Modern MLB schedule pack - proper interleague rotation with rivalries preserved
Hey y'all, recently I've figured out a few more things that can be done with schedules that I previously didn't think you could do, including actually preserving interleague rivalry matchups! So, here's a 15-year rotation for your modern MLB game - drag the whole folder straight into your schedules folder, select year 1 (if you're in 2020) and you're off! Teams will play the correct number of games against all interleague opponents, including natural rivalries, and there's a good bit of variety with it being 15 years.
I should mention that there are some interleague rivalry matchups that are inconsistent or unimportant (some actually change from year to year), so I had to choose one configuration and roll with it. This is the setup:
NYY/NYM, TBR/MIA, BAL/WSH, CHW/CHC, MIN/MIL, CLE/CIN, KCR/STL, LAA/LAD, OAK/SFG are all set in stone - these are the important ones. The other matchups are DET/PIT, TOR/PHI, BOS/ATL, SEA/SDP, HOU/ARI, TEX/COL.
Hope you enjoy - I'd plug this into any default MLB game & roll with it forever. Here are the specs as per usual.
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Pack of 15 schedules for 30 teams, 162 games - 2 subleagues, each with 3 divisions of 5 teams
Interleague YES, balanced games NO
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Two sets of setups here because the formula's different when teams play their corresponding division (NL East vs. AL East, for example). This is how MLB does it:
In schedules 2, 5, 8, 11 and 14:
- 19 games vs. 4 division opponents (10H/9A or 9H/10A)
- 6-7 games vs. 10 league opponents (3-4H/3-4A)
- 6 games vs. designated interleague rival (3H/3A)
- 3-4 games vs. the other 4 teams in corresponding opposite division (14 games total)
In other years:
- 19 games vs. 4 division opponents (10H/9A or 9H/10A)
- 6-7 games vs. 10 league opponents (3-4H/3-4A)
- 4 games vs. designated interleague rival (2H/2A)
- 3-4 games vs. all 5 teams in one interleague division (16 games total)
Both add up to 76 divisional games, 66 intraleague games, and 20 interleague games.
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Season begins on a Thursday in late March or early April and ends right when you'd expect it to.
These schedules were based on MLB's schedules from 2018-2020, with edits to remove the 2019 A's-M's Japan series and to make sure interleague stuff went smoothly. I don't think any of them are exactly as they were in real life, except for the first schedule which should match what 2020 was supposed to be pre-COVID.
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