Edmonton(AP)- The rumours started to spread near the end of the season that
Local Owner Peter Pocklington would be selling the Oil Kings. Panic set in
as Media and fans thought the unthinkable would happen. The Team would be
sold and moved to a US market. "No way was I going to sell this Club to have
it moved down to the US.Edmonton has proved to be a great Baseball town. The
local ownership(all 35 of them)have banded together and come up with the 85$
Million(US)and have announced the Team will stay in Edmonton. The only
change will be the Team name, which will be the Edmonton Sled Dogs, instead
of the Oil Kings. The 35 Local businessman wish to remain anonymous at this
time. I'd like to thank the fans of Edmonton and the players that have
dressed in an Oil King uniform for giving me2 very enjoyable seasons. I wish
the Sled Dogs all the best of luck in the upcoming season." With that Mr.
Pocklington has now severed all ties with Sports Teams in Edmonton, after
having sold the NHL Oilers and the PCL Trappers. Manager Alan Trammell was
excited about the upcoming season. "We had some key injuries, especially to
our starting staff, that took it's toll on us, but we bounced back in the
2nd half of last season. I like this Team. Hopefully GM Sculac won't make
too many changes." Will changes be made? Offensively the Sled Dogs are
solid, 5 players hit 30 Hr's or more with Greg Vaughn hitting 28(Vaughn
missed 20 games)
c-Todd HUndley..280 BA, 31 HR 83 rbi's
1b-Tony Clark...300 ba, 33 Hr's, 109 Rbi's
ss-Alex Rodriguez....377 BA, 35 Hr's, 111 Rbi's
cf-Jose Cruz Jr. 283 BA, 36 Hr's, 89 Rbi's
3b-Robin Ventura...268 Ba, 35 Hr's, 90 Rbi's
rf-Vladdie Guerrero...252,16 hr's, and 55 rbi's. Vladdies just waiting to
bust out. No doubt the Sled Dogs had one of the most powerful Teams in PVBL.
Starting pitching is where GM Sculac will have to improve.
Chuck Finley
Pete Schourek
Jose Rosado
John Frascatore
Kevin Foster or Kenny Rogers.
Those would be the starting 5. The relief pitching is excellent.
Francisco Cordova, Jay Powell,Jeff Shaw, Mark Wohlers, Mike Fetters were
solid all season long.
