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.
2008 Title Bout Records:
| Mets | 23 | 17 |
| Athletics | 13 | 13 |
| Red Sox | 11 | 7 |
| Cubs | 9 | 1 |
| Padres | 8 | 6 |
| Rockies | 7 | 14 |
| Angels | 6 | 4 |
| Indians | 6 | 11 |
| Brewers | 5 | 0 |
| Cardinals | 5 | 5 |
| Reds | 5 | 5 |
| Dodgers | 5 | 7 |
| Marlins | 4 | 3 |
| Rangers | 4 | 6 |
| Blue Jays | 3 | 3 |
| Nationals | 3 | 5 |
| Mariners | 2 | 1 |
| Yankees | 2 | 3 |
| Phillies | 2 | 5 |
| Tigers | 1 | 2 |
| Giants | 0 | 3 |
| Orioles | 0 | 3 |
2006 Heavyweight of the Year:
Oakland Athletics
2005 Heavyweight of the Year:
Oakland Athletics
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2008 Stats
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I was thinking about going to the game tonight, but I'm afraid if I show up a few minutes late, I might miss the whole game.
The average time of game for these two starters this year is 2:17. And that doesn't even take into account that none of Buehrle's previous starts were against the A's, who can't hit diddly squat. This game might be done by 9:00pm, if anybody manages to score a run somehow.
Ken Macha should give Eric Chavez the night off. Lifetime against Buehrle, he's hitting .207/.200/.310. Take a day off, and see if it helps cure his slump. Wednesday he gets a familiar opponent, Freddie Garcia. Give Hatteberg a night off, too: he's .190/.190/.333 against Buehrle. While we're at it, sit Durazo, too, and play with as many right-handed bats as possible: Ginter at third, Swisher at first, Byrnes and Kielty in the outfield corners. Harden don't need no steenkin' defense anyway.
Maybe, if my neck is feeling better, I'll go to the game tomorrow instead, since it's not on TV.
"Macha should give Eric Chavez the night off...sit Durazo, too"
In truth, I share the same affliction--that I believe I have supranatural powers over the well being of my bay area teams, usually to their detriments. Maybe I will start sending in recipes too.
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