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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I had a nice long post three-fourths written earlier this morning, but my browser window just suddenly closed on me, and poof!--it was gone. I think there's a conspiracy behind this mysterious disappearance. Somebody doesn't want you to know what I know. I'd explain more, but then I'd have to write the darn thing over again, and there's no time.
Instead, I'll just present this little chart of some post-break numbers for the AL playoff contenders. I checked these numbers to see how good the A's hitting has been since the All-Star Break, in comparison to their competitors. Answer: pretty good.
| Team | Hitting Avg/OBP/SLG | Pitching Avg/OBP/SLG | Difference Avg/OBP/SLG | Sum of Diffs Avg+OBP+SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yankees | .288/.367/.478 | .263/.322/.412 | .025/.045/.066 | .136 |
| Athletics | .283/.364/.445 | .254/.321/.392 | .029/.043/.053 | .125 |
| Twins | .297/.354/.439 | .266/.319/.422 | .031/.035/.017 | .083 |
| White Sox | .275/.332/.453 | .262/.328/.424 | .013/.004/.029 | .046 |
| Angels | .273/.334/.421 | .259/.324/.411 | .014/.010/.010 | .034 |
| Tigers | .270/.320/.427 | .277/.340/.442 | -.007/-.020/-.015 | -.042 |
Interesting: the stat that separates the top three teams from the second three is mostly OBP. On the other hand, the stat that separates the top three teams from each other is mostly slugging percentage.
Maybe Billy Beane knew something when he predicted before last year's playoffs that the winner would be the team that hit the most home runs.
Tsk tsk, Mr. Arneson.
Usually I edit in vi, where if something crashes, I can just recover with vi -r. I was on a PC this time, though, so I just used the primitive Toaster editor. And when there, I usually save often, but this time I didn't.
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