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rogmax11 · 01-20-2006, 01:25 PM

You dont know how many nights Ive lain awake juggling issues like these ( divisions/no divisions, which cities to incorporate into the league, schedule length and travel ramifications, etc...). I'll betcha you guys have too!

I like the symmetry of tri-division set-ups, and the regional flavor that results. I like the continuity of statistical baselines that you get with 156 game schedules as opposed to 162 games. Conversely, I like the balance that you get with two divisions per league and the subsequent elimination of wildcard teams. Dilemma! Sleepless nights!! I suppose I will try all those variants, but the one I really keep coming back to, and seem to have no way to implement, is three 8-team leagues ( without interleague play--sorry, Im a purist--but with an 8 team playoff tourney that would of necessity incorporate 5 wildcards in the mix.

By the way, how would you resolve which cities go where in a 2 division 12 team format? And BC, why not change the KC team to Royals and allow the Atlanta franchise to become the A's?

01-20-2006, 01:25 PM	#17
rogmax11 All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,320	You dont know how many nights Ive lain awake juggling issues like these ( divisions/no divisions, which cities to incorporate into the league, schedule length and travel ramifications, etc...). I'll betcha you guys have too! I like the symmetry of tri-division set-ups, and the regional flavor that results. I like the continuity of statistical baselines that you get with 156 game schedules as opposed to 162 games. Conversely, I like the balance that you get with two divisions per league and the subsequent elimination of wildcard teams. Dilemma! Sleepless nights!! I suppose I will try all those variants, but the one I really keep coming back to, and seem to have no way to implement, is three 8-team leagues ( without interleague play--sorry, Im a purist--but with an 8 team playoff tourney that would of necessity incorporate 5 wildcards in the mix. By the way, how would you resolve which cities go where in a 2 division 12 team format? And BC, why not change the KC team to Royals and allow the Atlanta franchise to become the A's?