Roger's 1967 APBA Replay

Week Twenty-Two of the 1967 BBW Replay is in the books, and with three weeks remaining tensions are still high. Every team has passed the 140-games-played mark, so with only ~twenty games remaining there are still pennant races yet to be decided plus all the non-pennant-contenders continue to fight on, hoping to jump a few spots in the final standings.  In the AL, Boston remains on top, 7.0 games ahead of Detroit and 7.5 games ahead of Baltimore, with a magic number now sitting at eleven. It looks like neither Baltimore nor Detroit will be able to mount a serious challenge to Boston and Boston refuses to fold, so all three seem to be content to sit and watch the magic number just dwindle down. It is also frustrating that Detroit and Baltimore both have better records than anyone in the NL.   Below Detroit and Baltimore sit Cleveland, Chicago, and Minnesota, all three bunched in a tight grouping. All three are fighting for that fourth spot, plus they are also fighting to reach and

Monday, September 4, 1967 Transactions:   New York (NL) pitcher Bob Hendley made his Major League Finale on 09/03/1967. New York (NL) infielder Phil Linz made his Season Finale on 09/03/1967. New York (NL) pitcher Hal Reniff made his Major League Finale on 09/03/1967   Chicago (NL) catcher John Boccabella was recalled from Tacoma (PCL) before 09/05/1967   Washington pitcher Joe Coleman returned to the mound on 09/05/1967   New York (AL) infielder Dick Howser returned to play on 09/05/1967. New York (AL) infielder Jerry Kenney made his Major League Debut on 09/05/1967. Kenney had previously been recalled from Syracuse (IL)   Atlanta outfielder Dave Nicholson made his Season Debut on 09/05/1967. Nicholson had previously been recalled from Richmond (IL)   California (H) 4 Baltimore 3 (GM 1)   Rick Reichardt hit a two-run homerun (14) in California's three-run second to spot the Angels a 3-0 lead, but after the top of the eighth, the Orioles had f