The Theme

No 20 seconds after KOD2 was complete did I find myself contemplating how KOD3 could be more successful. I knew we couldn't double the league's size like we did after KOD1 (we went from 10 to 20 teams), but I figured we could still improve. The first improvement that I noticed was the fact that again we added some top tier managerial talent from the Action Board. The goal is now to get 1-2 great posters and replayers to join us in each ensuing league.

I like the theme ! Every team in this loop won their respective pennant, but lost in the fall classic. For far too long we categorized these teams as LOSERS. This irks me. A loser is a team that loses over 100 games and finished 35-40 games out of 1st. A loser is not a team that drops a final game 7 to a hot hand or gets sweeped by a team of destiny. Just getting to the fall classic is a feat on to itself.

My predictions: It's tough managing vs all these great teams and great managers. The guys are just plain sharp. If you put my back up against the wall and asked me to predict who is going to win I would have to seriously deliberate. My heart is telling me that my 46 Sawx will make the fall classic, but my brain is saying that we just don't have enough arms. The team that does, however, is the 1971 Baltimore Orioles. Show me a team with 4 twenty game winners and I'll show you a team that has a chance to win every game. Add to that is the fact that Jesse Elicker is at the helm and you've got one tough team. Now Jesse might not have had huge success in KOD action before, but he did not have a top tier team before. His managerial skills in other leagues are legendary and now he has a team to match. The NL is going to be very close as well, and my prediction is going to put a watchful eye on Scott Dyer's 1927 Pittsburgh Pirates. This team can flat out hit any team into submission. After a serving of Pie one gets to contemplate whether to chug down some big poison or little poison. A host of big time hitters will drive this team deep into October. I'd have to go with Baltimore in a short 7 game series, because I just can't bet against pitching.

I'd love to hear your comments and predictions.