After suffering through a season without pitching in Philadelphia manager Justin Ryan heads down to “Hot-lanta” to pilot the Braves. Ryan, a lifelong Met fan, is in the process of making the rounds managing franchises he grew up hating and despising. At his disposal will be a staff that features 3 HOF’er on the front end. Lefties Warren Spahn and Tommy “I hate the 1st inning” Glavine will be joined by top knuckleballer of all time, Phil Niekro. 1957 World Series MVP Lew Burdette will be the #4 guy if you can believe that and John Smoltz is being penciled in as the best #5 starter in KOD history. To say Ryan finally has the pitching he has coveted for seasons is an understatement. The lineup is flat out awesome. Opposing hurlers will quake in their boots when they see the names: Aaron, Mathews, Adcock, Murphy, Torre and Horner up on the scoreboard. Chief Knock-a-homer will need to have Geico insure his Teepee for projectile damage when this crew plays. The soft spot for this team might be the pen. Gene Garber and Cecil Upshaw will have a lot of pressure on them to protect leads. Thankfully workhorses like Spahn and Burdette won’t need much relief. Johnny Sain will be a key man as a spot starter, long reliever and possible setup man.
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