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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Barry Zito is staying in the Bay Area. Seven(!) years, $126 million.
Wow.
The A's will end up with the 10th pick in the second round as a result, as well as a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds.
More later...
Its almost "Mechian" in its overspending ...
Brown signed for 7 years / $105 million in 1998 at age 34.
GMTA .... this news made me think back to when Brown signed that contract ...
Thankfully, Zito is younger and not anywhere near as surly ....
...but not as, you know, good as Brown was either. Brown was an ill-advised signing due to his age (I don't remember if he had a history of back problems at that point) but at least he was a top-5 pitcher at that time.
200 innings in 2013 or
400 innings in 2012 & 2013 combined or
600 innings over 2011-2013
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