For you baseball nerds from baseball-reference "As it turns out, if the Giants "hang on" to the bottom spot in the West, it will mark only the second time in the World Series era (1903-present) that a champion went on to finish last the following season. The only other team to do that were the 1998 Florida Marlins, who infamously jettisoned all of their talent a year after winning it all." Though really the biggest fall after a WS championship was the 1967 Balitmore Orioles. After winning the series in 1966 with a 4-0 sweep over the LA Dodgers they slipped to 6th place out of a 10 team (before divisions) American League. Where the current Giants curently have let 4 teams pass them in the standings (NL West) the Balitmore Birdies let 5 team pass them by and they basically had the same team in 1966 & 67.
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 01:12:58 +0000
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