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MLB Heavyweight Champion

If MLB champs were decided like boxing: beat the champ, and you're the champ.

The 2008 season started with the Red Sox as champs. They were beaten by the A's, who were beaten back by Boston, who were then swept by Toronto, who lost to Oakland, who lost to Cleveland, and so on, until we reached our current champion.

The Heavyweight of the Year is the team that wins the most title bouts at the end of the season.

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2005-03-20 18:42
by Ken Arneson

After Sunday's game, the A's sent down seven more players.

The article says 38 players are still in camp, 31 from the 40-man, and 7 non-roster invitees. Here's how I figure it (I'll put the non-roster guys in italics):

OF (7): Byrnes, Kielty, Kotsay, Swisher, Thomas, Bocachica, Clark.

IF (9): Chavez, Crosby, Durazo, Ellis, Ginter, Hatteberg, Dan Johnson, Scutaro, Rouse, Bobby Smith.

C (4): Kendall, Melhuse, Brown, Suzuki.

P (18): Blanton, Calero, Cruz, Dotel, Duchscherer, Etherton, Harden, Haren, Harikkala, Tyler Johnson, Meyer, Rincon, Yabu, Zito, Reames, Saarloos, Street, and, um, Bradford?

I'm guessing Bradford is the last guy on the list, because that's the only way I can get things to add up the way the article says.

Note that Street is not on the 40-man roster, but if he makes the team, that's easily solved by sending Johnson back to St. Louis. Or maybe by putting Bradford on the sixty-day DL.

I'm not sure why John Baker was sent down and not Jeremy Brown. But the big news is probably that Kurt Suzuki is still around. He may have jumped ahead of both Brown and Baker in the hearts of A's management with his impressive spring.

Comments
2005-03-21 08:45:38
1.   Alex Ciepley
What about Crosby?
2005-03-21 12:40:31
2.   Ken Arneson
Oops. Forgot him. Fixed it, thanks Alex.
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