Consider modern era baseball. Please only answer if you can give the "WHY" part as that part validates your answer.
2007-03-25 15:31:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
1998 Yankees and 2001 Mariners both won 116 games in the regular season -- a record. However, the Yankees went on to win the WS. The Mariners were knocked out in the ALCS that year. Therefore I consider the 98 Yankees the best team.
2007-03-25 15:58:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excerpt from the Baseball Almanac:
Throughout the years, there have been many great baseball teams, and it seems that each year there is another. Based on just memories, it is difficult to compare teams between years, and without any on field competitions possible between these teams, there is really no way of determining an all time champion. As a result, there have been conflicting comparisons of teams through different statistical means.
"Is there a truly conclusive answer for the question of best baseball team ever? No. It depends on what one considers important to a great team. Everyone's answer is different. There are so many "What If's" for so many teams. If certain players had stayed healthy, or certain teams played in different eras, or with different players, everything could be different." - Baseball Researcher Bill Nowlin in Determining the Best Major League Baseball Team Ever from 1902-2005 (2005)
2007-03-25 22:57:49 · answer #2 · answered by W j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definetly the Minnesota Twins.
The Twins have some of the best guys in the league playing for them like Joe Mauer and Johan Santana. Johan Santana has won the pitching Cy Young award 2 years in a row now. And this year Joe Mauer got a batting title. They made it all the way to the play offs this past year. And I have a feeling that they are gonna take it all the way this year. They are a great team, and play baseball the way its supposed to be played!
2007-03-26 13:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by JuSt_PeAcHy7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boston Red Sox
Classic Baseball cliche that is never wrong: Good pitching beats good hitting 100 times out of 100.
The Sox have a stellar top 3: Schilling, Beckett, Matsuzaka and they have the most dominant closer in baseball (Papelbon) -- Not opinion based, #'s based (He had a sub 1.00 ERA for crying out loud)
Pitching, Pitching, Pitching = Red Sox win 2007 World Series.
2007-03-26 10:56:23 · answer #4 · answered by The Peav 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The New York Yankees are an offense power house.
The Yanks are blessed with one of the best lineups the sport has ever seen and if their pitching holds up, should cruise to an amazing 10th straight division title.
2007-03-25 22:38:25 · answer #5 · answered by landsharks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Minnesota Twins. they always play the way one is suppossed to play the game and have classy teams win or lose. They have won 2 titles in my lifetime too, so that rocks!
2007-03-26 05:51:49 · answer #6 · answered by Eho 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Yankees. They always have the best players. Maybe not the chemistry, but the players.
2007-03-25 23:04:03 · answer #7 · answered by #24 Jeff Gordon Rules!!!!!!!!!!! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the Cardinals are the best, because of their ability to hit the long ball but also get the suicide bunt down in important situations...the pitching isn't that bad either
2007-03-26 18:37:36 · answer #8 · answered by BMarie156 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phillies ---- Chase Utley -- Ryan Howard --- And a real good pitching staff --- I see good things coming from Philly this year
2007-03-25 23:42:16 · answer #9 · answered by BRAB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yankeeeessss!!!!! nobody is even close to 20 titles? do I need top say more?
2007-03-26 06:46:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋