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Best and worst teams of the decade
Yankees were the greatest in 2000s; Expos/Nationals were the most dreadful
Updated: December 17, 2009, 3:12 PM ET
By
Jim Caple | ESPN.com
Let's get the obvious out of the way so we can move on to the more compelling debate. As painful as it is to write (and for many to read), the decade's best team is the franchise that has dominated so many of the past nine decades and the team likely to dominate the next decade as well. The New York Yankees.
Feel free to curse.
No other team is close. No matter the criteria, the Yankees come out on top. The Yankees won the first World Series of the decade, and they won the last. They ...
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BASEBALL'S BEST AND WORST OF THE DECADE

Monday, Dec. 14
- Neyer: Top 100 players of the decade
- Rank 'em: Best of the 2000s
- Baseball Prospectus: The decade ahead

- Chat wrap: Rob Neyer
Tuesday, Dec. 15
Wednesday, Dec. 16
- Crasnick: Rivera most valuable pitcher
- Crasnick: Ponson least valuable pitcher
- Pitch f/x: Most unhittable pitches

- Vote: Best, worst pitchers of decade
Thursday, Dec. 17
- Caple: Best and worst teams
- Vote: Best and worst teams of the decade
- BP: 2001 Mariners top the best list

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