Week 11 Summary (06/21/1920 - 06/27/1920)

Week Eleven of the 1920 BBW Replay is in the books and as always, great fun was had by all. Most teams have reached or passed the 60-games -played mark and the remainder will be there shortly. Of course, Week Eleven completed out of a twenty-five-week season means we are at the 44% mark, but by actual games played both leagues are below the 40% games-played mark. June is almost over as well with July approaching quickly. July 4 will not be a doubleheader extravaganza though. That will occur instead on Monday, July 5, with sixteen games total. 

The biggest story of the week was in the AL as Chicago won 2-of-3 games at home versus third-place Cleveland while at the same time, the Yankees were swept in a three-game set at home versus the Red Sox. The White Sox will start the upcoming week with a 0.5 games lead over the Yankees, and while no one can be certain what will happen next, regardless, Chicago has served notice to New York that they want to repeat as AL champions in 1920. Cleveland is lingering in third place, hoping New York and Chicago will take turns knocking each other down so that the Indians can slip past both of them.

Pittsburgh Manager
George Gibson

In the NL, the Giants remain comfortably on top of the standings, with second-place Cincinnati 5.5 games behind. Surprising Pittsburgh was 1.0 games behind Cincinnati but was 2.5 games ahead of four-place Brooklyn to end the week. Pittsburgh started the week off by taking four consecutive games from Brooklyn, but then the Robins turned their week around by sweeping two doubleheaders in Boston. Brooklyn remains a bit of a puzzle - Brooklyn will occasionally hit (third in the NL) and generally has good pitching (first in the NL), but every time they start to play well, they end up taking a few steps backward as they simply let too many games slip away with inconsistent play. They are now healthy again, so that should help, once again having their full starting line-up on the field.

By now, the good teams have filtered to the top, the in-between teams to the middle, and the bad teams towards the bottom. But within each of those categories, there is still plenty of shuffling going on as each team fights to work their way up as far up the standings as they can go. And with that in mind, let's move on to Week Twelve!

Forbes Field 1916 Digital Art by Gary Grigsby - Pixels