Roger's 1930 APBA Replay

Week 12 is done and that, of course, means another No-Hitter , the fifth of the replay, this one by Cincinnati's Ray Kolp , 6-0, over the powerful hitting Cardinals.No, I don't get it, I don't understand it, it's just baseball, so I am just going with it. It's just odd. Now that the 1930 Replay has completed Week 12 we are at the mid-point of the season, at least calendar-wise. Only two AL teams have reached the half-way mark in games played, Detroit (79) and Philadelphia (77). None in the NL have reached the 77 games played mark, but some are not far off. The lowest amount is Philadelphia (NL) with only 68 games played. Don’t worry - the Phillies have still managed to lead the entire league in runs allowed, which likely won’t improve much as they make up their missed games. Regardless, I am treating the end of Week 12 as the halfway point of the replay. There are still a lot of games left to play, but I wanted to do a quick review of every team and provide som...

Monday, June 30, 1930 Trade: Not really a trade, but the Yankees purchased reliever Ken Holloway from the Indians. Boston (AL) (H) 4 Cleveland 2 The Red Sox welcomed back Ed Morris (3-4) after missing the past three weeks and Mr. Morris pitched well in his return. Boston didn't do much offensively, but they did bunch their hits together in a four-run third (all unearned), and Morris did the rest. Note: Indians starter Belve Bean was taken out of the game in the second inning because of injury concerns. New York (AL) (H) 4 Chicago (AL) 3 The White Sox led most of the way in this one, but the Yankees finally scored twice in the bottom of the eighth to take the lead and George Pipgras (8-5) went all the way to put the Yankees pitching woes on the backburner, at least for today. Harry Rice hit a homerun and added a big RBI in the crucial eighth-inning rally. Philadelphia (AL) (H) 3 Detroit 1 It took a while, but the A's scored three in the bo...