Category: Shoestring Catches

1938 Tournament: A’s at Tigers

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Three-man pitching rotations will be used for starting pitchers. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. Fans of the Detroit Tigers were ecstatic in the ninth and dejected by the 10th. The Philadelphia A’s survived a battle with the Tigers to post […]

1938 Tournament: Browns at Cardinals

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Three-man pitching rotations will be used for starting pitchers. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. The St. Louis Browns continue to be a surprise team in the 1938 Tournament. The Browns outlasted their city rival St. Louis Cardinals with a 5-4 […]

1938 Tournament: Reds at Yankees

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Three-man pitching rotations will be used for starting pitchers. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. A four-run second inning proved to be the difference as the Cincinnati Reds upended the New York Yankees 5-4 in the second round of the 1938 […]

1938 Tournament: White Sox at Giants

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Three-man pitching rotations will be used for starting pitchers. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. Monty Stratton tossed a one-hiter as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Giants 6-0 in the opening round of the 1938 Tournament. Stratton gave […]

1938 Tournament: A’s at Cubs

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Three-man pitching rotations will be used for starting pitchers. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. Billy Werber had three hits including a two-run homer as the Philadelphia A’s defeated the Chicago Cubs 3-0 in the opening round of the 1938 Tournament. […]

1938 Tournament: Browns at Pirates

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Three-man pitching rotations will be used for starting pitchers. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. Bobo Newsom tossed a four-hitter as the St. Louis Browns exploded offensively on the way to a 10-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opening […]

1938 Tournament: Senators at Reds

Editor’s note: Tournament games are played with Strat-o-Matic cards and dice. Three-man pitching rotations will be used for starting pitchers. Injuries are in-game only during this single elimination event. Paul Derringer used his arm and his bat to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-1 victory over the Washington Senators in the opening round of […]