Week 24 Summary (September 26, 1938 - October 2, 1938)

Week Twenty-Four of the 1938 BBW Replay is in the books, and the regular season is now complete. While the pennant winner in the AL has been known for several weeks now, the winner of the NL came down to the last game of the last day of the season. The New York Yankees will represent the AL in the World Series, and the Pittsburgh Pirates will represent the NL, with the first game to be played Tuesday in Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field.

Pittsburgh started the week 1.5 games behind Chicago, but in a three-game series in Chicago, the Pirates came away with a three-game sweep, and it was Pittsburgh that had the 1.5-game lead with only three days remaining. So, of course, the Pirates faltered, the Cubs bounced back, and as the season moved into the final games of the season on Sunday with the two teams tied for first.


While all the eyes of baseball were upon these final games, Pittsburgh defeated Cincinnati and waited nervously for the Chicago game in St. Louis to be completed. The telegraph operator provided reports every half inning to the Pittsburgh dressing room, and even though St. Louis had the lead for its entire game, the room remained deathly quiet as everyone was afraid to speak up and jinx their hopes. Finally, the game ended, the Cubs had lost, and the Pirates locker room exploded in a cacophony of cheers, whoops, and hollers. Two cases of beer mysteriously appeared, and the celebration soon moved from the locker room to the train ride back to Pittsburgh to await the beginning of the 1938 World Series.

 

Note: There will be follow-up blog posts to include a team-by-team year-end review, as well as a detailed final stats post. And, of course, we have a World Series left to play, so we aren’t done quite yet. As always, let's go play!


 


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