‘02 Angles KOD “run” mirrors real life…

History repeats: The real 2002 Angels experienced an offensive explosion in the post-season in which nearly every starter was swinging the bat better than at any time in the season, blowing away the '02 Yankees and '02 Twins before outlasting the '02 Giants for the championship. I couldn't believe my eyes as I watched it on my TV then. And I couldn't believe my eyes as I watched on my computer screen that last 2 nights.

Best example: Troy Glaus. His KOD10 regular season performance at the plate can perhaps best be described as inept.  In 134 ABs he had a total of 1 double, 1 HR, and 28 singles, with a mere 11 RBIs.  In the first LDS game against the Yankees he doubled in his first AB, homered later in the game. He finished the series with 5 hits and 6 RBIs.

I can only hope the magic hasn't left their bats because they will need everything they got to overcome the '84 Tigers, who are clearly the class of the AL.

By way of putting a whammy on Detroit, I'll point out that the real '84 Tigers had the best 40-game start of any team in MLB history going 35-5, which is an other-worldly .875 winning percentage.  After that, they "only" went 69-53 (.566 winning percentage) for the rest of the season.  The KOD10 '84 Tigers have now played 41 games.  So I'm hoping that they too are ready to cool off now and return to Earth as did their real-life counterparts.

--submitted by Douglas Zaner ‘02 Halos--