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Originally Posted by cheo25
156 is probably ideal for interleague or no interleague. The difference is that 156 is a multiple of 3, which is ideal for making sure most of your series are 3-game sets. The reason primarily 3-game sets are ideal is because you don't end up with off days on some weekends. And you don't want to have too many 4-game sets because when you pair those with 3-game sets then you usually go at least a week to 10 days without an offday.
158 is not impossible, it just leaves you with a couple of random games to assign somewhere.
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Is that the trick? Are the best schedules lengths the ones divided by 3? Is that the real reason why way back MLB landed at 162?
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Give me 3 or 4 days and I can probably put together a 156-gamer with no interleague. I already sort of know the series blocks, it's just a matter of actually piecing them together throughout the calendar.
Once I have that in place, then I could probably shuffle some of it around to accommodate interleague.
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Cheo25, you are too kind! Totally not necessary, but this is VERY much appreciated.
I had been resigned to just splitting the sub leagues up into two divisions. I hate divisions though. It allows for too many crappy teams to make the playoffs.