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Originally Posted by Makonnen
Where did Tekulve end up? Or, more importantly, do you have grand designs to pull him in for the end of the 70s run? I associate him so much with those teams, which may just be because I was fascinated by him and Dan Quisenberry scraping their knuckles on the dirt ....
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He went to the Dodgers in R3, 70th overall. We had him earmarked for R4 if he was still free but it wasn't to be. We felt we needed Bill Almon more and went with him instead.
He'll certainly be on our radar at some point in the lead-up to '79. As you might have gathered, a good BP is integral to our game style because of how tight a rein I keep on the SP pitch counts; usually 100, never more than 110. We've had a good run over the years and now have Gossage as our guy. I want him to be our Closer for as long as possible. We've also got Garber who had a long and pretty strong IRL career. At some point there'll be a spot for KT but circumstances will decree if and when we make a move for him. I will be trying to make our '79 squad as close to the IRL one, so if I were a betting man I'd wager that he's a Bucco by then.
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