Roger's 1930 APBA Replay

This past week was something. Every team played a doubleheader on Friday (Memorial Day), we had a player pass away unexpectedly ( Hal Carlson ), we saw two future Hall-of-Famers make their final ML appearance ( Pete Alexander and Dave Bancroft ), and another future Hall-of-Famer ( Rogers Hornsby ) broke his ankle and is going to miss three months. This upcoming week is a transition week as the NL western teams move east, while the AL east coast teams travel to visit their brethren in the great Midwest. We've reached the end of May 1930, and most teams have passed the 40 games played mark or are close to it, so we have moved past that "it's still early" way of looking at things. There are a lot of games left to play, things are moving along rather quickly, and I am looking forward to where this might take me. Pinky and Bubbles Hargrave In the American League, Washington (Replay: 30-12, Actual: 27-15) is +3 games to their record, while the A's (R: 25-1...

Monday, May 26, 1930 Cleveland (H) 5 Chicago (AL) 4 (GM 1) Cleveland took an early 3-0 lead, but the White Sox fought back to tie the score at 3-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh. Both teams scored once more, but it looked like extra innings were on the docket until Ed Morgan won the game with a one-out homerun (#8) in the bottom of the ninth. Wes Ferrell (4-5) was happy to get the run support and pick up the win. Chicago (AL) 13 Cleveland (H) 3 (GM 2) With a doubleheader today and another tomorrow the Indians stayed with starter Clint Brown (1-5) a little too long and the White Sox took advantage, scoring seven times in the seventh inning. Smead Jolley hit a three-run homerun to put the game out of reach. Pat Caraway (3-0) weakened late and allowed three runs in the last two innings, but got the complete game victory. Washington 14 New York (AL) (H) 5 Washington has played 24 of their first 30 games at home, so they know this will have to bal...