A late flourish with 7 wins from our last 8 makes our 18-10 August look far better than it really is. This time around it is our bats who struggle, with a few of our starters cooling right off – most notably Martin Dihigo, who hits just 208 for the sectional. By way of evidence, we hit just 9 HR over the first three weeks and 16 all told.
Bill Foster grabs yet another monthly award. His win tally now stands at 25 and he seems destined for 30, although I doubt he’ll reach the MLB record of 33 shared by Satchel Paige – who has reached that number twice – and Dazzy Vance. If, as I keep saying seems most likely, this proves to be his final season with us, he’ll also come very close to Wilbur Cooper’s franchise wins record but most likely again come up just short.
The A's are still clinging onto a slight lead over the Yanks in the AL and it now looks a race in two. No idea what has happened to the Tigers (63-68) and Red Sox (60-70), both of whom seem destined for a rare second-division finish.
Awards, news, leaders. Rev Cannady gets his 2000th career hit; Joe Cronin, Tony Lazzeri and Johnny Hodapp each his 1500th. Carl Hubbell makes it to 200 wins, Mel Ott and Gabby Hartnett each belts his 300th home run. It will be very interesting to see if Joe DiMaggio can pull off a rare RoY-MVP double. He'll certainly go close.
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