News of the signings by the Boston and Philadelphia players leaked to the press before the season ended, and all of them suffered verbal abuse and physical threats from the kranks, as baseball fans were called at the time, in Beantown and the City of Brotherly Love.

The next week, their dream season ended at home with a loss to the Cowboys 30 – 27 in the divisional playoffs.

The Falcons ' 1991 season ended in a divisional playoff loss to the Washington Redskins.

Their season ended with a loss to Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles 20 – 6 in the NFC divisional playoffs.

Although they failed to make the playoffs in 2009, the streak ended when the team rallied to win their final three regular season games to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.

Arizona ended the 2003 season with an 84-78 record, in 3rd place in the NL West.

Cruijff returned in 1985 as the new manager and Ajax ended the season with 120 goals, of which 37 were from van Basten.

It turned out that the Cubs and Giants ended the season tied for first place, so the game was indeed replayed, and the Cubs won the game, the pennant, and subsequently the World Series ( the last Cubs Series victory to date, as it turns out ).

Although he would go on to have back-to-back 17-win seasons for the Chicago Cubs in 1971 and 1972, including a no-hitter in the latter season, this did not help the Reds, who ended up losing the 1970 World Series to Robinson and the Orioles.

After the season ended, the Orioles showcased altered uniforms, with a circular ' Maryland ' patch added to the left-hand sleeve of all jerseys and the grey road jerseys displaying Baltimore across the chest for the first time since 1972.

They ended up with another losing season, but it wasn't as bad as the previous year.

The car was fast — Rindt set pole position twice during the season — but Brabham and Rindt finished only three races between them, and ended the year with only ten points.

Seifert was fired shortly after the season ended, finishing with an overall record of 16 – 32 as head coach of the Panthers.

Drawing almost no fans at home, they ended up playing most of their season on the road, and became known as " The Wanderers.

" The team ended the season in 12th place, 84 games out of first place, with an all-time worst record of 20 wins and 134 losses.

The season ended in disappointment when Boston swept the final three games to advance to the 2007 World Series.

Prospects for the 2009 season dimmed early when the Indians ended May with a record of 22-30.

Many superstitious fans attribute this collapse to an incident at Shea Stadium when a fan released a black cat onto the field, further cursing the club, although the " Amazin ' Mets " ended the season at a torrid pace, finishing with a remarkable 100 wins.

The 1983 Cubs had finished 71 – 91 under Lee Elia, who was fired before the season ended by Green.

The loss ended a spectacular season for the Cubs, one that brought alive a slumbering franchise and made the Cubs relevant for a whole new generation of Cubs fans.

After a down-to-the-wire Wild Card chase with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago and San Francisco ended the regular season tied, and thus squared off in a one game playoff at Wrigley Field in which third baseman Gary Gaetti hit the eventual game winning homer.

The club ended the season with a 97 – 64 record and met Los Angeles in the NLDS.

Had it not been for the strike that ended the season, they may have broken their own season attendance record, as they were on a pace to do just that.

The season ended with a 77 – 67 record, good for second place in the West division and the club's first playoff appearance as the Wild Card winner.

The transition from Constantine's defensive-centered coaching style to Becanic's coaching style for the returning players, and the team struggled at times during the season.

On April 15, 2010, it was announced that Constantine's contract would not be renewed for the 2010 – 2011 season, after the Aeros again failed to make the playoffs for various reasons.

Constantine's first season was difficult ; both he and the residents of the town were at that stage uncertain of each other.

Since the rule was reinstated in its present form, Gil Hodges of the Dodgers holds the record for most sacrifice flies in one season with 19, in 1954 ; Eddie Murray holds the record for most sacrifice flies in a career with 128.

As of the end of the 2008 season, players who have hit 115 or more career sacrifice flies:

Ty Cobb holds the records for most steals of home in a single season ( 8 ) as well as for a career ( 54 ).

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.

In his 16-year career in the NFL, Anderson made four trips to the Pro Bowl, won four passing titles, was named NFL MVP in 1981, and set the record for completion percentage in a single season in 1982 ( 70. 66 %).

The Indians had a solid offensive season, led by career years from Travis Hafner and Grady Sizemore.

After the season, Young received an offer to play for the minor league Canton team, which started Young's professional career.

When the season ended, he posted a 1. 26 ERA, which gave him not only the lowest in his career, but also gave him a Major League record of being the oldest pitcher with 150 + innings pitched to post a season ERA under 1. 50.

Young was traded back to Cleveland, the place where he played over half his career, before the 1909 season, to the Cleveland Naps of the American League.

The following season, 1910, he won his 500th career game on July 23 against Washington.

Walter Johnson, then in his fourth season, finished his career with 417 wins and, as of 2012, remains second on the list.

Although he won at Darlington, he failed to finish 15 races, and completed the season 12th in points, the worst of his career.

The 1986 season saw Earnhardt win his second career Winston Cup Championship and the first owner's championship for RCR.

The 1962 – 63 season would be the closest Banks would ever get to winning either the league or the FA Cup in his career.

He began the next season with Stoke in his usual unflappable manner, but then his top-flight career would be suddenly and violently brought to an end.

Banks had a short career in management with Alliance Premier League side Telford United, he spent the 1979 – 80 season before being sacked after losing to a cup match against a team lower down the table.

Lineker still helped out on the stall at the height of his playing career during the late 1980s and early 1990s, though usually only in the closed season.

Ryan had four career no-hitters already and had struck out 383 in one season.

The 1970 season saw Aaron reach two more career milestones.

During the strike-shortened season of 1972, Aaron tied and then surpassed Willie Mays for second place on the career home run list.

The 2008 season marked the end of running back Fred Taylor's eleven-year career as a Jaguar.

Belying his future career, baseball was Robinson's " worst sport " at UCLA ; he hit. 097 in his only season, although in his first game he went 4-for-4 and twice stole home.

After a short season, Robinson returned to California in December 1941 to pursue a career as running back for the Los Angeles Bulldogs of the Pacific Coast Football League.

After playing his rookie season at first base, Robinson spent most of his career as a second baseman.