Roger's 1949 APBA Replay

Week 22 is in the books and only two weeks remain in the regular season. Boston (AL) clinched their spot in the World Series this past Wednesday and St. Louis (NL) currently has a magic number of one so it won’t be much longer. New York (AL) has thirteen games remaining in the final fourteen days while Detroit is at the other extreme with only eight games remaining. Teams are continuing to finish up their season series against opponents and teams are activating their late-season call-ups. There are also players that have played their last game in 1949 to make room for the callups, and in some cases, played their last ML game. St. Louis is currently on a seven-game winning streak as they look to clinch the NL pennant. Brooklyn lost yesterday but had six-game winning streak until then otherwise St. Louis would have clinched already. The rest of the standings appear to be locked into place, with the exception being the Chicago and Cincinnati duel for seventh place. Chicago currentl...

Monday, September 12, 1949 It's a travel day today and there are no games scheduled. The AL eastern teams are heading westward and the NL Midwest teams are taking trains to the east. This rotation will conclude in less than two full weeks as teams will be finishing up their series against teams from distant places, only to come home afterward and spend the last week-plus finishing the season with games against their regional opponents.    Tuesday, September 13, 1949 Detroit 7 Boston (AL) (H) 5 (11) Ted Williams hit homeruns in his first two at-bats (#51, 167) but Detroit stayed close and after some lead swaps, the game moved into extra innings. Vic Wertz hit a two-run homerun (#20, 110) in the top of the eleventh to put Detroit ahead to stay. Chicago (AL) 9 Washington (H) 2 Both teams scored once in the second but then Chicago scored four times in the third and went on to win easily over beleaguered Washington. Randy Gumpert (13-11) went all the ...