Both Johnson and Schilling had suffered injuries during the season and Schilling was traded in the off season to the Boston Red Sox where he contributed to that team's 2004 World Series victory.

Following the 2004 season, the Diamondbacks hired Wally Backman to be the team's manager.

The Diamondbacks announced in early September 2006 that their uniforms, which remained largely unchanged since the team's first season, would be completely redesigned for the 2007 season.

The White Stockings were close contenders all season, despite the fact that the Great Chicago Fire had destroyed the team's home field and most of their equipment.

One month prior to the end of the 1961 season, Richards resigned as the team's skipper to become the general manager of the expansion Houston Colt 45s.

Motley, the team's best rusher and blocker in its early years, retired at the beginning of the season with a bad knee.

After Seifert was fired following the disastrous 2001 season, the Panthers hired New York Giants defensive coordinator John Fox as the team's third head coach.

Their current preseason TV announcers on WFLD ( Channel 32 ), which also carries the majority of the team's regular season games through the NFL on Fox, are Sam Rosen ( play-by-play ), Erik Kramer ( color commentary ) and Lou Canellis ( sideline reporter ).

Mike Brown, the team's de facto general manager, was rated as among the worst team owners in American professional sports Compounding matters were off-field problems of several players, notably receiver Chris Henry, who was suspended several times during his short professional career and was actually released by the Bengals at one point, but was then re-signed for the season.

The team announced on September 30, 2009, that Eric Wedge and all of the team's coaching staff would be released at the end of the 2009 season.

The Cubs responded by winning a pennant in the war-shortened season of 1918, where they played a part in another team's curse.

" Again, the Cubs ' unusually high number of day games is often pointed to as one reason for the team's inconsistent late season play.

As in 1996, though, the team's pitchers struggled and had a 5. 25 ERA, and the Rockies could not improve upon their finish from the previous season.

The team's struggles led to the firing of manager Don Baylor, the only manager in franchise history, following the season.

The team's 3. 95 ERA ranked third in the NL, thanks in large part to newcomer Kevin Brown, who finished the season with a 17 – 11 win-loss record and an impressive 1. 89 ERA.

He was the team's second-leading scorer, helping the Sounders make it to the playoffs for the first time in their brief history, with 8 goals and 4 assists in 23 regular season games, and 1 goal in the playoffs.

The team's worst-ever season record was 2-14 in 2005.

The inaugural season featured many of the players who would lead Jacksonville into the playoffs in the team's next four seasons, including quarterback Mark Brunell ( acquired in a draft day trade from Green Bay ), offensive lineman Tony Boselli ( drafted with the 2nd pick overall in the 1995 NFL Draft ) running back James Stewart ( also drafted in 1995 ), and wide receiver Jimmy Smith ( signed as a free agent ).

The team's other two wins came in a season sweep of the Cleveland Browns including a Week 17 24 – 21 victory sealed by a Mike Hollis 34-yard field goal in the Browns ' final game before the team relocated to Baltimore and was renamed the Ravens.

In the team's final game of the regular season against the Atlanta Falcons, needing a win to earn a playoff berth, the Jaguars caught a bit of luck when Morten Andersen missed a 30 yard field goal with less than a minute remaining that would have given the Falcons the lead.

The loss marked the end of an era that saw the Jaguars make the playoffs in four of the team's first five years and would be the team's last playoff appearance until the 2005 season.

He also said that the team will continue to wear teal jerseys at home even on hot days, saying that the practice of choosing to wear white on hot days which ended in 2008 had also diluted the team's image.

He reportedly ended the 1919 championship game by kicking a wind-assisted 95-yard punt from his team's own 5-yard line, effectively putting the game out of reach.

Though Demers had presided over the resurgence of the Detroit Red Wings in the 1980s and helmed a Stanley Cup run in Montreal in 1993, he was unable to change the team's fortunes, and the Lightning ended up losing 55 games.

The American team's frustration grew as the matches ended in a tie, with the European team retaining the cup.

The loss of their coach was a factor in the team's so-so finish to the season, which ended with a record of 25 – 9.

On March 25, 2008, the league ended the team's indefinite limbo by awarding the franchise to Jeff Hunt, owner of the Ottawa 67's.

The team's attendance ended up averaging around 14, 550 by the end of the season.

Experienced coach Colin Addison was brought in resuscitate the team's ailing fortunes, yet the Dragons still ended up bottom of the division, 4 points off safety, and were relegated to the Welsh League Division One.

The match ended with interference and a Gore from Rhyno, Benoit's own partner, who was furious at the team's failure.

The changes did not turn out well in the 1975 season, as the Giants ended the season in last place for the first time in the team's history.

Alomar's game-tying, ninth inning home run against Oakland relief ace Dennis Eckersley, in Game 4 of the 1992 American League Championship Series, is considered by many as the most important hit in the club's history, as the team's three previous trips to the ALCS had ended in disappointment ; he was the Most Valuable Player of the ALCS.

The 2007 team's season ended when the Cardinals lost to Texas A & M in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Once the season ended, Benny Friedman was brought in as the team's new player-coach.

Playing his entire career for St. Louis teams, Brecheen ended his career in as a playing coach with the St. Louis Browns ; it was that team's final season in the city before their move to Baltimore.

Duffy ended up replacing Billy Sunday as the team's regular right fielder.

The team's coach was Rollie Dotsch, who was previously an assistant with the Pittsburgh Steelers during its Super Bowl years and ended up with the second most wins in USFL history.

In 1974, the NHL ended its first expansion period by adding teams in Kansas City, Missouri and Washington, D. C. Kansas City was awarded a franchise on June 8, 1972, and Kemper Arena was constructed to host the team's games.

The following season, 1989, the organization's 13-year affiliation with the Orioles ended when Schinn switched the team's affiliation to the Chicago Cubs.

Following the season, the Phillies ended their affiliation with the Red Barons and signed a player development contract with the Ottawa Lynx in anticipation of that team's move to Allentown's new Coca-Cola Park as the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs for the 2008 season.

Jim Palmer has the distinction of being the only Oriole to have played in every single World Series six total in the team's history ( 66, 69, 70, 71, 79, 83 ) his career began the year before the Orioles first WS appearance and his career ended in 84 after their final WS appearance.

Becoming an unrestricted free agent in the off-season, Morrison ended his career with the Canucks ninth overall on the team's all-time scoring list with 393 points in 543 games.

The BAR team's hopes for a podium finish by Button ended on Lap 42 when the Briton's engine failed on the main straight, restoring Frentzen to second place.

Huggins had coached the young Rogers Hornsby, helping him to correct his batting stance, and Hornsby duly succeeded him as the team's starting second baseman in 1917 as Huggins ended his playing career.

Although the team's record was excellent under Thorne's leadership ( playing 22 test matches for 19 wins and 3 losses, and winning the Tri Nations Series both years and the Bledisloe Cup in 2003 ), his captaincy ended on a low note as the team was eliminated by the Wallabies in the semi-finals of the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup.