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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Last time I tried to do an A's web site on my own (2002), the A's started the year and couldn't buy a run the entire month of April. I got so frustrated I quit writing, and the A's immediately started hitting again.
I'm sitting here watching the A's hit into three double plays in the first three innings of tonight's game, and feeling a strong sense of deja vu: that the RISP jinx may be caused by me.
So I just want to declare the following: this is not an A's blog. It's a recipe blog! Yeah, and, um, a blog about, um, the philosophy of, um, cultural, uh, stuff. And of course, it's a blog about putting a stop to porosity casting. If I happen to mention the A's here, it's only to illustrate one of those other purposes. Really.
Here's a recipe for buttered toast:
1 slice bread
Butter
Place bread slice into toaster.
Press lever down.
Wait until lever pops up again.
Remove slice.
Spread butter onto bread.
Enjoy.
Update: Yup, this is definitely a recipe blog. There's nothing like the taste of buttered toast with a dash of RBIs (9 runs scored, all after the fourth inning, when this was published).
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