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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

American League

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

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The Metro Area Battles

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

So long and thanks for playing this year

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)
27. Los Angeles Dodgers (10/15)
28. Boston (10/19)
29. Tampa Bay (10/29)

* - Teams eliminated at same time

The last batter to reach on catcher's interference was ...

Seth McClung of Milwaukee by Koyie Hill of the Cubs on September 26, 2008.

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I'll take that section over on the first base side

2007-12-16 10:17

by Bob Timmermann

According to a Palm Beach Post story, the Florida Marlins drew approximately 50 fans to the first two hours of their season ticket "Select a seat" day at Dolphins Stadium.

The Marlins marketing slogan for 2008 is "You Gotta Be Here!"

Comments

2007-12-16 10:50:52

1. underdog

Maybe they should merge the Dolphins and the Marlins and form one semi-professional franchise. Games would be more interesting if you never knew which sport would occur when you showed up. I bet they'd draw at least 1,000 people that way.

2007-12-16 10:57:35

2. JL25and3

Some marks for the Marlins to take aim at:

Lowest ML attendance in last 25 years: 2001 Montreal Expos, 642,745 (7,935 per game)

Lowest NL attendance, 162-game schedule: 1969 San Diego Padres, 512,970 (6,333)

Lowest ML attendance, 162-game schedule: 1979 Oakland A's, 306,763 (3,787).

Those are daunting figures indeed, but I have confidence in this Marlins organization.

2007-12-16 10:59:35

3. Vishal

i wonder if they could set a mark for lowest salary ever for a major league franchise. in relative terms, of course.

2007-12-16 11:06:07

4. rbj

Most apathetic fan base! Ever!

2007-12-16 11:16:29

5. Gagne55

1 Maybe the Marlins should play football. They couldn't have a worse record gthan the Dolphins...

2007-12-16 11:26:48

6. Eric Enders

"The Marlins marketing slogan for 2008 is "You Gotta Be Here!""

The second choice was "Foul Balls For Everyone! Guaranteed!"

2007-12-16 11:42:14

7. JL25and3

One year when the Braves were really horrible, an Atlanta newspaper solicited new slogan ideas from its readers. The most memorable: "Braves baseball - it's better than being tattooed by a jackhammer, unless it's a doubleheader."

Funnier back when there were actually doubleheaders, but it still works.

2007-12-16 12:35:50

8. Raf

I'm sure this doesn't help
http://tinyurl.com/37opzx

2007-12-16 13:28:30

9. 68elcamino427

Jeffery Loria and the Montreal Expos are to the Washingtion Nationals

as:

Jeffery Loria and the Florida Marlins are to ....?

Jeff, you make Al Davis proud.

2007-12-16 13:54:59

10. 3rd gen yankee fan

Hey cmon! The Dolphins won today! So they won't be the worst team of all time! woo hoo! /sarcasm

2007-12-16 14:01:47

11. Brendan

Lowest NL attendance, 162-game schedule: 1969 San Diego Padres, 512,970 (6,333)

what is the story behind this number. 69 was their 1st year correct? did they play at a small local college before jack murphy;. the 5 freeway hadn't been built?

2007-12-16 14:11:06

12. Bob Timmermann

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The Padres in what is now Qualcomm. They didn't draw well because they weren't very good and most people in San Diego were still Dodgers fans. The Dodgers also televised all their road games in San Diego in L.A. despite the fact that most people in San Diego could see them.