Roger's 1938 APBA Replay Blog

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...

APBA BBW 6.0 is installed, the 1938 season disk is installed, and all the prep work is done, so it's time to start playing games. 102 non-carded players have been added, the league set-up is complete, and the non-game impacting updates have been made. ATMgr is configured and the opening day lineups are set as well as all the scheduled transactions that will occur throughout the season. The stadium backdrops are all in place as well, and so with all that, it's time to play. Philadelphia (AL) opened the 1938 season on April 18 with a game in Washington ( box score ), with President Roosevelt in attendance to throw out the first pitch. Both teams had sixteen hits in the game, but Washington came out ahead 12-8 thanks to a pair of three-run homeruns by Zeke Bonura and Buddy Lewis (inside the park).  The big news of the 1938 pre-season was when Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis granted free agency to ~100 St. Louis Cardinals farmhands. St. Louis was the westernmost and south...