Roger's 1938 APBA Replay Blog

Week Twenty of the 1938 BBW Replay is in the books, and it was another busy and exciting week. There were only nine doubleheaders this week, as opposed to the twenty doubleheaders last week, but I have no fear. Next week starts off with Labor Day, and a total of eight doubleheaders are on the schedule, so everyone will get in two more games to start off next week. Everyone has passed the 120-games-played mark, but no one has reached the 130-games-played mark, so all sixteen teams' games played for all teams have really come much closer over the past few weeks.  In the AL, the Yankees continue to build on their lead and are now 12.5 games ahead of second-place Boston. The Red Sox lead the third-place Cleveland Indians by 10 games, so while it may look futile for the Indians, this is actually the culmination of a long slog up from the bottom of the standings. Washington sits behind Cleveland - they're batting .324 as a team, but even though their 5.02 ERA is third best in the A...

Monday, August 29, 1938   Transactions:   New York (NL) pitcher Hy Vandenberg was recalled from Jersey City (IL) before 08/30/1938   Boston (AL) (H) 17 Detroit 2 (Grand Slam!)   It was a close game until Boston scored six runs in the sixth, and then the Red Sox followed that up with eight runs in the seventh to make it a rout. Left fielder Joe Vosmik got the scoring started with a Grand Slam homerun (9) in the sixth, and Jimmie Foxx later added a three-run homerun (48, 159) in the seventh.   New York (AL) (H) 4 St. Louis (AL) 0   Lefty Gomez (15-6, 3.06) held the potent Browns offense to only four hits on the day and went all the way for the shutout victory. Oral Hildebrand (5-14, 9.23) kept the Yankees somewhat in check, but it wasn't enough. Cleveland 15 Washington (H) 1   The Indians had a 2-1 lead after the fourth inning, but then they turned on the jets and pounded the Nationals thereafter. Jeff Heath and Rollie He...