Roger's 1930 APBA Replay

Week 21 is over and teams jockeying for position in the standings still are starting to run out of games. Cincinnati (133) has 21 games left to play and Cleveland (140) has 14, and everyone else is in between somewhere. There are several instances where some pairs of teams have already completed their season's games against each other. A road trip is currently underway and in the next two weeks, the NL Midwest teams will be visiting their eastern counterparts while the AL East teams will be making a last trip through the Midwest. St. Louis stayed in first place all week, although they were tied with Chicago for several of those days. Brooklyn currently sits two games behind St. Louis, but know that they have a homestand remaining with both St. Louis and Chicago and still maintain very active pennant hopes. New York isn't eliminated yet, but wouldn't mind employing a little mischief on any other three teams in front of them. Cincinnati is still holding off Pittsburgh ...

Monday, September 1, 1930 Chicago (AL) (H) 7 Detroit 2 (GM 1) Carl Reynolds hit a two run homerun in the fourth that put the White Sox ahead to stay. Ted Lyons (18-13) didn't complete the game (that is news in and of itself) but Garland Braxton pitched two scoreless innings to close out game one. Detroit 10 Chicago (AL) (H) 6 (GM 2) The Tigers had a small lead, but then Charlie Gehringer hit a three run homerun in the fourth to blow it open for Detroit. Carl Reynolds had a double and four RBI's for the White Sox, but their belated rally couldn't catch them up. New York (AL) (H) 4 Philadelphia (AL) 3 (GM 1) The Yankees took a quick 2-0 lead after two, but then Jimmie Foxx put the A's in the lead with a three-run homerun (#27, 114) in the third. Babe Ruth hit a solo shot (#43, 142)  in the fifth to tie the score at 3-3, and that was all until Lyn Lary singled home Ben Chapman with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. George Pipgras (...

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 ...