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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Can't help but think about the Pixar-Disney deal. It's not a huge surprise, and it seems to make sense for everyone involved.
Everybody is saying how this deal can help Disney get back to its glory days of great animation. Perhaps. I'm more curious about how it affects baseball. A few facts of note:
So with Steve Jobs as the largest individual shareholder in ESPN's parent company...will we soon see an ESPN iPod cellphone? If Disney owned the exclusive rights to all MLB national broadcasts, would that help Apple sell more iPods?
I don't know...I'm just askin'.
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Back in Disney's glory days, one of Walt Disney's main animators was a man named Frank Thomas. So is it a coincidence that the day after the Disney deal is announced, ESPN.com issues a scoop that a Frank Thomas deal is imminent?
I don't know...I'm just askin'. Even if this isn't confirmed yet, it's not a huge surprise, and it seems to make sense for everyone involved.
If Frank Thomas stays healthy...well, we all have imaginations. I'm hoping having Frank Thomas on in their lineup will restore the A's to their glory days, just as the Pixar deal can help bring Disney back to its glory days when Frank Thomas was in their lineup.
What a great offseason: the A's have added Thomas, Bradley, and Loaiza, all of whom have pretty big upside, while only losing people who really didn't contribute at all to last year's team, either due to injury (Dotel and Durazo) or just poor performance (Hatteberg and Rincon). I really like the roster as it is now, although I imagine Beane will be tempted to deal Payton to someone desperate for a CF.
With Thomas they`re more dangerous offensively. However, it`s unclear at this point what Thomas can do outside of U.S. Cellular even if healthy. Over the last three seasons Frank has hit .248 .382 .456 (.838) outside of Cellular, compared to .276 .404 .660 (1.064) at home. I love Frank Thomas, and I think he`s a first ballot hall of famer, but I`m not sure if he wouldn`t be holding the team back by not letting DJ dh and Swish play first.
You left out my lengthy argument proving the nonexistence of the state of Delaware.
Hopefully this will also help bring back some of the Big Hurt's glory days, doubtful he will hit 500 this season but it would be nice to see him, much like Ken Griffey Jr finally did, recapture some of his 1990s awesomeness.
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