Roger's 1938 APBA Replay Blog

Week Sixteen of the 1938 BBW Replay is in the books, and the drama continues. The season has moved into August, so only games in August and September remain to be played. The schedule shows that sixteen weeks have been completed, so in a twenty-four-week season, the schedule has reached the two-thirds point of the season. All teams remain behind the two-thirds point when it comes to the number of games played, though, so everyone knows what is coming over these final eight weeks of the season. Chicago (AL) Manager Jimmy Dykes In the AL, for the second consecutive week, New York ended the week with a 7.5-game lead over Boston. The Yankees appear to have an iron grip on the top spot, while second-place Boston will be going forth with their best starter, Lefty Grove , fighting a severe arm injury. The Yankees have been in this kind of pennant race before, and they aren’t going to blink, so the Red Sox find themselves in a tough spot. As a team, Washington is hitting at a .333 clip for t...

Monday, August 1, 1938 Transactions:   New York (AL) catcher Arndt Jorgens made his Season Finale on 07/31/1938   New York (NL) infielder Blondy Ryan made his Major League Finale on 07/31/1938. Ryan was later sent out to Baltimore (IL). New York (NL) infielder Bill Cissell made his Season Debut on 08/02/1938 after having been recalled from Baltimore (IL)   Boston (NL) infielder Joe Stripp (Team Debut 08/03/1938) was purchased from St. Louis (NL) on 08/01/1938   Boston (AL) infielder Jim Tabor made his Major League Debut on 08/02/1938   Cleveland (H) 5 Washington 4 (11)   Frankie Pytlak Washington got off to a fast start with four runs in the first (three unearned) when shortstop Lyn Lary bungled a sure third-out grounder that would have resulted in only one run scored. The Indians came back with three runs in the bottom of the fifth, and then in the bottom of the ninth Ken Keltner led off the inning with a solo homerun (18) ...