Week 1 Summary (04/10/1967 - 04/16/1967)
Week One of the 1967 BBW Replay is in the books, and we are certainly off to an interesting start. All the teams had scheduled off days during the week, plus there were a few rainouts as well, but at the end of the week things kicked into gear when every team played on Saturday (ten games in all) followed by another full day on Sunday that also included four doubleheaders, fourteen games in all. The week also saw several potential shutouts lost when teams waited until the ninth inning to get on the scoreboard, there were three ninth-inning pinch-hit homeruns, and we have had several extra-inning games already as well. Most of the games were close and the number of pinch-hitters and relievers was through the roof. All of this bodes well to be an exciting season. In the AL, California surprised everyone by jumping off to a 6-0 start, including a home doubleheader sweep against Baltimore on Sunday. Left fielder Rick Reichardt leads all of baseball with four homeruns and his timely hit...
