And expensive acquisitions Carlos Delgado and Carlos Beltran helped bring a 2006 division title.
The Knicks now lead Brooklyn by five games in the race for the Atlantic Division title.
Getting there through a division title or wild card makes little difference, if any.
Wroxham will be disappointed to have dropped points in their attempts to retain the Ridgeons Premier Division title.
The Knicks won a division title, and Anthony will add the scoring title after the regular season ends Wednesday.
New York won 15 of 16 late in the season to take its first Atlantic Division title since 1994.
Bridgnorth had already won the Third Division title, and signed off in style.
Much as the Yankees gutted out yet another division title this year, their status as an elite team is fragile.
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It was a great sign for a Cincinnati team hoping to win more than just another division title this year.
He also helped push the Capitals to the Southeast Division title even though they won only two of their first 11 games.
There's even less wrong with doing math showing how they could win a division title when they're down 20 in late May.
He was the 1999 NFL Defensive Player of the Year after helping Tampa Bay claim its first division title in 18 years.
The 38-year-old led the Packers to the NFC North Division title last season as he passed for 3, 799 meters and 28 touchdowns.
Together they steered Derby County out of the old Division Two in 1969, and three years later won the first division title.
He joined Rangers as player manager in May 1986 and, a year later, had delivered the club's first Premier Division title for nine years.
They believe they have a shot now, nearing their first division title since 1994 and battling for the No. 2 seed in the East.
After unfurling the First Division title flag, Accies started brightly and only an acrobatic save by Lukasz Zaluska prevented them taking a fourth-minute lead.
In his first full season in Anaheim, Boudreau led the Ducks to the Pacific Division title and the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs.
Anaheim has been coasting steadily toward the playoffs for several weeks, finishing with the NHL's third-best record and the second division title in franchise history.
They had to settle for their first Atlantic Division title since 1994 and a 54-28 record that was their best since winning 57 games in 1996-97.
The difference now though, is winning a division title means having a chance to win the World Series that is 300% better than a wild card's.
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Nicholl's greatest success in coaching came when Rovers stunned Celtic to lift the League Cup in 1994, which he followed by winning the First Division title.
The Knicks romped to their first Atlantic Division title since 1994, getting 36 points from Carmelo Anthony and beating the Washington Wizards 120-99 for their 13th straight victory.
Steady second baseman Marco Scutaro and outfielder Hunter Pence each came over in trades during San Francisco's run to the division title, and they're hoping for a repeat performance.
Braun, 28, led the Brewers to the team's first division title in three decades in 2011, with a .332 batting average, 33 home runs and 111 runs batted in.
At least Evan Longoria and David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays were complaining because their fans were not coming out to root for them capture a division title, not for a .500 season.
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When Liverpool were pipped to the First Division title by Arsenal in 1989, it was the springboard for Gunners fan Nick Hornby's seminal book "Fever Pitch", which was made into a film in 1997.
Speed enjoyed a long and distinguished playing career which included periods with Everton, Newcastle, Bolton, Sheffield United and Leeds, where he won the First Division title in 1992, the year before it became the Premier League.
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