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Old 06-01-2006, 12:58 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by gmo
You are right this is not consistent with MLB rules, but the game does allow it because it matches the wild card in a 3-division setup simply against the top division winner.

Changing this to match MLB has been requested in previous versions. Now however you can have a 10-division setup with 6 wild cards, a 4-division setup with 4 wild cards, etc. and trying to apply that same rule would be problematic.
Still, there has to be a way to fix this for the traditional MLB playoff setup. I personally HATE it when the Wild Card team plays its own divisional winner. There are so many reasons why this shouldn't and doesn't happen IRL MLB.
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