Roger's 1941 APBA Replay

Week Seven of the 1941 BBW replay is in the books and it was quite a week. Friday (May 30) was Memorial Day and there were eight doubleheaders as everybody got in two games. Saturday was a travel day, followed by another doubleheader extravaganza and there was a total of six doubleheaders on Sunday (June 1). All that, and yes, the season has moved into the month of June. All the AL teams have reached the 40-games-played mark while in the NL there are three teams who haven't reached 40 yet, but it won’t be much longer.  1941 St. Louis Cardinals The doubleheaders played this week did cause some churn in the daily standings, but at the end of the week, there really wasn't much change. Cleveland took two from Chicago and moved into second place in the AL, but then they lost two to New York and moved right back into third. St. Louis and Brooklyn are continuing their dogfight for first place in the NL but losing two games in one day to their crosstown rivals in New York didn’t real...

Monday, May 26, 1941 Transactions:   New York (AL) pitcher Tiny Bonham was injured (?) on 05/25/1941   Washington infielder  Ben Chapman (Team Finale 05/26/1941) was released on 05/26/1941   Cleveland catcher Gene Desautels was injured (?) on 05/25/1941   Ray Mack Cleveland (H) 12 Detroit 2 Second baseman Ray Mack smacked a three-run homerun in the bottom of the fourth to give the Indians a 4-0 lead but before the inning was over the home team was able to score four more runs, and then added on four more in the fifth for good measure. Besides Mack, the other offensive leader for Cleveland was center fielder Roy Weatherly with a 3-for-4 day that included two runs scored, four RBI's, and two doubles.   Brooklyn (H) 9 Philadelphia (NL) 0   Phillies pitchers walked sixteen Dodgers batters on the day, with first baseman Dolph Camilli receiving four walks himself. Brooklyn did hit into four double plays, but there were alway...