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Originally Posted by Brad K
The 1969 schedule format is a good one.
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The NL used the same basic format (18-12) from 1969-92. What did change was the pattern of division and interdivision games.
In the 1969 schedule, clubs played 10 division series, then 12 interdivision series, then 10 division, then 12 interdivision, and ended with 10 division series (or 10d-12i-10d-12i-10d for short). There was some dissatisfaction with the long stretches of interdivision play, so that particular pattern was dropped after the season and a more varied pattern adopted for 1970. MLB then experimented with several different patterns. In the 1980s, it settled upon the following pattern: 6d-12i-8d-6i-6d-6i-10d.