Roger's 1967 APBA Replay

Week Three of the 1967 BBW Replay is in the books, and as you might expect, it is still early and the standings in both leagues are a muddled mess. Week Three ended on the last day of April, so play in Week Four will resume in May. Somehow, the Pittsburgh Pirates have played only twelve games, while their nearby rival in Cincinnati has played twenty games. Obviously, everybody else is in the middle somewhere, with Detroit (AL) and Philadelphia (NL) both starting off on top of their respective leagues at 12-4, while Kansas City (AL) at 4-11, and New York (NL) at 4-13 bring up the tail end of their leagues. In the AL, behind first-place Detroit, sit the usual suspects - Boston, Chicago, and Baltimore. All three teams have good pitching and good hitting, and if the Orioles can get the back end of their rotation fixed then the pennant race that everyone is expecting will still occur. Further, despite their rather lackluster start, Minnesota is only one game below .500 (7-8) and it is expec...

Monday, April 24, 1967 Transactions:   Cleveland pitcher Jack Kralick made his Major League Finale on 04/23/1967. New York (NL) purchased Kralick from Cleveland on 05/01/1967 (DNP) and sent Kralick out to Jacksonville (IL).   Kansas City first baseman Joe Rudi was sent out to Birmingham (SOUL) after 04/23/1967   Boston 6 Washington (H) 4 The Red Sox started off the game with a double, a double, and then another double, and then one out later Rico Petrocelli hit a two-run homerun (3) to give the visitors a quick 4-0 lead. Washington left fielder Frank Howard hit a two-out three-run homerun (5) in the third to keep it close, and then Howard added a solo shot (6) in the fifth as well. Boston managed to hold on for the win for Dennis Bennett (2-0, 2.57) with the Boston bullpen getting through the final four innings without surrendering a run.   Houston (H) 4 Cincinnati 3   Jim Wynn's two-run double keyed an Astros three-run fifth and gave...