Roger's 1941 APBA Replay

Week Twenty-One of the 1941 BBW Replay is in the books and the season is starting to wind down. The range in the number of games played by teams goes from 131 to 138, so there is still a lot of baseball to be squeezed into these final weeks for some teams. A few pair of the teams from each league have already completed their twenty-two scheduled games already, but at this point in the season, it is the time when it is time for one last road trip to clean up a few final yet-to-be-played games, and then usually a final sweep through your more localized opponents and then we will be done. In the AL, St. Louis continued to be a pleasant surprise. They are currently nine games better than where they were at this same point in 1941. Most of this is due to their surging offense - they have scored 718 runs, third in the AL, and only three runs behind the Yankees. Chicago and Cleveland continue to founder directly ahead of them as neither one of these two teams wish to be the one that ends up

Monday, September 1, 1941 (Labor Day) Transactions:   Chicago (AL) pitcher Bill Dietrich was injured (?) on 08/31/1941. Chicago (AL) pitcher Jack Hallett made his Season Finale on 08/31/1941. Chicago (AL) infielder Bill Knickerbocker was injured (?) on 08/31/1941   Cincinnati infielder Chuck Aleno returned to play on 09/02/1941   Note: It's Labor Day in 1941 and that means that everyone plays a doubleheader today.   Alec Carrasquel Washington 3 Boston (AL) (H) 0 (GM 1) Alex Carrasquel (7-2, 2.70) had the good stuff today as he defeated Mickey Harris (12-6, 2.95) and the Red Sox in Game One. The Nationals plated two runs in the first and then a third run in the third inning while Carrasquel was scattering six hits.   Boston (AL) (H) 8 Washington 6 (GM 2)   The Red Sox scored five runs in the first and then spent the rest of the game just trying to stay ahead of the charging Nationals. Joe Dobson (10-4, 3.98) held on and finally got the Game Two vic