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Week 9 Summary (06/10/1957 - 06/16/1957)

1957 Detroit Tigers
Week nine is in the books and what a week it was. The White Sox actually lost three games - so maybe they are human after all. There were a lot of trades this past week as well, including the famous Billy Martin going to Kansas City from New York trade following a "nightclub incident" that involved Martin, Mickey Mantle, and the late Whitey Ford. Ted Williams had a three homerun game and a two homerun game in the same week, and three players hit grand slams. Besides Ford, this week also saw the passing of another 1957 alumni - Hal Raether.

 

All of this, but the really big news of the week was 1957 no-hitter #3 as Art Ditmar no-hit the mighty White Sox. Ditmar allowed three walks and helped the Yankees win the final two of their four-game series in Chicago.

 

Chicago (NL) finally reached the 50 games-played mark and Washington became the first team to reach the 60 games-played mark. In the peculiar occurrence section, Ted Williams had a four-pitch four-ball walk this past week:



Detroit Manager Jack Tighe
Chicago (AL) still sits atop the AL with a healthy 6.5 game lead over second-place Detroit, with Boston and New York (AL) right behind them. In the NL, St. Louis is still on top, but Pittsburgh remains right on their tail as the Pirates refuse to fold. Brooklyn, Milwaukee, and Cincinnati are all 4.5 games behind St. Louis, with Philadelphia 5.5 back. In both leagues, the teams vying for contention are all taking turns bashing each other and essentially preventing anyone else from making a move up the standings.

 

This report was a bit delayed due to a vacation to see the grandkids, always a good time, and something that was vitally necessary.  Then Google Blogger was acting funny this week. Regardless, there is more good 1957 replay action to come though, so let's go see what happens.


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  1. FireblossomOctober 15, 2020 at 9:15 AM

    Good stuff! Go Tigers!

    --Shay

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  2. Roger L. MillsOctober 24, 2020 at 5:25 PM

    Sorry so slow. I rarely get comments so I don't really look for them and then when I do I have to figure out how to reply. The Tigers have good starting pitching, but really don't have a bullpen and their hitting has been lackluster so far, yet they are still holding on strong to second place. They are in a tough spot, but that's why we play the game.

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