Comments on: Crazy NL playoff possbility http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/325 This and that about baseball stats. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ephedra products http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/325/comment-page-1#comment-2295 ephedra products Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:50:25 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/325#comment-2295 <strong>ephedra products</strong> news ephedra products

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]]> By: AlexJay http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/325/comment-page-1#comment-1119 AlexJay Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:21:15 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/325#comment-1119 Out of curiosity, I wondered aloud--still aglow from the Phillies' division-clinching, hoping to distract myself from the Eagles' horrible game against the Giants--how cool it would be if all 32 teams somehow finished the season with an 81-81 record. My best friend, a math instructor at Drexel University, seized upon this, and grabbed his scientific calculator. He wanted to figure out the odds of such a thing happening. Even assuming equal talent, and no weird variables such as injuries, collapses, and the like, his calculator--which is able to record sums up to the 99th power--replied with a "MAX ERROR" message ... Out of curiosity, I wondered aloud--still aglow from the Phillies' division-clinching, hoping to distract myself from the Eagles' horrible game against the Giants--how cool it would be if all 32 teams somehow finished the season with an 81-81 record.

My best friend, a math instructor at Drexel University, seized upon this, and grabbed his scientific calculator. He wanted to figure out the odds of such a thing happening.

Even assuming equal talent, and no weird variables such as injuries, collapses, and the like, his calculator--which is able to record sums up to the 99th power--replied with a "MAX ERROR" message ...

]]> By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/325/comment-page-1#comment-1095 Andy Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:24:44 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/325#comment-1095 Looks like you're wrong on that one, vonhayes, seeing as they are winning 11-0 at the moment. Looks like you're wrong on that one, vonhayes, seeing as they are winning 11-0 at the moment.

]]> By: vonhayes http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/325/comment-page-1#comment-1092 vonhayes Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:49:48 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/325#comment-1092 Mets won't win another game Mets won't win another game

]]> By: zimcity http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/325/comment-page-1#comment-1076 zimcity Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:56:33 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/325#comment-1076 This just in: In event of a 4-way tie the NL East would be decided by a playoff in Philly, then the wildcard tournament would start on Tuesday... http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070927&content_id=2234241&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb This just in: In event of a 4-way tie the NL East would be decided by a playoff in Philly, then the wildcard tournament would start on Tuesday...

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070927&content_id=2234241&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

]]> By: zimcity http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/325/comment-page-1#comment-1075 zimcity Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:52:17 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/325#comment-1075 Well fortunately the D-Backs and Rockies can no longer be tied at the end of the season, so a 4-team deadlock is all that would possibly need to be resolved. That would require BOTH the Mets and Phillies to sweep their weekend series, since the minimum wins for an NL West tie would be 90. In that case, I imagine each division would have their one game playoff and the two losing teams would face each other on Tuesday for the wild card. More likely is a tie between the Phils, Mets and one or two NL West 2nd place teams, where head to head record would be used as tiebreaker for the NL East champ and the other team would enter into the wildcard tournament with the west team(s). Well fortunately the D-Backs and Rockies can no longer be tied at the end of the season, so a 4-team deadlock is all that would possibly need to be resolved. That would require BOTH the Mets and Phillies to sweep their weekend series, since the minimum wins for an NL West tie would be 90.

In that case, I imagine each division would have their one game playoff
and the two losing teams would face each other on Tuesday for the wild card.

More likely is a tie between the Phils, Mets and one or two NL West 2nd place teams, where head to head record would be used as tiebreaker for the NL East champ and the other team would enter into the wildcard tournament with the west team(s).

]]> By: vonhayes http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/325/comment-page-1#comment-1048 vonhayes Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:10:04 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/325#comment-1048 I just read through all the scenarios on baseball-reference and I hope none of it actually happens. I just read through all the scenarios on baseball-reference and I hope none of it actually happens.

]]> By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/325/comment-page-1#comment-1047 Andy Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:03:48 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/325#comment-1047 I put a strikethrough in vonhayes' first comment because that is wrong. In the AL, there definitely is NO playoff if teams tie. I think there might be different rules between the leagues. I put a strikethrough in vonhayes' first comment because that is wrong.

In the AL, there definitely is NO playoff if teams tie. I think there might be different rules between the leagues.

]]> By: vonhayes http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/325/comment-page-1#comment-1046 vonhayes Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:01:16 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/325#comment-1046 Right on! Right on!

]]> By: vonhayes http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/325/comment-page-1#comment-1045 vonhayes Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:00:26 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/325#comment-1045 I think you'd just end up with three wild card teams tied (unless there was no team with a win % advantage in the West to claim the division title), and then they'd have a round robin playoff together. I think you'd just end up with three wild card teams tied (unless there was no team with a win % advantage in the West to claim the division title), and then they'd have a round robin playoff together.

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