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On Feb 1, 2011 we will be kicking off the 12th season of KOD (King of Diamonds). This season we will be featuring a new twist. Instead of using the basic stock teams like we have done in the past we...
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Brew Crew Bukal Call them Harvey’s Wallbangers or Bukal’s Brew Crew, on thing remains the same: This team will score runs…and lots of them. Feast or famine, nobody this side of Mickey Mantle is more...
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Arms for the Tribe If you read: The Curse of Rocky Colavito, you’d know that the Indian franchise had a 30 year period of ineptness running from the early 1960’s until the early 90’s. Knowing that...
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Angels in the Outfield… The Los Angeles Angels shocked the baseball world by finishing in the first division (3rd place) in just their second year of existence. In fact they hold the record for the...
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Home on the Range(rs) When you think Texas you think offense, and lots of it. Add to the mix some of the players who played for the franchise when it was in Washington (1961-71) and you have some...
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South Side of Chicago The defending KOD champions will have a new skipper on the bench this season. Actually he’s not new at all. Dan Holm will be returning to the bench after taking a season off....
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Straight A’s In 1987 a 40+ year old Reggie Jackson, in his final year, got to hit in the same lineup with the up and coming “Bash Brothers” Canseco and McGwire. Reggie could only hope and wonder what...
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Royal Treatment This staff is loaded. Mr. Odd Year himself, Bret Saberhagen is the ace, IMO. Gura is darn good too. Kevin Appier is no slouch and has the best ERA of all the starters. Montgomery...
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Twin Killing Nobody hit more round trippers in the decade of the 60’s than the “killer” himself Harmon Killebrew. Put it down in ink that “the killer” will be hitting cleanup and crushing balls deep...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011 Amazin’, Amazin’, Amazin’ When your rotation is: Seaver, Koosman, Gooden, Cone & Darling you are going to win you fair share of games. One thing is for sure, the Shea...
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It’s in the Cards… The Redbirds will feature a balanced attack with speed (Lou Brock, Vince Coleman, Willie McGee & Ozzie Smith) and power (Stan Musial, Ken Boyer & Joe Torre). Simply put the...
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Let’s Play 2… This stretch of history (1947-1993) c0vers an era where the the hapless Cubbies made the post season only twice (1984 & 1988). Most pundits would write Jim Walden and his team from...
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Un-Expos-ed How can a late expansion team compete in this star studded league ? Well first you build you team holistically like the Expos did, with good young talent and secondly you hire yourself a...
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Phil-er Up ! Manager Jesse Elicker returns to KOD after a 2 year hiatus and moves across the state to Philly after managing Pittsburgh for so many classic KOD seasons. He’s excited to have the...
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The Bucs stop here Maybe the most potent lineup in the NL East, and quite possibly in the top 2 or 3 in the whole NL. Mega-star Roberto Clemente patrols right field with a howitzer for a right arm...
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Astro-nomical ! Nolan Ryan, J.R. Richard, Larry Dierker, Joe Niekro and Don Wilson will be the rotation. Niekro, the knuckleballer, is the only one who won’t be turning lumber into kindling. This...
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Spahn & Sain and no need for rain After suffering through a season without pitching in Philadelphia manager Justin Ryan heads down to “Hot-lanta” to pilot the Braves. Ryan, a lifelong Met fan, is...
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Boys of Summer Dem Bums are downright scary. In fact there isn’t a bum in the lot. Original manager Georges Bseraini returns for his 12 seasons on the Dodger Bench with his strongest team ever with...
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Giant Concerns Giants rookie manager Keith MacDonald will have to figure out how to beat the arch rival Dodgers. The classic rivalry that has stretched across a whole century and 3,000 miles will...
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Friars Joey Scigliano has been the Friars only manager in franchise history. KOD 11 was his breakout year as the team from La Jolla finally made the KOD playoffs for the first time in franchise...
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Big Red Machine Ah, the Big Red Machine. How could we overlook the Big Red Machine. I guess we just discount their pitching and say, “they’ll hit a ton, but can they really contend ?” Dumb question...
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