Congratulations to Chris Kaufman & the 1964 Minnesota Twins - KOD29 Champs !

 

World Series - 64-Twins take KOD29 title over Cubbies in 6

Summary recap of games:

Game 1: Cubs 5, Twins 3

Game 2: Cubs 5, Twins 6 11 innnings

Game 3: Twins 8, Cubs 0

Game 4: Twins 5, Cubs 3

Game 5: Twins 6, Cubs 8 Cubs come from behind a 5 run deficit to win and hand mudcat grant the loss

Game 6: Cubs 2, Twins 10

Congratulation to Chris on one of the most dominant performances of any team in KOD history.   

Just so we can all appreciate what just happened: On September 13 after 27 games  the Twins had a losing record of 13-14.  From that that point they finished the regular season with 13 straight wins. In the post season they went 11-3 to win the KOD29 World Series.  So in all Minnesota played 54 games in KOD29. They went 13-14 in the first half of those games and an amazing 24-3 in the second half. 

Whatever Chris said to this team to make them think they were the '27 Yankees it certainly worked.  There is no doubt in my mind that the '64 Twins are definitely the deserving champs of KOD29.  Great job Chris.

--submitted by Douglas Zaner--

 Congrats to Chris. What a great showing!  --submitted by Bruce Thomas--

Wow, what a great run. 24-3!! Unbelievable. Fun team to play with Killebrew, Oliva (his rookie year, and maybe his best season), Bob Allison, Jimmie Hall, Zoilo Versalles, Jim Kaat, Earl Battey. Great team! --submitted by Bike Mike--

Congratulations to both teams on fine seasons.  The Twins were the team of destiny this time around...good news for the Cubs though.....the O's still hold the title of most bomblasted team by the Twins. LOL

--submitted by Mark Nixon--

NLCS: Cubbies need 7 to upset Reds

ALDS: Twins drop O's in 5 to win AL Pennant

Those Twinkies can really rake.  Just ask Mark Nixon and his O's.  Congrats to Chris K for winning his 2nd consecutive AL flag with Minnesota.  Here are the game by game recaps:

GAME 1

GAME 2

GAME 3

GAME 4

GAME 5

NLDS: 71-CIN 3, 68-PIT 2

ALDS: 98-O's 3, 87-Halos 0

NLDS: Cubbies outlast Dodgers in 5. Koufax and Drysdale both injured

Game 1 -  Drysdale v. Zambrano: 

This will go down as the Drysdale game.  The Cubs score a couple of early runs (1 each in the 1st and 3rd) and it appeared as Zambrano was cruising.  Then with 2 outs and 2 on Drysdale takes Big Z deep for a 3 run bomb!  Drysdale shuts the Cubs #1 offense down the rest of the way for a 3 to 2, 140 pitch complete game win. 

Game 2 - Koufax  v. Prior:

Koufax (after 5 pitches) got hurt after striking out Walker.  The Cubs score 5 off of reed and Prior and Ohman combine for a 3 hit shutout. 

Game 3 - Ortega v. Maddux:

With the game tied 2 to 2, the Dodgers send 8 guys to the plate and score 2 runs for a 4 to 2 victory.

Game 4:

Rematch of game 1, Drysdale v. Zambrano:  The Dodgers grab the early 1 to 0 lead in the first, but Drysdale gets hurt after an inning and a third and has to leave the game. The Cubs get 1 in the 8th to tie and then a 2 run homer by Murton for the 3 to 1 lead.  Dempster closes out the 9th for the victory to tie the series at 2 -2.

Game 5
Rematch of game 2, Koufax  v. Prior: The Dodgers may have pitch Koufax before he was fully healed as he gives up 8 runs in 2+.  innings.  The Dodgers fought hard, but fall short losing 11 to 8. Cubs take the series 3 game to 2.  In the post series press conference Mr. Koufax told the world that he's walking away from the game to avoid the risk of permanently losing the use of his left arm.

--submitted by Kurt Schaden--

ALDS - 64-MIN defeats 84-KCR in 3 straight

What a series as Minnesota sweeps in 3.  The last two games could have went either way but Minnesota comes out on top.

Game 1 recap: Minnesota wins game 1, 6-3 as Kansas City has 5 miscues in the field

Game 2 recap: Minnesota wins game 2, 3-2

Game 3 recap: Minnesota wins game 3, 2-1

--submitted by Chris Kaufman--

NLWC: 68-PIT 7, 90-SDP 0

NLWC
Jack Murphy Stadium
Bunning vs Benes
68-PIT 7, 90-SDP 0

The Senator (Bunning) vs the Merchant (Benes) started out as a big time pitcher's duel through 7 inning where the Bucs nursed a nebulous 1-0 lead.  Both hurlers used their guts and guile to dance out of the way of impending doom.  The lone tally on the board came courtesy of a Matty Alou groundout that plated Gene Alley, who led off the top of the 3rd with a 3 bagger.  This 1-0 white knuckle even lasted until the top of the 8th when Benes' luck ran out and the Bucs scored 4 huge runs as Matty Alou doubled home Maz and Alley to make it 3-0.  Clemente's triple made it 4-0 and Clendenon's single rounded it up to 5-0.  A 2 run shot in the 9th by Gene Alley finished off the scoring and influenced scoreboard watchers into thinking this was a complete blowout.  Pittsburgh, who looked dead to right just a week ago moves into he LDS to play the #1 NL seeded Reds.  Congratulations to rookie KOD manager Randy Myers for righting the Pirate ship and getting his team back on track.  Special thanks to interim Padre Manager Mark Nixon for taking over the Friars mid season and guiding them back toward the post season.

ALWC - 83-KCR 5, 83-BOS 4

83 Kansas City (22-18) @ 83 Boston (23-17)

@ Fenway Park

Bud Black - LHP (2-5 KOD, 10-7 RL) vs John Tudor - LHP (4-1 KOD, 13-12 RL)

The Red Sox jumped to a 4-0 lead after 2 innings chasing KC starter Bud Black  John Tudor was rolling along thru 5 innings and then the wheels fell off for the hometown Sox.  The Royals put 4 up in the 6th to tie the game turned the ball over to closer Dan Quisenberry.  Quiz would throw 55 pitches with the game hanging in the balance the whole time and the Royals all time great was up to the task.  He threw 4 innings of 1 hit ball buying enough time for the Royals to scratch a run across against Bob Stanley in the top of the 9th.  UL Washington reached on a huge error by SS Glenn Hoffman with 1 out in the visitors 9th.  Washington then stole 2nd.  Willie Wilson struck out for the 2nd out of the inning.  But Pat Sheridan was able to drill a single to center field that brought Washington home with the go ahead run.  The Sox had a shot in the bottom of the 9th but it was not meant to be and their 2nd half KOD surge came to an end in the AL wild card.  

Good luck to the rest of the playoffs team.  And congrats to Dan Holm for a great game.  

--submitted by Pete Daly (Boston)--

KOD29 - Post Season Seedings

NL Seeds:
#1 - CIN - Schneider
#2 - CUB - Schaden
#3 - LAD - Weiss
#4 - SDP - Nixon
#5 - PIT - Myers

AL Seeds:
#1 - MIN - Kaufman
#2 - BAL - Nixon
#3 - CAL - Zaner
#4 - BOS - Daly
#5 - KCR - Holm

KOD29 1987 California Angels @ 1964 Minnesota Twins

A Division deciding series at the helm where the Angels guided by Douglas Zaner meets up with the Twins and skipper Chris Kaufman.

Game 1: Minnesota 7 - California 5
Lazorko vs Grant - California outhits Minnesota 13-12. Minnesota scores first in the 2nd inning on a sacrifice fly by Earl Battey. Then in the 3rd Minnesota explodes for 4 runs. Mudcat Grant helps his cause by doubling and Tony O smacks a two-run dinger. Minnesota scores two more that inning with hits by Versalles and Kostro.  California plates two runs in the 5th with hits by Schofield, Miller and Ray. California mounts a comeback in the 9th with two runs but falls short and Twins win the first game.

Game 2: Minnesota 10 - California 5
Frazier vs Stigman - Minnesota scores 9 of their 10 runs in the first 4 innings as Oliva, Hall and Kostro have multi hit games.  Highlight for California was a 3-run jack by Devon White in the 3rd inning.

Game 3: Minnesota 12 - California 3
Witt vs Pascual - A one sided game here as the the Twins explode for 12 runs on 14 hits with only one homer.  A punch and judy hitting team these twins are. As Killer was salivating at the plate he did not hit a homerun all series. Darrell Miller hits a solo shot for the Angels.  Pascual pitches a complete game allowing 5 hits.