Roger's 1941 APBA Replay

1941 Boston Braves Week Eleven of the 1941 BBW replay is in the books, and it was another exciting and interesting week. Detroit outfielder Barney McCosky hit for the second cycle of the season, the first having come just last week, but the big news of the week was that Cincinnati hurler Elmer Riddle threw a perfect game versus Philadelphia in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday. Monte Pearson followed up in Game Two with a one-hitter … a long day for the Phillies hitters. Week Twelve is the halfway point of the season and is followed by a three-day All-Star break, but for now, this past week was a bit of a topsy-turvy one. The Yankees got swept in a three-game series at home by St. Louis, the second-place White Sox ended their week by losing three games in Cleveland, the Indians had fallen into fourth place behind Boston but are now tied for second, and the Red Sox couldn’t hold on to third place and are now seeing St. Louis in their rearview mirror, the Browns are curr...

Monday, June 23, 1941 Transactions:   Cincinnati outfielder Ival Goodman was injured (hernia) on 06/22/1941   Chicago (NL) pitcher Jake Mooty was injured (?) on 06/22/1941. Chicago (NL) infielder Billy Myers was sent out to Milwaukee (AA) on 06/22/1941. Chicago (NL) outfielder Lou Novikoff was sent out to Milwaukee (AA) after 06/22/1941   Boston (NL) pitcher Bill Posedel was injured (?) on 06/22/1941   Jumbo Brown New York (NL) 5 Chicago (NL) (H) 2 The Cubs scored twice in the bottom of the first but the Giants came right back with two in the second and then two more in the third, and there the score stayed until New York added an insurance run in the top of the ninth. Hal Schumacher (9-4, 2.70) and Jumbo Brown held Chicago to only four hits on the day in a game where neither team had an extra-base hit.   Pittsburgh (H) 5 Brooklyn 4   The Dodgers scored a run in the top of the eighth to take a 4-3 lead but they couldn’t ho...