Roger's 1957 APBA Replay

Week 6 is in the books and the 1957 replay is as fun-filled as ever. All teams have passed the thirty-games-played mark and we have a full week ahead of us, including a Memorial Day full of doubleheaders. The highlight of this past week was a no-hitter by veteran White Sox pitcher Jim Wilson in New York. This was the second no-hitter of the replay, and no, I still don’t understand why I have so many no-hitters. 1957 Cinncinati Reds All eyes are on the pennant race in the NL. Pittsburgh swept a doubleheader in Philadelphia on Sunday and find themselves tied for first with St. Louis, both teams a half-game ahead of Philadelphia and Cincinnati. Milwaukee may be in fifth place but paced by Hank Aaron's 20 homeruns in only 33 games, are only one full game out of first. I am convinced I couldn’t have scripted this any better even if I wanted to. Even Brooklyn, now out of seventh and back into sixth place, has started to show signs of life recently, so it is still anyone's pennant...

Monday, May 20, 1957 Transaction list:   St. Louis first baseman Tom Alston was reported as ill on 05/19/1957 and did not return to play until 09/02/1957   Baltimore pitcher Art Houtteman (team debut 05/24/1957) was purchased from Cleveland on 05/20/1957   Kansas City pitcher Hal Raether made his final major leaguer appearance on 05/19/1957   Detroit third baseman (and Quincy, IL native) Jim Finigan returned to play on 05/21/1957 following his injury (?) of 04/31/1957   Brooklyn outfielder Bob Kennedy (team debut 05/25/1957) was claimed off waivers from Chicago (AL) on 05/20/1957   Cleveland first baseman Eddie Robinson (team debut 05/24/1957) was signed as a free agent on 05/20/1957   Baltimore (H) 3 Kansas City 2 (11)   A tight one all the way to the end, the winning scored after Baltimore shortstop Jim Brideweser doubled to lead off the bottom of the eleventh, pitcher Connie Johnson (3-2, 2.17) was allo...

Week 5 is in the books and the excitement continues. Several teams have reached the thirty games played mark and all will be there before the end of this upcoming week. The early season roster cutdowns are complete but teams continue to jockey their lineups, looking for a winning combination. Several teams are working around injuries and there are still trade rumors floating through the ether. This has been quite an exciting replay so far and it really does look like the fun is going to continue. 1957 Cleveland Indians The White Sox are playing .800 ball behind the pitching of Billy Pierce (6-0, 2.53), Dick Donovan (5-0, 3.27) and Jim Wilson (4-0, 4.15) plus they are third in the AL in hitting, mix in a couple of clutch hits to ice some of those wins, and they find themselves well on the top of the standings. New York, Boston, and Detroit are all playing well too but keep falling farther and farther behind. All three know that Chicago won’t be playing .800 ball all season so they ...

Monday, May 13, 1957   Transaction List:   Chicago (NL) infielder Bobby Morgan was purchased from Philadelphia on 05/13/1957.    Chicago (NL) infielder Jack Littrell made his season debut on 05/14/57. Chicago (NL) first baseman Ed Mickelson made his final major league appearance on 05/12/1957. Chicago (NL) infielder Ed Winceniak made his final major league appearance on 05/12/1957.   Cincinnati pitcher Joe Nuxhall returned to the mound on 05/14/1957 following his injury (?) of 04/24/1957.   Kansas City pitcher Arnie Portocarrero was injured (?) on 05/12/1957 and did not return to the mound until 05/30/1957.   Note: There is only one game today as it is another travel day. We just had one this past Thursday when the NL East and AL West teams returned to their respective regions where they then played a weekend series against a regional rival, and now it is time for teams to hit the road again. This time it is the NL West teams he...