Best teams of the decade

From the professional ranks to the collegiate battles throughout all the divisions, some teams just had a better decade than others.

San Francisco Giants

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The San Francisco Giants might have fallen on rough times these past few seasons, but the NL and baseball supremacy belonged to the Bay Area bunch in the first half of the decade. Three World Series titles—2010,’12,’14—had fans holding their breath every “Even Year” while looking to see if Steve Perry was running up and down the aisle singing “Don’t Stop Believing.”