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Discontinuity Is King

August, 1934 It's hot as...can be...in Philadelphia. Glad I'm not there. August 1 - 4, 1934 Baltimore Orioles (61 - 36) at Philadelphia Athletics (47 - 49) August 1: We start the month off wrong when Mike Meola allows two unearned runs in the bottom of the eighth. Athletics 6, Orioles 5 August 2: Mal Moss allows three, including two in the bottom of the ninth, but Lou hits home run number 29 and we even the series. Orioles 4, Athletics 3 Lou had two hits today, and his second was...

August, 1934 First, the statistics and such. 1934 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP Moses, Wally BAL 93 .373 389 145 31 10 9 32 26 2 3 92 77 .573 .418 Gehringer, Charlie BAL 93 .283 385 109 21 5 6 36 26 2 2 61 52 .410 .350 Gehrig, Lou BAL 97 .332 358 119 24 3 28 71 37 0 3 75 97 .651 .437 Tyler, Johnnie ...

July, 1934 I didn't mention it, because the Dillinger news distracted me. But on the 22nd, Lou drove in run number 2000 of his stellar career! To give an idea how important that is - his next closest active challenger is Babe Ruth. Ruth has driven in 1796. And he's almost done. Lou is 31, and could presumably play for another ten years, lumbago permitting. Have I mentioned recently how glad I am that he was available to draft in June 1921? * * * The Giants are going to be without...

July, 1934 Lou says he's feeling better, and wants to play today. More importantly, Johnny says he can. This is one of the reasons I'm glad Johnny is our manager, and not Vinnie or Kelly. Neither of them would have dared tell Lou he couldn't play, whereas Johnny wouldn't hesitate if he thought it would hurt the team. July 18 - 20, 1934 New York Yankees (43 - 41) at Baltimore Orioles (50 - 33) July 18: Look at that. Steamboat Struss is eligible for arbitration after this year. And he's...

July, 1934 On the ninth, George Uhle of the Athletics notched win number 200 for his career. Uhle has always been a second-tier pitcher, having never won more than 18 in any of his sixteen major league seasons. His career record is 200 - 188, so this is as much a testament to longevity as it is to pure talent. On the other hand, he convinced Connie Mack, a pretty good judge of talent, to pay him almost $20,000 per year a couple of years ago, so he must have had something going for him. ...