Arizona would have qualified as one of his better alternatives by that measure.
Perhaps more important, it was also one more than his total from last season, a nightmarish campaign that qualified as one of the worst in baseball history.
Canada have won only one match in Group F — a 3-0 success over South Africa — and qualified as one of the two lucky losers, while Great Britain extended their 100 per cent record with a hugely impressive win over Brazil earlier this week.
The series, which stars Tony Shalhoub, became so popular so quickly — it is to USA what "The Shield" has been to FX — that by last fall it qualified as one of the biggest basic-cable hits ever.
After 32-board semifinals and a 48-board final, the team of Adam Kaplan, Adam Grossack, Alex Hudson, John Marriott, Jourdain Patchett and Jesse Stern had qualified as one of the United States teams in the World Youngsters Championship for the José Damiani Cup in Philadelphia in October.
Weightman, 21, qualified as one of the fastest losers to reach the final in her first ever Olympics.
By posting its first profitable 12-month period in five years, this rapidly growing manufacturer of equipment for the exploration and analysis of genetic material finally qualified as one of our fast tech companies.
Williams finished first in his semi-final with a time of 49.63 seconds, while Woodward, who finished fourth in his race, qualified as one of the fastest losers with a time of 49.68 seconds.
This qualified as one of the strangest Finals series in NBA history, as neither team could play on their home court in the first six games.
