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seven · 09-30-2013, 11:53 PM

At the end of a simulation of the 2013 season, two teams were tied for the NL central title, MIL and CIN (85 wins each), and these two teams were also tied for the second NL wild card spot. Two other teams were 1 game behind them in the wild card race at the end of the season (SF and PHI, 84 wins each). According to MLB tiebreaking rules, in this situation there should be a one-game playoff between MIL and CIN, with the winner taking the division title and the loser taking the second NL wild card spot. But instead, after the tiebreaker game (won by MIL), OOTP automatically scheduled a game between SF and PHI. So I ran that game, which SF won, and then SF was automatically scheduled to play CIN. That game was won by SF, and SF is now automatically scheduled to play in the NL wild card game and CIN is out. This does not seem to fit the tiebreaking rules, as PHI and SF ought to have been eliminated no matter the outcome of the CIN-MIL tiebreaker and no matter how the standings changed after that game. Have the MLB tiebreaking rules not been implemented correctly?

09-30-2013, 11:53 PM	#1
seven All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Victoria, Canada Posts: 653	Wild card weirdness At the end of a simulation of the 2013 season, two teams were tied for the NL central title, MIL and CIN (85 wins each), and these two teams were also tied for the second NL wild card spot. Two other teams were 1 game behind them in the wild card race at the end of the season (SF and PHI, 84 wins each). According to MLB tiebreaking rules, in this situation there should be a one-game playoff between MIL and CIN, with the winner taking the division title and the loser taking the second NL wild card spot. But instead, after the tiebreaker game (won by MIL), OOTP automatically scheduled a game between SF and PHI. So I ran that game, which SF won, and then SF was automatically scheduled to play CIN. That game was won by SF, and SF is now automatically scheduled to play in the NL wild card game and CIN is out. This does not seem to fit the tiebreaking rules, as PHI and SF ought to have been eliminated no matter the outcome of the CIN-MIL tiebreaker and no matter how the standings changed after that game. Have the MLB tiebreaking rules not been implemented correctly?