Arms for the Tribe

If you read:  The Curse of Rocky Colavito, you’d know that the Indian franchise had a 30 year period of ineptness running from the early 1960’s until the early 90’s.  Knowing that as a fact one would assume that this Tribe offering would be mediocre at best.  Wipe that thought out of your mind.  Remember prior to the 60’s the Tribe was a perennial contender from the late 40’s until the time of the curse.  During that period no pitching staff dominated baseball more than Cleveland’s.  This staff will have the best of Feller, Wynn, Garcia and Lemon + Luis Tiant at his fireballing best.  The lineup will have “The Rock” plus a cast of characters who could flat out hit the cover off the bal.  Another fact to recall is that during their period of ineptness this team had some great hitting and zero pitching.  Manager Bill Keller gets to combine the prowess of those great pitching teams with those all hitting teams from their dark days.  He also had a secret weapon in his arsenal:  Sudden Sam McDowell.  I pity the left handed hitter who has to face that guy late in the game.  Keller himself is coming off a pennant winning season in KOD11, where he piloted the ‘37 Reds to the NL Pennant.  If the fielding holds up Keller’s Krew might just shock the world.