Last year's champs are back in the finals with a 10-4 Game 5 thrashing of the Dodgers in the 2009 NLCS. Nice if the Yankees make it too, so we (and Boston) know exactly who to root for.To think this is also the losingest team in sports for being the first professional club to lose 10000 games. 10000 defeats. Until recently that's what Philadephia baseball was known for.
The MLB has had some recent title holders that until recently were perennial losers. An amazing change in the fortunes of:
- The Boston Red Sox in 2004 (after 1918/86 years) and 2007, with a great record of getting to the playoffs this decade.
- The Chicago White Sox followed suit in 2005 (previous in 1917)
- The Phillies in 2008, soon after taking the 'losingest' label.
