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Week 13 Summary

Week 13 was a short one due to the All-Star game, but the replay marches on. All teams have reached or passed the 80 games played mark. The teams at the top are still there, but there is a feeling in the league they may be weakening and there are several "volunteers" ready and able to take their place. Vern Bickford St. Louis is still safely in first place, 8.5 games ahead of Boston, but that lead is two less than it was a week ago. Worse for St. Louis is their seeming invincible pitching staff has proven to be "vincible" after all. Boston climbed over New York to reach second place after the Giants somehow got swept in a doubleheader at home by Pittsburgh. The Giants pitching has been their strong point this season until it isn't, but everyone has a bad week. Brooklyn continues to knock on the door of third place but hasn’t quite made it. The best thing St. Louis has going for it is watching these other three teams take turns knocking each other around...

Week 13 Results (07/11/1949 - 07/17/1949)

Monday, July 11, 1949 My first and second choices for my first half of the season replay results: American League Replay All-Star Team Catcher - Birdie Tebbetts (Boston) Tebbetts is hitting .328 and proving Boston with some offensive punch at the bottom of their lineup. His defense has been a plus as well. Yogi Berra got off to a slow start, but stepped up and provided New York some much-needed punch while Joe DiMaggio was out. First Base - Eddie Robinson (Washington) Jack Graham Robinson is hitting .311 and providing Washington with experienced leadership to its young players. Jack Graham has hit sixteen homeruns for beleaguered St. Louis. Second Base - Joe Gordon (Cleveland) This was a close one - Bobby Doerr is hitting .264, Gordon .246, both play solid defense, but despite a hot start Doerr only has five homeruns while Gordon has fourteen. Third Base - George Kell (Detroit) Kell has led the league in hitting almost from the be...