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.
Final Regular Season Champion:
Atlanta Braves
2008 Title Bout Records:
| Mets | 26 | 19 |
| Cubs | 16 | 4 |
| Phillies | 15 | 14 |
| Athletics | 13 | 13 |
| Red Sox | 11 | 7 |
| Padres | 10 | 9 |
| Braves | 9 | 7 |
| Nationals | 9 | 15 |
| Rockies | 7 | 14 |
| Brewers | 6 | 1 |
| Angels | 6 | 4 |
| Indians | 6 | 11 |
| Cardinals | 5 | 5 |
| Reds | 5 | 5 |
| Marlins | 5 | 5 |
| Dodgers | 5 | 7 |
| Rangers | 4 | 6 |
| Blue Jays | 3 | 3 |
| Mariners | 2 | 1 |
| Yankees | 2 | 3 |
| Tigers | 1 | 2 |
| Giants | 0 | 3 |
| Orioles | 0 | 3 |
| Pirates | 0 | 3 |
2006 Heavyweight of the Year:
Oakland Athletics
2005 Heavyweight of the Year:
Oakland Athletics
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Ryan: rarmbrust AT gmail d.o.t. com
Philip: kingchimp AT alamedanet d.o.t net
2008 Stats
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I was this close to catching Barry Bonds' 756th home run. Bonds hit the ball almost directly straight at me, but unfortunately, it landed about five miles short of where I was standing in the hallway of my home, as I took a break from cleaning baby bottles to peek into our TV room to watch the at-bat.
Oh well. So I didn't end up with a valuable piece of memorabilia. I didn't get to say I was there. But hey, at least I got to hear the fireworks!
Hah, I was closer than you were to catching the ball, Ken. I at a laundromat in Glen Park, just a few miles away, when Bonds hit his dinger. And I'm glad I missed it. And I hate doing laundry.
I had a feeling Bascik would be the lucky sap.
At least ESPN can discontinue their caravan of coverage, sparing us more of the blather.
Also, I had very, very dirty clothes, a lot of them. That Bonds chose to hit his home run to coincide with that is either ironic or not.
1. Try not to time your sales pitch so that it prevents me from watching a record.
2. Don't tell me how crummy my house is, even if you and I both know that to be true.
I think I was cooking dinner (a late one) and listening to music. I flipped through some TV channels to see what was going on and I saw what looked like a big celebration, so I figured it happened. I watched for awhile, waited for the reply. Then I went back to checking my spaghetti. And that was that.
i chose the dogs over bonds because they've always been trustworthy and friendly.
I was there [that] night. Well, if you zoom up, Google-Earth-style, I was there.
I had to go downtown to retrieve something from the office, which is about four long blocks North of the ballpark. The moment I came outside of the building, I heard a car beeping its horn and loud noises that could have been fireworks. I looked to the sky and didn't see any lights in the fog, but then, I did see the sky light up, and I realized what must have happened. I got in my car, flipped the radio around, and confirmed: Barry Bonds had hit #756.
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This might make me the closest?
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