I would personally like to congratulate Douglas Zaner on his masterful job in piloting the 2002 Halos to the KOD10 Championship. On the surface, the Halos looked to be the weakest link in the AL playoff picture when the post season started. Many discounted this team that finished just 2 games over .500, but most did not realize that Douglas missed at least 1/3 of the games due to his move from Atlanta to Israel. Douglas truly knew how to pilot this team. He knew when to platoon, when to pinch hit and which situational relievers needed to be summoned from the pen.
I personally must thank him for a fantastic “nail biting” World Series. In the end my “Boys of Summer” did what they did so many times in the magical run from the late 40’s through the late 50’s, they lost in the World Series. I found it simply amazing how Dave’s game found a way to simulate the realism of Don Newcombe choking in his Fall Classic starts. Each game came down to the wire with the best man and the best varsity winning.
The Series had co-MVP’s in David Eckstein and Troy Percival, but not to sound cliché the Angels truly put forth a great team effort as Douglas captured his first KOD title in his 3rd attempt.
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