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Questdog · 03-23-2014, 08:30 PM

I would suggest you not go to 4 team divisions. In real life, more divisions means more team in the playoffs means more teams making money, but dilutes the regular season pennant races. The more teams playing a single division means more opportunities for at least two of the teams having similar records heading down the stretch which means more pennant races.

In my lifetime there has never been a more exciting pennant race than the 1967 American League. Heading into September there were 4 teams within a game and a half of each other. It was neck and neck the whole month and going into the final day of the season, three teams were separated by only a half of a game. They had 10 teams all in one division.

Pennant races for the chance to go to the World Series are a LOT more exciting than races for the final wild card spot.....

And even if you don't have wild card teams in your setup, the odds of you having a close race for the division title will be much less and the chance to have a 4 team scramble for the title will be next to nil....

03-23-2014, 08:30 PM	#5
Questdog Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In a dark, damp cave where I'm training slugs to run the bases...... Posts: 16,142	I would suggest you not go to 4 team divisions. In real life, more divisions means more team in the playoffs means more teams making money, but dilutes the regular season pennant races. The more teams playing a single division means more opportunities for at least two of the teams having similar records heading down the stretch which means more pennant races. In my lifetime there has never been a more exciting pennant race than the 1967 American League. Heading into September there were 4 teams within a game and a half of each other. It was neck and neck the whole month and going into the final day of the season, three teams were separated by only a half of a game. They had 10 teams all in one division. Pennant races for the chance to go to the World Series are a LOT more exciting than races for the final wild card spot..... And even if you don't have wild card teams in your setup, the odds of you having a close race for the division title will be much less and the chance to have a 4 team scramble for the title will be next to nil.... Last edited by Questdog; 03-23-2014 at 08:33 PM.