The K's Have ItMaybe I'm just continuing something Fallon started, but I have a ton of K's this year. I'm not talking about strikeouts by my pitchers (I'm way down the list in that category) or by my hitters (ok, I have a bunch of those, but again, that's not what I am addressing). Kent, Kotsay, Kline, Kile, Kazuhiro, Karim and Kevin Millar maybe weren't the Killer K's, but they were a big part of my successes and failures in 2002. Oman has followed the K trend during the draft. As many of you have noted, Koskie and Kotsay batting 7th and 8th for me have caused some toungue-twisting for the league (myself included ... in a series with Ken, I insisted on a "Kotsay swing" strategy, before Ken notified me that Kotsay was waiting on deck for Koskie to bat). Those K's are joined on the Ice Man squad by Ray King, Austin Kearns, and Mike Kinkade. Chris is the only other team to be so okay with the K, with a roster including Kent, Klesko, Karsay, Kaz, Karim and Kurt Ainsworth. Of the other 7 teams, only Dave's team has multiple players whose last name begins with K (Kielty and Kennedy). Ken has Jason Kendall, Bob has BY Kim, and Steve manages Steve Kline. So Oman has 5 of the 13 K players in the league. And though none of my player's first names begin with K (only Jeremy "Kiki" Giambi and "Kool Papa" Goodwin unofficially begin with K), I do have 4 MarK's on my roster (Mulder, Bellhorn, Kotsay, and Hendrickson) and 5 MiKe's (Sweeney, Matheny, Lincoln, Kinkade, and Miguel Tejada), which combines for 1/3 of my roster and alot of confusion in the locker room. Other K's of note in SL 2003 (besides Bellhorn and Koskie battling for the single season K record):
Kip "Bane of Kenny Williams's existence" Wells, Shungnak Keith "Kloser for the Oakland Ks" Foulke, Houser Kenny "Know when to hold 'em" Rogers, Wilber and of course, Kerry "20 Ks" Wood, Shady Peace,
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