We run our win streak to 13 before dropping one at the Cubs. When the Cards head to Steeltown early in September for our final series of the year, we lead them by 6 ½ games. That doesn’t change as we split the 4 games (and the season, 11-11), but our MN is now down to 10.
We lose Cobb for a minimum IL stint after he pulls a back muscle.
In the shadows of the post we get the wobbles, losing 5 straight but we are far enough in front to hang on and clinch in game 150, eventually winning it by 6 games.
Despite a late fadeout that will almost surely cost him the MVP, Curt Walker is simply massive for us again this season. John Beckwith ties his club-best 28 HR of the previous year.
Willie Foster loses his last start to stop him joining Brown and Streeter as 20-game winners. Comstock and Braxton lead a superb effort from the BP.
The BoSox lead the Yanks by a game with one to play but lose to Detroit, leaving the door ajar. The Yanks lead early in their game against the Browns but can't hang on, losing 6-4 to give Boston the pennant, their first in a decade. So good to see these two teams, with all the historical rivalry stemming from this era, duking it out here.
Bibb Falk of the White Sox and Bob Fothergill of the Braves each win their first batting title. Lou Gehrig pips Babe 45-41 in the HR stakes.
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