Roger's 1957 APBA Replay

Week 17 of the 1957 replay is in the books and the end of season push is on but exactly who will respond is not yet known. Only a few teams have not yet reached the 110 games played mark but they will all be there in the next few days. Players on all teams are struggling with the normal accumulation of bumps and bruises so it is not unusual to see players drop out of the starting lineup for a few days here and there. All teams will be bringing up minor leaguers over the remaining weeks to get some experience at the major league level, so there is plenty of interesting ball left for all of the teams regardless of their placement in the standings. All that, plus Week 17 included three homerun games from Hank Sauer and Ted Williams and Duke Snider hit for the cycle, the first cycle of the season. NL President Waren Giles In the AL the White Sox have opened an 8.5 game lead over the second-place Yankees as the Yankees continue to play well but every time they start to get close to the...

Monday, August 5, 1957   Transaction List:   Brooklyn pitcher Carl Erskine was injured (?) on 08/04/1957 and did not return to the mound until 08/24/1957   New York (NL) catcher Ray Katt was injured (?) on 08/04/1957 and did not return to play until 08/30/1957   Baltimore pitcher Billy Loes was injured (?) on 08/04/1957 and did not return to the mound until 08/25/1957   Pittsburgh outfielder Roman Mejias was injured (?) on 08/04/1957 and did not return to play until 09/11/1957   Joe Black Washington pitcher Joe Black (team debut 08/06/1957) was signed as a free agent. Black had been with both Cincinnati and Philadelphia earlier in the season, but DNP Note: It's the first full week in a new month and it's a travel day, so a light schedule to get the week started. The AL Midwest teams are leaving the east coast to return to the Midwest while in the NL the east teams are leaving the Midwest to go back east.   Cleveland...