The defending KOD champions will have a new skipper on the bench this season. Actually he’s not new at all. Dan Holm will be returning to the bench after taking a season off. Chicago decided to part company with interim manager Marc Weiss, who will be moving back to Oakland to manage the A’s. Holm has had many good seasons with the Pale Hose including his pennant winning 1974 Sox that lost to the 52 Boston Braves in a hard fought 7 game series back in KOD9. Holm will be taking over a team that is built around speed and pitching. Tommy John, Wilbur Wood, Joe Horlen, Jack McDowell and Eddie Fisher make some formidable staff. The pen is top notch too with Terry “Big tub of goo” Forster, Bobby Thigpen and the venerable Hoyt Wilhelm closing games out. Look for the Chisox to manufacture runs with running mates Luis Aparicio and Nellie Fox anchoring the top of the order and playing gold glove baseball in the middle of the infield. Carlton Fisk, Harold Baines and Minnie Minoso will be featured prominently in the middle of the order.
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