Roger's 1957 APBA Replay

Week 20 is in the books and we have only four weeks remaining. All of the teams (except the Cubs) will be at or passed the 130 games played mark after tomorrow (it's a Doubleheader Monday as it is Labor Day and everybody will play two). Of course, if it's Labor Day, that means the calendar has now reached September. The Braves ended last week with a 4.0 game lead over St. Louis and ended this week with a 4.5 games lead. Stan Musial will be out for another week so things aren't running smoothly for the Cardinals, but they are managing to hold on while the Braves seemed to have found that higher gear they couldn’t get to earlier in the season. The Dodgers have continued to play well over the past few weeks and have now passed Pittsburgh into third place in the standings. The Pirates have already surpassed their actual 1957-win total (67-to-62) but don’t want to fall any farther. Philadelphia swept a doubleheader at home versus Pittsburgh on Sunday and now have a half-game l...

  Monday, August 26, 1957 Transaction List:   Chicago (AL) pitcher Jack Harshman was injured (?) on 08/25/1957 and did not return to the mound until 09/27/1957 Bobby Richardson Washington pitcher Camilo Pascual returned to the mound on 08/27/1957 following his injury (?) of 08/07/1957   New York (AL) second baseman Bobby Richardson returned to play on 08/27/1957 following his injury (?) of 08/07/1957   Cincinnati outfielder Bob Thurman returned to play on 08/27/1957 following his injury (?) of 07/31/1957   New York (AL) 7 Detroit 6   The New York offense did enough to overcome a poor outing from part-time starter Tommy Byrne (5-4, 5.75) but Johnny Kucks came in and got through the final two-plus inning with no further damage. Mickey Mantle hit his thirteenth triple (he actually only had six), scored twice, and drove in a run to lead the New York offense.   Note: Mickey Mantle had two walks on the day (#140, #141), t...