The NL race never really eventuates as the Jints run out of puff. For all dolphins and porpoises it ends when we take 2 of 3 from them in that mid-month series I mentioned earlier, but we don't officially clinch until game 150.
Yet again it is the AL providing all the thrills and spills.
Can't really think of an IRL rivalry that comes close (maybe the Sox-Yanks 1940s races?) to what Boston and St. Louis have given us these past few seasons. A
tiebreaker win for the Browns in 1915 and then
a final day clinch for the Sox the following year.
This time around, the Browns reel and stagger and wobble and the Sox keep nipping at their heels but miss some key chances to overhaul them, and in the end a home loss to Washington in the final week seals the deal as the Browns book a rematch with us in the Fall Classic.
We lose 4 of our final 5 games to finish up at 90-64, same as the Browns. Not exactly the sort of form we're looking for right now.
Cobb comes good, winning the September Batter award and getting his BA back above 300. He also tops the NL with 82 RBI.
Train, on the other hand, continues to struggle, as does our entire rotation (2.75 ERA, 5th in the NL), a major concern heading into the playoffs.
Jim Viox swoops in at the death for the second straight season to pinch the NL Batting Crown, while Yankee Ken Williams wins it in the AL.
Awards, news, final leaders.
Series preview is next.
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