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.
Final Regular Season Champion:
Atlanta Braves
2008 Title Bout Records:
| Mets | 26 | 19 |
| Cubs | 16 | 4 |
| Phillies | 15 | 14 |
| Athletics | 13 | 13 |
| Red Sox | 11 | 7 |
| Padres | 10 | 9 |
| Braves | 9 | 7 |
| Nationals | 9 | 15 |
| Rockies | 7 | 14 |
| Brewers | 6 | 1 |
| Angels | 6 | 4 |
| Indians | 6 | 11 |
| Cardinals | 5 | 5 |
| Reds | 5 | 5 |
| Marlins | 5 | 5 |
| Dodgers | 5 | 7 |
| Rangers | 4 | 6 |
| Blue Jays | 3 | 3 |
| Mariners | 2 | 1 |
| Yankees | 2 | 3 |
| Tigers | 1 | 2 |
| Giants | 0 | 3 |
| Orioles | 0 | 3 |
| Pirates | 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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Lloyd McClendon has been fired in Pittsburgh, Ken Macha's hometown.
The door is open now, either for Macha to walk out the door, or for Billy Beane to gently guide him that way, as he did with Art Howe. I guess we'll soon find out how much mutual love there really is in that relationship.
The Pirates may want him. CEO Kevin McClatchy said he wanted an experienced major-league manager.
FoxSports' Ken Rosenthal suggests Jim Leyland and Art Howe are other candidates for the job, but thinks the Pirates should go in another direction.
Frankly, I don't think it matters too much if Macha stays or goes. Whoever Beane hires after Macha will be just like Macha, implementing the philosophy that Beane wants implemented. It would be interesting, as a point of curiosity, to see what kind of philosophy Macha would play with in Pittsburgh, where he'd probably be left to his own devices.
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