No Guarantees In Baseball
Recent post-season results of the team with the best record in Major League Baseball; a spot currently held by the Chicago Cubs & Tampa Bay on the win side.
1994 - Players Strike - No Postseason
1995 - Cleveland - Lost World Series
1996 - Cleveland - Lost NLDS
1997 - Atlanta - Lost NLCS
1998 - New York Yankees - Won World Series
1999 - Atlanta - Lost World Series
2000 - San Francisco - Lost NLDS
2001 - Seattle - Lost ALCS
2002 - New York Yankees - Lost NLDS, Oakland - Lost NLDS
2003 - New York Yankees - Lost World Series, Atlanta - Lost NLDS
2004 - St. Louis - Lost World Series
2005 - St. Louis - Lost NLCS
2006 - New York Yankees - Lost NLDS, New York Mets - Lost NLCS
2007 - Boston - Won World Series, Cleveland - Lost ALCS
2008 - Chicago Cubs - TBD.
PeoriaIllinoisan
September 5th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Tell me about it. ‘04 and ‘05 were very frustrating, but especially ‘05 because of that stupid wild card — the Cardinals had to play Houston… AGAIN… a team in their OWN division that they already beat over 162 games. What a total ripoff. The best record in baseball, and MLB has to give the NL Central also-ran a second chance. That’s why I have no problem with the Cardinals winning the World Series in ‘06 with their dismal regular-season record. Regular season records mean NOTHING anymore.