Roger's 1938 APBA Replay Blog

Week Six of the 1938 BBW replay is in the books, and it was another exciting week. The number of games picked back up for one thing, but after the standings in both leagues had tightened up over the previous two weeks, it was just a matter of who was gonna get hot and who was not, and then let the chips fall where they may. We are almost to the end of May, and there is still one team that hasn't played thirty games yet - the Chicago White Sox. They are sitting on twenty-eight games played, but this will be remedied tomorrow, because tomorrow is Memorial Day, and everybody will be playing a holiday doubleheader, sixteen games in all. St. Louis (AL) Manager Gabby Street In the AL, it was Detroit's turn to put on a rush, and they moved into first place by the end of the week. St. Louis and New York have the same number of losses as Detroit, but the third-place Yankees also have the same number of wins as the fourth-place Red Sox. Of all these teams, it is really Cleveland that i...

Monday, May 23, 1938   Transactions:   Philadelphia (NL) first baseman Earl Browne (Major League Finale 05/22/1938) was sold to St. Louis (NL) (DNP) on 05/23/1938. Philadelphia (NL) pitcher Tommy Reis (Team Finale 05/20/1938) was sold to Boston (NL) on 05/23/1938. Philadelphia (NL) infielder Justin Stein (Major League Debut 05/28/1938) was claimed on waivers from St. Louis (NL) (DNP) on 05/23/1938. Philadelphia (NL) outfielder Ray Stoviak (Major League Debut 06/05/1938) was signed as an amateur free agent on 05/23/1938   Cincinnati outfielder Lee Gamble returned to play on 05/24/1938   Note: On Sunday, the Brooklyn Dodgers announced that contracts had been signed to install lights at Ebbets Field. The first night game is scheduled for June 15, 1938. In only three weeks. Wow.   Chicago (NL) 8 Boston (NL) (H) 1   The Cubs scored three times in the first and then light-hitting shortstop Billy Jurges smacked a surprise three-run home...

Week Five of the 1938 BBW replay is in the books, and after both pennant races tightened up in the previous two weeks, this week began the churn where tightly entangled teams each took their turns moving up and down past their peers. I fully expect that some will continue to rise and some will fall, but in the meantime, this is the fun part of an APBA replay.  In the American League, while it took a while, the week ended with New York in first place. The Yankees, missing Joe DiMaggio due to a holdout, got off to a slow start, but once DiMaggio returned it wasn't a case of if but of when the Yankees would rise to the top. New York has a very slim though, as their lead over Detroit and St. Louis is just a few percentage points behind. Even after having spent most of the first few weeks of the season in first place, St. Louis seems the likely candidate to move down the standings, but they have remained resilient and so far have refused to sink.   Detroit got off to a good s...