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:
| team | w | l |
| Athletics | 13 | 13 |
| Red Sox | 11 | 7 |
| Angels | 6 | 4 |
| Indians | 4 | 6 |
| Rangers | 4 | 6 |
| Blue Jays | 3 | 3 |
| Reds | 2 | 0 |
| Yankees | 1 | 1 |
| Tigers | 1 | 2 |
| 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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Six players on the A's roster, plus two more A's free agents, are on the initial rosters for the World Baseball Classic, according to MLB.com.
The six current players are:
Eric Chavez, USA
Huston Street, USA
Barry Zito, USA
Esteban Loaiza, Mexico
Kiko Calero, Puerto Rico
Marco Scutaro, TBD
The free agents are:
Alberto Castillo, Dominican Republic
Ricardo Rincon, Mexico
Marco Scutaro is an interesting case. He's among three players--Alex Rodriguez and Mike Piazza are the others--who can choose which country to represent. The MLB.com article says his choices are Italy and Puerto Rico, which is odd, because Scutaro was born in Venezuela.
The initial rosters will have up to sixty players, which will be trimmed to 30 before the start of play.
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