Roger's 1941 APBA Replay

Week Seventeen of the 1941 BBW Replay is in the books and if someone is planning to make a serious run at the Yankees in the AL or the Cardinals in the NL their time is dwindling. All teams have now reached the 100-games-played mark, meaning all teams have right around fifty remaining games to play. By the end of next week, the schedule will be three-fourths completed and we will be half-way through August, with September looming in the offing. In the AL, New York finally went through a bad spell as at mid-week they experienced a four-game losing streak and had only won three of their previous ten games, but then they ended the week with a doubleheader sweep in Philadelphia. Boston has been on a bit of a streak of their own and combined with New York's unexpected losses they managed to cut the lead to "only" 9.5 games. The Yankees will surely right their ship, and Boston has had trouble applying a consistent attack, so New York should be fine.   Cleveland and Chicag...

Monday, August 4, 1941 Transactions:   Cleveland pitcher Joe Heving made his Season Finale on 08/03/1941   Cincinnati infielder Bobby Mattick returned to play on 08/05/1941   St. Louis (AL) pitcher Archie McKain (Team Debut 08/07/1941) was acquired from Detroit on 08/04/1941   Note: A relatively light schedule today as it is a travel day, with the AL Midwest teams returning to home ground while in the NL it is the easternmost teams returning to their hometowns.   Philadelphia (AL) 8 Boston (AL) (H) 1   The A's blew open a close game by scoring six runs in the top of the seventh as Red Sox reliever Mike Ryba was wild both inside and outside the strike zone. Lum Harris (5-4, 4.48) didn’t allow any earned runs in picking up the tough road win.   Washington (H) 4 New York (AL) 3   The Yankees scored three runs in the top of the second to take a 3-1 lead, but Ken Chase and Walt Masterson (1-5, 6.32) kept them of...