Roger's 1938 APBA Replay Blog

Week Fifteen of the 1938 BBW Replay is in the books, and another outstanding week it was.  In Week 14, weather issues disrupted the AL schedule, so the AL teams still have a great deal to make up, but you can only do it one day at a time. Doubleheaders are starting to appear and mixed in with the normal attrition in healthy pitchers towards the end of the season, which means teams are dependent on drafting a reliever to make a spot start as necessary. For teams in the pennant race, this becomes doubly problematic when they are struggling to put together some sort of surge in the final two months of the season. Dizzy Dean and Chicago (NL) Manager Gabby Hartnett This week saw the schedule transition into August. All teams have reached the 80-games-played mark (even the White Sox), and many teams have moved past the 90-games-played mark. The White Sox had the games (or games) of the week when they hosted a doubleheader versus New York on Sunday. The offense-deficient White Sox won G...

Monday, July 25, 1938   Transactions:   New York (AL) pitcher Ivy Andrews was injured (?) on 07/24/1938. New York (AL) infielder Bill Knickerbocker was injured (?) on 07/24/`1938   Philadelphia (AL) infielder Skeeter Newsome experienced ongoing medical issues on/07/24 related to his previous HBP injury   Al Lopez Boston (NL) catcher Al Lopez returned to play on 07/26/1938   St. Louis (AL) pitcher Les Tietje returned to the mound on 07/26/1938   Boston (AL) (H) 14 Cleveland 4 (GM 1)   The score was tied 2-2 after the fifth, but then Boston scored four times in the sixth, and then they scored seven times in the seventh to blow the game wide open. Emerson Dickman (5-2, 5.83) went eight innings and got the win over Johnny Allen (10-4, 4.90).   Boston (AL) (H) 3 Cleveland 2 (GM 2)   Mel Harder (6-6, 2.95) took a 2-1 lead into the ninth but gave up the lead when a misplay by Jeff Heath in left field on a Joe...