Braves' marathon of doubleheaders

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The Boston (Braves) Marathon of 1928


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But the Braves' weather problems persisted throughout the season. A review of their schedule shows numerous two-day gaps, two three-day gaps (June 27-29 and August 5-7), and even one four-day gap (April 22-25). The end result was a scheduling bottleneck that resulted in a plethora of double-headers. Out of 153 games played, only 89 were single games. When the Braves played their first twin bill on April 29, they would never have guessed that it was just the first of 32.

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Thanks to the adverse weather, the Braves did not play their 100th game until August 14. So with six weeks go in the season, they somehow had to squeeze in 54 games. They played three double-headers during the second half of August, so by September 1, they had played 118 games. The Braves had four weeks to play 36 games. A washout of their Labor Day double-header only compounded the problem.

When all was said and done, the Braves played 14 double-headers during the month of September (if you include the August 31 double-header against the Phillies, they actually had 15 within a one-month span) and just seven single games.

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The Braves' most trying stretch was from Sept. 4 through 15 when they played nine consecutive double-headers, alleviated only by off days on the 6th, 9th, and 12th. They enjoyed a couple of relatively easy days, single games against the Cubs on Sept. 17 and 18 (the latter featured a National League record for combined double plays by both teamseight). Then the siege of double-headers continued with four in a row from the 20th through the 24th with one off day on the 23rd.

Remarkably, of the 15 double-headers the Braves played during a period that spanned fewer than four weeks, only two were on the road.

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By far, the most depressing stretch of the month was Sept. 10-14, when the Braves played four straight double-headers against the Giants and lost every game, even though all of the games were played at Braves Field.
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It's almost like they should have built a roof on their fancy new stadium.
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Pwhat said:

It's almost like they should have built a roof on their fancy new stadium.

That was 1928, brah.
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