-1 Kelley saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Right-hander Hunter prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Kelley Here's his delivery Fly ball to center Tucker is under it He makes the grab One up, one down for Turn of Century Nap Lajoie will be coming up Connie Mack loves the pop in his bat Lajoie is at .380 on the season He is hitting .379 against righties Lajoie waiting on the delivery The pitch to Lajoie... It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Two out, nobody on Turn of Century on top 6 to 1 Up now for Turn of Century is Wagner Two away, nobody on Wagner is 1 for 4 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 Wagner readies himself for the pitch The pitch is on the way Wagner hits one on the ground to the left side Honus, who moves well, is motoring to first Palmer wings it quickly to Potpie... OUT by a step That's it for Turn of Century Here at FOFC Stadium, After 8 and a half innings, Turn of Century has 6 runs, 12 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 8 on base FOFC has stranded 2 Barrett Blade up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Blade is 0 for 3 today, with no strike outs Rusie has the sign from Bresnahan Rusie will try to get Blade to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bresnahan fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Blade One out Due up next is A. J. Tucker Walking up to the plate now is Tucker Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck A. J. is hitting at .296 on the year He has 159 hits in 537 at bats His speed has propelled him to 18 stolen bases A. J. stands with bat ready Into the windup... here's the pitch Tucker sends a routine ground ball to first Kelley takes it on one hop Flips it to Rusie Easy out Two up, two down for the All Stars Persimmon Pflaggstettler is at the plate Pflaggstettler has hit 21 home runs this year Rusie stares in Here's the 1-0 pitch Grounded into the hole Kelley comes up with it Over to first NOT IN TIME! That's an infield hit for Pflaggstettler! Potpie is up next Two out with Pflaggstettler at first Potpie is at .287 on the season Rusie likes the sign Rusie checks Pflaggstettler on first... The 0-2 delivery Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three And that will do it for FOFC Turn of Century wins 6 to 1 Rusie gets credit for the win Williams takes the loss The hitting star for Turn of Century was Joe Kelley He was 2 for 5 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Turn of Century Centurions At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/12/1900 |
8/13 Radio Broadcast - Game 128
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 The lefthander delivers There's a ground ball into the hole Fouts and Terp converge on it It's picked by Terp who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! Caribbean with one away Nielsen steps off the mound as he waits for Antonio Pacheco to come to the plate Pacheco gets set at the plate Antonio will be facing the left-handed Nielsen from the right side of the plate The Estrellas' switch hitting second baseman is batting a .276 versus southpaws The umpire says let's go Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Nielsen The delivery Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 190 on the season for Nielsen Two gone for Caribbean Coimbre walks to the plate Coimbre can't seem to get settled at the plate Two balls, two strikes, 2 down The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Curve, at the belt... Coimbre 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!! Caribbean sends the left fielder, Perucho Cepeda, up to the plate Cepeda has a .280 average against lefthanders He is .256 overall Bullock flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy Nielsen throws the 3-2 pitch Cepeda is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That's it here in the top of the 1st It's 1-0 in favor of the visitors from Caribbean We'll be back in just a moment The second baseman Blade will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker And then Jeeberoni Potpie Blade swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Valenzuela Waiting for the pitch is Blade Valenzuela will try to get Blade to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Blade is hit! Valenzuela starts out this inning on a bad note The FOFC fans are getting on him Blade trots down to first base With Jeeberoni Potpie on deck Batting now for FOFC is Tucker Tucker has hit 8 triples this year Tucker waits for the pitch The stretch... the delivery The hit and run is on! Slider, inside... Tucker swings... Hits a long blast into straight away left It's way back there Did Tucker get all of it?... Going... Going... GONE! How about that! Families go on vacations shorter than that poke! And it brings up Jeeberoni Potpie On deck is Gerald Gazelle K. A. Ton in the hole Valenzuela looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready Now Fernando delivers Potpie fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of third Linares is over quickly Easy out One down for FOFC Gerald Gazelle is still in the on-deck circle and K. A. Ton is looking for a bat in the dugout So that brings up Gerald Gazelle the FOFC right fielder Time is called... Gazelle has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Here's the southpaw's windup and delivery Gazelle swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Valenzuela strikes out Gerald Gazelle Two away Next up is K. A. Ton, the FOFC left fielder... If he gets on, Dan Fouts would bat next Valenzuela gets the sign, it's one he likes Here's the 2-2 offering Ton rocks one deep This is really hit It's going... going... FOUL! Man, the wind really robbed Ton . . . Ton back in the box And here comes the next pitch K. A. takes a vicious cut But only creates a breeze He was guessing on that one Wrong guess! Ton has been striking out a lot in 1900 Of course Ton is batting a hefty .316 in 158 at bats! So that's it for FOFC But the damage was done 2 runs come across the plate FOFC on top 2 to 1 Miguel Gonzalez will step into the box to start the inning Caribbean would like to get some runners on board Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's the 2-2 offering Gonzalez skies one very high The ball drifts a bit Terp calls for it Puts it away! That's one away Settling in at the plate is Espino And Rob studies the sign from Bullock... Now he's got it Here's his delivery Espino swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Fouts and skips out to Ton Espino rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Espino returns to first as K. A. gets a nice throw in to Blade Coming to the plate is Linares One down and runner at first Linares calls time, and steps out of the batter's box The "Dog Days of August" are here for the Estrellas They're 24.0 games out, and have dropped 3 straight Now Linares is finally ready Omar is ready for the delivery The southpaw Nielsen's delivery on the 3-1 pitch Swung on and lofted very high... and very deep... Ton starts back, turns... He's at the fence... And hauls it in! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Dead Ball Era with the lead over AL Post WWII 3 to 0 McGinnity comfortably ahead for Dead Ball Era Late 20th and AL Pre WWII are scoreless Maddux battling Gomez Negro League II and NL Post WWII have yet to score Japanese League is on top of NL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Negro League I and Old Timers are scoreless Turn of Century is beating Left Outs 4 to 0 The shortstop, Dave Concepcion is up for the Estrellas We are in the top of the 2nd Concepcion steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready The umpire says let's go Concepcion is ready The lefty Nielsen delivers Bouncer up the middle and past Kris Terp... Base hit into center field! Third base coach Matty Alou holds the runner, Espino Valenzuela walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat The outfield's shaded towards right With Valenzuela at the plate Nielsen's reaching for the resin bag He is having a fine year for FOFC Quite an important member of the staff Already with 17 wins, Rob has racked up 202 innings in 1900 Now he is ready to go Nielsen fires Base hit to center for Valenzuela Matty Alou will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Espino scores! Trailing runners advance. Minoso is up now for Caribbean Hitching up his pants... Minoso gazes out to the mound Rob Nielsen is having a good year He is 2nd in wins with 17 Now Nielsen is looking for a sign It's coming down the pike Minoso swings and lifts one toward left Ton drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That wraps up the inning for Caribbean By the way, Caribbean is 3 and 7 in their last ten games The third baseman Fouts will start things off for the All Stars Valenzuela peers in for the sign Fouts is a formidable opponent Fernando has allowed 16 home runs versus righties this year And Dan is no ordinary hitter Valenzuela goes into his windup Here it comes Sinking fastball... Fouts swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Linares... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step With one gone FOFC will have Billy Bullock coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it One out, nobody on base Billy Bullock is the batter Bullock grips the bat handle Valenzuela adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez Valenzuela brings it to the plate There's a ground ball into the hole Linares and Concepcion converge on it It's picked by Linares who fires to first SAFE! The ball gets away Bullock will go to second They'll give him a hit, and Linares an error That's error number 1 of the game for Caribbean Now here's Terp 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 Terp hits a routine grounder to Linares He scoops it up, and throws to first SAFE, the throw pulled Espino off the bag Charge Linares with the error That's error number 2 of the game for Caribbean Batting next for FOFC is Nielsen The score is knotted at 2 Before getting ready Nielsen checks out the defensive alignment Rob is eagerly awaiting Valenzuela's pitch Valenzuela brings it home And Nielsen will sit down... strike three called That's the second out of the inning All Stars' second baseman Blade is up next Blade has 20 doubles this year Barrett steadies his bat And waits patiently for Valenzuela's pitch The lefthander Valenzuela delivers Swung on and hit to shallow left Cepeda has got a long run HE DIVES HE'S GOT IT! TREMENDOUS DIVING CATCH! Valenzuela owes Cepeda a dinner! Score It: 7 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 2 innings FOFC has 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors While Caribbean has 2 runs, 4 hits and 2 errors FOFC has left 2 stranded Caribbean has failed to bring home 2 Bullock fires the ball down to Blade He whips it around the infield Over to Fouts who walks it over to Nielsen Pacheco steps in to face the southpaw Here we go in the top of the 3rd Pacheco is taking his practice swings Antonio is 0 for 1 this evening 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 rocks and fires Pounded on the ground to first Potpie flips to Nielsen covering Score It: 3-1 Caribbean with one away Nielsen steps off the mound as he waits for Pancho Coimbre to come to the plate Nobody on base, one away Coimbre steps into the batter's box Coimbre has hit 15 home runs this year Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... And the delivery by Nielsen The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Coimbre held up, and draws a walk Nielsen isn't happy at all with that call Perucho Cepeda is up to face Rob Nielsen Cepeda has managed a .278 average against lefthanders this year Nielsen studies his sign Now the delivery, here is is... Cepeda sends a scorcher to short Terp takes it on one hop Fires to Blade for one Back to Potpie for the double play! That's all for Caribbean After 2 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, We're all tied up at 2 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 steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Valenzuela is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Valenzuela looks in... Now he's ready With a 2-2 count Valenzuela kicks and fires Off speed pitch on the way... And Tucker watches it go by for the third strike And there's one away Up next for the All Stars The hometown first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie Against lefthanders Potpie is hitting .305 this season Now set, Potpie waits for the pitch Valenzuela winds his left arm Lets it go Curve ball... Potpie swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! That's two away Concepcion comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Valenzuela Gerald Gazelle will be next up... A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Gerald Gazelle Gazelle is batting .270 with 25 homers this year After getting set, Gazelle waits on the pitch It's a full count... Valenzuela winds and fires... Did he check his swing? YES! It's a walk Gazelle takes his lead Valenzuela holds the runner And the batter is K. A. Ton Dan Fouts is on-deck Ton looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Ton readies himself for the pitch Valenzuela checks Gazelle on first... The 2-2 delivery The Whiff! Valenzuela punches Ton out! And that will do it for FOFC Miguel Gonzalez, Hector Espino, and Omar Linares are due up Gonzalez gets set He's 0 for 1 so far Gonzalez waits for the delivery Into the windup... here's the pitch Topped in front of home Bullock grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 2-3 So one up and one gone Hector Espino up The score is tied Hector is hitting at .241 on the year He has 33 hits in 137 at bats Today, he is 1 for 1 Espino singled his last time up Nielsen has the sign from Bullock Rob is ready to zip it homeward Here it comes 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 Espino Omar Linares moves in to face Nielsen 1 on, 1 out here in the top of the 4th Linares is batting .239 with 18 HR's this year Nielsen eyes Linares intently The pitch to Linares... Linares drives one into right Gerald Gazelle sprints over to make the play The score is tied at 2 with two away this inning Caribbean shortstop, Dave Concepcion, is up next Dave is batting at .260 with 4 home runs He is 1 for 1 so far today Concepcion waiting on the delivery Now to the belt, here it is... Swung on and missed... Concepcion is down on strikes That's it for Caribbean Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 and a half innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors While Caribbean has 2 runs, 5 hits and 2 errors Caribbean has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 3 Dan Fouts is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Valenzuela ready quickly, looks in for the sign The lefthander delivers Swung on... And there's a high fly ball into right Coimbre is under it, waits... He's got it One out Due up next is Billy Bullock Coming up for FOFC is Billy Bullock Nobody on base, one out Bullock is at .261 on the season Gonzalez flashes the sign... Valenzuela shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Valenzuela winds and delivers The 2 strike pitch Changeup down low... Bullock makes contact and hits one out to center Minnie Minoso is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Valenzuela Two down Next up for FOFC is Kris Terp Terp is 0 for 1 today Kris reached base on an error last time up Fernando looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's the 3-1 pitch Terp hits a pop into short right field Pacheco sprints out Coimbre and Minoso sprint towards the infield Minnie Minoso sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Two outs, with a man at first Nielsen is the next batter We'll see how they pitch to Nielsen Nielsen waits Valenzuela kicks and fires Valenzuela just misses outside Ball four to Nielsen So that brings up the top of the order Barrett Blade will step in Blade is 0 for 1 today Barrett flied out last time around Blade waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Valenzuela brings it to the plate Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Blade looks at strike three That's all for the All Stars After 4 innings in FOFC this evening, We're all tied up at 2 Fernando Valenzuela is coming to the plate He loves to hit and is quite good at it too Nielsen will have to be careful Valenzuela wiggles the bat above his head All set, Valenzuela is ready for the pitch Windup by Nielsen And the pitch Baltimore chop Into right for a single! Minoso squares to lay one down The pitch is high and tight Minoso somehow gets the bunt down Potpie picks it up Fires to first in time for the out What a bunt by Minoso! Credit him with a sacrifice One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Dead Ball Era and AL Post WWII are tied at 4 AL Pre WWII slipping by Late 20th 3 to 1 Negro League II and NL Post WWII are all knotted at 1 Morgan has hit his 20th homerun for NL Post WWII NL Pre WWII is edging Japanese League 5 to 4 Negro League I is edging Old Timers 3 to 2 Turn of Century clipping Left Outs 5 to 1 Waddell comfortably ahead for Turn of Century One on, one out Coming up next is Pacheco So far this year Pacheco is batting .295 He has 33 doubles, 10 triples 12 homeruns with 62 RBI's and 19 stolen bases Antonio is set for the pitch The southpaw's 3-1 delivery Curve in the dirt... and Pacheco holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Pacheco will take first on the walk Number 1 today for Pacheco And the batter is Pancho Coimbre One down here in the top of the 5th Valenzuela is down at second Pacheco is kicking the dirt up at first He's ready to set sail If Coimbre can get a hit The score is tied at 2 Pancho is batting .297 in 474 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Perucho Cepeda The left-hander Nielsen is now ready Nielsen checks the runners Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Bullock Pacheco dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Pacheco made it back That's two away Stepping in for Caribbean, is Cepeda Pacheco at first, Valenzuela at second, two away Cepeda is 0 for 2 today, with no walks Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it Hard ground ball to first Potpie will take it himself Score It: 3 That retires the side... Cepeda fails to come through in the clutch For Caribbean, No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base Tucker is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Tucker steps out of the batter's box to get the sign A. J. is 1 for 2 today Fernando gets the sign from Gonzalez Fernando needs to get this one over... The wind-up and 3-1 delivery... Curveball... BALL FOUR! Always nice to get a lead off walk... but especially in a tie ballgame! Coming to the plate is Potpie Tucker's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Valenzuela Potpie is 0 for 2 today He is currently batting .285 Cepeda, Minoso and Coimbre are playing him deep Potpie concentrates He holds the bat down on the end The pitch on the way, here it is... Potpie hits a screamer at Dave Concepcion Concepcion picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play And there's two away The right fielder, Gerald Gazelle, is up next Gerald, a right-handed hitter, will face the lefty Valenzuela Of his 25 home runs, 19 are against southpaws Gazelle waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Valenzuela's windup... the delivery Gazelle tries to hold up Gonzalez points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! That does it for the All Stars So at the end of five complete it is all knotted up at 2 Gonzalez saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Miguel takes a couple of practice cuts The bat is cocked Rob winds... kicks... and delivers Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Gonzalez! One down for Caribbean Hector Espino is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Caribbean Hector Espino makes his way to home plate The outfield shades towards left for Espino Two balls, two strikes on Espino Nielsen's into his windup... the pitch Espino swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Nielsen strikes out Hector Espino Two down Nielsen gets the first two batters here in the top of the 6th Nobody on, two away Linares steps in for Caribbean Linares is 0 for 2 today, with no walks Nielsen is saying a few words to Blade... So far in 1900, Rob has a 17 and 5 record with 5 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way Low and outside Ball four Linares edges away from the bag Linares has to hold tight to the bag That'll bring up Dave Concepcion Fernando Valenzuela will follow if Concepcion gets aboard Bullock is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Nielsen's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Concepcion steps into the box Concepcion is 1 for 2 today, with no walks Nielsen is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Nielsen gets the sign from Bullock Nielsen's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Linares dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Nielsen Now here's the pitch He rips a grounder to first Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 That'll do it for Caribbean So we're still tied After 5 and a half innings FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While Caribbean has 2 runs, 6 hits and 2 errors |
8/13 Radio Broadcast Continued
K. A. Ton leads off the inning Ton is 0 for 2 today Valenzuela shakes off two signs Now he's ready And the cripple pitch... Fastball... just outside Ton will take first on the walk K. A. knows how to get on base His OBP of .423 is among the league leaders Planting his right foot Fouts is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Fouts Dan steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Dan is 0 for 2 today... Ton kicks the dirt at first Joe Adcock says something to him Fouts is set for the 3-1 pitch He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Ton dives back in!... SAFE! Espino tosses it back to Valenzuela Now here's the pitch The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Fouts misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Fastball at the letters... Off with the pitch Ton attempts to steal second Up and firing is Gonzalez... Ton is safe!... As Pacheco slaps a high tag on him Dan Fouts steps into the box Dan will be facing the southpaw Valenzuela from the right side of the plate 6 of his 16 home runs come via this route Fouts gets ready for Valenzuela's pitch His bat is cocked The lefty Valenzuela delivers Waist high fastball... juiced to deep center There goes Minoso Racing hard... He dives... Just misses it! A two bagger for Dan Fouts Batting for FOFC will be Bullock Bullock is at .260 on the season Waiting for the pitch is Bullock Now Fernando delivers A high fastball... Bullock swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Concepcion Dave is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Bullock was looking for the breaking ball That's one away Next up for the All Stars is Kris Terp Terp has a .105 average against lefthanders He is .175 overall The bat is cocked Now Fernando delivers Changeup down low... Terp takes a rip and hits one out to center Minnie Minoso comes in a step... Now he's under it... Easy out for Valenzuela Fouts trots back to second That's the second out of the inning Nielsen moseys up to the plate Barrett Blade is heading for the on-deck circle Gonzalez flashes the sign... Valenzuela shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The pitch to Nielsen... The Whiff on the "high cheese"! That's all for the All Stars... After 6 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, FOFC leads 3 to 2 Felipe Alou is bringing on Rodolfo Puente to hit for Fernando Valenzuela Puente will be facing Nielsen Puente 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 The Estrellas get their turn to bat here in the top of the 7th Rodolfo Puente, Minnie Minoso, and Antonio Pacheco the first three Caribbean batters They'll be facing the southpaw Rob Nielsen Rodolfo takes a couple of practice cuts Puente is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Nielsen He's waiting for the pitch Nielsen kicks and fires Sharp slider, catches the outside corner Puente swings at it... Hammers a hard grounder right at third Picked up smoothly... Throw to first... IT'S OFF THE BAG!!... Potpie grabs it, turns back to the bag NOT IN TIME! Puente is SAFE! That'll be an error on that play Score It: E5 Puente to first Puente studies Nielsen intently... Now he's walking away from the base Puente is not working very hard to get a lead The tying run is on base... And up comes center fielder Minnie Minoso Caribbean needs only 1 run They trail 3-2 Nielsen is ready quickly Nielsen looks at the runner The pitch 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 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! Antonio Pacheco is up next Caribbean's second baseman finds 1 on with 1 out FOFC ahead 3 to 2 Nielsen will improve his record to 18-5 with a victory here at home Nielsen brings it to the plate Nielsen's pitch is a rising fastball Pacheco tries to hold up Ball four Bullock points down to first He did not go around Walking up to the plate now is Coimbre Perucho Cepeda waits on deck Coimbre is 1 for 2 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Fouts is even with the bag at third Blade and Terp are ready with hands on knees at second and short The left-hander Nielsen is now ready The lefthander Nielsen comes home with it Coimbre rips a solid shot to center Tucker ranges to his right... He is juggling it!... Finally finds the handle Whew! Runners can't advance FOFC gets the second out of the inning Perucho Cepeda will get a crack at Nielsen next Miguel Gonzalez would be up next... But only if Cepeda can reach safely Cepeda can't seem to get settled at the plate Set now is Cepeda Here's the 2-2 offering Fastball, at the letters... Cepeda crunches it... There's a high belt... Driven deep into left-centerfield... Tucker running to the fence... It's outta here HOME RUN 20 for Cepeda this year! Miguel Gonzalez, the catcher, strides to the plate Gonzalez calls time, and steps out of the batter's box The "Dog Days of August" are here for the Estrellas They're 24.0 games out, and have dropped 3 straight Now Gonzalez is finally ready Gonzalez looks very intent... He stares down at Nielsen... Cocks his bat Nielsen brings it to the plate Gonzalez swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Fouts and skips out to Ton Gonzalez rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Gonzalez returns to first as K. A. gets a nice throw in to Blade Espino finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Espino is 2 for 3 today Hector struck out last time up Espino waits on Nielsen The pitch is on the way Espino hits a roller to Dan Fouts Fouts comes up with it and throws It's in the dirt Potpie can't come up with it That'll be a throwing error on Fouts That's error number 2 of the game for FOFC Linares gets set at the plate Linares is taking his practice swings Omar is 0 for 2 this evening He drew a walk last time at bat Linares awaits the delivery The southpaw delivers Linares raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined straight to third Fouts just got his glove up in time That retires the side... but not before 3 runs cross the plate for Caribbean After 6 and a half innings, Caribbean ahead 5 to 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Adolfo Luque will be coming on to pitch for Caribbean Adolfo has appeared in 65 games this season with a record of 5-7 with 6 saves He's been man-handled by the opposition this year His ERA stands at 5.64 To lead off this inning is Barrett Blade FOFC needs a pair to tie this game Luque steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he slides his foot back into position He's ready Luque rocks and fires Here's a slider over the inside corner Swung on... It's a bouncing ball past Linares at third... Concepcion moving to his right... Makes a great backhanded stop... He spins in the air Firing to first from the outfield grass... Blade beats the throw easily That was a great pickup by Concepcion But, he didn't have a chance And should have hung onto the ball While Jeeberoni Potpie heads for the on deck circle A. J. Tucker makes his way to the plate Tucker is hitting .282 against righthanders Adolfo Luque on in relief for the Estrellas We're in the bottom of the 7th The righthander delivers Bounced past the mound Pacheco dives and grabs it! His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is still in the on-deck circle and Gerald Gazelle is looking for a bat in the dugout That'll bring up All Stars' first baseman Jeeberoni Potpie... All Stars with a runner in scoring position at second One out, man on second Luque squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Here's the 3-0 offering Curveball, in and low Potpie hits it to Espino 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 Blade is now perched over at third Two gone for FOFC Now batting will be the right fielder, Gerald Gazelle Gerald has 2 strike outs today Not unusual for him, though He has a nasty habit of doing that Gazelle waits for the delivery Adolfo rocks and fires Grounded down the line Luque takes the flip from Espino Score It: 3-1 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46427 The Caribbean shortstop, Concepcion, will lead off He'll be followed by Adolfo Luque And then Minnie Minoso James peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The righthander Rodney's delivery STRIKE THREE, CALLED! One down for Caribbean Adolfo Luque is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Caribbean We are going to have a pinch hitter Alejandro Ohms will bat for Adolfo Luque It will be the lefthand hitting, Ohms against the righty Rodney Ohms is hitting righties for a .269 average Rodney glares in at Ohms as he steps in Now he's ready to go Ohms scuffs up the lines around the box Ohms waits It's coming down the pike Hard high fastball Ohms slams a one hopper down the line Gonzalez grabs it behind the bag He waves off Rodney He easily beats Ohms by several steps That's two away Making his way up is Minoso Minoso is batting .268 with 7 HR's this year Rodney has the sign he wants Rodney quick pitches him Minoso hits a three hopper towards Kris Terp Terp scoops it and fires it to first for the out That wraps up the inning for Caribbean So After 7 and a half innings Caribbean has 5 runs, 8 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and 2 errors Caribbean has left 8 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 7 Mike Garcia will be coming on to pitch for Caribbean Mike has appeared in 44 games this season He has a record of 2-5 with 6 saves His ERA stands at 4.01 Caribbean is making a defensive change Hernandez will bat 6th and play first Here's Ton to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Dead Ball Era is beating AL Post WWII 9 to 5 Late 20th with the lead over AL Pre WWII 6 to 3 NL Post WWII clipping Negro League II 8 to 4 Musial has hit his 24th homerun for NL Post WWII NL Pre WWII jumping all over Japanese League 13 to 4 Negro League I is on top of Old Timers 5 to 3 Left Outs besting Turn of Century 11 to 6 Robinson has hit his 8th homerun for Left Outs And in our matchup Caribbean ahead 5 to 3 Garcia studies his sign And the cripple pitch... Lifted in the air, back this way The catcher, Gonzalez, will take it for the out Caribbean gets the first out of the inning Fouts is up next One gone, bottom of the 8th Billy Bullock moves out on deck Fouts is hitting .239 against righties Garcia toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Gonzalez Mike comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! Two down Gonzalez asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Gonzalez and Garcia With two out Batting for FOFC now is Bullock Bullock is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a respectable .259 for FOFC Bullock waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch is on the way Off-speed pitch... Bullock swings at it... Hits a high fly to deep center Minoso bolting after it... This one might carry all the way Minoso jumps for it... It bounds off the fence It's a two-bagger for Billy Bullock Nights saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Jeff Nights is hitting .267 this year against righthanded pitchers Now set, Nights waits for the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery Base hit to left for Nights Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Bullock scores! Trailing runner advances. Gonzalez is up now for FOFC We'll see how they pitch to Gonzalez The umpire says let's go Gonzalez is ready Garcia fires David Gonzalez swings He smashes it on a line... BINGO!!!... Stabbed by Pacheco to rob Gonzalez of a sure base hit That's all for the All Stars After 8 innings in FOFC this evening, Caribbean leads 5 to 4 Pacheco saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Pacheco digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Rodney Antonio steadies his bat Waits patiently for Rodney's pitch Rodney's righthanded delivery... The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Pacheco swung, that's strike three Pacheco isn't happy at all with that call One gone for Caribbean Pounding the plate with his bat Coimbre awaits the pitch Rodney tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... James winds... kicks... and delivers Routine grounder to third Fouts scoops it up Over to first for the out FOFC gets the second out of the inning Two out, nobody on Up now is Cepeda James Rodney on in relief of Rob Nielsen Here's the windup... and the pitch Cepeda cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bullock Cepeda was badly fooled by Rodney's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Perucho was a little overanxious That's all for Caribbean After 8 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, Caribbean leads 5 to 4 As we get ready to start the bottom of the 9th Blade is talking to Gonzalez The outfield shades towards left for Blade Barrett is set for the pitch Here's his delivery 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 A. J. Tucker plants his left foot The lefthanded center fielder for FOFC appears set Tucker, a switch-hitter, swinging from the left side against the right-handed Mike Garcia Tucker, batting lefthanded Gets in his crouch... Ready to face the righthanded Garcia Garcia will try to get Tucker to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Pacheco is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! Two down Mike Garcia retires the first two batters in order Garcia glares in at Gunner Stan Gunner just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Gunner is batting .260 with 14 round trippers in 1900 Gunner is set for the pitch Righthander Garcia's delivery Slider, outside... Gunner reaches for it... Gets some wood on it It's rolling towards Linares... He scoops it up smoothly Firing to Hernandez in one motion... Close play... SAFE!... by a whisker Hernandez is arguing the call But to no avail That's a single for Gunner That's all for Mike Garcia Felipe Alou has given the sign Lazaro Salazar will be coming on here in the bottom of the 9th Let's break for this message from our sponsor... This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System We're back here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC... Mike Garcia has left the game Lazaro Salazar is done warming up... He has appeared in 21 games this season He sports a record of 3-3 with 9 saves He's blown 2 save chances so far this year In 23 innings, he has struck out 16 while allowing 14 walks His ERA stands at 6.75 Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps up to the plate Gunner, with excellent speed, is at first Gunner will be running if it's hit Salazar wastes no time He has the sign from Gonzalez The lefthander Salazar delivers He rips a grounder to short Concepcion grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 And that will do it for FOFC Caribbean wins 5 to 4 Valenzuela gets credit for the win Salazar notches the save Nielsen takes the loss The hitting star for Caribbean was Perucho Cepeda He was 1 for 5 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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8/14 Radio Broadcast
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and Caribbean The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Minnie Minoso to lead it off for Caribbean Now Brian delivers Minoso hits one on the ground to the left side Minnie, who moves well, is motoring to first Nights wings it quickly to Potpie... OUT by a step One away in the top of the 1st for Caribbean That will bring up second baseman, Antonio Pacheco Against righthanders Pacheco is hitting .302 Pacheco is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Now ready, here it is... Pacheco sends a wicked smash in the hole Fouts can't cut it off Nights makes a great backhand stab Leaps and fires to Potpie Antonio is out on a bang-bang play! Great play by Jeff Nights! Coimbre saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Coimbre has 26 doubles this year Coimbre tells the umpire he's ready Here's the 2-1 offering A slider by Babson Coimbre gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! 1-2-3, nothing across... Barrett Blade will lead it off in the first for FOFC Barrett is hitting at .259 on the year He has 94 hits in 363 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter... Barrett has scored 54 runs on the season Blade waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the 2-0 offering Slow ground ball Concepcion is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One out Due up next is A. J. Tucker The center fielder, A. J. Tucker will be up next for FOFC Tucker is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Mike Cuellar steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Now to the belt, here it is... Tucker cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Gonzalez Tucker was badly fooled by Cuellar's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! A. J. was a little overanxious Two down Now batting will be the first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie Cuellar is slow to get ready He has a 4.78 ERA this year Now he's ready Here's the 3-2 pitch Swung on and hit sharply to second Pacheco plays it on one bounce Over to Cepeda... Out of there! Mike Cuellar holds the All Stars scoreless in the first Cepeda steps to the plate It's the top of the 2nd here at FOFC Stadium We're scoreless Cepeda wiggles the bat above his head Cepeda, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Babson He brings it home Cepeda tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! One away Tony Oliva, a fine hitter, is due up next Miguel Gonzalez will follow Oliva gets set at the plate Oliva swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Babson Oliva cocks his bat Now Brian delivers Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Oliva swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Tony as he was heading for the dugout That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Miguel Gonzalez to get a new bat Let's point out that Caribbean is 4 and 6 in their last ten games Gonzalez finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Babson is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Babson looks in... Now he's ready Babson's 2 strike pitch... Sinking fastball... Gonzalez swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Babson sets the Estrellas down in order Ton saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box We'll see how they pitch to Ton Cuellar likes the sign The southpaw delivers In the dirt And Ton holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning And it brings up Gerald Gazelle On deck is Harry Hays Dan Fouts in the hole Cuellar has the sign he wants Cuellar rocks and fires Swung on and missed by Gazelle, he's down on strikes One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games AL Post WWII is on top of Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 Late 20th and AL Pre WWII are all knotted at 2 Piazza has hit his 27th homerun for Late 20th Negro League II slipping by NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Wilson has hit his 31st homerun for Negro League II Japanese League is edging NL Pre WWII 1 to 0 Negro League I and Old Timers are scoreless Turn of Century is in front of Left Outs 3 to 0 Joss comfortably ahead for Turn of Century And in our contest No score Settling in at the plate is Hays Hays looks down toward the third base coach Hays gets set for the pitch The stretch... the delivery Ground ball to short Concepcion comes up with it He tosses it to second... Gets the force Walking up to the plate now is Fouts Jeff Nights waits on deck Against lefthanders Fouts is hitting .346 this season Mike is ready Here comes the cripple pitch Long fly ball to left field This one is deep! IT'S GOING, GOING, GONE!!! That is Dan Fouts' 17th home run of the year. Two out, nobody on Up now is Nights Nights is batting .277 with 14 HR's this year Cuellar is ready quickly Cuellar fires It's a smash over second Pacheco leaps Just over his outstretched glove Nights makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Babson digs in at the plate Ready now for Cuellar to come set Cuellar is happy with the sign Pacheco comes in a couple steps Yells something to Cuellar The delivery Babson gives it a rip... He sends one to deep left This may be... Coimbre is at the fence... This ball is... CAUGHT! Oh so close... 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 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors While Caribbean has no runs, no hits and no errors As we head into the 3rd Caribbean will send up Omar Linares They need 2 runs to catch FOFC as they trail by a 2 to 0 count Linares is hitting .238 with 18 homeruns Omar also has 26 doubles and 2 triples And has driven in a total of 63 runs Linares awaits the delivery Babson brings it to the plate Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Linares That's one away Dave Concepcion, the shortstop, strides to the plate Concepcion is at .259 on the season Babson adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Brian will have to come in with this 3-0 delivery It's on its way... Curve in the dirt That's ball four Babson can't get the 3-0 pitch over the plate Mike Cuellar squares to bunt Fouts fields it, THEN DROPS THE BALL! Fouts picks it up and fires to first Cuellar is out by an eyelash Credit Cuellar with a sacrifice Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Babson Minoso is up now for Caribbean Minoso is batting .266 with 7 round trippers in 1900 Minoso is set for the 3-1 pitch The pitch is on the way Base hit to left for Minoso Matty Alou is windmilling the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Minoso takes a walking lead Slider, down and in... Breaking on the pitch There goes Minoso for second Hays is up and firing down... The throw is into the dirt... The slide... Neither Blade or Nights can get it Minoso is up and on his way to third... As the throw comes back in The error will probably be on Hays but we will have to wait and see Antonio Pacheco steps into the box Pacheco has hit 10 triples this year Pacheco waits patiently The righthander delivers Babson misses just outside No more than the width of a Gillette blue blade But it's... Ball Four 2 walks given up by Babson today Planting his right foot Coimbre is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Coimbre 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd Hays flashes the sign to Babson Brian comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Babson comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Coimbre As Pancho swings right through it for strike three That's it in the top of the 3rd After 2 and a half innings in FOFC, FOFC leads 2 to 1 Here's the second baseman Blade To lead off the inning He'll be followed by A. J. Tucker And then Jeeberoni Potpie So far this year Blade is batting .258 He has 20 doubles, 7 triples 3 homeruns with 28 RBI's and 7 stolen bases Cuellar adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez Now the delivery, here is is... There's a ground ball into the hole Linares and Concepcion converge on it It's fielded by Linares who fires to first SAFE is the call by the ump Close play!! All Stars' center fielder Tucker is up next Tucker looks for the sign He's 0 for 1 so far this evening Cuellar is on the third-base side of the rubber... Cuellar brings it to the plate Hit and run... Tucker misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Gonzalez fires it down... Hook slide... Out! Nice throw Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Tucker Cuellar adjusts his cap... Now he's set The pitch to Tucker... Long fly to right Oliva has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Tucker is retired on a fairly deep fly One more chance for FOFC this inning At the plate now for FOFC is Potpie Potpie steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Potpie readies himself for the pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery Fastball, lined to left... Base hit for Potpie... Coimbre over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Potpie at first The All Stars' left fielder is up next FOFC has 1 on board with 2 outs Cuellar eyes Ton intently Cuellar looks at the runner The pitch Ton hits a roller to Dave Concepcion Concepcion comes up with it and throws It's in the dirt Cepeda can't come up with it That'll be a throwing error on Concepcion That's error number 1 of the game for Caribbean Gazelle moseys up to the plate Harry Hays is heading for the on-deck circle Left-hander Mike Cuellar prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Gazelle A quick check of the runners... And the pitch Lazy fly ball to center Minoso is camped under it He's got it Score It: 8 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 3 innings FOFC has 2 runs, 4 hits and one error While Caribbean has one run, one hit and one error FOFC has left 2 stranded Caribbean has failed to bring home 2 Perucho Cepeda up first for Caribbean He is a threat to steal if he gets on Cepeda is hitting .244 against righties Babson rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Now Brian delivers Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Cepeda! One down for Caribbean Tony Oliva is still in the on-deck circle and Miguel Gonzalez is looking for a bat in the dugout Oliva coming up FOFC out in front by 1 run We're in the top of the 4th Tony, a lefty batter, will square off against Babson Of his 13 home runs, 10 are against righties After getting set, Oliva waits on the pitch It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Oliva really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Gazelle was positioned well and has a shot at it He dives for it... NO DICE!!! It caroms off his glove a few feet away He scurries to get the ball back in as Oliva pulls up easily with a two-bagger That'll bring up Estrellas' catcher Miguel Gonzalez... Caribbean with a man in scoring position at second Gonzalez is taking his practice swings Miguel is 0 for 1 this evening Gonzalez is set Babson will try to get Gonzalez to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate And Gonzalez will sit down... strike three called That's the second out of the inning Next up for Caribbean is Linares The All Stars have the tying run at second The outfield shades towards left for Linares Omar steadies his bat And waits patiently for Babson's pitch Here's the righthander's delivery A curve is wide... But swung on and missed! Strike three! That is 7 on the evening for Babson That retires the side... Linares fails to come through in the clutch For Caribbean, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base The catcher Hays will start things off for the All Stars Hays scuffs up the lines around the box Hays is waiting on the pitch Here's the windup and the 2-1 delivery Hays lines one over short for a single He rounds the bag hard and starts for second Oh, look at that throw by Pancho Coimbre Hays scrambles back to first and holds Walking up to the plate now is Fouts FOFC leading in the game Fouts has hit 17 home runs this year Cuellar shakes off two signs Now he's ready The pitch on the way, here it is... Base hit to left for Fouts Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Hays will stay at second Pounding the plate with his bat Nights awaits the pitch Nights swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Cuellar Cuellar takes the first sign Mike checks the runners... Steps off the mound... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Swung on and popped up Linares is waiting... And that's an easy out One down for FOFC... Linares calls time as he comes to the mound to have a word with the pitcher I'm sure he wants Cuellar to bear down And not worry about the runners 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 squares He bunts the ball . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by O.Linares the throw to first... close play... Out Babson gets the job done. FOFC on top 2 to 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well AL Post WWII slipping by Dead Ball Era 2 to 0 Ryan battling Chesbro Late 20th and AL Pre WWII are all knotted at 3 Negro League II and NL Post WWII are tied at 2 Japanese League is edging NL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Negro League I is on top of Old Timers 3 to 1 Turn of Century with the lead over Left Outs 4 to 1 Blade is the batter Two away, Fouts at second, Hays at third The righthander, Blade has an average of .260 His success against lefties, like Cuellar is better, however, at .321 The left-hander Cuellar is now ready The lefthander Cuellar delivers Just outside with a fastball Cuellar is visibly upset... Gonzalez is quickly out to calm him down Pacheco comes over as well Hays on third, Fouts on second and Blade on first They'll be loaded up for A. J. Tucker And now here's A. J. Tucker Jeeberoni Potpie on deck... Two outs here in the bottom of the 4th A. J. will be facing the lefty Cuellar from the right side of the plate Of his 8 home runs, 6 are against southpaws A. J. is eagerly awaiting Cuellar's pitch Cuellar checks all the baserunners... Now he comes home with it Base hit to right for Tucker Hays scores Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Gonzalez is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Great,)... Fouts is out at home! Dave Concepcion leads off the inning Concepcion is at .259 on the season He is hitting .254 against righties Babson has the sign from Hays Babson brings it home Swung on and squibbed to the right of the the mound Babson pounces after it Bare hands it Fires underhand in one motion to Potpie Just nips him! Nice play by Brian One down for Caribbean Mike Cuellar is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Caribbean Cuellar is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in FOFC ahead 3 to 1 Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Babson is into his windup Here's the pitch Pop-up Hays drifts behind the plate He makes the catch Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Now here's Minoso Minnie steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Matty Alou relays the sign from Felipe Alou Minoso singled last time up and now is 1 for 2 Minoso waits for the pitch Here's the pitch Sharp breaking curveball... Minoso reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Fouts... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Potpie at first! Minoso is out easily That's it for Caribbean Here at FOFC Stadium, After 4 and a half innings, FOFC has 3 runs, 7 hits and one error While Caribbean has one run, 2 hits and one error Caribbean has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 5 |
8/14 Radio Broadcast Continued
Leading off for the All Stars is the first baseman Potpie He'll be followed by K. A. Ton And then Gerald Gazelle Potpie steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jeeberoni is 1 for 2 today He's ready The southpaw Cuellar's delivery And Potpie will sit down... strike three called And there's one away While Gerald Gazelle heads for the on deck circle K. A. Ton makes his way to the plate Ton is 0 for 1 today Cuellar gets the sign from Gonzalez He is 9th in the league in strike outs He has 157 on the season Mike Cuellar, with 31 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 Fly ball to right Oliva is under it He grabs it for the out Two up, two down Gerald Gazelle will get a crack at Cuellar next Harry Hays would be up next... But only if Gazelle can reach safely Cuellar is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Cuellar gets the sign from Gonzalez Here's his delivery Ball four is the call Cuellar can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Cuellar Gazelle takes first base Gazelle slowly moves away from the base Slow curve... The speedy Gazelle heads for second The throw from Gonzalez... Gonzalez throws it very strong... But ends up in center field! Pacheco just couldn't handle it Gazelle is around to third on the error Harry Hays steps into the box 2 men away, Gazelle on third 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 Gazelle is dancing off third Cuellar is ignoring him Here's the pitch Broken bat ground ball to short Concepcion can't come up with it BASE HIT! Gazelle scores from third! Two out, Hays at first Coming up is Dan Fouts Fouts has hit 17 home runs this year Gonzalez flashes the sign... Cuellar waves it off... Now he's happy The lefthander Cuellar comes home with it Base hit to center for Fouts Hays is rounding second... But he pulls up quickly as he sees the sign from Dick Howser Hays will stay at second Jeff Nights steps into the box Jeff is hitting at .278 on the year He has 131 hits in 472 at bats This includes 30 doubles, 3 triples 14 home runs and 60 RBI's Cuellar gets the sign, it's one he likes Cuellar looks over at Fouts Now back at Hays He's coming home with it It almost hits Jeff Nights And goes all the way back to the screen A wild pitch... the runners move up 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 Cuellar looks down at Babson as he steps in Brian is ready to go There loaded up for Babson Benton Breeze is yelling at him from the dugout steps "Just get a piece of the ball Don't try to murder it" Cuellar tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The pitch is on the way Babson swings and lifts one toward center Minoso drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's all for the All Stars here in the bottom of the 5th One run, 2 hits, one error and 3 men left on base So at this juncture... FOFC on top 4 to 1 Antonio Pacheco, Pancho Coimbre, and Perucho Cepeda are due up Babson studies his sign The righthander Babson delivers Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Pacheco hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Next up for Caribbean is Pancho Coimbre Coimbre is batting .294 with 15 HR's this year Hays flashes the sign... Babson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Pacheco dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch Coimbre gets under this one It's popped high in the air to short Nights is waving everybody off Coimbre is retired One out Perucho Cepeda is due up next So with 1 on and 1 out the Estrellas send their first baseman, Perucho Cepeda, up to face Babson Good-hitting Tony Oliva is waiting in the on-deck circle Cepeda has a .243 average against righthanders this season Brian looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Pacheco dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch Cepeda 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! Perucho just missed a homer on that one Only a long out for the Caribbean first baseman 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... Stepping in the batter's box, Oliva Pacheco at first, two away Oliva can't seem to get settled at the plate Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Oliva It's coming down the pike Swing and a miss Strike three Oliva goes down on strikes We head to the bottom of the 6th here in FOFC... Still 4-1, FOFC Barrett Blade will lead off for the All Stars The top of the line-up here for FOFC Blade is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Blade is ready Cuellar kicks and fires Blade swings... He rips a ground ball towards Linares It's by him! It's twisting into the left field corner Blade rounds first... He will return quickly to first as Coimbre gets a nice throw in to Pacheco A. J. Tucker moves in to face Cuellar 1 on, no outs here in the bottom of the 6th Tucker checks for the sign Cuellar studies his sign The southpaw Cuellar delivers the 3-2 pitch Ground ball to the left side... Linares picks it up... Over to Pacheco for one On to first for the double play One more chance for FOFC this inning Potpie gets set at the plate Potpie is 1 for 3 today Mike Cuellar still on the mound for the Estrellas... Cuellar has gone the distance so far He's given up 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings And the delivery by Cuellar Struck him out on a fastball Potpie goes down swinging That's all for the All Stars After 6 full innings, they lead by 3 Here's the catcher Gonzalez To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Omar Linares And then Dave Concepcion Miguel Gonzalez is hitting .313 this year against righthanded pitchers Babson is ready quickly Babson leans back and fires Changeup down low... Gonzalez makes contact and hits one out to left K. A. Ton is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Babson One down for Caribbean Omar Linares is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Caribbean Linares is up now for Caribbean 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 Swung on and hit on the nose to center Tucker picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Linares is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it Slowly coming up is Concepcion for Caribbean He is finally in the batter's box FOFC leads 4 to 1 Concepcion can't seem to get settled at the plate Concepcion waits for the pitch His bat is coiled He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Linares dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch Concepcion takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He's out on strikes Two away We are going to have a pinch hitter Rodolfo Puente will bat for Mike Cuellar It will be the righthand hitting, Puente against the righty Babson Puente is hitting righties for a .208 average Walking up to the plate now is Puente Minnie Minoso waits on deck Puente has a .208 average against righthanders this season Brian peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The pitch is on the way Pounded on the ground to the mound Taken by Babson His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 That wraps up the inning for Caribbean So After 6 and a half innings FOFC has 4 runs, 10 hits and one error While Caribbean has one run, 4 hits and 2 errors Caribbean has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 8 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Dennis Martinez will be coming on to pitch for Caribbean Dennis has appeared in 40 games this season He has a record of 4-4 in 79 innings His ERA stands at 5.90 Ton steps up to the plate for FOFC It's the bottom of the 7th here at FOFC Stadium FOFC leads 4 to 1 Ton has hit 12 home runs this year Right-hander Martinez prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Ton Martinez fires It's a high fly into center Minoso ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games AL Post WWII is in front of Dead Ball Era 3 to 0 AL Pre WWII leads Late 20th 4 to 3 Grove battling Clemens NL Post WWII is beating Negro League II 6 to 2 Mathews has hit his 41st homerun for NL Post WWII NL Pre WWII is beating Japanese League 6 to 2 Negro League I is edging Old Timers 3 to 2 Turn of Century is in front of Left Outs 4 to 1 Wagner has hit his 11th homerun for Turn of Century Gerald Gazelle will face Martinez Righty against righty The right-hander Martinez is set to deliver to Gazelle And the righthander starts to work on Gazelle Here comes the pitch It's popped up into foul territory Miguel Gonzalez is under it He puts it away Score It: 2 And there's two away Hays finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the All Stars ballboy Hays waits on Martinez Here's the 2-1 offering This one is hit a mile high! Gonzalez drifts to his right He records the out Score It: 2 That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 49254 We're back at the top of the Estrellas' order Minnie Minoso coming to bat Minnie comes to the plate batting .268 with 7 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today Minnie waits... He steps out as Babson takes too long Now he's back in the box Here's the windup... and the pitch Good slider, inside part of the plate Minoso gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One up, one down Antonio Pacheco, the second baseman, strides to the plate Antonio is 1 for 2 this summer evening He singled in his last plate appearance He's ready Here's the righthander's windup and delivery Fly ball to right Gazelle is under it He makes the grab Two gone for Caribbean Time is running out for them Pancho Coimbre strides to the plate FOFC ahead 4 to 1 Coimbre is batting .294 with 15 HR's this year Babson rubbing the ball... has a chance to improve his record to 11-11 with a win Babson quick pitches him STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Brian Babson here this evening That's it for Caribbean Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 10 hits and one error While Caribbean has one run, 4 hits and 2 errors Caribbean has left 5 on base FOFC has stranded 8 Fouts steps up to the plate for FOFC It's the bottom of the 8th at FOFC Stadium Fouts is one of the most feared sluggers Gonzalez flashes the sign... Martinez shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Martinez brings it to the plate Fouts swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Martinez strikes out Dan Fouts That's one away Coming up for FOFC is Jeff Nights Nobody on base, one out Nights is 1 for 2 today, with 1 walk The umpire says let's go Nights is ready The righthander Martinez delivers Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on... It's a high bounding ball... Through the infield into right by Nights That's 2 hits for Nights this game Gonzalez comes to the plate One out, Nights at first And Dennis studies the sign from Gonzalez... Now he's got it Martinez kicks and fires Changeup... Ties Gonzalez up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! That's the second out of the inning Barrett Blade is up next The All Stars' second baseman finds 1 on with 2 outs Blade grips the bat handle Barrett steadies his bat Waits patiently for Martinez's pitch Martinez goes into his stretch... Looks at Nights... He fires one to Cepeda... Nights dives back in That's his best move to first... Cepeda lobs it back Now Martinez comes home Low, ball four... Blade takes first Tucker steps in Two out, Blade at first, Nights at second Tucker is at .295 on the season He is hitting .280 against righties Martinez squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Martinez checks the runners Swung on and missed... Strike three! A hook just below the knees got him That's 3 on the day now for Martinez That's the third out of the inning FOFC continues to leave runners aboard They have stranded 10 so far today But, they still lead by 3 It's Cepeda to start things for Caribbean FOFC leads 4 to 1 The outfield shades towards left for Cepeda Cepeda is waiting on the pitch The pitch to Cepeda... Cepeda swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Knowles strikes out Perucho Cepeda While we wait for Tony Oliva to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard These scores are final... AL Post WWII cuffed Dead Ball Era 3 to 0 AL Pre WWII downed Late 20th 6 to 4 Grove the winner, he's now 16-9 Clemens takes the loss, his record drops to 12-9 NL Post WWII toppled Negro League II 6 to 2 NL Pre WWII is the winner over Japanese League 6 to 2 Old Timers nipped Negro League I 4 to 3 Left Outs edged out Turn of Century 5 to 4 Joss takes the loss, his record drops to 6-9 Pennock the winner, he's now 10-10 OK, let's see if Caribbean can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 3 Oliva leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Oliva has hit 13 home runs this year Sammy Knowles on in relief of Brian Babson Knowles brings it home Hard slider... And Oliva takes it right down the middle Strike three called That's the second out of the inning Miguel Gonzalez will get a crack at Knowles next Omar Linares would be up next... But only if Gonzalez can reach safely Gonzalez is at .289 on the season Knowles toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hays The righthander delivers Gonzalez gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Nights into the outfield... Base hit for Gonzalez Omar Linares is up for Caribbean The tying run is on deck In the person of Dave Concepcion Benton Breeze is walking down to the water cooler Linares is batting .239 with 18 homers this year Now set, Linares waits for the pitch Knowles' into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Gonzalez dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Knowles Now here's the pitch There's a fly ball into straight-away left Pflaggstettler one hands it... OUT! And that will do it for Caribbean FOFC wins 4 to 1 Babson gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Cuellar takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Dan Fouts He was 3 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
8/14 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Caribbean Estrellas At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/14/1900 |
8/15 Radio Broadcast
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... Mighty's finishing his warm-up tosses It will be lefty versus righty Minoso is hitting .300 against southpaws And the delivery by Mighty The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Minoso held up, and draws a walk Mighty isn't happy at all with that call At the plate now for Caribbean is Avila Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The southpaw delivers the 3-0 pitch The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! Avila swings and lifts one toward left Gunner drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... And there's one away Omar Linares steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Minoso is at first Linares is at .238 on the season Mighty has the sign he wants Here's his delivery Looped to left...and it will drop for a hit The left fielder, Perucho Cepeda is up for the Estrellas We are in the top of the 1st Cepeda has a .279 average against lefthanders He is .253 overall Perucho steadies his bat Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch Mighty brings it to the plate Curve, up high... Cepeda rips it to center... Mighty hung that breaking ball However, Perucho got under it just a bit Tucker started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" That'll bring up Miguel Gonzalez Hector Espino will follow if Gonzalez gets aboard Hays is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Mighty's pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Gonzalez steps into the box Hays flashes the sign to Mighty Mighty checks the runners Grounded towards the middle Smooth pickup by Blade Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That retires the side... Miguel Gonzalez fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Here we go in the home half of the first inning... Let's take a moment to set up the defense... In left Cepeda Over in center Minoso Oliva will start in right... Around the infield Linares will start at third The keystone combination will be Concepcion and Avila... Espino will play first base... The battery of Tiant Jr. pitching and Gonzalez behind home plate Lead off man for the All Stars Barrett Blade steps into the batter's box Tiant Jr. making his 23rd start of the season The pitch is on the way In the dirt And Blade holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning One on, no outs Coming up for FOFC is Tucker Tiant Jr. eyes Tucker intently He brings it home Tucker will try the hit and run! Tucker slaps a slow bouncer in front of second Avila races in He reaches down Scoops it up and fires to first Out! Blade advances on the play That'll bring up All Stars' right fielder Persimmon Pflaggstettler... All Stars with a runner in scoring position at second Pflaggstettler swinging from the right side facing the righty Tiant Jr. Tiant Jr. shakes off the sign by Gonzalez We have Luis Tiant Jr. and Al Mighty matched up in this one as we play in the bottom of the first It's coming down the pike Routine fly to center Minoso starts in Now he starts backpedaling... Faster... Just does catch up to it! Blade scampers back to second FOFC with one more chance to take the lead One on, two out, score tied FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games The first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie will be up next for FOFC Potpie looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Potpie waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch on the way, here it is... Potpie pops it up Dave Concepcion is jogging under it... And it will be Concepcion making the play 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 As we get ready to start the top of the 2nd Espino is talking to Hays Mighty is slow to get ready He has a 3.98 ERA this year Now he's ready Mighty brings it to the plate Espino hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to first for the out Caribbean with one away Mighty steps off the mound as he waits for Tony Oliva to come to the plate Oliva is up now for Caribbean Oliva grips the bat handle Oliva waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the 2-2 offering Good slider, inside part of the plate Oliva gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Dead Ball Era is beating AL Post WWII 5 to 1 AL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 5 to 3 Mays battling Smoltz NL Post WWII slipping by Negro League II 3 to 1 NL Pre WWII slipping by Japanese League 2 to 0 Negro League I with the lead over Old Timers 3 to 0 Williams comfortably ahead for Negro League I Left Outs and Turn of Century are all knotted at 1 And here in FOFC No score Nobody on, two away Concepcion steps in for Caribbean Concepcion is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Concepcion is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mighty He's waiting for the pitch The lefthander Mighty comes home with it Concepcion tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! Mighty sets the Estrellas down in order Gunner leading off Wonder if Gunner will try to bunt for a hit Gunner waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch to Gunner... It is a slow change... Gunner's not at all fooled He hits it squarely... It's heading out to right-center almost on a line... Very well hit ball by Stan Minoso is running after it... He hopes to play it off the fence He picks it up on the second bounce He turns and gets it back into the infield Gunner slides into second base but it was not necessary Two-bagger for the FOFC left fielder No outs, Gunner at second Hays is at the plate for FOFC Gunner is on second, nobody out Tiant Jr. studies his sign Now the delivery, here is is... Hays fouls it back... It bounces off the screen behind home plate . . . Hays back in the box And here comes the next pitch Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three With one down, up next is Deacon Palmer To be followed by Jeff Nights While Jeff Nights heads for the on deck circle Deacon Palmer makes his way to the plate Palmer is batting seventh in the order today He is hitting a fine .324 for FOFC He also has has contributed with 41 runs 19 doubles, 2 triples and 6 home runs Deacon stands with bat ready Here's the 3-1 offering Slider, up and in... Cut on by Palmer... A little liner to left... Nobody will get this one... And it will drop for a hit Gunner moves over to third It will be a good opportunity for Jeff Nights, up next, to get an RBI Walking up to the plate now is Nights Al Mighty waits on deck Nights has hit 14 home runs this year Gonzalez flashes the sign... Tiant Jr. shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Tiant Jr.'s righthanded delivery... Grounded to short Concepcion grabs it Throw to second for one On to first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That's all for the All Stars in the 2nd inning No runs, 2 hits, no errors and one man left on base... We head to the 3rd... No score Luis Tiant Jr., Minnie Minoso, and Roberto Avila are due up Luis takes a couple of practice cuts Tiant Jr. is ready The southpaw delivers Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Tiant Jr. was frozen on that fastball by Mighty High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch Nobody on base, one away Minoso steps into the batter's box Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Minoso waits Here's the southpaw's delivery Drilled deep to left field This one is deep! Back she goes! Back! Back!! Back!!! HEY-HEY!!!! Minoso takes Mighty downtown! That is Minnie Minoso's 8th home run of the year. Facing Mighty now is Avila Omar Linares heads to the on deck circle Perucho Cepeda waits in the hole Avila is taking his practice swings Roberto is 0 for 1 this evening Mighty wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Mighty brings it to the plate Swung on and popped up Nights is waiting... And that's an easy out Two men gone, nobody on Caribbean leads by 1 Up now for Caribbean is Linares Two away, nobody on Omar is 1 for 1 this summer evening He singled in his last plate appearance Mighty steps on the rubber Mighty brings it home It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That's all for the Estrellas in the top of the 3rd They get 1 run After 2 and a half innings, Caribbean leads 1 to 0 Leading off for the All Stars is the pitcher Mighty He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then A. J. Tucker Stepping out, Mighty looks into the dugout Steps back in Mighty waits on Tiant Jr. The righthander Tiant Jr.'s delivery Mighty cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Gonzalez Mighty was badly fooled by Tiant Jr.'s big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Al was a little overanxious One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Blade finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Tiant Jr. rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Tiant Jr. winds and delivers The 1-0 pitch Ground ball to third Linares comes up with it Over to first He just beat it out Tucker is up next FOFC has a runner at first and one out Tucker has 19 doubles this year The umpire says let's go Tiant Jr. goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Blade He lobs one to Espino... Blade is back easily... We're ready again Now Tiant Jr. comes home There's a grounder right at Roberto Avila This should be two The throw to second...in time To first Out of there, a double play! We head to the 4th... The score is still Caribbean 1, All Stars 0 Here's Perucho Cepeda leading off Miguel Gonzalez is on deck And Hector Espino is in the hole Against lefthanders Cepeda is hitting .277 this season Mighty adjusts his cap... Now he's set Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Mighty The delivery There's a deep fly ball to Stan Gunner Gunner circles under it... He hauls it in on the warning track One gone for Caribbean Gonzalez moseys up to the plate Hector Espino is heading for the on-deck circle Gonzalez is batting .290 with 24 homers this year Mighty wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Mighty kicks and fires Swung on and sliced down the line Blade runs over He's near the dugout steps Reaches in... The ball bounces into the dugout . . . Gonzalez back in the box And here comes the next pitch A hot shot on the ground to Blade He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Gonzalez is out Two down Al Mighty retires the first two batters in order Hector Espino, the first baseman, strides to the plate The outfield shades towards left for Espino Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Here comes the cripple pitch There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Espino No chance for either Nights or Gunner That one had base hit written all over it Oliva gets set at the plate Oliva has hit 8 triples this year Oliva waiting on the delivery Mighty goes into his stretch... Looks over at Espino Fires to Potpie... Espino is back easily... We're ready again Now Mighty comes home Oliva goes down after the fastball... Puts the lumber to it... Tucker turns and races for the fence... Wow, this one is really stroked... It's going, going, GONE! A deep blast to right-center Caribbean on top 3 to 0 Dave Concepcion is coming to the plate We'll see how they pitch to Concepcion Mighty is ready quickly Here's the windup... and the pitch Concepcion rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Palmer Concepcion takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Gunner to get that ball in quickly Through the drawn in infield! Making his way up is Tiant Jr. Tiant Jr. swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Mighty Mighty adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Mighty kicks and fires Bouncer to second Blade grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for Caribbean Time to check out the rest of the scores Dead Ball Era and AL Post WWII are all knotted at 6 AL Pre WWII is in front of Late 20th 6 to 3 Dimaggio has hit his 6th homerun for AL Pre WWII NL Post WWII leads Negro League II 3 to 2 Seaver and Manning currently dueling NL Pre WWII besting Japanese League 5 to 0 Negro League I besting Old Timers 5 to 0 Turn of Century with the lead over Left Outs 4 to 1 It's the bottom of the 4th Persimmon Pflaggstettler, FOFC's right fielder, will lead it off Jeeberoni Potpie is on deck FOFC will try to cut into Caribbean's lead The Estrellas lead by 3 Tiant Jr. looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready Luis winds his right arm Lets it go It's hit high and deep Perucho Cepeda is running hard He's at the fence IT MIGHT BE . . . NO, IT'S CAUGHT! Score It: 7 Caribbean gets the first out of the inning One out, nobody on base Jeeberoni Potpie is the batter Potpie can't seem to get settled at the plate After getting set, Potpie waits on the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery Outside slider... He goes after it... Potpie smashes a very high fly into deep left Cepeda and Minoso converge on it Minoso pulls up.. So does Cepeda!!... They both can only look up... That ball is outta here! Now batting will be Stan Gunner The left fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out Caribbean leads FOFC by 2 runs The right-hander Tiant Jr. is set to deliver to Gunner Now ready, here it is... Long fly to center Minoso has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Gunner is retired on a fairly deep fly One more chance for FOFC this inning Harry Hays will step in to face Tiant Jr. next If he gets on, Deacon Palmer will follow Tiant Jr. looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Tiant Jr. kicks and delivers Changeup down low... Hays makes contact and hits one out to left Perucho Cepeda is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Tiant Jr. That's all for the All Stars... After 4 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, Caribbean on top 3 to 1 Minoso saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Minnie is hitting at .270 on the year He has 64 hits in 237 at bats His speed has propelled him to 18 stolen bases Minnie is set for the pitch The lefthander delivers Swung on and popped up Nights is waiting... And that's an easy out One up, one down Pounding the plate with his bat Avila awaits the pitch Mighty steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Windup by Mighty And the pitch Sinking fastball... Avila swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Hays asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Hays and Mighty Next up is Omar Linares, the Caribbean third baseman... If he gets on, Perucho Cepeda would bat next Omar is batting at .240 with 18 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today He's ready Now Al delivers Right down the middle... strike three Linares must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch That wraps up the inning for Caribbean So After 4 and a half innings Caribbean has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors Caribbean has left 3 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 The All Stars will send Palmer, Jeff Nights, and Al Mighty up to the plate this inning Palmer is at .326 on the season Luis gets the sign from Gonzalez Luis winds... kicks... and delivers Fly ball to center Minoso is under it He makes the grab All Stars' shortstop Nights is up next Against righthanders Nights is hitting .271 He's ready for the delivery The pitch is on the way Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Nights swings way over it He was fooled completely Gonzalez loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Jeff as he was heading for the dugout With two gone, Caribbean on top 3 to 1 in the bottom of the 5th Mighty coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Mighty digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Tiant Jr. And Luis studies the sign from Gonzalez... Now he's got it Tiant Jr.'s 0-1 pitch... Swung on and hit sharply to short Concepcion plays it on one bounce Over to Espino... Out of there! That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 5 innings Caribbean on top, 3-1 Cepeda 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 Cepeda has hit 20 home runs this year Mighty gets the sign, it's one he likes The southpaw Mighty delivers the 1-1 pitch Cepeda 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 Cepeda is out! Nice play by Potpie One out Due up next is Miguel Gonzalez And it brings up Miguel Gonzalez On deck is Hector Espino Tony Oliva in the hole Mighty ready quickly, looks in for the sign Al rocks and fires Shallow fly ball Gunner charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! And there's two away Slowly coming up is Espino for Caribbean He is finally in the batter's box Caribbean on top 3 to 1 Espino is 1 for 2 on the day He looks around at the FOFC infield Potpie is kicking the dirt at first Palmer is even with the bag at third Blade and Nights are ready with hands on knees at second and short Espino awaits the pitch Mighty brings it to the plate What a pitch... strike three Mighty put that one on the black, a perfect pitch That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 3-1, Caribbean |
8/15 Radio Broadcast Continued
Barrett Blade up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Blade steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Barrett steadies his bat And waits patiently for Tiant Jr.'s pitch The righthander delivers Routine grounder to second Avila scoops it up Over to first for the out One down for FOFC A. J. Tucker is still in the on-deck circle and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking for a bat in the dugout Tucker is up next One gone, bottom of the 6th Persimmon Pflaggstettler moves out on deck Tucker is taking his practice swings A. J. is 0 for 2 this evening He grounded out last time at bat Tiant Jr. has the sign from Gonzalez Now Luis delivers Hard ground ball to short Concepcion comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 Two down Tiant Jr. retires two in a row FOFC sends the right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to the plate Before getting ready Pflaggstettler checks out the defensive alignment Tiant Jr. has the sign from Gonzalez Righthander Tiant Jr.'s delivery There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Perucho Cepeda is at the wall... (Possible HR or Out Fielding ability: Good,) He's jumping for it... He's got it!!! What a great play by Cepeda! Here's Oliva to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Dead Ball Era and AL Post WWII are all knotted at 6 AL Pre WWII is in front of Late 20th 7 to 4 Mays comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII NL Post WWII is edging Negro League II 4 to 3 NL Pre WWII is embarrassing Japanese League 9 to 1 Negro League I besting Old Timers 6 to 1 Turn of Century leads Left Outs 4 to 3 And in our matchup Caribbean ahead 3 to 1 Oliva is no push-over in the number 7 slot He is batting .306 in 392 at bats Dave Concepcion makes his way to the on-deck circle Oliva is set for the pitch The All Stars' hurler winds and delivers It's a pop-up in back of short Nights is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out So one up and one gone Here's Dave Concepcion Dave is batting .258 with 4 home runs on the season He is 1 for 2 today Concepcion is set And the delivery by Mighty Baltimore chop Into left for a single! And the batter is Luis Tiant Jr. Minnie Minoso is on-deck Tiant Jr. digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mighty Mighty likes the sign The southpaw Mighty's delivery Fastball... just outside And Tiant Jr. will take first on the walk Walk number 2 issued by Mighty this evening So that brings up Minnie Minoso the Caribbean center fielder Minoso is 1 for 2 today Al Mighty on the mound for the All Stars... Mighty has gone the distance so far He's given up 6 hits and 3 runs Checks the runners Here's his delivery Flyball to right it's caught Concepcion has a chance to move up... Concepcion is trying to advance to third base... Here's the play... He's SAFE! Two on, two outs... Avila steps to the plate Avila is at .200 on the season The umpire says let's go Mighty checks the runners Here's the 3-2 offering Smashed to first Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 And that's the final out of the inning Caribbean has 3 runs, 6 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors Caribbean has left 5 men on base today It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Potpie saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Right hand hitting Potpie is 1 for 2 today He has smashed 36 home runs this year A very tough out for Tiant Jr. Potpie waits for the pitch Here's the 3-0 offering It's a smash over short Concepcion leaps Just over his outstretched glove Potpie makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Stan Gunner, the left fielder, strides to the plate Gunner has hit 14 home runs this year Tiant Jr. adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Gonzalez Now Luis delivers Gunner drives the ball to right for extra bases Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Double for Gunner That'll bring up catcher Harry Hays... Caribbean out in front by 2 We're in the bottom of the 7th Hays is at .336 on the season Tiant Jr. steps on the rubber Tiant Jr. rocks and fires Swung on and popped up Gonzalez grabs it for the out Score It: 2 The third baseman, Palmer, comes to the plate FOFC fans now have something to cheer about Only one out This is a good opportunity for the All Stars Palmer is 1 for 2 today Deacon flied out last time around Right-hander Tiant Jr. eyes the righty Palmer Luis rocks and fires Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three Nights gets set at the plate Nights is hitting .270 against righties Tiant Jr. looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready Way ahead in the count Tiant Jr. turns the 0-2 pitch loose Hard slider... And Nights takes it on the corner Strike three called Nice pitch by Tiant Jr. He needed it That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46584 The big guns are due up for Caribbean Linares will lead it off He will be followed by Perucho Cepeda and Miguel Gonzalez Linares 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 Omar is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch Rodney brings it to the plate Rodney misses low on that one Linares draws the walk Number 1 today by Rodney Cepeda, the left fielder, moves into the batter's box Caribbean on top 3 to 1 Cepeda grips the bat handle Cepeda waits patiently Rodney brings it to the plate WATCH OUT! Cepeda IS BEANED! He'll go down to first And Linares will move to second Now here's Gonzalez Gonzalez is at .289 on the season Rodney gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign Righthander Rodney's delivery Gonzalez drives the change-up deep... Stan Gunner racing over... Tries for the catch... Backs against the fence and grabs it One down... Hector Espino is due up next Let's see what happens now Hector Espino will face Rodney Righty against righty Espino looks down toward the third base coach Espino is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Rodney He's waiting for the pitch James checks the runners... Goes into the stretch The pitch Fastball, misses outside Ball four Oliva finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box The outfield's shaded towards right With Oliva at the plate Oliva waiting on the delivery Rodney kicks and fires A sharp breaking curve... Oliva was waiting for it He hits it squarely... and well Tucker turns to chase it down... This one is going, going... GONE! Tony Oliva can touch them all Walking up to the plate now is Concepcion Luis Tiant Jr. waits on deck Rodney is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Rodney gets the sign from Hays Rodney brings it home Changeup down low... Concepcion makes contact and hits one out to center A. J. Tucker is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Rodney That's two gone for Caribbean here in the top of the 8th Let's take ten seconds for station identification This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System Your four sports network... Two out, nobody on Up now is Tiant Jr. Tiant Jr. swinging from the right side facing the righty Rodney All set, Tiant Jr. is ready for the pitch Rodney brings it to the plate Tiant Jr. swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Rodney strikes out Luis Tiant Jr. That's it for Caribbean Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 and a half innings, Caribbean has 7 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 6 hits and no errors Caribbean has left 5 on base FOFC has stranded 4 The third baseman Fouts will lead off for the All Stars He'll be followed by Barrett Blade And then A. J. Tucker Fouts goes through his routine of settling in Luis looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here comes the cripple pitch Curveball, breaking in on him DOWN HE GOES!... It missed him for ball four Fouts' slow getting up... Here comes Tay Pemup the trainer... He looks OK, just shaken up a bit... Fouts heads down to first Blade digs in at the plate Ready now for Tiant Jr. to come set Fouts takes his lead Luis Tiant Jr. still on the mound for the Estrellas... Tiant Jr. has gone the distance so far He's given up 6 hits in 7 innings He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Fouts dives back in!... SAFE! Espino tosses it back to Tiant Jr. Now here's the pitch Grounded down the line Espino trots to the bag Score It: 3 Caribbean gets the first out here late in this contest One on, one out Coming up next is Tucker Tucker digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Tiant Jr. Tiant Jr. is on the first-base side of the rubber... Luis looks over his shoulder at Fouts Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Base hit to center for Tucker Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler Caribbean looking for two It won't be easy with Pflaggstettler's speed Persimmon Pflaggstettler is hitting .310 this year against righthanded pitchers Gonzalez flashes the sign... Tiant Jr. waves it off... Now he's happy Now to the belt, here it is... Fastball... just inside That'll be ball four and a walk That loads them up for FOFC Felipe Alou will be bringing in a relief pitcher Adolfo Luque has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go The All Stars' first baseman is up next FOFC has 3 on board with 1 out Potpie digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Luque Luque looks down at Gonzalez for the sign Now he's ready... Here's the 0-2 offering Here's a slider, down the middle... Potpie laces single to left... That will get one runner home, but that's it The bases remain loaded Stan Gunner is up for FOFC The tying run is on deck In the person of Harry Hays Benton Breeze is walking down to the water cooler The bases are filled with All Stars Espino walks over to the mound He is uttering some words of encouragement to Caribbean's Adolfo Luque He finds himself in quite a pickle Luque with a big 5-run lead to work with... He's in bit of trouble here, though! Here's the righthander's delivery Bounding ball to second Avila comes up with it Throws to second He's out Over to first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 That's it for FOFC here in the bottom of the 8th They leave 2 runners stranded Caribbean has 7 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 8 hits and no errors Here's the center fielder Minoso To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Roberto Avila And then Omar Linares Right-hander Rodney prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Minoso Rodney leans back and fires Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Minoso! One gone for Caribbean Avila is up now for Caribbean Avila is at .196 on the season Rodney has the sign from Hays Rodney throws the 3-2 pitch Base hit to left for Avila Stan Gunner 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 safe! Double for Avila One away, one on As Linares walks from the on deck circle Linares adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Omar is 1 for 3 this evening James is ready And the delivery by Rodney Linares watches strike three glide by For that matter, he watched them all That won't get it done Two down Perucho Cepeda will get a crack at Rodney next Miguel Gonzalez would be up next... But only if Cepeda can reach safely Cepeda is hitless today, 0 for 3 Perucho was hit by a pitch in his last at bat The bat is cocked The righthander delivers Change up, on the inside corner... Cepeda 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 Cepeda is in at second standing with a double All Tucker could do was keep him from getting a triple Gonzalez heads to the plate for Caribbean The infield is at regular depth A base hit should score Cepeda Rodney squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Rodney's 2 strike pitch... Gonzalez takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Gonzalez's outta there That's all for the Estrellas in the 9th inning They get 1 run across We go to the bottom of the 9th... Caribbean on top 8 to 2 Hays will come up to lead off the bottom of the 9th Luque studies his sign Now Adolfo delivers Hays rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Concepcion Dave fields it cleanly Over to first quickly... Easy out One up, one down for FOFC Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Treacy Treacy is hitting .281 against righthanders He's ready The pitch is on the way Hard slider, paints the inside corner Treacy gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Espino grabs it... Races to first... Beats Treacy for the out Two down, last of the 9th... The All Stars are down to their final out It will be Nights to face Luque The score, a lopsided 8-2 Luque has plenty of room to work with The pitch is on the way Nights pounds a grounder toward Linares at third Omar moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Linares stayed with it Over to first and Nights is retired Nice play by the Caribbean third baseman And that will do it for FOFC Caribbean wins 8 to 2 Tiant Jr. gets credit for the win Mighty takes the loss The hitting star for Caribbean was Tony Oliva He was 2 for 4 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 6 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
8/15 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Caribbean Estrellas At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/15/1900 |
UGH...bad time for a cold streak...
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8/16 Radio Broadcast
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 The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch Swung on and topped toward third Palmer comes in Backhands it Over to first Not in time! Infield single by Minnie Pacheco lays one down the third base line Palmer was moving in with the pitch He fields it cleanly... Glances over at second... But goes for the sure out at first Out by a mile Minoso is down at second And there's one away Coimbre is up now for Caribbean John gets the sign from Bullock And the delivery by Williams It is a fastball up high Coimbre rips it directly at Palmer My goodness! Deacon had to catch it or get killed He did the former much to his family's relief! Boy, Coimbre really took the toenails off that one! Minoso still at second Facing Williams now is Cepeda Miguel Gonzalez heads to the on deck circle Hector Espino waits in the hole Against lefthanders Cepeda is hitting .272 this season 2 down, Cepeda behind in the count, 0-2 Williams brings it to the plate Base hit to center for Cepeda Matty Alou is windmilling the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Miguel Gonzalez steps into the box Gonzalez is batting .288 with 24 HR's this year Williams is happy with the sign The southpaw Williams' delivery The pitch gets away from Williams Bullock can't handle it Charge a wild pitch to Williams Miguel Gonzalez steps into the box Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Here's his delivery Fastball... just outside And Gonzalez will take first on the walk Caribbean first baseman, Hector Espino, is up next Two men on, two men out Williams looks down at Bullock for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Williams rocks and fires Here's a slow curve... Espino slashes a shallow fly towards Pflaggstettler He's charging hard... dives... Makes the catch! That ends the top of the 1st One run, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base After one half inning, Caribbean leads by 1 Blade, FOFC's second baseman, leads off for the All Stars Caribbean drew first blood They scored 1 run in the top half of the first Blade is at .263 on the season Mendez wastes no time He has the sign from Gonzalez The pitch is on the way Slow ground ball Concepcion is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's one away Nights finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Nights has 30 doubles this year Nights waits on Mendez Here's the windup and the 0-2 delivery Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Nights hits it into the hole on the right side Pacheco ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Nights is out by a step at first That's two away Concepcion comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Mendez A. J. Tucker will be next up... Tucker digs in at the plate Ready now for Mendez to come set Mendez shakes off two signs Now he's ready Now Jose delivers Bouncer in the hole and past Hector Espino... Base hit into right field! That one had eyes on it Good piece of hitting by Tucker Jeeberoni Potpie will get a crack at Mendez next Persimmon Pflaggstettler would be up next... But only if Potpie can reach safely Potpie has hit 36 home runs this year Mendez ready quickly, looks in for the sign Mendez fires Potpie swats a major league fly to left Cepeda drifts back He lurches forward... He grabs it for the out That ends the inning After 1 inning, Caribbean leads by 1 Omar Linares up first for Caribbean He is a threat to steal if he gets on Linares' bat has been very quiet so far this season In 407 at bats, he is only batting .238 His OBP is also a dismal .295 Linares is ready Now ready, here it is... Curve, at the belt... Linares times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Stan Gunner retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Now here's Concepcion The righthander, Concepcion has an average of .260 His success against lefties, like Williams is better, however, at .279 Williams is ready quickly The southpaw's 3-1 delivery There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Concepcion No chance for either Nights or Gunner That one had base hit written all over it Jose Mendez moves in to face Williams 1 on, no outs here in the top of the 2nd Concepcion takes his lead Williams is on the third-base side of the rubber... Williams brings it to the plate The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Mendez misses the pitch! The steal attempt... The peg down... The slide... OUT AT SECOND!... Concepcion couldn't outrun that "gun" Bullock uses for an arm He has one of the better arms in the league Now batting will be Jose Mendez The pitcher is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out Caribbean up by 2 Williams gets the sign, it's one he likes Williams brings it to the plate Mendez hits a screamer at Deacon Palmer Palmer takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Potpie scoops it on one hop Mendez is out! Nice play by Potpie 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 While Antonio Pacheco heads for the on deck circle Minnie Minoso makes his way to the plate John Williams is having a good year He is 7th in wins with 12 Now Williams is looking for a sign Williams' 2 strike pitch... Minoso swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Williams strikes out Minnie Minoso That wraps up the inning for Caribbean Time to check out the rest of the scores AL Post WWII leads Dead Ball Era 2 to 1 Late 20th and AL Pre WWII have yet to score NL Post WWII winning over Negro League II 6 to 0 Old Timers is edging Negro League I 1 to 0 Turn of Century is on top of Left Outs 2 to 0 Rusie battling Sutton And in our contest Caribbean on top 2 to 0 The All Stars will send Pflaggstettler, Stan Gunner, and Deacon Palmer up to the plate this inning The righthander pitching to Pflaggstettler... A righthanded batter Righties have a .210 average against Jose Mendez brings it to the plate And Pflaggstettler will sit down... strike three called Walking up to the plate now is Gunner Deacon Palmer waits on deck Gunner is hitting .269 against righties After getting set, Gunner waits on the pitch Here's the 3-1 offering Gunner chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Mendez Concepcion snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! That's two away Deacon Palmer will face Mendez Righty against righty Right-hander Mendez prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Palmer Here's the righthander's delivery It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Concepcion takes off after it... Leaps... And Palmer is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Dave is very fine fielder! Mendez disposes of the All Stars in short order...1-2-3 in the 2nd After 2 full innings, it's 2-0 Estrellas Antonio Pacheco stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Antonio is hitting at .295 on the year He has 147 hits in 499 at bats His speed has propelled him to 19 stolen bases The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... The pitch on the way, here it is... Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! One away, two to go in the top of the 3rd Nobody on, one away for Caribbean Up now is Coimbre Coimbre is hitting .293 with 15 homeruns Pancho also has 26 doubles and 4 triples And has driven in a total of 64 runs Coimbre is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Here's the 0-2 offering Struck him out on a fastball Coimbre goes down swinging And there's two away Cepeda is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in The outfield shades towards left for Cepeda Williams rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Now to the belt, here it is... Cepeda gets around on a fastball He sends one deep to left This could be big trouble... There goes Gunner after it He is really moving... At the warning track... Jumps... WHAT A CATCH! Holy Cow... Cepeda is outta there! My Word!... very nice... Cepeda can't believe it That's all for Caribbean After 2 and a half innings in FOFC this evening, Caribbean ahead 2 to 0 Billy Bullock, John Williams, and Barrett Blade are due up Bullock is batting .262 with 17 homers this year The umpire says let's go Bullock is ready Righthander Mendez's delivery Bullock hits one toward short Concepcion fronts it... Oops, he bobbles it... Now he has the handle... Long throw to first Got Bullock by three steps! Man, that is one slow truck horse on the base paths! Mendez gets the first out in the inning John Williams, the pitcher, strides to the plate And Jose studies the sign from Gonzalez... Now he's got it Now the delivery, here is is... There's a ground ball into the hole Linares and Concepcion converge on it It's picked by Concepcion who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! Caribbean gets the second out of the inning Planting his right foot Blade is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Blade Against righthanders Blade is hitting .236 The right-hander Mendez is set to deliver to Blade With a 3-2 count Mendez kicks and fires Over the outside corner Blade hits the curve right to third... Linares takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Blade is out by a couple of steps That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 3 and 7 in their last ten games Gonzalez 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 We're in the top of the 4th Williams has the sign from Bullock Now John delivers Sinking fastball... Gonzalez swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One down for Caribbean Hector Espino is still in the on-deck circle and Omar Linares is looking for a bat in the dugout Espino leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Williams adjusts his cap... Now he's set The lefty Williams delivers Ground ball through the middle Blade ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! That's the second out of the inning Omar Linares makes his way to home plate Linares goes through his routine of settling in The left-hander Williams is now ready The pitch is on the way Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it This should do it... He makes the grab That's it for Caribbean Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 and a half innings, Caribbean has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors Caribbean has left 2 on base FOFC has stranded 1 To lead off this inning is Jeff Nights FOFC needs a pair to tie this game Nights is 0 for 1 today Mendez steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The righthander Mendez's delivery Changeup down low... Nights makes contact and hits one out to center Minnie Minoso is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Mendez With one down, up next is A. J. Tucker To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie A. J. Tucker will make his way to home plate He's the center fielder for FOFC Tucker is 1 for 1 today A. J. singled last time up Mendez is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Mendez looks in... Now he's ready Way ahead in the count Mendez turns the 0-2 pitch loose Tucker cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Gonzalez Tucker was badly fooled by Mendez's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! A. J. was a little overanxious Caribbean on top 2 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well AL Post WWII is beating Dead Ball Era 5 to 1 Late 20th is on top of AL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Martinez and Faber currently dueling NL Post WWII winning over Negro League II 6 to 0 Mays has hit his 34th homerun for NL Post WWII Quite a year for the slugger Old Timers with the lead over Negro League I 3 to 0 Keefe comfortably ahead for Old Timers Turn of Century is edging Left Outs 2 to 1 Potpie heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Potpie is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Potpie tells the umpire he's ready The righthander Mendez delivers There's a shallow flyball struck by Potpie Minnie Minoso runs in, calls for the ball He makes the catch Potpie is out We head to the 5th... The score is still Caribbean 2, All Stars 0 Concepcion up now to lead off It's the top of the 5th Concepcion steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Dave is 1 for 1 today Williams steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Williams The delivery Sinking line drive Caught by Barrett Blade One out Due up next is Jose Mendez Mendez gets set at the plate Before getting ready Mendez checks out the defensive alignment Bullock flashes the sign... Williams shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The southpaw delivers the 3-2 pitch STRIKE THREE, CALLED! Two men gone, nobody on Caribbean leads by 2 So that brings up the top of the order Minnie Minoso will step in Minoso is 1 for 2 today John looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next John winds Kicks... and delivers LINE DRIVE Palmer snares it for the out! Score It: 5 We're halfway through here at FOFC Stadium After 4 and a half innings Caribbean ahead 2 to 0 We'll be right back... Here's Persimmon Pflaggstettler to lead it off Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 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 Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch The righthander delivers Pflaggstettler goes after the big breaker... Hit on the ground to Mendez's right... Concepcion isn't able to cut it off... It's bouncing into center field for a single Gunner up The All Stars have Pflaggstettler on first Stan, a lefty batter, will square off against Mendez Of his 14 home runs, 14 are against righties Gunner waits for the pitch The count is full And the pay-off pitch... He goes after the low slider At the knees... There's a fly ball into straight-away right Coimbre slides under it... one hands it... Not the prettiest play, but Gunner is out One away, Pflaggstettler at first Palmer is coming to the plate Palmer digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Mendez Palmer readies himself for the pitch Here's the 1-1 pitch There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Perucho Cepeda is at the wall... (Possible HR or Out Fielding ability: Good,) He's jumping for it... He's got it!!! What a great play by Cepeda! Billy Bullock is up next The All Stars' catcher finds 1 on with 2 outs Bullock gets set He's 0 for 1 so far The umpire says let's go Mendez checks Pflaggstettler on first... The 1-0 delivery In the air to right Man it is really hit... The only question is whether it will stay fair It's... Gone! Bullock has just tied the game at 2 a piece! Bullock gets number 18 in 1900 The pitcher, Williams, is ready to bat The score is tied at 2 in the bottom of the 5th Williams a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Mendez Mendez toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Gonzalez He brings it home Hard slider, paints the inside corner Williams gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Espino grabs it... Races to first... Beats Williams for the out FOFC is retired... But they come up with 2 runs to tie it After 5 innings, it's all even at 2 |
8/16 Radio Broadcast Continued
Here's the second baseman Pacheco To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Pancho Coimbre And then Perucho Cepeda Stepping in and then stepping out again Pacheco looks to third for a sign The bat is cocked Here's the southpaw's delivery Pacheco hits a fly ball to center A. J. Tucker camps under it He's got it One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games AL Post WWII clipping Dead Ball Era 5 to 1 Late 20th slipping by AL Pre WWII 3 to 1 NL Post WWII bombing Negro League II 8 to 0 Old Timers is on top of Negro League I 4 to 2 Left Outs and Turn of Century are deadlocked at 2 Stargell has hit his 10th homerun for Left Outs Pancho Coimbre is coming to the plate Coimbre is taking his practice swings Pancho is 0 for 2 this evening Pancho waits... He steps out as Williams takes too long Now he's back in the box John rocks and fires Coimbre hits a deep fly ball into the alley A. J. Tucker chases it down But the ball hits the base of the wall Tucker hits the wall and falls to the ground Coimbre is into third with a triple Now they check on Tucker He's okay That ball hit right at the base of the fence 399 feet from home plate Coimbre represents the go-ahead run And up comes Perucho Cepeda Caribbean needs only that 1 run to break the tie Cepeda grips the bat handle Williams steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Coimbre is dancing off third Williams is ignoring him Here's the pitch Change up, a beauty... Heeee struck him out! One more chance for Caribbean this inning Miguel Gonzalez is up next Caribbean's catcher finds 1 on with 2 outs Gonzalez is 0 for 1 today Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Williams brings it home Gonzalez works the walk... Passes the baton to Hector Espino who will see if he can get Coimbre in from third Batting for Caribbean will be Espino Espino is 0 for 2 today Williams squeezes the resin bag... Peers in John is obviously concerned Into the stretch... He looks over at Coimbre, now at Gonzalez Now the pitch Hot shot grounded into right field Hector Espino has a base hit Coimbre scores from third! Gonzalez takes third Omar Linares, the Caribbean third baseman, steps into the batter's box Caribbean ahead 3 to 2 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Williams is having a fine year so far His 12 victories make him 7th in the league in that category Now he's about ready Here comes the cripple pitch Base hit to left for Linares Gonzalez scores Matty Alou puts up the stop sign... Espino will stay at second At the plate now for Caribbean is Concepcion The right-handed Concepcion will be facing the southpaw 3 of his 4 home runs come via this route Dave steadies his bat And waits patiently for Williams' pitch John checks the runners Steps off the rubber... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That's all for Caribbean in the top of the 6th They pick up 2 runs After 5 and a half innings, it's 4-2 Caribbean The second baseman Blade will start things off for the All Stars Barrett is batting .261 with 3 home runs on the season He 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 It's coming down the pike Blade is hit! That ball hit him on the arm Barrett is squeezing his elbow The trainer, Tay Pemup is out to check him He'll stay in He gets a nice round of applause He heads to first Jeff Nights steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Blade is at first Nights looks down at Dick Howser to get the sign The third base coach glances over at Benton Breeze Now he relays the signal to Nights Nights is waiting on the pitch Mendez goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Blade He lobs one to Espino... Blade is back easily We're ready again Now Mendez comes home Nights maneuvers to hit behind the runner Jeff Nights steps into the box Jeff looks down at the third base coach He gets the sign from Dick Howser Blade takes his lead Mendez has the sign from Gonzalez He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Blade dives back in!... SAFE! Espino tosses it back to Mendez Now here's the pitch Fastball off the catcher's mitt Rolls all the way to the backstop Gonzalez is after it... as Blade moves on to second No throw... Looked like Gonzalez was crossed-up on the pitch Score it a passed ball on Gonzalez Jeff Nights steps into the box Nights is at .277 on the season Jose is ready Mendez kicks and fires Base hit to center for Nights Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Blade is out at home! Trailing runner advances. Up next for the All Stars The hometown center fielder, A. J. Tucker Tucker will be batting lefty versus Mendez The switch hitter is 1 for 2 today .295 average on the year Last time up A. J. struck out A. J. seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Jose comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Base hit to left for Tucker Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Nights scores! Trailing runner advances. Now Jeeberoni Potpie will be up He wants to hit it to the right side to advance Tucker in this very tight, low scoring affair 1 out here in this 1 run ballgame Potpie is 0 for 2 today Mendez tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Mendez's righthanded delivery... A hot shot on the ground to Concepcion He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Potpie is out Tucker stays put Two down Next up is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Tucker is the runner on second He represents the tying run Persimmon is 1 for 2 this summer evening He's batting .309 on the season Pflaggstettler waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Mendez brings it to the plate There's a jam shot off the hands of Pflaggstettler It's a routine catch of the soft liner by Omar Linares That's all for the All Stars in the 6th inning They get 1 run across We've played through six... The score, 4-3 Estrellas Felipe Alou has called for Keith Hernandez Keith will come up now to bat for Jose Mendez against Williams Hernandez is batting .190 as a pinch hitter He has 2 pinch home runs Keith Hernandez stepping in He will be the first batter for Caribbean We are in the top of the 7th Caribbean leads 4 to 3 John is ready John rocks and fires It's a routine fly into right Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out That will bring up Minnie Minoso Minoso is batting .266 with 8 HR's this year Williams grips the ball Here's the pitch Bouncer to third Palmer comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 Pacheco saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Pacheco is 0 for 2 today Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Here's the pitch Pacheco starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Williams walks him Pacheco sneaks away from the base Williams looks the runner back Coimbre finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box John gets the sign from Bullock Here's the 1-2 offering Swing and a miss Strike three Coimbre goes down on strikes That wraps up the inning for Caribbean So After 6 and a half innings Caribbean has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors Caribbean has left 5 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Adolfo Luque will be coming on to pitch for Caribbean Adolfo has appeared in 67 games this season with a record of 5-7 In 92 innings, he has an 5.48 ERA Jose Mendez has finished his work here this evening Here's Stan Gunner leading off Deacon Palmer is on deck And Billy Bullock is in the hole Luque tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The righthander Luque's delivery Ground ball through the middle Concepcion ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! One up, one down for FOFC Palmer is up now for FOFC Deacon is hitting at .323 on the year He has 110 hits in 341 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Palmer flied out his last time up Palmer tells the umpire he's ready The kick and the pitch Slider, down at the knees... Cut on by Palmer... He smashes a hard shot... It's through into left field... Concepcion made a great effort But the ball was just out of his reach Bullock walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box John Williams moves into the on deck circle FOFC needs some runs Bullock is at .265 on the season Luque steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Luque goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Palmer He lobs one to Espino... Palmer is back easily We're ready again Now Luque comes home Here's a curve... Not a good one! Bullock turns on it a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run! Number 19 for Billy on the year He also has 46 RBI's now Felipe Alou is walking to the mound Adolfo Luque will head for the showers They've signaled for the righthander Mike Garcia will be coming on in relief for Caribbean Garcia will be the 3rd pitcher used by Caribbean this evening Adolfo Luque hands the ball over to Felipe Alou Now he walks off the field... Garcia is almost finished warming up... Mike has a 2-5 record so far this year And an ERA of 4.05 in 45 appearances Treacy saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box FOFC ahead 5 to 4 Mike Garcia steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Righthander Garcia's delivery Sinking line drive Caught by Antonio Pacheco That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Barrett Blade to get a new bat Let's point out that FOFC is 3 and 7 in their last ten games So that brings up the top of the order Barrett Blade will step in Blade is hitting .235 against righties Blade, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Garcia The righthander delivers Its a high fly ball into shallow center Minoso runs in... He calls for it... Concepcion yells "take it Minnie" And he does Blade is retired on a lazy fly to short center That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 48711 Power hitting Perucho Cepeda will lead off Caribbean's clean-up hitter will see what he can do against FOFC's James Rodney Cepeda adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Perucho is 1 for 3 this evening Cepeda waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The righthander Rodney delivers Cepeda swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Rodney strikes out Perucho Cepeda One away in the top of the 8th for Caribbean Nobody on base, one away Gonzalez steps into the batter's box Gonzalez grips the bat handle Miguel is eagerly awaiting Rodney's pitch With a 1-2 count... here's the pitch Swung on and hit sharply to third Palmer plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! Two down Settling in at the plate is Espino Espino has 8 doubles this year Hector steadies his bat Waits patiently for Rodney's pitch Rodney kicks and delivers Fastball... just outside Espino will take first on the walk Hector knows how to get on base His OBP of .402 is among the league leaders Felipe Alou is going to make a change now Pablo Mesa will run for Hector Espino The speedster will take his spot at first base Mesa watches Rodney carefully As he stretches out to his lead Rodney steps off the rubber Looks Mesa back to the bag That'll bring up third baseman Omar Linares... FOFC out in front by 1 We're in the top of the 8th Linares is batting .241 with 19 round trippers in 1900 He's ready for the delivery Now James delivers Rodney comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Linares As Omar swings right through it for strike three Rodney punches him out That's it for Caribbean Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Caribbean has 4 runs, 7 hits and no errors Caribbean has left 6 on base FOFC has stranded 2 Caribbean's defensive changes are... Cepeda will bat 4th and play 1B Mesa will bat 6th and play LF Here's Nights to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard AL Post WWII is beating Dead Ball Era 5 to 1 Hunter comfortably ahead for AL Post WWII Late 20th is in front of AL Pre WWII 4 to 1 NL Post WWII is destroying Negro League II 9 to 0 Mays has hit his 34th homerun for NL Post WWII He's putting up big numbers this year Negro League I is edging Old Timers 6 to 5 Foster and Keefe currently dueling Left Outs is on top of Turn of Century 4 to 2 And right here in FOFC FOFC leads 5 to 4 Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National Nights is 1 for 3 today For the season, Jeff has 14 homers 30 doubles, and 3 triples He has scored 65 runs while driving in 60 Two balls, two strikes the count Here's the righthander's delivery Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 28 on the season for Garcia Coming up for FOFC is Tucker Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck The All Stars leading by 1 Mike is ready Here is the 3-0 pitch It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Pacheco is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! Two down Due up next is Jeeberoni Potpie Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the All Stars A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Jeeberoni Potpie Stepping out, Potpie looks into the dugout Steps back in Jeeberoni stands with bat ready The pitch to Potpie... Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Gonzalez fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Potpie That's all for the All Stars After 8 full innings, they lead by 1 As we get ready to start the top of the 9th Concepcion is talking to Bullock Knowles wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock It's coming down the pike Concepcion chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Knowles Nights snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! One down for Caribbean Mike Garcia is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Caribbean Caribbean announces a pinch hitter for Mike Garcia Alejandro Ohms will come in to face the right handed Knowles He carries a .226 average as a pinch hitter Against righties he is hitting .266 this year The Estrellas are down to their last 2 outs Alejandro Ohms is due up next Ohms has hit 1 home run this year Knowles 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 Here's the pitch Another hook for strike three! Ohms just stood there looking Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Knowles Minnie Minoso, the center fielder, strides to the plate Minoso is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Minnie is ready for the delivery Knowles winds and delivers The 2 strike pitch Sinking fastball... Minoso swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Fouts... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step And that will do it for Caribbean FOFC wins 5 to 4 Williams gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Luque takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Billy Bullock He was 2 for 3 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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I see by the clock that we're ready to go here in Dead Ball Era Blade steps in to start things off for FOFC Let's set the Dead Ball Era defense for you Battery mates are Plank and Schalk Covering the corners at first and third Will be Sisler and Baker The keystone combo has Collins at second And Wallace playing short In the outfield From left to right Its Jackson, Speaker and Cobb Now Blade steps into the batter's box This game's about to begin Blade finishes his stretching Let's play some ball... Plank winds his left arm Lets it go Blade laces a hit into the outfield Ty Cobb picks it up Fires it to the infield Blade holds with a single With Jeeberoni Potpie on deck Batting now for FOFC is Tucker Tucker looks to Dick Howser for the sign Tucker is set Now the delivery, here is is... Tucker maneuvers to hit behind the runner There's a hard grounder down at Wallace He's in front of it... But he muffs it! Error on Bobby Wallace as that ball just ate him up! It crawled right up his arms and clipped him in the chin Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman, strides to the plate Plank adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Schalk The southpaw Plank's delivery Base hit to center for Potpie Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Runners hold. Gazelle, FOFC's right fielder, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup K. A. Ton waits on deck The bases are full... Time to throw it over the plate Plank needs to let his defense earn their keep Plank is asking for a new ball... And now gets one... He's set now The pitch on the way, here it is... Sharp curve... Swung on... Gazelle pops it up... Schalk slides under it Infield Fly rule called Gazelle is automatically out The ball is caught The runners hold One down... Plank has to continue to bear down Next up is K. A. Ton, the FOFC left fielder Plank is taking his sweet time out there Now he is finished fiddling around Eddie is in quite a jam He gets the sign from Schalk Plank fires Slow ground ball to third Baker grabs it Throw to second for one To first Not in time! Score It: 5-4 Blade scores from third! Tucker takes third The runner on first, Potpie, is out That's two away Harry Hays steps into the box Hays has managed a .429 average against lefthanders this year Hays gets set for the pitch Now ready, here it is... There's a 58 footer! Schalk can't come up with it... It's off his chest and the runners will advance... Wild pitch by Plank Tucker crosses the plate standing up! Harry Hays steps into the box Plank wastes no time He has the sign from Schalk Here's his delivery Hays smacks a fly to center Speaker is waiting on it Pounds his mitt Tris takes it in That retires the side... 2 runs cross the plate for FOFC After one half inning, FOFC leads 2 to 0 FOFC has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively In the outfield from left to right Ton in left... Tucker in center... And Gazelle 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 mound is Nielsen and his battery mate is Hays Dead Ball Era second baseman, Eddie Collins, will lead off Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy Now to the belt, here it is... It's wide... he missed with a slider Collins will stroll down to first He continues to get on base with regularity He has a .401 OBP this year George Sisler 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 Sisler But Collins moves up One out Due up next is Tris Speaker Stepping in is Speaker Collins at second, one out Speaker looks down toward the third base coach, Jim Thorpe Speaker awaits the delivery Nielsen brings it to the plate Speaker just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Blade races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... Two down Ty Cobb moves in to face Nielsen 1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 1st Cobb steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Cobb waits for the pitch The lefty Nielsen delivers It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That retires the side... Ty Cobb fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often FOFC will send Fouts, Jeff Nights, and Rob Nielsen to face Eddie Plank this inning Fouts is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Dan certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Plank earn his salary Plank wastes no time He has the sign from Schalk The lefthander Plank comes home with it Fly ball to center Speaker is under it He makes the grab One gone for FOFC Nights heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Looking to Dick Howser for a sign The bat is cocked Plank brings it to the plate Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into center It's in for a base hit... Speaker quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Nights dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Nights with a single Nielsen squares Nielsen lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Nielsen might beat it out... Fielded by H.Baker the throw to first... close play... SAFE, Nielsen beat it out! Nights takes second Blade is up now for FOFC Blade can't seem to get settled at the plate Blade cocks his bat Checks the runners Here's his delivery Base hit to center for Blade Dick Howser is windmilling the runner home... The throw is coming home... Nights is out! Walking up to the plate now is Tucker FOFC leading in the game A. J. will be facing the southpaw Plank from the right side of the plate 6 of his 8 home runs come via this route Plank is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Plank gets the sign from Schalk The southpaw delivers the 3-2 pitch Swung on and popped up Baker grabs it for the out Score It: 5 That retires the side... Tucker fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, 3 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base To lead off this inning is Joe Jackson Dead Ball Era needs a pair to tie this game Jackson scuffs up the lines around the box Joe is ready for the delivery Rob rocks and fires High heater from Nielsen... Jackson cuts at it... Hits a bouncer right side... It goes by the diving Blade and Potpie It's into right for a single Jackson takes his turn and holds at first The third baseman, Home Run Baker will be up next for Dead Ball Era Home Run is batting .315 in 435 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Bobby Wallace Nielsen squeezes the resin bag... Peers in We've got a full count... Nielsen winds and fires... Baker just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Blade races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... One gone for Dead Ball Era in the bottom of the 2nd One on, one out Coming up next is Wallace Wallace is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Wallace is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Nielsen He's waiting for the pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery Wallace hits a high pop into short left field Fouts and Nights sprint towards the outfield Here comes Ton Nights puts his glove out... Makes a lucky catch in front of Ton!! And there's two away Ray Schalk, will be up next Eddie Plank hopes to get a chance as well Jackson kicking up the dirt at second... two outs FOFC leads Dead Ball Era by 2 runs Schalk steps out of the box... Looks towards Jim Thorpe for a sign Ray seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Here's the 2-2 offering Hard slider... And Schalk takes it right down the middle Strike three called So Dead Ball Era leaves a runner down at second FOFC leads by 2 We will be right back... Potpie is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Potpie is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .287 on the year Jeeberoni steadies his bat And waits patiently for Plank's pitch Here's the pitch Swung on and popped up Baker is waiting... And that's an easy out One out Gerald Gazelle is due up next Now here's Gazelle Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Gazelle waits for the delivery The southpaw Plank's delivery on the 2-1 pitch Slider, down at the knees... Cut on by Gazelle... He smashes a hard shot... It's through into left field... Wallace made a great effort But the ball was just out of his reach (Ballpark Double Effect) That brings up K. A. Ton, the left fielder Ton grips the bat handle Eddie peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Plank rocks and fires It's in on the hands Inside... ball four Ton trots to first as Gazelle takes second Hays now at the plate Dan Fouts waits on deck Plank likes the sign Gazelle on second, Ton on first They're dancing off the bags Here's the 0-1 offering Dribbler to the mound Fielded nicely by Plank Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That's out number two Ghosts' pitching coach, Hippo Vaughn, is out to talk with Plank Looks like Fouts will be given a free pass here And he is... That's four wide ones John McGraw didn't want to risk letting Fouts add to his 17 seasonal home runs Nights finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Plank is in a tough spot Plank looks down at Schalk for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw delivers It is a high hard one... Nights goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up and out of the strike zone... Nights couldn't hold back That does it for FOFC in the top of the 3rd Eddie Plank will step into the box to start the inning Dead Ball Era would like to get some runners on board Plank looks down toward the third base coach Nielsen is slow to get ready He has a 3.18 ERA this year Now he's ready Here's the 2-2 offering Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! One down for Dead Ball Era Eddie Collins is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Dead Ball Era Coming up for Dead Ball Era is Eddie Collins Nobody on base, one out Collins is hitting .304 with 8 homeruns Eddie also has 21 doubles and 5 triples And has driven in a total of 37 runs One ball, one strike the count Nielsen brings it to the plate Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in order Nobody on, two away Sisler steps in for Dead Ball Era Sisler has hit 5 triples this year The umpire says let's go Sisler is ready It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Did he check his swing? YES! It's a walk Ghosts' center fielder Speaker is up next Speaker has 34 doubles this year Tris stands with bat ready The lefthander delivers There's a drooper in front of Gerald Gazelle He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter out That's all for the Ghosts... After 3 innings here at Shibe Park in Dead Ball Era, FOFC on top 2 to 0 Nielsen saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Before getting ready Nielsen checks out the defensive alignment Plank has the sign from Schalk Here's the windup... and the pitch Nielsen cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Schalk Nielsen was badly fooled by Plank's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Rob was a little overanxious So one up and one gone And it brings up Barrett Blade On deck is A. J. Tucker Jeeberoni Potpie in the hole Blade wiggles the bat above his head The umpire says let's go And the delivery by Plank Blade swings... Hits the fastball on the ground... Down the line at first... Sisler trying to backhand it... Can't get a glove on it It's into right field for a hit A. J. Tucker is now up One away, Blade at first A. J. is hitting at .294 on the year He has 164 hits in 557 at bats This includes 19 doubles, 8 triples 8 home runs and 57 RBI's Tucker waits The lefthander Plank delivers Tucker will try the hit and run! Tucker goes after the outside slider Hammers it into the ground... Collins gloves it... Throws quickly to first... Tucker is out easily on the hard grounder Blade is safely down at second The hit and run moves the runner up. That's the second out of the inning The first baseman, Potpie, is ready to bat FOFC ahead 2 to 0 in the top of the 4th Potpie is 1 for 2 today Plank looks down at Schalk for the sign Now he's ready... It's coming down the pike Line drive to second CAUGHT by a diving Collins! A cross-over step, then he lunged for it Impressive play by the Dead Ball Era second baseman! That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 3 and a half innings FOFC has 2 runs, 7 hits and no errors While Dead Ball Era has no runs, one hit and one error FOFC has left 7 stranded Dead Ball Era has failed to bring home 3 The right fielder Cobb will start things off for the Ghosts Cobb is 0 for 1 today Nielsen is on the third-base side of the rubber... Here comes the cripple pitch Fastball... Cobb jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep left There goes Ton after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by K. A. Ton! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League II is beating Negro League I 5 to 1 Santop has hit his 18th homerun for Negro League II AL Post WWII leads Left Outs 6 to 5 Brett has hit his 20th homerun for AL Post WWII Caribbean is edging AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Valenzuela and Gomez currently dueling Late 20th and NL Post WWII have yet to score Japanese League leads Old Timers 6 to 5 Oh has hit his 42nd homerun for Japanese League Turn of Century is in front of NL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Wagner has hit his 13th homerun for Turn of Century "Shoeless Joe" is up next He has his "Black Betsy" bat with him Rob Nielsen has had a fine year so far in 1900 He was ranked 1st in wins with 17 and 2nd in ERA coming into this evening's game And tonight, his ERA has dropped even lower to 3.16 Here's the 2-1 pitch Bouncer in the hole and past Jeeberoni Potpie... Base hit into right field! That one had eyes on it Good piece of hitting by Jackson Home Run Baker plants his left foot The lefthanded third baseman for Dead Ball Era appears set Baker has a .288 average against lefties Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants He brings it home Baker raps a hard grass cutter toward second Blade takes two steps to his left Scoops it up Over to second for one Back to first for the deuce! The side is retired No runs, one hit and no errors Time for a break, just in time, by the way as I've just been handed a ballpark hotdog As Humphrey Bogart once said A hotdog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz Here's the right fielder Gazelle To lead off the inning He'll be followed by K. A. Ton And then Harry Hays Gazelle is 1 for 2 today He is currently batting .265 Jackson, Speaker and Cobb are playing him deep Eddie is set to go... a quick look toward Schalk again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag FOFC's clean-up hitter is waiting Plank has allowed 9 taters to righties this year And 5 when facing lefties Collins comes in a couple steps Yells something to Plank The delivery Ground ball to short Wallace ranges into the hole He backhands it Plants his right foot And fires it to first SAFE! Ton moseys up to the plate Harry Hays is heading for the on-deck circle Ton is batting .305 on the year He is hitting with great power He checks down at third for the sign K. A. will be hitting away You can be sure of that Benton Breeze won't ignore his .616 slugging average! Ton readies himself for the pitch Gazelle takes a walking lead The pitch is on the way Plank loses him Ton heads down to first Hays, the catcher, moves into the batter's box FOFC ahead 2 to 0 Plank has the sign he wants Now Eddie delivers Change up, belt high... Hays drills a shot out into right Cobb gloves it cleanly on the first bounce Gazelle scores from second... And into third goes Ton As the throw comes into second Fouts leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Runners at the corners The left-hander Plank is now ready The 2-2 offering... Base hit to left for Fouts Ton scores Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Hays will stay at second Nights gets set at the plate We'll see how they pitch to Nights Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready A check on the runners... the pitch A slider by Plank Nights gets good wood on it... Jackson back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! So we have one out now for FOFC 2 runners on board as Rob Nielsen rubs his bat with the pine tar one last time Now batting will be Rob Nielsen The pitcher is walking to the plate Two on... one out FOFC up by 4 Stepping out, Nielsen looks into the dugout Steps back in Schalk flashes the sign... Plank shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Plank looks over at Fouts Now back at Hays He's coming home with it Grounded down the line Baker grabs it Throws to second He's out On to first Double Play! Score It: 5-4-3 That's it for FOFC Here at Shibe Park, After 4 and a half innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 10 hits and no errors While Dead Ball Era has no runs, 2 hits and one error FOFC has left 8 on base Dead Ball Era has stranded 3 |
8/17 Radio Broadcast Continued
Wallace steps up to the plate for Dead Ball Era It's the bottom of the 5th here at Shibe Park FOFC on top 4 to 0 Rob gets the sign from Hays Nielsen brings it to the plate A hanging curve... Wallace laces it hard just to the right of Nights He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Bobby... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Wallace at first, nobody out Schalk comes to the plate Schalk checks for the sign The count is nothing and 2 Schalk has to protect the plate Nielsen goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Wallace He lobs one to Potpie... Wallace is back easily... We're ready again Now Nielsen comes home Drilled deep to center field Tucker is on his horse UNBELIEVABLE DIVING GRAB! Schalk can't believe it! Score It: 8 FOFC gets the first out of the inning Plank pounds the plate Now he stares out at Nielsen Plank digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Nielsen Nielsen's reaching for the resin bag He is having a fine year for FOFC Quite an important member of the staff Already with 17 wins, Rob has racked up 212 innings in 1900 Now he is ready to go Way ahead in the count Nielsen turns the 0-2 pitch loose Plank watches strike three glide by For that matter, he watched them all That won't get it done Eddie Collins will get a crack at Nielsen next George Sisler would be up next... But only if Collins can reach safely Collins has hit 8 home runs this year Nielsen asks for a new ball... Gives it a good rubbing down... Now he steps on the rubber Nielsen brings it home And Collins will sit down... strike three called That ends the inning After 5 innings, FOFC leads by 4 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 is 3 for 3 today Barrett singled last time around Blade is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Plank He's waiting for the pitch Plank kicks and fires Blade rips one to center He hit it right on the nose... Speaker is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Tris Speaker One up, one down Nobody on base, one away Tucker steps into the batter's box A. J. looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Tucker taps the bat on home plate Plank steps on the rubber Now Eddie delivers Tucker hits a deep fly ball into the alley Joe Jackson chases it down But the ball hits the base of the wall Jackson hits the wall and falls to the ground Tucker is into third with a triple Now they check on Jackson He's okay That ball hit right at the base of the fence 370 feet from home plate FOFC firstsacker, Jeeberoni Potpie will be up next The All Stars, like all teams, like to see a lot of offensive production out of their firstbasemen Certainly, Potpie has not disappointed Potpie is 4th in the league in homeruns with 36 Jackson is deep in left Speaker is deep in center and Cobb is similarly stationed in right Potpie, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Plank Tucker is dancing off third Plank is ignoring him Here's the pitch There's a shot off the bat of Jeeberoni Potpie But it's right at Wallace who makes the catch of the line drive Potpie throws his bat in disgust FOFC ahead 4 to 0 with two away this inning Gazelle is now up for FOFC tonight FOFC leading here in the sixth Gazelle looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 2 for 3 on the day for Gerald He's ready for the delivery The pitch to Gazelle... Gazelle swings and lifts one toward right Cobb drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games George Sisler is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Dead Ball Era to get things going Nielsen has a 3-hitter going through 5 innings The southpaw's 2-0 delivery Sisler laces it into the gap in right Gazelle gallops to his right Reaches out It's past him! Sisler is around first Checks the ball George is steaming to third The throw... Safe! Triple number 6 of the year for George Sisler One aboard, nobody out Up next is Speaker Against lefthanders Speaker is hitting .320 this season The umpire says let's go Nielsen brings it to the plate Speaker pulls this one down the line Gazelle is at the warning track The ball is hooking... Just inside the foul pole! Say goodbye to the shutout! It's 4-2, FOFC And home run number 19 of 1900 for Speaker Cobb saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Cobb is 0 for 2 today Nielsen is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Nielsen looks in... Now he's ready Now Rob delivers Ball four is the call Nielsen can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Nielsen Cobb takes first base Jackson will try his luck against Nielsen Dead Ball Era trails by 2 runs We're in the bottom of the 6th Jackson is 2 for 2 today Joe singled last time around Full count on the batter, 3-2 The lefthander delivers Good slider, inside part of the plate Jackson gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... To second for one Over to first... OUT! Smooth "DP" by FOFC FOFC ahead 4 to 2 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Negro League II is beating Negro League I 5 to 1 AL Post WWII is comfortably ahead of Left Outs 12 to 6 Caribbean and AL Pre WWII are all knotted at 2 NL Post WWII leads Late 20th 1 to 0 Japanese League leads Old Timers 6 to 5 Turn of Century clipping NL Pre WWII 4 to 0 The Ghosts will send Home Run Baker up to the plate Baker can't seem to get settled at the plate Baker cocks his bat Nielsen is into his rocking motion Now his left arm comes around Curveball, breaking to the outside... Lazy ground ball to the right side It'll be a very tough play for Potpie He picks it up, throws to Nielsen covering first Not in time as Baker beats the throw With a runner at first and two outs Wallace walks to the plate Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Here's his delivery Swung on and missed... Wallace is down on strikes That's it for Dead Ball Era Here at Shibe Park, After 6 innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 11 hits and no errors While Dead Ball Era has 2 runs, 6 hits and one error Dead Ball Era has left 4 on base FOFC has stranded 9 Ton saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box The outfield shades towards left for Ton K. A. steadies his bat And waits patiently for Plank's pitch Plank brings it home Fastball, busted in on the hands Ton manages to get a piece of it Bouncing it over the mound Collins cuts it off in front of the bag Rifles a throw to Sisler... And Ton is called out on a close play Hays departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Hays is batting .333 with 12 HR's this year Schalk flashes the sign... Plank waves it off... Now he's happy With a 2-0 count... here's the pitch Ground ball to the left side... Wallace scoops it up Over to first for the putout Two out, nobody on FOFC on top 4 to 2 Dan Fouts will be coming up Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat Fouts is 1 for 2 today Plank studies his sign The Ghosts' hurler winds and delivers Slider, down at the knees... Fouts swings and lifts one deep to left This one has a chance... Jackson is at the warning track... Bye, Bye Baby!!... Number 18 on the year for Dan Fouts Next up is Jeff Nights, the FOFC shortstop... If he gets on, Rob Nielsen would bat next The outfield's shaded towards left for Nights He's 1 for 3 today Nights waits on Plank Plank quick pitches him It's a pop-up in back of third Baker is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out That's three outs, side retired It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Schalk will come up to lead off the bottom of the 7th for Dead Ball Era Nielsen is sitting on 199 strikeouts in 1900 One more and he hits a nice milestone... The pitch to Schalk... The pitch is just inside and Schalk holds up Hays points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Ray trots down to first... ball four Now batting for the Ghosts... Max Carey... He'll pinch hit for Eddie Plank Eddie Collins is on-deck Carey finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Carey digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen All set, Carey is ready for the pitch Nielsen goes into his stretch... Looks over at Schalk Fires to Potpie... Schalk is back easily... We're ready again Now Nielsen comes home Grounded to short Could be two . . . To second for one, the relay . . . Not in time. Wait a minute, The umpire is pointing . . . He's calling interference! That's a double play! Score It: 6-4-3 The ex-Columbia U star, Eddie Collins, is approaching the plate Eddie is hitting at .303 on the year He has 130 hits in 429 at bats His speed has propelled him to 24 stolen bases And Rob studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it The pitch is on the way Collins fights one off his fists It's a slow roller to short Nights is in quickly Nice throw to first Eddie beats it out He really gets down that line! Slowly coming up is Sisler for Dead Ball Era He is finally in the batter's box FOFC ahead 5 to 2 Rob Nielsen still on the mound for the All Stars... Nielsen has gone the distance so far He's given up 7 hits in 6 2/3 innings The pitch is on the way Drilled on the ground to the mound Taken by Nielsen His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 And that will do it for Dead Ball Era Joe McGinnity will be coming on to pitch for Dead Ball Era Joe has appeared in 36 games this season He has a record of 13-9 in 197 innings His ERA stands at 4.21 Stan Gunner, Barrett Blade, and A. J. Tucker are due up McGinnity steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready McGinnity is into his windup Here's the pitch McGinnity misses low on that one Gunner draws the walk Number 1 today by McGinnity Blade looks to lay one down Blade lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Blade might beat it out... Fielded by H.Baker the throw to first... close play... Out Blade gets the job done. That's the first out of the inning Two more to go A. J. Tucker steps into the box We're in the top of the 8th McGinnity looks in Here's the 0-2 offering Screaming liner towards second Collins snares it for the out! Now he races to the bag . . . OUT! Double Play! Score It: 4 And that will do it for FOFC The Ghosts will send Speaker, Ty Cobb, and Joe Jackson up to the plate this inning So far this year Speaker is batting .325 He has 34 doubles, 9 triples 19 homeruns with 96 RBI's and 26 stolen bases Speaker is ready Knowles goes into his windup Here it comes It's popped up into foul territory Barrett Blade is under it He grabs it for the out Score It: 4 Dead Ball Era with one away Knowles steps off the mound as he waits for Ty Cobb to come to the plate Ty Cobb, the right fielder, strides to the plate Cobb, a lefthand hitter stands ready He's hitting .364 currently He was practicing hitting to leftfield earlier today in batting practice The bat is cocked The lefthander Knowles delivers Cobb slaps a hard grounder past second Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Cobb will hold with a clean single Jackson is the batter The speedy Cobb is on first He probably won't be taking any chances, though The Ghosts trail by 3 runs Knowles gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign And the delivery by Knowles Jackson laces a clean base hit into the outfield He rounds first, but will hold there Cobb moves up 90 feet Cobb inches away from the base Knowles looks the runner back With FOFC leading in the bottom of the 8th Here's Baker now up for Dead Ball Era On deck will be Bobby Wallace Home Run is batting .315 with 12 home runs on the season He is 1 for 3 today Cobb seems to be bothering Knowles Baker is ready for the pitch Knowles checks the runners Baker rips a solid shot to center Gazelle ranges to his right... He is juggling it!... Finally finds the handle Whew! Runners can't advance Two gone for Dead Ball Era Time is running out for them Wallace gets set at the plate Knowles likes the sign The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander Swung on...and it's in the air to the right side Backing just a bit is Pflaggstettler And he pulls it in That retires the side... Wallace fails to come through in the clutch For Dead Ball Era, No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base The FOFC first baseman, Potpie, will lead off He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler McGinnity steps on the rubber McGinnity brings it to the plate Swung on... And there's a high fly ball into center Speaker is under it, waits... He's got it One up, one down for FOFC A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Gerald Gazelle McGinnity's reaching for the resin bag He is having a fine year for Dead Ball Era Quite an important member of the staff Already with 13 wins, Joe has racked up 198 innings in 1900 Now he is ready to go Here's the righthander's delivery Right down the middle... strike three Gazelle must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch Two up, two down Walking up now to the plate is Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler has hit 21 home runs this year McGinnity looks down at Schalk for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Into the windup... here's the pitch There's a routine pop by Pflaggstettler Wallace moves under it and makes the catch That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores These scores are final... Negro League II toppled Negro League I 6 to 2 Beckwith has hit his 27th homerun for Negro League II AL Post WWII toppled Left Outs 12 to 8 Kaline has hit his 11th homerun for AL Post WWII AL Pre WWII easily defeated Caribbean 7 to 2 NL Post WWII edged out Late 20th 3 to 2 Japanese League spanked Old Timers 10 to 5 Turn of Century is the winner over NL Pre WWII 4 to 0 Waddell the winner, he's now 10-13 Alexander takes the loss, his record drops to 16-9 And here in Dead Ball Era FOFC leads 5 to 2 Frank Chance will be batting for Ray Schalk John McGraw would like to get the speedster on board He wrecks havoc on opposing pitchers with his base stealing capabilites Frank has stolen 27 bases in 39 attempts His on base percentage is .326 Chance will come up to lead off the bottom of the 9th Dead Ball Era's fans are looking for some runs from their team Chance goes through his routine of settling in Chance waits for the delivery Kronside rocks and fires It's popped up into foul territory Dan Fouts is under it He makes a nice play on it Score It: 5 One gone for Dead Ball Era John McGraw will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Harry Hooper steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Kronside Hooper is batting .192 on the year .192 as a pinch hitter And that includes 1 home run One out, nobody on base Harry Hooper is the batter Hooper grips the bat handle Set now is Hooper Kronside's righthanded delivery... Hooper rips one to left He hit it right on the nose... Gunner is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Stan Gunner Only one more chance for Dead Ball Era FOFC leads 5 to 2 Kronside looks down at Collins as he steps in Eddie is ready to go Eddie steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Collins is 1 for 3 today He singled last time up He's ready for the delivery The righthander delivers Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Collins And that will do it for Dead Ball Era FOFC wins 5 to 2 Nielsen gets credit for the win Kronside notches the save Plank takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Dan Fouts He was 2 for 3 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Dead Ball Era. |
8/17 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Dead Ball Era Ghosts 8/17/1900 |
8/18 Radio Broadcast
We're almost ready to get today's game under way Barrett Blade will lead it off for FOFC Here's how the Ghosts line up defensively... In the outfield from left to right Jackson in left... Speaker in center... and Cobb in right The infield, from third to first it's Baker playing the hot corner Wallace at shortstop Over at second, Evers At first base Sisler And the battery of Eddie Cicotte and Chance behind the plate Now we're ready to go... Cicotte kicks and fires Fly ball to left Jackson is under it He makes the grab And there's one away Coming up for FOFC is Deacon Palmer Nobody on base, one out Palmer taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Now set, Palmer waits for the pitch Cicotte brings it to the plate Palmer swings very late He pops it foul Chance gives chase Here comes Baker They are both at the rail... Chance makes the play Two gone for FOFC Batting for FOFC will be Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler is hitting .307 with 21 homeruns Persimmon also has 19 doubles and 9 triples And has driven in a total of 72 runs Pflaggstettler is ready Cicotte kicks, delivers Hit right back to Cicotte On to first and Pflaggstettler is gone That's out number three A perfect inning for Cicotte here in the top of the 1st FOFC has taken the field here in the bottom of the first... Here's the way they look, defensively In the outfield from left to right Ton in left... Gunner 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 Taking the hill is Babson and the backstop is Hays Dead Ball Era second baseman, Johnny Evers, will lead off Evers is at .192 on the season Brian is ready Babson brings it home The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Evers held up, and draws a walk Babson isn't happy at all with that call The contact hitting George Sisler is approaching the plate George chokes up on his 42 ounce bat As Babson gets set on the mound Did you know he was ranked 5th in ERA coming into today's game? His ERA stands at 3.73 Babson looks at the runner The pitch Hard line drive to second Blade leaps He snares it for the out! Score It: 4 FOFC gets the first out of the inning One away, Evers at first Speaker is coming to the plate Speaker digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Babson Speaker in the hole, 0-2 Now Brian delivers Swung on and missed by Speaker, he's down on strikes FOFC gets the second out of the inning A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Ty Cobb Evers will be running if it's hit Brian gets the sign from Hays The pay-off pitch... A slider by Babson Cobb gets good wood on it... Gunner back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Potpie is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Potpie is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Set now is Potpie The pitch to Potpie... Ground ball to the left side... Wallace scoops it up Over to first for the putout The weather doesn't look promising We can see lightning in the distance The sky looks very menacing to the west We will have to be lucky to finish here today Ton finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Eddie peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one With a 2 strike count Cicotte kicks and fires Ton tries to hold up Chance points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Negro League II slipping by Negro League I 2 to 0 Left Outs is edging AL Post WWII 1 to 0 Caribbean and AL Pre WWII have yet to score Cuellar battling Lyons Late 20th and NL Post WWII are all knotted at 2 Maddux battling Marichal Japanese League and Old Timers have yet to score Sugishita battling Welch NL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead of Turn of Century 6 to 0 And right here in Dead Ball Era No score Gunner heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth Stan takes a couple of practice cuts Gunner awaits the delivery The righthander winds and delivers It hits Gunner He just stands there Now he says a few words to Cicotte Eddie answers something back The umpire steps in between And motions Gunner to first Gunner takes his lead from first... He's challenging Cicotte's pickoff move Fastball at the letters... Off with the pitch Gunner attempts to steal second Chance throwing from down in his crouch... The slide by Gunner... In safely... He's up on his feet limping... He was late getting down in the slide and hit the bag HARD!... The trainer is out, looking at his ankle... Gunner continues to try and walk it off... Looks like he'll be OK now Credit him with a steal of second The home town fans give him a hand All Stars trainer, Tay Pemup trots off the field Looks like Hays will be given a free pass here And he is... that's four wide ones Jeff Nights is the batter due up next Nights walks to the plate Nights scuffs up the lines around the box Nights waits on Cicotte Eddie rocks and fires Hard ground ball into right field Base hit for Nights Gunner scores from second! Hays takes third Now batting will be the pitcher, Brian Babson 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd And Eddie studies the sign from Chance... Now he's got it Evers comes in a couple steps Yells something to Cicotte The delivery Grounded down the line Baker grabs it Over to Sisler Got him! Score It: 5-3 That's all for FOFC After 1 and a half innings in Dead Ball Era this afternoon, FOFC on top 1 to 0 Joe Jackson stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Jackson Babson goes into his windup Here it comes Outside fastball... lashed at by Jackson... Pop fly...Shallow left... Dropping quickly... Ton pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Jackson... As Ton fields it on one bounce Jackson takes his lead It's a game of cat and mouse at first... I don't think he has a big enough lead... Here's the pitch...AND THERE GOES Jackson! Hays up from his crouch, firing down... OUT! The ball was there waiting for Jackson The third baseman, Home Run Baker, is up next Baker is at .314 on the season Baker is set for the 2-2 pitch Babson fires A wave and a miss! Strike Three! Baker is down on strikes Number 2 here today for Babson Two away Wallace gets set at the plate Wallace looks down toward the third base coach, Jim Thorpe Babson adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Babson goes into his windup And here's the 1-0 offering Low fastball... Wallace 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 Wallace for the out That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era By the way, Dead Ball Era is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Chance fires the ball down to Wallace He starts it around the infield To Evers, Sisler And then to Baker walking it over to Cicotte Blade steps in to face the righthander Here we go in the top of the 3rd 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 Cicotte earn his salary Chance flashes the sign to Cicotte Now ready, here it is... Blade hits a three hopper towards Johnny Evers Evers scoops it and fires it to first for the out And there's one away Now batting will be Deacon Palmer The third baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 1 Deacon Palmer is hitting .286 this year against righthanded pitchers Cicotte looks down at Chance for the sign Now he's ready... Righthander Cicotte's delivery It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Wallace is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! Two down Eddie Cicotte retires the first two batters in a row Pflaggstettler moseys up to the plate Jeeberoni Potpie is heading for the on-deck circle Pflaggstettler is at .306 on the season The right-hander Cicotte is set to deliver to Pflaggstettler He brings it home Pflaggstettler rips the curve to left-center... Speaker racing back to the fence... He reaches for the drive... It's over his head! Pflaggstettler will lope into second with a double Potpie, the first baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC on top 1 to 0 Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers Right-hander Cicotte prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Potpie The righthander Cicotte delivers Swung on, line drive, base hit to center Speaker had to slide to stop that one There goes Pflaggstettler to third Potpie holds at first as the ball almost got by Speaker Tris couldn't come up throwing quickly enough Walking up to the plate now is Ton Stan Gunner waits on deck Ton has a .287 average against righthanders this season He's ready It's coming down the pike Bouncer to short Taken by Wallace Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side... Ton fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base The Ghosts will send Chance, Eddie Cicotte, and Johnny Evers up to the plate this inning Brian Babson gets a new ball He plays catch with it for a moment Now he rubs it up Babson rocks and fires Frank Chance swings It's a rocket shot It is just past Deacon Palmer Base hit! That one was really hit! Eddie Cicotte shows bunt And lays it down right to Deacon Palmer Palmer looks at second But passes up a sure force play He fires to first to retire Cicotte But Chance moves up Dead Ball Era was in luck that time... Credit Eddie Cicotte with a sacrifice One gone for Dead Ball Era Taking his lead is Chance Babson spins and fakes a throw to second Chance hustles back to the bag Slowly coming up is Evers for Dead Ball Era He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 1 to 0 As we wait for Babson to get ready, it's worth mentioning that he's 3rd in the league in strikeouts this year with 166 Now Brian delivers Fastball, up at the letters... Evers swings... Skies on to deep left Ton racing back... Back... At the wall... HE'S GOT IT!... NOW HE DROPS IT! The ump is signaling no out Evers motors easily into second As Ton throws the ball in That'll be a two base error on him That should have been an easy catch Score It: E7 Chance scores from second! Evers to second Settling in at the plate is Sisler One out, man on second Babson steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The pitch is on the way He rips a grounder It's into right field George Sisler has a base hit Evers scores from second! Sisler takes a three step lead Speaker takes the curve... Now Sisler extends his lead... Babson is not paying enough attention The pitch... And Sisler breaks for second! Hays displays his strong arm... The break for second... The strong throw... On the money and Sisler is out! The center fielder, Tris Speaker will be up next for Dead Ball Era Speaker has hit 19 home runs this year Babson studies his sign Babson's righthanded delivery... Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to right for a base hit No chance to get that one Speaker slowly moves away from the base Speaker is held closely by Babson Two outs, with a man at first Cobb is the next batter Cobb is 0 for 1 today Brian Babson is having a good year He is 11th in wins with 11 Now Babson is looking for a sign Babson checks Speaker on first... The 3-1 delivery Base hit to center for Cobb Speaker is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Cobb at first Cobb studies Babson intently... Now he's walking away from the base Babson's move keeps Cobb guessing He's not getting a very good lead "Shoeless Joe" is now coming to bat Jackson is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .351 on the year Brian Babson is reaching for the resin bag... He pops it up and gives it a squeeze... Babson is having a fine year for FOFC His 11 wins is 11th in the league Babson brings it to the plate Change up, a gem... Jackson is way out in front Heeee struck him out! Joe looked like Casey on that pitch That's all for the Ghosts in the bottom of the 3rd They get 2 runs After 3 innings, Dead Ball Era on top 2 to 1 Stan Gunner up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on Eddie looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Here's the 2-0 offering There's a high foul pop behind the plate Chance goes back to the screen Nice play Just before it goes into the seats That's one away Hays walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat Cicotte is slow to get ready He has a 4.20 ERA this year Now he's ready And the delivery by Cicotte There's a roller down at Wallace He's in front of it... It rolls right between the wickets! Error on Bobby Wallace as he didn't get his glove down Maybe a bit too easy for him And it brings up Jeff Nights On deck is Brian Babson Barrett Blade in the hole Jeff steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Nights singled last time up and now is 1 for 1 Right-hander Cicotte eyes the righty Nights Cicotte kicks and fires Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Jackson And he pulls it in And there's two away Babson is up now for FOFC Babson wiggles the bat above his head Babson is poised and ready for the pitch Cicotte is behind in the count Here's the 2-0 offering There's a fly ball into straight-away right Cobb one hands it... OUT! That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Negro League II slipping by Negro League I 4 to 2 Left Outs leads AL Post WWII 2 to 1 Caribbean and AL Pre WWII are tied at 1 Late 20th and NL Post WWII are all knotted at 2 Japanese League clipping Old Timers 4 to 0 Sugishita comfortably ahead for Japanese League NL Pre WWII besting Turn of Century 6 to 1 And right here in Dead Ball Era Dead Ball Era on top 2 to 1 |
8/18 Radio Broadcast Continued
Home Run Baker, Bobby Wallace, and Frank Chance are the first three Ghosts batters due up Dead Ball Era leads, 2-1 So far this year Baker is batting .314 He has 22 doubles, 9 triples 12 homeruns with 88 RBI's and 13 stolen bases Babson likes the sign The windup, the pitch There's a towering fly ball hit by Baker Ton sprints over, and makes the catch Dead Ball Era with one away Babson steps off the mound as he waits for Bobby Wallace to come to the plate Walking up now to the plate is Wallace Wallace is at .254 on the season Hays flashes the sign... Babson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The pitch on the way, here it is... There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Stan Gunner is at the wall... (Possible HR or Out Fielding ability: Good,) He's jumping for it... He's got it!!! What a great play by Gunner! The Ghosts will send Frank Chance up to the plate Chance steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Frank is 1 for 1 today Chance, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Babson Babson kicks and delivers Chance laces a hit into the outfield K. A. Ton picks it up Fires it to the infield Chance holds with a single And the batter is Eddie Cicotte Johnny Evers is on-deck Hays flashes the sign... Babson waves it off... Now he's happy Babson's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Chance dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch Grounded towards the bag Palmer grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 So ends the bottom of the 4th For Dead Ball Era No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 4 innings, Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1 FOFC will send Blade, Deacon Palmer, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler to face Eddie Cicotte this inning Barrett is batting at .265 with 3 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Blade awaits the pitch Cicotte leans back and fires Smashed to the mound Cicotte comes up with it Over to Sisler Got him! Score It: 1-3 One away... Sisler is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Baker also... Now they return to their positions One away, nobody on base Palmer stands ready at the plate Palmer a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Cicotte Cicotte tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Cicotte winds and delivers Swung on and hit sharply to short Wallace plays it on one hop Over to Sisler... Out of there! Two down Eddie Cicotte retires the first two batters in order Coming up now is Pflaggstettler Everyone is struggling to keep their bats dry Stepping out, Pflaggstettler looks into the dugout Steps back in Cicotte looks down at Chance for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Here's the 3-0 offering Extra base hit to center for Pflaggstettler Tris Speaker is trying to get to it This one is rolling to the wall... This might be stretched into an inside the park homerun! No... he decides to hold up Here's the FOFC clean-up hitter, Jeeberoni Potpie Potpie is batting .285 with 36 HR's this year Cicotte has the sign from Chance Cicotte brings it to the plate Potpie hits a fastball off the handle It's popped weakly to third Baker doesn't have to move One hands it Jeeberoni rubs his right hand as he heads for the dugout That one had to sting That does it for FOFC in the 5th They leave 1 on base 6 stranded so far today Johnny Evers will start things off Babson squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Babson's 2 strike pitch... There's a fly ball to K. A. Ton Ton circles under it... He makes the play With one down, up next is George Sisler To be followed by Tris Speaker George Sisler is coming to the plate Babson steps on the rubber Here's his delivery Sisler hits a grounder to third This should be an out Deacon Palmer gloves it and fires It's in the dirt! It gets by the first baseman Potpie It'll be an error on Palmer FOFC has committed 2 errors this afternoon Dead Ball Era center fielder, Tris Speaker, is up next Speaker is batting .325 with 19 homers this year Tris is set for the pitch Now to the belt, here it is... Swung on and hit right at short Jeff Nights up with it... Looks Sisler back to second Then fires it to Potpie for the out With two gone, Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1 in the bottom of the 5th The Ghosts' right fielder is up next Dead Ball Era has 1 on board with 2 outs Cobb looks for a sign from third Jim Thorpe delivers it to Ty Ty is 1 for 2 today singled his last at bat The umpire says let's go Cobb is ready Now the delivery, here is is... Smashed to second Blade grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era So After 5 innings Dead Ball Era has 2 runs, 6 hits and one error While FOFC has one run, 4 hits and 2 errors Dead Ball Era has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 The FOFC left fielder, Ton, will lead off He'll be followed by Stan Gunner And then Harry Hays Ton can't seem to get settled at the plate Cicotte is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Cicotte looks in... Now he's ready The righthander Cicotte's delivery Sinking fastball... Ton swings over the top of it... Hammers a hard grounder right at Baker... He scoops it up, throws to first... Out by a step One up, one down for FOFC So that brings up Stan Gunner the FOFC center fielder Stan is batting .263 in 232 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Harry Hays After getting set, Gunner waits on the pitch Eddie winds Kicks... and delivers Gunner rocks one deep This is really hit It's going... going... FOUL! Man, the wind really robbed Gunner . . . Gunner back in the box And here comes the next pitch Fly ball to center Speaker is under it He makes the grab That's two away Two away, nobody on Hays comes to the plate for FOFC We'll see how they pitch to Hays Cicotte has a 4-hitter going through 5 2/3 innings The pitch is on the way It's a routine fly into right Cobb ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Cobb grabs it for the out We're in the middle of the 6th Dead Ball Era still leads 2-1 Here's the left fielder Jackson To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Home Run Baker And then Bobby Wallace Stepping in and then stepping out again Jackson looks to third for a sign Joe steadies his bat Waits patiently for Babson's pitch Babson brings it to the plate Jackson waves at the fastball Strike Three! Joe has been doing a lot of that this afternoon 2 K's today! And that is 4 for Babson One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League II with the lead over Negro League I 6 to 3 Left Outs is edging AL Post WWII 2 to 1 Carlton and Ryan currently dueling Caribbean and AL Pre WWII are tied at 3 Cuellar battling Lyons Late 20th and NL Post WWII are tied at 2 Japanese League toppling Old Timers 7 to 0 NL Pre WWII is comfortably ahead of Turn of Century 7 to 1 Grimes enjoying the big NL Pre WWII lead And here in Dead Ball Era Dead Ball Era ahead 2 to 1 Here's Home Run Baker FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Baker is 0 for 2 today The bat is cocked Here's the righthander's delivery Slow ground ball Potpie 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 "Rhody" is up next Wallace is taking his practice swings Bobby is 0 for 2 this afternoon He flied out last time at bat Brian is ready It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Oh Oh, hanging curve... Swung on... There's a hard line drive in the gap That looks like an easy two-bagger Stan Gunner dives... knocks it down... Picks it up... Wallace digging hard for second... The ball is fired in to Blade Not in time... Bobby slides in under the tag... Wallace has himself a double Babson has to get that curve down Dead Ball Era will eat that pitch up if he doesn't Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching coach has been working with him on that pitch Frank Chance, the catcher, strides to the plate Frank Chance is hitting .256 this year against righthanded pitchers Frank is set for the pitch Now Brian delivers Grounded towards the sack Palmer comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 That retires the side... Chance fails to come through in the clutch For Dead Ball Era, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Jeff Nights leading off for FOFC The best way to quiet the crowd is to get a few base runners on Nights gets set He's 1 for 2 so far Nights waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Cicotte's righthanded delivery... Fastball... Nights jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Speaker after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Tris Speaker! One down for FOFC Brian Babson is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Gonzalez is ready to face Cicotte Cicotte gets the sign, it's one he likes The righthander delivers There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Ty Cobb 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 Cobb! Blade coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Blade is 0 for 3 today Cicotte is happy with the sign Cicotte brings it home Big bender, low and inside... Swung on... Line single to Jackson in left... Picking it up in a hurry is Jackson... Blade takes a wide turn... But stays at first base as the throw comes in Blade takes a walking lead Fastball outside corner... Palmer looks at the pitch... And there goes Blade! Chance pumps... but no throw, he holds onto the ball He is SAFE! Deacon Palmer steps into the box Palmer adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Deacon is 0 for 3 this afternoon Cicotte has the sign from Chance It's coming down the pike Grounded towards the hole Fielded nicely by Wallace THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 6-3 That's it for FOFC Here at Shibe Park, After 6 and a half innings, Dead Ball Era has 2 runs, 7 hits and one error While FOFC has one run, 5 hits and 2 errors FOFC has left 7 on base Dead Ball Era has stranded 6 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! John McGraw will send up a pinch hitter Max Carey steps out of the dugout! He will be up there against Knowles Max Carey is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Dead Ball Era to get things going Bo gets the sign from Hays The 2-0 delivery by the lefthander It's a routine fly into center Gazelle ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One down for Dead Ball Era Johnny Evers is still in the on-deck circle and George Sisler is looking for a bat in the dugout Nobody on, one away for Dead Ball Era Up now is Evers Evers steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Johnny is 0 for 2 today Full count on the batter, 3-2 Bo rocks and fires Evers is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Knowles George Sisler will be next up... Walking up to the plate now is Sisler Tris Speaker waits on deck Sisler is hitting .393 against southpaws 1 for 3 so far this game He reached second on an error in his last at bat He's ready The pitch is on the way There's a checked swing... But Sisler gets a piece of it anyway It's a pop fly into center Gazelle comes in on it... Easy out Sisler couldn't get his bat out of the way Three away here in the bottom of the 7th After 7 innings Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1 The official attendance has just been announced 40219 fans here at Shibe Park this afternoon Three Finger Brown will be coming on to pitch for Dead Ball Era Three Finger has appeared in 41 games this season with a record of 4-6 In 58 innings, he has an 3.59 ERA Eddie Cicotte has finished his work here this afternoon 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 Brown looks down at Chance for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Here's the righthander's windup and delivery There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Tris Speaker 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 Speaker! Potpie walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gerald Gazelle moves into the on deck circle FOFC needs some runs Brown is ready quickly Now Three Finger delivers Curveball... Potpie swings at it... Hits a high fly to deep center Speaker bolting after it... It is carrying all the way to the fence Speaker jumps for it... IT CAROMS OFF THE fence!! Potpie heading for second... Here's the strong throw It's on the money... Evers blocks it in front of him... Potpie is safe! That will be scored a double Gazelle is up now for FOFC Chance flashes the sign... Brown shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Here's the 1-0 offering Flyball to center it's caught Potpie has a chance to move up... Potpie will hold at second base Stan Gunner will make his way to home plate He's the left fielder for FOFC Stan is 0 for 2 today Now he steps out a moment to adjust his belt He's back in the batter's box now Right-hander Brown eyes the lefty Gunner Brown fires Gunner hits one straight up Chance moves back to the screen and makes the catch That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 7 and a half innings Dead Ball Era has 2 runs, 7 hits and one error While FOFC has one run, 6 hits and 2 errors FOFC has left 8 stranded Dead Ball Era has failed to bring home 6 Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb, and Joe Jackson are due up Speaker is one of the best hitters around Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The southpaw delivers And Speaker will sit down... strike three called One gone for Dead Ball Era So that brings up Ty Cobb the Dead Ball Era right fielder Cobb has a .343 average against lefthanders He is .365 overall Cobb looks very intent... He stares down at Knowles... Cocks his bat Here's his delivery Hard ground ball to the mound Taken by Knowles Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 Two up, two down for Dead Ball Era Joe Jackson plants his left foot The lefthanded left fielder for Dead Ball Era appears set Joe is 1 for 3 this summer afternoon He struck out in his last plate appearance Now set, Jackson waits for the pitch The southpaw Knowles' delivery Curve ball... Jackson swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! The Ghosts go down in the bottom of the 8th After 8 innings at Shibe Park here in Dead Ball Era, Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1 Here's the catcher Hays To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jeff Nights And then Bo Knowles Brown likes the sign And the cripple pitch... Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Hays hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into left for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Moseying up now is Nights Not sure, Nights steps out He's checking the signs again to be sure Dick Howser re-delivers them Nights is set for the pitch Brown goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Terp He lobs one to Sisler... Terp is back easily... We're ready again Now Brown comes home Hit and run... Nights slaps a slow bouncer in front of second Evers races in He reaches down Scoops it up and fires to first Out! Terp advances on the play That's one away Now here's Fouts One out, man on second Brown steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here's the 3-0 pitch Brown misses low on that one Fouts draws the walk John McGraw yells something out to Brown It's time to close it out Blade now at the plate Deacon Palmer waits on deck 1st and 2nd, one man down The righthander pitching to Blade... A righthanded batter Righties have a .252 average against Three Finger A quick check of the runners... And the pitch Pounded on the ground to short Taken by Wallace Throw to second for one Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 And that will do it for FOFC Dead Ball Era wins 2 to 1 Cicotte gets credit for the win Brown notches the save Babson takes the loss And that wraps things up So long from Dead Ball Era. |
8/18 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Dead Ball Era Ghosts 8/18/1900 |
Manager Update
I have another restless night…I’ve had quite a few recently as the team’s once big lead has diminished rapidly. This stretch run is going to kill me. I find my normal beer or two after games is turning into pulls on a bottle, and the pulls seem longer and more frequent as the lead gets shorter and shorter. We are currently sitting on a 2 game lead with just over 20 games to play. We have the day off today, so before our next game our lead will be either 1.5 or 2.5 depending on how the Post Nationals do. It is not like we are playing terribly, we just seem to be unable to hit when we pitch well, and unable to pitch when we are scoring runs. It is very frustrating. We’ve been so close…several awesome plays by our opponents robbing us of hits or homeruns that would have allowed us to win. Errors on our players that allow runs to score that cost us games…and now Tucker is out, and his defense, speed, leadership, and ability to get on base will be sorely missed. Ton is getting to play more right now, and while I love his bat, his glove is dangerous. This is going to be very tight, and hopefully my liver and I survive this run… |
Manager Update
I settled down in my chair to watch the Late20s play the NL Post War team, only my settling ended up being more like sitting on the edge of my seat. Unfortunately, the Post Nationals won... I think I need another drink, as our lead is down to 1.5 games... oh yeah, our next series is again Ruth, Gehrig, & Company...maybe 2 more drinks... |
8/20 Radio Broadcast
Welcome to the ballpark! Tonight FOFC will be taking on AL Pre WWII And the FOFC team has seen its lead shrink to just a game and a half over the Post Nationals. This will be a big game for the All-Stars...as they seek to hang on to the division lead... Barrett Blade is ready to step into the batter's box The ball goes once around the horn And the game is set to begin The Pre-Americans' hurler winds and delivers Swung on and hit sharply to second Gehringer plays it on one bounce Over to Gehrig... Out of there! One down for FOFC Deacon Palmer is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Palmer finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Deacon is batting .321 in 346 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler Palmer is set for the 0-1 pitch The kick and the pitch Sinking fastball... Palmer goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Lazzeri... He scoops it up, over to first... And Palmer is out by a step Two up, two down here in the top of the 1st Pflaggstettler gets set at the plate Pflaggstettler can't seem to get settled at the plate Right-hander Faber eyes the righty Pflaggstettler Faber kicks and fires Pflaggstettler hits a fly ball to right Babe Ruth camps under it He's got it After one-half inning It's FOFC nothing, the Pre-Americans coming up The Pre-Americans will send Gehringer, Joe Cronin, and Babe Ruth up to the plate this inning Gehringer needs to get on... He has a .359 on base percentage Gehringer awaits the delivery And the delivery by Williams Grounded towards first Potpie grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG OUT! One gone for AL Pre WWII Joe Cronin, the shortstop, strides to the plate Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock The southpaw delivers the 1-2 pitch A hot shot on the ground to Blade He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Cronin is out That's the second out of the inning The "Sultan of Swat" is coming to the plate Ruth has hit 45 home runs this year John looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Windup by Williams And the 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... Ruth dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Ruth with a single With a runner at first and two outs Simmons walks to the plate Ruth will be running if it's hit Bullock flashes the sign... Williams waves it off... Now he's happy Williams rocks and fires He rips a grounder to short Taken by Nights Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 And that retires the side Potpie is coming to the plate He stops to towel off his face It's very humid today... He's looking to get something going Potpie is hitting .281 against righthanders Faber has the sign from Ferrell Faber fires There's a high foul pop behind the plate Ferrell goes back to the screen No play, it goes into the seats Just missed the screen . . . Potpie back in the box And here comes the next pitch Sinker over the inside corner Ripped at... Potpie manages a grounder to Cronin... No problem with the hop... The throw... Wide of the bag at first The ball caroms into right field Ruth runs it down Potpie jogs into second Give Cronin a a two base throwing error Score It: E6 Potpie to second Gunner leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box And Red studies the sign from Ferrell... Now he's got it Now Red delivers Curveball, in and low Gunner hits it to Gehrig 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 Potpie is now perched over at third One down for FOFC in the top of the 2nd No score Gerald Gazelle is up next FOFC's center fielder finds 1 on with 1 out We'll see how they pitch to Gazelle The umpire says let's go Gazelle is ready Gehringer comes in a couple steps Yells something to Faber The delivery Gazelle rolls one toward Joe Cronin He scoops it and fires to first...close play OUT, says the first base umpire Joe Adcock throws his hands up in disbelief Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 1 The catcher, Billy Bullock, is up next Bullock is at .268 on the season Faber studies his sign Here's the 1-2 offering Sinking fastball... Bullock swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Cronin... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean is in front of Negro League II 4 to 1 NL Pre WWII leads Negro League I 2 to 1 Japanese League and AL Post WWII are scoreless Bessho battling Hunter Old Timers is beating Dead Ball Era 5 to 1 Turn of Century is on top of NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Rusie and Seaver currently dueling Left Outs is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 The first baseman Gehrig will start things off for the Pre-Americans Williams toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Bullock Here's the 2 strike offering Fastball... Gehrig jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep left There goes Gunner after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Stan Gunner! The "Yankee Clipper" is making his way to the plate Dimaggio has hit 6 home runs this year Williams has the sign from Bullock The southpaw Williams delivers the 2-1 pitch 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 down John Williams retires the first two batters in a row Lazzeri moseys up to the plate Rick Ferrell is heading for the on-deck circle Lazzeri goes through his routine of settling in Williams' reaching for the resin bag He is having a fine year for FOFC Quite an important member of the staff Already with 13 wins, John has racked up 163 innings in 1900 Now he is ready to go It's coming down the pike Lazzeri slaps a hard grounder past short Gunner is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Lazzeri will hold with a clean single (Ballpark Double Effect) First base coach Wally Pipp wants a word with Lazzeri... Now we're all set to go... Rick Ferrell steps in Ferrell has managed a .232 average against lefthanders this year Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate Williams needs to come in with this one That's ball four Ferrell trots down to first Lazzeri is already down on second Faber steps in Two out, Ferrell at first, Lazzeri at second Faber digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Williams Faber waits on Williams The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander Off speed pitch on the way... And Faber watches it go by for the third strike That does it for AL Pre WWII in the bottom of the 2nd 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 hitting at .276 on the year He has 135 hits in 489 at bats This includes 30 doubles, 3 triples 14 home runs and 61 RBI's Nights awaits the delivery Faber's into his windup... the pitch Belt high fastball, on the outside corner Grounded to short Cronin ranging into the hole... He backhands it... Plants his right foot... Fires to first SAFE!...By a step John Williams squares to bunt And lays it down right to Tony Lazzeri Lazzeri looks at second But passes up a possible force play He fires to first to retire Williams But Nights moves up One down for FOFC Barrett Blade is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Blade FOFC leading in the game Barrett Blade is hitting .232 this year against righthanded pitchers Faber shakes off the sign... The righty shakes off another one... Faber has excellent control of his spitter Faber looks back towards second... The pitch Blade rips a line drive over short It's through into deep left field Simmons finally catches up with it The runner scores! Barrett has to hold at first with a single Blade watches Faber as he inches away from the base Blade has to hold tight to the bag Deacon Palmer steps into the box Palmer looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 0 for 1 on the day for Deacon Palmer waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The pitch is on the way Ferrell reaches in the dirt It's off his glove He tosses away his mask Bounces out of his crouch Rifles it to second... Too late Surprisingly, they give Ferrell a passed ball Deacon Palmer steps into the box Palmer is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Palmer awaits the pitch Now to the belt, here it is... A slider by Faber Palmer gets good wood on it... Ruth back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Walking up to the plate now is Pflaggstettler Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck Pflaggstettler is batting .308 with 21 round trippers in 1900 Faber looks down at Ferrell for the sign Now he's ready... The righthander Faber delivers Pflaggstettler cracks a drive to deep left-center He really smacked this baby... This ball is going out of here in a hurry Bye, bye baseball! Man alive... what a blast by the FOFC right fielder Potpie saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers Faber likes the sign Faber goes into his windup Here it comes Over the outside corner Potpie hits the curve right to third... Lazzeri takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Potpie is out by a couple of steps That ends the top of the 3rd 3 runs, 3 hits and no errors After 2 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 4 Gehringer 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 Gehringer has hit 14 home runs this year Williams is slow to get ready He has a 3.80 ERA this year Now he's ready Here's the pitch Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Gehringer is outta there Williams gets the first out in the inning AL Pre WWII shortstop, Joe Cronin, is up next Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Now John delivers Lined hard to short Nights snares it for the out! Score It: 6 Two up, two down for the Pre-Americans Making his way up is Ruth Ruth has a .347 average against lefthanders He is .346 overall Ruth cocks his bat Now ready, here it is... Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Ruth swings way over it He was fooled completely Bullock loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Babe as he was heading for the dugout We head to the 4th... The score is still FOFC 4, Pre-Americans 0 Here's Gunner to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Caribbean with the lead over Negro League II 4 to 1 NL Pre WWII with the lead over Negro League I 4 to 1 Japanese League is on top of AL Post WWII 3 to 1 Wakamatsu has hit his 14th homerun for Japanese League Old Timers is beating Dead Ball Era 5 to 1 Turn of Century leads NL Post WWII 2 to 1 Left Outs and Late 20th are deadlocked at 1 And right here in AL Pre WWII FOFC on top 4 to 0 Gunner is batting .260 with 14 HR's this year Ferrell flashes the sign to Faber The righthander delivers Gunner rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Cronin Gunner takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Simmons to get that ball in quickly Coming to the plate is Gazelle Gunner's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Faber Gazelle is at .264 on the season Red gets the sign from Ferrell Now the delivery, here is is... There goes Gunner... And it's ball four... Gunner pulls up and walks into second Bullock fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Billy Bullock will face Faber Righty against righty Bullock is 0 for 1 today Billy grounded out last time around Faber is ready quickly And here is the 1-2 delivery Slow ground ball to short Cronin comes up with it Throws to second He's out Over to first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Gunner takes third The runner on first, Gazelle, is out Nights is up now for FOFC Nights is batting .278 with 14 HR's this year Faber steps on the rubber Faber brings it to the plate Screaming liner towards short Tough chance for Cronin He makes a great catch! Score It: 6 And there's two away Williams stands ready at the plate Two outs, Bullock at first, Gunner at third Red peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The pitch is on the way Williams swings and lifts one toward left Simmons drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That retires the side FOFC comes up empty-handed Here in the top of the 4th No runs, one hit, no errors and 2 men left on base Here's the left fielder Simmons To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Lou Gehrig And then Joe Dimaggio Al is hitting at .327 on the year AL Pre WWII's cleanup hitter has knocked in 82 runs He has a fine .540 slugging average Williams is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Williams looks in... Now he's ready The lefthander Williams delivers There's a routine pop by Simmons Nights moves under it and makes the catch With one down, up next is Lou Gehrig To be followed by Joe Dimaggio Larrupin' Lou is up next Gehrig is 0 for 1 today John is ready The southpaw Williams' delivery Gehrig raps a line drive in the gap Gazelle is running back Pflaggstettler is backpedaling They can't get to it The ball is rolling to the wall Gehrig is heading for third A standup triple Triple number 9 of the year for Lou Gehrig Pounding the plate with his bat Dimaggio awaits the pitch Runner on 3rd, 1 man out Williams shakes off two signs Now he's ready John rocks and fires It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Blade for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That's two away Now here's Lazzeri Lazzeri swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Williams Set now is Lazzeri Here's the 3-1 pitch Swung on and hit to shallow right Tough chance for Pflaggstettler He grabs it Nice play! Score It: 9 That wraps up the inning for AL Pre WWII By the way, AL Pre WWII is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Barrett Blade, Deacon Palmer, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler are due up Blade a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Faber Blade, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Faber Faber brings it to the plate It is a slow change... Blade's not at all fooled He hits it squarely... It's heading out to right-center almost on a line... Very well hit ball by Barrett Ruth is running after it... He hopes to play it off the fence He picks it up on the second bounce He turns and gets it back into the infield Blade slides into second base but it was not necessary Two-bagger for the FOFC second baseman Palmer squares around He bunts it . . . Fielded by T.Lazzeri the throw to first... Out Palmer gets the job done. One away Persimmon Pflaggstettler, a fine hitter, is due up next Jeeberoni Potpie will follow Faber glares in at Pflaggstettler as he steps in Now he's ready to go Pflaggstettler is 1 for 2 today Faber looks down at Ferrell for the sign Now he's ready The pitch to Pflaggstettler... Pflaggstettler laces a hit into the outfield Al Simmons picks it up He fires it to the infield Pflaggstettler holds at first Pflaggstettler moves away from first base... He has 10 stolen bases on the season Pflaggstettler is not working very hard to get a lead Jeeberoni Potpie is now up One away, Pflaggstettler at first Faber adjusts his cap... Now he's set The pitch on the way, here it is... Low, ball four... Potpie takes first Gunner, the left fielder, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 5 to 0 Gunner is hitting .263 against righties Faber has the sign he wants Faber brings it to the plate A sinking fastball... Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE Two gone for FOFC Facing Faber now is Gazelle Billy Bullock heads to the on deck circle Jeff Nights waits in the hole Gazelle scuffs up the lines around the box Gazelle is ready Faber looks over at Potpie... Now back at Pflaggstettler... He's coming home with it Fastball... just outside And Gazelle will take first on the walk Everybody will move up a base... Bases are waterlogged, with Billy Bullock due up Bullock departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Bullock is 0 for 2 today Faber is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Faber gets the sign from Ferrell Red comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Bullock is waiting Billy need wait no more... he's outta here Just another victim of Faber's curveball That's all for FOFC in the top of the 5th They pick up 1 run After 4 and a half innings, it's 5-0 FOFC |
8/20 Radio Broadcast Continued
The catcher Ferrell will lead off for the Pre-Americans He'll be followed by Red Faber And then Charlie Gehringer Ferrell steps out of the box... Looks towards Harlond Clift for a sign Williams steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The lefthander Williams comes home with it Ferrell hits a routine grounder to Nights He scoops it up, and throws to first SAFE, the throw pulled Potpie off the bag Charge Nights with the error Faber is bunting Short hopper down toward first Potpie scoops it up... Tags Faber Runner advances Credit Red Faber with a sacrifice FOFC gets the first out of the inning One away, one on As Gehringer walks from the on deck circle Gehringer swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Williams He's ready The lefthander delivers Gehringer just gets a piece of it He 'nubs' it to second Blade races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... That's the second out of the inning AL Pre WWII needs a win They are 2nd in the standings 6.0 games out of the American lead Williams looks down at Cronin as he steps in Joe is ready to go Cronin is hitless today, 0 for 2 Joe lined out in his last at bat Cronin tells the umpire he's ready Here's the southpaw's delivery Popped up into shallow right Persimmon Pflaggstettler trying to get to it He grabs it Nice play! Score It: 9 That's it for AL Pre WWII Here at Glory Stadium, After 5 innings, FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and one error While AL Pre WWII has no runs, 3 hits and one error AL Pre WWII has left 4 on base FOFC has stranded 5 FOFC will send Nights, John Williams, and Barrett Blade to face Red Faber this inning Jeff is 1 for 2 this summer evening He lined out in his last plate appearance Faber is happy with the sign The righthander Faber's delivery Swung on and hit sharply to third Lazzeri plays it on one bounce Over to Gehrig... Out of there! One out John Williams is due up next John Williams is up next for FOFC One out, top of the 6th FOFC on top 5 to 0 Barrett Blade is on deck Red Faber steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Faber's 2 strike pitch... Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Williams! Two up, two down for FOFC Blade walks to the plate Barrett comes to the plate batting .268 with 3 home runs He is 2 for 3 so far today Red Faber on the mound for the Pre-Americans... Faber has gone the distance so far He's given up 6 hits and 5 runs Faber kicks and fires Baltimore chop Into center for a single! Blade yells something to Faber It sounded like a challenge from here I wouldn't be surprised... Blade is great on the bases He wants to unnerve Red No doubt he does! Blade is unable to take the lead he wants Deacon Palmer makes his way to home plate Palmer is at .319 on the season Faber shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Red has a fine repertoire of pitches and is known as a "expectoration exhibiter" In other words a spitball pitcher! Faber's righthanded delivery... Base hit to center for Palmer Dick Howser is waving Blade to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Palmer at first Planting his right foot Pflaggstettler is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler is batting .311 with 22 HR's this year Faber tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... He brings it home Pflaggstettler gets a good cut at it... He lifts it high and deep toward left Simmons is heading back... At the fence And he makes the catch for the out! Faber breathes a sigh of relief That retires the side... Pflaggstettler fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Babe Ruth stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Ruth is hitting .343 against southpaws 1 for 2 so far this game He struck out in his last at bat Ruth is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Williams He's waiting for the pitch Here's his delivery High heater from Williams... Ruth cuts at it... Hits a bouncer right side... It goes by the diving Blade and Potpie It's into right for a single Ruth takes his turn and holds at first Next up is Al Simmons, the AL Pre WWII left fielder On-deck is Lou Gehrig... He'll be followed by Joe Dimaggio Simmons is batting .326 with 21 homers this year Left-hander John Williams prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Simmons Williams goes into his stretch... Looks at Ruth... He fires one to Potpie... Ruth dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Williams comes home Simmons sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Gazelle Gazelle gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium center One out Due up next is Lou Gehrig Gehrig is up now for AL Pre WWII Lou comes to the plate batting .334 with 35 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Now set, Gehrig waits for the pitch Now John delivers And Gehrig will sit down... strike three called That's two away It will be Dimaggio to face Williams Dimaggio is batting .249 with 6 HR's this year Williams steps on the rubber The pitch is on the way Dimaggio swings and misses Strike three Dimaggio didn't have a good cut at that pitch AL Pre WWII comes up empty here in the bottom of the 6th No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 6 innings, FOFC still out in front, 5-0 Jeeberoni Potpie stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Potpie is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk Faber looks down at Ferrell for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Faber fires Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Potpie swings way over it He was fooled completely Ferrell loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Jeeberoni as he was heading for the dugout 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 is 1 for 3 today He is currently batting .262 Simmons, Dimaggio and Ruth are playing him deep Gunner awaits the delivery Faber brings it to the plate Faber misses low on that one Gunner draws the walk Number 4 today by Faber Gazelle comes to the plate One out, Gunner at first Gerald is 0 for 1 this summer evening He's batting .264 on the season Faber wipes his brow and reaches for the resin bag A hot summer day Red rocks and fires Swung on and missed by Gazelle, he's down on strikes Two down Ferrell asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Ferrell and Faber Bullock, the catcher, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 5 to 0 Bullock can't seem to get settled at the plate Faber adjusts his cap... Now he's set Faber rocks and fires Hard slider... And Bullock takes it right down the middle Strike three called That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 6 and a half innings FOFC has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error While AL Pre WWII has no runs, 4 hits and one error FOFC has left 8 stranded AL Pre WWII has failed to bring home 6 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Tony Lazzeri will step into the box to start the inning AL Pre WWII would like to get some runners on board Lazzeri is taking his practice swings Tony is 1 for 2 this evening He flied out last time at bat Lazzeri is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Williams He's waiting for the pitch The 2-1 delivery by the lefthander Long fly to right Pflaggstettler has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Lazzeri is retired on a fairly deep fly One up, one down Walking up to the plate now is Ferrell Red Faber waits on deck Ferrell wiggles the bat above his head Ferrell is set Williams leans back and fires Ferrell drives one to center 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 up, two down for AL Pre WWII Williams is moving along with the efficiency of a well oiled machine Bullock asks for a new ball He walks it out to Williams We have a moment now A look at our scoreboard reveals... Negro League II and Caribbean are tied at 4 NL Pre WWII and Negro League I are deadlocked at 6 Japanese League clipping AL Post WWII 6 to 2 Wakamatsu has hit his 14th homerun for Japanese League Old Timers is giving it to Dead Ball Era 6 to 1 Turn of Century is edging NL Post WWII 4 to 3 Late 20th is edging Left Outs 4 to 3 Next up for AL Pre WWII is Red Faber Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the Pre-Americans ballboy Williams likes the sign The southpaw's 2 strike delivery It's right on the outside corner... STRIKE THREE looking for Red Faber Williams' got yet another strike out As a matter of fact... That is number 100 on the year! That does it for AL Pre WWII here in the bottom of the 7th No runs, no hits and no errors They are running out of time FOFC will send Nights, John Williams, and Barrett Blade to face Red Faber this inning Faber is on the first-base side of the rubber... Now Red delivers Slow ground ball Gehringer is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT With one down Gehrig yells something out to Faber Red nods his head And it brings up Dan Fouts On deck is Barrett Blade Deacon Palmer in the hole Dan will be facing the port-sider Faber from the left side of the plate Of his 18 home runs, 10 are against righties Faber has the sign from Ferrell And the delivery by Faber Fly ball to right Ruth is under it He makes the grab That's the second out of the inning The All Stars will send Barrett Blade up to the plate If he gets on, Deacon Palmer would bat next Blade is at .270 on the season He is hitting .241 against righties Blade waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The righthander Faber's delivery It's a routine fly into center Dimaggio ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Dimaggio grabs it for the out That's all for FOFC After 7 and a half innings in AL Pre WWII this evening, FOFC leads 5 to 0 Leading off for the Pre-Americans is the second baseman Gehringer He'll be followed by Joe Cronin And then Babe Ruth Gehringer is batting .290 with 14 homers this year The count even at 1-1 Into the windup... here's the pitch 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 Gehringer Cronin finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box FOFC on top 5 to 0 Knowles adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Knowles looks at the runner The pitch It's a rainbow shot toward center Gazelle reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch One away in the bottom of the 8th for AL Pre WWII Walking slowly up for AL Pre WWII is Ruth The outfield is playing him deep And shaded to the right They are showing respect for his power Against lefthanders Ruth is hitting .350 this season Ruth gets ready for Knowles' pitch His bat is cocked Here's the 3-2 offering There goes Gehringer... And it's ball four... Gehringer pulls up and walks into second Pre-Americans' left fielder Simmons is up next Simmons has a .313 average against lefties Simmons waits for the delivery Here's his delivery Base hit to right for Simmons Harlond Clift puts up the stop sign... Runners hold. Gehrig saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Lou is 8th in the league in home runs with a 35 so far in 1900 Gehrig is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Knowles He's waiting for the pitch Knowles is in a tough spot He brings it home He rips a grounder to the mound Knowles grabs it Throws home and nails him! On to first He's OUT, a home to first double play Score It: 1-2-3 That's it for AL Pre WWII FOFC has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error While AL Pre WWII has no runs, 6 hits and one error AL Pre WWII has now left 8 runners stranded Hays saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Hays is batting .332 with 12 round trippers in 1900 Faber has the sign from Ferrell The kick and the pitch Hays swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Faber strikes out Harry Hays One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Caribbean nipped Negro League II 5 to 4 Wilson has hit his 33rd homerun for Negro League II Negro League I topped NL Pre WWII 10 to 7 Japanese League spanked AL Post WWII 7 to 2 Old Timers gets an easy win over Dead Ball Era 7 to 1 Turn of Century nipped NL Post WWII 4 to 3 Late 20th edged out Left Outs 5 to 4 And in our matchup FOFC ahead 5 to 0 Persimmon Pflaggstettler will face Faber Righty against righty A good game for Pflaggstettler He has 2 hits and 3 RBI's so far Pflaggstettler is poised and ready for the pitch Faber's righthanded delivery... The pitch is just inside and Pflaggstettler holds up Ferrell points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Persimmon trots down to first... ball four Taking his lead is Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler takes a walking lead off first... And Faber fires it behind him... Pflaggstettler dives... He's safe! Jeeberoni Potpie will be coming up Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat Potpie is 0 for 3 today, with 1 strike outs Red Faber has struck out 7 and walked 5 He's rubbing up the ball as he looks over at Miller Huggins The pitch to Potpie... Jeeberoni Potpie hits a high pop fly to the infield Joe Cronin calls everyone off The ball drifts a bit But Cronin is there to make the play Two down Settling in at the plate is Gunner Pflaggstettler will be running if it's hit Faber tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Faber brings it to the plate Gunner swats a major league fly to right Ruth drifts back He lurches forward... He grabs it for the out That does it for FOFC in the top of the 9th Dimaggio is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Dimaggio swinging from the right side facing the righty Knowles Dimaggio is waiting on the pitch Knowles brings it to the plate Curve in the dirt... and Dimaggio holds up Looked like he went around from here But the man in blue says no Hays appeals to first Appeal fails Dimaggio will take first on the walk That's 1 walk today for Dimaggio Lazzeri gets set at the plate Lazzeri checks for the sign He has 5 triples this year The righthander pitching to Lazzeri... A righthanded batter Righties have a .190 average against Sammy Knowles goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Dimaggio He lobs one to Potpie... Dimaggio is back easily... We're ready again Now Knowles comes home Changeup... Ties Lazzeri up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! One gone for AL Pre WWII Next up for the Pre-Americans is Rick Ferrell Right-hander Knowles eyes the righty Ferrell The righthander delivers Ferrell rolls one toward Jeff Nights He scoops it and fires to second... close play OUT The relay to first OUT there too, it's a twin-killing And that will do it for AL Pre WWII FOFC wins 5 to 0 Williams gets credit for the win Faber takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 2 for 4 with a homerun He also knocked in 3 runs And that is exactly what the doctor ordered for the FOFC All-Stars. A shutout victory... And that wraps things up So long from AL Pre WWII. |
8/20 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans 8/20/1900 |
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8/21 Radio Broadcast
Howdy, folks, we're coming to you from Glory Stadium today It's a beautiful night for baseball So sit back, put your feet up We are just about ready to begin AL Pre WWII's Carl Mays will bring his 12 and 9 record And face off against Rob Nielsen He has a 18 and 6 record with a 3.19 ERA Mays, a righthander, will open against Barrett Blade Righties hit at a .236 average against Mays Mays brings it to the plate Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into center It's in for a base hit... Dimaggio quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Blade dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Blade with a single Blade watches Mays carefully As he stretches out his lead Mays looks Blade back... He's taking a shorter lead now Palmer is up to face Carl Mays Deacon told me earlier that he felt lucky today We shall see if he was right! Palmer has hit 6 home runs this year Mays looks down at Ferrell for the sign Now he's ready Mays brings it home Bounced towards the hole Smooth pickup by Gehringer Over to second for one Over to first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 Two gone for FOFC Pflaggstettler is up now for FOFC Pflaggstettler is at .311 on the season Carl is ready Mays' windup... the delivery Swung on and popped up Cronin drifts to his right He puts it away Score It: 6 After one-half inning It's FOFC nothing, the Pre-Americans coming up 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... Gazelle in center... And Pflaggstettler in right The infield, third to first Palmer will play the hot corner Nights is at short Over at second, Blade and at first base Gonzalez Nielsen gets the nod as starter The masked man behind the dish is Bullock AL Pre WWII second baseman, Charlie Gehringer, will lead off Nielsen is sitting on 199 strikeouts in 1900 One more and he hits a nice milestone... And here is the 1-2 delivery It busts in on Gehringer's fists... STRIKE THREE!!! That strike out is number 200 for Rob Nielsen as the scoreboard notes Nielsen's been mowing them down this year! 5th in the league in K's! That's one away Cronin leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer evening Bullock flashes the sign to Nielsen And now the pitch... Grounded towards the sack Nielsen takes the flip from Gonzalez Score It: 3-1 That's the second out of the inning The "Sultan of Swat" is coming to the plate Ruth is one of the most feared sluggers Nielsen looks down at Bullock for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The pitch is on the way Ruth chases the high fastball... Hammers a LONG towering drive... It's to deep left center... HOME RUN... WAY, WAY OUTTA HERE! A big blast by Ruth! Larrupin' Lou is up next Gehrig wiggles the bat above his head He's ready The pitch on the way, here it is... Here's a curveball, up in the zone... It's juiced to deep center There goes Gazelle after it Racing hard... Reaching... Can't get it... It was just out of his reach! He chases it to the fence Gehrig around first, coasts into second As the throw comes in late Score that a two bagger While Joe Dimaggio heads for the on deck circle Hank Greenberg makes his way to the plate Greenberg is at .375 on the season Nielsen gets the sign, it's one he likes Now Rob delivers Greenberg tries to hold up, but can't... Strike three! Nielsen took something off of that back door breaking ball He had Greenberg way out in front That ends the bottom of the 1st One run, 2 hits, no errors and one man left on base After 1 inning, AL Pre WWII leads by 1 FOFC will send Gunner, Gerald Gazelle, and David Gonzalez to face Carl Mays this inning Gunner is hitting .261 against righties The umpire says let's go Mays brings it to the plate Gunner swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mays strikes out Stan Gunner AL Pre WWII gets the first out of the inning Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle The center fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out AL Pre WWII leads FOFC by 1 run Carl peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Mays brings it to the plate In the dirt That's ball four Gazelle edges away from the bag Fastball at the letters... Off with the pitch Gazelle attempts to steal second Ferrell is up and firing... It's low... Trapped by Cronin... Tries to sweep tag Gazelle... Called SAFE!... Here comes Miller Huggins to argue... He thought they had him David Gonzalez steps into the box Gonzalez taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready Gonzalez is waiting on the pitch Here's his delivery There's a high pop down the left field line It's going to go into foul territory Lazzeri and Cronin are chasing it down the line Joe dives, but can't make the play Foul ball . . . Gonzalez back in the box And here comes the next pitch Gonzalez lines it Over the short stop's head... Base hit! 1 run will score... Gazelle crosses the plate with the tying run! It's all tied up now at 1 Gonzalez extends his lead towards second Mays looks Gonzalez back He is unable to get his normal lead FOFC catcher, Billy Bullock, is up next Bullock can't seem to get settled at the plate Mays looks down at Ferrell for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Mays goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Gonzalez He lobs one to Gehrig... Gonzalez is back easily We're ready again Now Mays comes home It's a hard slider, at the letters Bullock hits a deep fly... Way back there... Greenberg giving chase... Gets a glove on it!... It nearly popped out of his mitt, that time Greenberg has it for the out, though The score is knotted at 1 with two away this inning Nights is up next Two out with Gonzalez at first Mays adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Ferrell Here's the righthander's delivery Base hit to left for Nights Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Gonzalez will stay at second Nielsen leaves the on-deck circle And heads to the batter's box Rob takes a couple of practice cuts Nielsen waiting on the delivery Righthander Mays' delivery A sinking fastball... Swung right through it... STRIKE THREE That's it for FOFC here in the top of the 2nd FOFC and AL Pre WWII are all tied up FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games They want a win tonight The center fielder Dimaggio will lead off for the Pre-Americans He'll be followed by Tony Lazzeri And then Rick Ferrell Dimaggio looks down toward the third base coach, Harlond Clift Joe steadies his bat And waits patiently for Nielsen's pitch And the lefthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... The pitch comes inside... Dimaggio rips the fastball... There's a high deep drive by Dimaggio It's still going... The wind is carrying that one... OUTTA HERE, it's gone Homer number 7 for Dimaggio He also has 32 RBI's and a .251 batting average Lazzeri gets set at the plate Lazzeri grips the bat handle Lazzeri waits for the delivery Rob rocks and fires Sinking fastball... Lazzeri swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One out Rick Ferrell is due up next AL Pre WWII sends the catcher, Rick Ferrell, up to the plate Rob Nielsen is having a good year He is 1st in wins with 18 Now Nielsen is looking for a sign The southpaw winds and delivers A jug-handled curve Ferrell goes out and gets it It's a liner to left Gunner will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Rick Ferrell Mays showing bunt... He lays it down Deacon Palmer looks at second But goes to first... Out... Ferrell advances to 2nd A sacrifice for Carl Mays And there's two away Charlie Gehringer coming up Gehringer digs in Nielsen grips the ball Here it comes Hit to Gunner in left Gunner pedals over He pulls it down for the out Score It: 7 And that will do it for AL Pre WWII Barrett Blade leading off for FOFC The best way to quiet the crowd is to get a few base runners on We'll see how they pitch to Blade Barrett is set for the pitch Mays is into his rocking motion Now his right arm comes around Blade cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Ferrell Blade was badly fooled by Mays' big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Barrett was a little overanxious One away here in the top of the 3rd AL Pre WWII on top 2 to 1 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard Negro League II is beating Caribbean 4 to 0 Negro League I with the lead over NL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Gibson has hit his 21st homerun for Negro League I AL Post WWII slipping by Japanese League 2 to 0 Old Timers and Dead Ball Era are deadlocked at 2 Radbourn and Johnson currently dueling NL Post WWII besting Turn of Century 5 to 0 Bench has hit his 21st homerun for NL Post WWII Left Outs is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 Nobody on base, one away Palmer steps into the batter's box Mays has the sign from Ferrell Palmer lets loose with the submarine delivery.. Changeup down low... Palmer makes contact and hits one out to left Hank Greenberg is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Mays That's the second out of the inning Nobody on, two away Pflaggstettler steps in for FOFC Pflaggstettler scuffs up the lines around the box Persimmon stands with bat ready The Pre-Americans' hurler winds and delivers Sinking fastball... Pflaggstettler goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Lazzeri... He scoops it up, over to first... And Pflaggstettler is out by a step We head to the bottom of the 3rd here in AL Pre WWII... Still 2-1, AL Pre WWII Joe Cronin, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig are due up Cronin is 0 for 1 today Nielsen studies his sign Nielsen goes into his windup And here's the 0-2 offering Nielsen comes with his best heat... And this time it's too much for Cronin As he swings right through it for strike three One gone for AL Pre WWII Now here's Ruth Ruth is one of the most feared sluggers Nielsen's reaching for the resin bag He is having a fine year for FOFC Quite an important member of the staff Already with 18 wins, Rob has racked up 217 innings in 1900 Now he is ready to go Here comes the cripple pitch Ruth lets it go by He takes ball four Lou Gehrig steps in against Nielsen Left-hander against left-hander FOFC is set up for two Rob gets the sign from Bullock Nielsen goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Ruth He lobs one to Gonzalez... Ruth is back easily... We're ready again Now Nielsen comes home Gehrig 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'll bring up Pre-Americans' left fielder Hank Greenberg... Pre-Americans with a runner in scoring position at second Greenberg steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Hank is 0 for 1 today Hank is eagerly awaiting Nielsen's pitch Nielsen brings it to the plate Greenberg rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Greenberg is around first, heading for two... Gazelle is up with it and fires it in quickly Hank pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the AL Pre WWII left fielder Hank also ups his hitting streak to 6 games! That is Greenberg's 1st hit today Ruth scores from second! The "Yankee Clipper" is making his way to the plate Dimaggio is having success tonight! He is 1 for 1 with 1 home run A count of two balls, two strikes on Dimaggio Nielsen fires Swung on and missed... Dimaggio is down on strikes The Pre-Americans get 1 in the bottom of the 3rd After 3 innings, AL Pre WWII leads by 2 Stan Gunner leads off the inning So far this season Gunner is hitting .260 when facing righthanded pitching Gunner concentrates He holds the bat down on the end Here's the 3-2 offering Lined to second Gehringer grabs it for the out Score It: 4 FOFC with one away Mays steps off the mound as he waits for Gerald Gazelle to come to the plate Coming up for FOFC is Gerald Gazelle Nobody on base, one out Gerald is batting .263 in 217 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by David Gonzalez Mays tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The righthander delivers Gazelle hits a screamer at Tony Lazzeri Lazzeri takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Gehrig scoops it on one hop Gazelle is out! Nice play by Gehrig Two down Ferrell asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Ferrell and Mays Here's David Gonzalez Mays adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Ferrell Carl winds his right arm Lets it go Ball four is the call Mays can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Mays Gonzalez takes first base The tying run comes to the plate, in the person of Billy Bullock All Stars with 1 runner on base Pre-Americans have the lead, 3-1 Mays is ready quickly Mays checks Gonzalez on first... The 1-1 delivery Slider, down and away... Swung on... Bullock rips a bouncer to Cronin He takes it and goes to 2nd for the force That's all for FOFC After 3 and a half innings in AL Pre WWII this evening, AL Pre WWII leads 3 to 1 Tony Lazzeri is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for AL Pre WWII to get things going Nielsen is saying a few words to Blade... So far in 1900, Rob has a 18 and 6 record with 5 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign Nielsen's 1-1 pitch... Grounded back to the mound Nielsen comes up with it Tosses it to first and gets him And there's one away Nobody on, one away for AL Pre WWII Up now is Ferrell Ferrell digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Nielsen Nielsen likes the sign It's coming down the pike Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 5 for Rob Nielsen today 204 on the year Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in order Facing Nielsen now is Mays Charlie Gehringer heads to the on deck circle Joe Cronin waits in the hole Mays a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Nielsen A battle of lefties... All set, Mays is ready for the pitch We've got a full count... Nielsen winds and fires... And Mays will sit down... strike three called That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 3-1, AL Pre WWII Jeff Nights will start the top of the 5th for FOFC FOFC needs some runs Now, AL Pre WWII ahead 3 to 1 Nights has 30 doubles this year Nights awaits the delivery Mays is behind in the count Here's the 2-0 offering Jeff Nights swings This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... GONE! A homerun into the seats in left Nights gets a hearty slap on the back from bench coach Chuck Tanner as he ducks into the All Stars' dugout And it brings up Rob Nielsen On deck is Barrett Blade Deacon Palmer in the hole Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Mays rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Mays throws the 2-2 pitch A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! One away... Gehrig is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Lazzeri also... Now they return to their positions So that brings up the top of the order Barrett Blade will step in Mays toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Ferrell Mays is into his windup Here's the pitch Change-up, Blade is looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Dimaggio is at the warning track... Waits... Off the fence! It's a double for Barrett Blade Palmer strides to the plate Runner at second, and one out The outfield shades towards left for Palmer Mays steps on the rubber Mays kicks and fires Palmer rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Lazzeri Tony fields it cleanly Looks Blade back to second Now fires it over to first... Easy out Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away That'll bring up All Stars' right fielder Persimmon Pflaggstettler... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second A base hit should score Blade Carl looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Mays brings it to the plate Base hit to right for Pflaggstettler Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Blade scores! Trailing runner advances. Gunner pounds the plate Now he stares out at Mays Carl Mays has struck out 4 and walked 2 He's rubbing up the ball as he looks over at Miller Huggins The pitch to Gunner... A high pop-up to the catcher Ferrell is circling under it... He is having trouble... A quick step back He has it in fair territory Tough play for Rick That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores |
8/21 Radio Broadcast Continued
Negro League II clipping Caribbean 4 to 0 Holland comfortably ahead for Negro League II Negro League I slipping by NL Pre WWII 3 to 1 Rogan and Alexander currently dueling AL Post WWII is on top of Japanese League 3 to 1 Feller battling Kaneda Dead Ball Era slipping by Old Timers 5 to 3 Johnson battling Radbourn NL Post WWII is destroying Turn of Century 11 to 0 Bench has hit his 21st homerun for NL Post WWII Late 20th is edging Left Outs 2 to 1 And in our contest The score is tied at 3 Gehringer saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box And Rob studies the sign from Bullock... Now he's got it Now to the belt, here it is... Curveball... BALL FOUR! Always nice to get a lead off walk... but especially in a tie ballgame! Cronin fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on So with 1 on and no outs AL Pre WWII sends their shortstop, Joe Cronin, up to face Nielsen Hard-hitting Babe Ruth is walking towards the on-deck circle Joe is batting at .279 with 13 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Cronin waits The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Grounded towards the middle It bounces off Blade's chest! No play on Cronin, base hit That's an infield hit for Cronin! Gehringer takes second Runners at first and second Babe Ruth is due up He's a dangerous homerun hitter as evidenced by his being 1st in the league in the long ball 46 to his credit Ruth is at .349 on the season Nielsen is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Nielsen looks in... Now he's ready The southpaw Nielsen's delivery on the 2 strike pitch Swung on and missed... Ruth is down on strikes One down... Nielsen has to continue to bear down And the batter is Lou Gehrig One down here in the bottom of the 5th Gehringer is down at second Cronin is kicking the dirt up at first He's ready to set sail If Gehrig can get a hit The score is tied at 3 Gehrig is hitting .308 against southpaws 1 for 2 so far this game He grounded out in his last at bat Gehrig is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Nielsen He's waiting for the pitch And the delivery by Nielsen He struck him out on a foul tip Bullock held on to that heater in on Gehrig's fists Two down Due up next is Hank Greenberg Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the Pre-Americans The left fielder, Hank Greenberg will be up next for AL Pre WWII Nielsen is slow to get ready He has a 3.25 ERA this year Now he's ready The southpaw's 3-1 delivery Hard slider... Greenberg swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Gunner is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Hank Nielsen glares in at Dimaggio as he steps in Now he's ready to go Dimaggio is 1 for 2 today, with 1 strike outs Nielsen ready quickly, looks in for the sign The lefty winds and delivers Swung on and missed by Dimaggio, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for Dimaggio That wraps up the inning for AL Pre WWII So After 5 innings AL Pre WWII has 6 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 6 hits and no errors AL Pre WWII has left 3 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 The FOFC center fielder, Gazelle, will lead off He'll be followed by David Gonzalez And then Billy Bullock Gazelle is 0 for 1 today Gerald grounded out last time around Gazelle waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Gehringer comes in a couple steps Yells something to Mays The delivery A wave and a miss! Strike Three! So one up and one gone One out, nobody on base David Gonzalez is the batter Against righthanders Gonzalez is hitting .302 Set now is Gonzalez The righthander Mays delivers Gonzalez 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! . . . Gonzalez back in the box And here comes the next pitch There's a routine pop by Gonzalez Gehrig moves under it and makes the catch AL Pre WWII gets the second out of the inning Walking up to the plate now is Bullock Jeff Nights waits on deck Billy is 0 for 2 this summer evening He's batting .261 on the season Bullock waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the 2 strike offering Bullock tries to hold up Ferrell points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! We head to the bottom of the 6th here in AL Pre WWII... Still 6-3, AL Pre WWII The Pre-Americans will send Lazzeri, Rick Ferrell, and Carl Mays up to the plate this inning Lazzeri is taking his practice swings Tony is 0 for 2 this evening Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock The lefthander delivers Lazzeri 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 Lazzeri retreats to first after a wide turn Rick Ferrell is up next Rick is strong, has a good eye and is very selective at the plate Ferrell is 1 for 2 today, with 1 strike outs Nielsen looks in for the sign from Bullock Nielsen's been mowing the Pre-Americans down today Already with 9 strike outs and we're only in the bottom of the 6th Here's the southpaw's delivery AL Pre WWII tries the hit and run! Ferrell gets under this one It's popped high in the air to second Blade is waving everybody off Ferrell is retired One down for AL Pre WWII Carl Mays is still in the on-deck circle and Charlie Gehringer is looking for a bat in the dugout Carl Mays, the pitcher, strides to the plate Time is called... Mays has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again The bat is cocked The lefty Nielsen delivers Too high... That'll be ball four Mays will get a free pass to first base The bat boy brings out Carl's jacket Force at third or second as Charlie Gehringer gets his bat... Charlie Gehringer is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Charlie is hitting at .291 on the year He has 161 hits in 554 at bats AL Pre WWII's leadoff hitter has scored 93 runs this year Gehringer cocks his bat The pitch to Gehringer... Looping fly to center Gerald Gazelle charges the ball It falls in front of him AL Pre WWII adds to their lead AL Pre WWII leads 7 to 3 Joe Cronin steps into the box Cronin has hit 13 home runs this year Fozborg has the sign from Hays Fozborg kicks and fires The pitch is low It bounces away from Hays! He's got it But there's no throw. It's scored a wild pitch. Mays scores from third! Gehringer takes second Joe Cronin steps into the box Fozborg has the sign from Hays The pitch is on the way Cronin rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Nights Jeff fields it cleanly Looks Gehringer back to second Now fires it over to first... Easy out Two down Babe Ruth is up next AL Pre WWII's right fielder finds 1 on with 2 outs FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Ruth is 1 for 2 today Hays flashes the sign... Fozborg waves it off... Now he's happy He brings it home The ball is low and outside Did he go around?... Yes! That retires the side... 2 runs cross the plate for AL Pre WWII After 6 innings, AL Pre WWII ahead 8 to 3 It's the All Stars' turn at bat here in the top of the 7th Jeff Nights, Harry Hays, and Barrett Blade are due up to face righthander Carl Mays Nights is 2 for 2 today Jeff homered last time up Right-hander Mays eyes the righty Nights Here is the 2-1 pitch Nights hits a fly ball to left Hank Greenberg camps under it He's got it One gone for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Hays Barrett Blade waits on deck Mays steps on the rubber It's coming down the pike It's juiced to deep center There goes Dimaggio Racing hard... He dives... Just out of his reach! Hays coasts into second Mays looks down at Blade as he steps in Barrett is ready to go Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the Pre-Americans ballboy Blade waits Now Carl delivers It's a fly ball to right Ruth is on his horse Running with the crack of the bat And he tracks it down nicely! Hays holds second That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Negro League II is giving it to Caribbean 5 to 0 Negro League I with the lead over NL Pre WWII 4 to 1 AL Post WWII is beating Japanese League 6 to 2 Dead Ball Era clipping Old Timers 7 to 3 NL Post WWII is destroying Turn of Century 12 to 0 Late 20th with the lead over Left Outs 4 to 1 Palmer is up now for FOFC Palmer is 0 for 3 on the day He looks around at the AL Pre WWII infield Gehrig is kicking the dirt at first Lazzeri is even with the bag at third Gehringer and Cronin are ready with hands on knees at second and short Ferrell flashes the sign to Mays Mays brings it to the plate That's hit deep to left field This one is deep! THAT BALL'S SINGIN' WITH THE ANGELS NOW!!! That is Deacon Palmer's 7th home run of the year. Pflaggstettler moseys up to the plate Stan Gunner is heading for the on-deck circle 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 Now set, Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch Mays' 2 strike pitch... Struck him out on a fastball Pflaggstettler goes down swinging That ends the inning After 6 and a half innings, AL Pre WWII leads by 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Lou Gehrig stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Gehrig has hit 35 home runs this year Fozborg squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Fozborg brings it to the plate It's wide... he missed with a slider Gehrig will stroll down to first He continues to get on base with regularity He has a .447 OBP this year Up next for the Pre-Americans The hometown left fielder, Hank Greenberg The right-hander Fozborg is set to deliver to Greenberg Now ready, here it is... Greenberg swings... This one looks like it might go... Gazelle is going back... He is at the fence... And it is over the fence! Home run! The AL Pre WWII left fielder now has hit 2 here tonight! And that gives him 6 in 1900 That is Hank Greenberg's 6th home run of the year. Dimaggio heads to the plate for AL Pre WWII The infield is at regular depth Joe is hitting at .249 on the year He has 66 hits in 265 at bats Today, he is 1 for 3 Dimaggio struck out his last time up He should get a good one to knock The count 3 and 1 Joe gets the bat back... The righthander delivers Sinking line drive Caught by Jeff Nights One away in the bottom of the 7th for AL Pre WWII Tony Lazzeri, the third baseman, strides to the plate Lazzeri is batting .226 with 4 round trippers in 1900 Fozborg adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Fozborg's righthanded delivery... He hits a tough grounder to the mound Fozborg grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 Two away now for AL Pre WWII They're ahead by 5 The Pre-Americans have 10 hits on the evening Rick Ferrell will face Fozborg Righty against righty Ferrell wiggles the bat above his head Ferrell looks very intent... He stares down at Fozborg... Cocks his bat Fozborg kicks and delivers Ferrell laces a hit into the outfield Stan Gunner picks it up Fires it to the infield Ferrell holds with a single Carl Mays, who really knows how to handle himself at the plate will be up next for the Pre-Americans Ferrell will be running if it's hit Fozborg tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Now the delivery, here is is... Mays drives the ball to center for extra bases Harlond Clift is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Ferrell scores! Double for Mays Next up for AL Pre WWII is Charlie Gehringer Gehringer is 1 for 3 today Charlie singled last time around Fozborg adjusts his cap... Now he's set Here's the righthander's delivery Gehringer smacks a fly to center Gazelle is waiting on it Pounds his mitt Gerald takes it in That is the third out for AL Pre WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 49039 FOFC will send Gunner, Gerald Gazelle, and David Gonzalez to face Carl Mays this inning Gunner can't seem to get settled at the plate Mays is ready quickly Mays throws the 2-2 pitch A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! Planting his right foot Gazelle is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Gazelle Gazelle is 0 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 struck out last time at the plate Gazelle is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mays He's waiting for the pitch Carl rocks and fires Gazelle swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mays strikes out Gerald Gazelle Two gone for FOFC Gonzalez, FOFC's first baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Sirr Fozborg waits on deck Gonzalez is 1 for 2 today, with 1 walk Mays shakes off two signs Now he's ready Mays quick pitches him It's a high fly into center Dimaggio ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out And that retires the side Here's the shortstop Cronin To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Babe Ruth And then Lou Gehrig Cronin steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Joe is 1 for 4 today Fozborg 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 Fozborg Now he is ready... Fozborg brings it to the plate Over the outside corner Cronin hits the curve right to second... Blade takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Cronin is out by a couple of steps With one gone AL Pre WWII will have Babe Ruth coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it One away, nobody on... bottom of the 8th The first base coach exhorting Ruth to get on base... One of those perennial war cries Babe is hitting at .347 on the year He has 152 hits in 438 at bats This includes 30 doubles, 2 triples 46 home runs and 102 RBI's Ruth is set Fozborg brings it home A vicious cut by Ruth And what a breeze he creates! Strike three! Babe gave it his Sunday punch... but missed Two away now for AL Pre WWII They're ahead by 6 runs AL Pre WWII has 12 hits on the evening A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Lou Gehrig Gehrig is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .333 on the year Gehrig tells the umpire he's ready It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Curveball, hung up in the strike zone Gehrig swings... HE GETS ALL OF THAT ONE!... IT IS LONG GONE IN A HURRY!! HOME RUN FOR Gehrig WHAT A SHOT... That's one for the record books! It will also make all the replays of the week Greenberg gets set at the plate Fozborg looks down at Hays He shakes him off once... Again... Sirr has got to be a little concerned with Greenberg up there as the AL Pre WWII left fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Here's the 3-0 pitch Fastball... just outside Greenberg will take first on the walk Hank knows how to get on base His OBP of .455 is among the league leaders Settling in at the plate is Dimaggio Dimaggio is one of the best hitters around Hunter looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Hunter goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Greenberg He lobs one to Potpie... Greenberg is back easily... We're ready again Now Hunter comes home Drilled on the ground to the mound Taken by Hunter Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 After 8 innings tonight, the Pre-Americans lead by 7 Jeeberoni Potpie will get things started for FOFC He'll be followed by Jeff Nights and Harry Hays If any of them get on, lead-off hitter, Barrett Blade, will step in Now Potpie approaches home plate Potpie is batting .284 with 36 HR's this year Mays looks down at Ferrell for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Windup by Mays And the pitch Fastball... Potpie jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Dimaggio after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Joe Dimaggio! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Negro League II is the winner over Caribbean 7 to 3 Gonzalez has hit his 25th homerun for Caribbean Negro League I squeezed by NL Pre WWII 4 to 2 Rogan the winner, he's now 14-8 Alexander takes the loss, his record drops to 16-10 AL Post WWII easily defeated Japanese League 7 to 2 Feller the winner, he's now 12-19 Kaneda takes the loss, his record drops to 6-15 Dead Ball Era easily defeated Old Timers 8 to 3 Johnson the winner, he's now 17-9 Radbourn takes the loss, his record drops to 11-11 NL Post WWII humiliated Turn of Century 12 to 0 Banks has hit his 45th homerun for NL Post WWII Late 20th ripped Left Outs 8 to 2 Johnson the winner, he's now 13-13 Sutton takes the loss, his record drops to 11-8 And right here in AL Pre WWII AL Pre WWII leads 12 to 5 The All Stars are down to their last 2 outs Jeff Nights is due up next We're in the top of the 9th Mays is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Mays gets the sign from Ferrell Here's the 2 strike offering Nights chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Mays Cronin snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! Two gone for FOFC Time is running out for them Next up tonight is Hays Hays gets set He's 1 for 1 so far Hays, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Mays We've got a full count... Mays winds and fires... Hays hits a fly ball to center Joe Dimaggio camps under it This should wrap up the inning... That's it And that will do it for FOFC AL Pre WWII wins 12 to 5 Mays gets credit for the win Nielsen takes the loss The hitting star for AL Pre WWII was Hank Greenberg He was 3 for 4 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 6 runs And that wraps things up So long from AL Pre WWII. |
8/21 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans 8/21/1900 |
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Manager Update
I'm sitting at my desk, scratching my head...I was really feeling good coming into this game. After the shutout last night and Nielsen on the bump, pitching well going against a predominantly left handed lineup...I really liked our chances... Boy was I wrong... |
8/22 Radio Broadcast
Welcome everyone to Glory Stadium The players are on the field and we're almost ready to go As Barrett Blade prepares to face Gomez let's check out the AL Pre WWII defense At first base is Gehrig Lazzeri is down at the hot corner Gehringer and Cronin are at second and short, respectively From left to right... Simmons, Dimaggio and Ruth and now Dickey is just settling in behind the plate Lefty comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Slow ground ball Cronin is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT With one down, up next is Stan Gunner To be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler One away, nobody on base Gunner stands ready at the plate Gunner has hit 14 home runs this year Gomez steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here's the 1-2 offering Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Gunner! That is the second out here in the top of the 1st Cronin comes in to kibitz with Gomez While we have a moment, let me set the outfield distances for you It's 318 feet down the line in left 399 feet to left-center 408 feet to straight-away center field Then over in right-center it's 385 feet from home plate and 314 feet to the right field foul pole Up next for the All Stars the right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler If he gets on, Jeeberoni Potpie would bat next Persimmon is hitting at .310 on the year He has 134 hits in 432 at bats His speed has propelled him to 10 stolen bases All set, Pflaggstettler is ready for the pitch And the lefthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Struck him out on a fastball Pflaggstettler goes down swinging That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 4 and 6 in their last ten games 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... Gazelle 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 Mighty gets the nod as starter The masked man behind the dish is Hays AL Pre WWII second baseman, Charlie Gehringer, will lead off Before getting ready Gehringer checks out the defensive alignment Mighty is making his 27th start this year for the Pre-Americans Mighty's into the windup... the delivery Gehringer drives one into center Gerald Gazelle sprints over to make the play So one up and one gone Coming up for AL Pre WWII is Joe Cronin Nobody on base, one out Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... It's coming down the pike A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! Cronin is down on strikes Number 1 here today for Mighty 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 The "Sultan of Swat" is coming to the plate Ruth has hit 46 home runs this year Mighty likes the sign Now Al delivers Long fly to center Gazelle has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Ruth is retired on a fairly deep fly Jeeberoni Potpie, Gerald Gazelle, and Harry Hays are due up The right-handed Potpie will be facing the southpaw 12 of his 36 home runs come via this route Potpie gets ready for Gomez's pitch His bat is cocked Here's his delivery Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Dickey fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Potpie One out Gerald Gazelle is due up next While Harry Hays heads for the on deck circle Gerald Gazelle makes his way to the plate Gomez squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Here's the windup... and the pitch Sinking fastball... Gazelle goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Lazzeri... He scoops it up, over to first... And Gazelle is out by a step That's two away Up now for FOFC is Hays Two away, nobody on Hays has a .422 average against lefthanders He is .332 overall Hays is set for the pitch Gomez winds and delivers The 3-1 pitch There's a base hit towards Joe Dimaggio Harry Hays decides to go for two Much to the surprise of Dimaggio Here's the throw to second SAFE, Hays just beats the tag That's 8 doubles on the year for Hays And Fouts will be trotting down to first They've put him on intentionally Jeff Nights is the batter due up next Nights steps in Two out, Fouts at first, Hays at second Nights has a .298 average against lefties Gomez adjusts his cap... Now he's set And the delivery by Gomez Big breaking ball... Nights swings and lifts one deep to left This one has a chance... Simmons is at the warning track... He waits... Al you can tell that one Goodbye! Number 16 on the year for Jeff Nights Next up is Al Mighty, the FOFC pitcher... If he gets on, Barrett Blade would bat next Al takes a couple of practice cuts Mighty is set for the 2-2 pitch Gomez brings it home Mighty swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Gomez strikes out Al Mighty That's it here in the top of the 2nd It's 3-0 in favor of the visitors from FOFC We'll be back in just a moment The left fielder Simmons will start things off for the Pre-Americans Hays flashes the sign to Mighty Mighty brings it to the plate Simmons rips the curve to left-center... Turning at the sound of the bat Gazelle 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 Simmons will lope into second with a double Larrupin' Lou is up next Gehrig is batting .334 with 36 HR's this year Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The lefthander delivers Hanging curveball... Gehrig times it, swings... There's a high drive... Crunched deep towards right center... Pflaggstettler doesn't have a chance Home Run for Gehrig That was way over the fence Joe Dimaggio steps in Dimaggio takes a couple of practice cuts O.K. Dimaggio is ready He delivers Soft liner to third Tough chance for Fouts He makes a great catch! Score It: 5 Now batting #8..Bill Dickey...#8 Dickey can't seem to get settled at the plate Mighty is happy with the sign Mighty winds his left arm Lets it go Dickey drives one to center This one has a chance for extra bases... Gazelle got a great jump... He is closing quickly... OUT! Very nice play by Gerald Gazelle That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Negro League II leads Caribbean 1 to 0 NL Pre WWII and Negro League I are deadlocked at 1 Japanese League slipping by AL Post WWII 2 to 0 Old Timers and Dead Ball Era are tied at 1 Keefe battling Chesbro Turn of Century slipping by NL Post WWII 2 to 0 Left Outs and Late 20th have yet to score And here in AL Pre WWII FOFC leads 3 to 2 Lazzeri leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer day Lazzeri goes through his routine of settling in Mighty steps on the rubber Mighty brings it to the plate Lazzeri swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mighty strikes out Tony Lazzeri That's all for the Pre-Americans in the 2nd inning They get 2 runs across We go to the 3rd... It's All Stars 3, Pre-Americans 2 Barrett Blade stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Gomez wastes no time He has the sign from Dickey The southpaw Gomez's delivery on the 3-2 pitch Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Blade is outta there One gone for FOFC Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Gunner Gunner digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Gomez Gunner concentrates He holds the bat down on the end Here's the 3-0 offering Ball four... Lefty Gomez walks him AL Pre WWII will have to watch Gunner Speed on the bases FOFC would like to add to their slim 1 run margin Pflaggstettler saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Pflaggstettler is batting .309 with 22 HR's this year Gomez is on the third-base side of the rubber... The pitch to Pflaggstettler... That's ball four Pflaggstettler will trot down to first Gunner is now down on second Potpie digs in at the plate Ready now for Gomez to come set Potpie wiggles the bat above his head Gomez rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Gomez stretches, checks his runners The pitch... Curve, up high... Potpie rips it to center... Gomez hung that breaking ball However, Jeeberoni got under it just a bit Dimaggio 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 FOFC in the top of the 3rd Gerald Gazelle is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Gazelle swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Gomez Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Now the delivery, here is is... Gazelle swings from his heels He connects! There it goes... Simmons is up against the wall He jumps Outstanding catch That sure looked like it was going downtown That's all for FOFC After 2 and a half innings in AL Pre WWII this afternoon, FOFC on top 3 to 2 Gomez saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Mighty wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The lefty Mighty delivers Sinking line drive Caught by Barrett Blade Now batting will be Charlie Gehringer Gehringer is taking his practice swings Charlie is 0 for 1 this afternoon Charlie steadies his bat Waits patiently for Mighty's pitch The southpaw's 0-1 delivery Fly ball to center Gazelle is under it He makes the grab Two gone for AL Pre WWII Joe Cronin, the shortstop, strides to the plate Cronin is at .279 on the season Mighty has the sign from Hays Mighty kicks and delivers Cronin waves half-heartedly at a fastball Strike Three! Joe didn't look very good on that pitch 2 strike outs today! And that is 3 for Mighty 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 FOFC will send Hays, Dan Fouts, and Jeff Nights to face Lefty Gomez this inning We'll see how they pitch to Hays He's ready The southpaw Gomez's delivery Harry Hays offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Hays couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Joe Cronin for the out Hays never even left the batter's box That's one away So that brings up Dan Fouts the FOFC third baseman Fouts is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Dan certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Gomez earn his salary Dan steadies his bat And waits patiently for Gomez's pitch The southpaw delivers the 1-1 pitch A slider by Gomez Fouts gets good wood on it... Ruth back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! Two up, two down Nobody on, two away Nights steps in for FOFC Gomez gets the sign, it's one he likes The southpaw Gomez delivers the 1-1 pitch Swung on and hit sharply to short Cronin plays it on one bounce Over to Gehrig... Out of there! Three up, three down A perfect inning for Lefty Gomez in the top of the 4th Here's the right fielder Ruth To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Al Simmons And then Lou Gehrig Against lefthanders Ruth is hitting .349 this season Now set, Ruth waits for the pitch Mighty rocks and fires It's a high fly into center Gazelle ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out With one gone AL Pre WWII will have Al Simmons coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Next up for AL Pre WWII is Al Simmons Simmons is 1 for 1 today Hays flashes the sign... Mighty waves it off... Now he's happy Mighty's 1-0 pitch... Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! That's the second out of the inning AL Pre WWII trails by 1 They need a win They are 2nd in the standings 6.0 games out Gehrig is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Hays flashes the sign... Mighty shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The pitch is on the way HIT HIM!! Gehrig jogs down to first Lou took one for the team to get on The "Yankee Clipper" is making his way to the plate Looking for his first hit today Dimaggio is 0 for 1 Dimaggio looks very intent... He stares down at Mighty... Cocks his bat Mighty goes into his stretch... Looks at Gehrig... He fires one to Potpie... Gehrig dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Mighty comes home Base hit to right for Dimaggio Harlond Clift puts up the stop sign... Gehrig will stay at second The catcher, Bill Dickey will be up next for AL Pre WWII The outfield's shaded towards right With Dickey at the plate Bill seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Mighty The delivery Base hit to right for Dickey Harlond Clift is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Hays is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Great,)... Gehrig is out at home! Here's Al Mighty leading off Barrett Blade is on deck And Stan Gunner is in the hole Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Gomez looks down at Dickey for the sign Now he's ready We've got a full count... Gomez winds and fires... A hot shot on the ground to Gehringer He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Mighty is out With one down, up next is Barrett Blade To be followed by Stan Gunner Nobody on and FOFC leads 3 to 2 top of the 5th Barrett Blade will try to get something going Blade is batting .270 with 3 homers this year Barrett is ready for the delivery The lefthander Gomez comes home with it Hard slider, at the knees... Blade clubs a deep drive to center... Dimaggio turns, and races back after it... It goes off the wall! Blade is steaming toward third Dimaggio has it, throws... Not in time... Blade has his triple Number 8 on the year for him Settling in at the plate is Gunner Gunner is batting .255 with 14 HR's this year Gomez adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Dickey Gomez kicks and fires Change up, a beauty... Heeee struck him out! Two down Pflaggstettler finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Pflaggstettler has hit 22 home runs this year The left-hander Gomez is now ready Now Lefty delivers High chopper to second Gehringer picks it up on the short hop Over to first... In time Gehringer charged it nicely and made it look easy Score It: 4-3 That's it for FOFC Here at Glory Stadium, After 4 and a half innings, FOFC has 3 runs, 3 hits and no errors While AL Pre WWII has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 on base AL Pre WWII has stranded 2 Here's Lazzeri to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Negro League II and Caribbean are tied at 1 Cepeda has hit his 21st homerun for Caribbean NL Pre WWII is edging Negro League I 4 to 3 Japanese League is in front of AL Post WWII 4 to 1 Old Timers leads Dead Ball Era 2 to 1 Turn of Century leads NL Post WWII 3 to 2 Waddell and Perry currently dueling Left Outs and Late 20th are all knotted at 3 Boggs has hit his 7th homerun for Late 20th Lazzeri has managed a .230 average against lefthanders this year Waiting for the pitch is Lazzeri He brings it home Lazzeri hits a high pop into short left field Fouts sprints out Gunner and Gazelle sprint towards the infield Gerald Gazelle sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! It's ruled a double Lefty Gomez is being called back to the dugout Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter Yep, here comes Hank Greenberg Miller Huggins will play the percentages as he sends the right hand hitting Greenberg against the southpaw, Mighty In fact, Hank is batting a splendid .422 versus lefties this season So the decision certainly is reasonable... We shall soon see how it works out Greenberg saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Greenberg looks down toward the third base coach, Harlond Clift Al is ready Nights trying to slip in behind Lazzeri Now he slips away Here's the 1-0 offering Base hit to left for Greenberg Harlond Clift plays it safe and stops him at third... Runner holds. Charlie Gehringer plants his left foot The lefthanded second baseman for AL Pre WWII appears set Gehringer is hitting .318 against southpaws 0 for 2 so far this game He flied out in his last at bat Mighty has the sign from Hays The southpaw delivers Grounded to short It's off Nights' glove! Score It: E6 Lazzeri scores from third! Greenberg takes second Gehringer to first Cronin is up now for AL Pre WWII Cronin is 0 for 2 today Joe struck out last time up Mighty adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays The pitch is on the way Cronin tops one right to Blade Over to Potpie for the easy out So we have one out now for AL Pre WWII 2 runners on board as Babe Ruth rubs his bat with the pine tar one last time And Ruth will be trotting to first They have walked him intentionally Makes sense considering Ruth's numbers He carries a .735 slugging average! Simmons is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Al is batting at .328 with 21 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Simmons waits patiently Mighty fires Base hit to right for Simmons Greenberg scores Harlond Clift plays it safe and stops him at third... Runners hold. Gehrig gets set at the plate Lou continues to produce in 1900 With his RBI's earlier, he now has 100 on the year!!! He is 1 for 1 today with 2 RBI's Gehrig waiting on the delivery Al rocks and fires Drilled deep to right field Pflaggstettler has got a long run He's got it Fine running catch! That's deep enough to score Gehringer Score It: 9 And there's two away Slowly coming up is Dimaggio for AL Pre WWII He is finally in the batter's box AL Pre WWII leads 5 to 3 Dimaggio is at .249 on the season Mighty is ready quickly Here's the 2-1 pitch Dimaggio swings and lifts one toward left Gunner drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's it for AL Pre WWII here in the bottom of the 5th They leave 2 runners stranded AL Pre WWII has 5 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has 3 runs, 3 hits and one error Miller Huggins relieves starter Lefty Gomez to start the inning Waite Hoyt will come on for AL Pre WWII... Hoyt currently sports a 9-6 record with a 4.27 ERA in 40 previous outings He has pitched a total of 86 innings FOFC will send Potpie, Gerald Gazelle, and Harry Hays to face Waite Hoyt this inning Potpie is 0 for 2 on the day He looks around at the AL Pre WWII infield Gehrig is kicking the dirt at first Lazzeri is even with the bag at third Gehringer and Cronin are ready with hands on knees at second and short Hoyt steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The righthander Hoyt's delivery Potpie slaps a hard grounder past second Ruth is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Potpie will hold with a clean single Gazelle moseys up to the plate Harry Hays is heading for the on-deck circle Potpie takes his lead Hoyt peers in for the sign Gazelle is a formidable opponent Waite has allowed 4 home runs versus righties this year And Gerald is no ordinary hitter Hoyt checks Potpie on first... The 0-2 delivery Swung on and missed... Gazelle is down on strikes AL Pre WWII gets the first out of the inning Walking up to the plate now is Hays Dan Fouts waits on deck Hays is batting .333 with 12 round trippers in 1900 Hays is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Potpie is dancing off first Hoyt goes into his stretch... Looks over at Potpie Fires to Gehrig... Potpie is back easily... We're ready again Now Hoyt comes home Base hit to left for Hays Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Potpie will stay at second And it brings up Dan Fouts On deck is Jeff Nights Al Mighty in the hole Dan will be facing the right-handed Hoyt from the left side of the plate 10 of his 18 home runs are against righties The umpire says let's go Hoyt brings it to the plate Base hit to right for Fouts Dick Howser won't risk sending the runner home... Runners hold. Jeff Nights, the FOFC shortstop, steps into the batter's box AL Pre WWII ahead 5 to 3 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Nights adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeff is 1 for 2 this afternoon There is no place for Hoyt to put Nights He will have to give him something to hit And Waite studies the sign from Dickey... Now he's got it The righthander delivers High and away Ball four Gonzalez departs the on-deck circle He makes his way slowly to the plate He's not known for his speed anyway! Gonzalez has hit 3 home runs this year Hoyt is slow to get ready He has a 4.36 ERA this year Now he's ready Hoyt brings it to the plate Slider... Gonzalez swings, and that one is hit deep... Ruth giving chase... He can forget it, it's way out of here HOME RUN Now batting will be Barrett Blade The second baseman is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 3 The outfield's shaded towards left for Blade He's 1 for 3 today He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Barrett brings the bat back... Righthander Hoyt's delivery There's a liner over short... Solidly stroked by Blade No chance for either Cronin or Simmons That one had base hit written all over it Stan Gunner is the next batter this sunny afternoon Stepping in and then stepping out again Gunner looks to third for a sign He's ready Now ready, here it is... The hit and run is on! Hit on the ground to Cronin Joe is up with it Over to Gehringer for one No chance for Gunner at first Gehringer was knocked off balance by Blade And Gunner, who can fly had the relay throw easily beat One more chance for FOFC this inning With a runner at first and two outs Pflaggstettler walks to the plate Pflaggstettler is batting .309 with 22 HR's this year Waite gets the sign from Dickey Hoyt brings it to the plate Did he hold up his swing? YES! It's a walk That will bring Potpie up again as FOFC has "batted around" They have scored 5 runs already this inning Two men still on Jeeberoni singled to start this inning FOFC ahead 8 to 5 Hoyt steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here's his delivery Potpie swings awkwardly... strike three Hoyt took something off of that breaking ball He had Potpie way out in front That's it here in the top of the 6th It's 8-5 in favor of the visitors from FOFC We'll be back in just a moment |
8/22 Radio Broadcast Continued
As we go into the last half of the 6th Bill Dickey will be up to face Rodney AL Pre WWII needs 3 to knot this one up We have a 8-5 score here at Glory Stadium Hays flashes the sign... Rodney shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy With a 1-0 count Rodney kicks and fires Dickey hits a grounder into the hole Jeeberoni Potpie somehow reaches the ball... But he's in no position to make a throw Base hit for Dickey Lazzeri is up now for AL Pre WWII Tony stares down at Harlond Clift for the sign Dickey leads away from first The righthander pitching to Lazzeri... A righthanded batter Righties have a .179 average against James Rodney fires That's ball four Lazzeri will trot down to first Dickey is now down on second Hoyt looks to lay one down He bunts it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by H.Hays the throw to first... Out Hoyt gets the job done. Charlie Gehringer steps into the box The right-hander Rodney is set to deliver to Gehringer Rodney's watching the runners Here comes the pitch It's low and it gets away from Hays! It's rolling to the backstop Now Hays has it too late, the damage is done. It's scored a passed ball. Dickey scores from third! Lazzeri takes third Charlie Gehringer steps into the box Gehringer has hit 7 triples this year Gehringer waits on Rodney Now James delivers There's a "clothes line" drive toward right Pflaggstettler quickly comes in for it... Not going to get this one... Now Persimmon flips it to Blade at second Lazzeri scores easily... Joe Cronin is now up One away, Gehringer at first Rodney looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Here's the 3-1 offering Cronin 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 Gehringer at third The right fielder, Babe Ruth, is up next Knowles has the sign from Hays The southpaw Knowles' delivery Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Ruth is outta there That'll bring up left fielder Al Simmons... FOFC out in front by 1 We're in the bottom of the 6th Simmons is batting .329 with 21 HR's this year Knowles is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Knowles looks in... Now he's ready Now to the belt, here it is... He quick pitches Simmons... and it's in there Strike three That retires the side... but not before 2 runs cross the plate for AL Pre WWII After 6 innings, FOFC ahead 8 to 7 Gazelle leading off Hoyt steps on the rubber Hoyt kicks and fires Off speed pitch on the way... And Gazelle watches it go by for the third strike That's one away Harry Hays will face Hoyt Righty against righty Hays is taking his practice swings Harry is 2 for 3 this afternoon He singled last time at bat Harry stands with bat ready And the delivery by Hoyt Hays swings hard and hits one into center Dimaggio starts back... now reverses himself He is coming in at full speed And has to take it on one hop He was fooled on that ball as Harry hit it on the handle Kind of an "excuse me" double And the batter is Dan Fouts Jeff Nights is on-deck Fouts is 1 for 2 today, with 1 walk Set now is Fouts Hoyt brings it to the plate Struck him out on a terrible pitch That was right over the heart of the plate with no movement on it... and Fouts swung right over the top of it! Lucky Mr. Hoyt! That's the second out of the inning Two outs, Hays at second Nights is ready Waite Hoyt has struck out 4 and walked 2 He's rubbing up the ball as he looks over at Miller Huggins Waite looks over his shoulder at Hays Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Simmons And he has it That's all for FOFC After 6 and a half innings in AL Pre WWII this afternoon, FOFC leads 8 to 7 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Here's Gehrig to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Negro League II is on top of Caribbean 3 to 1 NL Pre WWII is in front of Negro League I 6 to 3 Grimes comfortably ahead for NL Pre WWII Japanese League is beating AL Post WWII 5 to 1 Sugishita comfortably ahead for Japanese League Old Timers and Dead Ball Era are deadlocked at 2 NL Post WWII is edging Turn of Century 4 to 3 Left Outs leads Late 20th 4 to 3 Gehrig has hit a milestone today With his RBI's earlier, he now has 101 on the year! He is 1 for 1 today with 3 RBI's The left-hander Knowles is now ready The lefty Knowles delivers Lou Gehrig swings He really stings this one It rifles past Blade into right... Base hit for Gehrig... Pflaggstettler is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Gehrig is on with a sharp single AL Pre WWII center fielder, Joe Dimaggio, will be up next He will be followed by Bill Dickey One on... no one out FOFC leads AL Pre WWII by 1 run Joe is batting .248 with 7 home runs on the season He is 1 for 3 today Joe is eagerly awaiting Knowles' pitch Bo rocks and fires A slider by Knowles Dimaggio gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! One down for AL Pre WWII Bill Dickey is still in the on-deck circle and Tony Lazzeri is looking for a bat in the dugout That brings up Dickey FOFC is ahead by 1 We're in the bottom of the 7th Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the Pre-Americans ballboy Dickey waits for the pitch The southpaw's 3-1 delivery Grounded towards the sack Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 Two gone for AL Pre WWII Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Tony Lazzeri Lazzeri finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box A base hit should score Gehrig Knowles wastes no time He has the sign from Hays It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... It's in on the wrists Tony tried to hold up Now it appears he will be awarded first... Yes, Knowles walks him Pre-Americans' pitcher Hoyt is up next Knowles ready quickly, looks in for the sign It's a full count... Knowles winds and fires... Hit in the air to left Camped under it is Gunner And he has it That wraps up the inning for AL Pre WWII So After 7 innings FOFC has 8 runs, 9 hits and one error While AL Pre WWII has 7 runs, 11 hits and no errors AL Pre WWII has left 6 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 Palmer saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Palmer wiggles the bat above his head Deacon steadies his bat Waits patiently for Hoyt's pitch Hoyt's righthanded delivery... Swung on... High fly ball into right Not hit well Ruth is under it... He's got it Easy chance for Babe One gone for FOFC Blade walks to the plate Blade is 2 for 4 today Hoyt 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 righthander's delivery Blade hits a screamer at Tony Lazzeri Lazzeri takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Gehrig scoops it on one hop Blade is out! Nice play by Gehrig Two down Making his way up is Gunner Gunner scuffs up the lines around the box All set, Gunner is ready for the pitch The righthander Hoyt's delivery Here's a curveball, up in the zone... It's juiced to deep center There goes Dimaggio after it Racing hard... Reaching... Can't get it... It was just out of his reach! He chases it to the fence Gunner around first, coasts into second As the throw comes in late Score that a two bagger Dickey heads out to the mound . . . They want to talk strategy. They might be discussing walking Pflaggstettler. Now the ump comes out to break it up . . . And we're ready to go . . . They are going to put Pflaggstettler on Pflaggstettler watches ball four He takes his base Two on, two outs... Potpie steps to the plate Potpie can't seem to get settled at the plate Potpie concentrates He holds the bat down on the end A quick check of the runners... And the pitch Drilled on the ground to short Taken by Cronin Over to second for the force Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Pflaggstettler, is out And that retires the side Charlie Gehringer stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Gehringer is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Charlie certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Kronside earn his salary Charlie steadies his bat And waits patiently for Kronside's pitch Now Jace delivers Ball four is the call Kronside can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Kronside Gehringer takes first base Gehringer takes his lead Kronside is paying a lot of attention to Gehringer Now he throws over... Gehringer dives back... He's safe! The first base coach, Wally Pipp, is telling him to watch Kronside more carefully He was awfully close to being picked off! Cronin looks to lay one down Cronin lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Cronin might beat it out... Fielded by J.Kronside the throw to first... close play... SAFE, Cronin beat it out! Gehringer takes second Babe Ruth, the AL Pre WWII right fielder, steps into the batter's box FOFC on top 8 to 7 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Hays flashes the sign to Kronside Kronside stretches, checks his runners The pitch... Ruth rips a solid shot to left Gunner ranges to his right... He is juggling it!... Finally finds the handle Whew! Runners can't advance AL Pre WWII finally gets the first out in the bottom of the 8th Manager Benton Breeze is talking with bench coach Chuck Tanner in the AL Pre WWII dugout The Pre-Americans' left fielder is up next AL Pre WWII has 2 on board with 1 out Al is hitting at .328 on the year AL Pre WWII's cleanup hitter has knocked in 83 runs with 21 home runs so far this year He struck out in his last plate appearance 2 for 4 today Cronin and Gehringer inch off first and second Simmons is waiting for the pitch Here's the 2 strike offering Base hit to right for Simmons Harlond Clift will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Miller Huggins will send in a pinch runner for Joe Cronin Sam Rice is trotting out to second base Walking up to the plate now is Gehrig Joe Dimaggio waits on deck Lou steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Lou is 2 for 2 today with 1 home run The bat is cocked The righthander Kronside delivers Grounded towards the bag Potpie comes up with it Over to second for one Could be two . . . Double Play! Score It: 3-6-3 AL Pre WWII is retired... But they come up with 1 run to tie it After 8 innings, it's all even at 8 AL Pre WWII's defensive changes are... Sewell will bat 2nd and play SS Gazelle steps up to the plate for FOFC It's the top of the 9th at Glory Stadium The outfield is shading Gazelle towards left He's 0 for 4 today Gazelle waits anxiously for the delivery The pitch on the way, here it is... Gazelle pounds a grounder toward Lazzeri at third Tony moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Lazzeri stayed with it Over to first and Gazelle is retired Nice play by the AL Pre WWII third baseman One away Harry Hays, a fine hitter, is due up next Dan Fouts will follow Hays leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer day Hays is taking his practice swings Harry is 3 for 4 this afternoon Hoyt looks down at Dickey for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The pitch is on the way Sinking fastball... Hays swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Lazzeri... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard These scores are final... Negro League II topped Caribbean 4 to 1 Wright has hit his 17th homerun for Negro League II NL Pre WWII is the winner over Negro League I 7 to 3 Japanese League cuffed AL Post WWII 5 to 2 Newhouser takes the loss, his record drops to 6-12 Sugishita the winner, he's now 5-13 Old Timers toppled Dead Ball Era 6 to 2 NL Post WWII nipped Turn of Century 4 to 3 Schmidt has hit his 12th homerun for NL Post WWII Left Outs is the winner over Late 20th 7 to 3 And in our contest The score is knotted at 8 Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Dan Fouts Dan Fouts, the third baseman, strides to the plate Fouts is batting .297 with 18 round trippers in 1900 Fouts is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Hoyt brings it home Fastball... down and away... Hoyt just misses the corner... ball four That's 4 walks given up by Hoyt today Nights is up next Two out with Fouts at first Jeff comes to the plate batting .278 with 16 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today Jeff is ready for the delivery Waite comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Hit on the ground to short Sewell grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's it for FOFC Here at Glory Stadium, After 8 and a half innings, AL Pre WWII has 8 runs, 13 hits and no errors While FOFC has 8 runs, 10 hits and one error FOFC has left 9 on base AL Pre WWII has stranded 9 Joe Dimaggio, Bill Dickey, and Tony Lazzeri are due up Kronside likes the sign Kronside brings it to the plate Another hook for strike three! Dimaggio just stood there looking One up, one down for AL Pre WWII Batting for AL Pre WWII will be Dickey Bill is 2 for 4 this summer afternoon He's batting .321 on the season Kronside is ready quickly Righthander Kronside's delivery Good slider, inside part of the plate Dickey gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Kronside Tony Lazzeri will be next up... Now at the plate will be Lazzeri third baseman for AL Pre WWII today Tony steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Lazzeri is 1 for 2 today He drew a walk last time up Lazzeri eagerly awaits Kronside's offering Cocks his bat... Here's the pitch A hot shot on the ground to Nights He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Lazzeri is out And we go to extra innings! Dickey fires the ball down to Sewell He starts it around the infield To Gehringer, Gehrig And then to Lazzeri walking it over to Hoyt Ton steps in to face the righthander Here we go in the top of the 10th Right-hander Hoyt prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Ton Here's the 2 strike pitch Ton lifts a long fly ball... Heading into center... Hit pretty good, carrying very well... Dimaggio heading back... IT'S OUTTA HERE, A HOME RUN! Miller Huggins is on his way to the mound for AL Pre WWII That will do it for Waite Hoyt today The right hander, Ted Lyons will be coming on He has 40 previous appearances His 14 and 3 record is coupled with a 4.03 ERA Blade awaits patiently Blade now at the plate Stan Gunner waits on deck Blade gets set He's 2 for 5 so far Blade is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Lyons He's waiting for the pitch Lyons rocks and fires Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on... It's a high bounding ball... Through the infield into left by Blade That's 3 hits for Blade this game Stan Gunner moves in to face Lyons 1 on, no outs here in the top of the 10th Gunner looks to third Don't expect a bunt here He has 14 homers this year Stan waits... He steps out as Lyons takes too long Now he's back in the box Lyons goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Blade He lobs one to Gehrig... Blade is back easily... We're ready again Now Lyons comes home FOFC tries the hit and run! Gunner hits a blooper just beyond the infield It looks like that one will drop Charlie Gehringer dives toward the outfield grass AND SNAGS THE BALL BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND One out Due up next is Persimmon Pflaggstettler FOFC sends the right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to the plate Lyons wipes his brow and reaches for the resin bag A hot summer day Lyons brings it to the plate Pflaggstettler rolls one toward Joe Sewell 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 the second out of the inning Potpie pounds the plate Now he stares out at Lyons Potpie is batting .282 with 36 HR's this year Lyons' reaching for the resin bag He is having a fine year for AL Pre WWII Quite an important member of the staff Already with 14 wins, Ted has racked up 179 innings in 1900 Now he is ready to go 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! Three down for FOFC Still a 1 run deficit for AL Pre WWII Let me point out that coming in to today's game FOFC is 29 and 16 in one run games AL Pre WWII has a 27 and 20 record in these tight contests 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 .474 average Leading off now for AL Pre WWII is Combs Combs goes through his routine of settling in Combs waits for the delivery Knowles' 2-1 pitch... Outside fastball... The swing... There's a drive into left by Combs He went with the pitch Hitting it the other way Smart hitting got him a single AL Pre WWII has the runner on first Charlie Gehringer steps up to the plate Combs, with excellent speed, is at first Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... It's coming down the pike The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! There's a grounder right at Barrett Blade This should be two The throw to second...in time To first Out of there, a double play! Two gone for AL Pre WWII Time is running out for them Especially when you see who's on the mound AL Pre WWII announces a pinch hitter for Joe Sewell Heinie Manush will come in to face the right handed Knowles He carries a .250 average as a pinch hitter Against righties he is hitting .220 this year Heinie Manush will try his luck against Knowles This is a very difficult background to hit against There is shade at home plate But, bright sun on the mound Stepping out, Manush looks into the dugout Steps back in He's ready for the delivery And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Manush hits a deep fly to right-center Gazelle races to the warning track He steadies himself He won't get this one...it's off the fence Manush racing around first... Gazelle has the ball... Fires a throw in... Blade has the relay... Holds the throw... Manush in easily at second It's a two-bagger for Heinie Manush AL Pre WWII has him in scoring position Looks like they're going to put him on... Knowles delivers ball four And Ruth takes first Knowles gives up the free pass That will set up the force Anywhere but the plate The potential winning runs are on... Here comes Al Simmons The Pre-Americans are 1 run away from tying They need 2 to win Simmons is batting .330 with 21 homers this year Knowles is walking around the mound While we wait, let me mention He is 1st in saves this year He has 24... Now Sammy is ready... We've got a full count... Knowles winds and fires... Hit in the air to left Stan Gunner trying to get to it He puts it away for the out Score It: 7 And that will do it for AL Pre WWII FOFC wins 9 to 8 Kronside gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Hoyt takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeff Nights He was 1 for 4 with a homerun He also knocked in 4 runs And that wraps things up So long from AL Pre WWII. |
8/22 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 AL Pre WWII Pre-Americans 8/22/1900 |
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I totally didn't realize this was back till now.
Just win, baby! That no talent hack Koufax won't take the strikeout crown from me. |
8/23 Radio Broadcast
Welcome to the ballpark! Tonight FOFC will be taking on Dead Ball Era Barrett Blade is ready to step into the batter's box The ball goes once around the horn And the game is set to begin The pitch is on the way Blade hits a pop into short left field Baker sprints out Jackson and Speaker sprint towards the infield Tris Speaker sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! The official scorer rules a single Stretching to his lead is Blade He has this down to a science He is an outstanding base stealer He gives opposing teams fits Plank steps away from the mound... Now Blade moves back to first He's not getting far from the bag Next up is Stan Gunner, the FOFC left fielder On-deck is Jeeberoni Potpie... He'll be followed by Gerald Gazelle Gunner checks for the sign All set, Gunner is ready for the pitch He brings it home Slider, down and away... Swung on... Gunner rips a bouncer to Collins He takes it and goes to 2nd for the force One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is still in the on-deck circle and Gerald Gazelle is looking for a bat in the dugout Jeeberoni Potpie steps up to the plate Gunner, with excellent speed, is at first Jeeberoni looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Potpie taps the bat on home plate Plank likes the sign The southpaw Plank delivers the 1-0 pitch Potpie hits one high to right Cobb is racing after it... He has a long way to go... Still running... Now he reaches out... GOT IT! Man, that is a zebra for sure out there in right The runner races back to first The center fielder, Gerald Gazelle, is up next Plank squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The southpaw delivers Base hit to left for Gazelle Third base coach Dick Howser thinks he can make it... Here comes Gunner... The throw is cut off... That holds Gazelle at first The catcher, Harry Hays will be up next for FOFC 2 men out, runners 1st and 3rd Eddie is ready The lefthander delivers A slider by Plank Hays gets good wood on it... Speaker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's it for FOFC here in the top of the 1st They leave 2 runners stranded Dead Ball Era has no runs, no hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 2 hits and no errors Here's Eddie Collins to lead off the inning for Dead Ball Era We're looking at a beautiful, star filled night sky, just a great night for baseball! Against righthanders Collins is hitting .310 Babson looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Babson brings it home Collins really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Gazelle was positioned well and has a shot at it He dives for it... NO DICE!!! It caroms off his glove a few feet away He scurries to get the ball back in as Collins pulls up easily with a two-bagger Up now is Sisler The Ghosts have Collins on second George is batting .329 in 340 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Tris Speaker Sisler waiting on the delivery Brian rocks and fires And Sisler will sit down... strike three called So that brings up Tris Speaker the Dead Ball Era center fielder We'll see how they pitch to Speaker Speaker is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Here's the 3-2 offering There is a drive way back there... It might be... It could be... IT IS!!! Buy Tris a drink... And get his dog one too! Cobb gets set at the plate Before getting ready Cobb checks out the defensive alignment Ty steadies his bat And waits patiently for Babson's pitch Babson kicks and fires He lays off the pitch Ball four, he walks Cobb stretches his lead Babson steps off the rubber Looks Cobb back to the bag Ghosts' left fielder Jackson is up next Jackson has hit 6 home runs this year Babson is ready quickly Here comes the cripple pitch Fastball down low... Jackson swings and hits one out to right Persimmon Pflaggstettler is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Babson Cobb trots back to first 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 Baker finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Baker swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Babson Set now is Baker Here's the 1-0 pitch Base hit to left for Baker Third base coach Jim Thorpe thinks he can make it... Here comes Cobb... The throw is cut off... That holds Baker at first Wallace is up now for Dead Ball Era Wallace has hit 4 home runs this year Babson steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Now ready, here it is... Base hit to left for Wallace Cobb scores Third base coach Jim Thorpe thinks he can make it... Here comes Baker... The throw is cut off... That holds Wallace at first Frank Chance moves in to face Babson 2 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 1st The outfield shades towards left for Chance Chance is set for the 2 strike pitch Babson brings it to the plate Chance swings awkwardly... strike three Babson took something off of that breaking ball He had Chance way out in front That retires the side Dead Ball Era with a 3 run lead It's Dead Ball Era 3 and FOFC still looking to score their first run Fouts saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Fouts scuffs up the lines around the box Dan stands with bat ready Plank kicks, delivers Fouts rips one to left He hit it right on the nose... Jackson is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Joe Jackson With one gone FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Pflaggstettler heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth 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 He's in his crouch Pflaggstettler can really swing that wood Here's the 2-2 pitch There's a towering fly ball hit by Pflaggstettler Speaker sprints over, and makes the catch That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Japanese League slipping by Caribbean 3 to 1 Negro League II is edging AL Post WWII 1 to 0 NL Pre WWII and AL Pre WWII are tied at 1 Turn of Century is on top of Left Outs 2 to 0 Keeler has hit his 3rd homerun for Turn of Century Negro League I besting NL Post WWII 5 to 0 Late 20th and Old Timers have yet to score And in our matchup Dead Ball Era on top 3 to 0 Jeff Nights, the shortstop, strides to the plate Nights is one of the best hitters around Plank adjusts his cap... Now he's set The pitch on the way, here it is... A hanging curve... Nights laces it hard just to the right of Baker 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 Brian Babson Plank shakes off two signs Now he's ready Plank's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Nights dives back in!... SAFE!... Sisler tosses it back to Plank Now here's the pitch Grounded to second Collins grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 1 and a half innings Dead Ball Era has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 stranded Dead Ball Era has failed to bring home 2 Here's the pitcher Plank To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Eddie Collins And then George Sisler Brian looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The righthander Babson's delivery Plank smashes a wicked ground ball towards third Fouts dives to his left... Snares it in front of Nights He's up Powerful throw to first OUT! Beautiful play! One up, one down for Dead Ball Era Batting next for Dead Ball Era is Collins Dead Ball Era ahead 3 to 0 Eddie Collins is hitting .313 this year against righthanded pitchers Eddie seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Brian winds and delivers... The 0-2 pitch... Hard ground ball to the mound Babson grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 Two down Babson retires two in a row Settling in at the plate is Sisler Sisler is 0 for 1 today Right-hander Babson eyes the lefty Sisler Here's the righthander's delivery Sisler swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Babson strikes out George Sisler Three up, three down for the Ghosts Here in the bottom of the 2nd 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 can't seem to get settled at the plate The bat is cocked Here's the windup and the 3-1 delivery Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Blade hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into right for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Gunner leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer evening Gunner steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Stan is 0 for 1 today Blade kicks the dirt at first Plank has the sign he wants Now to the belt, here it is... It's a rainbow shot toward center Speaker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch Plank glares in at Potpie as he steps in Now he's ready to go Potpie is 0 for 1 today The lefty shakes off the sign... .... ... Now Plank shakes off another one Plank is a Gettysburg College grad and is very deliberate on the mound The pitch is on the way Fastball, right over the plate Potpie gives it a good cut... And connects! It is sailing to deep left Joe Jackson turns and races back to the fence He measures it carefully... Jumps and... He's got it! Nice play by Jackson So that will retire Potpie on a very deep fly to left Blade hauls buggy back to first as the ball comes in on a line Two down Gazelle is the batter Blade's the runner on first He's doing a little jig off first to rattle the pitcher Chance flashes the sign to Plank He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Blade dives back in!... SAFE! Sisler tosses it back to Plank Now here's the pitch Swung on and missed... Gazelle is down on strikes And that retires the side The big guys are due up for Dead Ball Era Speaker will lead it off He will be followed by Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson Speaker is 1 for 1 today Babson tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Now Brian delivers Fastball, belt high... Swung on... Speaker drills a drive down the line Stan Gunner racing towards the line... Dives for it, but can't make the play He does knock it down... He recovers quickly, tossing the ball in Nights has it as Speaker coasts into second base with a double Almost a great snag by Gunner Here's Ty Cobb Speaker is on second, nobody out 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 191 innings Brian has allowed lefties to blast 18 taters! Babson brings it to the plate Cobb pokes it to right It drops in front of Pflaggstettler Dead Ball Era adds to their lead Dead Ball Era on top 4 to 0 Jackson steps in Cobb's trying to rattle Brian Babson by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink So far this season Jackson is hitting .337 when facing righthanded pitching Jackson readies himself for the pitch And the delivery by Babson Jackson drives one into center Gerald Gazelle sprints over to make the play One away in the bottom of the 3rd for Dead Ball Era Cobb inches slowly away from the bag Throw to first... SAFE!... Close play... Now Cobb is staying closer Next up is Home Run Baker, the Dead Ball Era third baseman Baker is batting .312 with 12 HR's this year Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Baker Babson will have to come in with this one A 3-0 count... Babson delivers... Fastball juuust outside Ball four! Baker tosses his bat away and trots down to first Babson serves up four stright wide ones Cobb extends out slowly toward third Cobb can steal third as easily as second He's a speedster and has fine technique Cobb is running! The slider is low... Hays blocks the pitch Hays takes the pitch... fires... Off line throw... No chance to get the runner... It's a steal for Cobb Bobby Wallace steps into the box Wallace a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Babson Babson gets the sign, it's one he likes Babson brings it to the plate Just outside with a fastball Babson is visibly upset... Hays is quickly out to calm him down Blade comes over as well Cobb on third, Baker on second and Wallace on first They'll be loaded up for Frank Chance Frank Chance steps into the box Chance is 0 for 1 today There is no place for Babson to put Chance He will have to give him something to hit Hays flashes the sign... Babson shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The pitch is on the way It's low and it gets away from Hays! It's rolling to the backstop Now Hays has it too late, the damage is done. It's scored a wild pitch. Frank Chance steps into the box Frank is hitting at .248 on the year He has 82 hits in 331 at bats His speed has propelled him to 28 stolen bases Chance cocks his bat The runners stretch out to their leads Babson rocks and fires There's the heater... Strike three called! Chance doesn't get it done With that putout Babson only needs one more out to get out of this inning But 2 runs already across for Dead Ball Era The Ghosts' pitcher is up next Dead Ball Era has 2 on board with 2 outs Dead Ball Era on top 5 to 0 Babson steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Here's his delivery Babson loses him Plank heads down to first No more room on the bases now Babson has to bear down now Dead Ball Era second baseman, Eddie Collins, is up next Collins digs in from the left side of the plate against the righty Babson Collins is set The righthander delivers Collins swings and lifts one toward center Gazelle drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... Son of a gun! Collins leaves the bases full of Ghosts! Chance fires the ball down to Collins He whips it around the infield Over to Baker who walks it over to Plank Hays steps in to face the southpaw Here we go in the top of the 4th Against lefthanders Hays is hitting .420 this season Plank with a big 5-run lead to work with... Plank goes into his windup And here's the 2 strike offering Its a high fly ball into shallow center Speaker runs in... He calls for it... Wallace yells "take it Tris" And he does Hays is retired on a lazy fly to short center One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Japanese League is on top of Caribbean 3 to 1 Inao and Tiant Jr. currently dueling Negro League II winning over AL Post WWII 6 to 0 NL Pre WWII and AL Pre WWII are tied at 1 Left Outs is edging Turn of Century 3 to 2 Jenkins and Mathewson currently dueling Negro League I bombing NL Post WWII 8 to 0 Day enjoying the big Negro League I lead Old Timers is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 Walking up to the plate now is Fouts Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck Fouts has 11 doubles this year He's ready for the delivery The lefthander Plank comes home with it Swing and a miss! Bad looking cut by Fouts And here's why - Catchers interference! No argument by Chance Fouts heads to first The ump caught Chance red handed! Score It: E2 Fouts to first One on, one out Pflaggstettler walks to the batter's box Right hand hitting Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 today He has banged out 22 home runs this year A very tough out for Plank And Eddie studies the sign from Chance... Now he's got it Plank brings it to the plate That's ball four Pflaggstettler will trot down to first Fouts is now down on second Nights saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Nights is a righthanded batter A dangerous long ball threat 5th in the league in home runs He has smacked 16 so far in 1900 Nights waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The southpaw's 3-2 delivery Curve, at the belt... Nights times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Joe Jackson retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Nobody on base, one away Treacy steps into the batter's box Treacy goes through his routine of settling in Treacy awaits the delivery Collins comes in a couple steps Yells something to Plank The delivery Swung on and hit sharply to short Wallace plays it on one hop Over to Sisler... Out of there! That's out number two The All Stars have chipped away at the Ghosts' lead They've scored 3 runs in the inning Dead Ball Era ahead 5 to 3 Two out, nobody on Up now is Blade Blade is batting .279 with 3 HR's this year Plank adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Chance The lefty Plank delivers It's a Texas Leaguer to left Here comes Jackson... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Blade is on with a bloop single to left Blade takes a walking lead Blade has stolen 8 of 10 bases this year Slider, down and in... Breaking on the pitch There goes Blade for second Here's the peg down... Blade is OUT!... Hold on folks... They are calling him safe now... Apparently he kicked the ball loose We couldn't see it from here Stan Gunner steps into the box Gunner is taking his practice swings Stan is 0 for 2 this evening The umpire says let's go The southpaw Plank's delivery Inside for ball four And Gunner walks That's 2 walks given up by Plank today So with 2 on and 2 outs FOFC sends their first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie, up to face Plank Hard-hitting Gerald Gazelle is walking towards the on-deck circle Potpie steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jeeberoni is 0 for 2 today The left-hander Plank is now ready Eddie checks the runners Steps off the mound Again he's into the stretch The pitch Potpie laces a clean base hit He pounced on the fastball Potpie rounds first, but will hold there Both runners move up 90 feet Gerald Gazelle, the FOFC center fielder, steps into the batter's box Dead Ball Era on top 5 to 3 He has a chance here to drive home at least one Gazelle is 1 for 2 today, with no walks Left-hander Eddie Plank prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Gazelle The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch Fastball... Just outside No, it's called STRIKE THREE! Gazelle is beside himself! Here comes Benton Breeze This ought to be a good one! BUT, that's it for FOFC! And that will do it for FOFC George Sisler is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Dead Ball Era to get things going Watching Fozborg, Sisler wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Fozborg steps on the rubber Fozborg throws the 3-1 pitch Sisler chases the change up Hits a slow grounder right past Fozborg Nights snares it behind the bag... Plants... Throws to first... Beats him by a step for the out! That's one away Tris Speaker is entering the batter's box John McGraw has his big bopper, Ty Cobb, waiting in the on-deck circle Fozborg ready quickly, looks in for the sign It's coming down the pike Speaker 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 Dead Ball Era center fielder now has hit 2 here tonight! And that gives him 21 in 1900 That is Tris Speaker' 21st home run of the year. One away, nobody on base Cobb stands ready at the plate So far this year Cobb is batting .370 He has 36 doubles, 10 triples 4 homeruns with 95 RBI's and 44 stolen bases Cobb chokes up on the bat a little The pitch to Cobb... Hard ground ball to the mound Outstanding play by Fozborg! His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 Two gone for Dead Ball Era The left fielder, Jackson, is ready to bat Dead Ball Era on top 6 to 3 in the bottom of the 4th 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 windup, the pitch Topped in front of home Hays comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 2-3 That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era By the way, Dead Ball Era is 5 and 5 in their last ten games |
8/23 Radio Broadcast Continued
FOFC will send Hays, Dan Fouts, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler to face Eddie Plank this inning Hays swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Plank Plank studies his sign Here is the 3-1 pitch It's a smash over short Wallace leaps Just over his outstretched glove Hays makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly FOFC third baseman, Dan Fouts, will be up next He will be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler One on... no one out Dead Ball Era leads FOFC by 3 runs Third base coach Dick Howser gives the sign to Fouts Fouts waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Now Eddie delivers Base hit to right for Fouts Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Hays will stay at second Men at first and second Persimmon Pflaggstettler, a dangerous man at the plate... 3rd this year in the league in slugging average He's cruising along at a .550 pace Pflaggstettler is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Fouts and Hays inch off first and second Pflaggstettler is waiting for the pitch We've got a full count... Plank winds and fires... Grounded into the hole Smooth pickup by Wallace Over to second for one On to first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That's two away Now here's Nights Nights adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeff is 2 for 2 this evening Jeff is ready for the delivery The lefthander Plank delivers Curve in the dirt... and Nights holds up Looked like he went around from here But the man in blue says no Nights will take first on the walk Palmer now at the plate Barrett Blade waits on deck Palmer is hobbled a bit by a pulled calf muscle Barrett Blade quipped before the game "How can anyone as slow as you pull a leg muscle"? Deacon steadies his bat Waits patiently for Plank's pitch Plank checks the runners at first and third Hays bluffs a move toward home Plank doesn't flinch Here's the 3-1 offering Palmer drives the ball to center for extra bases Hays scores Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Chance is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Poor,)... Nights is out! Double for Palmer Hays fires the ball down to Nights He starts it around the infield To Blade, Potpie And then to Fouts walking it over to Rodney Baker steps in to face the righthander Here we go in the bottom of the 5th Rodney wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The pitch to Baker... Routine grounder to second Blade scoops it up Over to first for the out One away... Potpie is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Fouts also... Now they return to their positions And it brings up Bobby Wallace On deck is Frank Chance Eddie Plank in the hole Wallace is batting .256 with 4 round trippers in 1900 Wallace, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Rodney Rodney brings it to the plate The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Wallace swung, that's strike three Wallace isn't happy at all with that call Two away now for Dead Ball Era They're ahead by 2 The Ghosts have 7 hits on the evening Chance is up now for Dead Ball Era Rodney is happy with the sign The righthander Rodney's delivery The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Chance held up, and draws a walk Rodney isn't happy at all with that call Eddie Plank steps into the box Plank goes through his routine of settling in Plank tells the umpire he's ready Rodney brings it to the plate The pitch gets away from Rodney Hays can't handle it Charge a wild pitch to Rodney Eddie Plank steps into the box Rodney tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Rodney fires Plank takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Plank's outta there That retires the side... Plank fails to come through in the clutch For Dead Ball Era, No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base Here's Blade to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Japanese League is beating Caribbean 5 to 1 Negro League II is pounding AL Post WWII 7 to 0 AL Pre WWII with the lead over NL Pre WWII 4 to 1 Left Outs clipping Turn of Century 6 to 2 Foxx has hit his 35th homerun for Left Outs He's putting up big numbers this year Negro League I is crushing NL Post WWII 10 to 0 Old Timers clipping Late 20th 4 to 0 And in our contest Dead Ball Era ahead 6 to 4 Looking to Dick Howser for a sign All set, Blade is ready for the pitch Eddie rocks and fires Swung on and drilled into center Speaker going back... The ball is hit over his head It hits off the 9 foot high fence And there's Blade around first base coming into second and stands up for a double That's 23 doubles for Blade on the year (Ballpark Triple Effect) That'll bring up All Stars' left fielder Stan Gunner... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second Stan is 0 for 2 this summer evening He drew a walk in his last plate appearance Plank eyes Gunner intently Here's the 2 strike pitch A curve is wide... But swung on and missed! Strike three! That is 3 on the evening for Plank Jeeberoni Potpie is up next Blade, who can fly is at second Plank and Chance will be on their toes Dead Ball Era is only ahead by 2 Potpie is 1 for 3 today Jeeberoni singled last time around The left-hander Plank is now ready Here's the southpaw's delivery It's a fly ball to center Speaker is on his horse Running with the crack of the bat And he tracks it down nicely! Blade holds second Two gone for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Gazelle Harry Hays waits on deck Gerald is hitting at .254 on the year FOFC's cleanup hitter has knocked in 46 runs He has a fine .632 slugging average Plank looks down at Chance for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Plank brings it home Swung on and sliced down the line Collins runs over He's near the dugout steps Reaches in... The ball bounces into the dugout . . . Gazelle back in the box And here comes the next pitch The Whiff on the "high cheese"! After 5 and a half innings tonight, the Ghosts lead by 2 Eddie Collins will start things off We're in the bottom of the 6th Rodney looking in He delivers Bounding ball to the mound Taken by Rodney Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 1-3 George Sisler, first baseman for the Ghosts is up next Hays flashes the sign... Rodney shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Rodney rocks and fires Over the outside corner Sisler hits the curve right to second... Blade takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Sisler is out by a couple of steps Two up, two down Up next is "Spoke" who attended two years at Polytechnic College in Fort Worth Speaker is 3 for 3 today, with 2 home runs Rodney looks down at Hays He shakes him off once... Again... James has got to be a little concerned with Speaker up there as the Dead Ball Era center fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Here's his delivery Swung on and popped up Blade is waiting... And that's an easy out As we head into the 7th the All Stars will try to get something going They trail by 2, 6-4 Harry Hays will start things off Harry is hitting at .336 on the year He has 109 hits in 324 at bats Today, he is 1 for 3 Hays singled his last time up Set now is Hays The southpaw Plank's delivery on the 1-2 pitch Sinking fastball... Hays goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Wallace... He scoops it up, over to first... And Hays is out by a step One down for FOFC Dan Fouts is still in the on-deck circle and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking for a bat in the dugout Fouts gets set at the plate Fouts wiggles the bat above his head Plank wastes no time He has the sign from Chance The lefthander Plank delivers Slider, down and away... Fouts reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Baker is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Jackson is hustling after it... Fouts with the big turn... The throw from Jackson goes into second And Fouts holds at first Planting his right foot Pflaggstettler is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Pflaggstettler Looking for his first hit today Pflaggstettler is 0 for 2 Persimmon steadies his bat And waits patiently for Plank's pitch Now Eddie delivers That's ball four Pflaggstettler will trot down to first Fouts is now down on second Jeff Nights, the shortstop, strides to the plate Nights has 30 doubles this year Nights waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Plank kicks and fires Nights rips a solid shot to left Jackson ranges to his right... He is juggling it!... Finally finds the handle Whew! Runners can't advance Two gone for FOFC Time is running out for them Bullock will try his luck against Plank FOFC trails by 2 runs We're in the top of the 7th Against lefthanders Bullock is hitting .325 this season Bullock gets set for the pitch Here's the 2 strike offering Billy Bullock hits a high pop fly on the infield Home Run Baker calls everyone off The ball drifts a bit... But Baker is there to make the play That ends the inning for FOFC Dead Ball Era has 6 runs, 7 hits and one error While FOFC has 4 runs, 12 hits and no errors FOFC has now stranded 11 baserunners It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Cobb 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 Hunter looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants It's a full count... Hunter winds and fires... There's a ground ball up the middle It gets by the pitcher It's headed into center field OH, Jeff Nights gets to the ball... But there won't be a throw Base hit for Cobb Taking his lead is Cobb Cobb holding close to the bag Hunter watching him closely Jackson steps in to face Hunter 1 on, no outs here in the last half of the 7th Joe is hitting at .345 on the year He has 174 hits in 505 at bats His speed has propelled him to 35 stolen bases Hunter likes the sign Here comes the cripple pitch Base hit to left for Jackson Third base coach Jim Thorpe thinks he can make it... Here comes Cobb... The throw is cut off... That holds Jackson at first Jackson takes his lead It's a game of cat and mouse at first... I don't think he has a big enough lead... Here's the pitch...AND THERE GOES Jackson! Hays takes the pitch... The throw... Good slide... Jackson is in there! Wait, Hays calls time He is looking to the dugout Now he's signaling for an intentional pass This will load them up But FOFC now has a force at any base Next up for Dead Ball Era is Bobby Wallace Wallace gets set He's 1 for 2 so far Wallace waits for the pitch His bat is coiled There loaded up for Wallace John McGraw is yelling at him from the dugout steps "Just get a piece of the ball Don't try to murder it" The pitch is on the way Dribbler in front of home Hays comes up with it Throws to second He's out To first Not in time! Score It: 2-6 Cobb scores from third! Jackson takes third The runner on first, Baker, is out One out The Ghosts have a 3 run lead Wallace studies Hunter intently... Now he's walking away from the base High and tight slider... And there goes Wallace on the steal! Hays is up and firing... The slide... OUT AT SECOND!... Wallace couldn't outrun that "gun" Hays uses for an arm He has one of the better arms in the league Frank Chance steps into the box Frank comes to the plate batting .247 with 4 home runs He is 0 for 2 so far today Hunter steps on the rubber Jackson is dancing off third Hunter is ignoring him Here's the pitch Hot shot grounded to third Fouts grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 That is the third out for Dead Ball Era here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 47983 Barrett Blade is up to lead off the top of the 8th The FOFC second baseman is not the batter Plank 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 is 4 for 4 on the day He looks around at the Dead Ball Era infield Sisler is kicking the dirt at first Baker is even with the bag at third Collins and Wallace are ready with hands on knees at second and short The bat is cocked And the delivery by Plank Grounded towards the sack Sisler flips to Plank covering Score It: 3-1 One down for FOFC Stan Gunner is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Gunner walks up to the plate Gunner is batting .252 with 14 homers this year Plank steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The southpaw Plank's delivery Plank loses him Gunner heads down to first 2 walks today for Gunner That brings up Jeeberoni Potpie, the first baseman Jeeberoni looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Potpie taps the bat on home plate Plank looks at the ball... Steps off the rubber Throws it in to Chance He wants a new ball The ump looks at it... Tosses it aside... throws a new one to Plank Now he is ready... The southpaw's 3-2 delivery Base hit to center for Potpie Gunner is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Potpie at first John McGraw is visiting the umpire... He'll be making a double switch Three Finger Brown has been called from the bullpen And Ray Schalk will come in as the catcher Gazelle moseys up to the plate Harry Hays is heading for the on-deck circle Gazelle is 1 for 4 today For the season, Gerald has 25 homers 9 doubles, and 1 triple He has scored 50 runs while driving in 46 The count is nothing and 2 Gazelle has to protect the plate A check on the runners... the pitch Srike three! Well that is 4 on the evening for Gazelle He earns himself a silver sombrero! Two down So with 2 on and 2 outs the All Stars send their catcher, Harry Hays, up to face Brown Good-hitting Dan Fouts is waiting in the on-deck circle Harry steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Hays grounded out last time up and now is 1 for 4 Hays gets ready for Brown's pitch His bat is cocked The righthander Brown delivers Bounding ball to short Wallace grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Japanese League is comfortably ahead of Caribbean 8 to 2 Nomura has hit his 21st homerun for Japanese League Negro League II bombing AL Post WWII 8 to 0 Mathis enjoying the big Negro League II lead AL Pre WWII is edging NL Pre WWII 5 to 4 Left Outs toppling Turn of Century 9 to 2 Negro League I is running roughshod over NL Post WWII 14 to 4 Old Timers winning over Late 20th 7 to 1 And here in Dead Ball Era Dead Ball Era ahead 7 to 4 Starting the bottom of the 8th is Schalk So far this season Schalk is hitting .224 when facing righthanded pitching Schalk awaits the delivery The righthander delivers Schalk lines one over short for a single He rounds the bag hard and starts for second Oh, look at that throw by Stan Gunner Schalk scrambles back to first and holds Eddie Collins steps in against Knowles Left-hander against left-hander Collins checks for the sign He has 6 triples this year Collins readies himself for the pitch He brings it home Collins 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 Schalk at third Up next for the Ghosts The first baseman, George Sisler On-deck is Tris Speaker To be followed by Ty Cobb George is batting .326 in 344 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Tris Speaker Knowles adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Now the delivery, here is is... He is way out in front STRIKE THREE swinging Knowles had him fishing as he pulled the string on that pitch One out Due up next is Tris Speaker Walking up to the plate now is Speaker Dead Ball Era leading in the game Knowles looks down at Hays He shakes him off once... Again... Bo has got to be a little concerned with Speaker up there as the Dead Ball Era center fielder has already hit 2 balls out of the park this evening Knowles' 3-2 pitch... Curve in the dirt... and Speaker 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... Speaker will take first Bases are tenanted Cobb, the right fielder, moves into the batter's box Dead Ball Era on top 7 to 4 Cobb has been poison for FOFC today He is 2 for 3 on the evening Waiting for the pitch is Cobb There is no place for Knowles to put Cobb He will have to give him something to hit The southpaw Knowles delivers the 2-0 pitch Belted right back at Potpie who snares it backhanded Two down Joe Jackson is due up next Jackson walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat Jackson is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Joe steadies his bat Waits patiently for Knowles' pitch Knowles checks the runners He rips a grounder to the mound Knowles comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 Three away in the bottom of the 8th Dead Ball Era has 7 runs, 11 hits and one error While FOFC has 4 runs, 13 hits and no errors Both teams have left a lot of runners Dead Ball Era has stranded 9 And FOFC 13 FOFC will send Fouts, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and Jeff Nights to face Three Finger Brown this inning Brown toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Schalk Here's the righthander's delivery Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 26 on the season for Brown That's one away The All Stars are down to their last 2 outs Persimmon Pflaggstettler is due up next Pflaggstettler is 0 for 2 today, with 2 walks Pflaggstettler awaits the pitch Righthander Brown's delivery It's a routine fly into right Cobb ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Two down Schalk asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Schalk and Brown Slowly coming up is Nights for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box Dead Ball Era ahead 7 to 4 Nights is one of the best hitters around Brown is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Brown looks in... Now he's ready With a 1-1 count, the pitch Nights hits a fly ball to left Joe Jackson camps under it This should wrap up the inning... That's it And that will do it for FOFC Dead Ball Era wins 7 to 4 Plank gets credit for the win Brown notches the save Babson takes the loss The hitting star for Dead Ball Era was Tris Speaker He was 3 for 4 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Dead Ball Era. |
8/23 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Dead Ball Era Ghosts 8/23/1900 |
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