Week 11 Summary (06/19/1967 - 06/25/1967)

Week Eleven of the 1967 BBW Replay is in the books, and it was another exciting week. A few blow-outs, but mostly the usual assortment of shutouts, and late-inning comebacks, with a few extra innings games thrown in as well. As of the end of this week, there are a few teams that have reached the 70-games-played mark, but everyone should be there by the end of next week. The middle of the pack in both leagues is just that - a pack, with a handful of teams all seemingly stuck together. There is still plenty of time remaining, and someone is going to get hot before the season's end and make a run for it, but that is why we play the game.

My perception is that I am seeing a lot of one-run and extra-inning games than I would otherwise expect, so let's see if that is true:

 


In the 1967 replay, the AL currently has played 37 extra-inning games. In 1967, the AL had 77 extra-inning games. The current replay total would project out to ~88 extra-inning games for the entire replay, which would be eleven more than the actual. Following that format for both extra-inning and one-run games in both leagues … I am actually pretty darn close to where I should be. So, instead of seeing "a lot" of these types of games, and that very well may be, they are actually tracking pretty close to normal.

 

In the AL, Boston has a more-or-less comfortable lead of 4.5 games over second-place Baltimore, opting not to wait until the final few weeks of the season to pull it out. The Red Sox are 17-5 (77%) in their one-run games and 9-2 (81%) in their extra-inning games. These things tend to balance out over the season, so the Boston fans are hoping and praying their team didn't peak too soon.  In 1967, Baltimore never really got started. Pitching woes hamstrung them all season, and while they got off to a rough start in the replay, their pitching problems have been hidden by the Orioles' offense. Detroit finds themselves in third place as of the middle of this past week, as they have been scuffling for several weeks now. Minnesota, who has been scuffling all year, is currently riding a four-game win streak and now finds themselves in fourth place, just ahead of Chicago. The Twins are finally putting their good hitting and pitching together, while the White Sox either win with pitching or they don’t win.


In the NL, Atlanta still sits atop the NL. They have cooled off from the hot streak that originally propelled them to the top spot, but the ever-present St. Louis team seems content to ride on their coattails for the time being. Philadelphia is now sitting in third place, two games behind St. Louis, thanks to the Phillies doubleheader sweep in St. Louis on Sunday, and Chris Short is scheduled to return to the Phillies rotation during this upcoming week, a definite plus for the Phillies fans.

The replay proceeds at a fair pace, and I am well pleased with the results. Peeking ahead, it's another busy week coming up, but I also see several major injuries on the horizon, some as soon as this coming Monday. You also have to consider the point of history in which the residents of 1967 were living - several ballplayers will be called into the military over the upcoming weeks. How will these unexpected - and significant - roster changes affect their teams? Let's go play and let's find out.


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