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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Jason Kendall was suspended four games for charging John Lackey in Anaheim. Lackey was fined for mouthing off and provoking Kendall, but was not suspended.
The punishments seem fair to me. Kendall will probably appeal, just because that's what you do, unless you're injured and were going to miss time anyway.
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I don't have much to say about the series against the Indians. Each team won a blowout. Blowouts are boring. The bats seem to be waking up a bit, but the starting pitching is still in hibernation. Dan Haren is still coughing up too many big gopherballs, while Kirk Saarloos gave up a lot of baserunners, but luckily escaped without giving up many runs.
I'll be going to one, possibly two, games this weekend. Here's hoping for some well-pitched ballgames.
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