Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

As far backs as 1940, the Saint Louis Browns were trying to gain permission from the American League owners to move their team to Los Angeles. Then owner Walter O'Malley purchased the Los Angeles Angels in early 1957 from Phil Wrigley (owner of the Chicago Cubs) and also the right to a major league team in Los Angeles and the Dodgers were there a year later.

In an effort to prevent the then proposed Continental League from becoming reality, in 1960 the two leagues agreed to expand and added two new teams to each league with the understanding these expansion teams would be placed in cities that didn't already have major league baseball, though that agreement broke down when the National League placed the Mets in the American League.

The team finished 70 wins and 91 losses their first year in existence (1961) the highest winning percentage for a first year major league expansion team. The team was a contender for the American League pennant for most of 1962, before finishing in 3rd place (10 games behind the New York Yankees who won their 27th American League Pennant that year). Angels move from Los Angeles to Anaheim and the team became known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Kansas City Royals

In 1990, the Kansas City Royals lost their General Manager (John Schuerholz) and then in 1993 team owner Ewing Kauffman died. This left the Kansas City Royals without an owner. In 1999 and again in 2001, the team lost 97 games a .398 winning percentage

2002 proved no better for the Kansas City Royals, they lost 100 games for the first time in franchise history. Unfortunately, they hit an all time low in 94, losing 104 games. Manager Tony Pena quit during this season and eventually Buddy Bell (Indian's bench coach) was chosen as the next manager.

Even though they managed to sign several veteran players for the 2006 season, they struggled through yet another 100 game loss season becoming the 11th team in Major League history to lose 100 games three seasons in a row. Blue. 2007 found the Royals seeking to end a 4 of 5 season 100 game losing streak.

In September the Royals won their 63rd game insuring they would not lose 100 games in 2007.

Houston Astros

The Houston Astroswere the first team to ever play indoors (at the Houston Astrodome).

The 2006 World Series Winners the St. Louis Cardinals were the first team to play against the Astros in the 2007 season. They did bring in Woody Williams, however the largest contract ever awarded in franchise history belonged to outfielder Carlos Lee who signed a six year contract with the Astros worth approximately 100,000,000 dollars.

Florida Marlins

The Florida Marlins have played at Dolphin Stadium since 1993. The Marlins suffer from a combination of poor performance, negligent ownership and relatively low attendance. Recently the Miami Hurricanes football team (University of Miami) announced that they intend to relocate their 2008 season to Dolphin Stadium, which is rather ironic given that the Marlins have proposed Orange Bowl site as one of the proposed sites for their new home.

The Florida Marlins were originally an expansion franchise and despite having won two World Series pennants, they have never taken first place in their division.

Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers were officially eliminated from the playoffs when the New York Yankees (for the 13th year) clinched the playoff spot. T

In 2007 the team drew 3 ,047,113 fans, the third highest attendance in the American League.

Colorado Rockies Post Season Controversy

The Colorado Rockies were winners of the National League Penant in 2007 for the first time in their franchises history. One week before the first game against the Boston Red Sox they annouced that tickets would be available only online.

All three home game tickets sold out within two and a half hours when ticket sales finally resumed the next day.

Many complaints have been registered by fans who claim that ticket prices varied from 5 times face value to more than 100 times face value.

Cleveland Indians

The Cleveland Indians were the 2007 Central Division Title Winners over the Oakland A's. This was the first time they had been in the post season since 2001.

They went on to play the New York Yankees in the American League and won 3 games to 1 advancing to the ALCS Series against the Boston Red Sox. In spite of leading the Boston Red Sox 3 games to 1 the Boston Red Sox came back and won in seven (7) games.

Cincinnati Reds

The first team to became fully professional in 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings won 130 straight games throughout 1869 and 1870.

Today we recognize this team as the Cincinnati Reds. They call Great American Ball Park home and are members of the National League (Central Division).

Chicago White Sox 2007

The Chicago White Sox Sox season was riddled with injuries and a hitting slump that affected much of the team. The season was not a complete failure thanks to Jim Thome's 500th home run, and Bobby Jenks (closer) 41 consecutive retired batters which breaks the American League Record.

Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs passed the two-million attendance mark at Wrigley Field averaging over 40,000 fans per game at home through the first 49 games of the season. The Cubs left fielder, Alfonso Soriano, was named the June National League player of the Month; followed by the Cubs ace, Carlos Zambrano, being named the National League Pitcher of the month.

Going into the last week of the season, the Cubs had a three game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers, then dropped three in a row to the Florida Marlins. The Cubs clinched the N.L. Central division.

Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox ended the 2007 season as the winners of the World Series for the 2nd time in just four years. They also ended the season with the potential of losing two seasoned veterans of the team, Curt Shilling (pitcher) and Mike Lowell (3rd baseman).

As of today, Shilling has been signed for an additional year (at substantially lower salary than was offered other teams) and all indications are that Lowell will return to the winning team as a 3rd baseman for at least 3 more years.

Die hard Red Sox fans were appreciative of the efforts of the team this year, even when it looked like all hope was lost when they found themselves returning to Fenway Park well behind in the playoff games.

Baltimore Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles replaced their manager with Dave Trembley after an 8 game losing streak.

Erik Bedard struck out 15 batters in a single game tying a franchise record.

Faced with the Texas Rangers Camden Yards on August 22, a team that had suffered 19 strikeouts in the hands of the Minnesota Twins pitching three days earlier, the Orioles surrendered 30 runs -- a modern era record for a single game -- in a 30-3 defeat.

Atlanta Braves

The Atlanta Braves finished the 2007 season only three games short of the wildcard.

Their last 2007 game was against the Houston Astros on September 30th where they lost 3 to 0. It was also their last nationally broadcast game, ending nearly 30 years of nationally televised Atlanta Braves baseball (TBS).

Arizona Diamondbacks

The Arizona Diamondbacks had a relatively high degree of success during the 2007 season. In the regular season posted the best results in the National League, 72 defeats, 90 wins. They beat the Colorado Rockies to earn their shot at the 2007 playoffs.

The D-backs ran out of momentum against the Colorado Rockies, who could just not lose.

Overall, they had a great season with many young players proving they would be a force for years to come.