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Week 21 Summary (09/02/1957 - 09/08/1957)

Hank Aaron
Week 21 is in the books and it was another fun and exciting week. The week started off with a full slate of doubleheaders because of Labor Day and by the week's end the percentage of games played is slightly ahead of the percentage of weeks played, so neither league is in a position where teams are scrambling to make up final series. A couple of teams have already wrapped up their season series against some opponents, so the end is drawing near. Chicago (NL) has played the fewest games (135), meaning that all teams now have less than 20 games remaining on their schedule. New York (NL) has played the most (141), meaning they have only thirteen games remaining in these final three weeks.

Luis Aparicio
The big event of the week was on Monday when Chicago (AL) swept their Labor Day doubleheader in Detroit while New York (AL) was getting swept in Baltimore. That resulted in the White Sox magic number dropping from 22 to 18 in just one day. The Yankees are continuing to fight, but I think the historians will likely point to the "Labor Day Massacre" was the day that finally decided the 1957 AL pennant race.

 

Whitey Ford
In the NL, Milwaukee has opened up a 6.5 game lead over St. Louis, plus they just got a bunch of injured players back on the roster, and seem to be in a perfect position for getting their lineups and pitching rotations set-up for postseason play. After their season-long malaise, the third-place Dodgers have finally gotten hot with a six-game winning streak and are creeping up on second-place. Pittsburgh may have fallen out of contention for the top spot but they are a sure bet to finish better than .500 and really crush their actual winning percentage for 1957.

George Kell
We are at that point in the season when most teams take a peek at some of their younger players so there are plenty of major league debuts coming up, and conversely, plenty of major league finale's as well. Let's go meet these new faces, say goodbye to the old ones, and let's play some games.

 


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