Empire Shag Crawford steps in behind home plate, calls playball, and the second game of the National League playoffs underway is Dave Cash, a right-hand batter, second-faced man steps in to face John Cumberland.

And here's the first pitch of the second game,

that slow curve of Cumberland's outside missing for ball one.

Cash is in his third season in the majors all three years as a pirate.

Cumberland has his sign from dates into the wind-up.

Here's the pitch.

Swung on, filed at the plate, tipped by cash,

and the count is one ball, one strike.

Giants line up on the infield, Alan Gallagher at third base.

Chris Fire at short, vetoal Poloni, second,

Willie Mc Covey at first, the alctor's left to rider,

Ken Henderson, Willie Mays, and Dave Kingman.

What I'm on the count on cash.

Gallagher is playing up on the dirt at third base.

Dave Cash, who can move down that base path.

Here's Cumberland in the one-on-one pitch, swung on a mess,

beautiful change-up third

by Cumberland.

He caught cash looking for something a little faster,

swinging early, and the count is one ball, two strikes.

Run and two on Dave Cash.

How about the winding and the pitch slum on, line to that field,

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