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| Rank | Team | W | L | PCT | Division | 1 | Chicago Cubs | 97 | 64 | .602 | C1 | 2 | Philadelphia | 92 | 70 | .568 | E1 | 3 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 84 | 78 | .519 | W1 | 4 | Milwaukee | 90 | 72 | .556 | C2 | 5 | New York Mets | 89 | 73 | .549 | E2 | 6 | Houston | 86 | 75 | .534 | C3 | 7 | St. Louis | 86 | 76 | .531 | C4 | 8 | Florida | 84 | 77 | .522 | E3 | 9 | Arizona | 82 | 80 | .506 | W2 | 10T | Colorado | 74 | 88 | .457 | W3 | 10T | Cincinnati | 74 | 88 | .457 | C5 | 12T | Atlanta | 72 | 90 | .444 | E4 | 12T | San Francisco | 72 | 90 | .444 | W4 | 14 | Pittsburgh | 67 | 95 | .414 | C6 | 15 | San Diego | 63 | 99 | .389 | W5 | 16 | Washington | 59 | 102 | .366 | E5 |
| Rank | Team | W | L | PCT | Division |
| 1 | Los Angeles Angels | 100 | 62 | .617 | W1 | 2 | Tampa Bay | 97 | 65 | .599 | E1 | 3 | Chicago White Sox | 89 | 74 | .546 | C1 | 4 | Boston | 95 | 67 | .586 | E2 | 5 | New York Yankees | 89 | 73 | .549 | E3 | 6 | Minnesota | 88 | 75 | .540 | C2 | 7 | Toronto | 86 | 76 | .531 | E4 | 8 | Cleveland | 81 | 81 | .500 | C3 | 9 | Texas | 79 | 83 | .488 | W2 | 10 | Oakland | 75 | 86 | .466 | W3 | 11 | Kansas City | 75 | 87 | .463 | C4 | 12 | Detroit | 74 | 88 | .457 | C5 | 13 | Baltimore | 68 | 93 | .422 | E5 | 14 | Seattle | 61 | 101 | .377 | W4 |
Select a date:
New York
| W | L | GB | Yankees | 89 | 73 | Mets | 89 | 73 |
Baltimore/DC
| W | L | GB | X - Orioles | 68 | 93 | Nationals | 59 | 102 | 9 |
Chicago
| W | L | GB | X - Cubs | 97 | 64 | White Sox | 89 | 74 | 9 |
LA/Orange County
| W | L | GB | X - Angels | 100 | 62 | Dodgers | 84 | 78 | 16 |
SF/Oakland
| W | L | GB | X - Athletics | 76 | 85 | Giants | 72 | 90 | 4.5 |
X - Clinched
1. Washington (8/31)
2. Seattle (9/1)
3. Pittsburgh (9/6) *
3. San Diego (9/6) *
5. Baltimore (9/8)
6. Oakland (9/8)
7. Atlanta (9/9)
8. Kansas City (9/9)
9. Cincinnati (9/10)
10. Texas (9/13)
11. Detroit (9/15)
12. San Francisco (9/17)
13. Colorado (9/18)
14. Cleveland (9/19)
15. Toronto (9/21)
16. New York Yankees (9/23)
17. St. Louis (9/23)
18. Florida (9/23)
19. Arizona (9/25)
20. Houston (9/26)
21. New York Mets (9/28)
22. Minnesota (9/30)
23. Chicago Cubs (10/4)
24. Milwaukee (10/5)
25. Chicago White Sox (10/6)
26. Los Angeles Angels (10/6)
* - Teams eliminated at same time
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Baseball Toaster runs on some experimental software called Fairpole. It's still under development.
For more information, please visit the Fairpole blog, or read the FAQ.
The Final Four this year consists of four schools who have all won a national championship before: Florida, Ohio State, and Georgetown have one title apiece and UCLA has 11. All the schools have also lost in the championship game. Florida has lost once, UCLA has lost twice, Ohio State has lost three times as has Georgetown The last Final Four that had four schools that had already won it all was back in 1998 when North Carolina, Utah, Kentucky, and Stanford made it to San Antonio.
The matchup between UCLA and Florida in the semifinals is a rematch of the championship game from last year. The only other time that happened was in 1990 and 1991 when UNLV and Duke did it. Cincinnati beat Ohio State in two straight finals in 1961 and 1962.
It's the first time the combination of seeds in the Final Four are 1, 1, 2, and 2.
Unrelated things I've come across while leafing through the NCAA Final Four Record Book.
As for the Griddle's contest, there were 106 entries and now there are just seven entries eligible to win:
There's a holiday for me tomorrow, so I will try to get back in the business of posting baseball content.
-- Pat Forde on ESPN.com
From the photos in the record book, the 1950 CCNY team was the first champ to have an African-American on the roster.
5 That is an interesting question indeed.
The matchup between UCLA and Florida in the semifinals is a rematch of the championship game from last year. The only other time that happened was in 1990 and 1991 when UNLV and Duke did it.
Recall that UNLV pasted Duke in the '90 finals and Duke paid them back in the '91 semifinals. May that historical scenario repeat itself this year.
When USF won the national championship in 1955 and 1956, they used periods on the jersey.
I'll bet CCNY 1950 did too. The NYT longs for those days like Joakim Noah craves another television camera moment.
He was born in Ogden, Utah. He went on to play 3 games in the NBA for the Knicks.
http://tinyurl.com/2ohweb
They just took bribes instead.
ah well
BTW, did anyone happen to notice that one of the rims seemed much "tighter" than the other in the UNC/G'town game?
The rim on the "right" side of the court gave off a distinctive "clang" when a shot hit it, whereas the "left" basket didn't.
Do they have mic's behind the backboard?
Did UCLA ever win its 100th NCAA title, like I was hearing about earlier this season?
UCLA has not won title 100. The men's soccer team was a prohibitive favorite in the final against UCSB and lost.
The likeliest candidate for title 100 is the women's water polo squad. They are ranked second behind Stanford, the only team to beat them. It's quite likely that the final will be another UCLA-Stanford game.
The UCLA men's volleyball team is good, but not great. But last year they were good, but not great and still won the NCAA championship.
The women's gymnastics team is good, but has had a lot of injuries and likely won't make it to the national championships.
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