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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:
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Detroit Manager Jack Tighe
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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.
Good stuff! Go Tigers!
ReplyDelete--Shay
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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