| Yankees | 9 |
| Braves | 5 |
| Cardinals | 5 |
| Dodgers | 4 |
| Athletics | 3 |
| Phillies | 3 |
| Red Sox | 3 |
| Blue Jays | 2 |
| Mets | 2 |
| Orioles | 2 |
| Royals | 2 |
| Indians | 2 |
| Twins | 2 |
| Tigers | 2 |
| Giants | 2 |
| Padres | 2 |
| Marlins | 2 |
| Astros | 1 |
| Pirates | 1 |
| Reds | 1 |
| Rockies | 1 |
| Rays | 1 |
| Angels | 1 |
| Brewers | 1 |
| Diamondbacks | 1 |
| White Sox | 1 |
| Expos/Nationals | 0 |
| Cubs* | 0 |
| Mariners | 0 |
| Nationals/Rangers | 0 |
* 10 Pennants won all time
0 recs | 48 comments
Pretty much aside from the Yankees,
it’s remarkably well balanced. And to think it’s baseball with the reputation for being top-heavy and not having parity.
Matthew - October 20, 2008
A coworker and I were talking about baseball parity yesterday. World Series winners since 2000:
2000:Yankees
2001:D-Backs
2002:Angels
2003:Marlins
2004:Red Sox
2005:White Sox
2006:Cardinals
2007:Red Sox
2008:Rays or Phillies
Only 1 repeat in this decade so far. Pretty good.
Goose - October 20, 2008
The best of any sport
Robert - October 20, 2008
Fucking Red Sox
JI - October 20, 2008
But its the most annoying team that repeated : (
Slica - October 20, 2008
We will always remember the moment we are crossed off this list
Robert - October 20, 2008
...sigh...
Matthew - October 20, 2008
Do you have the whole game recorded?
Because holy hell do I need to watch that right now.
MFAN - October 20, 2008
You bet your ass I do
Watched it this morning
Robert - October 20, 2008
I have it also...
The crowd was so loud the stadium shook and kept knocking the ball off its holder tee during the opening kickoff.
Slica - October 20, 2008
Oh and also...
Even more awesome, the Panthers are my 2nd favorite football team. By far my 2nd favorite.
So this was like a state of Euphoria most sports fans could never dream of.
Slica - October 20, 2008
I'm a panther fan :(
mariners124m - October 20, 2008
Suck it Fizzbitch
Robert - October 20, 2008
At 14 years,
it took the Rockies the longest of any on the 90s expansion teams to find it’s way to the series.
JI - October 20, 2008
Also, screw the Marlins.
Two Rs and Two Ls - October 20, 2008
No fair giving the Cubs an asterisk
… and that would be the Washington Senators/Texas Rangers.
3744nsheffield - October 20, 2008
How is it not fair?
Matthew - October 20, 2008
And Senators/Twins
and, oh, what the hell, Browns/Orioles.
Paytheline - October 21, 2008
Ugh
That brings the suck into sharp focus.
lemonverbena - October 20, 2008
The sad part is...
there’s no reason to believe the Mariners are in any better position than those other 3 clubs.
eponymous_coward - October 20, 2008
Well they're certainly in worse shape than the Cubs, but they're miles ahead of the Nats.
Aaron Campeau - October 20, 2008
The Ms have far more financial resources at their disposal than Washington or Texas.
That counts for a lot.
Matthew - October 20, 2008
Yes and no.
Sure I’ll grant we’re better off than either team. I’m just not sure how long that will last.
This season’s attendance wasn’t just the lowest ever at Safeco, it was the lowest in a non-strike season since before 1995. In fact, we’re not that far above 1991’s attendance:
2008: 2,329,702
1991: 2,147,905
Or, to give you another idea of where things are going: 2007’s attendance? Lower than 2004-2005.
You know about how you keep hearing “Gee, how come the Mariner fans keep showing up?” Well, they aren’t, actually. And attendance is usually a LAGGING indicator of team quality- teams usually have their best attendance the year AFTER a World Series win, and the Mariners cratered after 2004. If the team gets blown up this offseason… well, expect a Cleveland-style attendance collapse to 2 million or less.
eponymous_coward - October 20, 2008
Please indicate where the Mariners have a financial disadvantage to either Texas or Washington.
Matthew - October 20, 2008
Absent a time machine to let me look 10 years in the future, I can't do this.
I think we have an advantage now. I don’t know if we’ll have one in the future if we keep going into a ditch.
eponymous_coward - October 20, 2008
The M's moneyhats aren't based solely off of gate revenue
Robert - October 20, 2008
Oh my goodness Texas is stacked with under-24 talent.
marc w - October 20, 2008
All their pitchers are screwed.
If anyone needed a sinker-obsessed FO, they would be it. Instead they get Mr. High Heat, Nolan Ryan.
Faux - October 20, 2008
If they could only come up with a league average rotation...
JI - October 20, 2008
We had closer to a league average offense then they did league average rotation.
They have a long ways to go.
Matthew - October 20, 2008
But their offense is amazing
Our black hole is slightly less awful than their black hole… but their strength is SO much greater than our strength.
Speaking of which, what is our strength anyway?
johnbai - October 20, 2008
$$$
Matthew - October 20, 2008
Yes
and yikes
JI - October 20, 2008
They have a long ways to go, but can identify the specific people
they’re counting on, or the specific prospects they believe can contribute.
Feliz/Andrus/Ramirez/Teagarden/Davis etc.
They just need regression to somewhere close to average from Nippert/Hurley and they’re in half-decent shape. Or for Andrus to push Young back to 2b.
marc w - October 20, 2008
When Texas actually develops a starter than Jon Daniels doesn't subsequently trade away at low value
I’ll become concerned. Until then, there’s no reason the Mariners cannot recover faster and hold onto contention longer than the Rangers. They just to put the right people in charge.
Matthew - October 20, 2008
At least he dealt Volquez at high value.
JI - October 20, 2008
You don't think Volquez's value is higher now?
Matthew - October 20, 2008
Seemed like a good idea at time.
JI - October 20, 2008
Probably.
I just meant that Volquez, Danks, Young have all had their value go up somewhat dramatically after being traded by Daniels.
Matthew - October 20, 2008
and moving Young and Danks
seemed silly at time
JI - October 20, 2008
I'd say Josh Hamilton worked out rather nicely for them anyway
seattlebruin - October 20, 2008
Assuming good health
I’d say a flame throwing “#1” is worth more than an very good RFer.
JI - October 20, 2008
Hammy could throw a ball as hard as Volquez or at least really close.
Tyler - October 21, 2008
Oh, a StatCorner suggestion
seems like the blog needs a more prominent link back to the homepage
seattlebruin - October 20, 2008
You know the logo links back, yes?
Matthew - October 20, 2008
The blog logo links to the blog. There is no SC logo on the data ferry blog.
Kirsten Schlewitz - October 20, 2008
Ohhh, the blog.
Hmm…
Matthew - October 20, 2008
I take great solace in the fact that my suggestion was not entirely idiotic
thank you, NOLA
seattlebruin - October 20, 2008
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