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8/24 Radio Broadcast
Welcome to Shibe Park! Unfortunately, it's a nasty evening for a game And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between Dead Ball Era and FOFC The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in Dead Ball Era Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC Now Ed delivers HIT HIM!! Blade jogs down to first Barrett took one for the team to get on With Persimmon Pflaggstettler on deck Batting now for FOFC is Gunner Gunner is at .252 on the season Schalk flashes the sign to Walsh Ed rocks and fires Hit and run... Gunner misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Gunner takes it outside Schalk snaps a beauty to first... Blade dives back... He's safe! Gunner is the batter Blade's the runner on first He's doing a little jig off first to rattle the pitcher Expect a bunt here with Gunner up He is one of the better bunters Walsh has given up 20 homers in 1900 and with the hot weather this evening the balls were jumping off the bats during batting practice The pitch on the way, here it is... WATCH OUT! Walsh has hit Gunner! Now Gunner gets up and brushes himself off He's not thrilled with being drilled! The ump tells Gunner to take his base Gunner at first, Blade at second, nobody out Pflaggstettler is the batter Walsh looks down at Schalk for the sign Now he's ready Ed checks the runners... Goes into the stretch The pitch Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Pflaggstettler looks at strike three One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is still in the on-deck circle and Harry Hays is looking for a bat in the dugout Potpie, FOFC's first baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Harry Hays waits on deck Potpie is at .283 on the season Walsh adjusts his cap... Now he's set The righthander Walsh delivers There's a shallow flyball struck by Potpie Tris Speaker runs in Calls for the ball He makes the catch Potpie is out Two gone for FOFC Harry Hays moves in to face Walsh 2 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 1st Hays digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Walsh Hays tells the umpire he's ready It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Grounded towards the sack Taken by Baker He gets the out at third Score It: 5 The runner on second, Blade, is out After one-half inning It's FOFC nothing, the Ghosts 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 Potpie Williams gets the nod as starter Donning the "tools of ignorance" is Hays Dead Ball Era second baseman, Eddie Collins, will lead off Collins is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Collins is set for the 3-2 pitch Williams brings it to the plate It's a high fly into right Pflaggstettler ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out And there's one away And it brings up George Sisler On deck is Tris Speaker Ty Cobb in the hole We'll see how they pitch to Sisler Sisler gets set for the pitch Here's the southpaw's delivery Comebacker, right to Williams Over to Potpie for the easy out Two up, two down for the Ghosts The center fielder, Tris Speaker, is up next Tris is hitting at .325 on the year He has 160 hits in 492 at bats This includes 35 doubles, 10 triples 21 home runs and 100 RBI's After getting set, Speaker waits on the pitch The lefthander Williams delivers Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT 1-2-3, nothing across... FOFC will send Palmer, Gerald Gazelle, and Jeff Nights to face Ed Walsh this inning Walsh ready quickly, looks in for the sign "Big Ed" lets loose with the 2-1 pitch... Sinking fastball... Palmer swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Baker... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One up, one down for FOFC So that brings up Gerald Gazelle the FOFC center fielder Gazelle is batting .252 with 25 homers this year Walsh toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Schalk Walsh brings it home Gazelle hits a pop into short right field Out goes Sisler and Collins In comes Cobb Sisler waves his hands in the air And makes the catch over his shoulder Pretty play by Sisler Dead Ball Era gets the second out of the inning Two away, nobody on Nights comes to the plate for FOFC Nights is hitting .279 with 17 homeruns Jeff also has 30 doubles and 3 triples And has driven in a total of 69 runs Nights readies himself for the pitch Now Ed delivers Routine grounder to third Baker scoops it up Over to first for the out That does it for FOFC in the top of the 2nd Ty Cobb leads it off Cobb taps the bat on home Cobb cocks the bat Here's the 3-2 pitch WATCH OUT! Williams has hit Cobb! Carey will be the pinch runner Carey inches away from the base . . . Now Williams steps off the rubber Carey takes a shorter lead Jackson steps in... He pounds the bat on the plate Now he is ready Jackson checks for the sign 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 Here's the 3-2 pitch That's ball four Jackson trots down to first Carey is already down on second Baker gets set at the plate Baker can't seem to get settled at the plate Hays flashes the sign... Williams waves it off... Now he's happy The southpaw Williams delivers the 2-1 pitch 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 The ump signals a foul ball One down for Dead Ball Era Bobby Wallace is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Dead Ball Era That will bring up shortstop, Bobby Wallace Wallace looks down toward the third base coach, Jim Thorpe Williams looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants He brings it home Wallace takes inside, for a ball... Wallace will trot down to first... He walks to load the bases Carey and Jackson move up Ray Schalk is up next for Dead Ball Era The Ghosts will send Ray Schalk up to the plate We're in the bottom of the 2nd Williams eyes Schalk intently Williams checks all the baserunners Now he comes home with it Base hit to left for Schalk Carey scores Jim Thorpe will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score And there's a bunt toward the mound Williams pounces on it quickly... Quickly checks third... But the only play is to first Walsh is out but he advances the runners Two down Due up next is Eddie Collins Let's see what happens now The ex-Columbia U star, Eddie Collins, is approaching the plate Collins has 22 doubles this year Hays flashes the sign... Williams shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Williams checks the runners Here's the 2-0 offering Collins swings and lifts one toward center Gazelle drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era By the way, Dead Ball Era is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Dead Ball Era's defensive changes are... Jackson will bat 5th and play RF Carey will bat 4th and play LF Williams is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Dead Ball Era ahead 2 to 0 Ed Walsh steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Walsh kicks and delivers Letterhigh fastball... The cut by Williams... There's a fly ball to right Jackson is sprinting towards the line HE SLIPS ON THE GRASS... He almost lost that one! Nice recovery by Jackson for the out One gone for FOFC Blade leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate So far this season Blade is hitting .248 when facing righthanded pitching Blade waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's the 3-1 offering Blade hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Baker dives... It's through for a base hit! He almost got his glove on it... Blade reaches on a sizzling single to left A nice try by the third baseman, Home Run Baker One away, Blade at first Gunner is coming to the plate Walsh is happy with the sign Walsh kicks and fires Gunner swings a bit late on the heater... He still pops it pretty good towards left Unfortunately for Stan, Carey is standing right there Easy out That's two away Now here's Pflaggstettler And Ed studies the sign from Schalk... Now he's got it Walsh goes into his stretch... Looks at Blade... He fires one to Sisler... Blade dives back in That's his best move to first... Sisler lobs it back Now Walsh comes home Pflaggstettler connects on the Walsh fastball... This one is really smoked... Speaker starts back... Now he just stops to look Pflaggstettler got all of this one.... Goodbye baseball! Blade scores in front of him With two out Batting for FOFC now is Potpie Jeeberoni is hitting at .282 on the year He has 135 hits in 478 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Potpie flied out his last time up Walsh has the sign from Schalk Now to the belt, here it is... Sinking fastball... Potpie swings over the top of it... Hammers a hard grounder right at Baker... He scoops it up, throws to first... Out by a step That retires the side... but not before the All Stars score 2 runs to tie it up After 2 and a half innings, Dead Ball Era has 2 runs, one hit and no errors While FOFC has 2 runs, 2 hits and no errors George Sisler stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Sisler is 0 for 1 today Williams gets the sign, it's one he likes Williams kicks, delivers Checked swing Slow bouncer toward third Palmer scrambles in Picks it up Flicks it quickly to Potpie SAFE! Who shot George out of a cannon?! The center fielder, Tris Speaker will be up next for Dead Ball Era One wouldn't expect Speaker to bunt But you never can be sure Speaker is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Williams He's waiting for the pitch The southpaw delivers the 0-2 pitch Speaker loops one into short left Gunner is coming in on it... He dives for it... GOT IT! Risky play, but he pulled it off! With one down, up next is Max Carey To be followed by Joe Jackson Max Carey, the left fielder, strides to the plate Max has been used sparingly for Dead Ball Era He has only 24 at bats so far although we are deep into summer His batting average of .208 may be the reason Carey gets ready for Williams' pitch His bat is cocked Williams goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Sisler He lobs one to Potpie... Sisler is back easily... We're ready again Now Williams comes home Carey sends a scorcher to short Nights takes it on one hop Fires to Blade for one Back to Potpie for the double play! That's all for the Ghosts... After 3 innings here at Shibe Park in Dead Ball Era, The score is tied at 2 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 has hit 12 home runs this year Walsh looks down at Schalk for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Now Ed delivers What a pitch... strike three Walsh put that one on the black, a perfect pitch FOFC with one away Walsh steps off the mound as he waits for Deacon Palmer to come to the plate Palmer finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Palmer is 0 for 1 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 Palmer looks very intent... He stares down at Walsh... Cocks his bat Walsh leans back and fires Palmer hits a screamer at Bobby Wallace Wallace picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Sisler off the bag Sisler swipes with the glove Palmer is out! Nice play by Sisler And there's two away Gazelle is up now for FOFC It's a rainy summer evening as Gerald steps in He is 0 for 1 tonight Ed gets the sign from Schalk Walsh goes into his windup Here it comes Extra base hit to center for Gazelle Tris Speaker is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up That'll bring up All Stars' shortstop Jeff Nights... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second Nights a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Walsh Walsh studies his sign The pitch is on the way Base hit to left for Nights Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Williams saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Williams is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Williams is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Nights dives back in!... SAFE! Sisler tosses it back to Walsh Now here's the pitch He rips a grounder to short Taken by Wallace Over to Sisler Got him! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side The All Stars score 1 run in the inning After 3 and a half innings, FOFC ahead 3 to 2 The Ghosts will send Jackson, Home Run Baker, and Bobby Wallace up to the plate this inning Jackson wiggles the bat above his head He's ready The pitch to Jackson... Fastball, lined to right... Base hit for Jackson... Pflaggstettler over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Jackson at first Home Run Baker is up next to face Williams A tough situation to bunt as FOFC has the corners playing way in Williams looks a little jittery right now Rightly so, with Jackson skipping around down at first The Dead Ball Era basestealing specialist has 36 stolen bases in mid-summer In one quick moment the tying run could be at second for Dead Ball Era The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander It's a scorching liner to the second baseman OUT! Blade didn't have to move! Jackson stays put One away in the bottom of the 4th for Dead Ball Era Next up is Bobby Wallace, the Dead Ball Era shortstop Wallace has a .233 average against lefties Waiting for the pitch is Wallace Williams looks at the runner The pitch Fastball down low... Wallace swings and hits one out to left Stan Gunner is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Williams Jackson 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 Williams Ray Schalk will get a crack at Williams next Ed Walsh would be up next... But only if Schalk can reach safely Williams tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Jackson dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Schalk is outta there That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era So After 4 innings FOFC has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors While Dead Ball Era has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors Dead Ball Era has left 3 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 Facing Walsh now is Gunner Persimmon Pflaggstettler heads to the on deck circle Jeeberoni Potpie waits in the hole Walsh has the sign from Schalk Righthander Walsh's delivery Gunner slaps a hard grounder past second Jackson is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Gunner will hold with a clean single Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up next FOFC's right fielder finds 1 on with 1 out Stepping in and then stepping out again Pflaggstettler looks to third for a sign The umpire says let's go Pflaggstettler is ready The stretch... the 3-2 delivery Pflaggstettler takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He's out on strikes Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away At the plate now for FOFC is Potpie Potpie goes through his routine of settling in Potpie awaits the pitch Now ready, here it is... Grounded into the hole Fielded nicely by Baker THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 5-3 We head to the bottom of the 5th here in Dead Ball Era Still 3-2, FOFC |
8/24 Radio Broadcast Continued
The Dead Ball Era crowd has been pretty quiet Here is Walsh to lead off He will try to liven things up for them Walsh steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Walsh is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Williams He's waiting for the pitch The pitch is on the way Sinking line drive Caught by Jeff Nights That's one away That brings up Collins FOFC is ahead by 1 We're in the bottom of the 5th FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Collins is 0 for 2 today Eddie stands with bat ready The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 3-1 pitch Collins lays one down to the left of the mound Williams and Hays are after it Hays is up with it Over to first Safe by two steps! Great bunt! Bunt single for Eddie Collins Here comes George Sisler No, he is returning to the Dead Ball Era dugout He apparently noted a problem with his bat Now he has a new one Williams gets the sign Williams fires Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three That's the second out of the inning Here's the 5'11 1/2", 193 pound, Texas-born Tris Speaker strolling to the plate Tris steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Tris is 0 for 2 today... Collins kicks the dirt at first George Burns says something to him Williams steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Williams quick pitches the 0-2 offering Bouncer to second Blade comes up with it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 That's all for the Ghosts After 5 innings in Dead Ball Era this evening, FOFC on top 3 to 2 Here's the catcher Hays To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Deacon Palmer And then Gerald Gazelle The outfield's shaded towards left for Hays He's 0 for 2 today Hays waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Here's his delivery Slow ground ball Wallace is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Up next for the visiting All Stars Deacon Palmer, their third baseman Palmer looks down toward the third base coach Deacon steadies his bat And waits patiently for Walsh's pitch Walsh brings it to the plate Fastball, busted in on the hands Palmer 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 Palmer is called out on a close play Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 1 Next up is Gerald Gazelle, the FOFC center fielder... If he gets on, Jeff Nights would bat next Gerald steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Gazelle is 1 for 2 today He doubled last time up Right-hander Walsh eyes the righty Gazelle We've got a full count... Walsh winds and fires... It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Gazelle checks his swing Schalk appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Gerald That's it for FOFC Here at Shibe Park, After 5 and a half innings, FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While Dead Ball Era has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 on base Dead Ball Era has stranded 4 Max Carey, the Ghosts' left fielder, is ready to lead off the bottom of the 6th He can be a nightmare for pitchers when he gets on He's one of the league's better base stealers Carey grips the bat handle Williams squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The lefthander delivers He hits a tough grounder to short Nights grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 So one up and one gone Coming up for Dead Ball Era is Joe Jackson Nobody on base, one out Jackson has managed a .367 average against lefthanders this year Jackson is waiting on the pitch With a 1-0 count, the pitch Jackson skies one very high The ball drifts a bit Potpie calls for it Puts it away! Walking up now to the plate is Baker Baker is batting .310 with 12 HR's this year Williams is on the third-base side of the rubber... The southpaw's 2-2 delivery Baker 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 Baker is on with a line single to right Slowly coming up is Wallace for Dead Ball Era He is finally in the batter's box FOFC leads 3 to 2 Baker will be running if it's hit Williams is slow to get ready He has a 3.67 ERA this year Now he's ready The southpaw Williams' delivery Base hit to right for Wallace Baker is racing towards third... The throw is cut off... That holds Wallace at first Williams looks down at Schalk as he steps in Ray is ready to go Williams has the sign he wants Now John delivers Schalk swings and lifts one toward right Pflaggstettler drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... We head to the 7th... The score is still FOFC 3, Ghosts 2 Nights is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Nights goes through his routine of settling in Walsh steps on the rubber The pitch is on the way Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Wallace It's by him... Carey comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Nights to a single Williams fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Williams squares as Walsh delivers the pitch Home Run Baker charges and picks up the bunt He fires to first Just in time to nail Williams, the sacrifice works 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! Blade digs in at the plate Ready now for Walsh to come set Blade is taking his practice swings Barrett is 1 for 2 this evening He flied out last time at bat Schalk flashes the sign... Walsh waves it off... Now he's happy And the delivery by Walsh It's a shallow fly by Blade Jackson runs in, calls for it He makes the catch with a snap of his glove Blade is out FOFC on top 3 to 2 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Caribbean is on top of Japanese League 4 to 2 Negro League II is edging AL Post WWII 2 to 1 AL Pre WWII is giving it to NL Pre WWII 15 to 10 Left Outs with the lead over Turn of Century 7 to 4 Goslin has hit his 26th homerun for Left Outs Negro League I and NL Post WWII are deadlocked at 1 Paige battling Seaver Old Timers is crushing Late 20th 13 to 3 I'd hate to be Glavine right now! That brings up Stan Gunner, the left fielder Gunner is taking his practice swings Stan is 1 for 2 this evening Stan is set for the pitch The pitch to Gunner... There's a jam shot off the hands of Gunner It's a routine catch of the soft liner by Eddie Collins That retires the side... Gunner fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Walsh steps up to the plate for Dead Ball Era It's the bottom of the 7th at Shibe Park Walsh looks down toward the third base coach, Jim Thorpe Williams is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Williams gets the sign from Hays Williams' 2 strike pitch... Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Walsh! Coming up for Dead Ball Era is Eddie Collins Nobody on base, one out Collins has managed a .289 average against lefthanders this year Collins tells the umpire he's ready The southpaw's 2-2 delivery Grounded towards the sack Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 Two down Williams retires two in a row Sisler coming up for Dead Ball Era Nobody on, two away FOFC ahead 3 to 2 Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The lefthander delivers It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Blade takes off after it... Leaps... And Sisler is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Barrett is very fine fielder! And that will do it for Dead Ball Era Pflaggstettler will be up, but what's this?... The umpiring crew is meeting near the plate As this rain we've had all game has intensified Will they stop the game?... Guess not, looks like we'll continue... Pflaggstettler steps back in to face Walsh Persimmon comes to the plate batting .306 with 23 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today Pflaggstettler is ready Here's the 1-0 offering There's a towering fly ball hit by Pflaggstettler Carey sprints over, and makes the catch One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Nobody on base, one away Potpie steps into the batter's box Jeeberoni takes a couple of practice cuts Potpie, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Walsh The righthander Walsh's delivery Potpie hits a shallow fly towards Max Carey Carey charges, dives... He's got it! Good play by Carey Harry Hays, the catcher, strides to the plate Hays is hitting .331 with 12 homeruns Harry also has 9 doubles and 3 triples And has driven in a total of 40 runs Hays is poised and ready for the pitch Walsh brings it to the plate Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 7 and a half innings FOFC has 3 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Dead Ball Era has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors FOFC has left 4 stranded Dead Ball Era has failed to bring home 6 It's Speaker to start things for Dead Ball Era FOFC ahead 3 to 2 in the bottom of the 8th Tris is batting .323 with 21 home runs on the season He is 0 for 3 today Speaker waiting on the delivery Williams throws the 2-2 pitch Curve ball... Speaker swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! One out Due up next is Max Carey Carey is up now for Dead Ball Era We'll see how they pitch to Carey Carey waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The lefty Williams delivers A slider by Williams Carey gets good wood on it... Gazelle back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! One more chance for Dead Ball Era this inning Joe Jackson is coming to the plate Time is called... Jackson has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again 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 brings it to the plate Jackson 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 Moving up to the plate is Home Run Baker Jackson is the runner on first He represents the tying run Baker steps out of the box... Looks towards Jim Thorpe for a sign Baker waits on Williams The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 1-2 pitch Curve in the dirt... and Baker holds up Looked like he went around from here But the man in blue says no Hays asks the third base ump's opinion OUT! Baker is screaming mad! So the Ghosts are retired here in the eighth They are still 1 run behind Williams is having his way with them this evening For you stats nuts out there, Dead Ball Era is 54 and 42 versus righty starters in 1900 If they don't get busy in the ninth, they'll have to add another loss to that total Overall, they are 73 and 66 Deacon Palmer, Gerald Gazelle, and Jeff Nights are due up for the All Stars FOFC leads, 3-2 Palmer digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Walsh Palmer waits Walsh's righthanded delivery... And Palmer will sit down... strike three called That's one away Nobody on, one away for FOFC Up now is Gazelle Gazelle is 1 for 3 today Walsh is saying a few words to Collins... So far in 1900, Ed has a 10 and 15 record with 16 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign The righthander delivers Changeup down low... Gazelle makes contact and hits one out to center Tris Speaker is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Walsh That's the second out of the inning Nights now at the plate John Williams waits on deck Nights can't seem to get settled at the plate The umpire says let's go Nights is ready He brings it home There's a fly ball to Tris Speaker Speaker circles under it... This one would end the inning... He makes the play The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 8 and a half innings, FOFC leads 3 to 2 Dead Ball Era will send up the tail end of their order for the bottom of the 9th Their shortstop, Bobby Wallace, will lead things off Wallace looks down toward the third base coach Bobby steadies his bat Waits patiently for Knowles' pitch Now the delivery, here is is... Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Wallace was frozen on that fastball by Knowles High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch One up, one down Harry Hooper is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Ray Schalk Hooper pounds the plate Now he stares out at Knowles Right-hander Knowles eyes the lefty Hooper Sammy rocks and fires Hooper takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Hooper can't believe it and says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Knowles Only one more chance for Dead Ball Era FOFC ahead 3 to 2 Now batting for the Ghosts... Edd Roush... He'll pinch hit for Ed Walsh Eddie Collins is on-deck Next up tonight is Roush Roush swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Knowles The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... Knowles fires Roush hits a three hopper towards Barrett Blade Blade scoops it and fires it to first for the out And that will do it for Dead Ball Era FOFC wins 3 to 2 Williams gets another huge win after pitching another gem... 8 innings only 2 runs, right when the FOFCers needed it... Knowles notches the save Walsh takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 1 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Dead Ball Era. |
8/24 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Dead Ball Era Ghosts 8/24/1900 |
8/25 Radio Broadcast
What a great day for a baseball game If you can't be here today I hope you are outdoors listening One couldn't ask for a better sunny day The players are taking the field After a few warm-up pitches by McGinnity We should be ready, in today's contest It will be Dead Ball Era against FOFC OK, it looks like the game is about to begin Collins comes in a couple steps Yells something to McGinnity The delivery Slow ground ball Collins is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Gunner is up now for FOFC McGinnity gets the sign, it's one he likes McGinnity brings it to the plate Gunner hits a deep fly to right-center Cobb races to the warning track He steadies himself He won't get this one...it's off the fence Gunner racing around first... Cobb has the ball... Fires a throw in... Collins has the relay... Holds the throw... Gunner in easily at second It's a two-bagger for Stan Gunner FOFC has him in scoring position (Ballpark Double Effect) The right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler will be up next for FOFC Persimmon looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Pflaggstettler taps the bat on home plate Pflaggstettler gets ready for McGinnity's pitch His bat is cocked Joe looks over his shoulder at Gunner Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Pflaggstettler rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Baker Home Run fields it cleanly Looks Gunner back to second Now fires it over to first... Easy out What a day out here at beautiful Shibe Park Sunny skies, a light summer breeze This is what makes baseball the national pastime Summer is what people think of when they think of their childhood It stirs up an incredible emotion within people And the sport synonymous with summer is baseball With two out Batting for FOFC now is Potpie Potpie digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty McGinnity Chance flashes the sign... McGinnity shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Here's the 2 strike offering Struck him out on a terrible pitch That was right over the heart of the plate with no movement on it... and Potpie swung right over the top of it! Lucky Mr. McGinnity! That retires the side FOFC threatens but fails to score 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 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 Nielsen gets the nod as starter Donning the "tools of ignorance" is Hays Dead Ball Era second baseman, Eddie Collins, will lead off Eddie tucks in his shirt, jiggles his butt Now checks with the coach at third Collins is ready Nielsen's windup... the delivery Eddie Collins drags one down the first base line Nielsen is over quickly Picks it up and underhands one to first Not in time! Beautiful bunt by Collins! He's one of the best Chance looks to lay one down He bunts the ball . . . It's popped up... Caught by D.Fouts a poor bunt by Chance And there's one away The Ghosts' center fielder is up next Dead Ball Era has 1 on board with 1 out Speaker a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Nielsen A battle of lefties... Tris seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now The southpaw Nielsen delivers the 2-0 pitch It's hit high and deep Gazelle is on his horse This one is deep! HE JUMPS . . . HE'S GOT IT!!! 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 Nielsen Cobb pounds the plate Now he stares out at Nielsen Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Nielsen checks Collins on first... The 3-2 delivery Nielsen loses him Cobb heads down to first First base coach George Burns wants a word with Cobb... Now we're all set to go... Joe Jackson steps in Two men on, two men out Nielsen adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Nielsen checks the runners Bounding ball to second Blade grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for Dead Ball Era By the way, Dead Ball Era is 4 and 6 in their last ten games As we get ready to start the top of the 2nd Fouts is talking to Chance Fouts is batting .301 with 18 HR's this year McGinnity steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Joe rocks and fires Fouts swings and lifts one toward center Speaker drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... One gone for FOFC Harry Hays is the next batter this sunny afternoon Hays is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Hays is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at McGinnity He's waiting for the pitch The righthander delivers Struck him out on a fastball Hays goes down swinging Two away, nobody on Gazelle comes to the plate for FOFC Gazelle goes through his routine of settling in Gazelle awaits the delivery The Ghosts' hurler winds and delivers Low fastball... Gazelle swings... Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd Sisler snags it moving to his right Leads McGinnity perfectly racing to the bag... And he easily beats Gazelle for the out 1-2-3, nothing across... Here's the third baseman Baker To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Bobby Wallace And then George Sisler The outfield's shaded towards right With Baker at the plate Baker cocks his bat Here comes the cripple pitch Baker lets it go by He takes ball four Wallace up The Ghosts have Baker on first The outfield shades towards left for Wallace Nielsen studies his sign The stretch... the delivery Wallace maneuvers to hit behind the runner Wallace 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 down for Dead Ball Era George Sisler is still in the on-deck circle and Joe McGinnity is looking for a bat in the dugout Up now is Sisler The Ghosts have Baker on second Nielsen adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Here's the 3-2 offering Sisler takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Sisler's outta there We're scoreless with two away this inning McGinnity now at the plate Eddie Collins waits on deck McGinnity is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in McGinnity is waiting on the pitch Now Rob delivers McGinnity hits a three hopper towards Barrett Blade Blade scoops it and fires it to first for the out That retires the side... McGinnity fails to come through in the clutch For Dead Ball Era, No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base FOFC will send Nights, Rob Nielsen, and Barrett Blade to face Joe McGinnity this inning Nights has hit 17 home runs this year McGinnity steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go McGinnity kicks and fires Nights swings... He rips a ground ball towards Baker It's by him! It's twisting into the left field corner Nights rounds first... He will return quickly to first as Jackson gets a nice throw in to Collins Nielsen fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Nielsen showing bunt... He lays it down George Sisler looks at second But goes to first... Out... Nights advances to 2nd A sacrifice for Rob Nielsen One gone for FOFC in the top of the 3rd FOFC sends the second baseman, Barrett Blade, up to the plate Blade wiggles the bat above his head Blade is set Here's the 2 strike pitch Blade rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Blade is around first, heading for two... Jackson is up with it and fires it in quickly Barrett pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the FOFC second baseman Barrett also ups his hitting streak to 8 games! That is Blade's 1st hit today Nights scores from second! Slowly coming up is Gunner for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 1 to 0 Gunner is 1 for 1 today And Joe studies the sign from Chance... Now he's got it Wallace trying to slip in behind Blade Now he slips away Here's the 2 strike offering Big motion... Gunner is way out in front STRIKE THREE! McGinnity pulled the string on him Two gone for FOFC Chance 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 Here's the 3-0 pitch Ball four, Pflaggstettler takes his base Potpie gets set at the plate Jeeberoni steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Dick Howser relays the sign from Benton Breeze Potpie struck out last time up and now is 0 for 1 Potpie waits for the delivery McGinnity brings it to the plate A slider by McGinnity Potpie gets good wood on it... Speaker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean is giving it to Japanese League 5 to 0 Negro League II and AL Post WWII are all knotted at 1 Yount has hit his 12th homerun for AL Post WWII NL Pre WWII is in front of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Ott has hit his 37th homerun for NL Pre WWII Left Outs is on top of Turn of Century 2 to 0 Sutton battling Joss NL Post WWII is on top of Negro League I 2 to 0 Gibson battling Rogan Old Timers leads Late 20th 4 to 3 Radbourn and Johnson currently dueling Eddie Collins stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Collins is batting .305 with 8 round trippers in 1900 He should get a good one to hit The count at 3 and 1 Eddie brings the bat back... Nielsen goes into his windup Here it comes Checked swing by Collins Called ball four Hays motions down to the third base umpire He gives the "safe" sign with no hesitation Eddie walks to lead it off Frank Chance steps up to the plate Collins, with excellent speed, is at first Chance is checking with the third base coach He's 0 for 1 today Frank is eagerly awaiting Nielsen's pitch The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Chance hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to second... Out The throw to first... Out at first, it's a double play That's the second out of the inning Dead Ball Era trails by 1 They need a win They are 4th in the standings 10.0 games out Now at the plate will be Speaker center fielder for Dead Ball Era today Tris is hitting at .322 on the year He has 160 hits in 497 at bats This includes 35 doubles, 10 triples 21 home runs and 100 RBI's He's in his crouch Speaker can really swing that wood The 2-2 offering... It's a smash over first Potpie leaps Just over his outstretched glove Speaker makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Ty Cobb Cobb has hit 4 home runs this year Nielsen has the sign from Hays Nielsen brings it home There's a high pop fly to the outfield Gerald Gazelle moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Gazelle grabs it with his bare hand for the out No runs for Dead Ball Era in the bottom of the 3rd FOFC leads 1 to 0 We'll be right back Dan Fouts, Harry Hays, and Gerald Gazelle are due up Dan will be facing the right-handed McGinnity from the left side of the plate The switch hitter is 0 for 1 today He flied out in his last at bat Fouts is set for the 3-1 pitch Collins comes in a couple steps Yells something to McGinnity The delivery Ball four is the call McGinnity can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at McGinnity Fouts takes first base Fouts inches slowly away from the bag Fouts is not working very hard to get a lead Hays leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Hays is 0 for 1 today McGinnity is happy with the sign He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Fouts dives back in!... SAFE! Sisler tosses it back to McGinnity Now here's the pitch It's popped up into foul territory Bobby Wallace is under it He grabs it for the out Score It: 6 With one gone FOFC will have Gerald Gazelle coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it One on, one out Gazelle walks to the batter's box Gazelle has hit 25 home runs this year Joe is ready McGinnity goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Fouts He lobs one to Sisler... Fouts is back easily We're ready again Now McGinnity comes home Gazelle sends a hot smash to first Sisler takes it on one hop Fires to Wallace for one Back to George Sisler... Gerald beats the relay That's two away Gazelle takes a walking lead McGinnity tries to pickoff the runner... Gazelle dives back... HE'S OUT!... Great move by McGinnity Joe Jackson leads it off Nielsen steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Nielsen's 2 strike pitch... And Jackson will sit down... strike three called That's one away Home Run Baker steps in now for the Ghosts The All Stars lead in this one, 1-zip Baker digs in on the left side of the plate facing the lefty Nielsen He's ready for the delivery Nielsen is into his windup Here's the pitch 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 And there's two away Wallace leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer day Against lefthanders Wallace is hitting .236 this season Nielsen squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The pitch is on the way Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 3 for Rob Nielsen today 211 on the year Nielsen retires the side in order Here in the bottom of the 4th Nights is coming to the plate He stops to towel off his face It's very humid today... He's looking to get something going FOFC ahead 1 to 0 The righthander pitching to Nights... A righthanded batter Righties have a .233 average against Joe Joe winds Kicks... and delivers Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Nights hits it into the hole on the right side Collins ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Nights is out by a step at first One out Due up next is Rob Nielsen Nielsen walks up to the plate Looking to Dick Howser for a sign Nielsen is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at McGinnity He's waiting for the pitch The pitch to Nielsen... Pounded on the ground to second Collins comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 Two down McGinnity retires the first two FOFC batters Barrett Blade, the second baseman, strides to the plate Blade is at .283 on the season Most pitchers love to pitch on days like today McGinnity is no exception He is ready to go With a 0-1 count McGinnity kicks and fires It's a routine fly into center Speaker ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Speaker grabs it for the out That's it for FOFC Here at Shibe Park, After 4 and a half innings, FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors While Dead Ball Era has no runs, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 on base Dead Ball Era has stranded 4 |
8/25 Radio Broadcast Continued
Sisler is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants He brings it home Hard inside slider... The swing... Sisler hits a grounder into the hole Potpie makes an incredible stop... But he's in no position to make a throw Score that a single McGinnity fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on McGinnity squares to bunt He bunts at it . . . It's popped up... Caught by D.Fouts a poor bunt by McGinnity 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 Sisler is taking his lead from first Nielsen freezes the runner... Now he zips a quick throw to first... And... He's safe on the pickoff attempt Collins moseys up to the plate Frank Chance is heading for the on-deck circle Collins scuffs up the lines around the box He cocks his bat Collins has choked up, just trying to make contact He has 2 strikes on him Nielsen looks at the runner The pitch Swung on and missed... Collins is down on strikes That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean is edging Japanese League 5 to 4 Negro League II is in front of AL Post WWII 4 to 1 Holland comfortably ahead for Negro League II NL Pre WWII is giving it to AL Pre WWII 6 to 1 Ott has hit his 37th homerun for NL Pre WWII Turn of Century is edging Left Outs 4 to 3 Joss battling Sutton NL Post WWII clipping Negro League I 6 to 2 Late 20th and Old Timers are deadlocked at 4 And in our matchup FOFC on top 1 to 0 Chance comes to the plate FOFC leads by 1 We're in the bottom of the 5th Frank is hitting at .245 on the year He has 82 hits in 335 at bats His speed has propelled him to 28 stolen bases Chance waits on Nielsen The pitch on the way, here it is... Base hit to left for Chance Jim Thorpe is waving Sisler to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Chance at first The Ghosts centerfielder, Tris Speaker is up next And what a centerfielder! He hits for average, hits for power, and has excellent speed He's a Dead Ball Era fan favorite; and why not So far this year Speaker is batting .323 He has 35 doubles, 10 triples 21 homeruns with 100 RBI's and 26 stolen bases After getting set, Speaker waits on the pitch The lefty Nielsen delivers Drilled on the ground to the mound Nielsen comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 That retires the side... Tris Speaker fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Stan Gunner stops at the on deck circle Puts a little more "Black" under his eyes It's very sunny here today Now he steps in Stan is batting .255 with 14 home runs on the season He is 1 for 2 today Joe McGinnity steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Into the windup... here's the pitch Gunner rips a hard grounder to the left of third And on by the diving Baker Gunner takes a big turn at first...but holds up Nice hustle by Jackson to get that ball in quickly Gunner edges away from the bag McGinnity's move keeps Gunner guessing He's not getting a very good lead Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Gunner is at first Gunner takes his lead McGinnity steps on the rubber He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Gunner dives back in!... SAFE! Sisler tosses it back to McGinnity Now here's the pitch It is a high hard one... Pflaggstettler goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Pflaggstettler couldn't hold back One out Jeeberoni Potpie is due up next Potpie, the first baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 1 to 0 Potpie steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Jeeberoni is 0 for 2 today Jeeberoni waits... He steps out as McGinnity takes too long Now he's back in the box The pitch is on the way Potpie hops out of the way Chance makes a great stop Wait... Potpie is showing off his shoe to the umpire Now he has been awarded first! Must have hit his foot! 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 McGinnity tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Joe checks the runners Steps off the rubber... Again he's into the stretch... The pitch Grounded towards the bag Taken by Baker Gets the out at third Over to second He's out - double play! Score It: 5-4 That's it for FOFC FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors While Dead Ball Era has no runs, 4 hits and no errors FOFC has now left 4 runners stranded The right fielder Cobb will start things off for the Ghosts Ty is 0 for 1 this summer afternoon He flied out in his last plate appearance Cobb waits patiently The southpaw delivers Curve, at the belt... Cobb times his swing... Hammers a long fly ball... Persimmon Pflaggstettler retreats toward the fence He leaps... It's gone, put that one on the board A home run!! Joe Jackson coming up It's a tie game in the bottom of the 6th Jackson swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Nielsen Jackson waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander Hanging curveball... Jackson times it, swings... There's a high drive... Crunched deep towards right center... Gazelle doesn't have a chance Home Run for Jackson That was way over the fence Home Run Baker plants his left foot The lefthanded third baseman for Dead Ball Era appears set Nielsen has the sign he wants Nielsen goes into his windup Here it comes Smash to short Jeff Nights boots the ball He's charged with an error That's 1 miscue for Nights Wallace shows bunt It's a beauty! Harry Hays has no chance at second So Wallace gets the sacrifice With one gone, Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1 George Sisler is running back to the dugout Now he emerges again He is always a welcome sight for Dead Ball Era fans Opposing pitchers are having a bit of a hard time keeping him off the bases this year, though George Sisler is up next Dead Ball Era's first baseman finds 1 on with 1 out Sisler is at .325 on the season Nielsen ready quickly, looks in for the sign Nielsen fires Sisler hits one straight up Hays moves back to the screen and makes the catch Two away now for Dead Ball Era They're ahead by 1 The Ghosts have 6 hits on the afternoon Now here's McGinnity McGinnity steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Rob Nielsen still on the mound for the All Stars... Nielsen has gone the distance so far He's given up 6 hits in 5 2/3 innings The home town crowd is yelling out to Baker telling him to watch out as Blade sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Nielsen delivers the 2 strike offering Hard slider... And McGinnity takes it right down the middle Strike three called That will do it for Dead Ball Era but not before they ring up 2 runs to overtake the All Stars by 1 The score now stands at 2-1, Ghosts Here's Hays to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Caribbean with the lead over Japanese League 7 to 4 AL Post WWII is comfortably ahead of Negro League II 10 to 4 Yount has hit his 13th homerun for AL Post WWII NL Pre WWII is pounding AL Pre WWII 9 to 2 Ott has hit his 37th homerun for NL Pre WWII Turn of Century leads Left Outs 4 to 3 Joss and Pennock currently dueling NL Post WWII clipping Negro League I 6 to 2 Aaron has hit his 46th homerun for NL Post WWII Late 20th leads Old Timers 5 to 4 Johnson battling Radbourn Remember, FOFC is 1st in the National Hays is taking his practice swings Harry is 0 for 2 this afternoon Hays readies himself for the pitch Now ready, here it is... Swung on and popped up Collins is waiting... And that's an easy out With one down, up next is Gerald Gazelle To be followed by Jeff Nights Gerald Gazelle will try his luck against McGinnity It's a very difficult background to hit against here at Shibe Park right now There is shade at home plate But, bright sun on the mound Gazelle is hitless today, 0 for 2 Gerald hit into a force play in his last at bat Gazelle waits McGinnity's into his windup... the pitch Gazelle tries to hold up Chance points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! Two up, two down for McGinnity He's working on a fine performance Very hot in Dead Ball Era today... McGinnity's uniform is sweat stained The humidity is way up there too Next up is Jeff Nights, the FOFC shortstop... If he gets on, Rob Nielsen would bat next Jeff comes to the plate batting .282 with 17 home runs He is 1 for 2 so far today Chance flashes the sign... McGinnity shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy McGinnity winds Kicks the left leg high... Ground ball to the left side... Wallace scoops it up Over to first for the putout The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 6 and a half innings, Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Eddie Collins up first for Dead Ball Era He is a threat to steal if he gets on Collins is 1 for 2 today Eddie struck out last time around Collins cocks his bat Nielsen brings it to the plate He walked him, ball four The lead-off batter gets on here in the bottom of the 7th Chance squares to bunt It's dribbled down the third base line Fouts bare hands it... Sidearm toss to first Just in time! Nice play Credit Frank Chance with a sacrifice One gone for Dead Ball Era The Ghosts' center fielder is up next Dead Ball Era has 1 on board with 1 out Speaker is at .323 on the season Nielsen has been a rubber armed workhorse for Dead Ball Era in 1900 He has started 32nd games for a total of 226 innings And we are only in August He's has gone deep into this game as well Rob shakes off the sign from Hays Now he has one he likes... The lefthander Nielsen delivers Groundball to short Collins is trying to advance to third base... A quick glance at the lead runner... The play is to first... And Speaker is out Ty Cobb, the right fielder, strides to the plate Cobb swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Nielsen Hays flashes the sign to Nielsen Here's the 0-2 offering Comebacker, right to Nielsen Over to Potpie for the easy out The Ghosts are gone No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base... We've played through seven here at Shibe Park... The score... Dead Ball Era leads 2 to 1 Treacy saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Treacy grips the bat handle The righty shakes off the sign... Now Joe brushes off another one... McGinnity has an effective spitter and an underhand delivery McGinnity's 1-2 pitch... Treacy skies one very high The ball drifts a bit Wallace calls for it Puts it away! One up, one down for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Blade Stan Gunner waits on deck So far this season Blade is hitting .250 when facing righthanded pitching Blade, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded McGinnity Righthander McGinnity's delivery Blade rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Baker spears it! A shot right at the Dead Ball Era third baseman Piece of cake! That's two away Gunner finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Stepping out, Gunner looks into the dugout Steps back in McGinnity is saying a few words to Collins... So far in 1900, Joe has a 13 and 9 record with 11 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign The righthander delivers Gunner drives one into center Tris Speaker sprints over to make the play Three down for FOFC Now the Ghosts will be coming up for what they hope will be their last at bat of the afternoon They lead by 1, 2-1 Joe Jackson, Home Run Baker, and Bobby Wallace are due up Jackson adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Joe is 1 for 3 this afternoon After getting set, Jackson waits on the pitch Knowles rocks and fires It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Blade takes off after it... Leaps... And Jackson is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Barrett is very fine fielder! So one up and one gone Knowles glares in at Baker as he steps in Home Run just glares back Home Run is hitting at .310 on the year He has 143 hits in 462 at bats This includes 23 doubles, 10 triples 12 home runs and 89 RBI's Baker waits patiently Windup by Knowles And the pitch Baker swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Knowles strikes out Home Run Baker That's the second out of the inning Wallace coming up for Dead Ball Era Nobody on, two away Wallace digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Knowles Wallace awaits the delivery The southpaw's 1-0 delivery Change of pace... Wallace waits on it... Rips it deep into left Gunner going back...back... The ball is over his head And there's Wallace around first base coming into second and stands up for a double As the throw finally comes in That's 25 doubles for Wallace on the year Pounding the plate with his bat Sisler awaits the pitch Sisler is at .324 on the season The umpire says let's go Now Bo delivers Change up... Fools Sisler... He still manages to hit a grounder to first Potpie BOOTS THE BALL!!! Sisler is safe at first on the error Score It: E3 Wallace takes third Sisler to first Now batting for the Ghosts... Max Carey... He'll pinch hit for Joe McGinnity Eddie Collins is on-deck Sisler edges away from the bag Fastball running in on the batter... And Sisler is running! Quickly out of his stance Hays fires... Super throw by Hays Sisler is a dead duck! Hays has a rifle for an arm Three Finger Brown will be coming on to pitch for Dead Ball Era Three Finger has appeared in 43 games this season He has a record of 4-6 with 7 saves His ERA stands at 3.38 Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps into the box Pflaggstettler is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk He's ready Now the delivery, here is is... Pflaggstettler hits one on the ground to the left side Persimmon, who moves well, is motoring to first Wallace wings it quickly to Sisler... OUT by a step One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Caribbean squeezed by Japanese League 7 to 5 AL Post WWII beat up on Negro League II 15 to 4 Brett has hit his 21st homerun for AL Post WWII NL Pre WWII cuffed AL Pre WWII 10 to 7 Ott has hit his 37th homerun for NL Pre WWII Quite a year for the slugger Turn of Century squeezed by Left Outs 5 to 3 Duffy has hit his 6th homerun for Turn of Century NL Post WWII toppled Negro League I 7 to 3 Late 20th squeezed by Old Timers 6 to 4 And here in Dead Ball Era Dead Ball Era on top 2 to 1 Potpie is up now for FOFC Potpie wiggles the bat above his head Brown shakes off two signs Now he's ready Brown's righthanded delivery... Potpie sends a wicked smash in the hole Baker can't cut it off Wallace makes a great backhand stab Leaps and fires to Sisler Jeeberoni is out on a bang-bang play! Great play by Bobby Wallace! That's two away Wallace comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Brown Dan Fouts will be next up... Fouts leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer day Three Finger gets the sign from Chance Brown brings it to the plate Curve ball... Fouts swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! And that will do it for FOFC Dead Ball Era wins 2 to 1 McGinnity gets credit for the win Brown notches the save Nielsen takes the loss The hitting star for Dead Ball Era was Ty Cobb He was 1 for 3 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Dead Ball Era. |
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Dead Ball Era Ghosts 8/25/1900 |
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8/26 Radio Broadcast
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8/26 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Negro League II Twos At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/26/1900 |
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Sorry guys, somehow managed to screw up the save on the play by play file for this game....
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Looks like the play by play is the least of our worries, let's pick up our socks and get rolling boys. This second place stuff just isn't going to cut it.
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8/26 Radio Broadcast (found the file...)
Welcome everyone to FOFC Stadium The players are on the field and we're almost ready to go As Spotswood Poles 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... Gunner, Gazelle and Pflaggstettler and now Bullock is just settling in behind the plate Babson goes into his windup Here it comes Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Nights It's by him... Gunner comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Poles to a single Wild Bill Wright steps up to the plate Poles, with excellent speed, is at first We'll see how they pitch to Wright Wright is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Babson He's waiting for the pitch Babson checks Poles on first... The 2 strike delivery Changeup... Ties Wright up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! One down for Negro League II Willard Brown is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Negro League II The right fielder, Willard Brown will be up next for Negro League II Brown is at .276 on the season Babson likes the sign Here's the 0-1 offering Brown 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! . . . Brown back in the box And here comes the next pitch Broken bat ground ball to first Potpie takes it to the bag himself Score It: 3 That's two away Wilson, Negro League II's first baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup John Beckwith waits on deck Wilson is batting .284 with 33 homers this year Wilson awaits the delivery Here's his delivery Grounded towards the sack Babson takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 That does it for Negro League II in the top of the 1st Barrett Blade is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going So far this season Blade is hitting .249 when facing righthanded pitching Santop flashes the sign... Redding waves it off... Now he's happy Righthander Redding's delivery There's a check swing by Blade It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Louis Santop makes the catch against the stands And there's one away Jeff Nights makes his way to home plate Nights is batting .281 with 17 HR's this year Redding eyes Nights intently Now Cannonball delivers Hard slider, at the knees... Nights clubs a deep drive to center... Wright turns, and races back after it... It goes off the wall! Nights is steaming toward third Wright has it, throws... Not in time... Nights has his triple Number 4 on the year for him Pflaggstettler is up now for FOFC Time is called... Pflaggstettler has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Pflaggstettler is set for the 0-2 pitch Redding brings it home Fastball, busted in on the hands Pflaggstettler manages to get a piece of it Bouncing it over the mound Bankhead cuts it off in front of the bag Rifles a throw to Wilson... And Pflaggstettler is called out on a close play Nights scores easily Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 1 While Deacon Palmer heads for the on deck circle Jeeberoni Potpie makes his way to the plate Potpie wiggles the bat above his head Potpie is set for the pitch Redding fires Fly ball to right Brown is under it He grabs it for the out We've played through the first inning here at FOFC Stadium So far... FOFC on top 1 to 0 John Beckwith stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Babson looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... Babson quick pitches him It's a high fly ball into shallow center Gazelle runs in... He calls for it... Blade yells "take it" And Gazelle puts it away Beckwith is retired on a lazy fly to center That's one away Santop finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Santop can't seem to get settled at the plate Santop is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Babson He's waiting for the pitch The pay-off pitch... Did he hold up his swing? YES! It's a walk One away, Santop at first Bankhead is coming to the plate Bankhead is batting .258 with 5 HR's this year Brian peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Babson looks at the runner The pitch Hard line drive to short Nights snares it for the out! Score It: 6 Two down Bullock asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bullock and Babson And now here's Dick Lundy Cannonball Redding on deck... Two outs here in the top of the 2nd Lundy, a switch-hitter, batting left-handed against righty Brian Babson Lundy cocks his bat He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Santop dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch Lundy hits it deep towards the gap Pflaggstettler is back to the warning track... To the fence... He leaps against the wall... He can't get it! Lundy is at third, with a triple Santop scores from first Redding saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box 2 men away, Lundy on third Babson has the sign he wants Now to the belt, here it is... Swung on and missed by Redding, he's down on strikes Negro League II is retired... But they come up with 1 run to tie it After 1 and a half innings, it's all even at 1 Palmer is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Palmer has a .279 average against righthanders this season Redding toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Santop The windup, and the 2 strike pitch Ground ball to the left side... Lundy scoops it up Over to first for the putout One up, one down for FOFC Now here's Gunner Gunner looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Waiting for the pitch is Gunner The pitch to Gunner... Swung on... And there's a high fly ball into left Poles is under it, waits... He's got it Two down Cannonball Redding retires the first two batters in a row Batting next for FOFC is Gazelle We're all tied up at 1 Gazelle is at .249 on the season Right-hander Redding eyes the righty Gazelle The righthander Redding's delivery Off speed pitch on the way... And Gazelle watches it go by for the third strike That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Japanese League leads AL Pre WWII 2 to 1 Sugishita and Gomez currently dueling Dead Ball Era leads Negro League I 1 to 0 Johnson and Williams currently dueling NL Post WWII leads Caribbean 1 to 0 Left Outs slipping by NL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Turn of Century leads Old Timers 1 to 0 Waddell battling Keefe AL Post WWII leads Late 20th 2 to 1 Poles is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Poles, a switch-hitter, facing the right-handed Babson Poles gets set for the pitch Brian comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering 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 Babson covering first Not in time as Poles beats the throw Poles takes a walking lead Curveball from Babson... There he goes for second! The peg down... Poles slides... SAFE! Poles slid around the tag to get in there Credit him with a stolen base There was nothing wrong with the throw Wild Bill Wright steps into the box Wright is hitting .292 with 17 homeruns Wild Bill also has 24 doubles and 10 triples And has driven in a total of 72 runs Wild Bill steadies his bat Waits patiently for Babson's pitch Now Brian delivers Babson seems reluctant to pitch to Wright The pitch comes in very high for ball four Wright takes first On the unintentional intentional walk Brown gets set at the plate Brown is batting .276 with 15 HR's this year Babson is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Babson looks in... Now he's ready The pitch is on the way Bouncer to first Taken by Potpie Throw to second for one Over to first Double Play! Score It: 3-6-3 One more chance for Negro League II in the top of the 3rd Wilson pounds the plate Now he stares out at Babson Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock And the delivery by Babson A high hopper to first Potpie trots to the bag Score It: 3 That wraps up the inning for Negro League II By the way, Negro League II is 7 and 3 in their last ten games The All Stars will send Bullock, Brian Babson, and Barrett Blade up to the plate this inning Bullock looks down toward the third base coach Billy stands with bat ready Redding's righthanded delivery... Another hook for strike three! Bullock just stood there looking Coming up for FOFC is Brian Babson Nobody on base, one out Home plate is covered with dirt The ump cleans it off Redding adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Santop The 2-2 offering... Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Santop fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Babson That's the second out of the inning Barrett Blade, the second baseman, strides to the plate Blade goes through his routine of settling in Blade readies himself for the pitch Redding is into his rocking motion Now his right arm comes around Curve ball... Blade swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Three up, three down for the All Stars FOFC has one run, one hit and no errors While Negro League II has one run, 3 hits and no errors Negro League II will send Beckwith, Louis Santop, and Sam Bankhead to face Brian Babson this inning Beckwith is hitting .255 against righthanders The umpire says let's go Beckwith is ready Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Babson The delivery Beckwith gets around on a fastball He sends one deep to center This could be big trouble... There goes Gazelle after it He is really moving... At the warning track... Jumps... WHAT A CATCH! Holy Cow... Beckwith is outta there! My Word!... very nice... Beckwith can't believe it FOFC gets the first out of the inning Nobody on base, one away Santop steps into the batter's box Louis looks at the sign from the coach at third Willie Randolph flashes a series of them... Now Santop taps the bat on home plate Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Babson's 3-1 pitch... Over the outside corner Santop hits the curve right to second... Blade takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Santop is out by a couple of steps Two up, two down here in the top of the 4th Sam Bankhead will get a crack at Babson next Dick Lundy would be up next... But only if Bankhead can reach safely Babson is slow to get ready He has a 3.81 ERA this year Now he's ready With a 0-1 count, the pitch Sharp breaking curveball... Bankhead reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Nights... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Potpie at first! Bankhead is out easily The Twos go down in order, 1-2-3 After 3 and a half innings, The score is tied at 1 Jeff Nights, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and Jeeberoni Potpie are due up Nights is 1 for 1 today Santop flashes the sign... Redding shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Here's the righthander's delivery Slow ground ball Lundy is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT With one gone FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it 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 trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Persimmon waits... He steps out as Redding takes too long Now he's back in the box Redding kicks and fires Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Poles And he pulls it in Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Jeeberoni Potpie is up to face Cannonball Redding Potpie is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready And the righthander starts to work on Potpie Here comes the pitch It's hit to the left of third It's a base knock! The ball glanced off of Lundy's glove Lundy retrieved it, but not in time to get Potpie Jeeberoni is safe on first with a single No throw on the play Palmer up The All Stars have Potpie on first Potpie will be running if it's hit Redding squeezes the resin bag... Peers in It's a full count... Redding winds and fires... Palmer raps a sizzling ground ball It zips through the hole Brown is over to pick it up Throws a strike to Lundy No chance to get Potpie at third With the game tied, Stan Gunner steps in Palmer is at first, Potpie is over at third Redding rubs down the ball... Now he's asking for a new one After he rubs this one down He looks in for the sign Redding looks the runners back Now here's the delivery Fastball... just outside Gunner will take first on the walk That will load 'em up for Gerald Gazelle 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 batting .248 with 25 round trippers in 1900 Gerald seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Redding shakes off the sign Now he appears set Watch it now... they are loaded up with All Stars The pitch on the way, here it is... It is a high hard one... Gazelle goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up and out of the strike zone... Gazelle couldn't hold back That retires the side... Gazelle fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 3 men left on base Here's the shortstop Lundy To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Cannonball Redding And then Spotswood Poles Lundy is at .253 on the season Babson studies his sign Babson brings it to the plate There's a drive to right by Lundy Pflaggstettler scoops it up Fires it to second Lundy turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Pflaggstettler Redding moseys up to the plate Spotswood Poles is heading for the on-deck circle Redding scuffs up the lines around the box Babson adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Bullock Babson's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Lundy dives back in!... SAFE!... Potpie tosses it back to Babson Now here's the pitch Negro League II tries the hit and run! Redding laces a hard, low bouncer to the right side Blade steps in front of it Whoa! The ball squirted right under his legs! Must have hit a pebble Give Redding a single on the play The All Stars were taken in by Negro League II Redding came through when they needed him to! Redding watches Babson as he inches away from the base Babson looks Redding back He is unable to get his normal lead Walking up to the plate now is Poles Wild Bill Wright waits on deck Poles has 25 doubles this year Babson is on the first-base side of the rubber... Brian is obviously concerned Into the stretch... He looks over at Lundy, now at Redding Now the pitch Base hit to right for Poles Lundy scores Willie Randolph puts up the stop sign... Redding will stay at second Wild Bill Wright is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Wright is at .292 on the season Babson steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready Babson checks the runners Base hit to right for Wright Willie Randolph plays it safe and stops him at third... Runners hold. Willard Brown, the Negro League II right fielder, steps into the batter's box Negro League II on top 2 to 1 He has a chance here to drive home at least one So far this year Brown is batting .275 He has 33 doubles, 6 triples 15 homeruns with 73 RBI's and 12 stolen bases Willard is eagerly awaiting Babson's pitch Here's the 0-2 offering Brown takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Out on strikes One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Japanese League is in front of AL Pre WWII 4 to 1 Dead Ball Era is edging Negro League I 1 to 0 NL Post WWII is in front of Caribbean 4 to 1 Left Outs leads NL Pre WWII 3 to 2 Carlton battling Grimes Turn of Century slipping by Old Timers 2 to 0 Waddell and Keefe currently dueling AL Post WWII slipping by Late 20th 3 to 1 Newhouser and Maddux currently dueling |
8/26 Radio Broadcast Continued
That will bring up first baseman, Jud Wilson Wilson is one of the best hitters around Babson has the sign from Bullock Brian rocks and fires Hard ground ball to second Blade comes up with it Throws to second He's out To first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 That's all she wrote for this inning Negro League II has 2 runs, 7 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors Negro League II has left 5 baserunners stranded today Bullock will come up to lead off the bottom of the 5th FOFC's fans are looking for some runs from their team Bullock is 0 for 1 today Billy struck out last time up Bullock is set The righthander Redding delivers Comebacker, right to Redding Over to Wilson for the easy out One gone for FOFC Babson is ready to face Redding Redding gets the sign, it's one he likes The righthander delivers Hot shot grounded to short Lundy comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 Two up, two down for FOFC Up now for FOFC is Blade Two away, nobody on Blade is one of the best hitters around Redding steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Cannonball winds his right arm Lets it go Blade fights one off his fists It's a slow roller to third Beckwith is in quickly Nice throw to first Barrett beats it out He really gets down that line! Jeff Nights steps up to the plate Fleet-footed Blade is at first Nights is 1 for 2 this afternoon with 1 triple Nights is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Blade is dancing off first Redding checks Blade on first Now the 1-1 pitch Base hit to right for Nights Dick Howser is waving Blade to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Nights at first Up now is Pflaggstettler Runners on first and third A dangerous man at the plate... 3rd in the league in slugging average at .546 He waits patiently Pflaggstettler grips the bat handle Pflaggstettler gets ready for Redding's pitch His bat is cocked Blade is yelling some encouragement Nights, at first, inches off the bag Redding checks the runners Here's the 2-1 offering Drilled on the ground to short Lundy grabs it Over to Wilson Got him! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side... Persimmon Pflaggstettler fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often The Negro League II third baseman, Beckwith, will lead off He'll be followed by Louis Santop And then Sam Bankhead John is 0 for 2 this summer afternoon He flied out in his last plate appearance John steadies his bat And waits patiently for Babson's pitch He brings it home Beckwith swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Babson strikes out John Beckwith So one up and one gone Louis Santop is next Santop is 0 for 2 today Babson looks in He kicks and fires Drilled on the ground to short Nights grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 Two out, nobody on Up now is Bankhead Sam is batting .257 with 5 home runs on the season He is 0 for 2 today Bankhead gets ready for Babson's pitch His bat is cocked Now ready, here it is... Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Babson punches him out! That's out number three A perfect inning for Babson here in the top of the 6th Jeeberoni Potpie is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Potpie steps out of the box... Looks towards Dick Howser for a sign Now set, Potpie waits for the pitch And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Well hit by Potpie Wright moves back... Still going back... He makes the catch up against the fence One up, one down Making his way up is Palmer Palmer steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Deacon is 1 for 2 today The bat is cocked Redding rocks and fires Ground ball to third Beckwith comes up with it Over to first He just beat it out One on, one out Gunner walks to the batter's box Gunner is hitless today, 0 for 1 Stan drew a walk in his last at bat Gunner tells the umpire he's ready Redding goes into his stretch... Looks at Palmer... He fires one to Wilson... Palmer dives back in That's his best move to first... Wilson lobs it back Now Redding comes home Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Poles And he pulls it in Two gone for FOFC Two outs, with a man at first Gazelle is the next batter Gazelle is at .247 on the season Gazelle waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Redding goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Palmer He lobs one to Wilson... Palmer is back easily We're ready again Now Redding comes home Fastball, high and tight Ball Four Chin music... Gazelle didn't like it Billy Bullock, the All Stars' catcher is up next FOFC has 2 men on with 2 outs Bullock is 0 for 2 today Redding looks down at Santop for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Here's his delivery Redding loses him Bullock heads down to first Gazelle and Palmer move up a base Bases are waterlogged David Gonzalez is the next batter in the bottom of the 6th FOFC continues to trail Negro League II David takes a couple of practice cuts There is no place for Redding to put Gonzalez He will have to give him something to hit Redding steps on the rubber Redding fires Strike out on a low, outside curve Just got the corner, I guess Redding really came through there Gonzalez is still standing at home plate! He can't believe that call That retires the side Redding works his way out of a jam For FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and 3 men left on base Dick Lundy, Cannonball Redding, and Spotswood Poles are due up Lundy steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Dick is 2 for 2 today Rodney adjusts his cap... Now he's set Here's the righthander's delivery It's a smash over second Blade leaps Just over his outstretched glove Lundy makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Cito Gaston will send up a pinch hitter Luke Easter steps out of the dugout! He will be up there against Rodney Lundy takes his lead Rodney looks the runner back Easter is stepping in to face Rodney Potpie is way in on the grass at first Palmer is in at third They are guarding against the bunt Watching Rodney, Easter wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Easter awaits the pitch It's coming down the pike Easter 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 away Spotswood Poles, a fine hitter, is due up next Wild Bill Wright will follow Rodney glares in at Poles as he steps in Now he's ready to go Rodney wastes no time He has the sign from Bullock Rodney brings it to the plate Curveball, in and low Poles 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 Lundy is now perched over at third That's two away Wild Bill Wright, the center fielder, strides to the plate Wright is one of the best hitters around The right-hander Rodney is set to deliver to Wright Rodney's righthanded delivery... Driven down the line Pflaggstettler has got a long run He can't get to it Wright running hard out of the box Pflaggstettler corrals the ball Wright motors into second Two-bagger! Lundy scores from third! "Big Bill" is now batting Brown has hit 6 triples this year Bullock flashes the sign... Rodney waves it off... Now he's happy Rodney 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 Brown swung right over the top of it! Lucky Mr. Rodney! That's it in the top of the 7th After 6 and a half innings in FOFC, Negro League II on top 3 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Max Manning will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Max has appeared in 75 games this season He has a record of 13-11 in 158 innings His ERA stands at 5.54 Barrett Blade stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Blade is batting .282 with 3 round trippers in 1900 The bat is cocked The pitch is on the way Blade starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Manning walks him Nights walks slowly to home plate He's had mixed success against Manning in the past Nights checks for the sign He has 4 triples this year Santop flashes the sign to Manning Here's the 3-0 offering The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Nights raps a hard grass cutter toward second Bankhead takes two steps to his left Scoops it up Over to second for one Back to first for the deuce! Two gone for FOFC Time is running out for them Pflaggstettler coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Manning likes the sign Manning leans back and fires Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into center It's in for a base hit... Wright quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Pflaggstettler dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Pflaggstettler with a single Jeeberoni Potpie, first baseman for the All Stars is up next Potpie wiggles the bat above his head Jeeberoni is set for the pitch The pitch to Potpie... It is a high hard one... Potpie goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Potpie couldn't hold back That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46358 It is the top of the 8th, Negro League II leads 3 to 1 Here come the "big guns" for Negro League II Jud Wilson will start things off John Beckwith will follow Wilson, Negro League II's first baseman, is out at the plate He will see if he can get things going Jud is batting at .283 with 33 home runs He is 0 for 3 so far today The umpire says let's go Rodney brings it to the plate In the dirt And Wilson holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning The third baseman, John Beckwith, is up next Rodney steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Rodney goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Wilson He lobs one to Potpie... Wilson is back easily We're ready again Now Rodney comes home Ground ball to the mound Rodney comes up with it He tosses it to second... Gets the force One out Due up next is Louis Santop Next up for Negro League II is Louis Santop FOFC is set up for two Rodney looks down at Bullock for the sign Now he's ready... The pitch is on the way Santop hits a screamer at Jeff Nights Nights picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play That's it for Negro League II Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 and a half innings, Negro League II has 3 runs, 9 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 7 hits and no errors Negro League II has left 6 on base FOFC has stranded 9 Leading off for the All Stars is the third baseman Palmer He'll be followed by Stan Gunner And then Gerald Gazelle Manning tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The righthander delivers Palmer hits a deep fly to left-center Wright is at the warning track He stumbles a little... Rights himself It bounces off the fence... Two-base hit for Palmer Gunner now at the plate Gerald Gazelle waits on deck Gunner, a lefthand hitter stands ready He's hitting .255 currently He was practicing hitting to leftfield earlier today in batting practice Santop flashes the sign... Manning shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Now Max delivers A high pop-up to first Wilson is under it... He backpedals Got it just in fair territory Fake pump towards second Palmer gets back to the bag One down for FOFC Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Gerald Gazelle is up next FOFC's center fielder finds 1 on with 1 out Gazelle is 0 for 2 today Gerald drew a walk last time up Manning has the sign from Santop Manning brings it home There's the heater... Strike three swinging! Gazelle will take his seat Negro League II ahead 3 to 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Japanese League toppling AL Pre WWII 9 to 2 Suzuki enjoying the big Japanese League lead Dead Ball Era slipping by Negro League I 8 to 6 NL Post WWII clipping Caribbean 9 to 5 NL Pre WWII leads Left Outs 4 to 3 Turn of Century besting Old Timers 6 to 1 Duffy has hit his 7th homerun for Turn of Century AL Post WWII bombing Late 20th 10 to 2 Billy Bullock will face Manning Righty against righty Bullock is hitting .244 against righthanders He's ready Max rocks and fires He hits a tough grounder to short Taken by Lundy Over to Wilson Got him! Score It: 6-3 That ends the inning After 8 innings, Negro League II leads by 2 Bankhead steps up to the plate for Negro League II It's the top of the 9th at FOFC Stadium Bankhead a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Rodney Rodney is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Rodney gets the sign from Bullock Here's the 2 strike pitch Smashed to the mound Rodney grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 One gone for Negro League II Nobody on, one away for Negro League II Up now is Lundy So far this season Lundy is hitting .314 when facing righthanded pitching Right-hander Rodney eyes the lefty Lundy The righthander Rodney's delivery Swung on and chopped down the third base line Palmer stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by Deacon Palmer Two up, two down Cito Gaston will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Buck O'Neil steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Rodney O'Neil is batting .175 on the year .171 as a pinch hitter Buck has 1 home run as a pinch hitter Buck O'Neil is coming to the plate O'Neil is at .175 on the season Rodney shakes off two signs Now he's ready We've got a full count... Rodney winds and fires... It's a routine fly into left Gunner ranges over and reaches up This should wrap-up the inning... It's in the bank That's all for Negro League II After 8 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, Negro League II leads 3 to 1 Dizzy Dismukes will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Dizzy has appeared in 43 games this season with a record of 2-6 In 53 innings, he has an 3.59 ERA Max Manning has finished his work here this afternoon Here's Dan Fouts to lead it off Dan Fouts is hitting .229 this year against righthanded pitchers Now set, Fouts waits for the pitch He brings it home Fouts hits a screamer at Dizzy Dismukes Dismukes picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Wilson off the bag Wilson swipes with the glove Fouts is out! Nice play by Wilson That's one away Blade will try his luck against Dismukes FOFC trails by 2 runs We're in the bottom of the 9th Dismukes ready quickly, looks in for the sign Dizzy winds... kicks... and delivers Blade hits a fly ball to left Spotswood Poles camps under it He's got it Up next for the All Stars Jeff Nights, the shortstop... If he gets on, Persimmon Pflaggstettler would bat next Before getting ready Nights checks out the defensive alignment Nights is set for the 3-1 pitch Dismukes kicks and fires Jeff Nights offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Nights couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Dick Lundy for the out Nights never even left the batter's box And that will do it for FOFC Negro League II wins 3 to 1 What a terrible time for the FOFC Bats to go cold. The team that has lead for most of the season, now finds itself in second place despite 2 very good outings by pitchers Neilsen and Babson...the bats better get going soon or the FOFCers are going to be watching the series from their living rooms... Redding gets credit for the win Dismukes notches the save Babson takes the loss The hitting star for Negro League II was Dick Lundy He was 3 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
8/27 Radio Broadcast
Are you ready for some baseball?... All right then, let's get the show on the road Al Mighty with his 8 and 9 record Will be facing Spotswood Poles Here we go, well almost... Here comes Hays out to the mound... Looks like they are checking their signs Now we are ready to start The southpaw winds and delivers Poles rips a hard drive off a hanging curve That will be in there for extra bases Poles is around first, heading for two... Gazelle is up with it and fires it in quickly Spotswood pulls up sharply at second... A stand-up double for the Negro League II left fielder Spotswood also ups his hitting streak to 15 games! That is Poles' 1st hit today Wright is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Wild Bill will be facing the lefty Mighty from the right side of the plate Of his 17 home runs, 5 are against southpaws Mighty squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The pitch on the way, here it is... Swung on... Broken bat ground ball to second Picked up by Blade Over to first... Just in time to get Wright Poles advances easily One away in the top of the 1st for Negro League II "Big Bill" is now batting Stepping in and then stepping out again Brown looks to third for a sign Brown awaits the pitch Now the delivery, here is is... Fastball in on the hands... Brown hits a medium deep fly ball Gazelle lines up for his throw to the plate Here's the catch, and here's the throw... The slide... A collision at the plate... SAFE!!... The ball trickles away from the catcher Nobody looks hurt on the play Now batting will be the third baseman, John Beckwith Mighty looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Mighty goes into his windup Here it comes A hot shot on the ground to Nights He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Beckwith is out And we go to the home-half of the first inning It's Negro League II 1, All Stars coming up Let me set the Negro League II defense as Barrett Blade steps in Verdell Mathis and Santop will be battery mates Mathis is a lefthanded hurler Over at first will be Wilson Bankhead will be at second His double play partner is Lundy at short Beckwith is at the hot corner From left to right in the outfield It will be Poles, Wright and Brown Now here is FOFC's leadoff hitter batting righthanded, their second baseman, Barrett Blade Blade is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in The umpire says let's go And the delivery by Mathis Blade tries to hold up Santop points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! One down for FOFC Gerald Gazelle is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC One out, nobody on base Gerald Gazelle is the batter Gazelle is at .246 on the season Mathis adjusts his cap... Now he's set Mathis brings it to the plate Slider, down and in... Gazelle manages to hit a shallow fly Poles charging hard... dives... Great diving catch by Poles! He slid several feet after making that stab And there's two away Jeeberoni Potpie will step in to face Mathis next If he gets on, Dan Fouts will follow Potpie grips the bat handle Mathis looks down at Santop for the sign Now he's ready... The southpaw Mathis' delivery on the 1-1 pitch Potpie hits a three hopper towards Dick Lundy Lundy scoops it and fires it to first for the out At the end of one inning,... Negro League II ahead 1 to 0 Negro League II will send Santop, Jud Wilson, and Sam Bankhead to face Al Mighty this inning Hays flashes the sign... Mighty waves it off... Now he's happy Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Mighty The delivery Santop takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees Santop is out on strikes One up, one down Nobody on base, one away Wilson steps into the batter's box Mighty 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 0-2 delivery by the lefthander There's a ground ball into the hole Fouts and Nights converge on it It's picked by Nights who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! Two men gone, nobody on Negro League II leads by 1 Walking up to the plate now is Bankhead Negro League II leading in the game Bankhead is batting .256 with 5 homers this year Mighty eyes Bankhead intently Here's the southpaw's delivery Hard inside slider... The swing... Bankhead hits a grounder into the hole Potpie makes an incredible stop... But he's in no position to make a throw Score that a single Lundy digs in at the plate Ready now for Mighty to come set And Al studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it Mighty rocks and fires There's a high pop fly to the outfield Gerald Gazelle moves to his left He makes the catch Wait, he bobbles it! Gazelle grabs it with his bare hand for the out That's it here in the top of the 2nd It's 1-0 in favor of the visitors from Negro League II We'll be back in just a moment Leading off for the All Stars is the third baseman Fouts He'll be followed by K. A. Ton And then Harry Hays Fouts, a switch-hitter, up there right-handed against the southpaw Verdell Mathis Dan steadies his bat Waits patiently for Mathis' pitch Mathis fires Long fly to left Poles has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Fouts is retired on a fairly deep fly Mathis gets the first out in the inning Planting his right foot Ton is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Ton Mathis peers in for the sign Ton is a formidable opponent Verdell has allowed 15 home runs versus righties this year And K. A. is no ordinary hitter Here's the 1-0 pitch Fastball... Ton jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep center There goes Wright after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Wild Bill Wright! Two gone for FOFC Two outs, nobody on base Negro League II on top 1 to 0 in the second Here comes Harry Hays to face Mathis Left-hander Verdell Mathis prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Hays The lefthander winds and delivers Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Pflaggstettler moves into the batter's box The All Stars have the tying run at first The outfield shades towards left for Pflaggstettler Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Mathis' 2-1 pitch... There's a fly ball into straight-away left Poles one hands it... OUT! That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 innings, Negro League II has one run, 2 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base Negro League II has stranded 1 Verdell Mathis is coming to the plate He loves to hit and is quite good at it too Mighty will have to be careful Mighty steps on the rubber Here's the 2 strike offering Right down the middle... strike three Mathis must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch With one down, up next is Spotswood Poles To be followed by Wild Bill Wright Poles is ready to face Mighty Against lefthanders Poles is hitting .354 this season He's ready for the delivery He brings it home Long drive Way back... back It's heading towards the fence K. A. Ton has a chance He grabs it on the run! That's two away Wild Bill Wright makes his way to home plate Wright can't seem to get settled at the plate Wright readies himself for the pitch Mighty kicks and fires Wright drives one into center Gerald Gazelle sprints over to make the play Three away in the top of the 3rd Negro League II leads 1 to 0 Let's go to the ticker And see how everyone else is faring Japanese League is on top of AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Negro League I is giving it to Dead Ball Era 6 to 1 Day enjoying the big Negro League I lead NL Post WWII is edging Caribbean 2 to 1 Musial has hit his 26th homerun for NL Post WWII NL Pre WWII is edging Left Outs 1 to 0 Alexander and Lemon currently dueling Old Timers and Turn of Century have yet to score Clarkson and Wood currently dueling AL Post WWII and Late 20th are deadlocked at 1 Ryan battling Clemens Jeff Nights is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Jeff is hitting at .282 on the year He has 146 hits in 517 at bats This includes 30 doubles, 4 triples 17 home runs and 70 RBI's Mathis has the sign from Santop The southpaw's 1-0 delivery Ground ball to the left side... Lundy scoops it up Over to first for the putout FOFC with one away Mathis steps off the mound as he waits for Al Mighty to come to the plate Mighty pounds the plate Now he stares out at Mathis Mathis looks down at Santop for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Here's the 0-1 offering There's a routine pop by Mighty Bankhead moves under it and makes the catch Barrett Blade is coming to the plate Blade is 0 for 1 today Barrett struck out last time up Mathis steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The lefthander Mathis comes home with it Swung on and hit sharply to second Bankhead plays it on one bounce Over to Wilson... Out of there! That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Brown saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Brown is at .274 on the season Hays flashes the sign to Mighty Mighty goes into his windup And here's the 2 strike offering A low bouncer to Blade It bounces off his chest... But he keeps it in front of him Over to first... Brown is out! Shows the importance of good positioning And there's one away Beckwith departs the on-deck circle He makes his way quickly to the plate Beckwith is taking his practice swings John is 0 for 1 this evening Beckwith gets set for the pitch The All Stars' hurler winds and delivers Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Ton And he pulls it in 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 Two out, nobody on Up now is Santop Santop has managed a .282 average against lefthanders this year All set, Santop is ready for the pitch The lefthander Mighty delivers It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Fouts for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That'll do it in the top of the 4th No runs, no hits and no errors Negro League II leads 1 to 0 And now we'll pause for station identification This is your Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System... Gerald Gazelle leads it off Gazelle is 0 for 1 today Gerald flied out last time around He's in his crouch Gazelle can really swing that wood The lefthander delivers Gazelle really smacks this one He was waiting on the change At the fence... Wright can't get this one It's gone, just over the fence! Gazelle has just tied the game at 1 a piece Facing Mathis now is Potpie Dan Fouts heads to the on deck circle K. A. Ton waits in the hole Mathis shakes off the sign... Now "Lefty" shakes off another one... Verdellhas an overpowering fastball And look out for that pick-off move! The southpaw winds and delivers A high foul ball... Drifting towards the third-base dugout Santop is after it Beckwith chasing it as well Who will get it? It lands between them!!! There's a good reason to institute the "team error" . . . Potpie back in the box And here comes the next pitch Fastball, at the letters... Potpie crunches it... There's a high belt... Driven deep into left-centerfield... Poles running to the fence... It's outta here HOME RUN 37 for Potpie this year! Walking up to the plate now is Fouts K. A. Ton waits on deck Fouts has a .380 average against lefties Fouts waits on Mathis Now Verdell delivers Fouts hits a screamer at John Beckwith Beckwith picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Wilson off the bag Wilson swipes with the glove Fouts is out! Nice play by Wilson One away K. A. Ton, a fine hitter, is due up next Harry Hays will follow Mathis glares in at Ton K. A. Ton just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Ton is batting .300 with 13 round trippers in 1900 K. A. is ready for the delivery Mathis is into his wind-up And the 3-2 pitch is on its way... The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Ton held up, and draws a walk Mathis isn't happy at all with that call Hays finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Negro League II is set up for two Mathis adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Santop The pitch to Hays... It's a rainbow shot toward center Wright reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch Pflaggstettler is up now for FOFC Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 today Mathis is on the third-base side of the rubber... Mathis goes into his stretch... Looks at Ton... He fires one to Wilson... Ton dives back in That's his best move to first... Wilson lobs it back Now Mathis comes home Pflaggstettler drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Pflaggstettler Looks like Nights will be given a free pass here And he is... that's four wide ones Al Mighty is the batter due up next Two on, two outs... Mighty steps to the plate Mighty wiggles the bat above his head A count of two balls, two strikes on Mighty Mathis checks the runners Swung on and missed... Mighty is down on strikes That's all for the All Stars After 4 innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC ahead 3 to 1 |
8/27 Radio Broadcast Continued
Jud Wilson will step into the box to start the inning Negro League II would like to get some runners on board Wilson swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Mighty Wilson waiting on the delivery Here's his delivery Grounded down the line Potpie to Mighty covering first Score It: 3-1 That's one away Bankhead is up next One gone, top of the 5th Dick Lundy moves out on deck Sam is 1 for 1 this summer evening He singled in his last plate appearance Mighty is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Mighty gets the sign from Hays The pitch is on the way Sinking fastball... Bankhead swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Fouts... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Al Mighty retires the first two batters in a row The smooth fielding shortstop, Dick Lundy, is now batting Before getting ready Lundy checks out the defensive alignment Mighty steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Now Al delivers Lundy laces a hit into the outfield Persimmon Pflaggstettler picks it up Fires it to the infield Lundy holds with a single Verdell Mathis steps in against Mighty Left-hander against left-hander We'll see how they pitch to Mathis Mighty wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The southpaw delivers the 3-1 pitch Mighty jams him with a fastball Swung on and topped out toward short Nights is up with it... Over to Potpie at first And Mathis beats it out! Lundy is able to advance on the slow roller Spotswood Poles is up next He'll be hitting with 2 men on board Poles gets set He's 1 for 2 so far Poles is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Mighty He's waiting for the pitch After checking the runners Here comes the pitch Base hit to left for Poles Willie Randolph is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score The center fielder, Wild Bill Wright will be up next for Negro League II Wild Bill is hitting at .293 on the year He has 154 hits in 525 at bats His speed has propelled him to 13 stolen bases Poles and Mathis inch off first and second Wright is waiting for the pitch Mighty checks the runners A slider by Mighty Wright gets good wood on it... Ton back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That wraps up the inning for Negro League II So After 4 and a half innings FOFC has 3 runs, 4 hits and no errors While Negro League II has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors Negro League II has left 3 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 3 Barrett Blade stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Barrett is batting .280 with 3 home runs on the season He is 0 for 2 today Blade, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Mathis Mathis brings it to the plate Blade rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Beckwith spears it! A shot right at the Negro League II third baseman Piece of cake! One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Japanese League is on top of AL Pre WWII 2 to 0 Oh has hit his 45th homerun for Japanese League Negro League I is giving it to Dead Ball Era 6 to 1 Day enjoying the big Negro League I lead NL Post WWII leads Caribbean 2 to 1 Musial has hit his 26th homerun for NL Post WWII NL Pre WWII is edging Left Outs 1 to 0 Old Timers and Turn of Century are scoreless AL Post WWII and Late 20th are deadlocked at 1 Ryan and Clemens currently dueling And right here in FOFC FOFC ahead 3 to 2 Now batting will be Gerald Gazelle The center fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 1 Gerald takes a couple of practice cuts Gazelle is waiting on the pitch Mathis brings it home Gazelle swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Mathis strikes out Gerald Gazelle Two down Potpie moseys up to the plate Dan Fouts is heading for the on-deck circle Potpie scuffs up the lines around the box Verdell Mathis still on the mound for the Twos... Mathis has gone the distance so far He's given up 4 hits in 4 2/3 innings Mathis kicks and fires Strike three called A curve that broke over Number 4 for Verdell Mathis today 113 on the year That ends the bottom of the 5th No runs, no hits and no errors After 5 innings, FOFC leads by 1 Here's the right fielder Brown To lead off the inning He'll be followed by John Beckwith And then Louis Santop The right-handed Brown will be facing the southpaw 2 of his 15 home runs come via this route Willard seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Al rocks and fires Slow ground ball Potpie is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One gone for Negro League II Beckwith walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Louis Santop moves into the on deck circle Negro League II needs some runs Beckwith is 0 for 2 today Al gets the sign from Hays The southpaw Mighty delivers the 1-2 pitch STRIKE THREE, CALLED! Two out, nobody on FOFC on top 3 to 2 Santop gets set at the plate Santop is at .279 on the season Mighty wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Mighty will try to get Santop to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Mighty punches him out! And that retires the side Fouts saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Mathis is saying a few words to Bankhead... So far in 1900, Verdell has a 9 and 10 record with 4 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign Mathis brings it to the plate Fastball, busted in on the hands Fouts manages to get a piece of it Bouncing it over the mound Bankhead cuts it off in front of the bag Rifles a throw to Wilson... And Fouts is called out on a close play One out Due up next is K. A. Ton Now here's Ton Ton is 0 for 1 today, with 1 walk K. A. drew a walk in his last at bat Ton is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly It's coming down the pike Curveball, breaking in on him DOWN HE GOES!... It missed him for ball four Ton's slow getting up... Here comes Tay Pemup the trainer... He looks OK, just shaken up a bit... Ton heads down to first One away, Ton at first Hays is coming to the plate Hays is 1 for 2 today Mathis tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Mathis brings it to the plate Fastball down low... Hays swings and hits one out to left Spotswood Poles is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Mathis Ton trots back to first Persimmon Pflaggstettler will get a crack at Mathis next Jeff Nights would be up next... But only if Pflaggstettler can reach safely Ton will be running if it's hit Mathis has the sign from Santop The southpaw delivers Pflaggstettler drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Wild Bill Wright throws the ball away for an error! Double for Pflaggstettler Up now for FOFC is Nights Two away, nobody on The righthander, Nights has an average of .282 His success against lefties, like Mathis is better, however, at .307 Two balls, two strikes the count The lefty Mathis delivers Nights rips one to right He hit it right on the nose... Brown is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Willard Brown That's three outs, side retired It's Wilson to start things for Negro League II FOFC leads 5 to 2 in the top of the 7th As Mighty prepares to throw... I notice Benton Breeze conversing with Chuck Tanner in the dugout They have got to be pleased with Mighty's performance today The pitch is on the way Wilson swings It's a drooper into shallow left field Nights is running with his back to the infield He reaches up... What a grab! FOFC gets the first out of the inning Sam Bankhead, the second baseman, strides to the plate Bankhead is 1 for 2 today Al Mighty steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The southpaw delivers Hard high fastball Bankhead slams a one hopper down the line Potpie grabs it behind the bag He waves off Mighty He easily beats Bankhead by several steps Two down Lundy saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Lundy, a switch-hitter, up there right-handed against the southpaw Al Mighty Mighty takes the first sign The lefthander Mighty delivers Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's three up, three down FOFC has 5 runs, 5 hits and no errors While Negro League II has 2 runs, 5 hits and one error It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Mighty 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 Mighty swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Mathis Mighty waits on Mathis The pitch is on the way Slow ground ball Wilson is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One gone for FOFC Blade, the second baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC on top 5 to 2 Blade digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mathis Blade waiting on the delivery Here's his delivery Comebacker, right to Mathis Over to Wilson for the easy out Two gone for FOFC Gazelle coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Gazelle is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Gazelle waits for the delivery With a 0-2 count, the pitch Gazelle hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at short Lundy dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the short stop, Dick Lundy! That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 5-2, FOFC Cito Gaston will send up a pinch hitter Yes, Buck O'Neil steps out of the dugout He will be up there against Mighty O'Neil is batting .173 on the year .169 as a pinch hitter Buck has 1 home run as a pinch hitter O'Neil steps to the plate It's the top of the 8th here at FOFC Stadium FOFC ahead 5 to 2 O'Neil is batting .173 with 1 HR this year Left-hander Al Mighty prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging O'Neil Mighty kicks and delivers The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal O'Neil held up, and draws a walk Mighty isn't happy at all with that call And it brings up Spotswood Poles On deck is Wild Bill Wright Willard Brown in the hole Spotswood is 9th in the league in batting with a .325 average Now set, Poles waits for the pitch The southpaw's 3-1 delivery Fastball, up in the strike zone Swung on... It's a swinging bunt... Mighty charges in, barehands it THROWS TO SECOND!... OUT AT SECOND! Score this one a force out While we wait for Wild Bill Wright to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard Japanese League is in front of AL Pre WWII 3 to 0 Kaneda comfortably ahead for Japanese League Negro League I besting Dead Ball Era 6 to 1 Torriente has hit his 15th homerun for Negro League I Caribbean leads NL Post WWII 3 to 2 Musial has hit his 26th homerun for NL Post WWII NL Pre WWII leads Left Outs 3 to 2 Hartnett has hit his 22nd homerun for NL Pre WWII Old Timers and Turn of Century are deadlocked at 2 AL Post WWII leads Late 20th 3 to 2 Ryan battling Clemens OK, let's see if Negro League II can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 3 Batting for Negro League II will be Wright Wright has hit 17 home runs this year Mighty likes the sign Here's the 3-1 offering Wright hits one toward third Fouts fronts it... Oops, he bobbles it... Now he has the handle... Long throw to first Wright is safe by two steps! Error on the play Willard Brown is up next Negro League II's right fielder finds 2 on with 1 out The outfield shades towards left for Brown Mighty gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign Mighty checks the runners Half swing Chopper to third Fouts comes up with it Over to second for one On to first Not in time! Score It: 5-4 Poles takes third The runner on first, Wright, is out Two gone in the inning The Twos are in danger of losing this game Down by 3 Negro League II currently stands 30.0 games out of the National lead, in 7th place Beckwith saunters to the plate Negro League II has two on and two out Mighty is happy with the sign And the delivery by Mighty Beckwith swings and lifts one toward center Gazelle drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That retires the side... Beckwith fails to come through in the clutch For Negro League II, No runs, no hits, one error and 2 men left on base Frank Wickware will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Frank has appeared in 33 games this season He has a record of 4-13 in 155 innings His ERA stands at 7.08 Here's Jeeberoni Potpie leading off Dan Fouts is on deck And Stan Gunner is in the hole Wickware gets the sign, it's one he likes Wickware fires Potpie lofts a fly to deep right Brown trots slowly under it... He makes the catch And there's one away Fouts finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Dan is taking his sweet time getting ready The umpire says a few words to Dan... Now we're set to go Two balls, two strikes the count Frank winds... kicks... and delivers Fouts rips a high drive into right Brown races to the wall Reaches up Flags it down Two gone here in the bottom of the 8th We want to welcome the FOFC "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Gunner is up now for FOFC The outfield's shaded towards right With Gunner at the plate Wickware steps on the rubber Now Frank delivers Groundball off the change-up... Past Wilson at first... It's rolling into the outfield grass... Gunner gets a base hit Stretching to his lead is Gunner He has this down to a science He is an outstanding base stealer He gives opposing teams fits Wickware throws over to first... He puts nothin' on it... Just a bluff... Now he is set again... Spins and fires one to first... Gunner scrambles back quickly... He just avoids the tag! He should have dove back Almost got caught With a runner at first and two outs Hays walks to the plate Wickware adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Santop Wickware goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Gunner He lobs one to Wilson... Gunner is back easily... We're ready again Now Wickware comes home Swing and a miss Strike three Hays goes down on strikes That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 8 innings, FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and one error While Negro League II has 2 runs, 5 hits and one error FOFC has left 4 on base Negro League II has stranded 5 Negro League II will send Santop, Jud Wilson, and Sam Bankhead to face Al Mighty this inning FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Santop is 0 for 3 today The umpire says let's go Santop is ready The southpaw Mighty's delivery Good slider, inside part of the plate Santop gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Wilson now at the plate Sam Bankhead waits on deck Wilson is one of the best hitters around Al Mighty on the mound for the All Stars... Mighty has gone the distance so far He's given up 5 hits and 2 runs He brings it home Jud Wilson offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Wilson couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Barrett Blade for the out Wilson never even left the batter's box Mighty looks down at Bankhead as he steps in Sam is ready to go The outfield's shaded towards left for Bankhead He's 1 for 3 today Bankhead, a righthand hitter Waits patiently for the pitch from Mighty Mighty brings it to the plate There's a line drive in the gap by Bankhead That looks like an easy two-bagger Gerald Gazelle dives to get the ball And fires it in to second Bankhead has himself a double With two out Batting for Negro League II now is Lundy Mighty has a 6-hitter going through 8 2/3 innings It's coming down the pike Fastball, just inside to Lundy So Lundy walks A rare walk today by Mighty Only 2 issued in the game That is certainly part of the reason he now enjoys a 3 run lead Now batting for Negro League II... Oliver Marcelle... He'll pinch hit for Frank Wickware Marcelle with a .179 average on the season And now here's Oliver Marcelle Spotswood Poles on deck... Two outs here in the top of the 9th Marcelle can't seem to get settled at the plate Marcelle waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Knowles checks the runners Grounded towards the bag Potpie trots to the bag Score It: 3 And that will do it for Negro League II FOFC wins 5 to 2 Mighty gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Mathis takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 2 for 3 And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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8/28 Radio Broadcast
I see by the clock that we're ready to go here in FOFC Poles steps in to start things off for Negro League II 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 Gunner, Gazelle and Pflaggstettler Now Poles steps into the batter's box This game's about to begin Poles finishes his stretching Let's play some ball... Williams brings it to the plate There's a fly ball to Stan Gunner Gunner circles under it... He makes the play That's one away Now batting will be Wild Bill Wright Williams likes the sign Williams brings it to the plate Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Palmer It's by him... Gunner comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Wright to a single Taking his lead is Wright Wright held closely by Williams Coming to the plate is Brown Wright's the runner on first He's doing his best to unnerve Williams FOFC is set up for two Williams adjusts his cap... Now he's set Now John delivers Bouncer in the hole It's past Blade into right field An opposite field hit! Wright is tearing around second Coach Willie Randolph is waving him on to third He'll make it easily Planting his right foot Beckwith is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Beckwith Beckwith has 25 doubles this year John gets the sign from Hays Williams brings it to the plate Base hit to center for Beckwith Wright scores Third base coach Willie Randolph is motioning Brown to third... The throw is going to third... Gerald Gazelle throws the ball away for an error! That'll bring up Twos' catcher Louis Santop... Negro League II with a man in scoring position at second Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Williams fires 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 Louis runs right into him Nice play as that ball was thrown on the rightfield side of the bag Lucky the collision didn't hurt anyone That's the second out of the inning While we wait for Jud Wilson to get a new bat Let's point out that Negro League II is 7 and 3 in their last ten games The first baseman, Jud Wilson will be up next for Negro League II Wilson is at .281 on the season Hays flashes the sign to Williams The southpaw delivers It's popped up into foul territory Barrett Blade is under it He puts it away Score It: 4 That does it in the top of the 1st Now a brief message from our hosts This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System We are pleased you joined us for today's ballgame Now back to baseball where After one half inning, Negro League II leads 2 to 0 To lead off this inning is Barrett Blade FOFC needs a pair to tie this game Barrett is hitting at .279 on the year He has 116 hits in 416 at bats FOFC's leadoff hitter... Barrett has scored 59 runs on the season Brewer steps on the rubber Brewer will try to get Blade to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Blade really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Poles was positioned well and has a shot at it He is still running... At the fence... He dives for it... OUT!!! One down for FOFC Jeff Nights is still in the on-deck circle and Persimmon Pflaggstettler is looking for a bat in the dugout All Stars' shortstop Nights is up next Nights is one of the best hitters around Brewer squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Now ready, here it is... There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Spotswood Poles is at the wall... (Possible HR or Out Fielding ability: Great,) He's jumping for it... He can't get it! That's a homerun for Jeff Nights Coming up for FOFC is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Nobody on base, one out Pflaggstettler wiggles the bat above his head Pflaggstettler is set for the pitch Here's the righthander's delivery Extra base hit to center for Pflaggstettler Wild Bill Wright is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a triple! No... he decides to hold up Next up is Jeeberoni Potpie Pflaggstettler is the runner on second He represents the tying run One out, man on second Brewer gets the sign, it's one he likes Brewer rocks and fires It's a shallow fly by Potpie Wright runs in, calls for it He makes the catch with a snap of his glove Potpie is out Two gone for FOFC Harry Hays is up next Pflaggstettler, who can fly is at second Brewer and Santop will be on their toes Negro League II is only ahead by 1 A base hit should score Pflaggstettler Chet is ready Brewer's 0-2 pitch... Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Hays is outta there The crowd is showering the home plate ump with a barrage of "blind" barbs That's all for the All Stars... As we head to the top of the second inning... Negro League II leads 2 to 1 Here's the second baseman Bankhead To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Dick Lundy And then Chet Brewer Left-hander John Williams prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Bankhead The southpaw Williams' delivery Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Bankhead was frozen on that fastball by Williams High and on the outside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch And there's one away Walking up to the plate now is Lundy Negro League II leading in the game Lundy is at .267 on the season Williams ready quickly, looks in for the sign With a 2-0 count, the pitch Slow ground ball Palmer is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT That's the second out of the inning Chet Brewer, the pitcher, strides to the plate Hitching up his pants... Brewer gazes out to the mound Brewer is waiting on the pitch The lefthander Williams delivers Fastball... and it hits Brewer... or did it? No, it didn't!!! It's ball four... Brewer will take first base on a walk Negro League II left fielder, Spotswood Poles, is up next Williams looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Brewer dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch Bouncer to the mound Williams comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That's all for the Twos No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base... We go to the bottom of the 2nd... Negro League II ahead 2 to 1 Stan Gunner, Deacon Palmer, and Gerald Gazelle are the scheduled hitters It's the bottom of the 2nd... Twos lead the All Stars, 2-1 Santop flashes the sign... Brewer shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Now to the belt, here it is... What a pitch... strike three Brewer put that one on the black, a perfect pitch One down for FOFC Deacon Palmer is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Nobody on base, one away Palmer steps into the batter's box Palmer is one of the best hitters around Right-hander Brewer eyes the righty Palmer He brings it home Fastball, at the letters... Palmer crunches it... There's a high belt... Driven deep into left-centerfield... Wright running to the fence... It's outta here HOME RUN 8 for Palmer this year! Making his way up is Gazelle Gazelle is hitting .173 against righthanders Gerald steadies his bat And waits patiently for Brewer's pitch Now Chet delivers Gazelle tries to hold up Santop points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! Two down Santop asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Santop and Brewer FOFC sends the pitcher, John Williams, up to the plate Williams swinging from the right side facing the righty Brewer Williams waits patiently Bankhead comes in a couple steps Yells something to Brewer The delivery Williams swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Brewer strikes out John Williams That's all for the All Stars... After 2 innings here at FOFC Stadium in FOFC, The score is knotted at 2 Wright up now to lead off The outfield shades towards left for Wright Williams studies his sign The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch Wright swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Williams strikes out Wild Bill Wright One down, nobody on Game tied And the batter is Willard Brown John Beckwith is on-deck Willard, a right-handed hitter, will face the lefty Williams Of his 15 home runs, 2 are against southpaws He's ready for the delivery Here's the southpaw's delivery Struck him out on a fastball Brown goes down swinging That's two away The third baseman, John Beckwith, is up next Beckwith is batting .265 with 27 HR's this year Williams' reaching for the resin bag He is having a fine year for FOFC Quite an important member of the staff Already with 15 wins, John has racked up 179 innings in 1900 Now he is ready to go John rocks and fires A jug-handled curve Beckwith 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 John Beckwith Two out, Beckwith at first Coming up is Louis Santop Santop has a .274 average against lefties Santop waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Williams goes into his stretch... Looks over at Beckwith Fires to Potpie... Beckwith is back easily... We're ready again Now Williams comes home It's a BULLET, hit towards second Blade makes a great catch! Score It: 4 That's it for Negro League II Here at FOFC Stadium, After 2 and a half innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and one error While Negro League II has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors Negro League II has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 1 Barrett Blade, Jeff Nights, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler are due up Barrett is batting .278 with 3 home runs on the season He is 0 for 1 today Blade looks very intent... He stares down at Brewer... Cocks his bat The righthander delivers Blade gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Lundy into the outfield... Base hit for Blade Nights gets set at the plate Jeff looks down at the third base coach He gets the sign from Dick Howser Blade takes his lead Brewer has the sign from Santop The stretch... the delivery Nights will try the hit and run! Nights misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Blade is off to the races He can run... The peg down... Blade slides head first to the outside... Avoids the tag... He's safe... WAIT, he overslid the bag... And he's back in safely avoiding the tag again! That will be stolen base number 10 for the 1900 season Nights squares, and bunts it down the line Beckwith picks it up and fires to first OUT by a whisker Had Nights been a left-handed hitter He might have had a hit Score it a sacrifice That's one away Now here's Pflaggstettler Pflaggstettler is hitting .309 against righties Brewer has the sign he wants Here's his delivery Swung on and missed by Pflaggstettler, he's down on strikes Two gone in the bottom of the 3rd Negro League II is still in quite a jam Clutch situation for Jeeberoni Potpie He'll come up against the righthanded Brewer Facing Brewer now is Potpie Harry Hays heads to the on deck circle Stan Gunner waits in the hole Jeeberoni is hitting at .278 on the year He has 137 hits in 493 at bats Today, he is 0 for 1 Potpie flied out his last time up Potpie is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Brewer He's waiting for the pitch The pitch is on the way Grounded down the line Beckwith can't come up with it BASE HIT! Blade scores from third! Stepping in the batter's box, Hays Potpie at first, two away Hays is at .325 on the season Brewer shakes off two signs Now he's ready Here's the 0-1 offering Swung on and lofted very high... and deep... Poles starts back, turns... He's at the fence... And he pulls it in! That's all for the All Stars After 3 innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC ahead 3 to 2 Negro League II will send Wilson, Sam Bankhead, and Dick Lundy to face John Williams this inning Wilson has a .321 average against lefthanders He is .280 overall Jud steadies his bat Waits patiently for Williams' pitch Williams brings it home Jud Wilson swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... IT'S CAUGHT! Stan Gunner hauls it in up against the fence in left One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games AL Pre WWII with the lead over Japanese League 4 to 1 Dead Ball Era and Negro League I have yet to score NL Post WWII is in front of Caribbean 5 to 2 Mathews has hit his 44th homerun for NL Post WWII Left Outs leads NL Pre WWII 1 to 0 Old Timers and Turn of Century are scoreless AL Post WWII is beating Late 20th 6 to 2 And it brings up Sam Bankhead On deck is Dick Lundy Chet Brewer in the hole Bankhead is 0 for 1 today Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Williams kicks and fires Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Williams punches him out! Two down That'll bring up Dick Lundy Chet Brewer will follow if Lundy gets aboard Hays is rubbing his thumb He hurt it two or three days ago And it still bothers him... Some of Williams' pitches really cause him to wince But he wants to play through it Lundy steps into the box Lundy is at .265 on the season Lundy is set for the 3-2 pitch Here's Williams' windup And the lefthander comes home with it Sinking fastball... Lundy swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Stan Gunner up first for FOFC He is a threat to steal if he gets on We're in the bottom of the 4th Brewer tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's the windup... and the pitch Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Gunner swings way over it He was fooled completely Santop loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Stan as he was heading for the dugout One gone for FOFC Deacon Palmer will face Brewer Righty against righty Palmer a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Brewer Right-hander Brewer prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Palmer The pitch is on the way Belt high fastball, on the outside corner Grounded to short Lundy ranging into the hole... He backhands it... Plants his right foot... Fires to first SAFE!...By a step Coming to the plate is Gazelle One down and runner at first Gazelle is batting .245 with 26 HR's this year Brewer is happy with the sign The righthander Brewer delivers Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Gazelle looks at strike three One more chance for FOFC this inning Slowly coming up is Williams for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC leads 3 to 2 Brewer adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Santop The righthander Brewer's delivery Strike Three! Brewer has now struck out 8 and we are only in fourth! That's all for the All Stars After 4 full innings of play, they lead by 1 Buck O'Neil is swinging a bat He'll come up to hit for Chet Brewer O'Neil is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Williams steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready 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 So one up and one gone One out, nobody on base Spotswood Poles is the batter Poles is at .324 on the season Williams adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Hays Williams brings it to the plate Poles drives one into center Gerald Gazelle sprints over to make the play And there's two away Up now for Negro League II is Wright Two away, nobody on Wright is batting .293 with 17 HR's 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 The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 2 strike pitch Wright is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position No runs for Negro League II in the top of the 5th FOFC on top 3 to 2 We'll be right back Max Manning will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Max has appeared in 76 games this season He has a record of 13-11 with 4 saves His ERA stands at 5.47 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 looks down toward the third base coach, Dick Howser Set now is Blade The pitch to Blade... Extra base hit to center for Blade Wild Bill Wright 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 Up next for the All Stars Jeff Nights, the shortstop On-deck is Persimmon Pflaggstettler... He'll be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie Nights is batting .283 with 18 HR's this year Manning is slow to get ready He has a 5.47 ERA this year Now he's ready And the delivery by Manning The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Nights held up, and draws a walk Manning isn't happy at all with that call Persimmon Pflaggstettler makes his way to home plate Pflaggstettler is 1 for 2 on the day He looks around at the Negro League II infield Wilson is kicking the dirt at first Beckwith is even with the bag at third Bankhead and Lundy are ready with hands on knees at second and short Pflaggstettler cocks his bat The runners stretch out to their leads Here's the 3-2 pitch Base hit to center for Pflaggstettler Blade scores Third base coach Dick Howser is motioning Nights to third... The throw is going to third... Nights is out at third base! Pflaggstettler advances to 2nd on the throw Potpie, the first baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC leads 4 to 2 Potpie is 1 for 2 today Jeeberoni singled last time around Santop flashes the sign... Manning waves it off... Now he's happy The pitch on the way, here it is... Potpie slaps a routine grounder to Lundy Dick picks it up... Looks Pflaggstettler back to second Sidearms a throw to Wilson Potpie is out Two away now for FOFC They're ahead by 2 The All Stars have 8 hits on the evening Looks like they want nothing to do with Hays Or his .324 batting average... He is being put on to set up the force... The All Stars will send Stan Gunner up to the plate Stan steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Gunner is 0 for 2 today He struck out last time up Gunner waits for the pitch A quick check of the runners... And the pitch Gunner pops it straight up over the infield... And it will be Bankhead making the play Gunner chokes in the clutch! That's it for FOFC here in the bottom of the 5th They leave 2 runners stranded FOFC has 4 runs, 8 hits and one error While Negro League II has 2 runs, 4 hits and no errors Leading off now for Negro League II is Brown Williams is ready quickly Williams is behind in the count Here's the 2-0 offering There's a check swing by Brown It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Harry Hays makes the catch against the stands One out Due up next is John Beckwith Nobody on, one away for Negro League II Up now is Beckwith John steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Willie Randolph relays the sign from Cito Gaston Beckwith singled last time up and now is 2 for 2 John takes off his cap... He brushes some hair off his forehead He taps his bat on the plate He's ready to go The lefty Williams delivers It's popped behind home plate Hays throws down his mask He's running back At the screen... The wind blows it... Right back to him John Beckwith is out Two out, nobody on FOFC ahead 4 to 2 |
8/28 Radio Broadcast Continued
Louis Santop will get a crack at Williams next Jud Wilson would be up next... But only if Santop can reach safely Santop is hitting .277 with 19 homeruns Louis also has 15 doubles and 3 triples And has driven in a total of 58 runs Louis is eagerly awaiting Williams' pitch It's coming down the pike Ball four is the call Williams can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Williams Santop takes first base Jud "Boojum" Wilson, the hard nosed first baseman with extra base power, is approaching the plate Santop will be running if it's hit And John studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it The southpaw's 1-0 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! We head to the bottom of the 6th here in FOFC... Still 4-2, FOFC Deacon Palmer, Gerald Gazelle, and John Williams are the first three All Stars batters due up FOFC leads, 4-2 Deacon is hitting at .326 on the year He has 119 hits in 365 at bats This includes 21 doubles, 2 triples 8 home runs and 49 RBI's Max Manning on in relief of Chet Brewer Here's the 3-2 offering Palmer rips the curve to left-center... Wright racing back to the fence... He leaps up for the drive... Can't quite get it!!... Palmer around first... Wright quickly runs it down Fires a strong throw... Off the mark.. Palmer makes it easily into second That's a double for Palmer Now batting for FOFC will be their center fielder, Gerald Gazelle The All Stars are out in front by 2 We are in the bottom of the 6th Gazelle's bat has been very quiet so far this season In 246 at bats, he is only batting .244 He's also strikeout prone Max looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Manning looks back towards second... The pitch Changeup down low... Gazelle takes a rip and hits one out to left Spotswood Poles comes in a step... Now he's under it... Easy out for Manning Palmer trots back to second One out The All Stars have a 2 run lead Williams squares around He lays a beauty down the first base line Manning and Wilson collide going for the ball Wilson recovers, picks it up And fires to first OUT!! Credit John Williams with a sacrifice Two down in the 6th Time for a station break This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System your 4 Sports Network... OK, we're back and ready to go... Blade is up now for FOFC Manning has the sign from Santop And the delivery by Manning Fastball, in on the hands... Blade hits it deep to left-center... It's into the gap... Poles hustling after it... That will score a run Blade moves into second standing up Poles makes the play back in... It's a double Manning glares in at Nights as he steps in Now he's ready to go The outfield shades towards left for Nights Manning looks down at Santop for the sign Now he's ready It's coming down the pike Fastball, belt high, away... Nights goes after it... There's a fly ball to Brown Brown is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run That's all for the All Stars After 6 innings in FOFC this evening, FOFC on top 5 to 2 Sam Bankhead will step into the box to start the inning Negro League II would like to get some runners on board Bankhead has hit 10 triples this year Williams looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants The pitch is on the way Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Bankhead hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into center for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Lundy steps in Bankhead's trying to rattle John Williams by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Dick checks with the third base coach Takes a few practice swings Now he steps into the box The umpire says let's go Lundy is ready Here's the 1-1 offering Bouncer to short...made to order doubleplay ball Nights has it on two hops...wrists it to Blade He evades the slide of Bankhead The throw to Potpie... It just nips Lundy! 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 Williams glares in at Manning Max Manning just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a good squeeze... Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Here's his delivery Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Manning swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Max as he was heading for the dugout That ends the inning After 6 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! As we get ready to start the bottom of the 7th Pflaggstettler is talking to Santop Persimmon is 2 for 3 this summer evening He singled in his last plate appearance Manning steps on the rubber Manning leans back and fires Swung on and missed by Pflaggstettler, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for Pflaggstettler One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games AL Pre WWII with the lead over Japanese League 4 to 1 Hoyt comfortably ahead for AL Pre WWII Dead Ball Era leads Negro League I 1 to 0 NL Post WWII toppling Caribbean 9 to 2 NL Pre WWII slipping by Left Outs 3 to 1 Old Timers slipping by Turn of Century 2 to 0 AL Post WWII is on top of Late 20th 8 to 6 And right here in FOFC FOFC leads 5 to 2 Potpie pounds the plate Now he stares out at Manning Potpie is looking for another hit He has 1 hit so far today He is hitting .279 on the year Potpie waits patiently The pitch to Potpie... Potpie pounds a grounder toward Bankhead at second Sam moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Bankhead stayed with it Over to first and Potpie is retired Nice play by the Negro League II second baseman Now up in the FOFC seventh will be Harry Hays Harry steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Hays is 0 for 2 today He was intentionally walked last time up Max gets the sign from Santop Now the delivery, here is is... Good slider, inside part of the plate Hays gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Bankhead grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 49933 Poles leading off Negro League II would like to get some runners on base Spotswood comes to the plate batting .323 with 10 home runs He is 0 for 3 so far today Poles is set for the pitch Williams kicks and delivers Long fly to left Gunner has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Poles is retired on a fairly deep fly That's one away Wright finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Wright is struggling this game He has 2 strike outs on the evening Wright waiting on the delivery Here's the windup... and the pitch There's a long drive... Its' way back there... Gerald Gazelle 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 Gazelle! "Big Bill" is now batting The right-handed Brown will be facing the southpaw 2 of his 15 home runs come via this route Williams has a 5-hitter going through 7 2/3 innings Williams brings it to the plate Williams misses low on that one Brown draws the walk Number 3 today by Williams John Beckwith moves in to face Williams 1 on, 2 outs here in the top of the 8th Beckwith is at .266 on the season Williams studies his sign Williams goes into his stretch... Looks at Brown... He fires one to Potpie... Brown dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Williams comes home Grounded towards the bag Potpie will take it himself Score It: 3 Three down in the 8th for Negro League II 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 Stan Gunner leading off Dan Fouts is on deck And Gerald Gazelle is in the hole Gunner has had trouble making contact He has 2 strike outs this evening The bat is cocked The 0-2 pitch... Manning lets it fly... Swung on and missed He chases the 0-2 pitch Not even close... that's all for Gunner He heads back to the dugout... Max Manning now has 2 strikeouts on the evening And there's one away Fouts, the third baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC ahead 5 to 2 Manning eyes Fouts intently Way ahead in the count Manning turns the 0-2 pitch loose Swung on... And there's a high fly ball into right Brown is under it, waits... He's got it Two up, two down for FOFC Up next for the All Stars Gerald Gazelle, the center fielder... If he gets on, John Williams would bat next Manning is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Manning gets the sign from Santop Manning brings it to the plate It's popped behind home plate Santop throws down his mask He's running back At the screen... The wind blows it... Right back to him Gerald Gazelle is out That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 8 innings FOFC has 5 runs, 10 hits and one error While Negro League II has 2 runs, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 6 stranded Negro League II has failed to bring home 5 Here's the catcher Santop To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jud Wilson And then Sam Bankhead Santop is hitting .272 against southpaws 0 for 2 so far this game He drew a walk in his last at bat Set now is Santop Now John delivers Louis Santop offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Santop couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Barrett Blade for the out Santop never even left the batter's box One up, one down Wilson moseys up to the plate Sam Bankhead is heading for the on-deck circle Williams has the sign from Hays The 2 strike delivery by the lefthander It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield Blade takes off after it... Leaps... And Wilson is OUT! Very impressive range shown on that play! Barrett is very fine fielder! That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Williams Sam Bankhead will be next up... That'll bring up second baseman Sam Bankhead... FOFC out in front by 3 We're in the top of the 9th Bankhead is 1 for 3 today, with 2 strike outs Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... The lefthander delivers Hard slider... Bankhead 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 Sam Dick Lundy, the shortstop, strides to the plate Knowles wastes no time He has the sign from Hays Here is the 3-2 pitch Did he check his swing? YES! He walks Cito Gaston will send up a pinch hitter Quincy Trouppe steps out of the dugout! He will be up there against Knowles The tying run comes to the plate, in the person of Quincy Trouppe Twos with 1 runner on base All Stars have the lead, 5-3 Watching Knowles, Trouppe wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Trouppe awaits the delivery Knowles brings it home Base hit to right for Trouppe Third base coach Willie Randolph is motioning Lundy to third... The throw is cut off... That holds Trouppe at first Out of the dugout comes Jimmie Crutchfield He will be pinch running for Quincy Trouppe Negro League II down by 2 They need some runs; and now! Spotswood Poles steps into the box Poles has hit 10 home runs this year Knowles tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Knowles checks the runners The pitch is way inside It gets away from Hays Lundy is coming hard Hays fires to Knowles And Lundy barrels Sammy over He dropped the ball! Both runners advanced on that wild pitch Now, FOFC ahead 5 to 4 Spotswood Poles steps into the box Poles is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Poles waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Knowles looks back towards second... The pitch Big motion... Poles is way out in front STRIKE THREE! Knowles pulled the string on him And that will do it for Negro League II FOFC wins 5 to 4 Williams gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Brewer takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Deacon Palmer He was 3 for 3 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
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8/29 Radio Broadcast
Welcome to FOFC Stadium! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between FOFC and Negro League II The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in FOFC Spotswood Poles to lead it off for Negro League II The pitch is on the way Baltimore chop Into left for a single! Poles takes a short lead against the lefty Nielsen Nielsen's throws over have been effective Poles has a shorter lead now He must be getting tired diving back into the bag Wright is stepping in to face Nielsen Potpie is way in on the grass at first Fouts is in at third They are guarding against the bunt Wright steps back... Looks to third for a sign Willie Randolph goes through his motions Wild Bill is eagerly awaiting Nielsen's pitch Now ready, here it is... Base hit to left for Wright Willie Randolph puts up the stop sign... Poles will stay at second Making his way up is Brown Brown is at .273 on the season Brown is set in the batter's box He's staring intently out at Nielsen He's waiting for the pitch The lefthander Nielsen delivers Dribbler to short Taken by Nights Throw to second for one On to first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 Poles takes third The runner on first, Wright, is out That's one away The third baseman, John Beckwith will be up next for Negro League II Beckwith has hit 27 home runs this year Nielsen wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The pitch is on the way Bounced towards the hole Nice play by Blade Throws to second He's out To first Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 So that's it for Negro League II They fail to score against Nielsen In the top of the 1st for Negro League II No runs, 2 hits, no errors and one man left on base Negro League II 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 Poles in left... Wright in center... And Brown in right The infield, third to first Beckwith will play the hot corner Lundy is at short Over at second, Bankhead and at first base Wilson Taking the mound is Holland and his battery mate is Santop FOFC second baseman, Barrett Blade, will lead off Right-hander Holland eyes the righty Blade The righthander Holland's delivery Swung on and sliced down the line Bankhead runs over He's near the dugout steps Reaches in... The ball bounces into the dugout . . . Blade back in the box And here comes the next pitch In the dirt And Blade holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Stan Gunner is up next to face Holland A tough situation to bunt as Negro League II has the corners playing way in Holland is slow to get ready He has a 4.57 ERA this year Now he's ready It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Gunner maneuvers to hit behind the runner Gunner just gets a piece of it He 'drizzles' it to second Bankhead races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... With one gone FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it While Jeeberoni Potpie heads for the on deck circle Persimmon Pflaggstettler makes his way to the plate Pflaggstettler is batting .307 with 23 homers this year Pflaggstettler is poised and ready for the pitch The home town crowd is yelling out to Blade telling him to watch out as Bankhead sneaks in behind him He shortens up his lead... Now Holland delivers the 1-1 offering Base hit to center for Pflaggstettler Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Blade scores! Trailing runner advances. Now batting will be the first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie So far this season Potpie is hitting .270 when facing righthanded pitching Potpie awaits the pitch Bill rocks and fires Holland seems reluctant to pitch to Potpie The pitch comes in very high for ball four Potpie takes first On the unintentional intentional walk Harry Hays is up next FOFC's catcher finds 2 on with 1 out Hays has 9 doubles this year Hays cocks his bat Bankhead comes in a couple steps Yells something to Holland The delivery Grounder... in the hole And into right for a hit! Willard Brown overruns the ball! That will be an error on Brown Give Hays a single He takes second on the error Score It: Single + E9 Pflaggstettler scores from second! Potpie scores from first! Hays to third Fouts, FOFC's third baseman, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Gerald Gazelle waits on deck Dan takes a couple of practice cuts Fouts waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Now to the belt, here it is... High and away Ball four And it brings up Gerald Gazelle On deck is Jeff Nights Rob Nielsen in the hole Gazelle is hitting .167 against righties Gazelle concentrates... The runners take their leads He's holding the bat down on the end Holland checks the runners Here's the 3-2 offering The pitch is way inside at the knees Gazelle hits the dirt... It is a bad time for Bill Holland to be getting so wild That loads them up for FOFC FOFC shortstop, Jeff Nights, is up next Nights has hit 18 home runs this year FOFC has the bases loaded Holland is taking a little extra time out there Holland shakes off the sign by Santop We have Bill Holland and Rob Nielsen matched up in this one as we play in the bottom of the first Now Bill delivers Fastball down low... Nights hits a grounder to short Lundy takes it on the big hop Flips it to Bankhead Relay to first... A lightning double play! And that ends the threat by FOFC as Nights grounds in to an inning ending twin-killing with the bases loaded That's all for FOFC in the bottom of the 1st They pick up 3 runs After 1 inning, it's 3-0 FOFC Louis Santop, Jud Wilson, and Sam Bankhead are due up Nielsen tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... The southpaw delivers the 2-2 pitch Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Santop! So one up and one gone Coming up for Negro League II is Jud Wilson Nobody on base, one out Rob Nielsen steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go Here's the windup and the 3-1 delivery Fastball... and it hits Wilson... or did it? No, it didn't!!! It's ball four... Wilson will take first base on a walk Bankhead comes to the plate One out, Wilson at first The outfield shades towards left for Bankhead Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy Nielsen goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Wilson He lobs one to Potpie... Wilson is back easily We're ready again Now Nielsen comes home Bankhead raps a hard grass cutter toward short Nights takes two steps to his left Scoops it up Over to second for one Back to first for the deuce! That ends the inning After 1 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 3 Nielsen is making his way to home plate He's digging out his "spot" in the batter's box He's taking several practice swings Bending from side to side Finally, he's ready Nielsen swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Holland Nielsen is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Here's the 2-0 offering There's a towering fly ball hit by Nielsen Brown sprints over, and makes the... Whoa, he almost dropped it! But he makes the grab One out Due up next is Barrett Blade 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 Bill peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Holland kicks and fires Barrett Blade swings It's a line drive... Sizzles past Lundy into left... Base hit for Blade... Poles is over to cut it off... Now he tosses it in to the infield Blade is on with a sharp single Gunner steps in Blade's trying to rattle Bill Holland by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Gunner is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Holland adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Santop Now Bill delivers Stan Gunner hits a drive down the line If it stays fair it may be gone Spotswood Poles is right at the foul pole He won't get it, it's a foul ball for Gunner Just to the left of the pole 318 feet from home plate . . . Gunner back in the box And here comes the next pitch Gunner rolls one toward Sam Bankhead He scoops it and fires to second... close play OUT The relay to first OUT there too, it's a twin-killing 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 3 runs, 3 hits and no errors While Negro League II has no runs, 2 hits and one error Dick Lundy leading off for Negro League II The best way to quiet the crowd is to get a few base runners on Nielsen has the sign from Hays Here's the 3-1 pitch Swung on and chopped down the third base line Fouts stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by Dan Fouts While we wait for Bill Holland to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard AL Pre WWII is edging Japanese League 2 to 1 Dead Ball Era and Negro League I have yet to score Chesbro battling Rogan Caribbean leads NL Post WWII 1 to 0 NL Pre WWII is on top of Left Outs 3 to 1 Marquard and Jenkins currently dueling AL Post WWII and Late 20th are all knotted at 3 And right here in FOFC FOFC ahead 3 to 0 OK, let's see if Negro League II can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 3 Holland heads to the plate for Negro League II The infield is at regular depth Nielsen studies his sign The southpaw Nielsen's delivery on the 0-2 pitch Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 215 on the season for Nielsen 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 Poles saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Nielsen has the sign he wants Nielsen brings it to the plate Poles hits it on the handle He slices a soft pop behind first base Blade roams over Still after it Drops in foul territory . . . Poles back in the box And here comes the next pitch The pitch is just inside and Poles holds up Hays points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Spotswood trots down to first... ball four Two out, Poles at first Coming up is Wild Bill Wright Wright wiggles the bat above his head Wright tells the umpire he's ready Nielsen brings it home Base hit to right for Wright Willie Randolph puts up the stop sign... Poles will stay at second Two on, two outs... Brown steps to the plate Rob looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Nielsen rocks and fires Base hit to right for Brown Willie Randolph will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Now here's Beckwith Beckwith looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 0 for 1 on the day for John Beckwith is waiting on the pitch Nielsen checks the runners A slider by Nielsen Beckwith gets good wood on it... Pflaggstettler back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's all for the Twos in the 3rd inning They get 1 run across We go to the home half of the 3rd... The All Stars still out in front, 3-1 Persimmon Pflaggstettler is up first for FOFC here in the bottom of the 3rd Jeeberoni Potpie and Harry Hays follow Assuming one of the All Stars power men get on, Dan Fouts, batting sixth, will step in against Holland So here comes Pflaggstettler to the plate Persimmon is 1 for 1 today He precedes Jeeberoni Potpie in the order as the first of the FOFC "run producers" He has 23 doubles with 23 home runs so far in 1900 Holland eyes Pflaggstettler intently Holland throws the 3-0 pitch It's a Texas Leaguer to left Here comes Poles... He is really motoring... He reaches down... But catches it on one hop! Pflaggstettler is on with a bloop single to left The first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie, is up next Against righthanders Potpie is hitting .270 The bat is cocked Here's the righthander's delivery Base hit to left for Potpie Pflaggstettler is being held at second by Dick Howser Pflaggstettler will stay at second Hays moseys up to the plate Dan Fouts is heading for the on-deck circle Hays is 1 for 1 today Right-hander Holland prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Hays Bill checks the runners... Goes into the stretch The pitch Hays rips a solid shot to center Wright ranges to his right... He is juggling it!... Finally finds the handle Whew! Runners can't advance One down... Dan Fouts is due up next Let's see what happens now Fouts finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Dan Fouts is hitting .223 this year against righthanded pitchers Holland gets the sign, it's one he likes The righthander Holland delivers He struck him out on a foul tip Santop held on to that heater in on Fouts' fists Two down Gazelle now at the plate Jeff Nights waits on deck Gazelle is at .242 on the season 2 down, Holland ahead in the count... One ball, two strikes A check on the runners... the pitch Back door breaking ball... And it's in there... Gazelle looks at strike three That's it for FOFC Here at FOFC Stadium, After 3 innings, FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While Negro League II has one run, 4 hits and one error FOFC has left 4 on base Negro League II has stranded 3 |
8/29 Radio Broadcast Continued
Louis Santop to lead things off for Negro League II FOFC with a 2 run lead The visitors will try to quiet the crowd A few base runners would do the trick Santop is hitting .275 with 19 homeruns Louis also has 15 doubles and 3 triples And has driven in a total of 58 runs Louis stands with bat ready The pitch on the way, here it is... Swung on and missed by Santop, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for Santop With one down, up next is Jud Wilson To be followed by Sam Bankhead Nobody on, one away for Negro League II Up now is Wilson Wilson scuffs up the lines around the box Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the left-handed swinging Wilson The pitch is on the way Fly ball to left Gunner is under it He makes the grab FOFC on top 3 to 1 with two away this inning Bankhead saunters to the plate Does some stretching... Kicks the imaginary dirt from his spikes Now he steps into the batter's box Bankhead is at .260 on the season Left-hander Rob Nielsen prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Bankhead Nielsen fires Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Bankhead swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Sam as he was heading for the dugout Nielsen disposes of Negro League II quickly in the top of the 4th... they go down 1-2-3 After 3 and a half innings, it's 3-1 FOFC Jeff Nights is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for FOFC to get things going Nights is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in Jeff waits... He steps out as Holland takes too long Now he's back in the box Now the delivery, here is is... Slow ground ball Lundy is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One out The All Stars have a 2 run lead Now batting will be Rob Nielsen The pitcher is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 2 The outfield's shaded towards right With Nielsen at the plate Time is called... Don't know what for... Now we appear ready Holland brings it to the plate Hard ground ball to first Wilson flips to Holland covering Score It: 3-1 Two down Holland retires the first two FOFC batters Up now for FOFC is Blade Two away, nobody on Watching Holland, Blade wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Holland adjusts his cap... Now he's set Holland's 2 strike pitch... STRIKE THREE, CALLED! That's all for the All Stars After 4 full innings of play, they lead by 2 Negro League II will send Lundy, Bill Holland, and Spotswood Poles to face Rob Nielsen this inning FOFC on top 3 to 1 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 231 innings in 1900 Now he is ready to go Here's the southpaw's delivery Lundy hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to first for the out One up, one down for Negro League II Bill Holland, the pitcher, strides to the plate Nielsen toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hays The southpaw Nielsen's delivery Screaming liner towards second Blade makes a great catch! Score It: 4 Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in a row Nielsen glares in at Poles as he steps in Now he's ready to go Poles has a .349 average against lefthanders He is .323 overall Nielsen ready quickly, looks in for the sign The lefty Nielsen delivers Poles gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Nights into the outfield... Base hit for Poles Poles edges away from the bag Nielsen holds the runner close to the bag Wild Bill Wright is coming to the plate FOFC leads by 2 We're in the top of the 5th Wright is 2 for 2 today Nielsen has the sign from Hays The 0-1 delivery by the lefthander Curveball, breaking away Wright swings... Hits a slow grounder to short Nights is charging... Picks up the ball barehanded Then throws wildly over Potpie's head It's into rightfield There will be no play on Wright He's into second easily on the error Score It: E6 Poles takes third Wright to second Looks like they want nothing to do with Brown He's too good in the clutch... They'll put him on to set up the force The Twos trail by 2 They have 3 on base, with 2 outs They hope their clean-up hitter, John Beckwith, can clear the bases That's his job after all... Beckwith swinging from the right side of the plate against the lefty Nielsen Nielsen squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The lefthander delivers Grounded to short Nights grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That wraps up the inning for Negro League II By the way, Negro League II is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Stan Gunner, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and Jeeberoni Potpie are the first three All Stars batters due up FOFC leads, 3-1 Stan is taking his sweet time getting ready The umpire says a few words to Stan... Now we're set to go He's ready for the delivery Holland goes into his windup And here's the 3-2 offering Gunner swings... He rips a ground ball towards Beckwith It's by him! It's twisting into the left field corner Gunner rounds first... He will return quickly to first as Poles gets a nice throw in to Bankhead Gunner at first, nobody out Pflaggstettler comes to the plate Gunner takes his lead Bill Holland still on the mound for the Twos... Holland has gone the distance so far He's given up 6 hits in 4 innings Holland goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Gunner He lobs one to Wilson... Gunner is back easily... We're ready again Now Holland comes home Fastball down low... Pflaggstettler swings and hits one out to center Wild Bill Wright is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Holland Gunner trots back to first Negro League II gets the first out of the inning Jeeberoni Potpie will face Holland Righty against righty Holland is on the first-base side of the rubber... The 3-1 pitch is on its way to the plate Holland needs to come in with this one Potpie connects on the Holland fastball... This one is really smoked... Poles starts back... Now he just stops to look Potpie got all of this one.... Goodbye baseball! Gunner scores in front of him FOFC sends the catcher, Harry Hays, up to the plate Bill gets the sign from Santop The righthander delivers It's a routine fly into left Poles ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Two out, nobody on Up now is Fouts Dan is batting at .287 with 18 home runs He is 0 for 1 so far today Dan seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Bill comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Comebacker, right to Holland Over to Wilson for the easy out That retires the side... but not before 2 runs cross the plate for FOFC After 5 innings, FOFC on top 5 to 1 Here's Santop to lead off the inning Before he does... lets take a look at the scoreboard Japanese League leads AL Pre WWII 3 to 2 Bessho and Lyons currently dueling Dead Ball Era and Negro League I have yet to score Caribbean is edging NL Post WWII 1 to 0 NL Pre WWII is in front of Left Outs 6 to 3 AL Post WWII is edging Late 20th 4 to 3 Ford and Smoltz currently dueling Santop is batting .275 with 19 HR's this year Nielsen is saying a few words to Blade... So far in 1900, Rob has a 18 and 8 record with 5 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign And the delivery by Nielsen Santop cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Santop was badly fooled by Nielsen's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Louis was a little overanxious Nielsen retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 6th Walking up to the plate now is Wilson Sam Bankhead waits on deck Wilson grips the bat handle Nielsen looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready The southpaw's 1-0 delivery Good slider, inside part of the plate Wilson gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two up, two down Bankhead walks to the plate Before getting ready Bankhead checks out the defensive alignment Now set, Bankhead waits for the pitch The All Stars' southpaw winds and delivers A high fastball... Bankhead swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Hays Harry is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Bankhead was looking for the breaking ball And that will do it for Negro League II Gazelle up now to lead off Gazelle digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Holland Set now is Gazelle The pitch to Gazelle... Changeup down low... Gazelle makes contact and hits one out to center Wild Bill Wright is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Holland Nights gets set at the plate Nights is 0 for 2 today Holland looks down at Santop for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants Holland is behind in the count Here's the 2-0 offering Fastball... Swung on... Lined to left... Single for Nights HE TRIPS OVER THE BAG AT FIRST!! The throw to first... He manages to scramble back safely... Nights' not getting up Joe Adcock, the first base coach is calling for help Here comes the trainer, Tay Pemup... They are looking at his ankle... Now he's on his feet, walking a bit Looks like he'll be OK, at least for now Give him a single on the play Nielsen squares He bunts at it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by J.Beckwith the throw to first... Out Nielsen gets the job done. That's the second out of the inning Blade, the second baseman, moves into the batter's box FOFC ahead 5 to 1 The outfield shades towards left for Blade Holland adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Santop Bill rocks and fires Blade swings and lifts one toward left Poles drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 6 innings FOFC has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error While Negro League II has one run, 5 hits and one error FOFC has left 5 stranded Negro League II has failed to bring home 6 Leading off now for Negro League II is Lundy Dick is hitting at .255 on the year He has 27 hits in 106 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Lundy grounded out his last time up After getting set, Lundy waits on the pitch The lefty winds and delivers Lundy drives one into center Gerald Gazelle sprints over to make the play One away in the top of the 7th for Negro League II Cito Gaston has called for Buck O'Neil Buck will come up now to bat for Bill Holland against Nielsen O'Neil is batting .167 as a pinch hitter He has 1 pinch home run O'Neil gets set at the plate Nielsen studies his sign Now Rob delivers It's a smash over third Fouts leaps Just over his outstretched glove O'Neil makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Now up in the Negro League II seventh will be Spotswood Poles Spotswood is 2 for 2 this summer afternoon He's batting .324 on the season Spotswood takes off his cap... He brushes some hair off his forehead He taps his bat on the plate He's ready to go The pitch is on the way Hard curve ball... Poles sends a hot smash to first Potpie takes it on one hop Fires to Blade for one... Back to Potpie... Spotswood beats the relay He can really fly down the line! Two down Wright is up now for Negro League II Wild Bill will be facing the southpaw Nielsen from the right side of the plate 5 of his 17 home runs come via this route Wright waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The 0-2 delivery by the lefthander Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three That's all for Negro League II After 6 and a half innings in FOFC this afternoon, FOFC leads 5 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Max Manning will be coming on to pitch for Negro League II Max has appeared in 77 games this season with a record of 13-11 with 4 saves He's been man-handled by the opposition this year His ERA stands at 5.44 Gunner is walking to the plate Now he steps into the batter's box Stan is batting .254 in 268 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler Manning asks for a new ball Rubs it down... Now he steps on the rubber Manning brings it to the plate Gunner is down That was way inside No call yet... Now the umpire motions Stan to first All Stars' right fielder Pflaggstettler is up next Pflaggstettler is hitting .312 against righties The umpire says let's go Pflaggstettler is ready The stretch... the delivery Low and away...Swung on... Lined into left... Poles 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 Pflaggstettler That pitch looked like a fastball But it sure had a lot of movement on it Planting his right foot Potpie is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Potpie Against righthanders Potpie is hitting .274 The umpire says let's go The righthander Manning's delivery Potpie rocks one deep This is really hit It's going... going... FOUL! Man, the wind really robbed Potpie . . . Potpie back in the box And here comes the next pitch Potpie pulls it hard over third... And it's snared by Beckwith! John half fell and half dove to grab that ball before it hit the ground One down... Manning has to continue to bear down Now batting for FOFC will be their catcher, Harry Hays The All Stars are out in front by 4 We are in the bottom of the 7th Santop flashes the sign to Manning Manning looks over at Pflaggstettler Now back at Gunner He's coming home with it Flyball to right it's caught Gunner might have a chance to move up... Brown makes the catch... Gunner is tagging up at second... Here's the play at third... SAFE! Dan Fouts, the All Stars' third baseman is up next FOFC has 2 men on with 2 outs Fouts has 11 doubles this year Fouts cocks his bat The runners stretch out to their leads Manning checks the runners Here's the 3-2 offering Curve in the dirt... and Fouts holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Santop asks the third base ump's opinion He motions it's a walk... Fouts will take first Bases are loaded Cito Gaston is visiting the mound... He decides to stick with Max Manning Gazelle walks up to the plate Manning tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... It's coming down the pike Gazelle drives the ball to right for extra bases Pflaggstettler and Gunner will score Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Fouts scores! Trailing runner advances. Double for Gazelle Jeff Nights will step in to face Manning next If he gets on, Rob Nielsen will follow Nights adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeff is 1 for 3 this afternoon Manning shakes off the sign from Santop And another... Still another... Looks like Manning doesn't want to pitch to Nights Maybe hoping he'll get tired of waiting Now he's finally ready Manning brings it home Nights rips a fastball... He hits it high in the air... Poles may have a chance at this one... He is at the fence This ball is.....going..... going..... and it's not coming back! Kiss it goodbye! Nielsen walks to the plate He taps his cleats with the bat Nielsen swinging from the left side of the plate against the righty Manning Max Manning needs to get an out here He's not been sharp today Manning's been getting the ball up in the strike zone Without an overpowering fastball you just can't do that Cito Gaston can't go with him much longer Righthander Manning's delivery Struck him out on a fastball Nielsen goes down swinging That is the third out for FOFC here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 42128 Negro League II will send Brown, John Beckwith, and Louis Santop to face Rob Nielsen this inning Rob gets the sign from Hays And now the pitch... Good slider, inside part of the plate Brown gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One down for Negro League II John Beckwith is still in the on-deck circle and Louis Santop is looking for a bat in the dugout Beckwith is ready to face Nielsen We'll see how they pitch to Beckwith Nielsen 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 Nielsen Now he is ready... The pitch is on the way Beckwith slaps a hard grounder past short Gunner is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Beckwith will hold with a clean single That'll bring up catcher Louis Santop... FOFC out in front by 9 We're in the top of the 8th Santop is 0 for 3 today For the season, Louis has 19 homers 15 doubles, and 3 triples He has scored 69 runs while driving in 58 Nielsen is on the third-base side of the rubber... He brings it home Strike three swinging! Santop goes down on strikes for the 4th time this afternoon! Somewhat embarrassing to say the least 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 That'll bring up first baseman Jud Wilson... FOFC way out in front FOFC on top 10 to 1 Wilson is taking his practice swings Jud is 0 for 2 this afternoon 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 234 innings in 1900 Now he is ready to go Way ahead in the count Nielsen turns the 0-2 pitch loose Wilson swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Wilson couldn't lay off the high hard one Number 8 on the day for Nielsen That's it for Negro League II Here at FOFC Stadium, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 10 runs, 11 hits and one error While Negro League II has one run, 7 hits and one error Negro League II has left 8 on base FOFC has stranded 5 Blade heads for the plate leading off this inning for FOFC Blade is taking his practice swings Barrett is 1 for 3 this afternoon He flied out last time at bat Now set, Blade waits for the pitch The pitch to Blade... Swung on and hit sharply to short Lundy plays it on one hop Over to Wilson... Out of there! FOFC with one away Manning steps off the mound as he waits for Stan Gunner to come to the plate One out, nobody on base Stan Gunner is the batter Stepping in and then stepping out again Gunner looks to third for a sign Gunner waits for the pitch Here's the 1-1 offering Curveball, hung up in the strike zone Gunner swings... HE GETS ALL OF THAT ONE!... IT IS LONG GONE IN A HURRY!! HOME RUN FOR Gunner WHAT A SHOT... That's one for the record books! It will also make all the replays of the week And the batter is Persimmon Pflaggstettler Jeeberoni Potpie is on-deck Pflaggstettler is 3 for 4 today Persimmon singled last time up He's ready for the delivery Manning fires Pflaggstettler hits one on the ground to the left side Persimmon, who moves well, is motoring to first Lundy wings it quickly to Wilson... OUT by a step That's two away Batting for FOFC will be Potpie Potpie is one of the most feared sluggers Manning is happy with the sign Here's the righthander's delivery Potpie rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Beckwith John fields it cleanly Over to first quickly... Easy out That's all for the All Stars After 8 innings in FOFC this afternoon, FOFC leads 11 to 1 Sam Bankhead, batting seventh will lead off for Negro League II He will be followed by Dick Lundy and Max Manning Before getting ready Bankhead checks out the defensive alignment Bankhead waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Nielsen's 3-1 pitch... There's a fly ball to Stan Gunner Gunner circles under it... He makes the play One down here in the top of the 9th The time is running out for Negro League II They need a touchdown at least And they are near the two-minute warning The smooth fielding shortstop, Dick Lundy, is now batting Against lefthanders Lundy is hitting .139 this season Hays flashes the sign... Nielsen waves it off... Now he's happy Nielsen rocks and fires Lundy swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Nielsen strikes out Dick Lundy And there's two away Now batting for Negro League II... Double-Duty Radcliffe... He'll pinch hit for Max Manning Radcliffe with a .214 average on the season Nobody on, two away Radcliffe steps in for Negro League II Nielsen steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Nielsen kicks and fires A hanging curve... Radcliffe laces it hard just to the right of Potpie He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Double-Duty... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in With a runner at first and two outs Poles walks to the plate Poles has hit 10 home runs this year Rob Nielsen on the mound for the All Stars... Nielsen has gone the distance so far He's given up 8 hit and 1 runs The southpaw Nielsen delivers the 3-1 pitch Fastball... just outside And Poles will take first on the walk Walk number 4 issued by Nielsen this afternoon Two on, two outs... Wright steps to the plate Wild Bill steps out to check for his sign Now he steps back in Willie Randolph relays the sign from Cito Gaston Wright struck out last time up and now is 2 for 4 Wild Bill is ready for the delivery Nielsen brings it to the plate Smashed to second Blade comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 And that will do it for Negro League II FOFC wins 11 to 1 Nielsen gets credit for the win Holland takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 2 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from FOFC. |
8/29 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 2001 Negro League II Twos At 1000 FOFC All Stars 8/29/1900 |
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Manager Update
With 11 games left to play, and only a half a game lead, I’m a wreck. I look at the schedule to see if I need to make any changes to our rotation for matchup purposes and the stress increases to the point I feel ill. I’ve known for a while about the schedules…us and NL Post, but seeing it in black and white on paper just reinforces what I already knew to the point it hits me like a sledge hammer. We close against the Turn of the Century, the Old Timers, and we have a 3 game showdown with the NL Posters. While they get to play the Caribbean and the lowly Japanese teams. This season we are only 2 and 8 so far against the Turn of the Century team, with 4 games to play against them, and we are 5 and 2 against the Old Timers with 3 to come. Making matters worse, we are 3 and 8 against the NL Posters with 3 more scheduled. That makes us a horrible 10 and 18 against our opponents in the final 3 series of the season. Whereas, the NL Posters are playing .650 ball against the Caribbean team, and playing over .800 ball against us and the Japanese All-Stars. We are going to really have to play strong down the stretch. The bad (or is it sad) part is - it isn’t like we are playing poorly. So far in August we are 16 and 12, for the third best record in the league, but the NL Posters are a ridiculous 20 and 8…and could legitimately close in their last 10 games 8 and 2 without much effort…I’m not sure we can do that, even if we are the 2 wins over the NL Posters… |
8/30 Radio Broadcast
The crowd begins a rhythmic clap as they get anxious to see this one start Radbourn straddles the rubber while waiting for Blade And here we go Radbourn brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Blade swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Davis... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step One down for FOFC Stan Gunner is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Facing Radbourn now is Gunner Persimmon Pflaggstettler heads to the on deck circle Jeeberoni Potpie waits in the hole The lefty hitting Gunner, will face the righty Radbourn 15 of his 15 home runs are against righties Gunner cocks his bat The kick and the pitch Swung on and drilled into center Hamilton going back... The ball is hit over his head It hits off the 7 foot high fence And there's Gunner around first base coming into second and stands up for a double That's 23 doubles for Gunner on the year So with 1 on and 1 out FOFC sends their right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to face Radbourn Hard-hitting Jeeberoni Potpie is walking towards the on-deck circle Pflaggstettler has hit 23 home runs this year The righthander pitching to Pflaggstettler... A righthanded batter Righties have a .257 average against Old Hoss Now the delivery, here is is... Pflaggstettler reaches out and pokes it on the ground to left Base hit for Pflaggstettler FOFC takes the lead FOFC ahead 1 to 0 One on, one out Potpie walks to the batter's box Against righthanders Potpie is hitting .272 Old Hoss is set to go... a quick look toward Ewing again Now he steps back to get a squeeze of the resin bag FOFC's clean-up hitter is waiting Radbourn has allowed 6 taters to righties this year And 19 when facing lefties The righthander delivers Potpie takes the pitch... That one is low for a ball... WAIT The umpire says that one caught the knees He's out on strikes One more chance for FOFC in the top of the 1st Old Hoss Radbourn watches Pflaggstettler As he moves away from the bag Throw to first... SAFE!... Close play... Now Pflaggstettler is staying closer Harry Hays will get a crack at Radbourn next Deacon Palmer would be up next... But only if Hays can reach safely Hays is batting .323 with 12 round trippers in 1900 Ewing flashes the sign to Radbourn Radbourn brings it to the plate Drilled deep to center field Hamilton has got a long run He can't get to it Hays rounds first Hamilton corrals the ball Hays coasts into second He's got a double Pflaggstettler takes third That brings up Deacon Palmer, the third baseman Palmer is batting .328 with 8 HR's this year Ewing flashes the sign... Radbourn shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy Radbourn needs a strikeout He checks the runners... The pitch Grounded into the hole Tremendous diving grab by Kelly! THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 5-3 After one-half inning It's FOFC 1, Ancients coming to bat FOFC has taken the field in the bottom of the first inning... Here's how they look, defensively In the outfield Gunner will play left Gazelle in center Pflaggstettler in right... Around the diamond Palmer will play the hot corner Nights and Blade Make up the doubleplay combination... Over at first Potpie And a battery of Brian Babson and Hays behind the plate First batter for the Ancients Billy Hamilton steps in So far this season Hamilton is hitting .295 when facing righthanded pitching Hamilton waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The windup, and the 2 strike pitch Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Babson punches him out! FOFC gets the first out of the inning Planting his right foot Kelly is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Kelly Kelly has hit 6 home runs this year Babson steps on the rubber It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Kelly checks his swing Hays appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, King Making his way up is Thompson Babson gets the sign, it's one he likes The righthander Babson delivers Off speed pitch on the way... And Thompson watches it go by for the third strike The Ancients go quietly in the 1st... No runs, no hits and no errors After 1 full inning of play, it's 1-0 All Stars Jeff Nights to lead it off for FOFC Nights digs into the box Nights is ready for the pitch Here it comes LINE DRIVE Kelly makes a nice play on it Score It: 5 So that brings up Gerald Gazelle the FOFC center fielder Gazelle digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Radbourn After getting set, Gazelle waits on the pitch Old Hoss rocks and fires Gazelle hits a shallow fly towards Tommy McCarthy McCarthy charges, dives... He's got it! Good play by McCarthy That's two away Brian Babson will step in to face Radbourn next If he gets on, Barrett Blade will follow Babson steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Radbourn wastes no time He has the sign from Ewing Radbourn winds and delivers Fly ball to left McCarthy is under it He makes the grab Three up, three down for FOFC As we get ready to start the bottom of the 2nd Kelly is talking to Hays Babson steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready And the delivery by Babson There's a ground ball between first and second OH, Potpie snags it in short right field He throws it to the pitcher covering the bag OUT is the call What a play by Potpie One out Buck Ewing is due up next Ewing saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Babson squeezes the resin bag... Peers in Here's the 0-2 pitch A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! That's the second out of the inning Old Timers trails by 1 They need a win They are 3rd in the standings 9.0 games out The strong, mustachioed, 6'2" first baseman, Dan Brouthers, is now coming up to bat Brouthers looks down toward the third base coach, Charley Gould Babson is ready quickly Here's the 2 strike offering Ground ball through the middle Nights ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! That ends the inning After 2 innings, FOFC leads by 1 The FOFC second baseman, Blade, will lead off He'll be followed by Stan Gunner And then Persimmon Pflaggstettler Blade a righty in the batter's box facing the righthanded Radbourn Blade is poised and ready for the pitch Into the windup... here's the pitch Sharp breaking curveball... Blade reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Davis... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Brouthers at first! Blade is out easily So one up and one gone Slowly coming up is Gunner for FOFC He is finally in the batter's box FOFC on top 1 to 0 Radbourn is on the first-base side of the rubber... The pitch on the way, here it is... Low fastball... Gunner swings... Hits it into the hole between 1st and 2nd Brouthers snags it moving to his right Leads Radbourn perfectly racing to the bag... And he easily beats Gunner for the out Two down Radbourn retires two in a row Next up is Persimmon Pflaggstettler, the FOFC right fielder... If he gets on, Jeeberoni Potpie would bat next Pflaggstettler has hit 10 triples this year The umpire says let's go And the righthander is into his windup Here's the pitch... Sinking fastball... Pflaggstettler swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Kelly... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4 in their last ten games The Ancients will get their licks here in the bottom of the 3rd George Davis, Tommy McCarthy, and Old Hoss Radbourn are scheduled to face FOFC righthander Brian Babson Here's Davis stepping in... Davis has 21 doubles this year Davis is set Babson is into his rocking motion Now his right arm comes around It's a smash over second Blade leaps Just over his outstretched glove Davis makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly The Ancients' left fielder is up next Old Timers has 1 on board with no outs McCarthy checks with the coach, Charley Gould Babson looks a little jittery right now Rightly so, with Davis skipping around down at first The Old Timers basestealing specialist has 28 stolen bases in mid-summer In one quick moment the tying run could be at second for Old Timers Babson goes into his stretch... Looks over at Davis Fires to Potpie... Davis is back easily... We're ready again Now Babson comes home Here's a high fastball, at the letters... McCarthy raps a hard grounder toward short Nights takes two steps to his left Scoops it up... Flips over to second for one... The throw to first... Not in time! Score it a force play Speed on the bases helped Old Timers there One gone for Old Timers Radbourn up The Ancients have McCarthy on first Radbourn can't seem to get settled at the plate Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Babson fires Grounded towards the middle Nice backhand pickup by Blade Over to first NOT IN TIME! Radbourn has himself an infield hit McCarthy takes second The center fielder, Billy Hamilton will be up next for Old Timers Hamilton has hit 1 home run this year Hays flashes the sign... Babson waves it off... Now he's happy Now Brian delivers Curve in the dirt... and Hamilton holds up Looked like he went around from here But the umpire says no Hamilton will take first on the walk That loads them up for King Kelly Now batting will be King Kelly The third baseman is walking to the plate Old Timers runners blanket the bases... only one out FOFC leads Old Timers by 1 run King is 0 for 1 this summer evening He struck out in his last plate appearance Babson finds himself in quite a jam He has to be careful with Kelly But he needs to throw strikes Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants He brings it home Kelly swings and lifts one toward left Gunner drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... FOFC ahead 1 to 0 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Left Outs is on top of Caribbean 2 to 0 Carlton and Cuellar currently dueling AL Post WWII besting Negro League I 6 to 1 Newhouser enjoying the big AL Post WWII lead Late 20th is in front of Negro League II 5 to 2 NL Post WWII toppling Japanese League 9 to 2 Dead Ball Era and NL Pre WWII are scoreless Turn of Century toppling AL Pre WWII 7 to 0 Sam Thompson is due up Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching coach, is running out... He wants to speak to Brian Babson Probably just wants to calm him down a bit Thompson has hit 14 home runs this year Babson steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Babson's righthanded delivery... Popped up into shallow left Tough chance for Gunner HE DIVES HE'S GOT IT! TREMENDOUS DIVING CATCH! Babson owes Gunner a dinner! Score It: 7 And that's the final out of the inning FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors While Old Timers has no runs, 2 hits and no errors Old Timers has left 3 men on base today Old Hoss Radbourn, out there on the mound for Old Timers prepares to face Jeeberoni Potpie to get the 4th inning underway here in Cow Pasture Field Right hand hitting Potpie is 0 for 1 today He has smashed 38 home runs this year A very tough out for Radbourn The bat is cocked Here's the righthander's delivery Potpie slaps a hard grounder to second Kelly camps in front of it It's off his glove! George let that ball play him That's error number 1 of the game for Old Timers Nobody out, Potpie at first Now up is Hays Hays steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Harry is 1 for 1 today Hays, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Radbourn Radbourn goes into his stretch... Looks at Potpie... He fires one to Brouthers... Potpie dives back in That's his best move to first... Brouthers lobs it back Now Radbourn comes home Hays sends a scorcher to short Davis takes it on one hop Fires to Kelly for one Back to Brouthers for the double play! That's the second out of the inning Palmer digs in at the plate Ready now for Radbourn to come set The outfield shades towards left for Palmer Palmer is waiting on the pitch It's coming down the pike Fastball in on the fists... Swung on... It's pulled down the line by Palmer... McCarthy trying to run it down... Good play off the fence... Palmer has to stop at second... He has a double Next up is Jeff Nights, the FOFC shortstop... FOFC out in front by 1 It's the top of the 4th Nights looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 0 for 1 on the day for Jeff Radbourn has the sign from Ewing Here's his delivery It's a shallow fly by Nights McCarthy runs in, calls for it He makes the catch with a snap of his glove Nights is out And that will do it for FOFC George Kelly will step into the box to start the inning Old Timers would like to get some runners on board Kelly is batting .295 with 15 HR's this year Babson likes the sign Here's the windup... and the pitch Screaming liner towards short Nights jumps He makes a nice play on it Score It: 6 Old Timers with one away Babson steps off the mound as he waits for Buck Ewing to come to the plate Ewing, Old Timers' catcher, is coming to the plate He is finished with his pre-bat warmup Dan Brouthers waits on deck Buck is hitting at .307 on the year He has 124 hits in 404 at bats His speed has propelled him to 24 stolen bases Babson toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hays Babson kicks and fires Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Palmer It's by him... Gunner comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Ewing to a single Dan Brouthers is coming to the plate FOFC is set up for two Babson is slow to get ready He has a 3.75 ERA this year Now he's ready Babson rocks and fires Slow ground ball to first Potpie will take it himself Score It: 3 One more chance for Old Timers this inning Davis leaves the on-deck circle... He's going back to get a new bat... Now he jogs to the plate Davis is 1 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 All set, Davis is ready for the pitch Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Babson The delivery Soft liner to second Blade makes a nice play on it Score It: 4 That's all for the Ancients... After 4 innings here at Cow Pasture Field in Old Timers, FOFC leads 1 to 0 Gazelle saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Gazelle is at .242 on the season Radbourn is rubbing the ball up Now the umpire wants to take a look No problems found... Now Radbourn gets the sign from Ewing Now ready, here it is... There's a shallow flyball struck by Gazelle Sam Thompson runs in, calls for the ball He makes the catch Gazelle is out That's one away One out, nobody on base Brian Babson is the batter Right-hander Radbourn prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Babson Here comes the cripple pitch Grounded towards third Kelly scoops it LONG THROW... HE'S OUT! Two up, two down here in the top of the 5th Barrett Blade will face Radbourn Righty against righty Blade scuffs up the lines around the box Radbourn 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 is on the way A high fastball... Blade swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Davis George is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Blade was looking for the breaking ball We head to the bottom of the 5th here in Old Timers Still 1-0, FOFC |
8/30 Radio Broadcast Continued
The Old Timers crowd has been pretty quiet Here is McCarthy to lead off He will try to liven things up for them McCarthy looks down toward the third base coach McCarthy waits patiently Babson goes into his windup And here's the 3-1 offering McCarthy hits a fly ball to left Stan Gunner camps under it He's got it And there's one away Now batting will be Old Hoss Radbourn The pitcher is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC leads Old Timers by 1 run Radbourn goes through his routine of settling in Old Hoss is eagerly awaiting Babson's pitch The righthander Babson's delivery Good slider, inside part of the plate Radbourn gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... 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 "Sliding Billy" is making his way to the plate Before getting ready Hamilton checks out the defensive alignment Hamilton waits Babson brings it to the plate It's a routine fly into center Gazelle ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out That's it for Old Timers Here at Cow Pasture Field, After 5 innings, FOFC has one run, 4 hits and no errors While Old Timers has no runs, 3 hits and one error Old Timers has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 3 Gunner is walking to the plate Some in the crowd are razzing him He gives them a quick glance... Not smart! That has only encouraged them to get louder He should just let his bat answer back Gunner is taking his practice swings Stan is 1 for 2 this evening He's ready for the delivery Here's the 1-1 offering Gunner slaps a hard grounder past second Thompson is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Gunner will hold with a clean single Pflaggstettler walks to the plate Persimmon is 1 for 2 today He precedes Jeeberoni Potpie in the order as the first of the FOFC "run producers" He has 23 doubles with 23 home runs so far in 1900 Pflaggstettler gets set for the pitch The stretch... the delivery Persimmon Pflaggstettler hits a drive to left-center Billy Hamilton is at the warning track Reaches up... Jumps... And snares it for the out I'm impressed! One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Walking up to the plate now is Potpie Harry Hays waits on deck Potpie adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... Jeeberoni is 0 for 2 this evening Jeeberoni takes off his cap... He brushes some hair off his forehead He taps his bat on the plate He's ready to go The stretch... the 3-2 delivery Curve down low... Potpie whips his bat around and lifts it out toward left McCarthy is running toward the fence This is going to be close... Tommy is at the fence... And this ball is just another... No... Tommy leaps up and catches it! I thought that one had the distance! The wind must have held that ball in the playing field Two gone for FOFC Gunner takes his lead Radbourn continues to hold the runner close Hays finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Hays is 1 for 2 today Radbourn eyes Hays intently Radbourn brings it to the plate Hit on the ground to short Davis comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's all for FOFC After 5 and a half innings in Old Timers this evening, FOFC ahead 1 to 0 Kelly will come up to lead off the bottom of the 6th Babson is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Babson looks in... Now he's ready Righthander Babson's delivery Shallow fly ball Gazelle charging HE DIVES... HE'S GOT IT! One out Due up next is Sam Thompson Sam Thompson is entering the batter's box Frank Selee has his big bopper, George Kelly, waiting in the on-deck circle Thompson is at .290 on the season Brian is ready Babson leans back and fires Curve ball... Thompson swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean is on top of Left Outs 4 to 2 AL Post WWII slipping by Negro League I 7 to 5 Late 20th is giving it to Negro League II 9 to 4 Ripken has hit his 14th homerun for Late 20th NL Post WWII is embarrassing Japanese League 13 to 5 NL Pre WWII is on top of Dead Ball Era 5 to 3 Terry has hit his 7th homerun for NL Pre WWII Turn of Century is pounding AL Pre WWII 7 to 0 George Kelly, the second baseman, strides to the plate Kelly is batting .294 with 15 HR's this year Babson looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Now Brian delivers Kelly pulls one into left field Hooking away from Gunner Stan is there He's got it for the out That wraps up the inning for Old Timers So After 6 innings FOFC has one run, 5 hits and no errors While Old Timers has no runs, 3 hits and one error Old Timers has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 FOFC will send Palmer, Jeff Nights, and Gerald Gazelle to face Old Hoss Radbourn this inning Deacon looks at the sign from the coach at third Dick Howser flashes a series of them... Now Palmer taps the bat on home plate And Old Hoss studies the sign from Ewing... Now he's got it The pitch is on the way Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Ewing fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Palmer 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! Radbourn glares in at Nights Jeff Nights just calmly stares right back Infield at regular depth Jeff is hitting at .283 on the year He has 149 hits in 527 at bats This includes 30 doubles, 4 triples 19 home runs and 73 RBI's Radbourn adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Ewing The pitch to Nights... Swung on and chopped down the third base line Kelly stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play by King Kelly Two up, two down for FOFC Gazelle coming up for FOFC Nobody on, two away Gazelle saunters to the plate The righthander is 0 for 2 on the day He'll be going against the righty hurler, Radbourn Gazelle is hitting .168 versus righties this year Of his 26 homeruns, 6 came while facing righties The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... Around comes the arm In comes the pitch Gazelle is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position 1-2-3, nothing across... It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Buck Ewing stepping in He will be the first batter for Old Timers We are in the bottom of the 7th FOFC on top 1 to 0 Ewing has a .327 average against righthanders this season He's ready Babson will try to get Ewing to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Ewing swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Buck as he was heading for the dugout One up, one down for Old Timers One away, nobody on base Brouthers stands ready at the plate Dan Brouthers is hitting .377 this year against righthanded pitchers Brouthers waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled Now to the belt, here it is... Brouthers sends a routine ground ball to first Potpie takes it on one hop Flips it to Babson Easy out Two gone for Old Timers Time is running out for them George Davis steps in now for the Ancients The All Stars lead in this one, 1-zip Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the Ancients ballboy Brian gets the sign from Hays And the delivery by Babson Drilled on the ground to the mound Taken by Babson Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 That is the third out for Old Timers here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 46456 FOFC will send Babson, Barrett Blade, and Stan Gunner to face Old Hoss Radbourn this inning Babson wiggles the bat above his head Babson in the hole, 0-2 The pitch is on the way Smash to short George Davis boots the ball He's charged with an error That's 2 miscues for Old Timers this evening While Stan Gunner heads for the on deck circle Barrett Blade makes his way to the plate Babson takes his lead Radbourn is saying a few words to Kelly... So far in 1900, Old Hoss has a 11 and 12 record with 11 complete games OK, now he looks in for the sign Radbourn rocks and fires Curve in the dirt... and Blade holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate ump says no Ewing loses on his appeal to first Blade will take first on the walk Gunner squares around He bunts it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by K.Kelly the throw to first... Out Gunner gets the job done. Old Timers gets the first out here late in this contest Walking up to the plate now is Pflaggstettler Jeeberoni Potpie waits on deck So far this season Pflaggstettler is hitting .313 when facing righthanded pitching Pflaggstettler waits for the pitch His bat is coiled He brings it home Curve in the dirt... and Pflaggstettler holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate ump says no Pflaggstettler will take first on the walk A big bopper coming to the plate... Batting clean-up, Jeeberoni Potpie Radbourn steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Radbourn fires Fastball in on the hands Potpie tries to hold up, but can't He hits a blooper to left McCarthy is coming in fast Now he has it in his sights... Easy out Tommy rifles it back in to Kelly He walks it on over to Radbourn That's out number two Ancients' pitching coach, Jim Devlin, is out to talk with Radbourn Now here's Hays Radbourn likes the sign Now Old Hoss delivers Slow roller to short Davis can't get to it BASE HIT! Babson scores from third! Blade takes third Pflaggstettler takes second Fouts heads to the plate for FOFC The infield is at regular depth 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 Radbourn earn his salary Fouts waits patiently Here's his delivery It is a high hard one... Fouts goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up and out of the strike zone... Fouts couldn't hold back That's it for FOFC here in the top of the 8th They leave 3 runners stranded FOFC has 2 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Old Timers has no runs, 3 hits and 2 errors Old Timers' left fielder, McCarthy, will lead off the inning Brian Babson has been tough He's got a shutout going FOFC leads 2 to nothing McCarthy is 0 for 2 today Right-hander Babson prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging McCarthy The pitch is on the way McCarthy dribbles one out in front of home plate Hays pounces on it Up with it Quickly to first... He's out! Roger Connor is going to bat for Old Hoss Radbourn Old Timers needs baserunners desperately Connor knows how to get on base He has a .412 OBP He hits right handers at a .304 clip He steps out of the dugout and makes his way to the plate Connor is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Babson wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The righthander winds and delivers He hits a tough grounder to first Potpie to Babson covering first Score It: 3-1 That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Caribbean leads Left Outs 4 to 3 AL Post WWII is on top of Negro League I 8 to 6 Late 20th is giving it to Negro League II 9 to 4 NL Post WWII is destroying Japanese League 14 to 5 Mathews has hit his 47th homerun for NL Post WWII NL Pre WWII slipping by Dead Ball Era 6 to 4 Turn of Century is comfortably ahead of AL Pre WWII 7 to 1 And in our matchup FOFC on top 2 to 0 Hamilton coming up for Old Timers Nobody on, two away Billy steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Hamilton is 0 for 2 today He flied out last time up Babson ready quickly, looks in for the sign It's coming down the pike Billy Hamilton swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... It's CAUGHT! Pflaggstettler robs the Ancients with a great catch at the fence So the Ancients are retired here in the eighth They are still 2 runs behind Babson is having his way with them this evening For you stats nuts out there, Old Timers is 18 and 19 versus portside starters in 1900 If they don't get busy in the ninth, they'll have to add another "L" to that total Overall, they are 76 and 69 Candy Cummings will be coming on to pitch for Old Timers Candy has appeared in 50 games this season with a record of 4-7 In 76 innings, he has an 5.95 ERA Old Hoss Radbourn has finished his work here this evening Jeff Nights, Gerald Gazelle, and Brian Babson are due up for the All Stars FOFC leads, 2-0 Jeff is batting .282 in 528 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Gerald Gazelle Jeff is ready for the delivery The 0-2 pitch... Cummings lets it fly... Grounded towards third Kelly scoops it LONG THROW... HE'S OUT! Gazelle gets set at the plate Gazelle is batting .240 with 26 round trippers in 1900 Right-hander Cummings eyes the righty Gazelle Cummings will try to get Gazelle to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Kelly It's by him... McCarthy comes in... Plays it off his chest Recovers quickly, throwing into second Good defensive recovery Keeping Gazelle to a single At the plate is Gonzalez Late in the game FOFC up by 2 Old Timers is set up for two Cummings is ready quickly Cummings checks Gazelle on first Now the 0-2 pitch Ground ball to second Kelly comes up with it He tosses it to second... Gets the force Two down Ewing asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Ewing and Cummings Barrett Blade will make his way toward the plate He glances down at Gonzalez Gonzalez runs like he has cement in his shoes Cummings won't have to worry about him going Gonzalez will be running if it's hit Cummings adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Ewing Cummings kicks and fires Base hit to left for Blade Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Gonzalez will stay at second So with 2 on and 2 outs the All Stars send their left fielder, Stan Gunner, up to face Cummings Good-hitting Persimmon Pflaggstettler is waiting in the on-deck circle Gunner can't seem to get settled at the plate Gunner is poised and ready for the pitch The runners take their leads Cummings brings it to the plate It's popped in the air It'll be the first baseman, Brouthers, making the play So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Cummings In the top of the 9th for FOFC No runs, 2 hits, no errors and 2 men left on base Kelly saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Knowles brings it home The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Kelly swung, that's strike three Kelly isn't happy at all with that call One down for Old Timers Sam Thompson is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Old Timers Thompson finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box The outfield's shaded towards right With Thompson at the plate Thompson waits Knowles' righthanded delivery... Outside fastball... lashed at by Thompson... Pop fly...Shallow center... Dropping quickly... Gazelle pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Thompson... As Gazelle fields it on one bounce George Kelly is now up One away, Thompson at first Kelly is batting .294 with 15 homers this year Sammy is ready The pitch to Kelly... Base hit to left for Kelly Thompson is being held at second by Charley Gould Thompson will stay at second Buck Ewing is up next Old Timers' catcher finds 2 on with 1 out Buck comes to the plate batting .308 with 8 home runs He is 1 for 3 so far today Ewing gets ready for Knowles' pitch His bat is cocked Here's the 3-1 offering Ewing drives the ball to left for extra bases Thompson scores Charley Gould is windmilling the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Double for Ewing Ewing represents what could be the winning run And Dan Brouthers is coming up The Ancients need only to get 1 run in, to end this game right now One out, man on second Knowles steps on the rubber The righthander Knowles delivers Struck him out on a terrible pitch That bounced in front of the plate! and Brouthers couldn't hold up his swing! Almost broke his back trying though... That's the second out of the inning Defensive manager has decided to pitch around George Davis George Davis steps into the box Davis has got to be feeling the pressure The time to produce is now Knowles looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... Here's the righthander's delivery It gets past Hays! It's scored a passed ball. The pitch didn't look that bad Knowles must have crossed him up! George Davis steps into the box George is batting .286 with 12 home runs on the season He is 1 for 3 today Davis is set Winning run is in scoring position Knowles needs to get Davis out He would like to strike him out Sammy rocks and fires Knowles misses just outside No more than the width of a razor blade But it's... Ball Four 1 walk given up by Knowles today Tommy McCarthy, the Old Timers left fielder, steps into the batter's box The score is knotted at 2 He has a chance here to drive home at least one McCarthy steps out of the batter's box to get the sign Tommy is 0 for 3 today McCarthy is set for the 3-1 pitch The crowd is on their feet! They are anxious for the pitch The righthander delivers Swung on and popped up back of first Blade is running after it... Potpie is backpedaling... Watch out!... They almost collided! And the ball drops free just beyond the dugout A lack of communication cost FOFC there . . . McCarthy back in the box And here comes the next pitch and it is hit softly up the middle Nights and Blade both dive for it but the bleeder makes it through and Ewing trots home for the game winner! Old Timers wins 3 to 2 Cummings gets credit for the win Knowles takes the loss The hitting star for Old Timers was Buck Ewing He was 2 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from Old Timers. |
8/30 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Old Timers Ancients 8/30/1900 |
Manager Update
As I stare catatonically at the spot where the foul ball was misplayed, I have this sick feeling that I may have just watched the pennant slip through our fingers... If we lose the division by 1 game, this may haunt me for the rest of my life... I shake my head to clear the thoughts and I go looking for Sammy...gotta cheer him up and keep him positive... |
8/31 Radio Broadcast
The crowd begins a rhythmic clap as they get anxious to see this one start Clarkson straddles the rubber while waiting for Blade And here we go Clarkson winds and delivers The 3-0 pitch The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Blade held up, and draws a walk Clarkson isn't happy at all with that call Gunner now at the plate Persimmon Pflaggstettler waits on deck Ewing flashes the sign to Clarkson Clarkson checks Blade on first Now the 3-0 pitch The All Stars try the hit and run! Pounded on the ground to second Taken by Kelly Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Not in time! Score It: 4-6 The runner on first, Blade, is out Frank Selee will be bringing in a relief pitcher Candy Cummings has been called from the bullpen A few warm up tosses and we'll be set to go Persimmon Pflaggstettler steps in Pflaggstettler takes a couple of practice cuts Pflaggstettler is ready for the pitch He rocks and fires Pflaggstettler 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... Gunner scores! Trailing runner advances. Double for Pflaggstettler Potpie leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy summer evening Stepping out, Potpie looks into the dugout Steps back in Jeeberoni steadies his bat And waits patiently for Cummings' pitch We've got a full count... Cummings winds and fires... Hot shot grounded to first Anson will take it himself Score It: 3 Two down Ewing asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Ewing and Cummings Harry Hays steps into the box Hays is batting .325 with 12 HR's this year Candy Cummings on in relief of John Clarkson And the delivery by Cummings Cummings pitches in tight It gets by Ewing Rolling to the screen The runner will advance without a throw They give Candy a wild pitch It could just as easily have been a passed ball Harry Hays steps into the box Cummings looks down at Ewing for the sign Shakes him off once... twice... Now he has the pitch he wants The pitch is on the way Curve ball... Hays swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! FOFC gets 2 in the top of the 1st 2 runs, one hit and no errors After one half inning, FOFC leads by 2 Hamilton, Old Timers' center fielder, leads off for the Ancients FOFC drew first blood They scored 2 runs in the top half of the first Hamilton is one of the best hitters around Mighty is happy with the sign Now ready, here it is... Hamilton swings on a ball in on his fists It results in a pop up to second Blade is under it... A few steps to his right... One hands it for the out Hamilton looked bad on that pitch One up, one down for Old Timers Facing Mighty now is Kelly George Kelly heads to the on deck circle Cap Anson waits in the hole Mighty shakes off two signs Now he's ready Here's the southpaw's delivery Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Kelly swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags King as he was heading for the dugout Two up, two down Ancients' second baseman Kelly is up next Kelly has hit 15 home runs this year Mighty squeezes the resin bag... Peers in The lefthander delivers Kelly tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! That's all for the Ancients... After 1 inning here at Cow Pasture Field in Old Timers, FOFC ahead 2 to 0 Deacon Palmer stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Palmer is batting .328 with 8 HR's this year Cummings looks down at Ewing for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Cummings brings it to the plate What a pitch... strike three Cummings put that one on the black, a perfect pitch One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Left Outs and Caribbean are scoreless Negro League I slipping by AL Post WWII 2 to 0 Smith battling Ryan Late 20th and Negro League II are tied at 1 Smoltz and Mathis currently dueling NL Post WWII slipping by Japanese League 2 to 0 Seaver battling Kaneda Dead Ball Era slipping by NL Pre WWII 4 to 2 AL Pre WWII and Turn of Century are tied at 1 Nights is up now for FOFC Cummings wastes no time He has the sign from Ewing Here's the righthander's delivery Changeup down low... Nights makes contact and hits one out to left Tommy McCarthy is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Cummings Two down Cummings retires the first two FOFC batters Planting his right foot Gazelle is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Gazelle We're in the top of the 2nd Right-hander Cummings eyes the righty Gazelle Here's his delivery Off speed pitch on the way... And Gazelle watches it go by for the third strike 1-2-3, nothing across... The first baseman Anson will lead off for the Ancients He'll be followed by Sam Thompson And then George Davis Anson has a .265 average against lefthanders He is .295 overall Anson waits patiently Here's the 2-2 offering It's a pop-up in back of short Nights is under it Still waiting... Now he clutches it for the out One down for Old Timers Sam Thompson is still in the on-deck circle and George Davis is looking for a bat in the dugout Nobody on base, one away Thompson steps into the batter's box Thompson has hit 14 home runs this year Mighty is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Mighty looks in... Now he's ready The southpaw delivers the 2 strike pitch Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He makes the grab That's two away That brings up George Davis, the shortstop Davis is one of the best hitters around Mighty likes the sign Way ahead in the count Mighty turns the 0-2 pitch loose Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 150 on the season for Mighty That ends the inning After 2 innings, FOFC leads by 2 FOFC will send Mighty, Barrett Blade, and Stan Gunner to face Candy Cummings this inning Cummings gets the sign, it's one he likes Cummings goes into his windup And here's the 2-2 offering Base hit to center for Mighty Billy Hamilton is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up Next up is Barrett Blade, the FOFC second baseman On-deck is Stan Gunner... He'll be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler Mighty takes his lead Candy looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Cummings brings it to the plate Base hit to right for Blade Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Mighty will stay at second Gunner lays it down the first base line Anson charges in Scoops it up Turns and fires to first Just got him! Nice bunt Credit Stan Gunner with a sacrifice One away, two to go in the top of the 3rd Pflaggstettler leaves the on-deck circle He saunters to the plate on this muggy evening 2nd and 3rd, 1 man down Ewing flashes the sign... Cummings waves it off... Now he's happy He brings it home Base hit to right for Pflaggstettler Mighty scores Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Blade scores! Trailing runner advances. Potpie saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little... Taps the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Cummings eyes Potpie intently Candy looks over his shoulder at Pflaggstettler Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Base hit to center for Potpie Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score And it brings up Harry Hays On deck is Deacon Palmer Jeff Nights in the hole Hays is 0 for 1 today Harry struck out last time around Hays waiting on the delivery Righthander Cummings' delivery Swung on and hit back at Cummings He picks it up, turns and fires to Davis Over to first... Twin killing! A Bang Bang play turned into an easy 1-6-3 double play by Cummings That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 5 and 5 in their last ten games Bottom of the Ancients' order coming to bat Buck Ewing will lead it off Ewing is at .310 on the season Mighty ready quickly, looks in for the sign The lefty Mighty delivers A wave and a miss! Strike Three! McCarthy gets set at the plate McCarthy can't seem to get settled at the plate McCarthy waits for the pitch His bat is coiled The lefthander Mighty delivers McCarthy swings hard... But he was fooled on the pitch It hits him on the fists It's dribbling toward third Palmer charges in on it... Bare hands it... Sidearms it to first... McCarthy beats it out by a whisker It was a bleeder... McCarthy's speed got him a hit on that one He'll take it Cummings squares to bunt He bunts it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by D.Palmer the throw to first... Out Cummings gets the job done. FOFC on top 5 to 0 with two away this inning That'll bring up center fielder Billy Hamilton... FOFC out in front by 5 We're in the bottom of the 3rd Looking for his first hit today Hamilton is 0 for 1 All set, Hamilton is ready for the pitch The southpaw Mighty's delivery Base hit to right for Hamilton Charley Gould is waving the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Kelly up The Ancients have Hamilton on first Kelly digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mighty Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Mighty fires Hit on the ground to the mound Taken by Mighty His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 That's all for the Ancients in the 3rd inning They get 1 run across We go to the 4th... It's the All Stars 5, Old Timers 1 Here's the third baseman Palmer To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Jeff Nights And then Gerald Gazelle Palmer taps home plate Looks into the dugout Now he's ready The right-hander Cummings is set to deliver to Palmer Here's the 1-1 offering Sinking fastball... Palmer goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Kelly... He scoops it up, over to first... And Palmer is out by a step So one up and one gone Jeff Nights, the shortstop, strides to the plate Right-hander Cummings prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Nights Cummings rocks and fires Grounded towards third Kelly scoops it LONG THROW... HE'S OUT! Two down Candy Cummings retires the first two batters in a row Gazelle, the center fielder, moves into the batter's box FOFC on top 5 to 1 Gazelle has hit 26 home runs this year Cummings studies his sign It's coming down the pike Gazelle starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Cummings walks him Mighty is up next Two out with Gazelle at first Mighty grips the bat handle Mighty waits patiently for the pitch His bat is coiled He's into the stretch Takes a look over to first Quick throw! Gazelle dives back in!... SAFE! Anson tosses it back to Cummings Now here's the pitch Swing and a miss Strike three Mighty goes down on strikes That's it for FOFC Here at Cow Pasture Field, After 3 and a half innings, FOFC has 5 runs, 5 hits and no errors While Old Timers has one run, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base Old Timers has stranded 1 It's the bottom of the 4th George Kelly, Old Timers' second baseman, will lead it off Cap Anson is on deck Old Timers will try to cut into FOFC's lead The All Stars lead by 4 George is hitting at .295 on the year He has 114 hits in 387 at bats This includes 22 doubles, 5 triples 15 home runs and 82 RBI's Now set, Kelly waits for the pitch Mighty's 2 strike pitch... A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! Old Timers with one away Mighty steps off the mound as he waits for Cap Anson to come to the plate Old Timers first baseman, Cap Anson, is up next Anson is 0 for 1 today Mighty is ready quickly The pitch to Anson... Base hit to right for Anson Persimmon Pflaggstettler is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up One away, Anson at first Thompson is coming to the plate Thompson is a tough man up there at the plate He's hard to get past in the lineup Sam certainly knows how to get on base He'll make Mighty earn his salary Thompson waits for the pitch The 0-2 pitch... Mighty lets it fly... Thompson hits a screamer at Barrett Blade Blade picks it up and fires to second Out there... And the throw to first A tailor made double play That wraps up the inning for Old Timers Time to check out the rest of the scores Caribbean is in front of Left Outs 3 to 0 Concepcion has hit his 5th homerun for Caribbean AL Post WWII is edging Negro League I 3 to 2 Negro League II is edging Late 20th 2 to 1 Mathis battling Smoltz NL Post WWII with the lead over Japanese League 3 to 0 Aaron has hit his 49th homerun for NL Post WWII Dead Ball Era leads NL Pre WWII 4 to 3 AL Pre WWII and Turn of Century are tied at 1 And here in Old Timers FOFC leads 5 to 1 There is going to be a pitching change Candy Cummings will head to the dugout as Tommy Bond will come on here in the top of the 5th Bond has appeared in 42 games His record is 5-4 with a 5.74 ERA over 96 innings FOFC will send Blade, Stan Gunner, and Persimmon Pflaggstettler to face Tommy Bond this inning Barrett is batting .284 in 429 at bats in 1900 He will be followed by Stan Gunner Blade awaits the pitch Bond brings it to the plate It's popped up into foul territory King Kelly is under it He puts it away Score It: 5 With one down, up next is Stan Gunner To be followed by Persimmon Pflaggstettler Making his way up is Gunner So far this season Gunner is hitting .265 when facing righthanded pitching Gunner gets set for the pitch Bond kicks, delivers Good slider, inside part of the plate Gunner gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Kelly grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! And there's two away Persimmon Pflaggstettler will step in to face Bond next If he gets on, Jeeberoni Potpie will follow Pflaggstettler is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in He's in his crouch Pflaggstettler can really swing that wood Bond's righthanded delivery... Pflaggstettler raps a hard shot... CAUGHT! That ball was lined right at third Kelly just got his glove up in time Great reflexes We're halfway through here at Cow Pasture Field After 4 and a half innings FOFC ahead 5 to 1 We'll be right back... |
8/31 Radio Broadcast Continued
Davis is coming to the plate He stops to towel off his face It's very humid today Looking to get something going Davis, a switch-hitter, up there right-handed against the southpaw Al Mighty One ball, one strike the count Blade comes in a couple steps Yells something to Mighty The delivery Belt high...Swung on by Davis... Hit's a soft liner towards the gap Shortstop's going back... Leaps... Can't get it It's just over his outstretched glove Nice try by Nights, but not good enough Davis at first, nobody out Ewing comes to the plate Here's the look to third I expect Ewing to swing away... He is 0 for 1 today With a .309 average for the year Ewing is poised and ready for the pitch The pitch on the way, here it is... Ewing loops one into short left Gunner is coming in on it... He dives for it... GOT IT! Risky play, but he pulled it off! One away Tommy McCarthy, a fine hitter, is due up next Tommy Bond will follow Coming to the plate is McCarthy One down and runner at first McCarthy looks for a sign from third Charley Gould delivers it to Tommy Tommy is 1 for 1 today singled his last at bat McCarthy readies himself for the pitch Davis takes a walking lead Mighty goes into his stretch... Looks over at Davis Fires to Potpie... Davis is back easily... We're ready again Now Mighty comes home McCarthy 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 Bond digs in at the plate Ready now for Mighty to come set Mighty steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign Mighty brings it to the plate Changeup... Ties Bond up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! That's all for the Ancients After 5 innings in Old Timers this evening, FOFC ahead 5 to 1 It's the All Stars' turn at bat here in the top of the 6th Jeeberoni Potpie, Harry Hays, and Deacon Palmer are due up to face righthander Tommy Bond Potpie is taking his practice swings Jeeberoni is 1 for 2 this evening He's ready The kick and the pitch Ground ball to the left side... Kelly scoops it up Over to first for the putout And there's one away Harry Hays is coming to the plate And Tommy studies the sign from Ewing... Now he's got it Bond brings it home Sinking fastball... Hays swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Kelly... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Bond retires two in a row Deacon Palmer will face Bond Righty against righty Palmer is at .326 on the season Tommy peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one Now Tommy delivers Palmer slaps a hard grounder past short McCarthy is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Palmer will hold with a clean single So with 1 on and 2 outs FOFC sends their shortstop, Jeff Nights, up to face Bond Hard-hitting Gerald Gazelle is walking towards the on-deck circle Jeff is hitting at .281 on the year He has 149 hits in 531 at bats Today, he is 0 for 2 Nights grounded out his last time up Bond adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Ewing Now the delivery, here is is... Hot shot grounded to second Kelly grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's all for FOFC After 5 and a half innings in Old Timers this evening, FOFC ahead 5 to 1 The Old Timers crowd has been pretty quiet Here is Hamilton to lead off He certainly will try to liven things up! If he can get on Hamilton swinging from the left side facing the southpaw Mighty Al Mighty steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The southpaw Mighty delivers the 3-2 pitch Hamilton lays down a bunt! Palmer has it and throws to first Just in time! Kelly steps in... He pounds the bat on the plate Now he is ready Kelly adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... King is 0 for 2 this evening Mighty steps on the rubber Now Al delivers Slow ground ball Palmer is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two up, two down for the Ancients Next up is George Kelly, the Old Timers second baseman... If he gets on, Cap Anson would bat next Kelly is 0 for 2 today Mighty toes the rubber again He gets his sign from Hays Windup by Mighty And the pitch Kelly hits a long drive It's hooking down the left field line If it's fair, it's out of here... It goes FOUL! . . . Kelly back in the box And here comes the next pitch It's a high fly ball into shallow center Gazelle runs in... He calls for it... Blade yells "take it" And Gazelle puts it away Kelly is retired on a lazy fly to center That's three up, three down FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Old Timers has one run, 4 hits and no errors Gerald Gazelle, Al Mighty, and Barrett Blade are due up for the All Stars FOFC leads, 5-1 Gazelle is 0 for 1 today Gerald drew a walk last time up Bond steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he slides his foot back into position He's ready The righthander Bond's delivery Gazelle takes a vicious cut Unfortunately, for FOFC, all he hit was air Gerald goes down swinging...again... 2 whiffs on the evening for the free swinging FOFC center fielder One out Due up next is Al Mighty Al Mighty plants his left foot The lefthanded pitcher for FOFC appears set Bond 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 is on the way Comebacker, right to Bond Over to Anson for the easy out 'Come back, Little Sheba' Two down Tommy Bond retires the first two batters in order Blade finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Barrett is hitting at .284 on the year He has 122 hits in 430 at bats His speed has propelled him to 10 stolen bases Ewing flashes the sign... Bond shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The righthander delivers There's a ground ball into the hole Kelly and Davis converge on it It's picked by Davis who fires to first OUT is the call Close play!! That's it in the top of the 7th for FOFC Three up, three down Let's see who's doing what tonight Caribbean is giving it to Left Outs 9 to 4 Negro League I is edging AL Post WWII 4 to 3 Smith battling Ford Late 20th and Negro League II are tied at 3 NL Post WWII is edging Japanese League 3 to 2 Aaron has hit his 49th homerun for NL Post WWII Quite a year for the slugger NL Pre WWII leads Dead Ball Era 7 to 6 AL Pre WWII is crushing Turn of Century 11 to 1 I'd hate to be Wood right now! And in our matchup FOFC leads 5 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Power hitting Cap Anson will lead off Old Timers' clean-up hitter will see what he can do against FOFC's Al Mighty Anson is taking his practice swings Cap is 1 for 2 this evening He singled last time at bat Anson waits Into the windup... here's the pitch There's a fly ball to Gerald Gazelle Gazelle circles under it... He makes the play Thompson pounds the plate Now he stares out at Mighty Sam is 0 for 2 this summer evening He's batting .290 on the season Sam seems to be relaxed and ready for the pitch He steadies his bat now Mighty is into his windup Here's the pitch 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! One more chance for Old Timers this inning Davis walks from the on deck circle Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Buck Ewing moves into the on deck circle Old Timers needs some runs Time is called... The umpire asks for some new balls from the Ancients ballboy The umpire says let's go Davis is ready The 3-1 delivery by the lefthander Mighty misses low on that one Davis draws the walk Number 1 today by Mighty Here's the 5'10", 188 pound Buck Ewing strolling to the plate Buck will be facing the left-handed Mighty from the right side of the plate He has a .308 average overall But southpaws are his nemesis... He has only a .233 average against lefty hurlers Ewing awaits the delivery The stretch... the 2-2 delivery Smashed to short Nights comes up with it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 The Ancients are gone No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base... We've played through seven here at Cow Pasture Field... The score... FOFC ahead 5 to 1 Gunner is walking to the plate Some in the crowd are razzing him He gives them a quick glance... Not smart! That has only encouraged them to get louder He should just let his bat answer back Tommy gets the sign from Ewing Now to the belt, here it is... Gunner swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Bond strikes out Stan Gunner One gone for FOFC Up next for the visiting All Stars Persimmon Pflaggstettler, their right fielder Pflaggstettler digs in on the right side of the plate facing the righty Bond Bond steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign He brings it home Struck him out on a fastball Pflaggstettler goes down swinging Two up, two down The first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie is up for the All Stars We are in the top of the 8th Potpie is at .278 on the season Bond has the sign from Ewing Bond brings it to the plate It rides in on Potpie and hits him on the hands Potpie is in a lot of pain... We'll see if he can continue... He heads to first With a runner at first and two outs Hays walks to the plate Hays is batting .322 with 12 HR's this year Bond adjusts his belt... Looks in for the sign from Ewing The righthander Bond's delivery Bouncer to first Anson flips to Bond covering Score It: 3-1 That's it for FOFC Here at Cow Pasture Field, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 5 runs, 6 hits and no errors While Old Timers has one run, 4 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 on base Old Timers has stranded 3 Tommy McCarthy is up to lead off the inning The crowd is chanting for Old Timers to get things going McCarthy has a .341 average against lefthanders He is .316 overall He's ready for the delivery Mighty brings it home A wave and a miss! Strike Three! One down for Old Timers Tommy Bond is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for Old Timers Dan Brouthers will hit for Tommy Bond Brouthers is batting .379 with 10 home runs He also has 72 RBI's on the year He's batting .419 against southpaws Big Dan will be up next Mighty has the sign from Hays It's a full count... Mighty winds and fires... A fastball way inside... It hits Brouthers! He got it right in the side! He glares down at Mighty as he walks deliberately to first Now here's Hamilton Hamilton wiggles the bat above his head Mighty has a 4-hitter going through 7 1/3 innings Mighty fires There's a dunker in front of Gerald Gazelle He dives, but he traps it Wait, the second base umpire overrules the call He calls the batter 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 King Kelly steps into the box Kelly is 0 for 3 today Mighty studies his sign Mighty kicks and fires It bounces in front of the plate and gets by Hays Brouthers moves up 90 feet on the wild pitch King Kelly steps into the box Kelly digs in from the right side of the plate against the southpaw Mighty After getting set, Kelly waits on the pitch Al looks over his shoulder at Brouthers Fakes a throw... Now he is ready The pitch Smashed to third Fouts grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That's it in the bottom of the 8th No runs, no hits, no errors and one man left on base After 8 innings in Old Timers, FOFC leads 5 to 1 Al Spalding will be coming on to pitch for Old Timers Al has appeared in 29 games this season He has a record of 6-1 in 40 innings His ERA stands at 2.48 Dan Fouts, Jeff Nights, and Gerald Gazelle are due up Fouts has 11 doubles this year Fouts waits Spalding winds and delivers The 2 strike pitch Fly ball to right Thompson is under it He makes the grab Old Timers gets the first out of the inning Nights is ready to face Spalding Spalding is ready quickly Spalding's 2 strike pitch... Changeup down low... Nights makes contact and hits one out to left Tommy McCarthy is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Spalding That's two away Gerald Gazelle will be coming up Benton Breeze loves the pop in his bat Gazelle is 0 for 2 on the day He looks around at the Old Timers infield Anson is kicking the dirt at first Kelly is even with the bag at third Kelly and Davis are ready with hands on knees at second and short Waiting for the pitch is Gazelle Spalding brings it to the plate Extra base hit to center for Gazelle Billy Hamilton is trying to get to it This one is rolling to the wall... This might be stretched into an inside the park homerun! He's going to try for it! Here's the play... He's safe!!!! That's an inside the park homerun for Gazelle! Mighty is up now for FOFC Spalding likes the sign The righthander winds and delivers Hard slider, paints the inside corner Mighty gets a piece of it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Anson grabs it... Races to first... Beats Mighty for the out That's all for FOFC After 8 and a half innings in Old Timers this evening, FOFC on top 6 to 1 Kelly will come up to lead off the bottom of the 9th Old Timers' fans are looking for some runs from their team Kelly adjusts his glove... Steps into the box... George is 0 for 3 this evening Kelly readies himself for the pitch The lefthander Mighty delivers It's a high fly into center Gazelle ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out While we wait for Cap Anson to get a new bat Let's check the scoreboard These scores are final... Caribbean spanked Left Outs 10 to 5 Gonzalez has hit his 26th homerun for Caribbean AL Post WWII topped Negro League I 7 to 4 Late 20th nipped Negro League II 4 to 3 NL Post WWII squeezed by Japanese League 4 to 2 Banks has hit his 49th homerun for NL Post WWII NL Pre WWII downed Dead Ball Era 8 to 6 AL Pre WWII humbled Turn of Century 11 to 3 OK, let's see if Old Timers can get back in this ballgame Currently down by 5 Anson finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Anson looks into the dugout Now he steps back in... 1 for 3 on the day for Cap Cap is ready for the delivery Here's the pitch Anson laces a hit into the outfield Stan Gunner picks it up Fires it to the infield Anson holds with a single Sam Thompson is up next Old Timers' right fielder finds 1 on with 1 out Thompson is hitting .214 against southpaws 0 for 3 so far this game He lined out in his last at bat Al is ready The southpaw Mighty's delivery on the 2-1 pitch Curve ball... Low and away... Thompson reaches for it... Pops it straight up Two players have a chance for it And it will be Nights making the play Two down, last of the 9th... The Ancients are down to their final out George Davis is up next The Ancients' shortstop finds 1 on with 2 outs Davis has hit 12 home runs this year Mighty tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... Here's the southpaw's delivery Fastball at the knees... Cut at by Davis... Skies a long drive... It's down the line, hooking... Is it fair?... It's gone! FOFC leads 6 to 3 Two away, nobody on Ewing comes to the plate for Old Timers Buck is hitless on the evening, 0 for 3 He's due... Ewing awaits the pitch Al rocks and fires Ewing pops one straight up And it will be Hays making the play And that will do it for Old Timers FOFC wins 6 to 3 Mighty gets credit for the win Clarkson takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Persimmon Pflaggstettler He was 2 for 4 He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from Old Timers. |
8/31 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Old Timers Ancients 8/31/1900 |
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American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# |
9/1 Radio Broadcast
Welcome to Cow Pasture Field! And in a moment we'll be ready for the game between Old Timers and FOFC The ump shouts "PLAY BALL!" We're ready to go here in Old Timers Barrett Blade to lead it off for FOFC Keefe will try to get Blade to go fishing as the 0-2 pitch heads towards the plate There's a towering fly ball hit by Blade Thompson sprints over, and makes the catch Keefe retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 1st FOFC left fielder, Stan Gunner, is up next Gunner grips the bat handle Waiting for the pitch is Gunner The fans want the "K" Tim winds and comes in with the 0-2 pitch Strike three swinging! With an 0 and 2 count, Keefe threw it on the outside corner Gunner had to go after it Tim did a good job of pin-pointing that ball It was too close to let go by... but not good enough to hit Two down Ewing asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Ewing and Keefe FOFC sends the right fielder, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, up to the plate Pflaggstettler has hit 23 home runs this year Keefe 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 3-0 offering The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Pflaggstettler held up, and draws a walk Keefe isn't happy at all with that call Now batting will be the first baseman, Jeeberoni Potpie Hitching up his pants... Potpie gazes out to the mound Keefe is asking for a new ball... The ump throws him a new one... Keefe looks in... Now he's ready Keefe's into the stretch... Looks over at first Quick throw! Pflaggstettler dives back in!... SAFE!... Anson tosses it back to Keefe Now here's the pitch Keefe's fastball is ripped toward first Anson can't get to it! It is into the outfield... Pflaggstettler 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 Potpie and a nice piece of baserunning as well So there are runners on the corners for Harry Hays The catcher, Harry Hays, is up next Keefe is slow to get ready He has a 5.05 ERA this year Now he's ready Now ready, here it is... Swung on and rocked toward George Davis He leaps in the air... Just out of his reach! The runners are on the move The throw comes in quickly to Kelly Potpie will have to hold at second Keefe takes the ball from Kelly as he walks back to the mound Now FOFC on top 1 to 0 Now here's Palmer Palmer swinging from the right side facing the righty Keefe Keefe shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Tim has a myriad of pitches but his best is the change-up! It's coming down the pike Bounding ball to first Anson flips to Keefe covering Score It: 3-1 After one-half inning It's FOFC 1, Ancients coming up Billy Hamilton up first for Old Timers He is a threat to steal if he gets on Hamilton a lefty in the batter's box facing the lefthanded Williams A battle of lefties... And John studies the sign from Hays... Now he's got it John winds... kicks... and delivers Hamilton swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Williams strikes out Billy Hamilton So one up and one gone With FOFC leading in the bottom of the 1st Here's Kelly now up for Old Timers On deck will be George Kelly John peers in for the sign... Shakes off the first one... Likes the second one The southpaw Williams' delivery on the 1-0 pitch Fastball... Kelly jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep right There goes Pflaggstettler after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Persimmon Pflaggstettler! That's the second out of the inning Old Timers trails by 1 They need a win They are 3rd in the standings 9.0 games out Two away, nobody on Kelly comes to the plate for Old Timers John gets the sign from Hays The southpaw Williams' delivery 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's all for the Ancients... After 1 inning here at Cow Pasture Field in Old Timers, FOFC on top 1 to 0 Nights heads for the plate leading off this inning for FOFC Nights is trying to get comfortable in the box Digging that back foot in All set, Nights is ready for the pitch And the delivery by Keefe Long fly to center Hamilton has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Nights is retired on a fairly deep fly One out Due up next is Gerald Gazelle Facing Keefe now is Gazelle John Williams heads to the on deck circle Barrett Blade waits in the hole Watching Keefe, Gazelle wiggles the bat He's ready for the pitch Gazelle awaits the delivery And the righthander starts to work on Gazelle Here comes the pitch Change-up, Gazelle is looking for it... He smacks a deep fly to left-center... Kelly is at the warning track... HE STUMBLES!!!... The ball rolls to the fence... Gazelle coasts into second... Gazelle will get a double from the offical scorer Williams looks to lay one down Williams lays down a great bunt! There is no chance to get the lead runner Williams might beat it out... Fielded by K.Kelly the throw to first... close play... Out Williams gets the job done. Two gone for FOFC With two out Batting for FOFC now is Blade Keefe steps on the rubber... Looks in for the sign The pitch is on the way Blade works the walk... Passes the baton to Stan Gunner who will see if he can get Gazelle in from third Gunner is up now for FOFC Gunner has hit 15 home runs this year Keefe wastes no time He has the sign from Ewing Keefe checks the runners Gunner swings and lifts a loud foul, straight back Ewing gives chase... He's at the screen... No chance for this one as it lands high up on the netting . . . Gunner back in the box And here comes the next pitch He quick pitches Gunner... and it's in there Strike three That's all for FOFC After 1 and a half innings in Old Timers this afternoon, FOFC on top 1 to 0 Anson saunters to the plate... He stretches out a little Then kicks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Anson is batting .298 with 6 round trippers in 1900 Anson is set for the pitch The southpaw's 2 strike delivery Pop-up Hays drifts behind the plate He makes the catch One down for Old Timers Sam Thompson is still in the on-deck circle and George Davis is looking for a bat in the dugout And the batter is Sam Thompson George Davis is on-deck Thompson can't seem to get settled at the plate The count is full, 3-2 The payoff pitch... Williams brings it to the plate Sinking fastball... Thompson swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Williams George Davis will be next up... Settling in at the plate is Davis We'll see how they pitch to Davis Williams steps on the rubber Here's his delivery Ball four is the call Williams can't believe the call And barks at the home plate umpire The ump points out at Williams Davis takes first base Davis inches slowly away from the bag Williams is staring at first base He's holding Davis very close John Ward moves in to face Williams 1 on, 2 outs here in the bottom of the 2nd Williams eyes Ward intently Here's the southpaw's delivery Base hit to center for Ward Charley Gould puts up the stop sign... Davis will stay at second Buck Ewing is due up Sal Maglie, the FOFC pitching coach, is running out... He wants to speak to John Williams Probably just wants to calm him down a bit Stepping out, Ewing looks into the dugout Steps back in Ewing waits on Williams Williams brings it home A slider by Williams Ewing gets good wood on it... Gunner back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Just out of his reach...! Stan runs it down... throws it back in to the cut-off man All runners advace two on that one Ewing is standing on second Ancients' pitcher Keefe is up next Keefe looks down toward the third base coach, Charley Gould Keefe awaits the delivery A check on the runners... the pitch Swung on and missed by Keefe, he's down on strikes That retires the side... but not before the Ancients score 1 run to tie it up After 2 innings, Old Timers has one run, 2 hits and no errors While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors Persimmon Pflaggstettler stops at the on deck circle Takes a couple more practice swings Now heads for the plate Stepping in and then stepping out again Pflaggstettler looks to third for a sign Keefe is happy with the sign It's a full count... Keefe winds and fires... Keefe loses him Pflaggstettler heads down to first 2 walks today for Pflaggstettler Batting for FOFC will be Potpie Potpie is batting .280 with 38 HR's this year Keefe steps off the rubber... Adjusts his cap... Now he's ready The pitch on the way, here it is... There's a drive to George Kelly George charges in He makes the running catch That's one away And it brings up Harry Hays On deck is Deacon Palmer Jeff Nights in the hole Hays is batting .323 with 12 homers this year Hays readies himself for the pitch Keefe goes into his stretch Looks over at the fidgety Pflaggstettler He lobs one to Anson... Pflaggstettler is back easily We're ready again Now Keefe comes home It is a high hard one... Hays goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Hays couldn't hold back That's two away Pflaggstettler extends his lead towards second Keefe's throws over have been effective Pflaggstettler has a shorter lead now He must be getting tired diving back into the bag Palmer steps in Pflaggstettler's trying to rattle Tim Keefe by taking a big lead off first He can drive a pitcher to drink Pflaggstettler will be running if it's hit Keefe likes the sign Keefe looks at the runner The pitch Base hit to right for Palmer Pflaggstettler is racing towards third... The throw is going to third... Sam Thompson throws the ball away for an error! Keefe looks down at Nights as he steps in Jeff is ready to go Nights is 0 for 1 today Jeff flied out last time up Keefe is ready quickly Now the delivery, here is is... He hits a tough grounder to third Kelly grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That does it in the top of the 3rd Now a brief message from our hosts This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System We are pleased you joined us for today's ballgame Now back to baseball where After 2 and a half innings, FOFC leads 2 to 1 Hamilton 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 Hamilton is hitting .266 against southpaws 0 for 1 so far this game He struck out in his last at bat Williams studies his sign Williams leans back and fires There's a fly ball to Stan Gunner Gunner circles under it... He makes the play One gone for Old Timers The third baseman, King Kelly will be up next for Old Timers Williams has the sign from Hays The pitch is on the way Kelly 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 Kelly George Kelly, the left fielder, strides to the plate Kelly is at .292 on the season Williams wastes no time He has the sign from Hays The pitch to Kelly... Kelly hits a three hopper towards John Williams Williams scoops it and fires it to second... Out The throw to first... Out at first, it's a double play We head to the 4th... The score is still FOFC 2, Ancients 1 Here is Gerald Gazelle to start it off for FOFC Keefe looks down at Ewing for the sign... Shakes him off once... twice Now he has the pitch he wants Keefe is into his windup Here's the pitch A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! Gazelle is down on strikes Number 4 here today for Keefe And there's one away John Williams will face Keefe Righty against righty Time is called... Williams has asked the ump to clean the plate We'll be ready in a second... OK, now we are ready again Williams, batting righthanded is in his crouch Ready to face the righthanded Keefe Keefe's windup... the delivery Curve in the dirt... and Williams holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate umpire says no Ewing asks the first base ump's opinion He says Williams went around Strike three, swinging FOFC on top 2 to 1 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Left Outs and Caribbean are tied at 2 McCovey has hit his 31st homerun for Left Outs Negro League I is comfortably ahead of AL Post WWII 7 to 1 Negro League II leads Late 20th 1 to 0 Redding battling Clemens NL Post WWII is giving it to Japanese League 5 to 0 Dead Ball Era and NL Pre WWII are all knotted at 3 Hornsby has hit his 24th homerun for NL Pre WWII AL Pre WWII is edging Turn of Century 2 to 1 Blade finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box Blade has hit 3 home runs this year Keefe has the sign from Ewing The righthander Keefe delivers Blade rips one to right He hit it right on the nose... Thompson is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Sam Thompson That ends the top of the 4th No runs, no hits and no errors After 3 and a half innings, FOFC leads by 1 Leading off for the Ancients is the first baseman Anson He'll be followed by Sam Thompson And then George Davis Anson is 0 for 1 today Hays flashes the sign... Williams shakes it off, he wants another... Now he's happy The lefthander delivers In the dirt And Anson holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Thompson up The Ancients have Anson on first Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready Here's the 2-1 offering Here's a big breaking curve, inside... Thompson takes a cut at it... Hits a grounder to first Potpie comes up with the smooth pickup... He tosses it to second... That's one out The relay to first... Not in time Thompson beats the throw by a step With one down, up next is George Davis To be followed by John Ward Planting his right foot Davis is set in the box... The infield shifts slightly to the left for the right hand hitting Davis Davis is hitting .289 with 13 homeruns George also has 21 doubles and 10 triples And has driven in a total of 66 runs George is set for the pitch The 0-1 delivery by the lefthander A slider by Williams Davis gets good wood on it... Gazelle back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's the second out of the inning Ward gets set at the plate Ward steps out of the batter's box to get the sign John is 1 for 1 today Ward waits patiently Williams goes into his stretch... Looks at Thompson... He fires one to Potpie... Thompson dives back in That's his best move to first... Potpie lobs it back Now Williams comes home Swung on and missed by Ward, he's down on strikes That's all for the Ancients After 4 innings in Old Timers this afternoon, FOFC ahead 2 to 1 |
9/1 Radio Broadcast Continued
Gunner saunters to the plate He does some stretching... Knocks the dirt from his spikes... Now he steps into the batter's box Tim looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next Now Tim delivers Gunner swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Keefe strikes out Stan Gunner One away... Anson is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Kelly also... Now they return to their positions Now batting will be Persimmon Pflaggstettler The right fielder is walking to the plate Bases empty... one out FOFC up by 1 Right-hander Keefe eyes the righty Pflaggstettler Keefe brings it to the plate A wave and a miss! Strike Three! Pflaggstettler is down on strikes Number 7 here today for Keefe Two down Tim Keefe retires the first two batters in a row While Harry Hays heads for the on deck circle Jeeberoni Potpie makes his way to the plate Jeeberoni is hitting at .279 on the year He has 142 hits in 509 at bats Today, he is 1 for 2 Potpie flied out his last time up Potpie gets ready for Keefe's pitch His bat is cocked Righthander Keefe's delivery Ground ball to the left side... Davis scoops it up Over to first for the putout And just like that the All Stars are set down in order here in the top of the 5th As we go to our break, FOFC still on top by 1 Here's the catcher Ewing To lead off the inning He'll be followed by Tim Keefe And then Billy Hamilton Buck is hitting at .308 on the year He has 127 hits in 412 at bats This includes 24 doubles, 18 triples 8 home runs and 69 RBI's Hays flashes the sign... Williams waves it off... Now he's happy The windup, and the 3-1 pitch Ewing hits a three hopper towards Deacon Palmer Palmer scoops it and fires it to first for the out Now at the plate will be Keefe pitcher for Old Timers today FOFC leads 2 to 1 Williams tosses the resin bag aside He steps on the rubber... It's a 3-2 count Here comes the pay-off pitch... Fastball... low and away, ball four Williams puts the tying run on base Not a good idea Keefe sneaks away from the base Keefe is unable to take the lead he wants "Sliding Billy" is making his way to the plate FOFC has the outfield shaded towards right Hamilton is 0 for 2 today Hamilton is waiting His bat is wiggling slightly Keefe is dancing off first The southpaw Williams delivers the 1-0 pitch Softly hit on the ground to Blade He scoops, throws to Nights Back to first, not in time! Hamilton beat it out That's the second out of the inning While we wait for King Kelly to get a new bat Let's point out that Old Timers is 5 and 5 in their last ten games King Kelly steps up to the plate Hamilton, with excellent speed, is at first Hamilton will be running if it's hit Williams ready quickly, looks in for the sign He's into the stretch Looks over at first Quick throw!... Hamilton dives back in!... SAFE! Potpie tosses it back to Williams Now here's the pitch That's ball four Kelly trots down to first Hamilton is already down on second At the plate now for Old Timers is Kelly Kelly has a .289 average against lefthanders He is .291 overall George steadies his bat And waits patiently for Williams' pitch Williams rocks and fires Lazy fly ball to center Gazelle pedals over He's got it Score It: 8 That does it for Old Timers in the 5th They leave 2 on base 4 stranded so far today Leading off now for FOFC is Hays Keefe gets the sign, it's one he likes Keefe kicks and delivers It's a high fly to deep center Hamilton is on his horse It is carrying to the fence Billy jumps... Leaping catch... No, it pops out of his glove Hays will get a two-base hit Walking up to the plate now is Palmer Jeff Nights waits on deck Palmer is at .329 on the season Keefe shakes off the sign... Now he shakes off another one... Tim has a myriad of pitches but his best is the change-up! Now Tim delivers Palmer hits a long drive It's hooking down the left field line If it's fair, it's out of here... It goes FOUL! . . . Palmer back in the box And here comes the next pitch IT HITS Palmer! Nights squares to bunt He bunts it . . . A quick glance at the lead runner... Fielded by T.Keefe the throw to first... close play... Out Nights gets the job done. One out here now... Gerald Gazelle is due up He has excellent power Let's see if they decide to pitch to him If not, John Williams will be next Gerald Gazelle steps into the box Gazelle wiggles the bat above his head Gazelle waits for the pitch The righthander delivers The pitch goes wide, and off the mitt of Ewing It rolls a few feet away Hays decides to try for home He's safe Score it a a passed ball Now, FOFC on top 3 to 1 Gerald Gazelle steps into the box Gazelle is 1 for 2 today, with 1 walk Tim Keefe on the mound for the Ancients... Keefe has gone the distance so far He's given up 5 hits and 3 runs Now to the belt, here it is... Just a mite inside That'll be ball four and a walk Keefe has issued 4 bases on balls this afternoon Here's John Williams The outfield shades towards left for Williams Keefe is on the first-base side of the rubber... Here's the righthander's delivery He chases the hook... Williams hits a deep fly ball... Thompson moving under the ball... He makes the catch... And uncorks the throw... SAFE!... As the ball trickles away from Ewing He was unable to handle the throw And there's two away Gazelle takes a walking lead Keefe with his good move... Gazelle scrambles back in time With a runner at first and two outs Blade walks to the plate Blade is 0 for 2 today, with 1 walk Barrett flied out in his last at bat Blade is set Keefe fires Grounded towards the sack Taken by Kelly Over to Anson Got him! Score It: 5-3 That's all for FOFC in the top of the 6th They pick up 2 runs After 5 and a half innings, it's 4-1 FOFC The first baseman Anson will lead off for the Ancients He'll be followed by Sam Thompson And then George Davis Cap is 0 for 1 this fall afternoon He drew a walk in his last plate appearance Anson waits for the pitch His bat is coiled Williams brings it to the plate Swung on and hit sharply to short Nights plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! That's one away Thompson finishes his practice swings Now he strides to the batter's box FOFC on top 4 to 1 John is ready The southpaw delivers the 2-2 pitch Sharp breaking curveball... Thompson reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Palmer... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Potpie at first! Thompson is out easily That's the second out of the inning Davis walks to the plate John Williams steps off the mound toward second Gives the resin bag a toss Now he toes the rubber... He's ready to go The pitch is on the way Davis gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Nights into the outfield... Base hit for Davis The Ancients' second baseman is up next Old Timers has 1 on board with 2 outs John is hitting at .259 on the year He has 68 hits in 263 at bats His speed has propelled him to 22 stolen bases Ward is set for the pitch Williams kicks and fires A slider by Williams Ward gets good wood on it... Gazelle back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That wraps up the inning for Old Timers So After 6 innings FOFC has 4 runs, 5 hits and no errors While Old Timers has one run, 4 hits and one error Old Timers has left 4 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 FOFC will send Gunner, Persimmon Pflaggstettler, and Jeeberoni Potpie to face Tim Keefe this inning Stan is batting .254 with 15 home runs on the season He is 0 for 3 today Gunner waits on Keefe And the righthander starts to work on Gunner Here comes the pitch Srike three! Well that is 4 on the afternoon for Gunner He earns himself a silver sombrero! And there's one away Now at the plate will be Pflaggstettler right fielder for FOFC today Pflaggstettler is 0 for 1 today, with 2 walks Keefe looks down at Ewing for the sign Now he's ready Ward comes in a couple steps Yells something to Keefe The delivery Hard slider... Pflaggstettler swings from his heels... He connects!... There it goes... Kelly is up against the fence But he has no chance for this shot IT'S DOWNTOWN!!! What a blast by Persimmon Potpie is up near the batter's box He is going through his obligatory ritual Finally, he steps in Potpie is at .278 on the season Keefe asks for a new ball Rubs it down... Now he steps on the rubber Keefe brings it to the plate It's a high fly to deep center Hamilton is on his horse It is carrying to the fence Billy jumps... Leaping catch... No, it pops out of his glove Potpie will get a two-base hit Hays is up next One gone, top of the 7th Deacon Palmer moves out on deck Hays steps out... Takes a few more practice swings... Now he's ready Ewing flashes the sign to Keefe It's coming down the pike A hard drive down the line Kelly takes off after it It's over his head Hays running hard out of the box Kelly has the ball Hays motors into second Two-bagger! Potpie scores from second! That'll bring up All Stars' third baseman Deacon Palmer... FOFC with a man in scoring position at second Palmer is taking his practice swings Deacon is 1 for 2 this afternoon He was hit by a pitch last time at bat Right-hander Keefe prepares for the pitch to the right-handed swinging Palmer Keefe fires Base hit to right for Palmer Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Runner holds. Here's Jeff Nights Old Timers looking for two Men on 1st and 3rd Keefe adjusts his cap... Now he's set And the delivery by Keefe He rips a grounder to short Taken by Davis Throws to second He's out Over to first Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 That's all for FOFC After 6 and a half innings in Old Timers this afternoon, FOFC on top 6 to 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! The Old Timers crowd has been pretty quiet Here is Ewing to lead off He certainly will try to liven things up! If he can get on Ewing goes through his routine of settling in Ewing readies himself for the pitch The lefthander Williams delivers Buck Ewing hits a high pop fly on the infield Deacon Palmer calls everyone off The ball drifts a bit... But Palmer is there to make the play Old Timers with one away Williams steps off the mound as he waits for Tim Keefe to come to the plate Ancients pitcher Tim Keefe will bat for himself Williams looks down at Hays for the sign Now he's ready... The pitch is on the way Keefe swings... There's a line drive Heading into the gap... That looks like an easy two-bagger Gerald Gazelle cuts it off before it reaches the fence And fires it in to second The slide... Safe...as the throw is high Keefe has himself a double! But it wasn't as easy as it first looked Keefe is helping his own cause Hamilton gets set at the plate Hamilton is 0 for 3 today John looks for the sign he wants... Shakes off the first one But he likes the next The southpaw Williams' delivery A curve is wide... But swung on and missed! Strike three! That is 4 on the afternoon for Williams That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Left Outs slipping by Caribbean 4 to 2 Negro League I leads AL Post WWII 7 to 6 Late 20th clipping Negro League II 5 to 1 NL Post WWII is edging Japanese League 7 to 6 Niekro and Fujimoto currently dueling NL Pre WWII is edging Dead Ball Era 5 to 4 AL Pre WWII and Turn of Century are tied at 3 Kelly walks up to the plate A base hit should score Keefe Williams is ready quickly John comes home quickly with the 0-2 offering Off speed pitch on the way... And Kelly watches it go by for the third strike That's it for Old Timers Here at Cow Pasture Field, After 7 innings, FOFC has 6 runs, 9 hits and no errors While Old Timers has one run, 5 hits and one error Old Timers has left 6 on base FOFC has stranded 7 Gazelle comes to the plate leading off Gazelle wiggles the bat above his head Keefe gets set... His foot meets the pitching slab He's got his sign Tim will have to come in with this 3-0 delivery It's on its way... Keefe loses him Gazelle heads down to first 2 walks today for Gazelle David Gonzalez is in to pinch hit a nice day for Williams as he stands to get the victory as long as the bullpen holds the lead Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Left Outs slipping by Caribbean 4 to 2 Pennock and Garcia currently dueling Negro League I leads AL Post WWII 7 to 6 Late 20th with the lead over Negro League II 5 to 2 Japanese League is on top of NL Post WWII 9 to 7 Yoneda battling Perry Dead Ball Era and NL Pre WWII are deadlocked at 5 Bender battling Rixey Turn of Century is on top of AL Pre WWII 5 to 3 Joss and Gomez currently dueling And here in Old Timers FOFC on top 6 to 1 Gazelle takes a walking lead Gazelle has stolen 3 of 4 bases this year Blade swings and misses at the slider Gazelle is off for second on the pitch The throw... It's high... The slide... Gazelle is OUT! Great catch and tag applied by McCarthy Over the outside corner Blade hits the curve right to third... Kelly 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 6 and 4 in their last ten games Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Gunner And he pulls it in With one down, up next is Cap Anson To be followed by Sam Thompson Baltimore chop Into left for a single! Base hit to center for Thompson Charley Gould puts up the stop sign... Anson will stay at second Davis rolls one toward Barrett Blade He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the first base umpire George Davis is turning red with rage As he glares at the umpire Better be careful Two gone for Old Timers Big slow curve... And it's in there, strike three That's it for Old Timers FOFC has 6 runs, 9 hits and no errors While Old Timers has one run, 7 hits and 2 errors Old Timers has now left 8 runners stranded Changeup down low... Gunner makes contact and hits one out to right Sam Thompson is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Keefe One gone for FOFC Pflaggstettler pounds a grounder toward McCarthy at second Tommy moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But McCarthy stayed with it Over to first and Pflaggstettler is retired Nice play by the Old Timers second baseman One more chance for FOFC this inning STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Tim Keefe here this afternoon Keefe sets the All Stars down in order McCarthy starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Kronside walks him Tim Keefe is scheduled to bat next, but... Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter Yes Dan Brouthers is stepping out to the on-deck circle Frank Selee will send Dan up to face Kronside Brouthers has a knack for getting on base His .444 OBP proves that He is hitting righties at a .375 pace Hard ground ball to short Nights comes up with it Over to second for one To first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, McCarthy, is out He rips a grounder to the mound Kronside grabs it Throw to second for one Could be two . . . Not in time! Score It: 1-4 The runner on first, Brouthers, is out That's the second out of the inning Swung on and missed... Kelly is down on strikes And that will do it for Old Timers FOFC wins 6 to 1 Williams gets credit for the win Keefe takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Harry Hays He was 3 for 4 And that wraps things up So long from Old Timers. |
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Manager Update
Still down by half a game, with a 3 game set starting tomorrow against the Post Nationals. Man I hope our starting pitching continues to be strong... |
9/2 Radio Broadcast
So here we go...the show down match up between the FOFC and Post Nationals. It's been talked about for weeks and only a half a game separates the two teams This is going to be huge in the determination of who will win the National League We are ready to go and... He walked him, ball four The lead-off batter gets on here in the top of the 1st The All Stars try the hit and run! Tucker gets under this one It's popped high in the air to second Morgan is waving everybody off Tucker is retired One down for FOFC Persimmon Pflaggstettler is still in the on-deck circle and Jeeberoni Potpie is looking for a bat in the dugout 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 Gibson just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate And there's two away Bouncer up the middle Past Joe Morgan... base hit into center field! Blade makes the turn at second Third base coach Dick Howser tells him to keep a-comin' Runners at first and third There's a foul behind behind the plate Roy is after it Digging hard... Not in time! Too shallow of a pop-up for Campanella to reach it in time Another chance for Hays . . . Hays back in the box And here comes the next pitch Hays gets a good cut at it... He lifts it high and deep toward left Aaron is heading back... At the ivy And he makes the catch for the out! Gibson breathes a sigh of relief Bob Gibson holds FOFC scoreless in the first inning 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... Morgan dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Morgan with a single It is a high hard one... Clemente goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Clemente couldn't hold back One gone for NL Post WWII Mays will try the hit and run! Here's the change up... Waiting on it... Mays drives one over Tucker's head... Tucker backing up quickly... He's got his legs twisted... But he rights himself in time Tucker recovers and makes the grab Aaron sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Gunner Gunner gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium left NL Post WWII is out of here in the bottom of the 1st This game is coming to you from Big League Field in NL Post WWII After 1 inning NL Post WWII has no runs, one hit and no errors While FOFC has no runs, one hit and no errors Gunner tries to hold up, but can't He pops one into short right Clemente is coming in hard... Morgan is racing with his back to the infield And neither is going to get it! Gunner is on with the "excuse me" single! Palmer hits it deep towards the gap Clemente is back to the warning track... To the ivy... He leaps against the wall... He can't get it! Palmer is at third, with a triple Gunner scores from first The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Nights held up, and draws a walk Gibson isn't happy at all with that call Sharp slider, catches the outside corner Nielsen swings at it... Hammers a hard grounder right at second Picked up smoothly... Throw to first... IT'S OFF THE BAG!!... Musial grabs it, turns back to the bag NOT IN TIME! Nielsen is SAFE! That'll be an error on that play Score It: E4 Palmer scores from third! Nights takes second Nielsen to first Blade fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Blade dribbles one toward Joe Morgan He scoops it and fires to first... Close play OUT, says the umpire The first base coach is having a tizzy fit And there's one away Swung on and missed... Tucker is down on strikes With that putout Gibson only needs one more out to get out of this inning But 2 runs already across for FOFC Swung on... And Pflaggstettler got a little piece of it But Campanella held on to the tip, strike three Three away in the top of the 2nd FOFC on top 2 to 0 Let's go to the ticker And see how everyone else is faring Negro League II leads AL Post WWII 3 to 2 Left Outs and AL Pre WWII have yet to score Dead Ball Era is on top of Japanese League 2 to 0 NL Pre WWII is on top of Old Timers 2 to 0 Grimes battling Welch Caribbean is on top of Turn of Century 2 to 0 Late 20th is comfortably ahead of Negro League I 6 to 0 A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! Musial is down on strikes Number 2 here today for Nielsen One out Due up next is Mike Schmidt Smashed to the mound Nielsen grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 Two down Banks hits a long drive It's hooking down the left field line If it's fair, it's out of here... It goes FOUL! . . . Banks back in the box And here comes the next pitch Ernie Banks swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... CAUGHT! That one looked like it was gone That ends the inning After 2 innings, FOFC leads by 2 Potpie gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Banks into the outfield... Base hit for Potpie Hit to third... and right at Schmidt He juggled that ball a bit, but held on Hays is out Low and inside It hit him on the foot! Gunner tried to dance out of the way But it got him Curve, up high... Palmer rips it to left... Gibson hung that breaking ball However, Deacon got under it just a bit Aaron started back on it Now he's coming in... He's under it and makes the easy catch "Can of Corn" That's out number two Post-Nationals' pitching coach, Johnny Podres, is out to talk with Gibson And Nights will be trotting to first They've put him on intentionally That sets up a force at any base and brings up Rob Nielsen next Nielsen swings and lifts one toward right Clemente drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's out number three Nielsen leaves the bases loaded So for FOFC, No runs, one hit, no errors and 3 men left on base Sinking fastball... Tailing away... Swung on... Campanella hits a deep fly to left-center Back to the ivy Gunner is at the warning track He's a little out of control... Rights himself Can't get it... It bounces off the ivy... Campanella around first... Here's the throw... It's a rope... The slide... SAFE!! Two-base hit for Campanella Gibson squares He bunts it . . . Fielded by J.Potpie the throw to first... Out Gibson gets the job done. With one down, up next is Joe Morgan To be followed by Roberto Clemente There's a hard roller down at Palmer He's in front of it... It rolls right between the wickets! Error on Deacon Palmer as he didn't get his glove down Maybe a bit too easy for him That scores Campanella The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! Clemente misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Hays fires it down... Good throw... The hard slide... And Morgan is outta there! Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Clemente swings way over it He was fooled completely Hays loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Roberto as he was heading for the dugout That's all here in the bottom of the 3rd But the Post-Nationals get on the board... They bring in 1 run It's now All Stars 2, Post-Nationals 1 A low bouncer to Schmidt It bounces off his chest... But he keeps it in front of him Over to first... Blade is out! Shows the importance of good positioning That's one away Tucker laces a hit into the outfield Roberto Clemente picks it up Fires it to the infield Tucker holds with a single It is a high hard one... Pflaggstettler goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Pflaggstettler couldn't hold back That's two away Potpie connects on the curve... This one is really smoked... Aaron starts back... Now he just stops to look Potpie got all of this one.... See ya, It's a home run! Tucker scores in front of him Pop-up Campanella drifts behind the plate He makes the catch That retires the side The All Stars score 2 runs in the inning After 3 and a half innings, FOFC leads 4 to 1 |
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Mays hits one on the ground to the left side Willie, who moves well, is motoring to first Nights wings it quickly to Potpie... OUT by a step So one up and one gone It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Aaron checks his swing Hays appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Hank Two up, two down here in the bottom of the 4th Over the outside corner Musial hits the curve right to second... Blade takes it on the second hop Fires to 1st... Musial is out by a couple of steps That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII By the way, NL Post WWII is 8 and 2 in their last ten games It's a high fly into right Clemente ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out One away... Musial is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Schmidt also... Now they return to their positions A jug-handled curve Palmer goes out and gets it It's a liner to center Mays will have to hurry... Here he comes... No sir... he has to play it on the short hop Single for Deacon Palmer There's a shallow flyball struck by Nights Willie Mays runs in, calls for the ball He makes the catch Nights is out Two away Fastball, high and tight Ball Four Chin music... Nielsen didn't like it He rips a grounder to the mound Taken by Gibson His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Negro League II is on top of AL Post WWII 4 to 2 Beckwith has hit his 28th homerun for Negro League II Left Outs and AL Pre WWII are deadlocked at 2 Foxx has hit his 37th homerun for Left Outs Dead Ball Era slipping by Japanese League 3 to 1 NL Pre WWII with the lead over Old Timers 3 to 0 Caribbean is comfortably ahead of Turn of Century 6 to 0 Cepeda has hit his 25th homerun for Caribbean Late 20th winning over Negro League I 8 to 2 And in our contest FOFC leads 4 to 1 Swung on and hit on the nose to center Tucker picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Schmidt is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it The ball is low and outside Did he go around? The umpire says no Ball four For Banks, that's 1 walk today Campanella laces a clean base hit He pounced on the fastball Campanella rounds first, but will hold there Both runners move up 90 feet There's a high pop up drifting into foul ground it may get out of play Hays races over He's over by the stands Can he get to it??? HE'S GOT IT!!! Nice play by Hays Score It: 2 One away in the bottom of the 5th for NL Post WWII Flyball to left it's caught Schmidt tags up and scores easily Banks has a chance to move up... Banks will hold at second base He hits a tough grounder to second Blade grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That's it for NL Post WWII Here at Big League Field, After 5 innings, FOFC has 4 runs, 7 hits and one error While NL Post WWII has 2 runs, 4 hits and one error NL Post WWII has left 3 on base FOFC has stranded 9 Tucker swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Gibson strikes out A. J. Tucker FOFC with one away Gibson steps off the mound as he waits for Persimmon Pflaggstettler to come to the plate Srike three! Well that is 4 on the afternoon for Pflaggstettler He earns himself a silver sombrero! NL Post WWII gets the second out of the inning Fastball over the plate... Potpie swings... He hits this one very deep... Willie Mays is giving chase... But this one is going, going... GONE! Potpie now has 2 homers on the day! Nice day indeed! He now has 40 roundtrippers on the year That is Jeeberoni Potpie's 40th home run of the year. Swung on and foul tipped Campanella hangs on to it Strike out for Gibson Number 7 on the day That's all for FOFC After 5 and a half innings in NL Post WWII this afternoon, FOFC on top 5 to 2 Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 227 on the season for Nielsen Curve ball... Aaron swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! Two down Nielsen retires the first two NL Post WWII batters Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Musial was frozen on that fastball by Nielsen High and on the inside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch So Musial is set down And that's 7 for Nielsen today Nielsen shuts down NL Post WWII here in the bottom of the 6th So FOFC still with the lead as we go to a commercial break Gunner hits a three hopper towards Ernie Banks Banks scoops it and fires it to first for the out One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games AL Post WWII and Negro League II are deadlocked at 4 AL Pre WWII is edging Left Outs 3 to 2 Lyons battling Wynn Dead Ball Era slipping by Japanese League 3 to 1 NL Pre WWII with the lead over Old Timers 3 to 0 Caribbean is running roughshod over Turn of Century 10 to 0 Late 20th is comfortably ahead of Negro League I 8 to 2 And in our contest FOFC leads 5 to 2 Slow ground ball Banks is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Two gone for FOFC Swung on and popped up Morgan is waiting... And that's an easy out That retires the side... After 6 and a half innings at Big League Field here in NL Post WWII, FOFC has 5 runs, 8 hits and one error While NL Post WWII has 2 runs, 4 hits and one error FOFC has left 9 men on base NL Post WWII has stranded only 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! In the dirt And Schmidt holds up He draws the walk Nice way to start out the inning Changeup... Ties Banks up in knots An awkward swinging strike three! One down for NL Post WWII Roy Campanella is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for NL Post WWII Curve in the dirt... and Campanella holds up Looked like he went around from here But the plate ump says no Hays loses on his appeal to first Campanella will take first on the walk Grounded towards the sack Potpie grabs it Over to second for one Over to first Double Play! Score It: 3-6-3 Three away here in the bottom of the 7th After 7 innings FOFC ahead 5 to 2 The official attendance has just been announced 48208 fans here at Big League Field this afternoon Fastball... Nielsen jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep left There goes Aaron after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Hank Aaron! That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Blade hits a high pop into short left field Schmidt sprints out Aaron and Mays sprint towards the infield Willie Mays sticks his glove out and IT POPS OUT! It's ruled a double Fastball, belt high, away... Tucker goes after it... There's a fly ball to Clemente Clemente is gliding under it... HE CAN'T HANG ON!!!... Tucker cruises easily into third Blade scores on the play Error number 1 of the game for Clemente Pflaggstettler flies out to center Dick Howser will send the runner home... Here's the play at the plate... Tucker is out! Grounded towards first Potpie grabs it IT'S A RACE TO THE BAG SAFE! Nielsen just misses outside Ball four to Clemente Grounded to third Fouts grabs it Throws to second He's out On to first Double Play! Score It: 5-4-3 Two down Due up next is Hank Aaron Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the Post-Nationals The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Aaron swung, that's strike three Aaron isn't happy at all with that call That's all for the Post-Nationals No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... At the end of eight full innings... FOFC ahead 6 to 2 Potpie drives one into center Willie Mays sprints over to make the play NL Post WWII gets the first out of the inning Hays hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at short Banks dives... It's through for a base hit! He almost got his glove on it... Hays reaches on a sizzling single to left A nice try by the short stop, Ernie Banks That's ball four Gunner trots down to first Hays is already down on second Flyball to right it's caught Hays has a chance to move up... Hays will hold at second base Hot shot grounded to short Taken by Banks His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That retires the side FOFC threatens but fails to score Here in the top of the 9th Slow ground ball to first Tremendous diving grab by Potpie! But no throw! That's an infield hit for Musial! Fastball down low... Schmidt swings and hits one out to left Stan Gunner is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Nielsen Musial trots back to first With one gone NL Post WWII will have Ernie Banks coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it STRIKE THREE! That is number 10 for Rob Nielsen here this afternoon Two down, last of the 9th... The Post-Nationals are down to their final out Campanella goes after Nielsen'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 ivy... It's out of here! Roy just hit home run number 6 of this 1900 season Now batting for the Post-Nationals... Tony Perez... He'll pinch hit for Bob Gibson Joe Morgan is on-deck A wave and a miss! Strike Three! Perez is down on strikes Number 11 here today for Nielsen And that will do it for NL Post WWII FOFC wins 6 to 4 Nielsen gets credit for the win Gibson takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Jeeberoni Potpie He was 4 for 5 with 2 homeruns! He also knocked in 3 runs And that wraps things up So long from NL Post WWII. |
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals 9/2/1900 |
9/3 Radio Broadcast
He walked him, ball four The lead-off batter gets on here in the top of the 1st Hit and run... Slow curve, up high... Tucker sends a hard grounder to first Musial takes it on one hop Fires to Banks for one Back to first... The throw is wide, A. J. is safe With one down, up next is Persimmon Pflaggstettler To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie Here's a high fastball, at the letters... Pflaggstettler raps a hard grounder toward third Mathews takes two steps to his left Scoops it up... Flips over to second for one... The throw to first... Not in time! Score it a force play Speed on the bases helped FOFC there Two gone for FOFC It's a rainbow shot toward center Mays reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Morgan cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Hays Morgan was badly fooled by Babson's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Joe was a little overanxious One out Due up next is Roberto Clemente Long fly to left Gunner has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Clemente is retired on a fairly deep fly Two down Brian Babson retires the first two batters in a row It's a routine fly into right Pflaggstettler ranges over and reaches up This should do it... And Pflaggstettler grabs it for the out 1-2-3, nothing across... Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to left for a base hit No chance to get that one Palmer connects on the curve... This one is really smoked... Clemente starts back... Now he just stops to look Palmer got all of this one.... See ya, It's a home run! Hays scores in front of him Lifted in the air, back this way The catcher, Bench, will take it for the out So Perry retires Gunner Jeff Nights will be up next for FOFC 2 runs across here in the top of the 2nd Swung on...and it's in the air to the left side Backing just a bit is Aaron And he pulls it in FOFC ahead 2 to 0 with two away this inning Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Babson swings way over it He was fooled completely Bench loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Brian as he was heading for the dugout That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores AL Post WWII is edging Negro League II 1 to 0 Williams has hit his 26th homerun for AL Post WWII Left Outs and AL Pre WWII are scoreless Japanese League and Dead Ball Era are all knotted at 1 Oh has hit his 50th homerun for Japanese League NL Pre WWII with the lead over Old Timers 3 to 0 Caribbean is edging Turn of Century 1 to 0 Negro League I is beating Late 20th 4 to 0 Charleston has hit his 30th homerun for Negro League I Mays rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Palmer spears it! A shot hit right on the screws but right at the FOFC third baseman With one gone NL Post WWII will have Hank Aaron coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it It's a smash over short Nights leaps Just over his outstretched glove Aaron makes a wide turn at first He will hold at first The ball comes in quickly Base hit to center for Mathews Bill Russle is waving Aaron to third... The throw is going to third... Aaron is safe at third! And Mathews advances to second on the throw Grounded into the hole Aaron is coming home Potpie comes up with it Over to first NOT IN TIME! That's an infield hit for Banks! Aaron scores from third! Mathews takes third He lays off the pitch Ball four, he walks It is a high hard one... Perry goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up and out of the strike zone... Perry couldn't hold back Babson needs one more out to get out of this jam Drilled on the ground to second Taken by Blade Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 So that wraps it up here in the bottom of the 2nd Morgan leaves teammates on every base He is obviously upset with himself We'll be back in just a minute... Fastball, a beauty... Steee Rike THREE! And there's one away A. J. Tucker offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Tucker couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Joe Morgan for the out Tucker never even left the batter's box Two up, two down Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 63 on the season for Perry That's the third out of the inning Three up, three down It's 2-1, FOFC He rips a grounder to first Babson takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 FOFC gets the first out of the inning It's a high fly to deep center Tucker is on his horse It is carrying to the ivy A. J. jumps It's off the wall Musial is around second But retreats to the bag as the throw comes in Curveball, in and low Mays 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 Musial is now perched over at third Two gone here in the bottom of the 3rd We want to welcome the NL Post WWII "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Aaron gets a good cut at it... He lifts it high and deep toward left Gunner is heading back... At the ivy And he makes the catch for the out! Babson breathes a sigh of relief That retires the side... Hank Aaron fails to come Through in the clutch That's something you won't see very often Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Potpie hits it into the hole on the right side Morgan ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Potpie is out by a step at first One down for FOFC Harry Hays is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Sinking fastball... Hays swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Banks... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step And there's two away Fly ball to right Clemente is under it He makes the grab That's all for FOFC After 3 and a half innings in NL Post WWII this evening, FOFC ahead 2 to 1 Curve ball... Mathews swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! NL Post WWII with one away Babson steps off the mound as he waits for Ernie Banks to come to the plate Banks hits a three hopper towards Barrett Blade Blade scoops it and fires it to first for the out Two up, two down for the Post-Nationals We're in the bottom of the 4th Fastball... low and away, ball four Babson puts the tying run on base Not a good idea Perry watches a roundhouse curve all the way in Strike Three called! That one started out right at Gaylord, In fact, he started to bend back out of the way Babson just delivered a sweeping curve that just caught the inside corner of the plate That ends the inning After 4 innings, FOFC leads by 1 Gunner hits a deep fly Clemente retreats toward the ivy He leaps... He's got it! So one up and one gone Nights hits it sharply on the ground... into the hole at third Mathews dives for it... He's up with it... a strong throw to first... GOT HIM!!! A sparkling play by the third baseman, Eddie Mathews! Two down A wave and a miss! Strike Three! The All Stars go down in order, 1-2-3 After 4 and a half innings, FOFC on top 2 to 1 |
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Morgan rocks one deep This is really hit It's going... going... FOUL! Man, the wind really robbed Morgan . . . Morgan back in the box And here comes the next pitch It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out One away... Potpie is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Palmer also... Now they return to their positions Clemente tries to hold up Hays points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! Two away Musial 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 dives for it... NO DICE!!! It caroms off his glove a few feet away He scurries to get the ball back in as Musial pulls up easily with a two-bagger Pounded on the ground to short Nights comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 The Post-Nationals go down in the bottom of the 5th After 5 innings at Big League Field here in NL Post WWII, FOFC on top 2 to 1 A hanging curve... Blade laces it hard just to the right of Mathews He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Barrett... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in It's the hit and run play by FOFC... Tucker misses the pitch! The steal attempt... Bench displays his rocket arm... Blade sliding to the outside... Avoids the tag... He's safe Good throw by Bench A curve is wide... But swung on and missed! Strike three! That is 5 on the evening for Perry One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League II leads AL Post WWII 4 to 3 AL Pre WWII is on top of Left Outs 2 to 0 Dead Ball Era is edging Japanese League 2 to 1 Oh has hit his 50th homerun for Japanese League NL Pre WWII is edging Old Timers 3 to 2 Caribbean is beating Turn of Century 5 to 1 Luque comfortably ahead for Caribbean Negro League I with the lead over Late 20th 4 to 1 Day comfortably ahead for Negro League I There's a ball in the dirt... The catcher Bench tries to block it... It's off his shin guards There goes Blade... Bench picks up the ball and slings it to Mathews Not in time! Wild pitch on Perry The ball dropped like a rock Bench got in front of it, but the spin was too much Big slow curve... And it's in there... Pflaggstettler looks at strike three Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Potpie swings and lifts one toward center Mays drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 5 and a half innings FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While NL Post WWII has one run, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 2 stranded NL Post WWII has failed to bring home 6 Aaron hits a drive to left He hit it right on the button... But Gunner got a great jump... He is closing quickly... OUT! Nice play by Stan Gunner One up, one down for NL Post WWII Grounded towards the bag Babson takes the flip from Potpie Score It: 3-1 Two up, two down for NL Post WWII A hot shot on the ground to Palmer He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Banks is out Easy inning for Babson So after six complete... FOFC leads 2 to 1 Hays hits a shallow fly towards Hank Aaron Aaron charges, dives... He's got it! Good play by Aaron One gone in the top of the 7th Up next is Deacon Palmer He's having a fine year so far A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! Two down Perry retires two in a row Fastball... down and away... Perry just misses the corner... ball four That's 2 walks given up by Perry today Ground ball to short Taken by Banks His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's it for FOFC Here at Big League Field, After 6 and a half innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 3 hits and no errors While NL Post WWII has one run, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has left 3 on base NL Post WWII has stranded 6 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Grounded towards the bag Potpie boots the ball! Score It: E3 Bench to first Gaylord Perry is being called back to the dugout Looks like we'll be seeing a pinch hitter Yep, out steps Billy Williams Tommy Lasorda will send Williams up He has cracked them over the fence in this situation before Williams has 7 home runs this year Billy has already popped 1 pinch homer Another would make him and this crowd very happy Fastball down low... Williams swings and hits one out to right Persimmon Pflaggstettler is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Babson Bench trots back to first That's one away Morgan sits on the change up He lofts a fly ball towards Tucker Tucker gliding under it... Appears to lose sight of it Has it again... And makes the catch in medium center Bouncer to short Taken by Nights His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That is the third out for NL Post WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 49705 Phil Niekro will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Phil has appeared in 63 games this season with a record of 10-4 In 97 innings, he has an 4.16 ERA Gaylord Perry has finished his work here this evening NL Post WWII's defensive changes are... Williams will bat 9th and play RF It's a wicked breaking ball Out of the strike zone Babson checks his swing Bench appeals to the first base umpire Take a seat, Brian NL Post WWII gets the first out here late in this contest Sinking fastball... Blade swings over the top of it... Hammers a hard grounder right at Mathews... He scoops it up, throws to first... Out by a step That's two away Swung on and hit sharply to second Morgan plays it on one bounce Over to Musial... Out of there! Three down for FOFC Still a 1 run deficit for NL Post WWII Let me point out that coming in to today's game FOFC is 32 and 18 in one run games NL Post WWII has a 27 and 23 record in these tight contests Musial hits a fly ball to center A. J. Tucker camps under it He's got it One out Willie Mays is due up next Mays swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Babson strikes out Willie Mays That's the second out of the inning Ground ball through the middle Nights ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! So the Post-Nationals are retired here in the eighth They are still 1 run behind Babson is having his way with them this evening For you stats nuts out there, NL Post WWII is 31 and 18 versus portside starters in 1900 If they don't get busy in the ninth, they'll have to add another "L" to that total Overall, they are 95 and 54 It's a high fly into right Williams ranges to his right Reaches up, and takes it for the easy out With one down Musial yells something out to Niekro Phil nods his head Slider, over the inside corner... Lashed hard out into center It's in for a base hit... Mays quickly racing over... Fields it smoothly, fires it in behind the runner... Potpie dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Potpie with a single (Guarding Lines Effect) Hays sends a hot smash to first Musial takes it on one hop Fires to Banks for one Back to Stan Musial... Harry beats the relay With two gone, FOFC leads 2 to 1 in the top of the 9th Base hit to center for Palmer Dick Howser puts up the stop sign... Hays will stay at second Change up... Gunner was way out in front... Strike Three That's it for FOFC FOFC has 2 runs, 5 hits and one error While NL Post WWII has one run, 5 hits and no errors FOFC has now left 5 runners stranded Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Mathews! One down for NL Post WWII Ernie Banks is still in the on-deck circle and Johnny Bench is looking for a bat in the dugout The pitch is just inside and Banks holds up Hays points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Ernie trots down to first... ball four Tommy Lasorda is sending out Lou Brock to first base He will run for Ernie Banks Second base is open NL Post WWII now has a threat to steal Brock is taking his lead from first Knowles looks Brock back He is unable to get his normal lead It is a high hard one... Bench goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Bench couldn't hold back Two gone here in the bottom of the 9th We want to welcome the "Strat Fan Hall of Fame Club" to the game tonight We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark He's off to the races! Hays comes up firing... Nights applies the tag... Brock is safe!... Nights can't handle the throw cleanly Defensive manager has decided to pitch around Billy Williams Williams fights one off at the wrists He muscles it to center Tucker moves in quickly He slides on the moist grass! He clutches it while flat on his back! And that will do it for NL Post WWII FOFC wins 2 to 1 Babson gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Perry takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was Deacon Palmer He was 2 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from NL Post WWII. |
9/3 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals 9/3/1900 |
Nicely done boys, clutch game on the mound!
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9/4 Radio Broadcast
Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Marichal's obviously peeved at that call But Barrett tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first The hit and run is on! Tucker sends a hot smash to first Musial takes it on one hop Fires to Banks for one Back to Stan Musial... A. J. beats the relay One gone for FOFC Pflaggstettler swings and misses Strike three Pflaggstettler didn't have a good cut at that pitch Two down Campanella asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Campanella and Marichal Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Potpie is outta there Juan Marichal holds FOFC scoreless in the first inning Another hook for strike three! Morgan just stood there looking One down for NL Post WWII Roberto Clemente is still in the on-deck circle and Willie Mays is looking for a bat in the dugout There's a hard bouncer to Palmer's left He's over... Makes the pick-up... Over to Potpie... Clemente is out! A sparkling glove hand pick-up by Deacon Palmer! Two down Swung on... And there's a high fly ball into center Tucker is under it, waits... He's got it Al Mighty holds the Post-Nationals scoreless in the first There's a high foul pop behind the plate Campanella goes back to the screen Nice play Just before it goes into the seats One up, one down Stan takes a vicious cut But only creates a breeze He was guessing on that one Wrong guess! Gunner has been striking out a lot in 1900 And he is batting only .250 in 288 at bats That's two away Banks comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Marichal Deacon Palmer will be next up... Swung on and hit on the nose to left Aaron picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Palmer is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it Nights hits a pop into short right field Out goes Musial and Morgan In comes Clemente Morgan waves his hands in the air He makes the catch over his shoulder Pretty play by Joe So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Marichal In the top of the 2nd for FOFC No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Slow ground ball Nights is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT One out Due up next is Stan Musial A wave and a miss! Strike Three! Musial is down on strikes Number 2 here today for Mighty Two down Mighty retires the first two NL Post WWII batters Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Hays fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Schmidt That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII By the way, NL Post WWII is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Fly ball to right Clemente is under it He makes the grab That's the first out of the inning Two more to go It's a high fly to deep center Mays is on his horse It is carrying to the ivy Willie jumps... Leaping catch... No, it pops out of his glove Blade will get a two-base hit Off speed pitch on the way... And Tucker watches it go by for the third strike We're scoreless with two away Let's check some other scores as well AL Post WWII leads Negro League II 1 to 0 Ryan and Mathis currently dueling Left Outs is on top of AL Pre WWII 5 to 3 Japanese League and Dead Ball Era are all knotted at 1 NL Pre WWII and Old Timers are all knotted at 4 Caribbean is on top of Turn of Century 2 to 0 Garcia and Mathewson currently dueling Negro League I is giving it to Late 20th 6 to 1 Lloyd has hit his 7th homerun for Negro League I Fastball, belt high, away... Pflaggstettler goes after it... There's a fly ball to Mays Mays is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run That ends the inning FOFC threatens but does not score here in the top of the 3rd Lined to third Tough chance for Palmer He grabs it for the out Score It: 5 Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 158 on the season for Mighty And there's two away Sinking fastball... Marichal swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step That's all for the Post-Nationals After 3 innings in NL Post WWII this afternoon, No score Potpie swings... Hard groundball, left of third It's by Schmidt and skips out to Aaron Potpie rounds first The left fielder is after it.. cuts it off and fires it in quickly to second Potpie returns to first as Hank gets a nice throw in to Morgan It is a high hard one... Hays goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Hays couldn't hold back That's one away A slider by Marichal Gunner gets good wood on it... Mays back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! That's the second out of the inning Grounded towards the sack Schmidt grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 So ends the top of the 4th For FOFC No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base After 3 and a half innings, We're scoreless High heater... Morgan goes after it... Rips a line drive into the gap That looks like an easy two-bagger A. J. Tucker races to the ball Cuts it off, spins and fires it in Blade takes the relay Fires to Nights... The slide... Safe at second Morgan has himself a double There's a bouncer down to Palmer He fronts it... And muffs it! Error on Deacon Palmer He was just eaten up by that ball! Clemente stretches his lead Clemente takes his lead... Mighty fires it to first... Clemente dives back... SAFE! WOW! That was a real belly whopper! In there, called strike three Mays didn't like it 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 He chases the hook... Aaron hits a deep fly ball... Tucker moving under the ball... He makes the catch... And uncorks the throw... SAFE!... As the ball trickles away from Hays He was unable to handle the throw Two down Due up next is Stan Musial Having quite a year so far He brings a lot of power to the Post-Nationals Base hit to right for Musial Third base coach Bill Russle thinks he can make it... Here comes Clemente... The throw is cut off... That holds Musial at first Bounced past the mound Fielded nicely by Blade Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for NL Post WWII So After 4 innings NL Post WWII has one run, 2 hits and no errors While FOFC has no runs, 3 hits and one error NL Post WWII has left 2 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 4 |
9/4 Radio Broadcast Continued
Ground ball to the left side... Banks scoops it up Over to first for the putout One away here in the top of the 5th NL Post WWII ahead 1 to 0 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard AL Post WWII is edging Negro League II 1 to 0 Left Outs is in front of AL Pre WWII 8 to 5 Japanese League and Dead Ball Era are tied at 1 NL Pre WWII with the lead over Old Timers 7 to 4 Hornsby has hit his 25th homerun for NL Pre WWII Caribbean and Turn of Century are tied at 2 Keeler has hit his 4th homerun for Turn of Century Negro League I is crushing Late 20th 11 to 1 Paige and Negro League I are on cruise control Hot shot grounded to the mound Marichal comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 Two down Marichal retires two in a row Sinker, at the knees... Swung on... Blade hits it into the hole on the right side Morgan ranging to his left... Scoops it up... Throws on the run... And Blade is out by a step at first That's all she wrote A three up, three down inning So After 4 and a half innings NL Post WWII on top, 1-0 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... Banks dives back into the bag... SAFE!! Credit Banks with a single Campanella 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... Struck him out on a terrible pitch That was right over the heart of the plate with no movement on it... and Marichal swung right over the top of it! Lucky Mr. Mighty! Two away now for NL Post WWII They're ahead by 1 The Post-Nationals have 3 hits on the afternoon Morgan jack-knifes out of the way But it's in there! Morgan was really fooled on that strike three That retires the side... Morgan fails to come through in the clutch For NL Post WWII, No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base Changeup down low... Tucker makes contact and hits one out to center Willie Mays is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Marichal Hot shot grounded to short Banks comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 6-3 Two down Juan Marichal retires the first two batters in order Curve, a beauty... Strike three looking! Marichal punches him out! Marichal retires the side in order Here in the top of the 6th Clemente hits one on the ground to the left side Roberto, who moves well, is motoring to first Nights wings it quickly to Potpie... OUT by a step One up, one down for NL Post WWII Strike three called A slider that broke over Number 8 for Al Mighty today! 162 on the year Two down Al Mighty retires the first two batters in a row Curve ball... Aaron swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! That's all for the Post-Nationals After 6 full innings, they lead by 1 Fastball, STRIKE THREE! Hays was frozen on that fastball by Marichal High and on the inside corner He was looking for an off-speed pitch So Hays is set down And that's 7 for Marichal today And there's one away There's a fly ball to Willie Mays Mays circles under it... He makes the play That's two down for Marichal FOFC will need to do better than that They are running out of time Here's a curve... Not a good one! Palmer turns on it a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run! Number 10 for Deacon on the year He also has 53 RBI's now Nights lines one just to the right of Musial It's past him into right field! Clemente hustles over and fires it back into second So Nights is on with a line single to right Nights inches slowly away from the bag Marichal looks the runner back He rips a grounder to second Morgan grabs it Over to Musial Got him! Score It: 4-3 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, We're all tied up at 1 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Right down the middle... strike three Musial must have been looking for something else He just froze on that pitch NL Post WWII with one away Rodney steps off the mound as he waits for Mike Schmidt to come to the plate Schmidt pulls one into left field Hooking away from Gunner Stan is there He's got it for the out That's two away A hot shot on the ground to Nights He's got it cleanly on one hop... Over to first and Banks is out That is the third out for NL Post WWII here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 45344 Slider, down at the knees... Blade swings and lifts one deep to right This one has a chance... Clemente is at the warning track... Bye, Bye Baby!!... Number 4 on the year for Barrett Blade Swung on and foul tipped Campanella hangs on to it Strike out for Marichal Number 8 on the day With one gone FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Ground ball through the middle Banks ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! That's two gone for FOFC here in the top of the 8th Let's take ten seconds for station identification This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System Your four sports network... Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Potpie is outta there That's it for FOFC Here at Big League Field, After 7 and a half innings, FOFC has 2 runs, 6 hits and one error While NL Post WWII has one run, 3 hits and no errors FOFC has left 5 on base NL Post WWII has stranded 3 The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Campanella swung, that's strike three Campanella isn't happy at all with that call FOFC gets the first out here late in this contest Up for the Post-Nationals will be Eddie Mathews... He'll pinch hit for Juan Marichal Joe Morgan is due to follow Mathews dribbles a roller to Jeff Nights Nights comes up with it and throws It's in the dirt Potpie can't come up with it That'll be a throwing error on Nights That's error number 2 of the game for FOFC Time is called by NL Post WWII Here comes Lou Brock out of the dugout He is heading toward first base And Eddie Mathews starts off the diamond Tommy Lasorda wants more speed on the bases Brock takes his lead The runner can't seem to get a good lead Good slider, inside part of the plate Morgan 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 Three away in the bottom of the 8th FOFC leads 2 to 1 Let's see how NL Post WWII is doing of late... Well, NL Post WWII is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Phil Niekro will be coming on to pitch for NL Post WWII Phil has appeared in 64 games this season He has a record of 10-4 in 99 innings His ERA stands at 4.08 Letterhigh, hard slider... Swung on... It's a line drive belted toward Banks 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 The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Smashed to second Taken by Morgan Throw to second for one They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 4-6-3 Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 1 There's a towering fly ball hit by Palmer Mays sprints over, and makes the catch Three down for FOFC Still a 1 run deficit for NL Post WWII Let me point out that coming in to today's game FOFC is 33 and 18 in one run games NL Post WWII has a 27 and 24 record in these tight contests Sammy Knowles in to pitch... Hanging curve... Swung on... Clemente turned that one around in a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run Tucker didn't even move That ties it up... Willie Mays steps to the plate Letterhigh fastball... The ball game is over That had to carry at least 420 feet NL Post WWII wins 3 to 2 And just like that the FOFCers potential 2.5 game lead with 4 games to play is gone, and they sit on just a half game cushion. This was a crushing blow for the All-Stars and Sammy Knowles. Niekro gets credit for the win Knowles takes the loss The hitting star for NL Post WWII was Roberto Clemente He was 1 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from NL Post WWII. |
9/4 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 NL Post WWII Post-Nationals 9/4/1900 |
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Dynasty Update
All, I realize it is a bad time to break, but I'll be heading out of town today for the Georgia State Long Course Swimming Championships. I wanted you to know so you didn't wonder why the thread wasn't getting updated. I'll get back to this when I return... |
9/5 Radio Broadcast
Ground ball through the middle Lajoie ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! Joss retires the first batter to face him in the top of the 1st Curveball in the dirt Swung on and missed...Strike three Bresnahan fumbles it, but quickly recovers to tag Tucker High and tight He takes it for a walk Potpie goes after the low slider... Lofts a shallow fly towards Burkett He's racing in for it... Catches it at his knees HE KICKS IT LOOSE!!! He's chasing it down Potpie walks into second on the error Burkett should've had that one Score It: E9 Pflaggstettler takes third Potpie to second Base hit to left for Hays Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Bresnahan is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Great,)... Potpie is out! Hugh pops it up And Palmer makes the play So one up and one gone A wave and a miss! Strike Three! Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Big bender... Swung on... Kelley pops it straight up Three players converging on it And it will be Nights making the play Williams disposes of Turn of Century quickly in the bottom of the 1st... they go down 1-2-3 After 1 inning, it's 1-0 FOFC Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Palmer swings way over it He was fooled completely Bresnahan loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Deacon as he was heading for the dugout One up, one down Gunner really smacks this one He was waiting on the change It's a gapper... But hit high... Duffy was positioned well and has a shot at it Still going back... At the warning track... It's high off the wall Gunner flies around first Could get three... Duffy plays the carom perfectly Spins and throws back to Kelley... Gunner with the wide turn at second has to scramble back Here's the throw to second... NO DICE! He slides in under the tag Gunner has himself two-bagger Swung on and hit right at short Honus Wagner up with it... Looks Gunner back to second Then fires it to Kelley for the out Two down Hard ground ball to short Taken by Wagner His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 6-3 That's all for the All Stars No runs, one hit, no errors and one man left on base... We go to the bottom of the 2nd... FOFC leads 1 to 0 He rips a grounder to the mound Williams comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 1-3 Turn of Century with one away Williams steps off the mound as he waits for Honus Wagner to come to the plate Wagner slaps a hard grounder past short Gunner is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Wagner will hold with a clean single Wagner takes his lead Fastball outside corner... Crawford looks at the pitch... And there goes Wagner! Hays comes up firing... Wagner slides... SAFE! Wagner slides around the tag and gets in there Base hit to right for Crawford Dode Criss is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Wagner is out! Collins drives one into center A. J. Tucker sprints over to make the play Three away in the bottom of the 2nd FOFC on top 1 to 0 Let's see how Turn of Century is doing of late... Well, Turn of Century is 6 and 4 in their last ten games A high fastball... Blade swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Wagner Honus is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Blade was looking for the breaking ball One away for FOFC I had the pleasure of meeting the fine author Robert Creamer last night He told me a funny story about Babe Ruth Seems he was at an elegant dinner party A rather splendid asparagus salad was served Babe played with it for a moment then pushed it aside The hostess asked politely "Don't you care for the salad, Mr. Ruth?" "Oh it's not that", was his courteous reply "It's just that asparagus makes my urine smell" There's a fly ball to Jesse Burkett Burkett circles under it... He makes the play That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Negro League I and Japanese League are scoreless NL Post WWII is giving it to Caribbean 6 to 1 Seaver enjoying the big NL Post WWII lead Negro League II is edging AL Pre WWII 5 to 4 Wright has hit his 18th homerun for Negro League II Dead Ball Era with the lead over Left Outs 3 to 0 Old Timers with the lead over AL Post WWII 5 to 2 NL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 5 to 3 Hubbell battling Sutter Pflaggstettler drives one into center Hugh Duffy sprints over to make the play That's it for FOFC Here at Yellowstone Park, After 2 and a half innings, FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has no runs, 2 hits and one error FOFC has left 2 on base Turn of Century has stranded 1 Sinking line drive Caught by Jeff Nights One away for the Centurions They are in 4th place in the standings 19.5 games out of first place as we head into the final weeks of the 1900 season Did he hold up his swing? YES! He walks Joss inches away slowly... He's studying Williams carefully There's a quick move to first by Williams... Nice move by John The tag... SAFE! It's ball four, Duffy walks Williams has issued 2 walks this evening And fans, it's about time for you... to walk to the kitchen and grab a refreshment That's what I'm gonna do while we have a moment Flyball to right it's caught Joss might have a chance to move up... Pflaggstettler makes the catch... Joss is tagging up at second... He makes it to third easily Kelley swings and lifts one toward center Tucker drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... That's it in the bottom of the 3rd No runs, no hits, no errors and 2 men left on base After 3 innings in Turn of Century, FOFC on top 1 to 0 There's a routine pop by Potpie Wagner moves under it and makes the catch And there's one away Changeup down low... Hays makes contact and hits one out to left Sam Crawford is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Joss Two down Bresnahan asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bresnahan and Joss Sinking fastball... Palmer swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wagner... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Joss sets the All Stars down in order Lajoie skies one very high The ball drifts a bit Hays calls for it Puts it away! The pitch is just inside and Wagner holds up Hays points down at the first base umpire He gives the "safe" sign Honus trots down to first... ball four Wagner moves away from first Wagner held closely by Williams Base hit to center for Crawford Third base coach Dode Criss thinks he can make it... Here comes Wagner... The throw is cut off... That holds Crawford at first It's the squeeze play! Williams picks it up... No chance at home He goes to first And gets Collins Wagner scores on the successful squeeze Collins comes through for Turn of Century He's one of the league's best bunters Now, The score is tied at 1 Two gone here in the bottom of the 4th We want to welcome the Turn of Century "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Fastball, belt high, away... Bresnahan goes after it... There's a fly ball to Tucker Tucker is gliding under it... He flags it down on the run That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century So After 4 innings Turn of Century has one run, 3 hits and one error While FOFC has one run, 2 hits and no errors Turn of Century has left 2 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 2 Hit right back to Joss On to first and Gunner is gone One out Due up next is Jeff Nights Nights tries to hold up, but can't He pops one into short left Crawford is coming in hard... Wagner is racing with his back to the infield And neither is going to get it! Nights is on with the "excuse me" single! Williams is bunting Short hopper down toward first Kelley scoops it up... Tags Williams Runner advances Credit John Williams with a sacrifice Two gone for FOFC There's a bouncer down to Collins He fronts it... And muffs it! Error on Jimmy Collins He was just eaten up by that ball! Grounded towards the hole Nice play by Collins THE LONG THROW . . . HE GOT HIM!!! Score It: 5-3 That retires the side... Tucker fails to come through in the clutch For FOFC, No runs, one hit, one error and 2 men left on base |
9/5 Radio Broadcast Continued
Joss is gone on strikes Left with the bat still in the cocked position One down, nobody on Game tied Extra base hit to center for Duffy A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it This one is rolling to the wall... This might be stretched into an inside the park homerun! He's going to try for it! Here's the play... He's out! Exciting play, Duffy will get credit for a triple. Long fly to left Gunner has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Burkett is retired on a fairly deep fly Turn of Century is out of here in the bottom of the 5th This game is coming to you from Yellowstone Park in Turn of Century After 5 innings Turn of Century has one run, 4 hits and 2 errors While FOFC has one run, 3 hits and no errors Fastball... Pflaggstettler jumps all over it... It's juiced to deep left There goes Crawford after it Racing hard... He dives... And he's got it!!! Beautiful play by Sam Crawford! With one down, up next is Jeeberoni Potpie To be followed by Harry Hays Smashed to first Kelley to Joss covering first Score It: 3-1 That's two away Pounded on the ground to short Wagner comes up with 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 Negro League I leads Japanese League 1 to 0 NL Post WWII besting Caribbean 6 to 1 Seaver enjoying the big NL Post WWII lead Negro League II is in front of AL Pre WWII 7 to 4 Dead Ball Era with the lead over Left Outs 4 to 1 Old Timers winning over AL Post WWII 8 to 2 Delahanty has hit his 10th homerun for Old Timers NL Pre WWII slipping by Late 20th 5 to 3 Hubbell battling Sutter And in our contest We're all tied up at 1 It's a dying quail headed towards the outfield OHHHHH, snagged by a retreating Nights for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! One gone for Turn of Century It's a routine fly into center Tucker ranges over and reaches up He grabs it for the out Two down Williams retires two in a row Slow ground ball Potpie is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT So that's it for Turn of Century They fail to score against Williams In the bottom of the 6th for Turn of Century No runs, no hits and no errors The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Palmer swung, that's strike three Palmer isn't happy at all with that call One up, one down for FOFC Gunner sends a routine ground ball to first Kelley takes it on one hop Flips it to Joss Easy out Two down Addie Joss retires the first two batters in order Lined to short Wagner makes a nice play on it Score It: 6 That's three up, three down Addie Joss has been pitching a very strong game this evening It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Ground ball to the left side... Nights scoops it up Over to first for the putout 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! Slider, down and away... Collins reaches for the pitch... It's a grounder to the third base side... Palmer is there IT BOUNCES OVER HIS HEAD!... Gunner is hustling after it... Collins with the big turn... The throw from Gunner goes into second And Collins holds at first (Ballpark Triple Effect) It's in the dirt and bounces away Collins heads to second And he'll make it on the wild pitch It almost hits Roger Bresnahan It goes all the way back to the screen Collins takes third on the wild pitch Bresnahan squares He bunts the ball . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by J.Potpie he's throwing for the lead runner... SAFE! Sac & Fielders Choice Collins scores from third! Bresnahan to first Joss squares to bunt He bunts it . . . They throw trying to get the lead runner... Fielded by D.Palmer he's throwing for the lead runner... SAFE! Sac & Fielders Choice Bresnahan takes second Joss to first Duffy pokes it to right It drops in front of Pflaggstettler Turn of Century adds to their lead Turn of Century ahead 3 to 1 Duffy studies Williams intently... Now he's walking away from the base Slow curve... Hays has it... It's a delayed steal... There he goes Hays up quickly and throwing... Hook slide... Out! Nice throw Screaming liner towards second Blade grabs it for the out Score It: 4 And that will do it for Turn of Century Fastball, down the middle... Gonzalez swings and skies one to right Burkett is at the wall... Looks up... Doesn't have a prayer... It's a homer for Gonzalez! Number 5 for him this season He also has 22 RBI's Blade pulls one into left field Hooking away from Crawford Sam is there He's got it for the out One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games Negro League I is edging Japanese League 1 to 0 Rogan battling Suzuki NL Post WWII is comfortably ahead of Caribbean 9 to 3 Seaver enjoying the big NL Post WWII lead Negro League II is in front of AL Pre WWII 11 to 8 Wright has hit his 18th homerun for Negro League II Dead Ball Era with the lead over Left Outs 4 to 1 McCovey has hit his 33rd homerun for Left Outs Old Timers is comfortably ahead of AL Post WWII 8 to 2 Keefe enjoying the big Old Timers lead NL Pre WWII is on top of Late 20th 5 to 3 And right here in Turn of Century Turn of Century ahead 3 to 2 Tucker pounds a grounder toward Collins at third Jimmy moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Collins stayed with it Over to first and Tucker is retired Nice play by the Turn of Century third baseman Joss gets another one We're in the top of the 8th and Joss has allowed only 4 hits Joss loses him Pflaggstettler heads down to first 2 walks today for Pflaggstettler Swung on and missed by Potpie, he's down on strikes After 7 and a half innings tonight, the Centurions lead by 1 High Kelley works out a walk Kelley takes a walking lead Kelley has stolen 32 of 46 bases this year Lajoie takes the low fastball Kelley breaks for second! The throw... They don't get him!... He's in there safely with a headfirst slide Number 33 in 1900 It's a curve up high... Lajoie rips this one toward left-center Tucker appears to have the best shot at it... But it is by him and to the fence... Lajoie rounds first... A nice bounce right back to Tucker Lajoie cruises into second where he is in with a stand-up double! Of course, Kelley scores easily and Turn of Century goes up by 2 Wagner tries to hold up, but can't... Strike three! Rodney took something off of that back door breaking ball He had Wagner way out in front Bounced past the mound Nights can't get to it BASE HIT! Lajoie takes third Collins squares He bunts it . . . Fielded by D.Gonzalez he's throwing for the lead runner... OUT! Fielders Choice To 1st Baseman Score It: 3-2 The runner on third, Lajoie, is out Crawford takes second That's two gone for Turn of Century here in the bottom of the 8th Let's take ten seconds for station identification This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System Your four sports network... Hanging curve... Bresnahan swings at it... He pounds it deep... Pflaggstettler turns to chase it, goes back... Back... He flags it down at the wall! That retires the side The Centurions score 1 run in the inning After 8 innings, Turn of Century on top 4 to 2 Turn of Century is making a defensive change Keeler will bat 2nd and play right Fastball, lined to center... Base hit for Hays... Duffy over...Grabs it on the big hop... Fires it back in... Holding Hays at first Palmer sends a scorcher to short Wagner takes it on one hop Fires to Lajoie for one Back to Kelley for the double play! That's the second out of the inning It is a slow change... Gunner's not at all fooled He hits it squarely... It is heading out to right-center almost on a line... Very well hit ball by Stan Keeler is running after it... He hopes to play it off the fence Not this ball... it is... GONE! Nights hits a screamer at Honus Wagner Wagner takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Kelley scoops it on one hop Nights is out! Nice play by Kelley And that will do it for FOFC Turn of Century wins 4 to 3 Joss gets credit for the win Williams takes the loss The hitting star for Turn of Century was Hugh Duffy He was 2 for 3 And that wraps things up So long from Turn of Century. |
9/5 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Turn of Century Centurions 9/5/1900 |
STANDINGS
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American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# |
Manager Update
That was a tough loss. We got away from what we do best when we tried to make the tough play at the plate rather than take the easy out at first. Typically, we realize the other teams are going to score and we'll let a run cross to eliminate the big inning. But in the heat of the moment at this point in the season, late in the game, clinging to a half game lead, when the opportunity presented itself Jeebs tried to get the out at home rather than geting the out a first...and not only did we not get the out at the plate then Palmer did the same thing with the very next batter and we ended up giving up an extra run. When that happens and you lose by 1 run, you just shake your head at your poor luck... |
9/6 Radio Broadcast
Blade checks his swing WAIT The home plate ump is pointing towards first base He's ruling the pitch touched the uniform of Blade Blade is awarded first base Hit and run... Grounded down the line Kelley will take it himself The hit and run moves the runner up. Score It: 3 One down for FOFC Jeeberoni Potpie is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC Fastball OUCH! It hit Potpie! It's a quail shot headed towards the outfield OHHHH, snagged by a retreating Collins for the out Outstanding range shown on that play! That's the second out of the inning Waddell's pitch is too low That loads them up No more room for mistakes Base hit to center for Hays Blade scores Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Potpie scores! Trailing runners advance. Pflaggstettler hits a routine grounder to Wagner He gloves it, and throws to first SAFE, the throw pulled Kelley off the bag Charge Wagner with the error An unearned run for FOFC Base hit to left for Nights Hays scores Third base coach Dick Howser thinks he can make it... Here comes Pflaggstettler... The throw is going to third... Pflaggstettler is out at third base! Nights advances to 2nd on the throw Duffy drops a bunt Nielsen is off the mound Blade comes in after it Nielsen scoops it up bare-handed Flicks it to Potpie Got him! Nice play! Change up... Burkett hits a fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it... He's got it With two gone, FOFC leads 4 to 0 in the bottom of the 1st Kelley rips one to left He hit it right on the nose... Gazelle is off to the races... He is coming fast... He dives... OUT! Nice play by Gerald Gazelle That's three outs, side retired And Nielsen will sit down... strike three called So one up and one gone Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Blade swings way over it He was fooled completely Bresnahan loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Barrett as he was heading for the dugout Two down Rube Waddell retires the first two batters in a row Tucker cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bresnahan Tucker was badly fooled by Waddell's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! A. J. was a little overanxious That's all for the All Stars No runs, no hits and no errors... We go to the bottom of the 2nd... FOFC ahead 4 to 0 Comebacker, right to Nielsen Over to Potpie for the easy out 'Come back, Little Sheba' One gone for Turn of Century Sinking fastball... Wagner swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Nights... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step Two down Nielsen gets the first two batters here in the bottom of the 2nd Grounded towards the hole Tremendous diving grab by Blade! His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 Nielsen disposes of the Centurions in short order...1-2-3 in the 2nd After 2 full innings, it's 4-0 All Stars Here's a curve... Not a good one! Potpie turns on it a BIG WAY... Forget it, that one is long gone... a home run! Number 41 for Jeeberoni on the year He also has 102 RBI's now Sinking fastball... Fouts swings over the top of it... Hammers a hard grounder right at Collins... He scoops it up, throws to first... Out by a step Waddell gets the first out in the inning Waddell loses him Gazelle heads down to first 2 walks today for Gazelle Gazelle sneaks away from the base Waddell's move keeps Gazelle guessing He's not getting a very good lead It's popped up into foul territory Roger Bresnahan is under it He grabs it for the out Score It: 2 And there's two away It is a high hard one... Pflaggstettler goes on a fishin' trip Strike three swinging! That one sailed up out of the strike zone but Pflaggstettler couldn't hold back That's all for FOFC After 2 and a half innings in Turn of Century this evening, FOFC on top 5 to 0 Good slider, inside part of the plate Collins gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Blade grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! One out Due up next is Roger Bresnahan Lined right back up the middle... Nielsen has it...NO, he drops it But he'll pick it up in plenty of time To throw over and get his man at first That's the second out of the inning Time to check the scoreboard Negro League I is edging Japanese League 1 to 0 Williams and Inao currently dueling Caribbean is edging NL Post WWII 1 to 0 Negro League II is edging AL Pre WWII 3 to 2 Left Outs is edging Dead Ball Era 4 to 3 AL Post WWII and Old Timers are scoreless Feller and Welch currently dueling NL Pre WWII and Late 20th have yet to score Grimes battling Maddux The batter checks his swing Here's the appeal Waddell swung, that's strike three Waddell isn't happy at all with that call 1-2-3, nothing across... Curveball, inside corner, low... Swung on... And lined to center for a base hit No chance to get that one Rob Nielsen shows bunt And lays it down right to Rube Waddell Waddell looks at second But passes up a sure force play He fires to first to retire Nielsen But Nights moves up FOFC was in luck that time... Credit Rob Nielsen with a sacrifice One out Barrett Blade is due up next Blade lines a wicked line drive to the left of short Wagner stabs his glove out He's got it in the webbing! Honus looks surprised to get that one Nights hurries back to second One more chance for FOFC in the top of the 4th Base hit to center for Tucker Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Nights scores! Trailing runner advances. Potpie hits a three hopper towards Nap Lajoie Lajoie scoops it and fires it to first for the out That retires the side The All Stars score 1 run in the inning After 3 and a half innings, FOFC leads 6 to 0 Routine grounder to third Fouts scoops it up Over to first for the out That's one away Grounded towards third Fouts scoops it LONG THROW... HE'S SAFE! Fastball down low... Kelley swings and hits one out to center A. J. Tucker is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Nielsen Burkett 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 Nielsen Curveball, high in the strike zone... Lajoie goes after it... There's a high fly... going deep Gerald Gazelle leaps at the fence... He can't get it... It's gone A home run for Nap Lajoie Wagner starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Nielsen walks him Grounded towards the sack Potpie flips to Nielsen covering Score It: 3-1 That retires the side... but not before 2 runs cross the plate for Turn of Century After 4 innings, FOFC leads 6 to 2 Dan Fouts swings He hits a long drive This one may be out of here... Back, back, back... CAUGHT! That one looked like it was gone One down for FOFC Gerald Gazelle is still in the on-deck circle and Harry Hays is looking for a bat in the dugout Gazelle swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Waddell strikes out Gerald Gazelle Two up, two down for FOFC Inside slider, on the fists... Swung on... It's a high bounding ball... Through the infield into center by Hays That's 2 hits for Hays this game Base hit to left for Pflaggstettler Hays is being held at second by Dick Howser Hays will stay at second Base hit to left for Nights Dick Howser will send the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Hays scores! Trailing runners advance. Swung on and missed by Nielsen, he's down on strikes That wraps up the inning for FOFC Time to check out the rest of the scores Negro League I slipping by Japanese League 3 to 1 Williams battling Inao NL Post WWII is on top of Caribbean 4 to 2 AL Pre WWII leads Negro League II 5 to 4 Lyons battling Brown Left Outs is edging Dead Ball Era 5 to 4 Foxx has hit his 38th homerun for Left Outs AL Post WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0 Feller and Welch currently dueling NL Pre WWII is edging Late 20th 1 to 0 And in our contest FOFC ahead 7 to 2 |
9/6 Radio Broadcast Continued
Collins hits a deep ball Gazelle retreats toward the wall He leaps... He's got it! FOFC gets the first out of the inning Swung on and hit sharply to third Fouts plays it on one hop Over to Potpie... Out of there! Two up, two down Now batting for the Centurions... Hughie Jennings... He'll pinch hit for Rube Waddell Hugh Duffy is on-deck Outside fastball... lashed at by Jennings... Pop fly...Shallow left... Dropping quickly... Gazelle pulls up, doesn't want it to get by him Base hit for Jennings... As Gazelle fields it on one bounce Swung on...and hit way, way up Under it is Hays...and he's got it That's it for Turn of Century Here at Yellowstone Park, After 5 innings, FOFC has 7 runs, 8 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 2 runs, 3 hits and one error Turn of Century has left 1 on base FOFC has stranded 5 Here to try to turn things around for Turn of Century in the top of the 6th will be Kid Nichols Starter Rube Waddell lasted 5 innings, gave up 7 runs and 8 hits He leaves with Turn of Century trailing 7-2 Nichols has a 6-4 record in 56 appearances And an ERA of 4.62 Swung on and hit on the nose to center Duffy picks it up on one bounce Flips it to second... Blade is on with a sharply hit single He hit a curve ball... and he was just waiting on it Tucker maneuvers to hit behind the runner Tucker raps a hard grass-cutter toward short Wagner takes two steps to his left Scoops it up... Over to second for one Back to first... Not in time! Speed on the bases helped FOFC there With one gone FOFC will have Jeeberoni Potpie coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it The Whiff! Nichols punches Potpie out! Two gone for FOFC Apparently not afraid of Nichols Tucker stretches out to his lead Tucker is unable to take the lead he wants Drilled on the ground to second Lajoie grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games Slow ground ball Blade is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT Turn of Century with one away Nielsen steps off the mound as he waits for Joe Kelley to come to the plate Curve in the dirt... and Kelley 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 Kelley went around Strike three, swinging Two down Rob Nielsen retires the first two batters in order Lajoie 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! . . . Lajoie back in the box And here comes the next pitch Lajoie hits a screamer at Jeff Nights Nights picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Potpie off the bag Potpie swipes with the glove Lajoie is out! Nice play by Potpie That's all for the Centurions... After 6 innings here at Yellowstone Park in Turn of Century, FOFC ahead 7 to 2 Gerald Gazelle offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Gazelle couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Honus Wagner for the out Gazelle never even left the batter's box And there's one away Hays hits a drive to right He hit it right on the button... But Burkett got a great jump... He is closing quickly... OUT! Nice play by Jesse Burkett That's the second out of the inning Pflaggstettler hits one on the ground to the left side Persimmon, who moves well, is motoring to first Wagner wings it quickly to Kelley... OUT by a step That's it in the top of the 7th for FOFC Three up, three down Let's see who's doing what tonight Negro League I is edging Japanese League 5 to 4 Charleston has hit his 32nd homerun for Negro League I NL Post WWII and Caribbean are tied at 5 Campanella has hit his 8th homerun for NL Post WWII AL Pre WWII leads Negro League II 5 to 4 Dead Ball Era slipping by Left Outs 8 to 6 Foxx has hit his 38th homerun for Left Outs AL Post WWII leads Old Timers 1 to 0 NL Pre WWII is beating Late 20th 4 to 0 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Wagner looks at ball four That pitch wasn't even close... Must have got away from Nielsen The players are having fits in this weather Low, ball four... Crawford takes first Swung on and missed... Collins is down on strikes Fastball at the knees Bresnahan drills it deep to left Gazelle is racing to the warning track... It could be... It might be... IT IS!... A home run! And three runs score for Turn of Century FOFC ahead 7 to 5 Nichols rips one on the ground It's a 'daisy cutter' to Blade Barrett fields it cleanly Over to first quickly... Easy out Two away Curve in the dirt... and Duffy holds up Looked like he went around from here But the man in blue says no Hays appeals to first Appeal fails Duffy will take first on the walk That's 1 walk today for Duffy Stretching to his lead is Duffy He has this down to a science He is an outstanding base stealer He gives opposing teams fits The runner can't seem to get a good lead He hits a tough grounder to second Blade comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 4-3 Nights tries to hold up Bresnahan points down at the first base umpire The ump says he went around STRIKE THREE! Gunner drives one into center Hugh Duffy sprints over to make the play Two down Ripped to third, but right at Collins...easy out That does it for FOFC in the top of the 8th Kelley fights one off his fists It's lined weakly to the left of short Nights is over quickly Easy out With one down Potpie yells something out to Knowles Sammy nods his head Swing and a miss Struck him out Number 61 on the season for Knowles That's the second out of the inning Turn of Century trails by 2 They need a win They are 4th in the standings 19.5 games out Hard slider... And Wagner takes it right down the middle Strike three called That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century So After 8 innings FOFC has 7 runs, 9 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 5 runs, 4 hits and one error Turn of Century has left 2 stranded FOFC has failed to bring home 6 Extra base hit to center for Tucker Hugh Duffy is trying to get to it This one is rolling to the wall... This might be stretched into an inside the park homerun! He's going to try for it! Here's the play... He's safe!!!! That's an inside the park homerun for Tucker! Base hit to center for Potpie Hugh Duffy is trying to get to it This might be stretched into a double! No... he decides to hold up The ball is low and outside Did he go around? The umpire says no Ball four For Fouts, that's 1 walk today Gazelle fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Gazelle swings at the fastball... And hits this deep... Duffy can forget it, it's way out of here That was an incredible blast! It traveled at least 490 feet from home plate! That hit belongs on all the replays of the week Connie Mack is motioning to the Turn of Century bullpen He's waving his right arm We're going to see the right handed Smokey Joe Wood He'll be the 3rd pitcher for Turn of Century today Wood has 37 appearances this year and carries a 3 and 5 record His ERA stands at 5.75 Hays pounds a grounder toward Wagner at short Honus moves in front of it... Whoops... a bad bounce But Wagner stayed with it Over to first and Hays is retired Nice play by the Turn of Century short stop One away here in the top of the 9th FOFC on top 11 to 5 While we have time, let's check the scoreboard These scores are final... Japanese League edged out Negro League I 6 to 5 NL Post WWII squeezed by Caribbean 7 to 5 Campanella has hit his 8th homerun for NL Post WWII AL Pre WWII downed Negro League II 8 to 6 Dead Ball Era cuffed Left Outs 12 to 9 AL Post WWII nipped Old Timers 1 to 0 NL Pre WWII is the winner over Late 20th 4 to 0 Maddux takes the loss, his record drops to 15-12 Grimes the winner, he's now 17-6 Swung on and missed by Pflaggstettler, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for Pflaggstettler Two away now here in the top of the ninth A real lopsided contest There are only a handful of fans left in the ballpark The bad weather and the score have sent them all home early... Nights hits a shallow fly towards Sam Crawford Crawford charges, dives... He's got it! Good play by Crawford That will do it for FOFC Nip-and-tuck here at Yellowstone Park this evening Turn of Century coming in for their last shot They need 6 to tie, and only 7 to win! No problem... There's a check swing by Crawford It's a high pop in foul territory It looks playable Harry Hays makes the catch against the stands That's one away for the Centurions Turn of Century is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Things don't look too bright for Turn of Century tonight Off speed pitch on the way... And Collins watches it go by for the third strike Collins stood there like a bump on a log 2 strike outs for Collins today That's two quick outs for Sammy Knowles Turn of Century will need to do better than that They are running out of time A wave and a miss! Strike Three! And that will do it for Turn of Century FOFC wins 11 to 5 Nielsen gets credit for the win Knowles notches the save Waddell takes the loss The hitting star for FOFC was A. J. Tucker He was 2 for 5 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Turn of Century. |
9/6 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Turn of Century Centurions 9/6/1900 |
STANDINGS
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LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1900 Dynasty Baseball |
Manager Update
So here we sit. We are a half a game back, and the NL Post team has only 1 game left. If they win tonight then we can't win the division outright no matter what we do, the best we can hope for is a 1 game playoff. Come on Carribean All-Stars... |
9/7 Radio Broadcast
Slider, down and in... Blade manages to hit a shallow fly Duffy charging hard... dives... Great diving catch by Duffy! He slid several feet after making that stab One out Due up next is A. J. Tucker Routine grounder to short Wagner scoops it up Over to first for the out That's two away Wagner comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Young Persimmon Pflaggstettler will be next up... There's a towering fly ball hit by Pflaggstettler Burkett sprints over, and makes the catch That's out number three A perfect inning for Young here in the top of the 1st Drilled on the ground to first Potpie to Babson covering first Score It: 3-1 One up, one down for Turn of Century Keeler hits one on the ground to the left side Wee Willie, who moves well, is motoring to first Nights wings it quickly to Potpie... OUT by a step Two down Babson retires two in a row It's a duck snort headed towards the outfield Nights is after it... Running hard... He snares it for the out Excellent range shown on that play! Brian Babson holds the Centurions scoreless in the first Potpie swings and misses STRIKE THREE! Young strikes out Jeeberoni Potpie One down for FOFC Harry Hays is in the on-deck circle ready to make his way to the plate for FOFC There's a drive to left by Hays Burkett picks the ball up on one bounce Fires it to second Hays turns back and settles for a single Terrific play by Burkett Palmer hits a blooper just beyond the infield It looks like that one will drop Honus Wagner dives toward the outfield grass AND SNAGS THE BALL BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND Here's the ump coming out To brush the plate clean There's two away Grounded towards the sack Young takes the flip from Beckley Score It: 3-1 That's it for FOFC here in the top of the 2nd FOFC and Turn of Century are all tied up FOFC is 7 and 3 in their last ten games They want a win tonight And Lajoie will sit down... strike three called One up, one down Wagner starts... but lays off the pitch upstairs Ball four, Babson walks him Wagner studies Babson intently... Now he's walking away from the base Wagner is held closely by Babson Smashed to short Taken by Nights Over to second for one On to first Not in time! Score It: 6-4 The runner on first, Wagner, is out That's the second out of the inning It's a rainbow shot toward center Tucker reaches up Makes the catch! Didn't have to move an inch That wraps up the inning for Turn of Century Time to check out the rest of the scores Japanese League is on top of Negro League I 2 to 0 NL Post WWII is edging Caribbean 1 to 0 AL Pre WWII clipping Negro League II 4 to 0 Left Outs leads Dead Ball Era 4 to 3 AL Post WWII is edging Old Timers 1 to 0 Hunter battling Radbourn NL Pre WWII and Late 20th are scoreless And in our contest We're scoreless Sinking fastball... Nights swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Wagner... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step FOFC with one away Young steps off the mound as he waits for Brian Babson to come to the plate Babson cuts on a curve that misses in the dirt That ball is trapped nicely by Bresnahan Babson was badly fooled by Young's big breaking curve STRIKE THREE! Brian was a little overanxious Breaking ball... It darts down and out as Blade swings way over it He was fooled completely Bresnahan loses it momentarily, but now finds the handle and tags Barrett as he was heading for the dugout Young sets them down in order Here in the top of the 3rd Hard slider, up in the eyes... Roger Bresnahan swings at it... He hits a long drive Going back, back, back... GONE! A solo home run Turn of Century goes out in front Hot line drive to short Nights tries it He makes a nice play on it Score It: 6 One gone for Turn of Century A wave and a miss! Strike Three! Two gone for Turn of Century He hits a tough grounder to third Palmer comes up with it Over to first In time! Score It: 5-3 That's all for the Centurions After 3 innings in Turn of Century this evening, Turn of Century on top 1 to 0 |
9/7 Radio Broadcast Continued
Bouncer in the hole Past Jake Beckley... base hit to right field! Tucker takes a wide turn at first Look out! Keeler fires it back in Tucker dives back to the bag He's safe... Keeler almost caught him Hold on... Tucker looks hurt First base coach Joe Adcock is trying to help him up The FOFC trainer, Tay Pemup trots out on the field He gives Tucker a once-over A. J. appears to be okay... Just shaken up a bit, is all There goes Tucker... And it's ball four... Tucker pulls up and walks into second Potpie rips a solid shot to left Burkett ranges to his right... He is juggling it!... Finally finds the handle Whew! Runners can't advance One down, two to go... Cy Young has to bear down now It's fouled off very high Just to the right of third base Bresnahan circles under it... Waits... WATCH OUT! He caught it But Roger had to bend over backwards to bring it in Two down Fastball... down and away... NO! It's called a strike And Palmer is outta there That's it for FOFC here in the top of the 4th After 3 and a half innings, Turn of Century on top 1 to 0 Time to check some other scores Japanese League is on top of Negro League I 2 to 0 NL Post WWII leads Caribbean 1 to 0 AL Pre WWII is beating Negro League II 4 to 0 Left Outs is edging Dead Ball Era 4 to 3 AL Post WWII with the lead over Old Timers 3 to 0 NL Pre WWII and Late 20th are scoreless Rixey battling Martinez FOFC is hanging tough Currently in 2nd place they are within 1.5 games of the National leaders Curve in the dirt... and Kelley holds up Looked like he went around from here But the man in blue says no Hays appeals to first Appeal fails Kelley will take first on the walk That's 1 walk today for Kelley Kelley yells something to Babson It sounded like a challenge from here I wouldn't be surprised... Kelley is great on the bases He wants to unnerve Brian No doubt he does! Babson tosses another quick one to first... Even the speedy Kelley looks a bit tentative now... He doesn't seem to be getting a great lead Lajoie rips a line shot to the short stop OUT! Nights didn't have to move! One blink and that would have been past him! Kelley stays put And there's one away Here's a hard slider... Swung on and driven to right-center Pflaggstettler giving chase... It's over his head, Kelley will score! Pflaggstettler will have to run it down at the wall Picks it up, throws it back in to Palmer... The headfirst slide by Wagner... He beats the throw Give him a triple on the play He hits a tough grounder to short Nights grabs it Over to Potpie Got him! Score It: 6-3 Two away now for Turn of Century They're ahead by 2 The Centurions have 2 hits on the evening A high fastball... Duffy swings late... He hits a routine pop just left of Nights Jeff is under it... And takes it in for the easy out Duffy was looking for the breaking ball Duffy chokes in the clutch! That's all for the Centurions... After 4 innings here at Yellowstone Park in Turn of Century, Turn of Century ahead 2 to 0 Change up... Fools Gunner... He still manages to hit a grounder to first Beckley BOOTS THE BALL!!! Gunner is safe at first on the error Score It: E3 Gunner to first The runner goes with the pitch! It's the hit and run! Nights just gets a piece of it He 'drizzles' it to second Lajoie races in quickly... Barehands it... Over to first Just in time! The runner moves up easily... Young gets the first out in the inning Grounded towards the bag Kelley comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 5-3 Two gone in the top of the 5th Turn of Century is still in quite a jam Clutch situation for Barrett Blade He'll come up against the righthanded Young Blade swings very late He pops it foul Bresnahan gives chase Here comes Kelley They are both at the rail... Just next to the screen Neither can make the play . . . Blade back in the box And here comes the next pitch Curve, down low... Swung on and missed Strike three right by Blade Now that one had a nice wrinkle to it! That's all for FOFC After 4 and a half innings in Turn of Century this evening, Turn of Century on top 2 to 0 Dribbler in front of home Hays gets to it He throws He is SAFE! Bresnahan gets an infield hit Young fouls off the bunt attempt The count goes to 1 and 2, we'll have to see if they keep the bunt play on Young squares Young bunts it foul for the third strike... That's a strikeout! The runner is off with the pitch Hit and run! Fastball down low... Burkett swings and hits one out to right Persimmon Pflaggstettler is drifting over... Now he's under it... Easy out for Babson Bresnahan 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 Bresnahan takes a walking lead Bresnahan has stolen 4 bases in 7 attempts in 1900 The runner unable to take a big lead Babson keeps looking him back A slider by Babson Keeler gets good wood on it... Tucker back-pedals quickly... Up with his glove... Out! After 5 innings tonight, the Centurions lead by 2 Comebacker, right to Young Over to Beckley for the easy out One away in the top of the 6th for FOFC There's a fly ball to Wee Willie Keeler Keeler circles under it... He makes the play That's the second out of the inning Drilled on the ground to short Wagner grabs it Over to Beckley Got him! Score It: 6-3 After 5 and a half innings tonight, the Centurions lead by 2 Kelley hits a three hopper towards Jeff Nights Nights scoops it and fires it to first for the out With one down, up next is Nap Lajoie To be followed by Honus Wagner Swung on and missed by Lajoie, he's down on strikes That is 2 on the day for Lajoie That's two away Swung on and hit sharply to third Palmer plays it on one bounce Over to Potpie... Out of there! 1-2-3, nothing across... A hanging curve... Hays laces it hard just to the right of Wagner He makes a stab at it... Just misses it! It's on into the outfield for a single A wide turn by Harry... but he'll stay at first as the ball comes in Palmer goes after the curve... There's a drive into right... For a single... Hays moves over to third... The throw from Keeler comes into second Gunner rips a hanging curve to deep right-center He really walloped this one... Keeler doesn't even have time to wave goodbye It is long gone! The FOFC left fielder really smoked it Nights hits a screamer at Honus Wagner Wagner picks it up and fires to first The throw pulls Beckley off the bag Beckley swipes with the glove Nights is out! Nice play by Beckley One down for FOFC Brian Babson is still in the on-deck circle and Barrett Blade is looking for a bat in the dugout Slow ground ball Lajoie is charging it He fires it to first He's OUT FOFC on top 3 to 2 with two away Let's check some other scores as well Japanese League is edging Negro League I 2 to 1 Caribbean leads NL Post WWII 3 to 2 AL Pre WWII winning over Negro League II 6 to 0 Left Outs and Dead Ball Era are deadlocked at 5 AL Post WWII with the lead over Old Timers 3 to 0 NL Pre WWII slipping by Late 20th 3 to 1 There's a ground ball between first and second OH, Beckley snags it in short right field He throws it to the pitcher covering the bag OUT is the call What a play by Beckley That wraps up the inning for FOFC So After 6 and a half innings FOFC has 3 runs, 5 hits and no errors While Turn of Century has 2 runs, 3 hits and one error FOFC has left 4 stranded Turn of Century has failed to bring home 3 It's time for the 7th inning stretch! Curve ball... Beckley swings and misses by a mile The bottom dropped out of that one! A wicked pitch! That's one away Smashed to the mound Babson comes up with it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 Two down Brian Babson retires the first two batters in a row Jimmy Collins will hit for Roger Bresnahan Collins is batting .250 with 5 home runs He also has 29 RBI's on the year He's batting .252 against righties A wave and a whiff! Strike Three! That is the third out for Turn of Century here in the last of the seventh The attendance has just been announced at 22671 Turn of Century's defensive changes are... O'Rourke will bat 8th and play C Tucker rips a whistling liner down the line Bingo! Beckley spears it! A shot right at the Turn of Century first baseman Piece of cake! Turn of Century gets the first out of the inning Slider, in on the hands... Pflaggstettler swings... There's a ground ball into the hole Kelley and Wagner both stretching for it... Kelley makes the pickup, fires to first... SAFE!... The ball is off the glove of Beckley It rolls into the dugout... Pflaggstettler is awarded secondbase He'll be given a base hit, and Kelley gets the error That's error number 2 of the game for Turn of Century (Guarding Lines Effect) Grounded towards the hole Smooth pickup by Lajoie Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That's two gone for FOFC here in the top of the 8th Let's take ten seconds for station identification This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System Your four sports network... Smashed to short Wagner grabs it Over to Beckley Got him! Score It: 6-3 Three down for FOFC Still a 1 run deficit for Turn of Century Let me point out that coming in to today's game FOFC is 33 and 20 in one run games Turn of Century has a 29 and 28 record in these tight contests Now batting for Turn of Century... Hughie Jennings... He'll pinch hit for Cy Young Jennings with a .317 average on the season Fastball, swung on and missed Take a seat Mr. Jennings! With one down Potpie yells something out to Babson Brian nods his head Fastball... low and away, ball four Babson puts the tying run on base Not a good idea There's a fly ball into straight-away right Pflaggstettler one hands it... OUT! One more chance for Turn of Century this inning Burkett takes a three step lead Babson holds the ball... Still holding the ball... Spinning he fires it over to Potpie... Burkett dives back... Out! That was a dumb play by Burkett It wasn't even close... He's got to keep his head in the game! Kid Nichols will be coming on to pitch for Turn of Century Kid has appeared in 57 games this season He has a record of 6-4 in 112 innings His ERA stands at 4.82 Sharp breaking curveball... Palmer reaches for it... Hits a two bouncer right to Wagner... Grabs it easily... Fires a bullet to Beckley at first! Palmer is out easily One away for FOFC I had the pleasure of meeting the fine author Robert Creamer last night He told me a funny story about Babe Ruth Seems he was at an elegant dinner party A rather splendid asparagus salad was served Babe played with it for a moment then pushed it aside The hostess asked politely "Don't you care for the salad, Mr. Ruth?" "Oh it's not that", was his courteous reply "It's just that asparagus makes my urine smell" Gunner swings and lifts one toward center Duffy drifts over slowly... He is under it now... And makes the easy catch... FOFC on top 3 to 2 with two away this inning It's a routine fly into center Duffy ranges over and reaches up This should wrap-up the inning... It's in the bank So that's it for FOFC They fail to score against Nichols In the top of the 9th for FOFC No runs, no hits and no errors Kronside is in to try and close this one out... Long fly to center Tucker has a long run... He's there and hauls it in Kelley is retired on a fairly deep fly One away While we wait for the next batter Let's see what's happening in other games These scores are final... Negro League I cuffed Japanese League 6 to 3 NL Post WWII downed Caribbean 5 to 3 AL Pre WWII ripped Negro League II 7 to 1 Left Outs squeezed by Dead Ball Era 7 to 5 AL Post WWII smacked Old Timers 7 to 0 NL Pre WWII downed Late 20th 4 to 2 And in our contest FOFC ahead 3 to 2 Swung on and chopped down the third base line Fouts stabs at it He's got it! Over to first... GOT HIM! What a nice play Extra base hit to center for Wagner A. J. Tucker is trying to get to it This one is rolling to the wall... This might be stretched into an inside the park homerun! He's going to try for it! Here's the play... He's Out!!!! They tried to tie it on an inside the park homerun can came up just a step short... That play keeps the FOFCers hopes alive as they remain half a game back with 1 to play... |
Dynasty Update
So I screwed up getting the box score for the game. I've rebuilt it best I can from the play-by-play and I'll post it tomorrow. But not everything in it will be accurate and it will be formatted differently... |
Boxscore
Here is how we did...if anyone wants the other team, let me know and I'll document it.. Code:
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We got this.
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9/8 Radio Broadcast
Driven deep That's in the gap! Sam Crawford is running hard He can't get to it Blade rounds first Crawford has the ball Blade digging for 2nd He's slides in, Safe! LINE DRIVE Tough chance for Burkett He can't catch up to it! It's a single for Tucker Blade scores from second! Pflaggstettler drives the ball to center for extra bases Dick Howser is giving the green light... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Tucker scores! Trailing runner advances. Double for Pflaggstettler Grounded through the infield into right field Jeeberoni Potpie has a base hit Pflaggstettler scores from third! In there Hays is a strikeout victim! Bresnahan framed it nicely for the ump. STRIKE THREE! Looped to first Joe Kelley waiting for it He records the out Score It: 3 It's a little roller out front Hays is on it...throws to first... Nice play One out Due up next is Jesse Burkett Ground ball through the middle Nights ranges behind second Nice pick up... Twists and fires it OUT! Two gone here in the bottom of the 1st We want to welcome the Turn of Century "Sportsman Club" to the game today We hope you enjoy your trip to the ballpark Fly ball to right Pflaggstettler is under it He grabs it for the out The Centurions go quietly in the 1st... No runs, no hits and no errors After 1 full inning of play, it's 3-0 All Stars Sinking fastball... Nights goes down after it... And slaps a hard grounder right at Collins... He scoops it up, over to first... And Nights is out by a step One up, one down for FOFC Good slider, inside part of the plate Mighty gets the bat on it... Slams a sharp grounder to the right side Lajoie grabs it... Throws to first... OUT! Two down Smokey Joe Wood retires the first two batters in a row Barrett Blade offers at the curveball, but checks his swing Oh, Blade couldn't get the bat out of the way It's a soft line drive to Jimmy Collins for the out Blade never even left the batter's box That's all for the All Stars No runs, no hits and no errors... We go to the bottom of the 2nd... FOFC ahead 3 to 0 Slow ground ball Nights is charging it HE DROPS IT! That's an error That's error number 1 of the game for FOFC Wagner 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... That's the first out of the inning Two more to go Off speed pitch on the way... And Crawford watches it go by for the third strike Two down Collins pops it up Jeff Nights is jogging under it... And it will be Nights making the play That does it in the bottom of the 2nd Now a brief message from our hosts This is the Strat-O-Matic Broadcast System We are pleased you joined us for today's ballgame Now back to baseball where After 2 innings, FOFC ahead 3 to 0 He rips a grounder to first Wood takes the flip from Kelley Score It: 3-1 With one down, up next is Persimmon Pflaggstettler To be followed by Jeeberoni Potpie Pflaggstettler hits a screamer at Jimmy Collins Collins takes it with the backhand... The throw is short... Kelley scoops it on one hop Pflaggstettler is out! Nice play by Kelley Two down Smokey Joe Wood retires the first two batters in order Hot shot grounded to second Lajoie grabs it Over to first In time! Score It: 4-3 That wraps up the inning for FOFC By the way, FOFC is 6 and 4 in their last ten games Bresnahan gets wood on the hard slider It's a bouncer hit past the mound... And PAST Nights into the outfield... Base hit for Bresnahan Wood squares to lay one down The pitch is high and tight Wood somehow gets the bunt down Potpie picks it up Fires to first in time for the out What a bunt by Wood! Credit him with a sacrifice One away for the Centurions They are in 4th place in the standings 19.5 games out of first place as we head into the final weeks of the 1900 season Fastball... just outside And Duffy will take first on the walk Burkett reaches out and pokes it on the ground to right Base hit for Burkett FOFC's lead narrows by a run FOFC ahead 3 to 1 He rips a grounder to short Taken by Nights Throws to second He's out They might turn it . . . Double Play! Score It: 6-4-3 The Centurions get 1 in the bottom of the 3rd After 3 innings, FOFC leads by 2 He hits a tough grounder to the mound Wood grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 One gone for FOFC Hot shot grounded to second Lajoie comes up with it Over to Kelley Got him! Score It: 4-3 Two down Bresnahan asks for a new ball He calls time and trots out to the mound A conference going on between Bresnahan and Wood Gunner swings and misses Strike three Gunner didn't have a good cut at that pitch That's it for FOFC Here at Yellowstone Park, After 3 and a half innings, FOFC has 3 runs, 4 hits and one error While Turn of Century has one run, 2 hits and no errors FOFC has left 1 on base Turn of Century has stranded 2 Lajoie drives one to left This one has a chance for extra bases... Gunner got a great jump... He is closing quickly... OUT! Very nice play by Stan Gunner That's one away Wagner takes the pitch STRIKE THREE, is the call Wagner can't believe it and says something to the ump Chalk up a whiff for Mighty That's two away Nights comes over from his shortstop position to say a few words to Mighty Sam Crawford will be next up... Fastball, busted in on the hands Crawford 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 Crawford is called out on a close play That's out number three A perfect inning for Mighty here in the bottom of the 4th Fly ball to right Burkett is under it He makes the grab One away... Kelley is coming over to the mound... He wants to chat with the pitcher... Here comes Collins also... Now they return to their positions Drilled on the ground to the mound Taken by Wood His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 That's two away Fastball, just inside... Looked very close... Wood's obviously peeved at that call But Barrett tends to get those calls He has a great eye and doesn't mind taking the free ride to first Blade extends his lead towards second Slow curve... The speedy Blade heads for second Bresnahan pegs it down He slipped on the throw But he got it off... Throws a frozen rope to Wagner... The slide... Out by a mile! |
9/8 Radio Broadcast Continued
Sinking fastball... Collins swings... Raps a hard ground ball right at Palmer... He snares it easily, throws to first... Out by a step FOFC gets the first out of the inning IT HITS Bresnahan! Now Bresnahan gets up and brushes himself off He's not thrilled with being drilled! The ump tells Bresnahan to take his base Wood squares He bunts at it . . . Fielded by D.Palmer the throw to first... Out Wood gets the job done. He rips a grounder It's into right field It's a single for Duffy Bresnahan scores from second! Duffy takes a walking lead Duffy has stolen 43 of 56 bases this year The runner can't seem to get a good lead 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 Centurions in the bottom of the 5th They get 1 run After 5 innings, FOFC on top 3 to 2 Tucker hits a fly ball to center Hugh Duffy camps under it He's got it With one gone FOFC will have Persimmon Pflaggstettler coming up A dangerous hitter, no doubt about it Swung on and foul tipped Bresnahan hangs on to it Strike out for Wood Number 4 on the day Two men gone, nobody on FOFC leads by 1 Curve ball, just misses the corner That'll be ball four and a walk Wood has issued 2 bases on balls this afternoon Swing and a miss Strike three Hays goes down on strikes That's three outs, side retired Kelley gets under this one It's popped high in the air to third Palmer is waving everybody off He drops it! Kelley only makes it to first Joe was not legging that one out Strike three swinging! And a quick peg to first by Hays Kelley dives back in... SAFE! The first base ump says Kelley made it back One away in the bottom of the 6th for Turn of Century Lined hard to third Palmer makes a nice play on it He fires it to Potpie OUT! Double Play! Score It: 5-3 We head to the 7th... The score is still FOFC 3, Centurions 2 Sinker, down at the knees... Swung on... Palmer hits a Baltimore chop... Past the infield into center for a single! That was a difficult ball to handle Gunner drives one into center Hugh Duffy sprints over to make the 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! Nights rolls one toward Honus Wagner 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 FOFC It's time for the 7th inning stretch! There's a shallow flyball struck by Crawford A. J. Tucker runs in, calls for the ball He makes the catch Crawford is out One away in the bottom of the 7th Slider, down at the knees... Collins swings and lifts one deep to left This one has a chance... Gunner is at the warning track... Bye, Bye Baby!!... Number 6 on the year for Jimmy Collins 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!! Smokey Joe Wood squares to bunt Fouts fields it, THEN DROPS THE BALL! Fouts picks it up and fires to first Wood is out by an eyelash Credit Wood with a sacrifice Base hit to left for Duffy 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... Duffy is out going to 2nd! Turn of Century is making a defensive change Keeler will bat 2nd and play right Smashed to the mound Wood grabs it His throw to first GOT HIM! Score It: 1-3 And there's one away Wood loses him Blade heads down to first 2 walks today for Blade It's the hit and run play by FOFC... Tucker gets under this one It's popped high in the air to short Wagner is waving everybody off Tucker is retired Fastball... just outside And Pflaggstettler will take first on the walk Walk number 4 issued by Wood this afternoon Base hit to left for Potpie Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Blade scores! Trailing runners advance. Base hit to center for Hays Pflaggstettler scores Dick Howser is waving the runner home... The throw is coming home... Aggressive baserunning by FOFC... Not cut-off... Bresnahan is trying to block the plate (Ability to block: Great,)... Potpie is out at home! Keeler slaps a hard grounder past second Pflaggstettler is over to pick it up He tosses it back to second Keeler will hold with a clean single Keeler takes a three step lead Keeler does not get a good lead There goes Keeler... And it's ball four... Keeler pulls up and walks into second It's right down the pike! Strike three looking! Rodney crossed Lajoie up that time Base hit to left for Wagner Dode Criss will send the runner home... The throw is cut off... And that allows the run to score Taking his lead is Kelley Kelley is going on the pitch! It's a fastball at the knees... Bullock firing from his knees... Low throw into the dirt... Bouncing off the bag and out into leftfield... Gunner is charging in... Crawford gets up and heads for home... The long throw home... NOT IN TIME!!... Credit Kelley with a stolen base and a run scored on the error Crawford flies out to center Dode Criss is windmilling the runner home... Here's the play at the plate... Wagner scores! Collins drives one into right Persimmon Pflaggstettler sprints over to make the play The Centurions go down in the bottom of the 8th After 8 innings at Yellowstone Park here in Turn of Century, Turn of Century ahead 7 to 5 Here's a slider over the inside corner Swung on... It's a bouncing ball past Collins at third... Wagner moving to his right... Makes a great backhanded stop... He spins in the air Firing to first from the outfield grass... Fouts beats the throw easily That was a great pickup by Wagner But, he didn't have a chance And should have hung onto the ball There's a grounder right at Nap Lajoie This should be two The throw to second...in time To first Out of there, a double play! Two down, All Stars at bat in the 9th inning... FOFC trails the Centurions by 2 The All Stars are down to their final out Jeff Nights is due up Bresnahan takes a trip out to the mound He wants to discuss something with Wood Now Bresnahan trots back Nights smashes a wicked ground ball towards third Collins dives to his left... Snares it in front of Wagner He's up Powerful throw to first OUT! Beautiful play! And that will do it for FOFC There dreams of the post season end with a thud... after jumping to an early 3 - 0 lead they can't hang on. Turn of Century wins 7 to 5 Wood gets credit for the win Rodney takes the loss The hitting star for Turn of Century was Jimmy Collins He was 1 for 4 with a homerun And that wraps things up So long from Turn of Century. |
9/8 Boxscore
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BOXSCORE: 1000 FOFC All Stars At 2001 Turn of Century Centurions 9/8/1900 |
STANDINGS
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American WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# |
Dynasty Update
Well, sorry for the anti-climatic ending. I will continue this dynasty through the World Series between the Negro League 1 and NL Post Nationals. I'll also post the league leaders, team stats and announce the award winners over the next several days... |
WORLD SERIES PREVIEW
"So we have the match up in the World Series that many predicted before the start of the season - The Post Nationals and the Negro League 1s...it wasn't as easy as many thought, as the upstart FOFC All-Stars gave the Post Nationals all they could handle. Taking it down to the last game of the season, and more accurately the last couple of innings before finally falling off the pace. They deserve a lot of credit for their efforts and we hope they will be back next season to give it another run, they were a fun team to watch...," Hack Jobb states. "However, our focus tonight it to compare these two great teams that will be starting to play for the championship tomorrow. They are both dominating on a lot of levels and we are going to take a peek at the different aspects of the teams to try and determine who has the edge..." "We'll start by looking at the pitching, as pitching is always so important in the post season, and both of these pitching staffs are strong. To help me break it down, I've brought in former pitching great Jim Kaat to get his opinion on the situation. So Jim, lets start by comparing the rotations of these two teams...the Negro Leaguers will probably rollout... - S.Paige 3.51 15 /12 - L.Day 3.73 13 / 4 - H.Smith 3.81 15 / 7 and if they elect to use a forth starter it will most likely be - B.Rogan 4.22 15 / 9 And the Post Nationals will counter with... - T.Seaver 3.06 16 / 2 - who looks like a front runner for the Most Valuable Pitcher in the NL - S.Koufax 3.30 14 / 3 - who pitched good enough to win a Most Valuable Pitcher award in most seasons - B.Gibson 4.64 12 / 8 And if they go with a fourth...Gaylord Perry or Juan Marichal, not sure which they would choose." "Now Jim, on the surface, the starting pitching edge appears to go to the Post Nationals. In fact, It almost looks impossible to beat Seaver and Koufax twice and the Negro Leaguers will undoubtedly face them both at least 2 times and maybe 1 of them 3 times." Kaat, "Very true. I mean, in total over the entire season those two pitchers only lost 5 times, hard to think they are going to lose 4 games with those 2 guys pitching 4 or 5 of the games in the series, but there are some interesting things to consider. If I'm the Posters, I'm setting up my rotation for Koufax to go first, with the Negro Leaguers being such a lefty heavy lineup...and I mean a lefty heavy, he stands the best chance of dominating. But the rest of that rotation is all right handed pitching, and that might bode well for the American League representatives. Those lefties on the Negro League team can really hit and they could give the Gibsons, Seavers, Perrys trouble..." "Hard to believe anyone could give Seaver trouble this year..." Hack Jobb quips..."what about the other way around." We'll the Nationals are a bit more right handed than left, with Aaron and Banks, both MVP possibilities, teaming up with Mays, Clemente, and more...but you have to be careful, because if you get too righty happy, Musial and Matthews will kill you...all that said, I believe Paige will do great in this series, and the rest of the rotation is good enough to win, but if you put me on the spot I'm giving the rotation edge to the Nationals." "What about the pens?" Jobb follows up. "Now that is a different story. The pen for the Negro Leaguers is deeper led by Bill and Rube Foster and MacDonald. The Nationals, have good arms, but they really lack a closer. Bunning served in that role must of the season, but he got killed a bunch. He gave up 25 more hits than innings pitched and he walked a batter every other inning. The edge here, clearly goes to the Negro Leagues..." "Is the pen disparity big enough to give the pitching edge to the Negro Leaguers?" "Probably not, but if I'm a Post Nationals fan, and it's tight late, I'm holding my breath for sure." "Jim, thanks for the insight, and before I let you go, is it true that you have been approached about being on a team in this league next time around?" "There have been some discussions floating around about the league expanding, and I've been contacted to gauge my interest. Not sure where this will lead at this point, but I'm open to having the conversation." "Thanks again Jim...and after the break, we will look at the defenses and then we'll finish up with the lineups..." - |
WORLD SERIES PREVIEW
"So when we look at the defenses of these two teams, you get an idea why they are both here. I doubt there is a team in the league that can claim to have a better defense than these 2...maybe as good, but certainly not any better." Jobb explains. "To go over these defenses we've brought in Dick Allen..." "Why the hell did you bring me in here to talk about defense?" "Well, you played a lot of positions..." "Yeah, played them like crap...defense was a waste of time. It was something I did between at bats. They didn't pay me to play defense...they paid me to rake, and man could I rake. Now a days, I'd be a DH and I'd be so good at it, they'd have put my ass in the Hall of Fame and I'd be playing in this league rather than talking to some stupid shit like you...You and your producers are dumbasses if you thought I could break down defenses...I'm leaving..." "Um...we'll, yes...that was, um...interesting...we will be back shortly..." |
Wow, second best record by a mile and still eliminated. Just damn. :(
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World Series Preview
"We're back after the very awkward session with Dick Allen, and with me now to talk about the defenses of the two World Series participants is Dwight "Dewey" Evans, an 8 time gold glove winner...Dwight, how do you access the defenses of these two teams?" "We'll Hack, both of these defenses are very good...you have gazelles in the outfield...Mays, Aaron, Clemente, vs Charleston, Bell, and Torriente...I don't think there has ever been to outfields with more range. It will be difficult to find gaps out there during the series. Both teams have great catchers with good arms, and excellent defense up the middle of the infield. The only areas where I think there is an advantage it at third, where when the Post Nationals use Eddie Matthews they give up a little on defense." "Of course they get 48 homeruns on offense..." Jobb counters... "Oh sure, and you'd and anyone else would take that trade off every day of the week, but from a defense only perspective that is a ding. Also Banks, and I know 50 Homers...isn't as good defensively as Lloyd." "So your overall opinion..." "The Negro Leaguers are better on defense..." "Thanks, Dewey...and before we let you go...I have to ask like I did to Kaat, we here you name as a possible member or an expansion team in this league. Is that true?" "Not sure, there are a bunch of good outfielders that are being mentioned like Murphy, Parker, Frank Howard, Bernie Williams, and I'm honored to be included in the conversation. We'll just have to see how it all breaks down..." "Up next what most of you have been watching for...a breakdown of the offenses...." |
World Series Preview
Hack Jobb smiles as the camera zooms in, "Finally, we are going to take a look at the offenses of the two league champions, and to help me with that we have Gil Hodges. Gil, on the surface the better offense seems pretty obvious, but is it?" Gil nods as he replys, "Well, it is pretty hard to argue with a team that has one 50 Homerun guy, three 40 homerun guys, and 3 or 4 more 20 home run guys...not to mention players like Mike Schimidt who only hit 14 but did it in just over 150 ABs...When a team has that kind of fire power it is awfully difficult to beat." "Just ask the FOFCers about that," Jobb chimes in. "Exactly, The FOFCers had a good offense. In some ways very reminicient of the Negro League team, with power, average, speed...but launching bomb after bomb the way the Posters can, just make it so tough to beat them." "Your really think the FOFC Offense was similar to the Negro Leaguers?" "Oh sure, and I think if you look at it closely the numbers will bear that out. The Negro Leaguers have a bunch of guys that can hit. Cool Papa Bell is a terrific table setter, and while Gibson was disappointed with his season, for a catcher it was extremely good. Charleston is tough, so is Leonard and Torriente. Also, if you look at the middle infield, most teams would kill to get the production the Negro Leaguers got from DiHigo and Lloyd, but when you compare the NL Posts, it isn't close. The one wildcard I'll give the Negro Leaguers offensively is speed. Almost everyone on that team can scoot...and if they get on base enough, they could make things happen, force the issue, maybe force the Posters to make a few mistakes, and they might be able to steal the series..." "Do you think they will steal the series," Jobb asks? "No, I don't. I think the Post Nationals are too strong, and I think they'll win in 5." "Your prediction, is very similar to our other guests so far. Kaat said NL Posts in 6, Evans said in 5, and Dick Allen told me to go screw myself, but in a much more vulgar way..." "We hope you enjoy the series..." |
would love to try and get a second season of this cranked up if anyone is interested
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