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Young Drachma · 10-22-2007, 08:57 PM

PAST WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (1969-2009)

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1969: Boston Yankees
1970: Baltimore Orioles
1971: Kansas City Royals
1972: Milwaukee Braves
1973: Milwaukee Braves
1974: Pittsburgh Pirates
1975: Boston Yankees
1976: Boston Yankees
1977: St. Louis Cardinals
1978: Colorado Rockies
1979: San Diego Padres
1980: Houston Astros
1981: New York Mets
1982: Chicago White Sox
1983: San Antonio Aviators
1984: Chicago Cubs
1985: San Antonio Aviators
1986: San Antonio Aviators
1987: Washington Nationals
1988: St. Louis Cardinals
1989: San Antonio Aviators
1990: Chicago Cubs
1991: Chicago White Sox
1992: San Francisco Giants
1993: St. Louis Cardinals
1994: Washington Nationals
1995: San Antonio Aviators
1996: Toronto Blue Sox
1997: New York Mets
1998: New York Mets
1999: Seattle Mariners
2000: Pittburgh Pirates
2001: New York Mets
2002: Boston Yankees
2003: Los Angeles Angels
2004: Cincinnati Reds
2005: Pennsylvania Colonials
2006: Atlanta Athletics
2007: Pennsylvania Colonials
2008: Pennsylvania Colonials
2009: Philadelphia Quakers

2010 TO USHER NEW PLAYOFF SYSTEM IN MLB
In addition to renaming the rounds of baseball's playoffs, MLB has ushered a new system.

Starting in 2010, MLB will "test" a system that will include the four Wild Card teams playing in a five-game series before the first-round Division Series (formerly MLB Quarterfinals) which is now a best-of-seven series.

After the five games, the standings will be readjusted and the top four non-division champs will advance to the playoffs to face off against the four division champs.

What happens if there is a tight division race that goes down to the wire? Then head-to-head record will decide the division champ and the loser will end up in the Wild Card Week playoff, followed by division record and inter-division record.

MLB's "Wild Card Week" will count in the regular season standings, but only the 8 teams who haven't won their division will be able to qualify.

The Wild Card Week will pit the teams against each other in a separate bracket essentially, with 1 v. 8 2 v. 7 3 v. 6 and 4 v. 5, the teams that emerge from this week with the best records will advance to the playoffs.

"It's the best alternative we could concoct to fully expanding the playoffs," said MLB Spokesman Josh Canty. League officials have not referred to the format as anything other than "experimental" and have not committed to it past the 2010 season, but believe that it will "provide incentives for teams that are on the cusp of the playoff bubble to do their best to get in, while giving the division champions a rest before the start of formal playoff play."

The season will start a week earlier to accomodate the change.

Ed Note: After realizing you can edit the playoff schedule, I just am curious to see how this model will work. It would help me not to have to expand the playoffs and while five more games for players will affect end of the year stats to some degree, I don't know that I care enough to mind the benefit of having the playoff be more competitive. So we'll see how it goes and if it works, we'll continue it.

In case you were wondering, the worst team to win a World Series still remains the Boston Yankees of 1975, who went 87-76, won a tiebreaker to get in and then manage to run the table on the entire playoffs that year, including knocking off the top two seeds en route to winning it all.

The 1977 St. Louis Cardinals won it all after having gone 88-74 that year. The 1996 Toronto Blue Sox (now Blue Jays) won it all after an 89-73 season and the 1999 Seattle Mariners went 90-72 en route to their first World Series title.

One of the benefits of the single-table, four division setup in MLB is that all of the teams play each other throughout the year and so, you're far more likely to get two teams in the World Series that are not just battled tested or streaky, but who are truly great teams. And it's possible for a team that's not a juggernaut to win out, as the four examples above point out, but they're going to have to earn their way in.

One of the main criticisms of expanding the Division Series to seven games, was having a bad team getting to "hang around" and so, with the Wild Card Week setup, the teams jockeying for Wild Card position will be able to play each other for the right to advance, rather than resting on the laurels of playing in an easier division or being penalized for playing in a harder one. Plus, it gives the games down the stretch more meaning and keeps fans engrossed for longer.

10-22-2007, 08:57 PM	#268
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	PAST WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS (1969-2009) Code: 1969: Boston Yankees 1970: Baltimore Orioles 1971: Kansas City Royals 1972: Milwaukee Braves 1973: Milwaukee Braves 1974: Pittsburgh Pirates 1975: Boston Yankees 1976: Boston Yankees 1977: St. Louis Cardinals 1978: Colorado Rockies 1979: San Diego Padres 1980: Houston Astros 1981: New York Mets 1982: Chicago White Sox 1983: San Antonio Aviators 1984: Chicago Cubs 1985: San Antonio Aviators 1986: San Antonio Aviators 1987: Washington Nationals 1988: St. Louis Cardinals 1989: San Antonio Aviators 1990: Chicago Cubs 1991: Chicago White Sox 1992: San Francisco Giants 1993: St. Louis Cardinals 1994: Washington Nationals 1995: San Antonio Aviators 1996: Toronto Blue Sox 1997: New York Mets 1998: New York Mets 1999: Seattle Mariners 2000: Pittburgh Pirates 2001: New York Mets 2002: Boston Yankees 2003: Los Angeles Angels 2004: Cincinnati Reds 2005: Pennsylvania Colonials 2006: Atlanta Athletics 2007: Pennsylvania Colonials 2008: Pennsylvania Colonials 2009: Philadelphia Quakers 2010 TO USHER NEW PLAYOFF SYSTEM IN MLB In addition to renaming the rounds of baseball's playoffs, MLB has ushered a new system. Starting in 2010, MLB will "test" a system that will include the four Wild Card teams playing in a five-game series before the first-round Division Series (formerly MLB Quarterfinals) which is now a best-of-seven series. After the five games, the standings will be readjusted and the top four non-division champs will advance to the playoffs to face off against the four division champs. What happens if there is a tight division race that goes down to the wire? Then head-to-head record will decide the division champ and the loser will end up in the Wild Card Week playoff, followed by division record and inter-division record. MLB's "Wild Card Week" will count in the regular season standings, but only the 8 teams who haven't won their division will be able to qualify. The Wild Card Week will pit the teams against each other in a separate bracket essentially, with 1 v. 8 2 v. 7 3 v. 6 and 4 v. 5, the teams that emerge from this week with the best records will advance to the playoffs. "It's the best alternative we could concoct to fully expanding the playoffs," said MLB Spokesman Josh Canty. League officials have not referred to the format as anything other than "experimental" and have not committed to it past the 2010 season, but believe that it will "provide incentives for teams that are on the cusp of the playoff bubble to do their best to get in, while giving the division champions a rest before the start of formal playoff play." The season will start a week earlier to accomodate the change. Ed Note: After realizing you can edit the playoff schedule, I just am curious to see how this model will work. It would help me not to have to expand the playoffs and while five more games for players will affect end of the year stats to some degree, I don't know that I care enough to mind the benefit of having the playoff be more competitive. So we'll see how it goes and if it works, we'll continue it. In case you were wondering, the worst team to win a World Series still remains the Boston Yankees of 1975, who went 87-76, won a tiebreaker to get in and then manage to run the table on the entire playoffs that year, including knocking off the top two seeds en route to winning it all. The 1977 St. Louis Cardinals won it all after having gone 88-74 that year. The 1996 Toronto Blue Sox (now Blue Jays) won it all after an 89-73 season and the 1999 Seattle Mariners went 90-72 en route to their first World Series title. One of the benefits of the single-table, four division setup in MLB is that all of the teams play each other throughout the year and so, you're far more likely to get two teams in the World Series that are not just battled tested or streaky, but who are truly great teams. And it's possible for a team that's not a juggernaut to win out, as the four examples above point out, but they're going to have to earn their way in. One of the main criticisms of expanding the Division Series to seven games, was having a bad team getting to "hang around" and so, with the Wild Card Week setup, the teams jockeying for Wild Card position will be able to play each other for the right to advance, rather than resting on the laurels of playing in an easier division or being penalized for playing in a harder one. Plus, it gives the games down the stretch more meaning and keeps fans engrossed for longer.