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Originally Posted by Orioles1966
Don't know why they(MLB) schedule a few doubleheaders,just to shorten the length of the regular season. They could charge double admission or have day/night doubleheaders.
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The players don't like doubleheaders, especially day-night ones. Clubs don't seem that interested in them either. (Let's remember too the real-life rule—not as yet included in OOTP—which allows clubs a 26-man active roster for doubleheaders scheduled at least 48 hours in advance.)
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Originally Posted by Orioles1966
Doubleheaders are almost an everyday occurrence in the minors(caused by bad weather).
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Yes, and that's because the schedules there are quite time-compressed, leaving few mutual open dates on which to schedule games. The schedules for the full season leagues run 152 days, in which clubs play either 140, 142, or 144 games. That means just 12, 10, or 8 scheduled days off. (In the majors it's 20 scheduled days off.) There's also travel costs, which are a much larger factor in the minors, so extra travel to make up a postponed game is not done. Games are not made up at all in the minors at a considerably higher rate than in the majors.