Roger's 1930 APBA Replay

Week 20 is completed, meaning we are (20/24) 83.3% complete. Date-wise we have reached the end of August and all the remaining games are September games. One small technical glitch this week - upon completing one game BBW began clocking and then popped a message that Statmaster couldn't be found. Uh-oh, that can't be good. After another minute or so the end-of-game dialogue box came up, I selected "Save Stats", and everything seemed to work. BBW did detect that a game needed to be rescheduled though (like a rainout had occurred), but further investigation showed the game really was accounted for and I was able to cancel the reschedule. I do a backup after the completion of every week … I might start doing it more often, especially as the end draws nigh. The big story is the race in the NL. Brooklyn, Chicago, and St. Louis all took turns being in first place this past week. The Cardinals ended the week by taking 3-of-4 from the Cubs, while the Robins took the fi...

Monday, August 25, 1930 There are a couple of light days coming up due to travel. It will take a couple of days to sort it out, but the Midwest teams in both leagues will be facing each other, while the eastern teams in both leagues will do likewise. St. Louis (AL) 3 Detroit (H) 2 Detroit Hurler Tommy Bridges (0-1) made his first ML start today. He gave up a run in the first and in the second, but settled down after that, not allowing another run until the top of the seventh. Unfortunately for Bridges, Dick Coffman (10-16) kept the Tigers off the scoreboard until the seventh and the Browns won in a close one. Philadelphia (AL) (H) 3 Washington 0 After a single game in Washington yesterday the two teams took a train to Philadelphia for games today and tomorrow. Lefty Grove (27-2) held the Nationals to three hits and center fielder Bing Miller drove in two runs with a double and a homerun to give Grove the run support he needed. Miller has 94 RBI's on the ...