In the following two decades after Sianis ' ill will, the Cubs played mostly forgettable baseball, finishing among the worst teams in the National League on an almost annual basis.

The top few teams may be promoted to a higher division, and one or more of the teams finishing at the bottom are relegated to a lower division.

After finishing 5th, seventh and ninth ( out of twenty-two teams ) in their first three seasons in the Third Division South, Fulham won the division in the 1931 – 32 season.

Eventually, six teams were chosen for the tournament: all three division winners, and three wild cards ; however, the 9-11 Philadelphia Bell were awarded a wild card despite finishing one game behind the 10-10 Charlotte Hornets in the Eastern Division, as the Hornets could not afford to travel to Orlando for the first round.

Grimes was the manager of the Dodgers in 1937-38, compiling a two-year record of 131-171 (. 434 ), with his teams finishing sixth and seventh respectively in the National League.

While they technically can refer to any team that does not finish first in its grouping, the term is most often used when the teams that qualify without finishing first in their group is quite low, such as in the NFL and MLB where only four teams out of 32 in the former and 30 in the latter qualify in this manner.

In England playoffs are used in association football to decide promotion for lower finishing teams, rather than to decide a champion in the way they are used in North America.

In the Championship ( the second tier of English football ) teams finishing 3rd to 6th after the regular season compete to decide the final promotion spot to the Premier League.

However, due to reserve teams being allowed to compete in the same football league system, subsequent places may be allowed to play off depending on reserve teams finishing within the 3rd to 6th places.

Previously a play off system had been used in which the teams finishing 3rd and 4th from last in La Liga had played off against the teams finishing 3rd and 4th in the Segunda División.

Many of the bigger teams who would previously have entered the CWC were now gaining entry to the Champions League instead by finishing second in their domestic league – such as CWC holders FC Barcelona in 1997 / 98 and Bayern Munich and PSV in 1998 / 99 – and this greatly weakened the CWC.

Melbourne never won a VFA premiership, although they were consistently one of the stronger teams in the competition, finishing runner-up four times, to Carlton in 1877 ( the inaugural year of the VFA ), to Geelong in 1878 and twice to Essendon in 1893 and 1894.

In 1990, the boys cross country team earned state runner-up honors finishing as the silver medalists, and in 1996 and 1997 the boys teams won the PIAA State championship in cross country.

Despite its novelty, it proved to be one of the most successful clubs this season, finishing in 5th place out of 48 Division II teams at the National Championship in Louisville, Kentucky.

It was invited to the inaugural World Cup in 1930 and qualified for the World Cup in 1934, finishing a respectable Third Place in 1930 out of 13 teams participating.

Strawberry's Mets from 1984 – 1990 formed one of the premier teams in the National League, finishing either first or second in the division every year.

The Indians were defeated 46-0 and posted a 3-1-3 league record, finishing fifth in the league, which comprised twenty teams at the time.

AIK competed with two teams in the first year of the competition, finishing fourth and last.

The purpose of the Club is to promote better athletic teams at Carleton and to increase interest in them among the student body.

The First Test at Lord's was convincingly won by Australia, but in the remaining four matches the teams were evenly matched and England fought back to win the Second Test by 2 runs, the smallest victory by a runs margin in Ashes history, and the second-closest such victory in all Tests.

Special kits for away fixtures did not exist at the time and according to football association regulations the newcomers had to change their colours if two teams in the same league had identical uniforms.

Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial, Alex Rodriguez, and Robin Yount have won at different positions, while Rodriguez is the only player who has won the award with two different teams at two different positions.

Originally, poorly organised Lions teams regularly suffered defeat at the hands of their hosts, but by 1955 the tourists took the matches seriously enough to obtain a 2 – 2 draw in South Africa.

Following the performances of the Canadian, American and Argentine teams at the 2011 Rugby World Cup, some commentators have suggested the Lions conduct a shortened tour the Americas in the future.

Usually, two teams of five players play on a marked rectangular court with a basket at each width end.

Following graduation, Walsh coached at Washington High School in Fremont, leading the football and swim teams.

His two Stanford teams went 9 – 3 in 1977 with a win in the Sun Bowl, and 8 – 4 in 1978 with a win in the Bluebonnet Bowl ; his notable players at Stanford included quarterbacks Guy Benjamin and Steve Dils, wide receivers James Lofton and Ken Margerum, and running back Darrin Nelson.

During the early 1970s, Manchester United were no longer competing among the top teams in England, and at several stages were battling against relegation.

The Ravens triumphed over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV at the conclusion of the 2000 season, making them one of four NFL teams to win in their lone Super Bowl appearance, along with the New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The team that has scored more goals at the end of the game is the winner ; if both teams have scored an equal number of goals, then the game is a draw.

Prior movements had all originated in cities which were home to at least two teams.

Those against the Wild Card see it as diminishing the importance of the pennant race and the regular season, with the true race often being for second rather than first place, while those in favor of it view it as an opportunity for teams to have a shot at the playoffs even when they have no chance of a first-place finish in their division, thus maintaining fan interest later in the season.

In the midst of the playoff race, this decision and its impact deeply affected the playoff race and seedings with eight teams holding winning records at the moment.

* Buffalo Bulls, the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University at Buffalo

* Colorado Buffaloes, the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Colorado at Boulder

* Using teams of several cavers, preferably at least four.

The AAFC was to compete with the dominant National Football League once it began operations at the end of World War II, which had forced many professional teams to curtail activity, merge or go on hiatus as their players served in the U. S. military.

Brown's celebrity was cresting in the late 1940s, thanks to his success with teams at the high school, college and now professional levels.

Like many other NFL teams located in temperate climates, the Panthers traditionally wear their white jerseys at home during the first half of the season — forcing opponents to wear their dark ones under the warm autumns in Charlotte.

Two of those games were at home against the Dallas Cowboys, making the Cowboys wear their " unlucky " or " jinxed " navy-blue jerseys, as the Cowboys are one of three teams who routinely wear their white jerseys at home with limited exception.

When playing teams, teammates usually sit at opposite corners of the star, with each team member controlling his / her own set of pieces.