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
Ken: catfish AT zombia d.o.t. com
Ryan: rarmbrust AT gmail d.o.t. com
Philip: kingchimp AT alamedanet d.o.t net
2008 Stats
Baseball Toaster runs on some experimental software called Fairpole. It's still under development.
For more information, please visit the Fairpole blog, or read the FAQ.
I have the first of my L.A. ballpark tour photos up: a slideshow of Jason Schmidt's delivery. I'll post more photos later this weekend.
Meanwhile, I cannot possibly imagine what it must be like to be a Texas Rangers fan. The ending of Friday night's game was just insane. But the A's and Rangers always play games like that in Arlington: if I had to endure 11-10 ballgames consistently, I'd either go bananas, or I'd have to transmogrify into a Monte Moore Monster, learning to love the high scores, and ringing my dingers:
The bells are ringing and
everyone's walking with arms extended in a trance
Forgetting their washing
neglecting their children
they're dropping all businesses at hand--TMBG
What a disaster that would be. Yes, a win is a win, and the A's are now just 1.5 games out of the wild card lead, and I should be quite satisfied with that, but...
Please, we need more 3-2 games: for our children's sake.
hell yes.
To comment, please log in.
Not a member? Register!