Before I decided to start this blog, I had already played the first 12 games of the season. I'll share the results here.
April was a little shaky for the Yankees. As you can see they started out 0-4 before finally winning 6 of their last 7 for the month. This is a transitional year for NY since Dimaggio retired at the end of 1951 and Mantle really hasn't established himself yet. He hit .253/.350/.448 with 17 HRs in 398 PA's last season. He started out this season batting .200/.288/.533 with 4 HRs. I'm sure Yankee fans were freaking out at the beginning of May convinced that the long run of success since 1920 (1925 is the only losing season) may be ending.
One thing that stands out to me so far this season is that the A's are not too bad. There lineup is filled with players who draw a ton of walks, which is annoying.
The Korean War keeps taking players away as well. Ted Williams and Jerry Coleman both left on May 1st. Don't they realize there's baseball to play?!!