Roger's 1967 APBA Replay

Week Eight of the 1967 BBW replay is in the books, and it was a busy week with several twists and turns along the way.   First of all, Tuesday was Memorial Day and there were seventeen games in total played that day. The rest of the week was busy as well and all teams passed the 40-games-played mark and most are well on their way to fifty, with most likely to reach there by the end of Week Nine.   In the AL, Detroit and Boston now find themselves in a dead heat at the top of the AL standings. These two teams spend much of their time swapping places with the other, so I am looking forward to playing this out. The Red Sox have a team ERA of 3.80, which is not that bad, but they find themselves tied with California with the worst team ERA in the league so far. To that end, they orchestrated a trade this past week to pick up Gary Bell from Cleveland. Tony Conigliaro was returning to the lineup after an injury, so they had some spare parts to trade in Don Demeter and Tony Hort...

Monday, May 29, 1967   Transactions:   Washington pitcher Frank Bertaina (Team Debut 06/05/1967) and first baseman Mike Epstein (Team Debut 06/10/1967) were acquired in a trade from Baltimore on 05/29/1960 for pitcher Pete Richert   Baltimore pitcher Pete Richert (Team Debut 06/03/1967) was acquired from Washington on 05/29/1967 for pitcher Frank Bertaina  and first baseman Mike Epstein   Cincinnati outfielder Tommy Harper was injured (broken wrist) on 05/28/1967   Minnesota pitcher Jim Roland returned to the mound on 05/30/1967   Cincinnati (H) 6 St. Louis 2 (GM 1)   The Reds took advantage of Bob Gibson's (4-5, 3.67) control problems and scored three runs in the second, and then rolled on to the easy Game One win. Mel Queen (2-2, 2.81) struck out eleven, walked none, and picked up the win. Vada Pinson locked the game up with a two-run double in the sixth that put the game out of reach.   Cincinnat...