Roger's 1949 APBA Replay

Week 12 is completed and the replay is at the halfway point. There are still four teams below the 77 games played mark, but one is at 75 and the others at 76 so they will get there quick.  The first half of the season has been pretty topsy-turvy, The better teams are starting to rise to the top, the bad teams are settling to the bottom, and those in the middle are in a real dogfight as they try and claw their way to the top. Nothing is settled yet and we have a whole half season yet to play so let's see what happens. Luke Appling Boston is still dominating the AL, but the story here Joe DiMaggio and New York. In the two weeks that DiMaggio has been back, they have reduced Boston's lead from 11.0 games down to 6.5 as DiMaggio is hitting at a .490 clip with five homeruns already. New York's pitching has appeared to gel while Boston's pitchers are starting to show signs of strain. Of course, at this point in 1949 it was New York that had an eight-game lead over B...

It's a holiday, so everybody is playing two games today. Buckle up, it's gonna be a bumpy ride. Mickey Owen Note: Brooklyn activated catcher Mickey Owen . Owen had been on the Mexican League suspended list. Chicago (NL) immediately claimed Owen on waivers from Brooklyn. Chicago sent out catcher Rube Novotney to make room on the roster for Owen. Monday, July 4, 1949 Detroit (H) 5 Cleveland 3 (GM 1) After having lost four at home to Detroit just past week Cleveland was hoping to give some payback this week, and the Indians took a quick 1-0 lead. Bob Feller (7-3) looked good at the start, but then gave up a two run homerun to Pat Mullin in the fourth followed by a three run homerun by Aaron Robinson and all of a sudden Detroit was in control. Art Houtteman (6-2) picked up the win in game one. Detroit (H) 8 Cleveland 0 (GM 2) Detroit's dominance of Cleveland continued as Hal Newhouser threw a two-hit shutout and benefitted from another big ...