Roger's 1957 APBA Replay

  Monday, July 8, 1957 Transaction List:   New York (NL) pitcher Jim Davis made his final major league appearance on 07/07/1957   Washington third baseman Eddie Yost returned to play on 07/07/1957 following his injury (?) of 06/16/1957 (Note: He should have been activated on 07/06/1957)   Note: It's the Monday before the All-Star game so there are no games on the schedule today. The selected players are heading towards St. Louis and the others are looking forward to a few days at home with the family.   Tuesday. July 9, 1957   Transaction List:   Washington third baseman Eddie Yost was injured (?) on 07/07/1957 and did not return to play until 07/31/1957   https://www.baseball-reference.com/allstar/1957-allstar-game.shtml   The 1957 All-Star game was played in St. Louis and the AL won 6-5 with both teams scoring three times in the ninth as the home field NL squad couldn’t get it done. The link provided lis...

Week 13 is in the books and the pennant races continue in both leagues. All teams except for Chicago (NL) have reached the 80-games-played mark and the Cubs will be there shortly. Many of the teams will be at 90 games played by the end of the upcoming week, so the replay marches on. This week was a short week as it started with a three-day All-Star break. No doubt many players needed a few days off for some mid-season recovery but it wasn't a break for the selected All-Stars as the 1957 All-Star game was played in St. Louis. This was the year that Cincinnati fans flooded the ballot box and five Reds players made the starting NL All-Star squad, requiring commissioner Ford Frick to intervene. The White Sox had gone on another tear recently and had bumped their winning percentage back up to .700 for a day, but they ended the week by losing both ends of a home doubleheader to the second place Yankees. The Yankees will start the upcoming week only 4.0 games behind Chicago, but the...