Matt wrote:
>
September 1937
>
> Washington then won their next game, and clinched
> their first pennant since 1924. Chicago went on to
> sweep the Yanks and finish in 2nd place.
Woo-hoo~!
"Thuhhhhhh Yankees Lose!"
> Brooklyn's
Oscar Vancini hit his record-setting 51st
> homerun on September 2nd against the Giants and added
> 2 more the next day. He seemed to be shooting for 60, but
> he then went on a 13-day homerless streak and 60 seemed
> out of reach. He ended that streak with 2 blasts against the
> Cardinals on the 17th, and added another longball two days
> later against the Phillies, giving him 56. He hit #57 against
> the Cardinals on the 22nd, giving him two games to reach 60.
> On the 23rd, he went 1-for-3 with no longballs, but on the
> final day of the season, he hit two shots, finishing the season
> with 59!
This is supper cool. Great the Oscar got the record - he deserved it. But cool that "60" is still there to shoot for. Great season.
John