Roger's 1938 APBA Replay Blog

Week Eight of the 1938 BBW Replay is in the books, and another exciting week it was. The hitters have loosened up in the warm summer heat, and teams are routinely pounding the opposing pitchers, especially if they can get into a team's bullpen. All teams surpassed the 40-games-played mark, two have reached the 50-games-played mark, but according to the calendar, if we have played eight weeks of a twenty-four-week season, everyone should be over the 50-game mark. We will get there, but that means there are still plenty of games left to play.  New York (NL) Manager Bill Terry In the AL, the Yankees have suddenly decided to dominate as they ended the week with eight consecutive wins and have opened a 3.5 games lead over second-place Detroit. New York's pitching has solidified, their offense has taken off, and the rest of the league can only look on in wonder. Detroit and Boston are fighting for second, while Washington, which just saw their ten-game winning streak ended, has cli...

Monday, June 6, 1938 Transactions:   Wally Berger New York (NL) outfielder Wally Berger (Team Finale 06/05/1938) was traded to Cincinnati on 06/06/1938 in return for Alex Kampouris Pittsburgh pitcher Joe Bowman was injured (?) on 06/05/1938. Pittsburgh outfielder Johnny Dickshot was injured (?) on 06/05/1938. Pittsburgh pitcher Rip Sewell was injured (?) on 06/05/1938   St. Louis (NL) pitcher Max Lanier was injured (?) on 06/05/1938   Boston (AL) (H) 7 Detroit 4   The Red Sox led 2-1 after the first, and when the Tigers scored next with three runs in the top of the fourth, Boston answered back with four runs to take a 6-4 lead. Charlie Wagner (2-0, 7.79) walked seven batters in his six innings of work, but Jack Wilson pitched two-plus innings of hitless ball when he made a between-start relief appearance.   New York (AL) (H) 4 St. Louis (AL) 2   The Yankees scored three runs in the bottom of the third, and Joe Beggs (2-2,...