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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We A's fans just can't ever get to enjoy anything, can we? The A's take two in the Metrodome, but then find out that Mark Ellis has a broken index finger.
There's a big defensive dropoff from having Bobby Crosby and Mark Ellis up the middle to having Marco Scutaro and D'Angelo Jimenez. Huge, huge bummer.
So Ginter seems the obvious choice. Alternatives would be Mark Kiger or Kevin Melillo, but then they'd be making their major league debuts in the playoffs.
"Teams can replace injured players between series, but only with players on their 40-man roster. There are no other middle infielders on the A's 40-man roster, but Crosby has been hopeful about returning in time for the AL Championship Series should the A's make it that far."
http://tinyurl.com/lorxn
They probably will be able to get Ginter onto the roster, but they'll have to petition the commissioner for permission first.
I can't find the actual text of Rule 40(a) anywhere, though, so I can't verify this.
http://DodgerSims.blogspot.com/
http://tinyurl.com/raoyy
So... hello, Mark Kiger and Kevin Melillo!
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