Roger's 1941 APBA Replay

Week Fifteen of the 1941 BBW replay is in the books and the leaders in both leagues continue to enjoy sitting on their comfortable lead while watching the teams directly behind them take turns knocking each other down. Can one of these contending teams rise up and really contend for first place? They are starting to run out of time, and they have a long way to go … it'll be tough. Only two teams have not reached the 90 games played mark, but they will be there shortly. At the end of next week, the replay will be well into August and most of the teams will have passed the 100 games played mark. Chicago White Sox In the AL, as Cleveland, Boston, and Chicago all have been taking turns in second, third, and fourth place over the past few weeks, New York has been able to put it in cruise control and continue its winning ways without interruption. Of all these teams it is the White Sox who are the biggest surprise. After having been stuck in second place for most of the first half of t...

Monday, July 21, 1941 Transactions:   Philadelphia (NL) infielder Hal Marnie was sent out to Springfield (EL) after 07/20/1941   Billy Herman Note: It's not a travel day but following the flurry of doubleheaders that were played at the end of last week there is only one game on the schedule for today. Brooklyn (H) 7 Pittsburgh 4   The Dodgers took a 5-2 lead when second baseman Billy Herman stroked a two-out double, and Brooklyn managed to hold on for the tough win.   Note: New York, Cincinnati, and Brooklyn are now all 13.0 games behind first-place St. Louis in the NL standings, with only slight differences in winning percentages separating the three teams.   Tuesday, July 22, 1941   Transactions: N/A   Boston (AL (H) 4 Chicago (AL) 2   With a slender 2-1 lead the Red Sox scored two insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth on third baseman Jim Tabor's two-out single. Dick Newsome (9-3, 3.27) held the Whit...