Roger's 1930 APBA Replay

All teams have reached the 90 games player mark, although the Phillies are sitting right at 90 even. Week 15 represents 62.5% of the calendar is completed, so the AL is slightly ahead of the curve, but the NL is still pretty far behind. Regardless, we are getting close to games in the month of August and September will not be far behind. In the NL Brooklyn still stands atop of the standings, but they have taken a few lickings over this past week. Chicago had gotten within four games a few weeks ago, had slid back to eight, and is now four games behind again. This time the Cardinals have won seven consecutive and are right on their bumper, only one game behind the Cubs. The Giants still entertain the thought about putting on a late-season rush, but it might be too late. Cincinnati still continues to play well, this week playing spoiler by thrashing the Robins several times. Pittsburgh still has dreams of moving up from sixth place in the standings, but can't seem to make any

Monday, July 21, 1930 Note: Chicago (AL) claimed outfielder/pinch-hitter Bob Fothergill off waivers from Detroit. To make room on the payroll, Chicago sold outfielder/pinch-hitter Alex Metzler to St. Louis (AL). Boston (AL) 8 Chicago (AL) (H) 3 The Red Sox were already up 4-0 in the seventh when first baseman Phil Todt (#8) turned on one and smacked a three-run homerun to put the game out of reach. Hod Lisenbee (9-6) took home the win from there. New York (AL) 6 Cleveland (H) 1 Both teams have been on a bit of a roll recently and both teams were looking to continue their winning ways. Ed Wells (3-8) only allowed six hits on the day and Babe Ruth knocked a two-run triple in the third to open up the Yankees lead. Philadelphia (AL) 16 Detroit (H) 1 The A's offense remains on fire, as they accrued 21 hits and five walks in a pasting of the Tigers. George Earnshaw (12-4) improved his record, plus he went 2-for-5 with a double. Max Bishop home

Week 14 ended with a flurry of offense - seventeen games with double digits runs for the winner, three with twenty or more. Throw in a smattering of shut-outs, a no-hitter that wasn't ( Bud Teachout no-hit the Robins for eleven innings, but the Cubs hadn't scored either), and it was just another week of the 1930 replay. Most AL teams are approaching the 90 games mark, while most NL teams have just moved past 80 games played. Looking ahead to Week 15 it looks like every NL team plays either 2 or 3 doubleheaders in an already full week of games, so the rush to get caught up to the calendar is on. In the AL while Philadelphia was crushing the White Sox, Cleveland was taking 4-of-6 from Washington, reducing the Nationals lead to one game over the A's. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig went on a binge, and the Yankees moved up from fifth place to third, although they are 14.5 games behind the second place A's. Boston tumbled out of third place and ended the week in fifth, a

Monday, July 14, 1930 New York (AL) 9 Chicago (AL) (H) 6 (GM 1) The White Sox temporarily took a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the seventh when they scored two runs off starter Hank Johnson , but the Yankees answered back with four in the eighth. Lou McEvoy (3-1) made his first appearance in more than a month and went two-plus innings to pick up the win in relief. New York (AL) 7 Chicago (AL) (H) 6 (10) (GM 2) The White Sox temporarily took a 5-4 lead in the bottom of the seventh when they scored three runs off starter Red Ruffing (6-7), but as before, the Yankees came back to claim the victory and sweep the doubleheader. This time the Yankees plated one in the ninth to send it to extra innings, and then in the tenth Babe Ruth doubled, Tony Lazzeri tripled him home, and then Lou Gehrig singled home Lazzeri and Ruffing and the Yankees had what they needed. Note: Carl Reynolds was HBP in the eighth and had to be removed from the game. Boston (AL) 5 Clevel