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lamearmjr1	Magic Number	Lead	[-]
Posts: 173 (12-Jun-09 21:47:56) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I know its still a bit early but how do I figure the magic number for the divison winners?
nlfan		#1	[-]
Posts: 6461 (13-Jun-09 01:08:38) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	To calculate the "magic number..." "Take the number of games remaining [96 or 48 in the half/season], add one, then subtract the number of games ahead in the loss column of the standings of the closest opponent (or, in the case of a trailing team, the leading opponent)." (source) or "A: The magic number (the number of wins + opponent losses a team needs to clinch the playoffs) can be calculated via this - essentially: M# = 96/48 - Wteam-1 - Lteam-2" (source) or "Magic Number = (96/48) - Team A Wins - Team B Loses Tragic Number = (96/48) - Team A Loses - Team B Wins" (source)
lamearmjr1		#2	[-]
Posts: 176 (13-Jun-09 01:48:43) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	So then for the Cats its 227=16 is the first part the other part is 48-20-13 = 15 so is it 15 or 16??
SeanF68		#3	[-]
Posts: 157 (13-Jun-09 03:16:57) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	It's 16. The second equation should have a "+1" on it as the first example does. If you want to do it logically rather than by a simple equation: Fort Worth is 20 and 6. If they were to lose all their remaining games, they'd finish at 20 and 28. So if El Paso loses 29 games, they can't catch Forth Worth. El Paso has already lost 13 games, so 16 more losses and they're done. Going the other direction - if El Paso were to win all their remaining games, they'd finish at 35 and 13. Fort Worth would need to win 36 games in that event to stay ahead of them. Fort Worth has already won 20 games, so 16 more wins and El Paso can't catch them. This can, of course, all be complicated by the fact that the leagues sometimes don't make-up rain-outs, so towards the end of the half, you may have a team that actually won't get 48 games in...
dittrich1414	Magic Number	#4	[-]
Posts: 233 (13-Jun-09 06:23:54) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'll tell you an EASY way to figure the magic number. Look at the second place team.... calculate the number of games remaining in the half (or season, if that's the case). Add that number to their win total. The majic number is the number of wins the first place team needs in order to have one more win than that! In other words if team A has a record of 18-10 and team B is 14-14. There are 48 games in the half. Team B could still conceivably win all 20 games remaining. That would give them 34 wins. So the magic number for team A is 17, because that would give them 35 wins.... one more win than team B can possibly achieve. JPD
dittrich1414	Sorry!	#5	[-]
Posts: 234 (13-Jun-09 06:32:40) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Sorry Sean, I guess I did not read your post or whatever! You had the simple and easy way up there before me! I didn't think I glossed over your post, but I must have. It doesn't have to be a complicated formula... it is just as Sean states. JPD
HorseRaider		#6	[-]
Posts: 356 (13-Jun-09 07:26:56) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	lamearmjr1 wrote: I know its still a bit early but how do I figure the magic number for the divison winners? The same way the Major Leagues have done for like..forever. No offense, but I mean, how can any baseball fan miss understanding this? No one's eliminated in the South just yet, but you might want to wait awhile before counting. There is liike 22 games left and the Cats aren't a lock for the playoff spot already.
lamearmjr1		#7	[-]
Posts: 179 (13-Jun-09 08:55:08) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I was just asking a question horse didnt mean to ruffle your feathers...

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