Roger's 1941 APBA Replay

Week Fourteen of the 1941 BBW replay is in the books and what a week it was. A lot of doubleheaders, and a lot of games were played, and the result was some serious shuffling in the middle of the standings in both leagues, but both of the league leaders maintained a comfortable lead. Pittsburgh finally reached the 80 games played mark, while Detroit is the only team to have reached the 90 games played mark. There is another busy week coming up, so all teams but Pittsburgh (89) will have reached and passed the 90 games played mark. 1941 Pittsburgh Pirates In the AL, New York has maintained its comfortable lead plus they get the enjoyment of watching Chicago, Cleveland, and Boston take turns beating each other, all unable to make a charge upwards toward the leader. A week ago, the Yankees took all four games in Chicago, but then White Sox turned around and took 2-of-3 from Boston, the two wins being shutouts. However, Chicago was then swept in doubleheaders on both Saturday and Sunday ...

Monday, July 14, 1941 Transactions:   St. Louis (AL) outfielder Bobby Estalella was injured (?) on 07/13/1941. St. Louis (AL) pitcher Bill Trotter was injured (?) on 07/13/1941   New York (NL) infielder Joe Orengo was injured (?) on 07/13/1941   Pittsburgh pitcher Nick Strincevich was sent out to Milwaukee (AA) after 07/13/1941   Chicago (NL) pitcher Paul Erickson returned to the mound on 07/15/1941   Brooklyn pitcher Luke Hamlin returned to the mound on 07/15/1941   Detroit infielder Dutch Meyer was acquired from Buffalo (IL) before 07/15/1941 (Season Debut)   New York (AL) pitcher Steve Peek returned to the mound on 07/15/1941   New York (AL) 5 Chicago (AL) (H) 1   First baseman Johnny Sturm hit the first pitch he saw for a homerun (#3) and the Yankees won their fourth in a row in Chicago. Marv Breuer (5-2, 5.87) only gave up three hits and allowed only one unearned run as he went all the way ...