Roger's 1967 APBA Replay

Week Twenty of the 1967 BBW Replay is in the books, and the pennant races in both leagues continue to grow closer. This past week featured a total of seventeen doubleheaders as we have reached that part of the season where teams will be making their final road trip to certain locations, so they really need to squeeze in any makeup games they have remaining. And the doubleheader madness will continue next week as well, including the Cubs hosting the Mets for three consecutive doubleheaders to end the week. The replay will move into September in the middle of this coming week, and all teams will reach and surpass the 130 games played mark   In the AL, this past week ended with Boston going to Chicago for a doubleheader on Friday (which included one ten-inning game), followed by a twenty-inning 1-0 game on Saturday, and then another doubleheader on Sunday, of which the White Sox won the final four of those five games. Boston still maintains a solid 4.0 games led over second-plac...

Monday, August 21, 1967   Transactions:   Pittsburgh pitcher Vern Law made his Major League Finale on 08/20/1967   New York (NL) pitcher Billy Wynne was injured (?) on 08/20/1967   Cincinnati pitcher Gerry Arrigo returned to the mound on 08/22/1967   Baltimore pitcher John Buzhardt (Team Debut 08/22/1967) was acquired from Chicago (AL) on 08/21/1967 for cash   Minnesota infielder Rod Carew returned to play on 08/22/1967 (Military duty)   New York (AL) pitcher Jim Bouton was recalled from Syracuse (IL) before 08/21/1967   Note: On August 18, Charley Finley flew to Washington to meet with Manager Al Dark concerning these stories still circulating about an incident on a team plane several weeks previous involving several players and other passengers on the plane. There were conflicting stories floating around, and the players denied that anything happened, but the stories all centered around pitcher Lew Krausse . Finl...