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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2008 Stats
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My season tickets arrived today, but unlike past seasons, I got no thrill from opening them. I have no emotional link to the 2008 A's yet. I've been pretty silent about spring training, mostly because I can't think of anything intelligent to say about a bunch of players I've never seen play. Take the players from today's boxscore, for example:
Guys I've Seen In Oakland before:
J Hannahan 3b
D Murphy ss
R Bowen c
D Johnson 1b
J Cust lf
A Embree p
Not exactly a group to summon the muses down from Mount Olympus, are they?
Guys I've Seen Play On Other Teams
T Linden pr-lf
M Sweeney dh
Offensive rejects from the Giants and Royals. Oh, boy!
Guys I've Never Even Heard Of
A Brown rf
C Rogowski ph
B Conrad ss-3b
C Gissell p
Huh? Andrew Brown playing right field?
Guys I've Heard Of But Never Seen Play
C Denorfia cf
C Gonzalez rf
J Fiorentino pr-cf
W Bankston 1b
J Knoedler c
R Sweeney ph
G Petit 2b
D Eveland p
F Hernandez p
I'd like to see them, but then again, that doesn't mean they mean that much to me.
Thus my silence. Communication is the problem to the answer. I'm not in love, so don't forget it. It's just a silly phase I'm going through. You lay your bets and then you pay the price. Ah, the things we do for love.
A Brown rf
C Rogowski ph"
Maybe "C Rogowski" is the direct descendent of Coker Roguski of the New York Mammoths. Now all you need is H Wiggen, P Simpson, the Carucci brothers (Bay Area natives), and Oakland-born R Traphagen.
He eagerly agreed to this transaction, and then came back after doing the deed to see that I had exactly zero dollars in my wallet.
It was sweet.
I agree, there is no emotional attachment built up yet, and the guys who we should be attached to haven't really given us reason to jump up and down yet (Chavez and Crosby).
I'm going to try and make it to some Sacramento and Modesto games, and maybe even one in Stockton. Might as well see what my two favorite players brought in when being traded away. They're all fighting to be my future favorites anyway, right?
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